Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Chapter 281

“Nothing’s impossible. Those two men at your door did perform a thorough search, but they didn’t refuse bribes,” Casper said honestly.

At that moment, Harold felt uncomfortable. The fact that his life was in the hands of the young man beside him made him feel slightly displeased. “This is against the rules!”

“Rules? You didn’t say anything about rules when you threatened us earlier. What about this? Why don’t you explain the rules to me now? How should I follow the rules?” Casper said with a smile.

“If you kill me, you won’t be able to walk out of here alive. Do you think you’re the only person with a gun? If I die, I’m going to bring you two along with me.”

“I’ve got no plans to kill you. I just wanted to say hello and tell you to not act rashly. It’s for everyone’s sake.”

Everyone at the table fell silent. Finally, Harold decided to give in. “What are you guys planning to do?”

“Raise the minimum bet to two million and stop playing those tricks of yours. As long as you play by the rules, I’ll do the same,” Eugene said.

“I didn’t play any tricks. Look, I didn’t change any cards till now. Besides, won’t it be stupid of me to play such tricks in front of King of Cheats?” Harold grinned. His change of expression was incredibly impressive.

Eugene pointed to Harold’s ear. “Remove your earpiece. Then, tell the person you hid in the crowd who’s spying on us to get out.”

“Of course. But can you please let me go to the restroom to do this? There are too many people here,” Harold pleaded.

Casper rose to his feet. “Come on. Let’s go to the restroom. I want to see you personally giving your orders.”

With that, Harold and Casper went to the restroom. The former then ordered his subordinates to leave before removing his earpiece and microphone.

Only then did Casper nod and let him return to the gambling table. However, Harold extended his hand to stop the former. “Hey, why are you working with such a scum?”

Casper eyed him for some time and asked directly, “How much?”

“What?” Harold was flabbergasted.

“How much are you planning to bribe me with? I want to hear the price to see if it’s appropriate or not.” Casper looked extremely calm.

Harold scrutinized Casper all over again. At that moment, he was not viewing the latter as a cash cow. Rather, he was viewing Casper as a hungry predator.

“Twenty million. The bargaining chips you own right now are worth thirty-one million. Leave twenty million of it and you can take the remaining eleven million. I’ll give you another twenty million, and you can leave with the cash. Leave Eugene and Terrence behind. There’s no guarantee you might win a lot if you continue gambling,” he offered.

“Haha! Let’s just go back.” Casper waved him off impatiently, gesturing Harold to return and continue gambling.

“Is thirty million not enough to satisfy you? Do you know what kind of person Terrence is? He’s the man wanted by Sawyer, the eldest son of the Lingham family, the richest family in the city. All the gambling debts he owes were ordered by Sawyer. You’re basically going against Sawyer if you pay for Terrence.”

Not bothering to argue with him, Casper pulled out the gun from his pocket and slapped it, causing Harold to shut up right away.

“Do you know why Eugene’s not worried about letting me come with you? He knows I definitely won’t be satisfied with the price you offer,” Casper said. “I’d advise you to prepare yourself mentally for gambling your life with him. Haha!”

Both of them returned to the gambling table, and the third round officially began. The minimum bet had been raised to two million. Hence, no matter who won or lost, it would cost a lot of money.

Initially, each person had twenty-five thousand points. Every thousand points represented two million, and one game consisted of four rounds. If a player were to be as lucky as Casper, that person would have at least secured twenty million.

Suddenly, Eugene asked, “This person seems to have good playing skills. He must be one of your best students, right? Why don’t you introduce him?”

One of Eugene’s hands only had two fingers, and he used them to hold on to his cigarette. Meanwhile, he used the other to shuffle the cards. When the question had diverted the other two men’s attention, he seized the opportunity to drop some of his cigarette ash onto a piece of card. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“Since matters have come to this point, there’s no point concealing it anymore. He’s indeed my student. Both of you are on the same side, and the same goes for me and him. There’s no seniority among the both of us.” Harold finally came clean with Eugene. “Hurry, Michael. Greet Mr. Yackley.”

While shuffling the cards, Michael said, “Mr. Yackley, you’re really skilled. You’re so observant that you noticed the tiny trick I did.”

“Hmph. No matter how observant I am, I still can’t stop you two from sending signals to each other, can I?” Eugene noticed the card he had stained earlier had been swapped out.

At that moment, they had revealed almost all their secrets before the gambling table. After all, none of them were fools. There was no need to hide anything since they knew what kind of person their opponents were. At the same time, the audience stood far away. Hence, none of them heard what the players said as they lowered their voices.

After arranging their chips, Harold asked Casper, “Casper, may I know how did you meet Aploth’s King of Cheats? And what attracted you to my casino?”

Before Casper could even answer, Eugene pointed to his back. “It’s all because of that scumbag who owed so many debts at your place. That’s why your casino got targeted.”

Harold shifted his gaze upward briefly while Terrence was just watching the game intently. Eugene seized the moment to grab a card and exchanged one of his with the card that was stained with ash.

It was his first time cheating in rummy, which was very different from poker since the changing of cards was not as easy as the latter. Though he was confident about the cameras not capturing his flaws, it was still risky performing that act in front of Harold, an experienced player, at such a close distance. Even so, he still did it by using the most basic method of diverting their attention.

He did not care if Michael noticed his trick or not. After all, Michael’s skills were still too poor. He would not have noticed Eugene changing the cards with just a finger, let alone two.

Not only did Harold not notice Eugene changing the cards, he even scolded Terrence, “That useless bastard has caused so much trouble. Don’t tell me he’s a relative of either of you.”

Casper checked his cards while answering, “That’s true. Though we’re not related, for now, we’ll soon become relatives.”

Obviously, he was talking about his relationship with Giselle. Upon hearing that, Terrence, whose gaze was originally fixed on the table, looked up at Casper.

Could he be talking about Giselle? Is he Giselle’s boyfriend? Terrence finally connected the dots. No wonder he’s helping me out. Giselle has really found a great boyfriend.

Despite that, Casper was oblivious to how grateful Terrence was. After enduring two rounds, the former was finally more familiar with the game. He had the ability to pick things up quickly since young.

He had gotten a great set of cards, which could let him win in many ways. Then again, Casper wanted to win a bigger amount.

“I win. It’s a legal set.” Suddenly, Eugene revealed his cards calmly. Harold’s eyes widened in disbelief. He was so shocked that he almost fell from his chair.

“How…” Casper was stunned as well. He had no idea what a legal set was, but he knew it must be an incredible set based on Harold’s reaction.

“That’s impossible. When did you change it?” Clearly, Harold did not believe someone could end the game and even get a legal set with just four rounds. After all, everyone took turns drawing and playing a card. Whenever all four of them had played once, which meant four cards had been played, it would be considered a round.

“Why don’t you think about how much you’re planning to lose to me instead of thinking about such things?” Eugene remained as calm as a toad in the sun. He pointed at the ace of spades in his set of cards. “Do note that there’s still an ace of spades that doubles up my points.”

Casper gasped. After making a rough calculation, he realized his total of thirty-one million was not enough to pay up, for Eugene’s set had won at least fifty thousand points.

Oh my goodness. One thousand points equal two million. This is basically a hundred million!

Even Casper was shocked by the amount Eugene won.

Harold glared at Eugene’s cards. In Jetroina, a legal set was the most powerful combination because it needed an ace card. Hence, it could be worth more than one hundred million.

Since Casper was on Eugene’s side, the former would not face any losses even if he lost. However, it was Harold and his student that were losing their minds over the fact that they had lost. They each had to pay more than thirty million, which was basically two months’ worth of profits for the gambling resort.