Extraordinary Mechanical City

"Master Kavo, do you play cards? The kind that bet on your life."

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

But the bearded old man on the opposite side remained calm. He pushed his glasses, flipped through a page of the book he was reading, and said unhurriedly, "No. Compared with poker, I like playing chess more. "

After two breaths, the bearded old man closed the book and said calmly: "Your extraordinary ability is really interesting. I didn't expect such a difficult sequence to be promoted, but it has been passed down."

This calm response made the chill that was still in the air a moment ago suddenly emptied.

It was like saying hello between two old friends.

"hey-hey."

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

His eyes flickered, and he said with emotion: "Master Kavo, you are stronger than the legend."

Having said that, there was no trace of fear on the man in the cloak.

It seemed that even if he was the head of the legendary "Ten Legends", it was an honor to bet his life once.

The man in the cloak licked his lips, showing an exaggerated smile like a clown, and said, "I originally wanted to bet with you, even if I died in your hands, I would be satisfied. But now it seems that the time is not ripe enough."

The bearded old man said calmly: "Twenty years ago, your teacher Olatu K. Kant came to Glory City to find me for tea. He once told me that the strongest thing in the 'Gambler Sequence' is not extraordinary ability. , but you will never guess what hole cards he holds in his hand. However, you guys always like to gamble with your life, which is not very good."

After saying this, he moved his eyes away from the gilded book cover in his hand, and looked at the man in the cloak opposite for the first time.

If there were outsiders here, they would probably be shocked by the conversation between the two. The "Olatu K. Kant" that Kawo spoke of was the craziest [Gambling Devil] among the "Ten Legendary Demon Hunters"!

The man in the cloak smiled but didn't care at all, and said, "That's right, the teacher just lost the last bet and lost his life."

The wise eyes of the bearded administrator seemed to see through everything, and said: "Your ability is indeed interesting, but do you really think that I can't keep you?"

"Being able to be praised as 'interesting' by Master Kavo personally is enough to be proud of."

Far from being unhappy, the man in the cloak admitted frankly that he was inferior to others.

He looked as usual, and said again: "I have never been so arrogant to think that with this little skill, I can be close to you, even the other "Ten Legends" in this library. Now, it is not necessarily possible to get a cheap big magister to make a move."

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

The bearded administrator frowned slightly, glanced at him, and said calmly: "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 up your clown card here?"

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

Hearing this, the man in the cloak sighed slightly on his forehead, and shrugged helplessly, "But since you don't intend to play cards with me, I won't play my cards this time."

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

The man in the cloak spread his hands and said calmly, "Master, you won't."

There is no need to say too much between two smart people. The game of words has already confronted many times.

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

The wrinkles on this old face deepened, and he said with emotion: "On the road of the 'gambler sequence', you have gone further than your teacher. But, I like to gamble in everything, Are you not afraid of losing?"

"If you lose, you will lose your life. If you can gamble with an existence like you, winning or losing is not important."

The cloaked man tilted his head and smiled, the crazy gambling in his tone seemed to be impatient again.

It was as if there were two completely different personalities living in this guy's body, one was crazy and hysterical, the other was calm and almost inhuman, and the dual personalities alternated back and forth.

No, in a blink of an eye, the madness in his eyes disappeared, and he changed into a calm tone and said: "But you have also listened to the story I told just now, and you haven't considered my plan? You built the Glorious City , didn’t you want to change the world? Now you can see that without you, Glory City is no different from other cities.”

The bearded administrator said: "There is nothing wrong with your point of view. But your cognition is too extreme, so I don't agree with it."

He was not interested in chatting anymore, and issued an order to evict the guest: "Please leave before you spoil my reading mood."

Listening, the pupils of the cloaked man shrank slightly, curling up like a threatened poisonous snake, which was a reflexive reaction to the crisis.

A moment later, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, he decisively put away the poker cards on the table, and said, "Oh, that's really a pity. If that's the case, I'll come to play cards with you next time."

"At that time, I will also come to experience your chess skills, Master Kavo."

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

He walked extremely decisively.

Beside 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, just like countless calm past days.

And beside him, there was this animal skin with strange words recorded on it.

If Ren was here, he would naturally recognize the secret written in "Korman language" on the animal skin, which recorded an ancient legend about "the coming of the black tide".

After Ren finished the book, before leaving, he saw the bearded librarian still sitting at the small table reading, and the cloaked man playing cards had already left.

"See you tomorrow."

He waved his hands casually, and waved goodbye to this old man who only had nodding acquaintances.

In the afternoon, he planned to return to the laboratory as usual. Take the steam train back to the fifth district, through the familiar streets and alleys, and then go all the way down to the ground floor.

And just when Renn reached a crossroad, Bazel, who was lurking in the dark, suddenly appeared and stopped him.

The keen werewolf said solemnly: "There are seven people hiding in the alley 800 meters ahead, I think you'd better not go down."

When Ren heard this, he immediately stopped in his tracks. A bad premonition arose in his heart, and he murmured, "No, something may have happened in the laboratory!"

Few people came to this alley, and it was abnormal for seven people to appear at the same time, hiding in places out of sight.

The more so, the more Ren wanted to return to the experiment as soon as possible, and suggested: "Changing the road."

With Bazel around, they easily avoided the hunters lurking in the dark.

Then climbed along the pipeline, changed another path, and came near the entrance of the laboratory.

Looking from a distance, there is still the same as usual, there is no difference.

On the yellow paint sign, the words "poisonous gas inside" are still bright.

It was just repainted by Carl Jr. not long ago.

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

Bazel sniffed his nose and said, "There are five people in the laboratory, including a fourth-level expert, but Dr. Irubek is no longer in it. Judging by the concealment methods of these people, they should be professional spies. "

If it is a fourth-tier master, the poisonous gas equipment in the laboratory is indeed of little use.

"People from the Blackwater Terrace of the Omar Empire?"

Ren immediately thought of the threatening words that the elder of the Winster family said yesterday when he was leaving.

Fighting is banned in the City of Glory, provided you don't get caught or get the acquiescence of law enforcement.

This fifth district is the territory of the Winster family.

He couldn't help being a little worried about his teacher, his eyes flashed sharply, "Those guys from the Winster family are playing tricks."

Unexpectedly, the worst happened.

Even though Omar's people and Glory City's people didn't dare to kill such a sensitive figure in the scientific research world.

But what if the grumpy old man has a temper and insists on fighting someone to the death, it's not sure.

Bazel raised his eyebrows and looked at Ren next to him, and said, "Those people should be guarding here waiting for you to fall into the trap, you kid, don't do stupid things."

Ren rolled his eyes angrily, which was a response.

Although he really cared about the old man's situation, after all, he has lived two lifetimes, how could he be the kind of stupefied person who rushes into the trap as soon as his head gets hot?

But it is a fact that the teacher is gone now, as a disciple, he naturally has to try to figure out the situation.

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

He decided to go up the nineteenth block first and pay a visit to "Carl's Mechanical Repair Shop."

Thanks to 'Dust Jade G' for the big reward, thank you.