Chapter 57 – Day 57

Day 57

“They were bugs tangled up from the casino.”

The agent said, having read the woman’s memories by plunging his five fingers into her head.

Casino.
Casino.

Cheon Seoa, who had been repeating the word casino for a long time, tilted her head.

Why.

“Why did they try to kill us at the casino?”

“They weren’t trying to kill us.”

The agent shook his head at Cheon Seoa’s question.

Right, these people weren’t trying to kill them.
It was true that they had tried to kill them in a moment of terror, but these people had a different original purpose.

It was.

“These are bugs that got tangled up trying to capture us.”

“Catch us?”

“It seems there’s a bug who thought they could catch us and recover their losses, given how much the casino has lost.”

…?

At the agent’s response, Cheon Seoa tilted her head even more, as if she couldn’t understand.

A casino is a place structured around many people gathering, either losing or winning money.

To think they would try to recover money like this just because someone won some at the casino.

Cheon Seoa couldn’t understand it.

Of course, they had engaged in activities like changing card suits or manipulating probabilities in the process.

But a casino is fundamentally gambling.
If they can’t even catch that level of behavior, isn’t it natural for them to lose money in the first place?

It was while Cheon Seoa was thinking this.

“In any case, they won’t give up on us.”

“Then.”

“Yes. Rather than being bothered by these bugs throughout our activities in Las Vegas, I’ll go directly to them and resolve this matter.”

The agent who said this looked at Cheon Seoa.

Beyond the agent’s heavily lowered eyes, anger was burning towards the casino’s bugs who dared to interfere with his date alone with Cheon Seoa.

Cheon Seoa, who was staring intently at the agent’s eyes, said.

“Then I’ll go with you.”

“Everything is as you wish.”

Even though Cheon Seoa said she would go along to the heart of enemy territory where unknown dangers might be lurking, the agent didn’t show any particular signs of refusal.

After all, it was a given that among the humans on Earth, there was no one who could dare threaten Cheon Seoa’s life.
For a long time, and as proven by the strength of Cheon Seoa that I recently witnessed.

* * *

“Any contact?”

“Not yet.”

“Ugh.”

The man let out a suppressed groan at his subordinate’s answer.

It had been an hour since contact was lost with the subordinates dispatched to capture those two bastards.

Could something have gone wrong?
Was it too hasty to start this operation?

As numerous worries rose and fell in the man’s mind.

“Huh…?”

One of the subordinates staring at the monitors connected to hundreds of CCTVs blurted out in a dumbfounded voice.
At that moment, the man’s gaze turned to that subordinate.

“Boss, those bastards are back?”

“What?”

At the subordinate’s words, the man called boss jumped up and looked at the monitor.

On the monitor, as the subordinate said, the two bastards he had personally ordered to be captured were brazenly walking around inside the casino.

However.

“Those bastards, are they provoking us now?”

The two bastards moved from one game to another among the numerous games set up inside the casino, starting to win money like crazy.
They occasionally looked back at the CCTV and grinned, which seemed like actions meant to provoke them.

“Well, I don’t know how great of a family this little brat comes from. But you dare to pull this kind of stunt in my territory?”

The man gritted his teeth roughly.
In the past, even when dealing with someone who so blatantly disrespected them, they would have moved quite cautiously.

But now, it was different.

The man was an official villain belonging to the newly established Villain Association.

Of course, the word ‘official’ doesn’t suit a villain, but nevertheless, the man belonged to the Villain Association, which had absorbed numerous villains as soon as it was established and now stood shoulder to shoulder with the Hero Association.

No, not just belonging to the Villain Association, but he was an 8-star villain, one of the few in the association, and a direct subordinate of an executive.

No matter how great or outstanding the family of his opponent might be, he himself had a background that wouldn’t lose out to anyone.

“Let’s close up shop for today.”

As the man said this with a chilling smile, his subordinates moved in perfect unison.

While ushering out the numerous guests who had come to the casino, the man’s subordinates gradually built a cordon around Cheon Seoa and her proxy.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa was still enjoying her game.

And so, when all the guests had left, and only Cheon Seoa, her proxy, and the casino staff remained in the vast casino interior.

“Pleased to meet you, I’m Dave, the manager of Akebra Casino.”

Even amidst the hostile gazes of numerous people, Cheon Seoa continued to enjoy her game as if nothing was wrong.
Dave, the man who appeared behind Cheon Seoa, spoke in a polite voice.

Although his tone might have been quite courteous, he couldn’t hide the hostility mixed in his voice.
No, he didn’t try to hide it.

The proxy glanced over Dave, looking him up and down.
Then, he whispered something into Cheon Seoa’s ear.

Seo-a Cheon puts down the cards in her hand and stands up from her seat.

“Nice to meet you, Dave. My name is Seo-a Cheon.”

Seo-a answers with a bright smile.
At this, the smile on Dave’s face becomes slightly distorted.

“Miss Seo-a Cheon, I see.”

Seo-a Cheon.
Seo-a Cheon.

Dave repeated Seo-a Cheon’s name in his mind.

Seo-a Cheon.
It’s a name that doesn’t exist in his memory.

Of course, he didn’t know the personal information of every influential family or wealthy individuals in the world.
Nevertheless, the name Seo-a Cheon felt incredibly unfamiliar.

Perhaps she wasn’t a child from an influential family or a wealthy background after all?
If so, what gave this kid the confidence to act so boldly?

While Dave was looking at Seo-a Cheon with narrowed eyes, the representative stepped forward and spoke.

“Do you have any business with our young lady?”

“Business, you say. Of course I do. If I didn’t have any business with your young lady, why would I have gone through the trouble of arranging this meeting at such a great loss?”

Dave replied with a smirk to the representative’s question.

The Akebra Casino, where Dave works as a manager, sees hundreds of millions of dollars changing hands in a single day.
It’s currently the busiest time for the casino. Despite this, the reason he arranged this meeting, sending away all the guests and incurring such massive losses, was…

“I’ll ask just one thing. Where did you guys come from?”

Dave starts with formal speech and ends with informal speech.

However, neither the Agent nor Cheon Seoa.
Both of them showed no signs of displeasure at Dave’s informal speech towards them.

Just.

“Where did we come from… What do you mean by that?”

“Shit, are you kidding me now? Looking at the tricks you pulled, it seems like you came here with a plan. Do you know whose territory this is while pulling such pranks?”

“Hmm. Whose territory, you say… Then let me ask one thing as well. Whose territory is this place?”

As the Agent spoke with a smile, it gradually began to fill with eeriness.

Stimulating the primal fear inherent in humans with that eerie smile, Dave, who involuntarily flinched, said.

“It, it’s the territory of the Clown, an executive of the Villain Association! And I’m a direct subordinate of such a Clown!”

Dave shouts, trying hard to shake off his fear.
A confident smile had already spread across Dave’s lips.

By the way, an executive of the Villain Association.
The Agent had certainly seen the Clown on that deserted island. Furthermore, he had confirmed that the Clown had participated in the executive selection and was proudly selected as an executive.

However.

“That’s strange. As far as I know, Las Vegas has a different owner.”

Twitch-.

At the Agent’s words, which seemed to disregard the Clown, Dave’s brow twitched.
At the same time, just as Dave was about to burst out saying something, the Agent continued speaking.

“No, doesn’t Las Vegas, and America as a whole, already have separate owners?”

“What the hell…!”

“The Illuminati. And the Agent.”

Flinch-!

The moment the words ‘Illuminati’ and ‘Agent’ came out of the Agent’s mouth, Dave’s body trembled.

Why did the name of that legendary villain and organization suddenly come up?

Of course, he knew well that the Agent was a monster reigning at the pinnacle of tens of millions of villains.
But even so, the owner of Las Vegas is the Clown he serves.

With such thoughts, just as Dave was about to open his mouth to refute the Agent’s words.

“Certainly, if you don’t know the inside story, you could make the same mistake as you. However, one thing is for sure. ‘I’ have not given ownership of everything that exists in America to anyone. Even if it’s just a small pebble lying on the street.”

As the Agent spoke those words, a huge demonic figure flickered behind his back.

Dave trembled as he saw the huge demonic figure flickering behind the Agent’s back.

He had heard about it.
The Nine Most Vicious Villains. Among them, the Agent, called the strongest, was a monster who had transcended human limitations by making a contract with a demon.

When he uses his power, the figure of the demon he contracted with flickers behind his back.

Then perhaps.
No way!
No, it can’t be.
Why would that monster be playing bodyguard to such a little brat?
That must be an illusion. A hallucination.
Here’s the translated text:

It’s just a bluff created through this ability.

While Dave was thinking this.

“Tell the Clown. If he doesn’t want to die, appear before me within 30 minutes.”

As the proxy said this, black flames spread out, engulfing all humans except Dave.