The Modern Immortal

Jealousy

Boss, what should we do now?” After enduring the full silence for a long time, the tattooed youth nervously spoke and asked Jared.

“What the hell can I do… I can only recognize my defeat today and let that high school student play anything he likes. As long as he’s happy, Young Master Jin will also calm down, and we would be able to continue opening the Game Hall.” Jared was full of bitterness and an astringent feeling while recalling Jin Cheng’s father’s and Grandfather’s  power in S City.

At this moment, Jared desperately wanted to fiercely slap his own face a few times. Had he been a little more generous and willing to dig some money up for that high school student, this situation wouldn’t have happened.

Now, not only had he offended Young Master Jin, but he might also lose more money.

“Boss, if that high school student really has found out the regular pattern for winning the slot machine’s prize, then we will be losing too much money since we had yet to clean up the game coins in the slot machines for nearly a week.” The tattooed youth spoke in a worried tone.

“Researching the regular pattern to win the slot machine’s prize? You think too much! How the hell could there be such a genius in S City? If there is such a genius, it would be much better to directly go to gamble in Macau, why the hell would he need to come to my small shop, huh?” Jared quite disagreed when he heard the tattooed youth’s words.

Although Jared said that Daemon could never study the general pattern to hit the slot machine’s jackpot; however, unusual restlessness filled his heart.

If it were not for the fear and dread of the powerful backer behind Jin Cheng, Jared would have quickly kicked Daemon out from the Game Hall.

While Jared and his goons were drowning in uneasiness, Daemon was disposing of everything without even the slightest scruple.

After hitting the jackpot for 3 times previously, Daemon already became famous in the Golden Fortune Club. Whenever he was facing a slot machine, the majority of the people would give their queue position to Daemon, and let him display his unique skill of controlling the slot machine to spray out game coins.

However, some others who saw Daemon line up behind them thought that the slot machine would certainly give a 100% winning rate, so they were unwilling to leave their spots. But Daemon only laughed and didn’t speak as he didn’t hesitate to line up in front of other slot machines, causing those people an incessant embarrassment and feeling of loss, not knowing what to do.

Because the Game Hall’s aggressive attitude enraged Daemon, his next moves were absolutely unrestrained, and didn’t even care about the Game Hall’s standing anymore.

After that, everyone in the Game Hall witnessed the episodes of the game coins’ spraying from the slot machines.

3 game coins in, 12,000 game coins spat out.

17 game coins in, 6,000 game coins sprayed out.

99 game coins in, 22,000 game coins burst out.

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In just half an hour, Daemon had swept more than half of the slot machines in the Game Hall, with each slot machine giving Daemon several thousands to tens of thousands of game coins, while the most impressive one gave him more than 20,000 game coins.

Even those players who hung onto certain slot machines and refused to give their location remained puzzled even after pondering his actions over a hundred of times. Although they also eventually won the prize, the odds were very small, and then waited until they had spent their game coins. Never were they able to win the prize more than once.

When they realized that they were unable to even make money by seizing the slot machines, nobody resorted to these petty tricks again and took Daemon cheaply, while the rest of people in the Game Hall also excessively praised him, full of admiration.

Finally, all the players in the Game Hall were disturbed by Daemon, and they also didn’t attend to their own slot machine, but rushed behind Daemon. Wherever Daemon walked, they would always follow him behind, as they wanted to see whether the miracle would continue to happen.

When Daemon was crazily sweeping several tens of thousands of game coins in the Game Hall, Jared almost cried, because he was perfectly aware that even though the Game Hall’s profit was very big, it didn’t mean that all that profits were his sole possession.

In fact, Jared was but only the Game Hall’s boss on the surface, because the majority of the shares mostly belonged to other people. So, once he lost too miserably, not only would he be kicked from his boss’ position, he even had to dig the money from his own pocket to fill the deficit.

But facing Jin Cheng’s threat, Jared didn’t dare to take any actions.

Jared at most could subsidize it using his money bit by bit should the Game Hall fall into extreme deficit. But if he dared to ignore Jin Cheng’s words, he could and would lose his life.

At this very moment, Jared’s regret literally had made his intestines green. He was bleeding from his heart.

Jared regretted that he was too stingy, and also regretted he was too headstrong in front of Daemon.

Had Jin Cheng gave his permission, Jared wished that he could immediately run and kneel to Daemon, and beg him to not continue playing.

But under Jin Cheng’s smiling expression that faintly threatened him, it caused Jared to simply not dare to approach Daemon, let alone apologize to him.

“Damn, Daemon is really awesome, it’s no wonder that he got good results in the test and has always been taking the first grade, and also took so many Olympic Games competition medals back for the school.”

“Huh, it’s not right, hasn’t Big Brother Eric said that Daemon stopped studying, But I’m really sure that his performance just now could never be explained by only luck. Daemon must absolutely have calculated the slot machine’s odds and its general patterns to hit the jackpot.”

Alex and Mark looked at Eric’s complexion that already turned pale and ugly as they both whispered to each other.

“Do you think Daemon is very clever? Envying Daemon because he won so much money?” Upon seeing Alex’s and Mark’s envious expressions, Eric let out a disdainful smile, “I firmly believe that his mind still has some problems!”

“You can think about this, how could such a big Game Hall run a business in the most bustling Emerald Street in the S City? Could this Game Hall’s boss be a nobody? If he let Daemon continue making trouble like this, where the hell should the Game Hall’s boss put his face? Daemon is only making money and exchanging it with his life!” Looking at Daemon’s complacent and proud expression, a pitying expression flashed across Eric’s face.

After listening to Eric’s analysis, Alex and Mark couldn’t help but tremble with fear…

At the next moment, they no longer looked at Daemon with envy and jealous eyes, but instead turned into pitying and sympathetic looks.

Alex and Mark were also aware that the world absolutely had never been so clean just like it seemed on the surface. So the more money Daemon won at this very moment, the more impossible the Game Hall would let him go.

If Daemon realized and was aware of what had to be done, he would willingly turn in all his game coins and buy his way out from the Game Hall.

If Daemon wasn’t aware of his predicament, it could be estimated that Daemon’s fate would be very miserable.

So, no matter how much money Daemon had won this time, his efforts were useless.

Alex and Mark didn’t know that, although Eric at this time thought that Daemon wouldn’t be able to walk out of the Game Hall, but he had already identified one thing, that was, Daemon’s mind had returned to normal, and it was even more sophisticated compared to before he got a car accident.

Moreover, Daemon’s confident expression and his unscrupulous behavior also made Eric’s heart palpitate, because he even faintly felt that Daemon had nothing to fear even though he especially won big in the Game Hall, as if he had a powerful backer. Daemon should have long been preparing the way out; otherwise, it didn’t make sense, and it was hard to imagine that if he completely was unable to think it through.

Half an hour had passed and Daemon had basically wiped clean all the slot machines in the Game Hall. At this time, he had gained a shocking amount of 470,000 game coins.

Daemon had played all of the game machines here, not to mention that he didn’t come here to play, but to win. Daemon didn’t even wait for the Game Hall’s personnel to come and deal with him as he took all the game coins he had won and came over to the front desk to exchange it into money.

Seeing Daemon’s walking direction, the Game Hall instantly turned deathly silent as everyone’s thought could only be spoken in their throats.

Everyone perfectly knew that the real play was going to unfold.

Even if Daemon had won a lot of game coins, if he had no way to convert those coins into money, then his previous big efforts were only wasting his time.

Everyone had the same thought that it was impossible for the Game Hall to convert Daemon’s coins into money, or they would never let Daemon safely leave the Game Hall.

But awkwardly, to everyone’s astonishment, the Game Hall’s boss not only didn’t obstruct Daemon, but also revealed an apologizing smile, and even personally delivered all money to Daemon’s hands, while also nodding to Daemon and respectfully escorting him outside of the Game Hall.

Clearly seeing with their own eyes as to how the Game Hall’s boss had literally nodded and bowed to Daemon, everyone was gasping and dumbstruck. They all thought that their eyes were having problems, or they were simply in a dream as they could only stand motionless and speechless on their spot for a long time, unable to respond to anything for the matter.

Daemon himself also felt bewildered. He had long been mentally prepared that he could only solve this problem with violence, and never did he have the thought that this Game Hall would let him out like this.

“How could it be like this? How could it be possible that the Game Hall’s boss let Daemon out? The Game Hall’s boss is absolutely worried about the bad aftermath it could bring, so he didn’t want to take care of Daemon inside the Game Hall, but intends to wait for Daemon to arrive at a remote place, after which he could begin to clean him up. Yes, it should be like this, the scenes in the movie usually developed like this.” Upon seeing the differences between the script scenario and his imagination, an astonished expression covered Eric’s face.

Alex and Mark, who also had been waiting to see the major drama, could only find that the good play was not even happening, they felt they were just like being messed by somebody. Only after listening to Eric’s analysis did their hearts feel better.

“Big Brother Eric, let’s quietly follow Daemon and find out what kind of fate and end he will get?” Having hesitated for a moment, Alex suggested, as if he wished to jump over and move.

When Eric heard it, his eyes lightened up and did not hesitate to nod and agree. The trio then quickly chased him.

Outside the Game Hall, Daemon had almost just stepped out of the doorstep when Jin Cheng stopped and blocked him.

“Wait, elder brother. You are leaving me behind. I was waiting for you in there”, said Jin Cheng as he stopped in front of Daemon and blocked his way.