Chapter 821: Chapter 491: And You Still Say Alice Isn’t Your Daughter?!
Looking at the card handed over by Freymia, Shen Sui was dumbfounded.
"Are you saying... this is the prize money you won?" Shen Sui looked up at Freymia and said in disbelief.
The issue wasn’t that Freymia won prize money through dueling, but rather the amount of prize money she had accumulated through the competition during this period.
To put it this way, during the time when Shen Sui participated in the All-Star Tournament plus the Cruise Tournament, Freymia had already won prize money equivalent to what Shen Sui had worked hard to accumulate over the past half year.
"That’s right." Freymia raised her head proudly and said, "Winning so much, you can’t say that I’m bad at dueling."
"But you’re indeed quite bad," Shen Sui instinctively retorted.
Freymia immediately puffed her cheeks, looking unconvinced.
Shen Sui was already very familiar with this expression. Every time Freymia lost to him and had to pay the price of defeat, she made this expression.
Because this expression had become strongly associated with the subsequent behaviors, every time Shen Sui saw Freymia make this face, his body would instinctively react.
Whenever Shen Sui saw this expression on Freymia, he would already start imagining what outfit Freymia should wear for her defeat CG in his mind.
Damn! You can’t be controlled by your little brother! Shen Sui!
You have to know shame!
Shen Sui patted his head, temporarily driving those impure thoughts out of his mind.
Sitting nearby and drinking tea, Vivian was startled by Shen Sui’s sudden movements.
Fortunately, Shen Sui quickly forced himself to calm down.
This significant amount of funds, from any angle, was extremely unreasonable.
Although under such end-of-the-world pressure from the Extraordinary Invasion, wealth often transferred instantly, everything had to be done in a gradual manner. Society had its inertia, and it couldn’t change so drastically within just a few days.
So, at Shen Sui’s request, Freymia roughly told Shen Sui about the tournament schedule over the past few days.
Because Freymia was only a novice Life Card Master, during this recent period, she had participated in Class C professional tournaments in Modu and its surrounding areas.
However, for some unknown reason, whenever she participated in a competition, a few major sponsors would suddenly appear before the official start, raising the entire prize pool. Then, her opponents started to become weaker, and those initially strong ones would always lose suddenly at the most crucial moments, allowing Freymia to win the championship without much risk.
Shen Sui smelled the scent of fixed games and conspiracy.
After all, Freymia was also an Elf Empress of over a thousand years, so she could perceive the problems, but since the opponents didn’t show any obvious intentions, she decided to watch the changes unfold.
Staring at the list of competitions Freymia participated in, Shen Sui suddenly had a suspicion: Is someone trying to curry favor with Freymia?
Although Freymia’s true identity had been downplayed by the officials, quite a few people still knew that Freymia was a superpower from the Otherworld.
In such a time of the Extraordinary Invasion, having a powerhouse in charge meant a high degree of security.
Shen Sui first thought of the Exploration Bureau.
They were the ones most aware of Freymia’s true identity and also the ones most motivated to win her over.
After all, if they had the backing of a fourteenth-tier Quasi-God powerhouse, at least the Exploration Bureau would have a safety net other than filling the gaps and risking lives with duels when facing malicious Extraordinary Invasions from other worlds.
But upon second thought, Shen Sui felt something was off.
If the Exploration Bureau really wanted to win Freymia over, they only needed to win him over, right? There was no need to actively meddle in Freymia’s hobbies.
Not everyone likes such obvious flattery, and not everyone appreciates having ulterior motives mixed into their hobbies.
Although Freymia was a poor player at cards, due to Shen Sui’s influence, her love for dueling was genuine.
Even if the Exploration Bureau intended to win over Freymia, they wouldn’t engage in such actions.
As an official organization, even if they wanted to recruit someone, they would maintain their dignity and not be looked down upon by others.
You see, when they recruited him, it was not abrupt at all.
Even though Shen Sui knew they were trying to woo him with task rewards, he didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.
"You sensed it too, the conspiracy in there." Freymia didn’t bother to think it through, but she’s not really dumb. She’s been keeping the Elf Race’s society stable for over a thousand years by being a smart ruler, so she couldn’t possibly miss the problem lurking behind this.
Shen Sui nodded, about to speak, when his phone rang.
"Hmm, it seems you’ve indeed caught the attention of an organization." Shen Sui said, showing Freymia the information on his phone.
Upon receiving Shen Sui’s message, Xinyuan Tanchun immediately investigated those tournaments and discovered that those sudden investors all came from the same company.
Silver Moon Investment.
"They are being a bit blatant, aren’t they?" Freymia did not expect the other side to make no attempt at concealment, using the same name for all their investments.
"Perhaps they want you to notice their name," Shen Sui put away his phone and reviewed the follow-up information sent by Xinyuan Tanchun.
