Apocalypse Forecast

Chapter 532: Chapter 456 Game_2

Thank goodness for my good luck; otherwise, I would have been kidnapped for ransom and still clueless about what happened.

After making up his mind, Lin Nineteen felt like he could already see the death omen looming over his head.

No idea how many more traps lie ahead...

Sitting at home, all I did was spew some verbal garbage, so how did I end up in this godforsaken mess?

If I can dodge this bullet, I swear I’ll stay as far away from that bastard as possible—the farther, the better!

After praying with the few shreds of sincerity he had to the True Dragon Candle Yin, who had probably been dead for who knows how many years, he swallowed and mustered his last ounce of courage to pick up the phone.

Then he hurriedly knelt to beg for mercy.

[I only have 23 million on me, Big Brother, please spare my life! I won’t talk smack anymore!]

’¿’

On the ship, Huai Shi felt as if his whole world had been turned upside down.

What happened?

What’s going on?

Why has he suddenly become like this?

[Give me a month, just one month, I’ll find someone to borrow from!] Little Nineteen declared, stamping his feet in frustration. [If that’s not enough, I still have a property in Yanjing...]

”...”

Huai Shi felt like he’d spun a full three hundred and sixty degrees, completely baffled and unaware of what had happened.

Weren’t we just talking about KP a moment ago?

Why did things suddenly turn out this way?

[What do you mean?] he sent a message asking.

Is this... dissatisfaction with the amount?

Lin Nineteen held back a surge of emotion, his trembling fingers typing a reply: [Nothing, if the meaning isn’t enough, I have a little more meaning...]

Huai Shi frowned, unable to grasp what on earth he was up to. [I don’t understand what you mean.]

[Actually...]

Lin Nineteen, eyes brimming with tears, replied, ”[There’s no other meaning, just a little token of appreciation.]”

”...”

Huai Shi rolled his eyes, feeling the conversation couldn’t possibly continue.

He couldn’t help but sigh.

Fine, maybe I asked for too much. The pressure must be huge for Little Nineteen, so it’s natural for him to reject it so tactfully.

After all, they’re not close.

[Alright, my apologies then.]

After replying, he turned off his phone and scratched his head, planning to think of another solution.

Then, two minutes later, DING! A notification popped up from the Magic Gold Bank app on his phone.

[Received a transfer of 23,160,000 from an anonymous account.]

Huh?

Huai Shi looked down at the transfer notification, utterly stunned.

Still no clue what had happened.

Money mysteriously sent to me?

Interesting...

「. .」

Eventually, he figured out where the money came from and returned it to Little Nineteen.

But Little Nineteen’s response was very odd. It was as if Huai Shi was about to kill him with a knife rather than simply return the money. He showed extreme reluctance, almost on the verge of crying.

Did I unknowingly become a monster in Little Nineteen’s eyes?

That can’t be...

Huai Shi stroked his chin, pondering in the ship’s cafe.

He heard the sound of the chair opposite him being pulled out.

”Excuse me, is this seat taken?” a dignified and mature female voice inquired.

Huai Shi looked up and saw a woman in a black dress that seemed to cloak her in the night itself; even her exposed hands were covered with black lace gloves.

Her eyes were veiled by a piece of black tulle that hung from her hat, making her entire face seem blurred.

Hard to remember.

What puzzled Huai Shi more was that there were hardly any people in this café; or rather, there were barely any passengers on the ship at all.

After setting sail, Huai Shi had hardly seen any other passengers on board.

Why sit opposite me?

However, he didn’t mind having someone to chat with during the trip.

After putting down his phone, Huai Shi nodded and gestured, ”Please, help yourself.”

”Thank you.”

The husky and deep voice sounded particularly distant.

Huai Shi felt something wasn’t quite right but couldn’t pinpoint it. He just had the feeling... that this mature and dignified woman in front of him was somehow similar to that wild captain steering the ship.

But where the similarity lay, he simply couldn’t say.

Huai Shi was certain he had never met her before.

One should be able to firmly remember such a mysterious woman from even a single encounter, yet he had no impression of her whatsoever.

But one thing was certain—he must have heard her voice somewhere before; it was just that Huai Shi couldn’t recall it at the moment.

It felt as though a light mist was enveloping him, yet it didn’t seem that important, not worth worrying about.

No need to be concerned.

It’s just a bit strange, isn’t it? These days, doesn’t everyone go about like this when they travel?

”Hello, Huai Shi.”

He extended his hand politely. ”May I ask your name?”

The lady pondered for a moment. ”...Just call me by the name that fellow liked best,” she said. Then, shaking Huai Shi’s hand, she added, ”Sophie.”

She introduced herself, ”You can call me Sophie Tilton.”

Huai Shi nodded. ”Is Madam Tilton traveling as well?”

”I suppose you could say, it’s my daughter’s first journey, and I’m a little uneasy. I want to keep an eye on her. Her uncles probably feel the same,” Sophie said, her lips curving slightly into a semblance of a smile, making her appear even more mysterious.

She suddenly asked, ”Since the journey is long, I wonder if you’d be interested in playing a game, Huai Shi?”

”A game?”

Huai Shi was puzzled, but after a moment’s thought, decided it didn’t really matter; he was idle anyway.

Then he saw Lady Sophie unbelievably take out a rather large wooden box from her small handbag and place it on the table.

It looked somewhat like a chessboard.

As she slowly opened it, an exaggerated interior space was revealed, completely disproportionate to its exterior. Within lay a multitude of neatly arranged cards.

Ever since the Card of the Ages was issued, more than two thousand card packs were all laid out here,

including over sixteen hundred limited-edition, out-of-print, flash gold, diamond, and origin tin cards—

It made Huai Shi’s inner whale ache with envy.

He couldn’t help but tactically lean back.jpg.

Where did this unparalleled tycoon come from!

Observing his shocked expression, Madam Sophie asked with a mysterious smile, ”How about a game of Card of the Ages?”

Her words held an unbelievable Magic Power, convincing and engaging.

It made one unable to resist agreeing with her.

It’s just a card game, right?

Bring it on!

And with that, Huai Shi fell into a stupor.

The instant he nodded, a faint mist engulfed the entire cruise ship, wrapping everything within the framework set by the Creator.

Gazing at the young man now engrossed in the card game, Sophie slowly raised her eyes.

”Mr. Huai Shi, as that child’s guardian, I’m not as lax or kind-hearted as KP, thinking that as long as you make it to Canberra, you’ll have passed,” she said earnestly.

”Unless you can win a game against me, otherwise...

”You can just go back where you came from.”