"Master Kavo, do you want to play cards? The kind of gambling that lives..."

On the second floor of the library, next to the small table, the momentum of the man in the black cloak became more and more aggressive.

But the bearded old man on the other side always looked unwavering, he pushed his glasses, turned a page of the book he was reading in his hand, and said unhurriedly: "No." I prefer to play chess to poker. ”

After two breaths, the bearded old man closed the book and said lightly: "Your extraordinary ability is indeed quite interesting." Such a difficult sequence to promote, I didn't expect it to be passed down..."

This breezy response made the slaughter that had been in the air a moment ago suddenly empty.

It's like two old friends greeting each other.

"Hey, hey..."

Hearing this, the man in the cloak also seemed to change his face, and the excitement in his eyes faded like a tide, and he returned to a bright smile, as if nothing had happened.

His eyes flickered, and he sighed, "Master Kavo, you are stronger than the legend..."

Having said that, there was no fear on the cloaked man's face.

It seems that even if he is the head of the legendary "Ten Legends" in front of him, it is an honor to be able to gamble with him once.

The man in the cloak licked his lips, showed an exaggerated smile like a clown, and said, "I originally wanted to gamble with you, even if I died in your hands, I was satisfied." But now it seems... The time is not ripe yet. ”

The bearded old man said calmly: "Twenty years ago, your teacher Oratu · K. Kant came to the City of Radiance to have tea with me. He once told me that the strongest thing about the 'Gambler' is not his extraordinary ability, but that you can never guess what hole cards he still has in his hand. However, your vein always likes to gamble with your life, which is not good..."

With that, he took his eyes off the gilded book cover in his hand, and for the first time looked at the man in the cloak opposite.

If there are outsiders here, I am afraid that my jaw will drop by the conversation between the two. The man in the cloak in front of him is actually the craziest [gambling demon] in the "Top Ten Legendary Demon Hunters". K. Kant!

The man in the cloak seemed to be smiling, not caring at all, and said, "Yes, the teacher lost the last gamble and lost his life." ”

The bearded administrator's eyes full of wisdom seemed to see through everything, and said, "Your ability is indeed a bit interesting, but do you really think that I can't keep you?" ”

"It's a bit interesting to be praised by Master Cavo, and I'm proud of myself."

Far from being unhappy, the man in the cloak frankly admitted that his skills were inferior.

He looked as usual, and said, "I have never been so arrogant in Xia that with this little skill, I can be in this library, even if I am close to you, even if it is a few other 'Ten Legends', I may not be able to bargain for a cheap Great Magister..."

The tone of the words emphasizes the word "library".

The bearded administrator raised his eyebrows slightly when he listened, glanced at him, and his tone was still calm: "The biggest card in poker is not the king card 'K' or the 'A' card, but the 'JOKER' card full of variables. What, are you going to use your joker cards here? ”

"Sure enough, no amount of cleverness can hide from you, Master Kavo..."

When the man in the cloak heard this, he sighed slightly and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "But since you didn't plan to play cards with me, I won't play hole cards this time." ”

The bearded administrator took a sip of the black tea in his hand and said, "Then what if I have to let you stay?" ”

The man in the cloak spread his hands, with a calm expression, and said, "Master, you won't." ”

Between two smart people, there is no need to say too much at all, and the game between words has been exchanged many times.

“...”

Hearing this, the bearded administrator glanced up at him again.

The wrinkles on this old face deepened a little, and he said with emotion: "On the road of 'Gambler Sequence', you have gone further than your teacher. However, do you like to gamble on everything, aren't you afraid of losing? ”

"If you lose, you lose your life. If you can gamble with an existence like you, it doesn't matter if you win or lose..."

The man in the cloak tilted his head and smiled, the crazy gambling heart in his tone seemed to be unbearable again.

This guy's body seems to live with two guys with completely different personalities, one is crazy hysterical, and the other is calm and almost inhuman.

In the blink of an eye, the madness in his eyes disappeared, and he changed back to a calm tone and said, "But you also listened to the story I told just now, so you didn't think about my plan?" Didn't you build the City of Radiance to change the world? Now you can see that without you, the Shining City is no different from any other city..."

The bearded administrator said, "There's nothing wrong with your point of view. But your perception is too extreme to disagree. ”

He didn't talk any further, and gave an eviction order: "While you haven't spoiled my reading mood, please leave." ”

Listen, the cloaked man's pupils shrank slightly, like a threatened viper curling slightly, which is a reflex-like reaction to crisis sensing.

After a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he decisively put away the playing cards on the table, and said, "Oh, that's a pity. In that case, I'll come back to you next time..."

"When the time comes, I'll also come to learn about your chess skills, Master Cavo."

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in the cloak turned and went downstairs without any fuss, leaving the library.

Walk very decisively.

At the small table, the white-bearded administrator looked as usual, and didn't take another look.

He picked up a book again and read it carefully, like countless days that were as calm as water.

And in his hand, there is this animal skin with strange words recorded.

If Wren were here, he would have recognized that the animal skin was written in the "Coleman language", and that it recorded an ancient legend about the "coming of the Kuroshioshio".

......

Wren finished reading the book, and when he was leaving, he saw that the bearded librarian was still sitting at the small table reading the book, and the man in the cloak who was playing cards had left.

"See you tomorrow."

He waved his hand casually and waved goodbye to the old man who only nodded his head.

In the afternoon, he planned to return to the lab as usual. Hop on the steam train back to the Fifth District, through the familiar streets and alleys, and then all the way down to the ground floor.

And just as Wren came to a crossroads, Bazel, who was lurking in the shadows, suddenly appeared and stopped him.

The perceptive werewolf said solemnly: "There are seven people hiding in the alley eight hundred meters ahead, I think you'd better not go down." ”

When Wren heard this, he immediately stopped, and a bad premonition inexplicably rose in his heart, and he muttered: "It's not good, something may have happened in the laboratory!" ”

This alley is rarely visited, and there are seven people at the same time, still hidden in a place where they can't see, which is very unusual.

The more this happened, the more Wren wanted to get back to the experiment as soon as possible, and proposed, "Let's go another way." ”

With Bazel in their presence, they easily avoided the hunters who lurked in the shadows.

Then I climbed down the pipe, changed the other way, and came to the entrance of the laboratory.

From a distance, it was still the same as usual, without any difference.

On the yellow paint plate, the handwriting of "internal poisonous gas" is still shiny.

This was repainted by Carl Jr. not long ago.

But even after cleaning the traces, there was still a faint poisonous smell wafting through the air. Apparently, the gas device in the lab had been triggered by an intruder.

Bazel sniffed and said, "There are five people in the laboratory, and one of them is a fourth-order master, but Dr. Ilubeck is no longer inside. Looking at the concealment methods of these people, they should be professional spy personnel. ”

If it was a fourth-order master, the poison gas equipment in the laboratory would indeed not be of much use.

"The people of the Blackwater Terrace of the Omar Empire?"

Wren immediately thought of the threatening words that the Winster patriarch had said yesterday when he was leaving.

Fights are prohibited in the "Shining City", provided that they are not caught, or if they are tacitly approved by law enforcement agencies.

This fifth district is the territory of the Winster family.

He couldn't help but be a little worried about his teacher, and his eyes flashed, "Those guys from the Winster family, this is playing yin..."

Unexpectedly, the worst happened.

Although neither the people of Omar nor the people of the Shining City dared to kill such a sensitive figure in the scientific community.

But if that grumpy old man comes, he has to fight to the death with people, and he can't say...

Bazel raised his eyebrows and looked at Wren beside him, and said, "Those people should be here waiting for you to throw yourself into the net, you kid don't do stupid things..."

Wren rolled his eyes in annoyance, in response.

Although he did care about the old man's situation, after all, he had lived two lives, how could it be the kind of stunned person who rushed into the trap as soon as his head was hot?

But now that the teacher is gone, it is a fact, and he, who is a disciple, naturally wants to find out the situation.

After thinking about it, Wren didn't act rashly.

He decided to go to the upper nineteen blocks and visit "Carl's mechanical repair shop".