This is my second time stepping into this mesmerizing yet dangerous place.
Wrench and Abu have been here countless times, but their roles and responsibilities are different.
81 is here for the first time.
Chen Weiqiang came with Liu Eleven last time, and when he came to find Aesop, the old fox, to save me, he also came once.
I know their moods aren't great, all because I insisted on letting that blood slave go.
Night falls, and if that person can escape the jungle and return home, it's truly by divine grace.
If discovered by the patrolling Kren border guards, the consequences...
To preserve the last bit of conscience in our hearts and prevent everyone from completely falling, risking our lives to let him go, is it really worth it?
I can't measure the pros and cons anymore, nor can I comment on whether it's "worth it" or "not worth it".
Anyway, the lives of the five of us are truly bound together from this moment on.
At the same time, I feel guilty and indescribably uncomfortable.
And powerless.
"Little bottle, here are your chips, have a good time."
Aesop let a beauty accompany the gambler to bring a pile of chips and then split them among us five.
I pretended to hesitate, "Thank you, Professor, but I don't know how to play this. I'm afraid of losing your money."
"Don't worry, if you lose, it's on me. If you win, you can exchange it for cash and take it away.
The girls here, you can also have fun, all expenses go to me personally.
Have fun, boys, hahaha."
Aesop patted my shoulder and walked away with Yang Liu, the gambling companion.
"..." Holding the tray of chips, the four of them stared at each other.
Chen Weiqiang picked up a chip and smiled, "How about a game?"
I shook my head, "I won't."
"Me neither," 81 echoed.
Wrench and Abu glanced at each other but remained silent.
They would play, but they weren't in the mood.
"Then take you to play with the girls, let's..."
"Get lost!"
I interrupted Chen Weiqiang and turned to the staircase.
I wanted to find Xiaoyanzi's figure.
It's been half a month, and I don't know if she's still alive.
"Hmm, you guys have fun yourselves, we're going to play."
Chen Weiqiang took the tray of chips from me and went to play baccarat with Wrench and Abu.
"..." I looked at the equally at a loss 81 and grinned, "You go play with them, I'm going to find someone."
"A woman?"
81 was clever, his small eyes darting around, trying to figure out which gambling companion it was.
"Uh... don't ask. If you do, you'll get a beating."
"Hmph!"
81, afraid of me hitting him, went off to find Wrench and the others.
Once they were gone, I headed for the stairs.
"What's up?"
Just as I reached the door, a lackey blocked my way, extending his hand brazenly, hoping for a tip.
"I'm Professor Aesop's bodyguard at the KK Park, going upstairs to see an old acquaintance!"
I stuck my hands in my pockets and looked towards the lobby where Aesop was playing baccarat.
"Oh, so it's the professor's man. Please come up, please come up.
Brother, which woman do you have in mind? Tell me, I'll look after her for you!"
The lackey immediately bowed and gestured "please."
It seems the name of a big shot can really open doors sometimes.
"No need for your help."
I gave him a glare and walked upstairs.
I didn't see her in the lobby just now; she must be in the room with the gambler.
A moment later, I arrived at the door of that room.
The door was closed, and there was a slight movement inside.
I instantly withdrew my hand about to knock and leaned against the wall, taking out a cigarette.
Lit up.
After smoking a cigarette, the person inside still hadn't come out.
I had no choice but to reluctantly go downstairs first.
There are rules in the underworld; when someone is "doing business," I can't just barge in.
If I break the rules of the casino, even Aesop the old fox will beat me.
Whatever happens, there's a pursuit of being first come first served and absolute strength!
"Brother, come and gamble. I just won money and can finally improve my life!"
Seeing me come down so quickly, 81 ran over eagerly.
"How much did you win?" I threw the cigarette butt into a nearby trash can.
"Over ten thousand. Professor Aesop won hundreds of thousands, and I followed Wrench to buy some, hee-hee."
81 clutched the chips, grinning from ear to ear.
Wrench and the others were also betting, judging by their happy expressions, they must have won a lot too.
It dispelled the shadow of me freeing the blood slave.
With Professor Aesop backing me, I decided to boldly and recklessly gamble.
Nervousness will only make the old fox suspicious.
"Give me the chips, I'll gamble too."
I took all the chips from 81 and went to the table, making random bets.
Then I went to another table and did the same.
"So soon back down, young man?"
Seeing me squeeze up to bet big or small, Chen Weiqiang pinched me and joked.
"Young man is you! I'm the manliest of all men! Bro, give me some chips!"
I glared at him, taking half of his, Wrench's, and Abu's chips.
"..." They glanced at each other, shrugged, and continued playing cards.
81 followed me, throwing chips wherever I pointed, as I smoked, a traitor to the capitalists.
However, the chips weren't big, just a hundred or a thousand.
We played small, so we wouldn't have chips worth ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or a million.
Unless, flipping a chip's worth a hundred times.
After smoking a cigarette, 81 and I threw all the chips we had in our hands.
This casual gesture even drew a lot of onlookers.
To be honest, I didn't care about winning or losing; I just wanted to experience the joy of gamblers throwing away their money.
"Hi, need a companion to play?"
A sexy gambling woman, probably a handrail woman, walked up to me, twisting her waist and flirting.
They also have tasks, without sleeping with the bettors, to try to find them as happy as possible and then hit the jackpot.
The bigger the bettor bets, the more they get.
Regardless of whether they win or lose, they finally gamble and die without property.
"Not interested."
I spit out smoke and said coldly.
"Sexual orientation issue?"
"Cough, cough."
I was almost choked to death by this sentence. The brain circuit of the other party was indeed different.
The woman picked up half a cigarette from my mouth, took it away, and then smiled coquettishly.
"Alone here? There's a sweetheart here!"
"Six o'clock, big! Banker wins, congratulations to this gentleman."
"Banker wins, congratulations, sir!"
"Oh, my God! It's the same gentleman who won again!"
Different tables, almost at the same time, came the call of the beautiful croupier, exactly breaking my awkward situation.
"Thank you, ha!"
I took the cigarette back, extinguished it, and flicked it into the nearby trash can.
"Bro, won! We just randomly bet all the winnings!"
81 was so excited he was like a child getting sugar.
I was stunned too, this was a casino that deliberately let water make me happy, right?
Only one game and he had a sequel; the next was a lot full...