Knight Asylum

"I will then ask them to give you the employee handbook in advance."

Red nodded, bent down and continued to shovel the O coins onto the spread curtain, but this time Red's movements were very gentle. He did not pour the O coins down at once, but shook them down one by one to avoid missing O coins of other colors.

When Red had almost finished cleaning up, a group led by Shintaro Goto and carrying the Hongshang Foundation logo walked into the underground casino. When Shintaro Goto saw that all the O coins were packed into a huge package, he was stunned.

"All the O coins have been packed, but I don't know if there are any missing. I'll leave it to you from now on," Reid extended his right hand to Shintaro Goto.

"Thank you," Goto Shintaro extended his hand and shook Reid's with a subtle expression. "Although it may be a little abrupt, please let us do an inspection outside. This time, the number of privately minted O coins is much larger than we expected, so there may be some variables."

Red reacted immediately and realized that the variables that Goto Shintaro was referring to were most likely the different colored O coins that Ming Hai mentioned.

Red didn't think much about it. He nodded and walked out under the guidance of another person.

Ming Hai stood up and wanted to follow him out, but Goto Shintaro stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Ming Hai narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Detective Narumi, please stay here," Goto Shintaro said with an unchanged expression. He calmly raised his hand towards Kaga Taizo, who was already on a chair supported by the other people from the Hongshang Foundation. "You captured Kaga Taizo, so you need to be present for the interrogation."

Ming Hai stared into Goto Shintaro's eyes and straightened his body little by little, while Goto Shintaro also stared into Ming Hai's eyes without any intention of avoiding the gaze.

"Okay, Kaga Taizo is very cunning, but I don't think he'll be that difficult to deal with," Narumi turned around, holding onto his round-brimmed hat.

Goto Shintaro breathed a sigh of relief, "After all, it was you who subdued him."

"No - the one who subdued him was Reid Leonardo," Ming Hai curled his lips, "Although he was somewhat impulsive, men should act on impulse in certain matters."

Goto Shintaro was even more surprised.

No one noticed that a blue coin with a killer whale mark on it slipped silently from the folds of Red's trouser leg into the pocket on the side of Red's overalls.

Chapter 39: The Legend of the Casino, Ge Gamego Le

Outside the underground casino, Red opened his hands. Two staff members from Hongshang Fund were scanning Red's body up and down with sensors that seemed to be obtained from the airport. Just when Red thought they were going to check him up and down again, the two staff members had already put the sensors away.

"Uh—is this the end?" Reid was a little surprised.

[O coins are silver, and there are no other colors. If you find O coins of other colors among O coins, please contact B-level or above employees immediately.]

When saying this, Ming Hai's expression was very serious. After Goto arrived, he asked him to do the examination first, but the examination was somewhat perfunctory.

"Ahem - Mr. Reid, Hongshang Fund is an expert in O coins, and the instruments we have are specially used to detect O coins," the staff member coughed lightly, and patiently turned the instrument in his hand to face Reid. The screen was showing a full-body scan of Reid. There were a bunch of glowing objects in his pockets, and there were even specific numbers marked next to them.

Red suddenly realized and even felt a little embarrassed. He was obviously showing off his skills in front of an expert.

The staff member smiled and patted Red on the shoulder, then turned around to pack up the equipment.

Red looked around, felt that there was nothing to worry about, and turned back to the underground casino. Just then, Kaga Taizo woke up, and the moment he looked into Red's eyes, his confidence, which had not yet been completely disguised, collapsed, and his limbs began to twitch as if he had PTSd.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! I won't gamble again! Let me go!"

The corner of Goto Shintaro's mouth twitched fiercely.

As far as he knew, Kaga Taizo was a ruthless character who would not give in to any persuasion. Many people had no way to deal with Kaga Taizo. Many gamblers no longer had the confidence to gamble after challenging Kaga Taizo. And looking at Kaga Taizo's current appearance... it was obvious that he had been forced to quit gambling.

"What on earth did you do?" Goto Shintaro couldn't help but complain.

"No - I just followed his suggestion and played a game of rock-paper-scissors with him," Red looked around and picked up the toy hammer and the flattened helmet from the ground.

Goto Shintaro took the helmet, stared at the dent in the helmet for a while, then looked at the toy hammer in Red's hand. His eyes jumped, "This was... hit by a toy hammer?"

"Yes, if you don't believe me, ask him," Red said as he handed the toy hammer in the direction of Kaga Taizo.

"Alas--"

Kaga Taizo's body stiffened and he even started foaming at the mouth, as if a frog was being stared at by a snake.

"Well, it seems - that's what's going on." Because Kaga Taizo was a scumbag, Kato Shintaro didn't feel any sympathy for Kaga Taizo's miserable appearance at all. He even stepped forward and pinched his philtrum hard to force Kaga Taizo to face reality.

"Kaga Taizo, you should confess everything. Who helped you make these Yummy?" Ming Hai scolded coldly, holding his hat.

"Yummy? Huh? Hahahaha—oh, there's also this matter, hahahaha—"

Taizo Kaga looked at Reid and laughed out loud, holding his stomach as if he had just recalled something that made him feel relieved.

"Okay, okay! I'll tell you, just consider it as a reward you won from me, but it's not a small matter like who helped me make Yummy. I'm Kaga Taizo! Why did I buy this place during this period of time! Why did I build an underground casino here! There is only one reason!"

Kaga Taizo grinned with a malicious smile.

"Legend of the casino, your nightmare is here."

"Legend?" Reid was stunned.

"Nightmare—" Ming Hai's expression gradually became solemn.

"He's already entered!"

"That terrifying existence!"

"Gol Gamego Le! He's starting to sweep through the casinos again to prepare for his semi-ultimate game!"

【S·L】

Royal Casino in Xingxiu District.

The conductor raised the baton in his fingers with both hands, the brilliant music sounded, and the heavy door slammed open.

A man in a striped suit, a black round-brimmed hat, and an oversized black scarf around his neck walked into the hall. The gamblers present turned their heads to look in the man's direction. Some fearfully packed up their chips and prepared to flee, while others grabbed the chips in their hands with great enthusiasm.

"We were originally planning to accumulate chips to challenge Ge Gamego Le. He is the legend of the S.L. Casino. No gambler can resist the temptation of defeating a legend and becoming a new legend! But unfortunately! We, the only ones who have a chance to defeat this legend, were arrested by you. Hahahaha - just tremble in the nightmare that follows!"

Kaga Taizo was laughing when his head tilted and he fainted again.

Harsh red lights illuminated every aisle in Servier Turia.

"warn--"

"Gor Gamego Lee's participation has been confirmed!"

"Retrieving the content of the Ge Gamego Leban Ultimate Game—"

"Game time: 72 hours. The number of attacks is determined by the highest number of chips held. Currently, the highest number of chips held by Ge Gamego Le is -"

"0! We have listed and compared the winning rate of Ge Gamego Le and the current gamblers of the Royal Casino. It is expected that we will get more than six highest chips within three hours! We are calculating the scope of destruction and setting the evacuation route!"

"The shelter is starting to [warm up]."

Everyone was running in the aisle with a nervous look on their face, delivering information. All ongoing tasks that did not lead to the destruction of the world were suspended, and all human and computing power was invested in the current urgent tasks.

Because what they have to face are not the new Gurongi of the Ge Group in the twelve years since the Gurongi appeared in the world, but the elites among the Gurongi who have been members of the Ge Group since the present world and dared to challenge the King of Gurongi, who humans can only call by numbers, or the next King of Gurongi.

The Supreme Council of Servi-Turria is convened, with all sponsors present.

This time, U did not sit on the chair like before, but stood straight with his hands behind his back.

"Gamego has already started the semi-ultimate game. According to Gamego's action pattern in the semi-ultimate game over the past twelve years, he will collect chips in the first 48 hours and officially start the attack in the last 24 hours."

"So? Just for this matter, you specially called us to the scene with the highest level of alarm?" The stone tablet representing Ouroboros lit up.

"The Knight Project has been included in the highest agreement. This is an opportunity," U said with an unchanged expression. He was ready to be made difficult the moment the highest alarm was sounded. "In other words, one of the meanings of the Knight Project is to stop Gurongi's semi-ultimate game."

"Ouroboros Rejection"

“The Museum of the Earth says no.”

"The Sage's Tower refuses."

……

More and more funders voted to reject U's proposal to stop Gamego's semi-ultimate game, unwilling to throw their chips into this invincible hole.

"Gol Gamego-Le's number of attacks is determined by the highest chip he has won. How many chips can he win in two days? In fact, the casualties caused by Gol Gamego-Le are among the lowest among the Gurongis who play half-games, and the scope of destruction is not the largest."

"It's impractical and uneconomical to stop Gamego's semi-ultimate game."

"U, Selvi Turia does not belong to you. Please do not abuse the public resources prepared for the citizens of [S·L] for your own selfish reasons."

"Of course, if you want to do it yourself, we won't stop you. We just hope that you can bear the consequences. You know what the consequences will be if you anger those Gurongi who can play semi-ultimate games."

The stone tablets faded away along with low laughter, and soon the entire highest conference room was shrouded in darkness.

Chapter 40 Qualified Persons

The entire Selvi Tulia seemed extremely anxious and depressed due to the constantly flashing red alarm lights, but Red, who was following behind Ming Hai, keenly noticed that at least two-thirds of the members of Selvi Tulia did not seem to be in a hurry. Running back and forth to submit documents seemed to be just a routine.

However, the situation was urgent, so Red didn't care too much. He followed Ming Hai and took the central elevator to the command tower. As soon as he entered the door, Red saw Qiao and quickly waved to say hello.

Qiao's eyes flashed and he quickly walked to Red's side and glanced at Ming Hai, then whispered, "Are you okay?"

"Well, I'm fine, but something big might be happening now," Red sighed helplessly, his hands on his hips, "By the way, why are you here? Aren't you a temporary worker?"

He wasn't supposed to come to the command desk, so Ming Hai brought him all the way in.

"Hey - what do you mean? Aren't you also a temporary worker, but I am your senior," Qiao immediately frowned in displeasure.

“I authorized it.”

U appeared in front of Red and the others with Enbe and Selyu, and waved, "Follow me, we are going to have a combat meeting."

"Huh? Why not hold the combat meeting here? Isn't this the command tower?" Qiao asked.

U still had a poker face, Ember scratched his face awkwardly, and Seryu simply put his hands on his hips and complained loudly, "Because the big bosses thought it would be more cost-effective to evacuate the citizens instead of stopping Gamego's semi-ultimate game. They were also afraid of angering Gamego, so they not only forbade us to use all of Servier Turria's basic energy, but also transferred away the people we could use."

Red glanced in the direction of the communicators. Most of them were working silently with their heads down, but a few turned around with apologetic looks on their faces.

Reid raised his hand and waved with a helpless smile.

"There's no point in complaining about this now," U raised his hand and gestured for the others to follow.

Under the leadership of U, Reid and others came to the research institute where Selvi Turia belonged. The research institute, which had few people to begin with, was now completely empty.

Selyu threw off his white coat, sat down on the chair, raised his legs and slammed them heavily on the desk, raised his eyes, and said, "Let's have a meeting."

"Hey - it's not us who caused this situation," Qiao said with an unhappy look on his face.

"Ah... sorry, this is the mode I started to think seriously about," Seryuu raised his hand and rubbed his temple, "and I highly recommend that you guys vent a little like me, so that you can completely calm down. If you really break something, just ask those bastards to pay for it."

"..."

Everyone tacitly chose to reject Seleu's tempting proposal with silence.

"Ger Gamego Le, the elite of the Ge-class group, a qualified person for the semi-ultimate game."

U bent his fingers and flicked them. The holographic image opened, and a tall man in a striped suit appeared. He looked very much like a gangster boss in the movies. Then a new image appeared next to the image of the man. The man was even more burly and strong, with a face like a turtle, and his backpack was decorated like a turtle shell.

"A person who qualifies for the semi-ultimate game?" Reid raised his chin.

"According to the ancient texts collected from the ruins, Ge represents the elite of the Gurongi clan. Only a very small number of Gurongi can become a member of the Ge Group. But I don't know if something has gone wrong with the modern Gurongi game. More and more Gurongi have become members of the Ge Group. Although Gurongi are often demoted, those that are promoted are genuine and have the strength of the Ge Group Gurongi that was initially observed."

Seleu crossed his arms across his chest, his expression becoming unusually serious.

"In order to better distinguish the Gurongi of the Ge Group, we have made a new classification. According to the contents of the ruins records, the Ge Group will play the semi-ultimate game, and the winner will get the right to challenge the En Group. So we call those Ge-level Gurongi who can play the semi-ultimate game Qualified."

"Do you understand? Those who are qualified have the strength to challenge the En Group, the King of Gurongi who brought terror and darkness to mankind when he first appeared. They were already strong, but they have grown up in [S·L] for twelve years. No one knows how strong they are now. Humans now do not have the ability to eliminate those who are qualified. They can only regard it as a natural disaster. Those who are affected are considered unlucky, and those who are lucky enough to survive will have a big meal to celebrate on the same day."

"This is the reason why those big bosses chose to do nothing. Anyway, their headquarters are not in [S·L], so no matter what Gurongi does, it can't affect them."

Red held his chin up and stared at Gamego who was in the midst of the attack. Although it was his first time in [S·L], both the official survival manual and the Internet had reported on the destruction caused by the Ge-class Gurongi or the Qualified Persons. The area where the Half-Game was launched was like being severely stepped on by a giant. Fortunately, [S·L] could withstand such a tossing by the Qualified Persons.

"It is to avoid this terrible situation that I insist on the Knight Plan," U passed through Gamego's image and pointed his right index finger to the top of his head. "It is because we never compromise with natural disasters that humans have evolved to this day. Humans have not even compromised with real natural disasters, let alone monsters."

"I see. I will use this Faiz belt to fight Gamego." Qiao thought for a while, untied his backpack, took out the Faiz belt and shook it at U. "Is this all right?"

"Uh..." Enbei raised his hand, hesitating to speak.

“Why are you looking at me like that - didn’t I agree to help you fight?” Qiao was a little unhappy, feeling that he was being looked down upon.

"Well, FAiz..."

Just as Enbei was racking his brains to think of how to politely express his thoughts, Seryu said bluntly, "It's a pity that Fazi will only get beaten up if he goes up there."

"Huh!? How can you say I can't do it without even fighting?" Qiao got carried away.

Seleu let out a long breath, raised his hand and clicked on the holographic image. The image of Gamego shrank to a corner, and a picture popped up. Qiao, who was originally looking like he could go up and fight, gasped.

The earth collapsed, and there were debris and ruins everywhere. Civilization was like a piece of fragile glass, completely shattered under Gamego's attack.

"Gamego only attacked twenty-seven times, and it took us thirty days to fully repair it."

Qiao remained silent. Confidence does not mean ignorance.

"Whether Faiz's power can match Gamego's... you know better than anyone here," Seleu sighed helplessly.

After a moment of silence, Qiao raised his hand to block Red, "After all, your goal is not to let Red fight."

"I personally strongly support this decision. Black Sora is invincible. That is the ultimate power! Even Gamego can't be the opponent of Ultimate Sora," Seryuu immediately raised his hands above his head.

"no--"