"Master Cavo, do you want to play cards? The kind of gambling on your life..."
On the second floor of the library, next to the small table, the man in black cloak became more and more aggressive.
But the bearded old man opposite had a calm expression. He pushed up his glasses, turned a page of the book he was reading, and said unhurriedly: "No. I prefer playing chess to poker." "
After two breaths, the bearded old man closed the book and said calmly: "Your extraordinary ability is indeed quite interesting. I didn't expect that such a difficult promotion sequence would be passed down..."
This gentle and calm response caused the solemnity that was permeating the air just a moment ago to suddenly disappear.
It was really like a greeting between two old friends.
"hey-hey... "
Upon hearing this, the man in the cloak seemed to change his face. The excitement in his eyes faded away like a tide, and his bright smile returned to his face, as if nothing had happened.
His eyes flickered and he sighed: "Master Cavo, you are stronger than the legend..."
Even so, there was no trace of fear on the cloaked man's face.
It seems that even if he is the head of the legendary "Top Ten Legends" in front of him, it is an honor to bet his life with him.
The cloaked man licked his lips, showing an exaggerated smile like a clown, and said: "I originally wanted to make a bet with you, and I would be satisfied even if I died in your hands. But now it seems... the time is not mature enough. ."
The bearded old man said calmly: "Twenty years ago, your teacher Olatou K. Kant came to the Glory City to have tea with me. He once told me that the strongest thing about the 'Gambler Sequence' is not extraordinary ability. , but you will never guess what other trump cards he has in his hand. However, your people always like to gamble with their lives, which is not a good thing... "
After saying this, he moved his eyes away from the gilded book cover in his hand and looked at the cloaked man opposite him for the first time.
If there were any outsiders here, they would probably be shocked by the conversation between the two. The cloaked man in front of me is actually the craziest [Gambling Demon] Olatou K. Kant among the "Top Ten Legendary Demon Hunters"!
The man in the cloak seemed to be smiling, not caring at all, and said: "Yes, the teacher just lost the last bet and lost his life."
The bearded administrator's wise eyes seemed to see through everything, and he said: "Your ability is indeed interesting, but do you really think that I can't keep you?"
"I feel proud to be praised by Master Cavo as 'somewhat interesting'."
Instead of being unhappy, the cloaked man frankly admitted that his skills were inferior to others.
He looked as normal and said: "I have never been so arrogant to think that with this little skill, I can personally treat you, even several other 'Top Ten Legends', in this library." Now, you may not be able to find a cheap Great Mage to take action..."
The tone of the words particularly emphasized the word "library".
The bearded administrator raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, glanced at him, and said in a calm tone: "The biggest card in poker is not the king card 'K', nor the 'A' card, but the 'JOKER' card, which is full of variables. What, are you going to use your clown card here?"
"As expected, no little cleverness can be hidden from you, Master Cavo..."
After hearing this, the cloaked man sighed slightly and shrugged helplessly, "But since you don't plan to play cards with me, I won't show my trump card this time."
The bearded administrator took a sip of the black tea at hand and said, "Then what if I have to let you stay?"
The cloaked man spread his hands and said with a calm expression, "Master, you can't do that."
There is no need to say too much between two smart people. The game of words has been played many times.
"..."
Hearing this, the bearded administrator looked up at him again.
The wrinkles on this old face became even deeper, and he said with emotion: "On the road of 'Gambler Sequence', you have gone further than your teacher. However, I like to gamble in everything. Aren’t you afraid of losing?”
"If you lose, you will pay with your life. If I can gamble with a being like you, winning or losing is not important..."
The cloaked man tilted his head and smiled, and the crazy gambling heart in his tone seemed to be unbearable again.
There seemed to be two guys with completely different personalities living in this guy's body, one was crazy and hysterical, and the other was so calm that it was almost inhuman.
In the blink of an eye, the madness in his eyes disappeared, and he returned to a calm tone and said: "But you also listened to the story I told you just now, and didn't you consider my plan? You built the Glorious City, didn't you? Have you ever wanted to change the world? Now you have seen that without you, the City of Glory would be no different from other cities... "
The bearded administrator said: "There is nothing wrong with your point of view. But your understanding is too extreme, so I don't agree with it."
He was not interested in continuing the conversation and issued an eviction order: "Please leave before you spoil my reading mood."
Listening, the cloaked man's pupils shrank slightly, like a threatened snake curling up slightly. This was a conditioned reflex response to the crisis.
A moment later, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips, he decisively put away the playing cards on the table, and said: "Oh, that's such a shame. In that case, I will come to play cards with you next time... "
"At that time, I will also come to learn your chess skills from Master Cavo."
As soon as he finished speaking, the cloaked man turned around, went downstairs, and left the library without any delay.
He walked very decisively.
Beside the small table, the white-bearded administrator looked as usual and didn't look at him again.
He picked up a book again and read it carefully, just like countless calm past days.
And in his hand, there was this animal skin with strange words written on it.
If Ren were here, he would naturally recognize the secrets written in the "Coleman language" on the animal skin, which recorded an ancient legend about the "coming of the black tide."
... .
After Ren finished reading the book, when he was leaving, he saw the bearded librarian still sitting at the small table reading, and the cloaked man playing cards had left.
"See you tomorrow."
He waved his hand casually and said goodbye to the old man with whom he only nodded his acquaintance.
In the afternoon, he planned to go back to the laboratory as usual. Take the steam train back to the Fifth District, travel through familiar streets and alleys, and then go all the way down to the ground floor.
And just when Renn reached a crossroads, Bazel, who was lurking in the darkness, suddenly appeared and stopped him.
The werewolf with keen perception said solemnly: "There are seven people hiding in the alley 800 meters ahead. I think you'd better not go down."
When Ren heard this, he immediately stopped. He had a bad premonition in his heart and murmured: "No, something may have happened in the laboratory!"
Very few people come to this alley, but seven people appear at the same time, still hiding out of sight, which is very abnormal.
The more this happened, the more Ren wanted to return to the experiment as soon as possible, and suggested: "Let's change the path."
With Bazel around, they easily avoided the hunters lurking in the dark.
Then he climbed along the pipe, took another route, and arrived near the entrance of the laboratory.
Looking from a distance, it is still the same as usual, there is no difference.
On the yellow paint sign, the writing "Toxic gas inside" is still bright.
This was just repainted by Carl's Jr. not long ago.
But even after cleaning up the traces, there is still a faint smell of poison in the air. Apparently, the poison gas device in the laboratory had been triggered by an intruder.
Bazel sniffed and said: "There are five people in the laboratory, including a fourth-level master, but Dr. Ilubek is no longer inside. Judging from the concealment methods of these people, they should be professional espionage personnel. "
If you are a fourth-level master, the poison gas equipment in the laboratory will indeed be of little use.
"People from the Blackwater Tower of the Oma Empire?"
Renn immediately thought of the threatening words that the elder of the West family said before leaving yesterday.
Fighting is prohibited in the "City of Glory" as long as you don't get caught or get the acquiescence of law enforcement agencies.
This fifth city is the territory of the Winster family.
He couldn't help but worry about his teacher, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Those guys from the Winster family are playing dirty tricks."
Unexpectedly, the worst case scenario still happened.
Although neither the people in Oma nor the people in Glory City dare to kill such a sensitive figure in the scientific research community.
But if that grumpy old man gets his temper and insists on fighting with someone, there's no telling.
Bazel raised his eyebrows and looked at Ren next to him, and said: "Those people should be waiting here for you to fall into a trap. Don't do anything stupid..."
Ren rolled his eyes angrily in response.
Although he was indeed concerned about the old man's situation, he had lived two lives after all. How could he be the kind of fool who would rush into a trap when his head was hot
But now it was a fact that the teacher was missing. As a disciple, he naturally had to try to figure out the situation.
After thinking about it, Ren didn't act rashly.
He decided to go to the 19th block above first and visit "Carl's Mechanical Repair Shop".