Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Meanwhile, Gunther exchanged glances with the two shooters. The second Casper gave the word, the trio would proceed to take this casino down.

“Do you think this is the first time I’ve had a gun pointed at me? You’re actually using a mere cane to scare me off? Although you may be old and I can understand that you’re unable to come to a decision, this is ultimately merely a simple gamble. Haven’t we all been gambling and facing the odds ever since we were born? Every decision we make is a gamble based on whatever information we had at the time,” remarked Eugene with a cold smile even as Harold prodded at him with his cane.

As he spoke, Eugene put out his cigarette using his palm. Despite the burns he received from the heat of the flame, he seemed unaffected by the scorching temperature and didn’t seem to mind it much.

He rested his weight on the desk and used it as a support to get up from his seat. Following this, he flashed his crippled right arm at Harold and said, “We both knew what we were getting into when we started gambling. It’s never as simple as losing a mere finger or two. Although you claimed to have washed your hands off gambling when you opened this casino, you’ve actually been gambling this entire time! You’ve never given it up! The very moment you started operations, you should’ve been prepared to lose it all and close down. Since you want to win money from others, you have to make sure you experienced the thrill of a possible loss as well. Everything has been fated to be the second you sat down at this rummy table.”

Harold was literally taken aback by Eugene’s intimidating stature and retreated several steps back from him. Eugene saw this and chuckled as he lit another cigarette and declared, “There’s no escaping from it tonight! It’s either I bring the casino down with me, or you join me in a game of life and death at this table!”

With that, Eugene pulled open his shirt to reveal the jet-black grenade that lay beneath.

The crowd in the casino started to scream in terror, and even Harold and Michael were taken by surprise. Only Casper knew that this grenade was fake, and thus he didn’t have much of a reaction.

Back then, when Casper had hidden the gun amongst the cash, Eugene had taken the opportunity to conceal the grenade therein as well. After all, he was the one who had told Casper that the staff at the casino wouldn’t search the money.

“Don’t move! Not a single muscle!” ordered Eugene in a resounding tone that carried throughout the space to strike every single soul in the gambling house.

through the crowd like a seasoned predator. In just a few seconds, several

had established before the meet. If he only wanted Gunther to move alone, he would call for him by name. On the other hand, if he wanted the entire trio to act,

the remaining pair remained silent and hidden amongst the crowd. This would ensure that they could project a more

immediately guessed that Casper had emplaced other men within the casino to wait in ambush. The fear and shock in his eyes were evident as he exclaimed, “All right! I see what’s going on now! You’ve made such advanced and extensive preparations just so you could

“Snatch?” asked Eugene.

and stealing money from these people as well? Don’t forget. This isn’t a legal casino but rather an underground one. Every single cent you make here is illegal. In fact, this is the filthiest

mentioned. There wouldn’t be a single cent left to my name. As such, I brought this here only to ensure that we can

this point, Eugene chuckled at his mention of the concept of fairness in a casino. He kept the grenade away and took his

as he patted at the chips by his side. He continued, “Your first choice is to let me use this eighty million in chips to finish the remaining four rounds of our match. If you’re lucky, you can win the money back, but if you’re not, you would stand to lose another eighty million. However, if you manage to middle your way through this, you would only lose these

word was carved indelibly in Harold’s mind. He continued, “If that’s the case, the damage and losses you’ve suffered tonight will still be acceptable. Even if people knew that there are issues with your casino, they will ultimately still return. After all, which casino doesn’t

chance to win all our money, we should have the opportunity to do the same to you as well. Now, without any cameras or conniving techniques at hand, let us finish our match before all these eyewitnesses! Starting bet

only punctuated by the occasional whirring of the slot machines and their moving mechanical components,

for use since the starting bet already amounted to ten million. With that starting

breath in anticipation as they waited anxiously. Casper was

managed to get one over the other players by securing an easy victory.

arms trembled as he realized that he had managed to make more than a hundred million