Chapter Twenty-Seven: Paradise No. 3
"Buy and leave, buy and leave, there is still one minute to start soon, everyone hurry up and place bets!" Next to the old record player in the bar, a man with a half-beastly face was holding an iron plate and shouting.
The crowd around the wooden table cheered again, throwing coins into the iron plate, and their mouths kept reading the amount of bets.
"Johnny, the one who loses is the red queen of the whole round, don't think about denying it." The short-haired girl clenched the wrist of the man at the wooden table with a disdainful smile in her eyes.
"I'll promise I'll break your wrist later, Lisa." Not to be outdone, the man deliberately puffed out the muscles of his left arm to show off.
"Are you both ready?" The middle-aged man with a long beard asked, holding the wrists of both sides.
"Don't pee your pants, Johnny."
"The same goes for you."
The two sides were still making the final provocation, and with the middle-aged man's order, the game officially began. The bar erupted in thunderous cheers.
At the beginning, Johnny took the lead with the advantage of his strong body, although Lisa tried his best to resist, but his hand strength was obviously weaker, Johnny quickly gained the upper hand, and gradually pressed Lisa's wrist to the table.
"Why, that's all it takes? I don't have the power to do that. Johnny sneered at the sight of the imminent victory.
"Hmph, I'm the one who should say that." Lisa has fallen on the table, but she is not admitting defeat.
"It's hard to be stubborn, watch me crush you directly!" The bruises on Johnny's arms bulged up, ready to give Lisa the fatal blow.
Just when Johnny thought the game was over, there was a surprised expression on his face, he had used all his strength, but Lisa's wrist suddenly seemed to be fixed on the table, no matter how hard he tried, he could no longer suppress her.
"Why, it's boring, I'll tell you what it means to exert force!" Lisa grabbed the man's wrist sharply, and her arm began to slowly rise.
Johnny wanted to resist, but Lisa's strength was too great, and he could only watch his wrist smash against the table, and there was no chance to fight back.
"Red Queen, please." Lisa looked at Johnny lying on the table and blinked.
"Lisa! Lisa! Lisa! ”
The crowd cheered her name like a knight on the throne.
"Miss Lisa, we are..."Ning Yu took the initiative to greet her, but was interrupted by Lisa.
"Daddy sent someone to tell me earlier, you are the firefly warriors who came up from below, and there is nothing special." Lisa took a glass of red queen and took a sip, her tone arrogant.
"Heh, are all little girls so unlikable now?" Foxfire walked up to Lisa and looked at her with deliberate contempt.
"I'm 22 years old, not too young!" Lisa gave the fox a hard push.
"Really? But I thought you were a kid. Fox Fire deliberately straightened his chest, and immediately showed a charming curve.
The people in the bar never thought they would see such a view, cheers and whistles were blaring.
Lisa looked at herself and then at the perfect body of the fox fire opposite, shame and anger made her blush.
"Not convinced? Do you want to beat me with what you do best? Foxfire sat down at the wooden table with a defiant expression and put his arm on the table.
The beast-faced man next to the jukebox would not let go of this opportunity to make money, and immediately began to shout again.
"Tonight's second round, Lisa against this one, well, this..."
"Just call me the Red Queen." Foxfire raised his hand at the beast-faced man.
"In the second round, Lisa will play against the Red Queen, everyone hurry up and place your bets!"
The cheers rang out again, even more enthusiastically than before, and the men placed bets on the fox fire, and the name of the red queen was shouted in the bar.
The anger in Lisa's heart was completely ignited, she was the queen of this bar, and the woman in front of her only appeared for a few minutes, attracting the attention of everyone present.
"The loser this time is not as simple as asking for a round of wine." Lisa sat down at the table and thrust two short knives into the table.
"Whoever loses, leave an arm!" Lisa gripped Kitsune's wrist, a mocking smile on her face.
"Whatever you want, whatever you like." Foxfire didn't care, turned his head to the referee next to him, and signaled that he could start.
The referee was also visibly nervous, trembling and clenching their wrists.
At the sound of the order, the game began, and the cheers in the bar stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at the two sitting at the table with bated breath.
As soon as Lisa changed the tactics of the match with Johnny just now, she used all her strength as soon as she came up, wanting to directly suppress the Foxfire and win. But soon she began to realize that things were not as smooth as she had thought.
Fox Huo sat at the table calmly and looked at Lisa opposite, no matter how hard Lisa tried, her hand never moved too much on the table.
"What's the matter, little girl, if you don't use a little force, you won't be able to keep this arm." Foxfire still looked at Lisa with a relaxed expression.
This is Lisa has begun to panic, cold sweat is breaking out on her face, because she has used all her strength, but she still can't shake Foxfire's wrist in the slightest.
"It seems that you are really bored, then I will take your arm." Foxfire smiled, and suddenly began to exert force, pressing Lisa's wrist to the edge of the knife in one fell swoop.
"Don't!" Lisa screamed in horror, but the pain didn't come from her wrist.
"I've changed my mind, you invite everyone to a round of bars." Foxfire let go of Lisa's wrist and struck her twice on the head.
Once again, the bar erupted in frantic cheers, and the world, which should have been extremely miserable, was completely ignited on this night, at least this night.
The next morning, at the house of the town elder father, Fox Fire, Ning Yu, Chen Lingfeng, and Lisa from the bar last night were discussing plans to infiltrate the crystal furnace.
Lisa learns after yesterday's wrist-wrestling match that Foxfire is also a mechanic, and has gone from last night's hostility to worship.
"Master, our plan for tonight is to sneak in from the north gate of the crystal furnace, which has been determined to be the weakest place in our defenses after many days of observation." Lisa said, pointing to a simple map on the table.
"Don't call me that, I'm not that old yet, call me Sister Foxfire." Foxfire replied with a frown.
When Lisa heard this, she immediately changed her tone and screamed.
"Tonight, Lisa and Ling Feng, you two sneak in from the north gate, and we will cause some trouble for the garrison at the main gate of the crystal furnace to attract their attention and assist you in entering." Ning Yu circled a few places on the map with a red pen, signaling Dad to organize a few more teams at that time.
"Am I not going to act with you?" Chen Lingfeng looked at Ning Yu and felt a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, he didn't even know how to use weapons.
"You have to remember that you are a warrior, after all, you have to go to the battlefield, we need you to adapt as soon as possible, there is no extra time left for you to practice, actual combat is the best training." Ning Yu said solemnly to Chen Lingfeng.
"Take it easy, there aren't many enemies on the north side, not to mention that Lisa has enough combat experience to deal with them." Fox Huo smiled and patted Chen Lingfeng on the shoulder.
"Master, do I have to go with him? I look at this kid as if he doesn't know anything, and I don't want to act with him. Lisa looked at Chen Lingfeng with disgust.
"No, you don't have a choice." Fox Fire leaned his face in front of Lisa and said categorically.
"Well... All right. Lisa could only agree, reluctant in her heart.
"Lisa, give us a signal as soon as you infiltrate the north gate, and then go to the crystal furnace's ladder and wait to meet us." Ning Yu looked at Lisa, tapping on the map with her pen.
While everyone was discussing, the door of the tin house was suddenly opened.
"Daddy, the black-faced god is here to ask for someone!" A man with bestial arms gasped, his face covered with sweat, as if he was still a little frightened.
"Oops, they came here so quickly. Hurry up and hide first. Dad pushed away the table, pulled the lock on the floor, and let Chen Lingfeng and the three of them go down to the cellar first.
"Who is the Blackface God?" Foxfire had a premonition that something was wrong.
"The overseer of the slums, that is, our administrator, go down there, don't come out!" Daddy pushed the three of them into the cellar, hurriedly restored the floor, tables and chairs to their original appearance, and walked out of the tin house.