Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 97: Chapter 44 Red Dragon!_2

”I will certainly give you an explanation,” Xu Shi nodded slightly, ignoring the old butler’s words.

Then, the old butler directly opened the Dice, revealing the five dice inside, totaling sixteen points, while Xu Shi’s men shook out eighteen points.

”And then?” the old butler asked with a frown.

”Unfortunately, you lost. Next,” Xu Shi said with a smile.

The bodyguards brought by the old butler stepped forward and shook the Dice. All without exception lost. The sum of their five dice was always just one point more than their opponents’, the probability was too low.

As the old butler left defeated, the rest were pulled up to the gambling table.

But all of them lost. However, with a woman with a distressed face brought to the table,

something strange happened. When Xu Shi’s men shook out a seventeen, she shook an eighteen.

This was the first among this group to win.

Xu Shi nodded slightly, had a bag of money placed behind the woman, then continued, ”Switch hands.”

The woman nodded reluctantly, then shook the dice with her left hand.

Again, Xu Shi’s men shook out a twenty-two while the woman shook out a twenty-three.

She won again!

Xu Shi’s smile grew even broader, another bag of money was placed behind the now trembling woman, ”Continue!”

The woman was terrified and shook the dice again.

Xu Shi’s men shook out five ones, five, while the woman shook out four ones and a two, six!

She won again!

”You see, haven’t we found it?” Xu Shi’s face beamed with smiles.

But the woman suddenly knelt on the ground, knocking her head on the floor in fear, begging for mercy, ”I didn’t rob you, I didn’t. I found a corpse on the way back and found this on his body. Really, it wasn’t me.”

She raised her arm in terror, displaying a Gold Coin shining brilliantly in her palm.

And with the appearance of the Gold Coin, everyone present couldn’t help but reveal their greed, their breathing quickening.

Gold, always so dazzling and luxurious.

And this Gold Coin even had the power to make people desperate to possess it.

Some Scavengers were already eyeing it hungrily, ready to sever the woman’s arm and snatch the Gold Coin.

Even Xu Shi watched the Gold Coin with fiery eyes, unable to hold back from stepping forward, yearning to get closer to the Gold Coin.

But he was held back by a male bodyguard from behind, which helped him snap out of the Gold Coin’s allure.

He nodded in cold sweat to the male bodyguard.

Then, a female bodyguard approached the woman and reached for the Gold Coin.

But she found that the woman was gripping the Gold Coin tightly, refusing to let go even when cornered with no way out.

Her fingers were clenched tightly on the Gold Coin, her face twisted and struggling.

The female bodyguard frowned, grabbed the woman’s arm, and with a forceful twist,

broke the woman’s arm to extract the Gold Coin.

And cast the Gold Coin into the greed treasure box, with that, everyone seemed to wake up from a dream.

”Such a beautiful Gold Coin...” murmured the boss next to Li Yelai, ”So beautiful...”

But Li Yelai’s heart was sounding the alarm.

Even he felt the allure of the Gold Coin, though not as fervently as the others.

Taboo Items, this was definitely a Taboo Item!

All the chaos and fighting were because of this one Gold Coin, no, it was because of this chest full of Gold Coins!

Li Yelai looked toward the treasure box, his Black Umbrella hanging down.

Moreover, he seemed to have noticed something peculiar: Xu Shi seemed to have a lot of respect for the male bodyguard behind him.

Meanwhile, outside the factory area, the Processor team from West City also scattered loudly.

Dozens of military off-road vehicles emerged from the darkness, quickly surrounding all the entrances to the factory area.

”Confirmed, the Taboo Item held by the Red Dart Commerce is a Level C, greed coins!”

”Damn it, don’t let the last Gold Coin return to the treasure box!”

Originally suppressed in the Black Prison of the North City Branch, the Level C Taboo Item, greed coins.

Also known as Wealth Coin.

The body being a chest containing a hundred Gold Coins, each Gold Coin with strong wealth karma.

When carrying a Gold Coin, the carrier’s luck in wealth will climb by leaps and bounds. Lucky in every gamble!

Seemingly beneficial ability, but with a very terrifying downside.

The Gold Coin, while possessing strong wealth, also has a powerful seductive force.

People who saw the Gold Coins often erupted in bloody strife because of greed.

To acquire Gold Coins, they resorted to any means necessary.

Before the officials clamped down on the Greed Coins, numerous tragedies had already occurred.

In the wilderness, the scramble for Gold Coins had already claimed hundreds of lives.

This was the price of wealth!

Only by collecting these Gold Coins and returning them to the treasure box could most of the greedy impulses be erased.

But if, before that, a large number of Humans had already slaughtered each other over these Gold Coins.

Then putting all the Gold Coins back in the box would make the Taboo Item go completely out of control!

The Greed Treasure Box would turn into a monster, viciously attacking any Human it saw!

This was a very dangerous Taboo Item, and what’s more alarming was that the Red Dart Commerce wasn’t aware of the horrors of this forbidden item!

On the other hand, with the appearance of the Gold Coins, the room fell silent.

Only the female bodyguard moved around those wounded who had been caught earlier, removing the coins from their bodies, and yes, from inside some guy had hidden a Gold Coin, yet it was still taken by her.

Whenever Gold Coins appeared, everyone present had blood-red eyes, desperate to snatch them.

But as the female bodyguard stuffed all the Gold Coins into the box, the impulse dissipated time after time.

It was then, drenched in sweat from holding back, that Xu Shi finally spoke, ”Well, there’s only one left now.”

He looked around, smiling, ”Come on, hand it over. Right now, I just want the Gold Coin. But once I test it out, I’ll want more than just the Gold Coin!”

Trembling all over, someone from the crowd made the choice to speak, ”I... I didn’t kill any of your people. I got it from other looters, I never laid a hand on you!”

Xu Shi’s smile grew warmer, ”Good, hand over the Gold Coin, and we’re still friends. I won’t lay a finger on you!”

Under the threat of death, the man finally took out a Gold Coin from his chest.

What choice did he have? Surrounded by Scavengers and the Dice, he had no place to hide.

Then, after a moment’s hesitation, he suppressed the urge to flee and threw the Gold Coin towards the female bodyguard.

Watching the Gold Coin flash in mid-air, Xu Shi’s smile turned to mania. The female bodyguard also extended her hands, ready to catch it.

However, the next second, a hand snatched the Gold Coin.

It rolled back and forth between the fingers before being clutched in the palm of the hand.

Xu Shi’s face darkened, and the female bodyguard’s expression grew stern.

Because the one who intercepted the Gold Coin was none other than Li Yelai.

Li Yelai instinctively felt that when this last Gold Coin was collected, something bad was bound to happen.

He didn’t know the name of this Taboo Item, but his instinctual wariness was sounding the alarm.

”What are you doing? Xiao Ye, put down the Gold Coin, people will die!” the boss shouted in horror.

The other Scavengers advanced as one, drawing their weapons.

Li Yelai didn’t respond, instead, he tucked the Gold Coin inside his Charge jacket.

Then, under everyone’s gaze, he walked over to the previous gambling table.

He began to shake the Dice, while the opposing Scavenger looked at Xu Shi.

Xu Shi glanced back at his bodyguard and gave a slight nod. The Scavenger shook the Dice too.

Then, they both released the Dice.

The Scavenger got seventeen points, Li Yelai’s... eighteen points!

But one of the dice suddenly cracked and scattered.

The eighteen points turned into thirteen points.

He still lost.

This caused Xu Shi and the bodyguards to look disturbed. Had the sure-win effect failed?

Was the Gold Coin fake?

The Gold Coin was certainly real, but Li Yelai’s luck had always been bad, so a broken Dice also seemed normal.

”It seems that this Gold Coin doesn’t have such a great effect after all.” Li Yelai pulled out an ID, smiling at Xu Shi, ”So, why don’t we...”

”Hand them all over to me!”

Xu Shi was speechless with shock; he had never seen someone so arrogant.

Before so many of his own men, not only did he take the Gold Coin, but he also wanted all of them?

But then the male bodyguard, after looking at the ID, spoke in a low voice, ”No can do, my official friend.”

”Then it is...” Li Yelai sighed.

The Black Umbrella came crashing down, and the Red Dragon Spear shone with a cold glint.

”You don’t know what’s good for you!”