They had simple short hair and looked very refreshing. On the collar of their clothes, they wore an ornament that looked like several numbers "7" stacked together.
They are the collectors of urban intelligence and the finishers of the Seven Association, an association that claims to know all the "intelligence" about the city.
"As you can see, this is what happened recently in District 10." The man wearing black-framed glasses pushed his glasses and spoke.
"This is the first time I've seen rats so easy to talk to. In other back alleys, there are rarely rats that block the road but don't hurt people." His female colleague said, "Are these guys [distorted]? Like Ms. Moses said, is this area in a special distortion?"
"Obviously, that's not the case." Another male colleague said, "Based on the intelligence we collected and the information the Zwei Association passed on to us, this place should not have entered the distortion. Instead, it is completely and fully qualified to conduct [large-scale gambling]. Hmm... Although it looks weird, if you think about it, this is District 10, it doesn't seem so outrageous."
The man with glasses pushed his glasses up again, turned around and pointed to a two-story building in the distance, and said, "According to the known intelligence, the board game store named [Hannuo Board Game Store] is the beginning of everything. Of course, now, Hannuo's leader [Zhao Ye] has established a company named [Link Company], which means Link Company."
"L?" The female cleaner frowned. "Could it be... Singularity? Such a big ambition. But, Captain, doesn't our association not accept commissions related to Singularity?"
"This is just your guess. It doesn't mean he is researching Singularity." The man continued, "Besides, this is not the commission we received."
"Someone witnessed that there seemed to be some special phenomena in District 10. For example, a living person turned into a card and was printed on it. Or a card that was originally in good condition suddenly turned into a monster and hit people on the head. In addition, there are many other special phenomena that have been confirmed not to be distortions, but they actually happened."
"Eh, that sounds weird." The female closer frowned.
"It's nothing strange. The association has received information about someone being turned into a photo before." The male cleaner without glasses spread his hands. "You know, this is the city - especially after the frequent occurrence of distortion phenomena, these strange phenomena are countless. To be honest, even if the chicken leg in my rice suddenly turns into a live chicken and slaps me, I won't be surprised."
"Haha!" The female cleaner couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, stop bickering." The man with the black-framed glasses continued, "In short, although this company has nothing to do with distortion, the various abnormal phenomena that have occurred nearby cannot be denied. Therefore, the association has delegated the task to our four departments, and the three of us are to collect intelligence nearby."
"Are we the only three here?!" The female cleaner's expression changed. "This area is so weird and abnormal."
"Well, you guys know... the southern part of the association has suffered a heavy blow recently, and the three departments have almost been wiped out. Even that guy resigned and started doing music." The man with black-framed glasses took off his glasses, frowned, and pinched his eyebrows tiredly, "
L Nest has been in turmoil recently, with all sorts of chaotic forces trying to get their hands on it. Our association needs to collect all the information about the city, so we naturally need to send more people... Damn it."
The more he talked, the more headache he got. He had been working overtime for seven or eight days in a row, but still had no time to rest. He had just finished his last commission when he was sent directly to District 10 by the section chief to handle a job that had never involved any response intelligence.
The only good news is...
"Anyway, don't expect the association to send anyone to help us." He rubbed his brow for a while, rummaged around in his back, and took out three black plastic boxes. "Fortunately, the section chief is not a devil. He prepared these for us in advance, so we don't have to spend any money... Well, just like those rats said, this is called a deck. Only by using these decks can we [fight] around here."
"Eh!? Does that mean we don't have to kill anyone?!"
"Huh, if I can avoid taking action, that's not bad. I'll just treat it as a break."
“I’m glad you guys accepted it so quickly.” The man with black-rimmed glasses wiped his glasses, put them back on, and said to his two subordinates, “By the way, there’s another reason why those rats didn’t use force, and that’s because it’s said that the president of that Link Company, Zhao Ye, is researching some kind of terrible card, whose power can radiate thousands or even tens of thousands of meters.
Simply put - within this range, if you try to use force without using cards, you will most likely be suppressed.
Don't underestimate this card game, otherwise if you lose to a few thugs who are much weaker than you, and something unexpected happens, I won't be able to save you."
"Ah?" The two closers spoke in unison.
"I mentioned this before, didn't I? There have been cases of cards turning into real monsters and hurting people nearby. Although there is no clear information about the cause, it is not surprising that this phenomenon originated from the rumored [Card].
Likewise - that's one of the things we're investigating."
"Ahhh... How much work is there? I really want to quit!" The female cleaner couldn't hold it in any longer. The continuous overtime made her a little collapsed.
"Just bear with it, the work of the Seven Association is already the easiest and safest one..." The male closer sighed helplessly and took a box of cards from the captain, "Maybe at the same time, people from other associations are also carrying out tasks in this area, and they may be having a harder time than us.
Just imagine, if the assassination team members from the four associations came to this area and found that they couldn't kill people directly, what would their mentality be?"
"Pfft——" When it comes to making her laugh, the male closer seems to have an extraordinary talent.
"Okay, stop talking. Grab your decks and go find someone to try first."
"Yes!"
The two responded, then quickly separated in different directions, running at high speed and disappearing from the sight of the man with black glasses.
And it's not just the finishers of the Seven Associations. As the existence of the [God Card] slowly becomes known to people, it seems that many strange people are slowly pouring into this area, further accelerating the spread of duels.
Even... a little too fast.
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Although many things in this world seem to make no sense, it does not mean that they are illogical.
The first Beginner's Contest did attract quite a few duelists, but it didn't spread around so quickly.
In less than half a month, the surrounding area had achieved the effect that he thought would take several months to achieve, which surprised him a little.
"It seems that someone is behind this and adding fuel to the fire?"
He realized the impending crisis.
Chapter 48 Problems and Gains
The news of the duel spread faster than Zhaoye expected.
Then the comparison night brought a considerable trouble——
The three employees under him had to work overtime and were busy from morning to night every day.
Because dueling spread far and wide, they had to travel farther to work every day. Not only that, the adaptability of the people in the back alley was as shocking as A said. In just a few days, they not only understood how to use dueling to win other people's cards, but also understood how to use dueling to conduct other "gambling games."
Many people in the back alley have begun to pester Vivian and others to duel, hoping to learn some inside information from them by winning. Although it is difficult for those duelists who can barely put together a set of cards to defeat the three of them, they cannot win every time. After a few days, there will inevitably be times when they are exhausted or unlucky, and it is not surprising to lose a game or two.
There is no invincible deck, no invincible person, only invincible strength.
Fortunately, Zhao Ye had also made a plan. He also estimated that they might be deceived or robbed of some intelligence, so when he sent them out, he asked them to prepare some "revealing"
” information.
Some of the more important and intimidating news were specifically released by Zhao Ye. To some extent, they deliberately released this kind of news, which actually helped to undermine Zhao Ye's plan.
But even so, Zhaoye still had a slight headache.
Developing too fast is not a good thing. Just like in his previous life, there were many products that suddenly became popular. Due to the sudden shortage of supply, the manufacturers were forced to place urgent orders. However, in the end, the products were not completed in time and all consumers were not satisfied. In the end, they were scolded.
Zhaoye is not playing "hunger marketing". In this case, too fast development will really have some impact on him.
The most obvious thing is that the subordinates were unable to rest in time and worked intensively for several days.
Even Vivian, who loves dueling very much, has been a little confused in the past few days and has made many mistakes.
Although it was very common for company employees in the back alley to work eighty or ninety hours a week, and in serious cases some even lived in the company and worked day and night, the employees under Zhao Ye were not just a few people grabbed from the streets. It was impossible for them to be supplemented or replaced at will. What's more, he himself hated this kind of thing and of course it was impossible for him to let them work at a high intensity.
As a last resort, Zhao Ye hurriedly stopped them and asked them to go back to the store to rest and let the area develop on its own.
During this rest time, even Lin vaguely sensed that something was wrong, let alone Vivian, who was so smart?
"Manager, I'm afraid someone has been fanning the flames behind our backs and targeting our company's products!" As always, Vivian hurried to Zhao Ye to report the problem the moment she discovered it.
Zhaoye nodded.
As the saying goes, the moon waxes and wanes, and water overflows when it is full. Overly rapid development may have a certain impact on the game itself.
In this case, if the "duel" itself does not stand the test, it is very likely that after a "burst of heat", it will immediately dissipate, become silent, and be lost in the crowd.
This requires that the quality of the "game" itself is good enough.
Fortunately-
Zhaoye is very confident about this.
Duel Monsters was not created in one day, but was developed over a long period of time. Although it is not the top card game in his world, it is indeed one of the most popular collectible card games in the world.
On the other hand.
Although this "forcing things to happen" made Zhaoye feel dissatisfied that his plans were disrupted, it also provided a lot of emotional points.
Nowadays, the emotions stored in Zhaoye's "Gachapon Machine" are already quite sufficient. Zhaoye even has abundant resources to upgrade the equipment of his employees and change into a more protective Hanno uniform.
leftover……
All Zhao Ye needs is to [wait].
Wait for a critical point, and wait for——
he!
Another day.
There were some jingling noises at the door. Lin was startled and hurriedly took out her revolver. She stuffed all the cards of Chestnut Ball, Spherical Chestnut Ball and Winged Chestnut Ball into the card slot and stared at the door carefully for a long time. When several people pushed the door open, she took a glance and breathed a sigh of relief.
"As for the president, he is in the laboratory on the second floor."
"Ah."
The visitor nodded after hearing Lin's words, waved his hand, and signaled the two subordinates behind him to go first.
His two subordinates were one tall and one short, but no matter how tall or short, fat or thin, they all had one thing in common, that is, their bodies were covered with iron bumps. Not only that, they also had some special markings on their bodies.
The leader had a round head, a top hat on his head, and a duel disk hanging on his arm. The other two looked alert, carefully guarding a dark safe and looking around cautiously.
Several duelists who were honing their skills in the board game store were surprised to see this scene.
Go directly to the store manager's laboratory?
"What are you looking at!" Noticing that these duelists were looking at them - or more precisely, at the [Box], the shorter female cyborg immediately raised her fist and couldn't help but gesture, "Want to be punched?!"
"Ms. Plum, violence is not allowed in this store."
"Tsk, I know, I know, I understand—"
"Meihua, stop chatting and go see the president."
"it is good!"
The three people were from the Poker Office who had been away for half a month and had just returned today. They were all injured and their prostheses were covered with scars. If you look closely, you can see that the outer shells of some of their limbs have melted away.
The three of them didn't waste any more time and hurriedly went upstairs protecting the box.
Among the people around, there are naturally some who stay in the store specifically to try to get some "exclusive" information.
"Those three people are the ones who are going to finish them off, right?!"
"What treasure is in that box that needs to be protected so carefully!"
"From the looks of it, maybe they even used a [lock]..."
"Will it be, [God Card]?"
A few people were gossiping in low voices, while the more sensible ones stood up, raised their hands and shouted at Vivian who was taking a nap with her eyes closed: "Miss Vivian, I want to duel with you, and the bet is the information in the hands of that person just now!"
Vivian was frightened awake and clenched her fists at the person who was yelling at her.
Damn, these guys figured out the duelist's true intentions so quickly!
"You should win over those around you first!
You have no right to challenge me! "Half a month ago, Vivian probably would never have dreamed that she would talk to someone like this, but this is the fact!
Although dueling is the only rule of Hanno, not everyone can challenge it. Otherwise, everyone can challenge Hanno. Will they still be able to open the door and make money?
During non-competition time, only the "winner" of each day is worthy of dueling with her!
On the other hand, the three people from the Poker Office had already walked to the door of the laboratory on the second floor and couldn't help but take a "deep breath" - even though they all had no respiratory system, they still couldn't help feeling a little nervous at this time.
During the half-month commission, they also saw several monsters and used the power of [cards] to print those monsters onto the cards.
Clubs and Hearts didn't understand the "blank card" at first, but when they saw Spades use a card to seal the monster, they figured everything out.
Could it be that the monsters in the cards are really “monsters”? Could it be that these things that appear to be printed have their “origins”?
However, now the outside world is crazy about the "God Card"...
This made them unable to help but wonder in their hearts.
If it was the same as they imagined, it would be really, really horrible.
They knocked on the door gently, and the door slowly opened automatically, and they saw the center of all recent topics - Zhao Ye.
Today, Zhao Ye has changed into a more stylish coat. Compared with the previous standard Hanno uniform, this coat looks more severe.
In order to prepare for the theme of "Duel Alley", Zhaoye specially changed into the same coat as Kaiba Seto. Fortunately, he has a good figure and his looks are quite good, so this coat fits him well.
"Oh!" Zhao Ye's eyes lit up when he saw them, "I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
"From the looks of you, have you collected any [cards]?"
After a series of ping-pong sounds from Hei Tao's body and the roar of steam from the machines dissipated, he seemed to take a deep breath and said, "Yes."
He raised his hand and signaled his subordinates to bring the box over. He took it with his own hands, slowly pushed it in front of Zhao Ye, and gently opened it.
Inside, several cards with monsters printed on them lay quietly. There was even blood on the cards. Each monster looked vivid, as if they were not drawings but real monsters.
Machines, demons, beast warriors and... the Flame Clan?
There weren't many materials for the Flame Tribe and the Demons before, but with this, we can really push forward. Also, as for the Mechanics, if we continue to research, we should be able to launch Electronic and Robot series cards.
