freeallnovels Chapter 19 The Gambler
Chapter 19 The Gambler
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In a wooden hut in the slums of Jiangcheng—
Lin Yu skillfully moved aside the clutter piled up in the corner, revealing a heavy wooden board with a pull ring on the ground.
Pull back the wooden plank, and a downward staircase will appear.
Lin Yu slipped inside and closed the wooden board with a backhand.
The stairs were short, and at the end was a secret underground room of no more than twenty square meters.
The walls had been simply reinforced, and an old-fashioned battery lamp emitted a dim, yellowish light.
There were some canned goods and bottled water piled up in the corner; it was simple, but relatively clean.
In the center of the secret room, a petite figure wearing an obviously ill-fitting oversized white shirt was sitting with her knees drawn up on the floor covered with an old blanket.
Hearing the noise, she suddenly raised her face.
That face bore an eighty percent resemblance to Su Wan's, but with softer, more youthful features, exuding an innocent naiveté.
The girl was only a little over 1.5 meters tall, with a slender figure but a great physique.
At that moment, a hint of wariness flashed in her eyes, but when she saw that the person who came was Lin Yu, her eyes were instantly filled with joy.
"Brother!" she whispered, trying to stand up, but her legs were numb from sitting for too long, and she swayed.
Lin Yu quickly stepped forward to support her.
The girl leaned against his arm and tilted her head up:
"Brother, you've finally come to see Xiaoya! Xiaoya missed you so much, and she was so scared..."
Su Xiaoya's voice was soft and sweet, with a touch of innocent dependence.
As one of the goods sacrificed by Chen Tianxiong, Lin Yu rescued her on the spot and then hid her in this wooden house.
Before leaving, Lin Yu specifically told her not to go out. She could only go to the bathroom upstairs if she really couldn't stand it and wanted to take a shower. It seems that Su Xiaoya had taken it seriously.
"It's alright, Xiaoya, don't be afraid." Lin Yu gently rubbed Su Xiaoya's hair.
Her hair was as soft as Su Wan's, and she carried a faint, fresh scent, creating a strange contrast with her overdeveloped and alluring body.
Of course, because she had been staying in the house for a long time, Su Xiaoya still had a faint musty smell, but it wasn't very noticeable.
"Is it safe here? Is there enough food?"
"Hmm! Xiaoya was very obedient, she didn't go out, and there's still food..."
Su Xiaoya nodded vigorously, then wrinkled her nose and tugged at her obviously oversized shirt, saying:
"My clothes are dirty, but I don't dare to go out to wash them, so I can only wear my brother's... This is the only one I have, and it's too big and uncomfortable."
"And I—" Su Xiaoya glanced shyly at Lin Yu, fidgeting with her clothes in her small hands:
"And my pants are dirty too... but I can't wear my brother's pants, so I have to—"
Su Xiaoya didn't finish her sentence, but Lin Yu already guessed what she was trying to say.
No wonder she was grabbing the hem of her dress.
I was worried that my younger sister would catch a cold; if things continued like this, who knows what might happen to Mixue Ice Cream.
Lin Yu looked away and took off his coat, covering Su Xiaoya with it.
"Be careful not to catch a cold. Here, this is for you." Lin Yu handed Su Wan's panties to Su Xiaoya.
"Hmm? It's my sister's scent. Has brother seen my sister before?"
Su Xiaoya happily accepted it without any hesitation, and then immediately began to put on her clothes.
Lin Yu caught a glimpse of snow-white in a casual glance.
Although he didn't know Su Xiaoya's zodiac sign, Lin Yu guessed that she should be a Tiger.
"Don't rush, let's change later." Lin Yu placed his hand on Su Xiaoya's head:
"I'll stay here with you for a while. You can go take a shower first."
Hearing this, Su Xiaoya's eyes lit up, and she stood up and hugged Lin Yu, saying:
"Thank you, brother~"
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Xiaoya ran towards the stairs, eager to take a shower. With Lin Yu there, she could take a longer shower.
While Su Xiaoya was taking a bath, Lin Yu went to the backyard of the wooden house and dug out a wooden box at the marked location.
Upon opening the wooden box, one sees a simple-looking black revolver.
This is Chen Tianxiong's most important cargo, a mysterious item of Sequence 6—the Gambler's Revolver.
The condition for taking it in is simple: risk your life!
Without any hesitation, Lin Yu picked up the revolver and pushed it out of the magazine.
Six specially made bullets, gleaming with a cold, silvery light, lay quietly in the magazine.
Lin Yu closed the magazine again, and with a flick of his wrist, pointed the gun at his temple.
The movements were swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
The gun vibrated slightly the next second, and silver light seeped out from the gun like mist, quickly condensing in the air into a blurry humanoid phantom.
The phantom was dressed in a gentleman's suit from an old era, wearing a top hat, with a blank face except for an exaggeratedly large mouth that stretched from the corner of its mouth to its ears.
"Want to gamble, sir?" the phantom asked in a hoarse, delighted voice, as if it had discovered an interesting toy.
"A bet," Lin Yu said succinctly.
"The rules are simple." The illusory figure raised its hand, and the revolver in Lin Yu's hand automatically popped out with a "click," six silver bullets gleaming:
"Roulette game, you and I take turns shooting ourselves, whoever gets hit first loses."
If you survive to the end, the gun is yours, and... everything I have.
"Okay." Lin Yu nodded and closed the magazine.
The phantom made a "please" gesture, its voice seductive:
"Honorable guest, please go first—"
However, before it could finish speaking, Lin Yu had already pulled the trigger five times in a row!
The movements were so fast they were just afterimages! The gun barrel remained firmly pressed against his temple!
Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Five crisp firing sounds rang out in succession.
The phantom's mouth gaped open even wider in surprise, unable to comprehend what was happening before its eyes.
No way, you said one person, one gun, and you fired five shots? And all five missed?!
Are you out of your mind?!
With only one bullet left in the magazine, Lin Yu slowly moved the muzzle away and pointed it at the top of the phantom's head.
His face remained calm, but a hint of madness flashed in his eyes: "Mr. Weird, it's your turn."
The phantom image: "..."
It seemed to want to say something, to protest this rule-breaking behavior, but Lin Yu didn't give it the chance.
"Are you scared?" Lin Yu tightened his grip on the trigger slightly. "Then use it to my advantage."
boom--! ! !
The last bullet left the barrel and instantly pierced the phantom's head!
The silver light exploded violently! The phantom figure twisted violently into countless points of light, which then surged wildly toward the revolver in Lin Yu's hand and forcefully rushed into Lin Yu's body along the gun handle.
Intense pain instantly swept through my entire body, as if every bone was being shattered and reassembled.
Lin Yu grunted and knelt on one knee, veins bulging on his forehead. However, this was a necessary process for taking in the gambler, Zuo Lun, and Lin Yu gritted his teeth and endured it.
The process lasted for about a minute, and the pain subsided like a receding tide.
Instead, it was replaced by an unprecedentedly powerful force!
From then on, Lin Yu successfully advanced to a Sequence 6 Extraordinary – "Gambler".
Besides shooting with a revolver as usual, Lin Yu can also offer roulette to extraordinary individuals below Sequence 5, with a 50% chance of killing them and a 50% chance of committing suicide.
No wonder they're called gamblers; this is undoubtedly a life-threatening method.
Of course, Lin Yu is different because he has a rollback ability. Others only have one chance, but he has more than one.
Chen Tianxiong is almost certainly going to die, but Lin Yu wants to see how many lives he has left to gamble with.
Without thinking much, Lin Yu stretched his wrists and walked into the house.