150 episodes. ‘Cause here I’m the thumb
There is a scar that I tried to cover with makeup, but it is not a wound that can be covered.
The left face was severely swollen, and there were cracks and crusts attached to it.
‘You’re right…’
Who did you hit?
Jang Min-soo? No, looking at his behavior for several days through cufflinks, he was neither fiery nor radical.
Moreover, according to Lily, even though she was a Lisboan girl, she was never rude to her.
‘Is that rice cake stand?’
A man standing behind Son Young-seok and looking around sharply.
Even though he was acting as a bodyguard, he could see the tattoos covered by his clothes with clairvoyance.
‘By the way, I haven’t been able to understand Jang Min-soo’s situation since then…’
It was probably from the day after I met Manager Kang Jun-ho.
I haven’t been able to use my peeping ability since then to see what had happened the night before.
Now I see, I wasn’t wearing cufflinks.
‘It must have happened no matter what.’
Then, something Lily was holding caught my eye.
A piece of paper that has been folded and rolled several times to make it very small.
It overlapped so many times that it was impossible to see the contents even through clairvoyance, but it seemed to be for the purpose of conveying a message.
“Lyausin.”
Liaoxin, who was watching the preparations for the competition at my call, turned his head.
“yes?”
“Seize the opportunity and take what you have in Lily’s hand.”
“What is it?”
“It’s a note. It looks like he’s trying to send me a message, but I think he’s being watched by James Son and others.”
“You have to take it secretly.”
“Can you do it?”
“When I was learning handcrafting at a private gambling house, there was a strange saying I heard. Do you know what it is?”
“What?”
Liaoxin raised one corner of his mouth and said.
“Hands are faster than eyes. Kya, I don’t know who built it, but I think it really pierces the core.”
Everyone knows that in Korea.
It seems that the famous line has passed to Macau.
“Stop making weird noises and go. And those bodyguards, the Korean mafia, may have seen a lot of tazza’s pranks, so be careful not to get caught.”
“If it’s the Korean mafia, is it gang violence?”
“Do you know the word gangster?”
“If you want to use your hand skills, you need to know the world behind you. If you’re tired, you’re going to burn out.”
“Isn’t it a complete disaster? It happened to me, too, and I got it in Hong Kong.”
“Mr. Jin is a monster, and in Hong Kong, he runs wild like a fish in water.”
“Then let’s see. Make sure you don’t get caught this time and succeed.”
Liao Xin smiled and nodded his head before entering the crowd.
‘Even if you see through clairvoyance, it’ll be okay because you can change it.’
Thanks to past experience, I wasn’t too worried.
Because his hands were faster than his eyes, like Tazza’s lines.
***
Liausin decided he had to work now, before the finals started.
Because when the finals started, everyone would hold their breath and focus on the two players.
When there is silence, even a small movement can feel big.
The cluttered and buzzing atmosphere is the perfect environment to work in.
‘Okay, once you checked me.’
Deliberately, from afar, he passed where Lily’s gaze was headed.
A signal to prepare for showing and approaching.
You’ll know she’s a smart girl.
‘Hmm, the eyes are terrifying. After all, as Mr. Jin said, he must be a gangster.’
His gaze is sharp, looking at all directions.
From a closer look, it seemed to be similar to the feeling I got from the subordinates of Yang Ah Kwan at a private gambling house in Hong Kong.
‘It would be difficult to pass by like this. What’s up…’
If you go within the radius they have set, you will unconditionally be considered suspicious and get a snow stamp.
That momentary snow stamp could later spread to a situation in which the identity was discovered.
‘If you can’t reach from this side, I’ll have to make you come.’
Liausin slowly made his way to where the operators were.
There are those in charge of casino security.
To be precise, there were members of the Hwaui Party that took the place of 14K.
“Who’s in charge here?”
“Fuck, what’s going on?”
“Are you going to be my cadre?”
“Yes, but who are you…?”
Liao-shin briefly told him about the relationship between Yang Ah-gwan and Du Mun-jeong, and the process of the 14K and Hwa Seung-hwa’s expulsion.
The subject of the explanation was Jin Yu-seong, but he cleverly mixed lies as if he had intervened.
“Ah, I don’t know the details because I’m a low-level executive, but I’ve heard that you have given me a lot of help. Thank you on behalf of the Hwaui Party.”
“It’s okay. I didn’t reveal my identity to be greeted. I’m here to report something.”
“A report?”
“It’s like 14K or Hwaseunghwa’s remnants. They’re behind the pillar over there, so I think we’ll need to check it out.”
“Is that so? I did all the identification at the entrance.”
“Today, it was especially crowded because there were a lot of reporters. There may have been a gap in security.”
He nodded in agreement.
“It’s not like it’s not possible. Let’s check it out first.”
“There are a lot of VVIPs over there, so why don’t you call over here quietly to check it out? It was noisy because of me once, but if there is a commotion again, it will be difficult to see the president.”
“Oh, that’s right. I think it’s something you can be concerned about. If you say so, I will proceed with the identification process here as you said.
“Ha ha ha, say this.
After a while,
The security guards brought Son Young-seok and his companions to the place where Liaoxin was located.
And they asked for ID.
“Why are we the only ones reconfirming our identities?”
An executive level person answered Son Young-seok’s question.
“It’s just to make sure you’re not a wanted mafia member.”
“Mafia? Who is it? I’m the one who made it to the semi-finals of this competition. I’m an official VVIP! Since when did SWM treat guests like this!?”
“James Thorne, your identity is not a problem. As you said, it is confirmed that you are a player. But, the person behind you, what is your name?”
“I’m Jo Gwang-bae.”
“Are you a bodyguard?”
“exactly.”
“Would you like to roll up your sleeves for a second?”
“Why are you telling me to roll up my sleeves?”
“As I said, this is to determine if it’s a mafia or not. They have a gang sign near their wrist. Please cooperate.”
Jo Gwang-bae rolled up one sleeve.
Then an arm full of tattoos was revealed.
“Hmm, do bodyguards have tattoos like this in Korea?”
It was a tattoo that thugs often used to pretend to be.
“Is there a law in Macau that bodyguards are not allowed to have tattoos?”
“It’s not like that, but I think it’s not common.”
“You, too, are not members of the Triad. Do you think I don’t know?”
When Jo Gwang-bae raised his argument with the Hwaui Party and looked away from Lily,
Liausin approached them as if trying to dry them, and secretly brushed her fingertips.
“Come on, that’s enough. Tattoos. Anyway, it’s been confirmed that they’re not wanted. You’re a member of the VVIP, so let’s send them.”
The commotion was put to an end with Liaushin’s intervention.
Son Young-seok said in a strong tone to them, as if it was uncomfortable to plant.
“I will formally protest this matter to the organizers. They are treating the VVIP party as wanted. Even after checking their identity, they came in.”
“Recently, the security in Macau has been very bad, so please understand.”
“Okay! What’s your understanding?
Son Young-seok left the place with his party.
Liao Xin glanced at their backs, fiddling with the note in his hand.
***
“Mr. Jean.”
When I turned my head to the familiar voice, there was Ryausin.
“Have you already brought it?”
“How long does it take to get one. Here it is.”
I got a note from him.
It was clear that I had seen it through clairvoyance earlier.
“Didn’t you notice?”
“Not at all. There wasn’t even a chair of doubt.”
“I don’t know about anyone else, but James Sohn has a great eye, are you sure?”
“Mr. Jean, don’t you know me? To be honest, no one else on the set noticed my hand skills except Mr. Jean. This hand, this hand is faster than the eye.”
After seeing him reciting Tazza’s lines again, he smiled and put the note into his pants pocket.
“Huh? Don’t you read it?”
“Later. It’s the finals soon, so we have to focus.”
“No matter how much Mr. Jean is nervous, I think that David Wolf is his opponent…”
what is the tension
It’s just for me to read.
He slowly scanned the open note in his pocket with his fingertips.
‘Lily, why are you like that…’
The content was simple.
It is said that Son Young-seok doubted whether he was a sponsored woman and asked who the sponsor was.
In the process, thanks to Jang Min-soo’s help, the crisis was avoided, but in the future, he had to stay by his side.
‘So you were looking for a chance while fiddling with the note.’
He was under surveillance, so he wanted to inform the situation in that way.
In my heart, I wanted to reveal that I was the sponsor right away, but I couldn’t.
However, when I later found out that information about the resource diplomacy project had been leaked, there was a high possibility that I would become the prime suspect.
Moreover, seeing that Lily kept a secret about me until her face became like that, I thought that she wouldn’t want me to reveal my identity.
‘With Jang Min-soo, I will not suffer any more.’
She’s been told not to do it, so this is her responsibility.
Even if I had the opportunity to take it out later, I couldn’t move for her while bearing the loss right away.
After making that decision, I walked towards the final table.
There David Wolf was sitting and looking at me.
‘You seem to be very proud of your skills.’
His eyes are like a champion looking at a challenger.
With a decent career backing it up, it’s probably possible.
“You look nervous, don’t you think?”
“It’s my first time in a competition like this. It’s the final, right?”
“Don’t worry. When the card starts spinning, you won’t be able to afford to be conscious of the eyes around you.”
I’m looking forward to it, will it?
What can you do against clairvoyance?
“So, I have a question for you.”
“what?”
“I heard rumors that he was the disciple of President Gary Parker. Is that true?”
“It’s not wrong, but it’s not right either.”
“……?”
“It wasn’t because my uncle announced that you were my disciple from today and didn’t teach me. Every time we met at the casino, he advised me that doing this in this case and that in other cases can improve my skills. It’s been rumored.”
Ah, that’s it.
According to martial arts novels, it is not the act of making disciples, but giving instruction to juniors who are equal to Moorim.
That was not one number, but two and three numbers.
“If we met often enough to spread rumors, we could be called disciples.”
“Isn’t it? There’s nothing wrong with me, I’m the third largest gambler in the world. Hahaha.”
“I look forward to the skills of a student of the world’s top three gamblers and one of the top five current pro gamblers.”
That’s what I said, but I’m not really looking forward to it.
Whether it’s three or five fingers, I’m the thumb here.