Part 5 the red priests chapter 50 the game of cards
Entering the East Baylon Veterans Club, Klein had just handed his cane and hat to his valet, Njoni, when he saw Colonel Calvin, a member of Rouen’s Defense Department, waiting in the lobby, dressed in his Army uniform and carrying a glass of red wine.
The officer with the donkey face broke into a smile and raised his glass to Dawn Dantes:
”It’s been a long time.”
”It has indeed been a while.” Klein smiled and walked over.
Colonel Galvin then extended his right hand:
”Congratulations, you did quite well this time, everyone is satisfied.”
”I’m satisfied too.” Klein expressed the meaning of the layer of pleasant cooperation with Rune-style subtlety, and reached out his right hand to shake the other’s.
Calvin withdrew his hand, glanced at Councilman Macht next to Dawn Dantes, and sighed and laughed:
”I didn’t quite trust your vision when you initially introduced Dawn, now I understand why you’re a member of the House of Commons.”
”All those who have spent time with Dawn can easily conclude that he is an expert on the subject.” Senator Macht accepted Mr. Colonel’s praise with the same Ruanean subtlety.
Calvin withdrew his gaze, took a sip of his red wine, smiled at Dawn Dantes, and asked in casual conversation:
”How much did you make this time?
”Don’t worry, I’m not trying to press the price afterward, but I’m simply curious.”
”Twenty thousand pounds worth of gold.” Klein took an intermediate number to answer.
In reality, he made 25,000 pounds, but paid the messenger lady 10,000 pounds in gratuities and only made 15,000 pounds.
Colonel Calvin nodded:
”Good, if you need to get those gold bars into gold coins, I can introduce you to the Royal Mint.
”Well? Did you find anything unusual in Mesangyes’ territory this time?”
Klein didn’t do any looking back and said directly:
”There is!
”He had a place called Resurrection Square there that was destroyed by lightning.”
”That I know.” Colonel Galvin responded with a slightly grave expression.
Then you probably don’t know that it was this one in front of you who created the lightning …… Klein let out a laugh and turned to him:
”Also, Mesangyes seems to maintain a fragile balance between multiple forces, but he has actually secretly defected to a certain side, but of course, I’m not sure who.”
He hadn’t thought of betraying the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, he was only revealing a little bit to take the trust of the Lune military.
”The only thing we can be sure of is that it’s not us.” Colonel Galvin nodded with a deep gaze.
”It shouldn’t be the Intis either.” Klein helped them rule out a false option.
Colonel Galvin let out a “hmm”:
”That’s good, the vast majority of the few forces around Mesangyes are supported by the Intis, if he wants to expand, he definitely can’t get around those, and then, maybe we’ll be able to sell weapons again.”
With that said, he raised his cup:
”Storm above, may we all become rich together.”
As followers of the Goddess of Darkness, Kline and Councilor Macht could only smile at this without making a direct response.
After taking another sip of red wine, Calvin pointed to the second floor:
”Dawn, I asked you to come here today so that you can accompany a big shot to play cards, Texas.”
”Which big shot?” Klein asked with interest.
Calvin’s expression took on a bit more seriousness and held a not-so-subtle smile as he said:
”Admiral Emilius, he’s been reactivated and currently dominates the Department of Defense.”
Admiral Emilius …… the admiral whose brother was removed from the position of governor, whose mistress was tragically corrupted by the “Mother Tree of Desire”, and who himself lost his position as the supreme commander of the Central Sunian Sea Navy? I’ve worked with him before, and even pretended to be him for a while …… Sure enough, for a demigod, as long as you don’t go too far and are willing to endure, you will always come out of the doldrums …… Klein recalled all the things that had happened on Olavi Island, and for a while he was a bit sentimental.
For this Admiral Emilius Levitt, he still had some guilty feelings in his heart, although most of the things that happened at that time actually had nothing to do with him, but the other party’s mistress’s mutation was ultimately caused by the “Mother Tree of Desire” wanting to control him.
”That is to say, in the future, our cooperation will require the approval of His Excellency the Admiral?” Klein asked in what appeared to be a daze.
”That’s right.” Colonel Calvin nodded and pointed to the steps leading to the second floor, “Let’s go up.”
Arriving on the second floor and stopping in front of a large, dark red door that opened in opposite directions, Calvin gave Dawn Dantes a sideways glance:
”Your mission today is to lose money.”
Lose money? Klein looked Calvin up and down for a few moments, the corners of his mouth turning up a little as he said:
”I’ll work on it.”
Senator Macht beside him then laughed:
”Actually, you don’t have to be too deliberate, Admiral Emilius is very good at cards, even if you want to win money, it’s almost impossible, hehe, I lose every time, hehe, I just hope that I don’t lose too much today, otherwise, I don’t dare to go home.”
Klein nodded thoughtfully:
”I only brought 200 pounds in cash, will this not be enough?”
”Definitely not enough.” Colonel Galvin laughed, “Already exchanged a thousand pounds of chips for you, just remember to pay it back when you come over afterward.”
Rouen’s senior barristers, on the surface, only 1000 pounds a year of income ah …… you this group of corrupt …… Klein again looked up and down Calvin a few eyes.
This colonel gentleman was unaware of it, and raised his hand to knock lightly on the door of the room.
After waiting for a while, the door to the room creaked back, revealing the scene inside.
It was a softly carpeted hall, without much furniture, and looking rather empty.
In the center of the hall, there was a card table that could be played by a dozen or so people, surrounded by a high-backed chair in a luxurious style.
At the edges of the hall, there were furniture inlaid with gold, statues carved out of marble, a coffee table with books and newspapers, and a set of sofas made of leather.
With a glance, Klein saw Emilius Levitt sitting at the very top, this Admiral had not changed much from before, his black hair was neatly combed back, his blue eyes were dark and deep, the corners of his mouth were slightly drooping, his face had no beard, his temperament was old-fashioned and serious, and he was wearing dark blue clothes with shoulder insignia, every detail was not sloppy and extremely serious.
Turning his eyes, Klein found another “acquaintance”:
He has thick but not messy black eyebrows, stay short and hard with the same color inch hair, eyes deep blue near black, high nose like a mountain peak, mouth around the extension of a large beard, deep contours, face longer, cold lines, extremely tough guy flavor.
This was the deputy director of MI9, Chunus Colgate!
This was one of the targets of Klein’s return to Bekrand, a middleman for human trafficking between the Witch Cult and a certain faction of the royal family, an accomplice to the Great Haze of Bekrand!
This Major General Deputy Director, with unusually broad shoulders that held his white shirt and black vest unusually tight, was concentrating on a game of Texas Hold’em.
There were two, no, three demigods on a poker table, how else could this card be played? Interesting …… Klein found a seat and observed the others at the card table.
In the process, the waiter brought in large stacks of chips totaling 1000 pounds worth.
For the first few games, Klein looked at the cards and just threw them away, acting cautious and never seeming to raise or call without getting a good hand.
Admiral Emilius, on the other hand, had the opposite style and was not conservative at all, calling almost every hand, constantly raising and being extremely aggressive.
Any hand in which he was involved rarely made it to the showdown stage, and the vast majority of people could not withstand that kind of pressure, and the majesty that the admiral brought with him, and folded after one or two rounds of calling. Among them, some people attempted to catch Emilius Levitt’s bluffs, and ended up running into the admiral’s four 9’s, and their faces suddenly turned pale, as if they were being sentenced to death by a judge.
Chunas Korg is another style, he loses a hand every now and then, but the chip total is small enough that it doesn’t make much of a difference, and when he waits for the next hand after the loss, he often manages to empty the chips of the one who beat him last time, so that his opponent will have to spend money to buy in new chips again.
Why bother? Why use your ability to cheat when you’re playing poker with a low to mid sequence extraordinary, or even an ordinary person? If other people can’t see it, I don’t know it? One is the “Arbiter’s” way of imposing pressure, and the other is the “Corrupted Baron’s” “bribe” …… Klein looked down at the bottom card, which only had the five of hearts and the nine of clubs, and shook his head imperceptibly.
He couldn’t help but think seriously about what abilities the “Diviner” pathway had to offer if he wanted to cheat:
”Turn all the opponents in a game of cards into secret puppets? You can win as much as you want, and you’re invincible, but it’s not practical, and you’re not planning a death poker tournament. ……
”Unfortunately, there aren’t many mosquitoes here, or else I could control their ‘spiritual body threads’ and make them secret puppets to help me look at other people’s cards ……
”The ‘Faceless Man’ can only change himself, not his cards ……
”‘Magician’s’ illusions? It should work well when playing cards with ordinary people and low to medium sequence extraordinary people, but there are two demigods here ……
”Using the ‘Joker’s’ sleight of hand ability to change cards? It’s useless, the waiter does all the dealing and shuffling ……”
In a flash of thought, Klein realized that only the ability of the “Diviner” itself seemed to work.
He threw out two cards, signaling that he would not call, and then picked up a metal chip, letting it flip back and forth between his fingers.
At this time, Emilius Levitt suddenly looked up at him, then withdrew his gaze and pushed out a pile of chips.
Sure enough …… Klein unsurprisingly nodded in his mind.
The last time they worked together, he knew that Admiral Emilius was able to distinguish between ordinary people and extraordinary people from the difference in their “position”, and suspected that the other party could even judge the level of an extraordinary person, that is, their “position”.
However, Klein was not too worried about this, because the “Trick Mage” has a certain “stealth” ability, which is also one of the reasons why he was able to restrain the gray mist on his body after he reached Sequence 4, which convinced him that the other party couldn’t find his rank, but not having interfered accordingly in advance, he doubted that Emilius could tell that he was an Extraordinary.
So he simply took it upon himself to show a bit of a problem, appearing to be easily seen through, easily grasped.