Chapter Twenty-Five: The Face Behind the Smoke Cloud

Graduated, the course was over, and finally empty, oh ho, you know.

Hopefully HL will bounce back.

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"Bekas?" Isis lowered her head and pondered for a moment.

“…… I don't think he thinks so, he has lost his thousand-year-old eyes, his mentality has changed a lot compared to before, and many of his actions are ...... It looks more like it's to protect her. ”

After saying that, she looked at the center of the field worriedly.

"Shady, are you really going to do this?"

……

Bekas, as usual, poured half a glass of bright red wine into his crystal goblet.

Every morning, at lunch, and at dusk, he had to drink a drink, and if he didn't, he felt uncomfortable, and in addition, he would drink a little more when his emotions fluctuated greatly, and this fluctuation of emotions excluded anger, because he regarded this as one of his two supreme pleasures, and would never touch even a little bit when he was angry, which he considered a kind of waste.

So it can be seen that he is not in a bad mood now.

"Master." Teros stood silently beside him, looking a little distracted.

"Tellos, I've wanted to warn you many times, just call me sir." Becas withdrew his attention from the sunset by the window, "You seem to have something on your mind?" ”

He took a sip of the cold liquor and held his breath as he felt it flow down his mouth and deep into his throat, the aroma that permeated his nose and made him close his eyes comfortably.

"Let me guess, you're worried about the Flame Girl."

This simple gesture revealed an astonishing affinity and contagion, and Theros's brows, which had been tightly tangled, slowly stretched out with his sigh.

"I just...... It's just a little hard to guess what you mean. ”

Becas guessed at least half right, and he was indeed a little worried about the white-haired girl.

As the most trusted confidant of the Father of Cards, he knows very well what his master's plans are, the impact of his lover's death has not been so penetrating under the wear and tear of time, and after his recent failure, Bekas's mind has changed, and he is now only thinking about how to manage the game myth he has created.

Magic Poker has had an impact on the world beyond anyone who was optimistic about this game at the beginning, except for traditional playing cards and several major ball games, there has never been a game like it has such dominance in its own field, half a year ago the Duelist Kingdom poured a scoop of oil on this already high pile of firewood, the duel disc is the most critical turning point, its appearance is equivalent to adding fire to this pile of firewood! It is foreseeable that when this duel city competition comes to an end, magic poker will enter a period of crazy rapid development. As new cards are introduced, the tactics will be more diverse, and each color will be scattered and blurred, and the environment will become a veritable kaleidoscope.

The future of gaming is a magic poker game, and Becas firmly believes that.

Teros also knew, so he was worried.

The results of the trial of that meeting had a very wide influence around the world, and it greatly increased the authority of the Duellists, Central, and Committee with Becas as the core, which was equivalent to free publicity and excellent results, but as an incident, the girl's popularity also expanded rapidly around the world, and people in almost all countries with stable regimes had heard of her, and many people fell in love with this game because of her. 's good appearance and temperament make her seem to be equivalent to the image spokesperson of this game.

Becas is not satisfied, he is currently contacting Haima, hoping to directly make Li Bai the official image spokesperson, which can not only promote the development of all aspects of the game, but also firmly tie the Haima Group to his side, and the Haima Group can also take a big step forward, what they lack is not financial strength but authority and dominance...... No matter how you look at it, this cooperation is harmless for both parties.

Although the number of meetings and time are not too much, Tellos thinks that he still has a deep understanding of Li Bai, he understands what a strong heart is in the body that looks weak, this burden may crush them for ordinary 17-year-old female high school students, but he thinks that Li Bai can easily do it.

The premise is that she maintains her current identity.

"I understand your concerns, Terros." Becas returned to the table and sat down, "On the surface, it seems that she is the deputy of the Seahorse Group, but in fact, we all know that she is probably not from this world, and some of Yuan Du's statements are extreme, but from my subsequent contact with Seahorse, it seems that he didn't lie much." ”

"And that fleeting fluctuation ...... on her body when she defeated me" At the mention of this, Becas couldn't help but frown, a hint of gloom flashing across his face.

Others couldn't see what happened to Li Bai at that time, but he could detect something with the last moment of mental dialysis, although he was bounced out by the wolf, it was enough to leave a very deep impression on him.

"Elsie was here yesterday." He suddenly said something that seemed unrelated.

"She told me that she couldn't see through the man...... My speculation went wrong. ”

"Then we shouldn't put the candidate on her." Teros was stunned for a moment, and said in a hurry, "With all due respect, although I personally like her, she is not suitable in the long run. ”

"I don't know." Becas smiled bitterly, "Elsie also brought another piece of news, which I probably can't tell anyone else for the time being, but I know that we won't have much peace in the next period. ”

And that's why...... I want to take a gamble. He paused, his voice lowered.

"Originally, I wanted to choose the game boy, but the impression she has always brought to me has reversed this idea, the real potential in her is not that power, I believe in her." After Becas finished speaking, he found his butler staring at him blankly, as if these words could not have come from his mouth, and he couldn't help but be amused by this rare sight: "Why, I look so utilitarian? ”

"Uh...... Ahem, cough, cough. Tyros barely caught his breath, and he squeezed his chest hard, trying to calm his expression.

"I understand what you mean, I'm going to contact the Seahorse Group and ask if they sell the broadcast rights from the quarterfinals."

Looking at his departing figure, the expression on Bekas's face became more and more strange, his eyes stared straight into the air, and the corner of his left mouth curled up, but he couldn't make anyone who saw him think that he was laughing.

……

"Discovery" is a wonderful word.

When people do something wrong, their first instinct is never to think about how to remedy the consequences of doing something wrong.

The vast majority of them will find all kinds of excuses for this wrongdoing, for example, and push back...... Using all the methods they know, they try to prove that this is not a wrong thing.

It may seem slow, but the process can be so short that the person may not even realize what they have just been thinking about, which makes it difficult to correct the habit because they don't even know what they are doing wrong. The psychology of luck exists in everyone's subconscious, and in life, this psychology will strictly affect people's judgment.

Therefore, it is only when people really face the worst situation that they have to admit it: they ...... It seems really wrong.

Just like Li Bai's mood now.

Standing across from her was another girl with a similar look, with whom she might have befriended, but for various reasons, they ended up on opposite sides.

"I will sacrifice the three Light Path Beasts on the field as ......"

Joker's voice came from afar, but she felt her thoughts drift farther and farther away.

Because she didn't have the same pressure to rescue her loved ones as she did on Bekas, her mentality when she first competed could be said to be very relaxed, relaxed as if she was planning to play a game, and her advanced tactical literacy and mentality made her despise her opponent a little, except for three backs, her eyes never stayed on anyone else.

There is no doubt that the three people are referring to the holders of the three god cards, two of which are her relatives and the other is her classmates and friends, and the competition with these two people will not bring her any negative feelings, so her focus is on the third person...... That is, Malik's, his dark personality has an amazing hatred for the world, and the bloody and cruel side of the thousand-year-old artifact has been vividly carried forward by him, so to speak, as long as he defeats him, she will get the victory in the duel city.

But she overlooked one point.

Being able to concoct a force with considerable influence in the world like Gurus, Malik's superficial personality is by no means a useless person.

The depiction of him in the original book can be described as two extremes, before the awakening of the negative personality, he was insidious and cunning, and various means took turns to fight, which can be said to be all-encompassing, and after the awakening of the negative personality, he instantly softened and returned to the command of the pharaoh with a face...... Li Bai is like many people, he only remembers the back half of his face.

The pain of the broken arm made her wake up, but the third-party forces involved in it also confused her vision, and she still didn't raise enough vigilance against the leader of the Gurus, so that she could only blame herself for being plotted - in fact, she was already very lucky, if she hadn't awakened her bloodline not long ago, she would have been half-dead if she had been stabbed in the back, let alone standing here, she wouldn't even be able to sit up.

Overturning all the previous assumptions, Li Bai also understood how much mistake she had made, she shouldn't look at any opponent with that mentality, what the lion wizard said was not wrong at all, many things were not as simple as she imagined.

Both Seahorse and Game should be at the dock...... They are attracted by the bait in the castle, and Nate is restrained by Tapir, and her voice fades away, as if only she and the opponent in front of her are left in the world.

So she couldn't hide anymore.

Thick dark clouds converged over the aquarium from all directions, but there was no breeze in the air, this wonderful landscape attracted many passers-by who got off work to stop and watch, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, the black clouds that contracted in a vortex shape experienced several cycles from contraction to expansion, turned into a strange giant bird, and plunged towards the aquarium directly below.

It turns out that what my brother wants me to change is not a means...... Is it a mentality......

With this last trace of consciousness, Li Bai turned his head slightly, and smiled indifferently at Nit, who was about to burst and rushed towards her, and then was swallowed up by the darkness that fell from the sky.