After waiting, Nic's turn finally arrived.
Rista, the Queen of Gambling, felt strange when she saw Nic; her heart was beating oddly.
"Ugh, what's wrong with my body? Am I sick?" Rista thought to herself.
Nic smiled. "Can we start now?"
"Hmm, what do you want to play? Feel free to choose anything you like," Rista said.
"Can I choose? If so, let's play an easy game: Rock-Paper-Scissors. How about that?" Nic said.
Rista immediately bit her lip upon hearing that. She knew it was very difficult to use tricks in this game unless they played psychologically to guess.
Rista looked at her intel, who were disguised as players, and instructed them to go behind Nic.
"Hmm, to make it more challenging, let's play until one of us goes bankrupt! Do you dare, huh?" Rista said, seemingly trying to crush Nic's morale.
Nic just nodded and put his hand behind his back before making his choice.
Rista laughed inwardly, as if Nic was truly stupid for letting her intel see Nic's choice.
And the first round began. Rista's intel immediately informed her that Nic chose Paper.
Rista immediately chose Scissors, and Nic still chose Paper. Rista won the first round.
Rista laughed contentedly and immediately took the betting money, which was 1 million.
"Ready to go bankrupt?" Rista said.
Nic was just silent, putting down his betting money again, and 10 rounds passed. Nic kept losing until the others got bored, and even the guy who was with Nic earlier was annoyed.
"I thought he was great!! Oh my god, he's just wasting his damn money!"
Nic put on a pitiful face while putting down the betting money again, as if it were his last money.
Rista tried to pity Nic. "Hehe, I'll give you one chance to leave. It's a shame if you go bankrupt, you won't be able to play anymore."
Nic shook his head and smiled. In his heart, he said, "Activate the Gambling Fusion skill now, Zeta."
[ Active! God of Gambler, God of Speed, God of Illusion, God of Cunning, God of Psychology, God of Intimidation. ]
The special Gambling Fusion skill activated, and Nic immediately entered 'gambling king' mode; his aura changed.
He still did the same thing by showing his choice behind his back, but when he was about to release it, Nic used God of Speed to change his choice without being seen at all.
"Oh, I finally won?" Nic said while taking the betting money.
Rista was silent. "Hmm, it seems he's starting to realize and is using the opposite choice of the one behind his hand."
Another 10 rounds, but this time Nic won everything until Nic got his money back.
Meanwhile, Rista started thinking illogically. She had figured out the right choice, like when his hand behind his back was Scissors, she should have chosen Paper, but that didn't happen.
Nic always chose the option that defeated Rista, regardless of what was behind his hand. With God of Speed, his hand could change quickly.
"CHANGE GAME! THIS IS BORING!" Rista said.
"Are you sure you want me to choose the game?" Nic asked with a strong Intimidation aura.
"Huh, so you want to challenge me to choose? Okay... Let's play Roulette!" Rista said.
Her bodyguard immediately brought the roulette device.
"This is different from the usual number roulette... let me explain," Rista said.
Then Rista explained the game rules: The number count is 0-36, there are 2 colors, red and black, and there's a unique addition: bombs. There are 5 bombs hidden behind some numbers, 2 red and 3 black. If you choose a bomb, you lose immediately. If the number chosen is not a bomb, that number cannot be chosen again until one of the players hits the bomb.
"Hmm, that's easy. Okay, let's go," Nic said casually.
Rista immediately set the bet money at 10 million. Rista wanted Nic's money back.
Because Rista was cunning and already knew the location of the bombs, she was confident she would win.
Throughout the selection process, Nic always monitored Rista's mental state. When her psychological state rose, it meant Nic's choice was a bomb, but if her psychological state was normal or even dropped, it meant his choice was safe.
By relying on God of Psychology, Nic easily chose the safe numbers until only 6 numbers remained: 1-6-11-21-30-33.
Rista started biting her fingers and was annoyed. "WHY! WHY DOES HE NEVER CHOOSE A BOMB!! IF HE CHOOSES NUMBER 11, THEN THE REST ARE ONLY BOMBS! AGHHH DAMN IT! BUT IT'S ALREADY 5 TO 1, HOW CAN IT STILL NOT BE A BOMB!?"
The bodyguards were also getting ready.
Nic casually chose number 11, and Rista immediately went silent.
"YOU CHEATED!!" Rista said.
The bodyguards immediately wanted to gang up on Nic, but Bugh! Bugh! Nic punched all of them, sending them flying.
"Don't you want to choose anymore?" Nic asked, smiling slyly at Rista.
Everyone was silent because all the bodyguards had fallen, and they wondered if Rista would lose.
Rista just sat there, then threw her Roulette chips and slapped Nic.
"NO... NO WAY!! YOU CHEATED!! AND USED VIOLENCE!!" Rista screamed.
"You shouldn't be angry like that; you were the one who cheated first... just relax when you're cheated back," Nic said.
Hearing that, Rista couldn't refute it, then threw all the money at Nic. However, Nic patiently tidied up all the money and gave it back to Rista.
"Take it all, retire, and follow me," Nic said.
"Huh? Follow you? Where?" Rista asked.
"To my heart, uhh, I mean join my gang, the Unity gang in the new Unity City... just come with me and leave this place," Nic said, then left.
Rista, still confused, immediately packed her money and left her spot, leaving everyone stunned.
---
Nic headed to Unity City and was apparently awaited by the others.
"Here he is, he's finally here. Where have you been?" Cecilia said.
"Just recruited a new member. Meet Rista," Nic said.
"Huh, isn't that her?? Ah, give me back my money!" Mitha said.
"What are you talking about? You're the one who lost... your own fault," Rista said.
"Hah, I wonder why everyone here seems to have problems," Nic said, then told them to calm down.
Cynthia changed the topic. "So, Nic... in which part are you setting up the HQ?"
Nic thought for a moment. "Hmm, I guess I have to look for a builder first."
"Why go through the trouble of looking? My father can call all of them at once," Cecilia said.
"Yeah, that's true... but I just want to try looking... does anyone know where a good builder is?" Nic said.
Atha whispered to Giselle, then Giselle raised her hand.
"I know a female builder, Nic, but she's not that good..."
"SERIOUSLY? WHERE? TELL ME!" Nic shouted.
All the girls immediately looked at Nic with annoyance, as if they knew the reason Nic was looking for a builder, especially since Giselle mentioned a girl.
"A.. hahaha... don't you guys want more members?" Nic said while leaving because Atha and Giselle had given him the location.
Cynthia clapped once. "No need to worry, it's already good that we are the members he chose directly. Let's find a good location for Unity HQ."
They then went inside Unity City.
---
Meanwhile, Nic went to the SHF territory and looked for a construction site.
He found a new store that was still under construction, then approached it.
And sure enough, there was a female builder who stood out because the rest were guys, but she looked stressed.
"You do this one later, okay? I'm really tired and want to rest," said one of the male builders.
"Huft, he thinks I'm not tired... I need a rest too," said the female builder named Kaela.
Nic approached her and offered his hand. "Do you want me to help?"
To be continued...