"Okay!"
Upon hearing Roach's words, Yuri nodded in agreement and moved aside. He took out the satellite phone designated for their team's communication and sent the latest intelligence report about their situation to the money team stationed at the base.
On their way back from Cangsheng Casino, Roach and Yuri, accompanied by their staff, refrained from making any other moves for safety reasons.
Soon after Yuri's message was sent out, their phone quickly received a reply from the money team.
[Received.]
Though the money team's response was brief, Roach and Yuri knew they would now focus on tracking Lu Ting's whereabouts.
Immediately, Roach and Yuri left the bedroom, leaving Alya, the albino girl purchased by Lu Ting, alone in the room. They stationed themselves in the living room, awaiting further instructions from the money team.
Meanwhile,
At another location in Pattani Province, approximately 1.5 kilometers from where Lu Ting currently was at Cangsheng Casino.
In a hotel directly facing the back door of Cangsheng Casino, a small team led by the money team had relocated here two hours ago due to the continued progress of their mission plan from their original base.
Since Lu Ting entered Cangsheng Casino, Nikolai and Soap had been stationed in front of their computers, monitoring the surveillance footage on the screen and the commander's movements.
Upon receiving Yuri's intelligence report, informing them that Lu Ting had initiated the next phase of his plan, the money team immediately instructed Sandman, "Prepare our things; we should be ready to move soon!"
By "things," the money team naturally meant weapons and equipment!
Timing it, if everything went smoothly on Lu Ting's end, the moment for them to act wouldn't be far off!
Upon hearing the money team's instructions, Sandman, who had been lounging on the couch with nothing to do, immediately sat up and exclaimed with a smile, "Are we finally starting? That's great!"
Being stuck in the base for so many days, unable to go anywhere, Sandman felt like his whole body was rusting!
Now, they could finally stretch their legs!
With that said, he turned and walked out of the room to equip each member of Team 141 with weapons according to their combat habits.
Meanwhile, the money team sat beside Nikolai and Soap, focusing intently on the movements displayed on the screens of the two computers.
As Team 141 prepared extensively for their upcoming operation, Lu Ting, currently inside Cangsheng Casino, was enjoying the thrill of consecutive wins!
Compared to the beginning, Lu Ting now had significantly more chips in front of him. On the other hand, Xingyue, sitting opposite him, had considerably fewer chips on the table.
Frowning slightly, she scrutinized her hand for a moment or two before pushing her last one million dollar chip toward the female dealer, saying, "All in!"
"Call, all in!"
"Show your cards, please!"
After the female dealer's prompt, Lu Ting promptly revealed his hand—a combination of Ace and Queen.
The moment Lu Ting's cards were revealed, he noticed Xingyue's expression immediately soured.
After verifying Lu Ting's hand, the female dealer smiled and announced, "Two pairs, Ace and Seven."
She then turned to Xingyue, gesturing for her to show her hand.
"You've won again, Mr. Zhao."
With a bitter smile, Xingyue uttered these words before revealing her hand—a Jack and an Ace.
It was clear who was winning and who was losing.
"Queen high, Mr. Zhao wins."
The female dealer announced the winner with a smile, pushing all the chips on the table towards Lu Ting.
After collecting all these chips, Xingyue across the gambling table spoke up, "It seems Mr. Zhao's luck is really good today."
Upon hearing this, a proud smile instantly spread across Lu Ting's face. Though he knew better than anyone how he managed to win consecutively.
But outwardly, Lu Ting appeared completely unassuming, saying, "I told you, during my days here, as long as I'm at the table, I win nine out of ten times!"
Xingyue, upon hearing Lu Ting's words, simply nodded with a wry smile, choosing not to argue.
Following this, Lu Ting glanced at the now-empty table in front of Xingyue and asked cheerfully, "How about it? Do you want to continue playing?"
At this moment, Lu Ting deliberately portrayed himself as if the previous victories had intoxicated him completely, now fully engrossed in the gambling.
This was exactly the effect Xingyue desired, so why would she spoil Zhao Ting's mood at such a critical moment?
After contemplating for half a second, she smiled and replied, "Of course!"
"If Mr. Zhao wants to play, Xingyue will naturally accompany him to the end!"
With that said, Xingyue immediately looked at the female dealer, signaling her to continue.
Seeing Xingyue's gesture, the dealer exchanged chips for her once again.
This time, Xingyue's table was restocked with a whopping fifty million dollar in chips!
After the chips were placed, Xingyue glanced at Lu Ting with a meaningful smile and said, "Let's see how good Mr. Zhao's luck really is today."
"Both of you, after exchanging chips, we're entering the final phase of the game."
As the dealer collected all the cards and placed them in front of Lu Ting, indicating for him to continue dealing.
"The big blind is now one million dollar."
After saying this, Lu Ting picked up the deck of cards, shuffled them casually, and dealt two cards each to himself and Xingyue.
Then, he proceeded to place four community cards on the table: Ace of Hearts, 8 of Spades, 6 of Spades, and 4 of Spades.
After dealing all the cards, the dealer turned to Lu Ting first, pointing at him and said, "It's your bet, Mr. Zhao."
After glancing at his cards, Lu Ting furrowed his brows for two seconds before saying directly, "Pass."
As soon as Lu Ting passed, just as the dealer was about to look at Xingyue, she smiled slightly and said, "Pass."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ting narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing deeply at Xingyue, clearly considering what kind of hand she might have.
(End of the Chapter)