As Aaron Wheeler was about to give me my penalty, I interrupted him.
"Wait, I have something for you..."
"Oh really, what is it?"
"You want to beat that girl Lee Chan don't you?"
"I don't know what you mean..."
"You've only been taking her packages all along if you're not careful, I'm going to win this paycheck!"
It was then that his colleague Aimer spoke up.
"Go ahead and talk!"
CHAPTER 54
I knew she was going to let me speak. Unlike Aaron, this woman is more open to discussion when it suits her.
"So I take it you're not sure you're going to win! At least, that's what your colleague Aimer thinks."
"Is it true what he says?" Asked Aaron, looking her in the eye.
"You still haven't noticed? Despite the packages we take from her, she still manages to stand up to us."
"That's a bluff, you know that!"
"I can make Lee Chan lose for the next two innings..."
"And how do you plan to do that?"
"In my team, I have a partner who can curse objects..."
Toshiko noticed I was referring to her.
"My penalty will be to give one of my packs to the others. And you, you will have to let Lee Chan win so I can pass my cursed crystals to him."
"I see your crystals will cancel his... But who's to say that this method will work?"
That's when I started to look down on them.
"You don't know the packages I have in my possession! If you refuse you have already lost!"
"Another bluff..."
"Yes and no. Don't forget that the reward will come to the one who wins the last round. If he's booked big packages, it's failure for us!"
Aimer had been right, what mattered was the last round.
"Yume Kawashima, right?"
"Yes?"
"I accept your proposal."
"Very well, I'll talk to my teammate about it."
Aimer waved his hand at the Master to call him over.
"Um... Indeed, this is a very good penalty!"
[ Pay to Yume:
- Win the 3rd round
- Success: A green packet offered
- Failure: You must give one of your packets to the winner of the round.
You have failed this pay! ]
"What!?"
Naoki made a funny face.
"I was going to tell you about it, Toshiko, we're going to need your power..."
"Oh yeah?"
"We're going to take on Aaron Wheeler's team at their own game!"
To be continued...