Chapter 9 Continental Cards
I couldn't understand it, but Reka still honestly ran up to the third floor.
After looking at his cheerful back for a moment, Oreo lowered his head and drew a deck of continental cards from under the coffee table.
As the shuffle sounded, Oreo's attention seemed to be drawn to the continental cards, and he played two roles by himself, playing the popular "assassination" game in the continent of Ecasina.
This kind of boring play, I don't know why he can play so energetically alone, but time does pass quickly.
Oreo shuffled again, and the deck was played for two hours with a little wrinkled corners, but it didn't get in the way.
Placing the shuffled cards in the middle of the coffee table, Oreo raised an eyebrow and whispered.
"Do you want a game?"
No one answered him, but fortunately he didn't wait for the man to answer, and started splitting on his own.
Unexpectedly, Angelelle slowly walked down the stairs, still wearing the same overalls she wore in the afternoon.
The pants were wide, and the whole looked like a carpenter or a mason.
Angelyl nodded slightly and sat down on the couch directly across from Oreo.
Oreo knew she was Angely, of course, but he still said it quietly.
"Hey, are you interested in bounties too?"
Without waiting for Angelyl to answer, he continued.
"There's no future as a bounty hunter in Turin, but it's good to relax once in a while."
Angelelle lowered her head and took her share of the cards.
She didn't seem to like to talk, so she arranged the cards in the right order, drew one of them, and spread out the rest in front of Oreo, apparently intending to make the first move.
The "Assassination" game is the simplest and most popular way to play the cards in the continent.
There are seven types of cards in the continent, namely emperor, queen, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron, and the high-ranking cards can swallow the low-ranking cards.
According to the division of forces, it can be divided into the East Ikra Empire, the Venada Federation and the Okasim Empire, and the three control each other, and the cards of the restrained side can be swallowed by one level.
In Angelille's first move, if her assassination is successful, then Oreo is considered a failure.
If she fails, then Oreo can assassinate her once, and if Oreo draws or succeeds, then Oreo wins.
The first to take the lead, and the latter has the power to adapt.
"Looks like you're in luck."
Oreo unleashed his cards, and Angelelle chose the middle one.
Continental cards have a continental card order, and participants must arrange the cards in order of their rank, but they can choose to arrange them from smallest to largest, or from largest to smallest.
Angelyl chose the middle card, and it seemed that she was confident in her hand.
Oreo smiled and played the cards in his hand.
"I'm sorry, Queen Venada."
Angelil's hand trembled, but she still showed her card neatly, it was a Duke of East Ikra.
The Venada Empire restrained the East Iqra Empire, so it was Oreo who won, but it was only the first round.
However, Oreo's cards in the middle are all queens, and it's not hard to imagine how lucky he was.
Sure enough, he directly pushed out a Venada Emperor, and then pouted, looking like he was winning.
Angelyl shook her head, tossed her cards into the discard pile, and said in a low voice.
"I lost."
Oreo folded as well, only to pick up the Emperor Venada card in his hand with a thoughtful expression.
Angelyl tilted her head, stared at the card for a moment, and muttered.
"It's been a few years old."
"Indeed, His Majesty Augustus does not know how many years he has been dead."
Oreo throws the card into the pile and re-splits.
"But it doesn't matter."
Before Oreo splits again, Angelelle reminded.
"Your power."
Damn Emperor Venada, I forgot about it.
Oreo's lowered eyes twitched as he split the cards.
"Ma'am, your name."
Angelil picked up the cards in front of her one by one and said as she looked at the cards.
"Angelyl."
Her heart was beating so fast as she said this that she forgot to keep her voice down, but Oreo didn't pay attention.
"Looks like I can ask a second question."
Oreo lined up the cards and pointed to Angelil's leftmost card, which was the real win.
Angelyl was silent, and if it was three or four to bet, she would probably fold.
But now there are only two, and she has no right to fold, so she has to slowly open the card, which is a queen of East Ikra.
"Damn."
After the assassination failed, Oreo cursed, threw the card in his hand into the discard pile, and pushed the rest of the cards in front of Angely.
Angelyl seemed to be a safe person, and she still picked the middle card, but she won the hand.
She threw away the cards in her hand with a blank face and coughed twice before asking.
"What do you think about that fire?"
Hearing this strange question, Oreo's splitting moves were all half a beat slower.
"Tutan is on top, and although I left a few minutes later than you, I didn't even enter the house..."
He paused and looked at Angelyl, "You can change the question." ”
This was obviously not the answer Angelyl wanted, she frowned and thought for a moment before asking.
"Then tell me about your speculation, about the death of the viscount."
"Hmm..."
Oreo looked up at the ceiling and made sure the third-floor hallway was empty.
"The death of Viscount Merkel must have been an accident."
Angelil paused, and then whispered after a while.
"Huh?"
Oreo took in Angelil's expression before speaking unhurriedly.
"Of course, everyone knows this objective fact, but if you have to ask me what I think about the events behind this......"
Oreo looked up again, and the third-floor hallway was still empty.
Seeing his hesitation, Angelyl stretched out her right hand and gestured two fingers.
"Tutan is on top, I swear, I won't tell those two detectives."
"It's the sheriff."
Oreo corrected.
He folded the cards in his hand and leaned forward, and Angelyl straightened up, separated by a head's head.
At such a close distance, Oreo scrutinized Angelil's face.
The long, tousled hair was draped around her cheeks, and the whole face didn't seem to be anything special except for the baby fat on her cheeks.
Retracting his gaze, Oreo cut back to the point.
"Viscount Merkel died in a natural fire, or a man-made arson murder, but in a way, none of that matters.
The important thing is that his death may be related to something else, which is why many people want to investigate the truth about his death. ”
Angelelle held her breath and waited for Oreo's next words.
Seeing her attentive look, Oreo shrank into the couch and waved his hand.
"These are just my speculations, you don't have to take them personally......
Viscount Merkel may be doing something important for a big man, so that big man is eager to find out the truth about Viscount Merkel's death, so as to confirm whether Viscount Merkel died in an accident or died in a conspiracy against the big man himself. ”
With that, Oreo slowly stood up with the help of his cane.
At first, he lowered his head, but as he turned his head, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
With Angelil's scream, a gunshot suddenly exploded on the first floor of the villa.