In room 501 of the guest area.
Ding dong~
"Here."
Alister, back in his normal human state, opened the door with a hint of weariness.
"Were you sleeping just now?"
Himizuki didn't show any signs of tiredness. Her calm gaze swept across the room's surroundings before settling on Alister.
"...I took a short nap. Do you need something, Miss Himizuki?"
Himizuki didn't reply. Instead, she gestured for him to come in.
In the spacious and luxurious room, the LCD TV was still playing a movie, narrating the tragic love story of the Titanic.
After making sure that everything was in order, Alister moved aside to let her in.
Himizuki entered without a ripple, walking past Alister's suitcase and sitting on the sofa, exuding an indescribable air of nobility.
"Let me be direct. I need your help with something."
She looked at the LCD TV, and her crimson eyes gleamed with a hint of fascination from the movie's scenes.
Alister observed the beautiful girl with ink-black hair and red eyes, closing the door slowly, looking like someone who didn't quite grasp the situation on the verge of dozing off.
Himizuki paused for a moment, as if she had made a significant decision, and instructed:
"Tonight, I want you to temporarily take care of my and Shinguya Tetsu's assets. Any objections?"
"Why not Minister Ji Yi?" Alister raised a valid question.
"While she is my confidante, you're the most suitable for tonight. Do you understand?" Himizuki said helplessly.
The best targets for the confiscation ability of the queen are Himizuki, Ji Yi, and Shinguya Tetsu, the three of them.
Naturally, Alister understood. He was a person who didn't say much but understood the situation.
"I understand. I'm ready to take on the responsibility."
"Then I'll leave it to you..."
Himizuki quite liked Alister's straightforward style of doing things without too much talking.
She breathed a sigh of relief and proceeded to complete the transfer of assets.
"Don't go near those gambling tables tonight, and be especially cautious of a mysterious player who manipulates shadows."
She took out a gold coin and created a temporary game in which all the chips were at stake.
"Understood."
Alister calmly watched as the gold coin was thrown into the air, then stated the inevitable outcome.
On the other side, the side marked with falling roses.
According to the rules, Alister instantly took over Himizuki and Shinguya Tetsu's assets, becoming the leading player in the casino.
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Queen.
When the white-haired girl turned over the queen card and rose to become the first in authority...
"Before becoming the envoy, I need to get rid of those who are in the way..."
As the queen, she stared at the gold-masked attendant in the hall and calmly ordered:
"Strip Himizuki, Shinguya Tetsu, Ji Yi of their casino qualifications until the game ends."
As the rules were enforced, the gold-masked attendant received the order and withdrew to execute it.
The white-haired girl stood beneath the crown in the dome, glancing at the progress bar for becoming the envoy.
"Total property of the entire casino: 35%."
After eliminating the most threatening three, her proportion remained unchanged.
In other words...
"So, I really should've transferred the chips earlier. Who could it be?"
The white-haired girl knew that the opponent would definitely come to gamble and that she would definitely become the envoy.
Therefore, she hadn't thought much about this issue.
She simply waited in the splendid and grand hall for the arrival of the inheritor, enjoying the authority that came with her highest identity.
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...
An ancient golden clockwork device stood there, occupying a space, both magnificent and grand.
Two king statues jointly held up the sun, guiding the endless cubic structures, forming twenty-nine irregular numbers.
The night was deep, yet sleep was nowhere in sight. Step by step, she wandered through the casino.
For an ordinary person, suddenly discovering that their world was isolated was hard to accept.
She kept these emotions hidden in her heart and gently touched the luxurious casino walls.
She would forget everything after the game ended anyway, and no matter what she did, it wouldn't matter...
She was just an ordinary person.
Then she saw Alister, saw him gazing up at the golden clockwork, seemingly pondering its patterns.
Alister, who was using his utmost sensory perception, naturally sensed her approach. He greeted her calmly:
"Weren't you supposed to go to your room and sleep? Why are you out again?"
"I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep!"
She whined like a child who wanted to be comforted, her voice ethereal and coquettish.
"Staying up late isn't a good habit." Alister jotted down some numbers in his notebook. "Or do you want someone to comfort you before you can sleep?"
Adjusting her expression, she revealed that warm and radiant angelic smile, and innocently asked:
"If I admit it, will you come to comfort me?"
"I won't." Alister jotted down a string of numbers.
"I knew it." She returned to her dazed state. "Being a player and gambling, how could I possibly fall asleep..."
She was tired, she really wanted to sleep, but she couldn't...
"No!" Suddenly revitalized, brimming with energy, "Alister, do you think someone might gamble for my player qualification?!"
"Gamble for your player qualification?" Alister sighed. "First, you need to answer one question: What does the other person want?"
"..." She was taken aback, "Right, right..."
"Exactly?" Alister prepared to purchase some lottery numbers.
"No!" Energized again, she exclaimed, "As a beautiful and lovely girl like me, how can I settle for being ordinary?!"
With her perfectly charming figure, delicate facial features, and fair skin like a fallen angel, aside from Yumikou, she was indeed beautiful.
But beauty alone wasn't a reason to stand out.
Alister consoled her lightly, "Thirty years of hardship on one side, thirty years of prosperity on the other. Don't underestimate girls in dire straits. Keep it up."
Anyone could tell the consolation in Alister's words, and the radiant brilliance in her azure eyes gradually faded.
"Ah~ I can't do it..." She leaned against the opulent wall beside her.
Soon after, Alister participated in the casino's number drawing event, observing the countless structures evolve into the final numbers.
Twenty-nine numbers. Alister correctly guessed the first five, doubling the chips he bet.
It wasn't much; he earned a million. It didn't really affect the birth of the envoy.
"So much money! Aren't you making a fortune?!" Her face was a mix of shock and admiration, like a stunned rabbit.
"Small bets bring joy, big bets hurt the family. Luck should never be seen as absolute strength."
Alister took the one million chips he had earned and temporarily entrusted them to the gold-masked attendant, intending to leave them for...
"I can't accept this, I can't, absolutely not..." She hurriedly refused.
"Why not accept it? Just think of it as winning a grand prize out of thin air."
"I never accept charity like this!"
However, Alister had given her too much. She was deeply moved.
Then she was put under the effect of Alister's "Hypnotic Gaze," and was ruthlessly put to sleep.
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After settling some matters, Alister calmly left the sight of all the gamblers and came to the open-air hall where he could see the evening moon.
Darkness descended, welcoming the mysterious.
The chief's world title began recording this sequence game.
The birth of the Competing God's Envoy!