Cramped, dark and messy.
To the right of Igulla is a large cardboard box, which contains more than twenty boxes of tissue paper, probably bought during a big price reduction. On the large cardboard box is a box heater and various furniture items that are temporarily unused; to his left is a closed door.
This is the utility room, and also where he has been staying for the past five days.
He felt obviously hungry, which meant it was already 6 p.m. and Aimi should be back soon to feed him.
Recalling his life over the past few days, Igula couldn't help but sigh. Although he achieved his goal and was still safe and sound under the hunting and hunting department's search and search, the way he achieved his goal was a little special - he was treated like a dog by Amy these days.
It really is a dog. Igu pulled the collar around his neck, feeling inexplicably ironic.
He had finally removed the chip collar on the back of his neck for his freedom, but now he is putting on a real collar on his own initiative for his freedom.
As for why the Hunter Amy Lexus of the Hunting Hall was willing to shelter him, it goes back to the story of Igula working part-time at Nika three years ago.
Although men with Veela ancestry often work part-time as clay workers, just like ogres with formal jobs who paint after get off work, Igula rarely do this - mainly because being a clay worker makes money too slowly, and it is better to cheat people for money.
When Igula is willing to work part-time at Nika, it can only mean one thing: this Nika can facilitate his fraudulent career.
"Gambling Apocalypse" is just such a store. It is operated as both a Nika and a Chaka. Just looking at the name, you might think it is a casino, but in fact it is also a casino. After entering, customers need to spend money to purchase initial chips and participate in various gambling projects.
But what makes it different from other casinos is that it gambles on the time you have.
Guests are free to find their favorite dealer to gamble against. Both parties can use chips for 60 minutes. If the guest wins all the dealer's 60 minutes, it means that he/she can control the dealer for 60 minutes, and the dealer must cooperate with the guests' various requirements. Conversely, if the dealer wins the guest's 60 minutes, then the dealer can also control the guest for 60 minutes, and the guest has to cater to the dealer's requirements in turn.
Yes, no matter winning or losing, the dealer will laugh at the customers. After all, the customers’ chips are bought with real money, and it is impossible to let the customers go home confused. A store that does not respect the needs of customers will definitely go bankrupt.
To put it simply, it is a mud coffee/tea coffee with gambling as its selling point, but its business performance is much better than other theme stores in the same industry - the fact is that gambling is always the mechanism that can best stimulate human impulses. Customers who win the bet feel refreshed both physically and mentally, and customers who lose the bet will also be inspired to win after being fooled by the dealer (the dealer will not be polite), and will continue to challenge themselves, and there are many repeat customers.
The reason why Iguerra works part-time in this store is naturally to "manage his time". He specifically targets those rich women, takes the initiative to seduce them and challenge them, and then successfully wins their 60 minutes.
When they get to the room, Igula can use the excuse of "managing time" to make the rich woman swear to him, such as "be good to me forever" and "give me the most precious thing".
The rich women thought it was the dealer's special interest, so they would agree readily. Then they would be anchored by Igula's contract spirit to an oath, and they had to abide by the oath they made casually, and they could not even call the police, because this would not be "being good to Igula for the rest of your life."
Not only were these guests defrauded of their fortunes by the Igula, but the Igula also refused to mate, which can be said to be quite unethical.
In addition to rich women, there would occasionally be wealthy men who would come to the door on their own initiative. Igula would naturally accept all of them with a smile, and would even ask them to swear an oath like "never to have sexual desires with anyone other than me in the future", helping them to completely cure the human evil of being cheated of money by beauty.
In this way, Igula not only cheated people for money, but also for sex. With this part-time job, Igula greatly promoted the redistribution of social wealth, and his efficiency even surpassed his main job. But the adjective "smooth sailing" never appeared in the life of a fraudster. Igula met Amy one night.
In order to gain dominance, Igula, who had an extremely high winning rate, soon won the title of "Gambling King" in that store. Therefore, there were gamblers who did not covet Igula's body, but simply wanted to find Igula to learn gambling skills. Aimi was one of them.
Amy did not hide her Moon Shadow characteristics when she entered the store. Originally, Igula did not want to provoke this privileged class, but Amy specifically asked for him, and others were unwilling to compete with the Moon Shadow tribe, so Igula had to succumb to her power and accept customers.
Aimi's gambling skills are good, but Igula, as a fraudster, has a good understanding of human nature, which is the secret of his success. When Igula defeated Aimi without any suspense, he had made up his mind not to attack Aimi, and just performed his part-time job at Nika normally, just as if he was bitten by a dog.
However, Ai Mi refused to admit defeat and insisted on continuing to gamble, even buying new chips. Multiple purchases of chips are allowed, and in order to promote customer consumption, if a customer buys N times the chips, the dealer must provide N times the service time regardless of winning or losing.
Before the second round of gambling, Igula asked Aimi inexplicably: "If I win, I can ask you for a wish that lasts for 120 minutes."
"no problem."
The contract is established.
Unlike ordinary contracts, Igula has set a limit on the number of times (one) and the time limit (120 minutes). The more restrictions the contract specifies, the stronger the effect of the contract will be. After all, the other party is the Moon Shadow Clan, and Igula's "tyrannical contracts" that are purely for profit may become invalid.
But when Aimi lost 300 minutes, things started to get tricky. At that time, she seemed to have received an urgent message and left the Gambling Apocalypse directly. Afterwards, Igula quickly found out that Aimi was a blood-crazy hunter.
He immediately realized that he had a rare wish in his hands.
After that, Aimi often came to the store to gamble with Igula, changing the gambling tools and playing methods. Occasionally, Aimi won a round, but generally, Igula crushed Aimi. The time limit of this wish accumulated to 9,000 minutes after multiple stacking.
Just when Igula was thinking about how to maximize the benefits of this wish, the Hunting Bureau surrounded him in the Gambling Apocalypse.
So that's why. No wonder Ai Mi would always go to him to gamble. No wonder Ai Mi would never ask to enter the 'gambling settlement stage'.
High-end blood-crazy hunters often appear as prey in front of fraudsters.
Because it was a sudden arrest, Igula had no time to modify his memory. When the memory master searched him, it turned out that he had committed so many frauds. Go to Shattered Lake and enjoy your life.
Although he was arrested, his contract with Amy is still effective. The virtual world is the longest witness.
So after escaping from prison, Igula knocked directly on Aimi's door and launched revenge on her in her pajamas: "I order you to help me escape from the Blood Moon Kingdom."
Although it is just one wish, it can be broken down into three:
Providing safe shelter and food to Igulla;
The news about Igulla must not be leaked;
Help Igula collect intelligence.
Amy did it.
So Igula stayed in this cramped utility room, waiting for Aimi to come home and feed him every day. He couldn't say that Aimi had violated the contract - at most, she had satisfied his demands in the most humiliating way.
Click.
It was the sound of the key opening the door, Amy came home.