“If I were to enter the fray, I... I should be quite capable of fighting now!”
Sophia flexed the muscles of her small arm. Her forearm was slightly bulging, without an ounce of excess fat, and her skin was delicate, with a faint luster. It was hard to tell where she was strong, but it was clear where she was appealing.
“No need to rush. Let Susan, this foreign ‘Catfish,’ stir the waters a bit more.”
Li Andy took off his shoes and got into bed. This was the master bedroom; the bed was huge, big enough for three people to mess around freely. He casually lay down between the two cool girls, resting his head on his arm, and pondered aloud:
“The circulation process of the Lucky Coins is like raising Gu worms.
“By bestowing luck, it continuously harvests the fortune of the surrounding people and the coin owners.
“If nothing unexpected happens, all the coins will eventually fall into one person’s hands.
“By then, the person behind the scenes will most likely appear to harvest the mature ‘Gu’.
“What we need to wait for is precisely this moment.”
Sophia frowned and lay down on her side to his left:
“Since the coins will all converge, what’s the point of you having Susan stir up the situation?”
Li Andy raised an eyebrow in surprise, feeling as if Sophia had become smarter.
The way she asked that question, her level had improved quite a bit.
“Of course, there’s a point.”
Li Andy asked her in return,
“What if the final convergence of the coins is unchangeable, but the final owner can be artificially changed and controlled?”
Sophia’s eyes gradually widened:
“You want Susan to take that dangerous thing?!
“This... isn’t this bad? She’s clearly a good person!
“Youxi, aren’t you going to persuade him?”
Sophia looked at Youxi for help, but the latter replied:
“I support my brother’s approach.”
Sophia was bewildered.
Youxi also lay down on her side, shifted her body, and after resting her small head on Li Andy’s arm, she continued,
“Precisely because Miss Susan is a good person, she should be the last one. No matter what she needs to face in the end, the choices she makes will mostly not be too bad.”
Sophia’s gaze was somewhat dim, not knowing what to say.
“Why that expression?”
Li Andy reached out and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer,
“I’m not making her go to her death. If you feel bad about it, you can put in more effort when it’s time to help. Besides, isn’t maintaining public order her choice and responsibility?”
Sophia pursed her lips, only able to convince herself this way.
She didn’t consider herself a good person, but she also didn’t want to harm others for no reason.
“Alright, it’s getting late, you two should go back to sleep.” Li Andy patted both of them, not intending to continue the topic.
Unexpectedly, neither of the girls got up.
Sophia’s ears, moreover, gradually flushed,
“Brother...”
Youxi whispered in his ear,
“Sophia is having nightmares again and needs you to calm her down.”
“A bit troublesome... I ate a very nutritious meal today, it’s hard for me to be serious.” Li Andy scratched his head, feigning distress.
“I... I know.” Sophia stammered in response, her heart inexplicably quickening.
Youxi’s eyes narrowed into a smile, she got up and went behind Sophia, lightly touching the other’s earlobe with her tongue,
“Don’t worry, Sophia, I’ll help you.”
Sophia froze, her face almost steaming.
In front of these strange siblings, she felt that she was not a half-werewolf at all, but a delicate little lamb, washed clean and ready for the pot, whom anyone could bully and taste.
Li Andy’s lips gradually curved upwards, and the curtains by the window thoughtfully drew themselves closed.
Outside the window, it was still raining, dyeing the city hazy and indistinct.
.......
Black Alley, Northeast District.
The loudest underground gambling den in the entire Black Alley, the clamor here was far noisier than the heavy rain.
The beasts with bloodshot eyes, trapped in cages by the heavy rain, became even more agitated.
Anyone who entered the game, the more they continued to bet, the more they lost everything!
But... there are always exceptions.
One person continuously turned small bets into big wins, earning a fortune!
“Winning ten consecutive times by betting on the smallest! You still say you didn’t cheat!!”
The Bald Head Man, who was the dealer, couldn’t hold back. He pulled out his pistol and pointed it directly at the lucky limping drunkard in front of him.
Zacro smiled. He abandoned his usual caution of running away after winning a few hands and met the dealer’s gaze without fear:
“You dealt the cards.”
“You also shook the dice.”
“How could I cheat?”
“Shouldn’t you be the one cheating?”
“Is Tie Shu of Black Alley a sore loser?”
At this moment, those who had won money following Zacro began to jeer:
“Sore loser! Disgraceful!”
“You might as well change your name to bedbugs, even rats think you’re a disgrace!”
“Bedbugs!”
“Bedbugs!”
“Bedbugs!...”
The Bald Head Man’s mouth twitched, and the hand clutching the revolver trembled constantly.
He never expected that the gambling den, which usually brought in steady profits, would be forced to such a state.
Damn it!
If he lost any more, the boss would surely punish him.
The Bald Head Man, for some reason, in a fit of rage, accidentally pulled the trigger himself!
“Bang—!!”
The bullet flew out, missing Zacro, but it blew off the head of a person behind him.
Red and white liquid splattered into the murky beer.
“Murder!”
“The dealer reneged and killed someone!!”
“Bastard, someone is stealing amidst the chaos!”
“My chips! My chips!!”
“Bang!”
All at once, noise erupted, as if a stone had been dropped into a dense ant colony.
The Bald Head Man was completely dumbfounded, watching helplessly as people from his gang, who were trying to maintain order, were swallowed one by one by the frenzied “beast pack.” The gun in his hand trembled and fell.
Zacro grinned, propping his chin, sitting in the center of the long table.
Behind him, there was utter chaos;
But he remained unmoving.
“Call your boss out.”
“Otherwise, the situation might never be brought under control.”
