Villain Boss Chapter 197
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 197: Another Bet
After being called out, Huo Lingyin, with a cigarette dangling from her lips, looked at Si Xu, wondering what kind of response he would give.
To be honest, Jiang Ran's ability to kill four fully-fledged zombies with her bare hands was a bit beyond her expectations.
The girl was much stronger than she thought.
This accomplishment was considered a remarkable feat for an ordinary person.
"No wonder you like her so much." Thinking she understood Si Xu's feelings, Huo Lingyin flicked her cigarette ash and smiled. "This girl is quite something."
Si Xu didn’t respond. Under Jiang Ran's fierce gaze, he silently jumped off the roof.
He walked over to the girl, glanced at her wrist and fingers stained with putrid blood, and frowned. "Jiang Ran, what do you think of your performance this time?"
Jiang Ran flicked the blood from her fingertips, wiping the blood that wouldn't come off onto his coat. "It's fairly good. The zombies were rather stupid, and easy to deal with." Although those zombies had all their limbs intact, their movements had slowed down, unlike when they first turned into zombies and moved quickly.
The stench of rotting blood wafted into his nose, and Si Xu gave a disgusted look. "Can't you go and wash your hands?"
"No." Jiang Ran gave a perfect smile, holding up her clean hands. "Si Xu , they got dirty because of you."
"..."
"If I weren't looking for you, why would I have come out? If I hadn't come out, why would I be killing zombies in the middle of the night? If I hadn't walked into this courtyard to kill zombies, I wouldn't have known that you were sitting on the roof with a pretty young lady, looking at the stars and the moon, discussing poetry, songs, and the philosophy of life."
After Jiang Ran finished speaking, the curve of her lips became even more pronounced.
"Si Xu, so you really went to look for pretty girls."
Si Xu glanced back at Huo Lingyin, who was perched on the balcony railing watching the scene unfold. "That lady came to borrow a cigarette from me." He paused for two seconds, then added, " I just lent her a pack of cigarettes. I didn’t engage in any chat with her."
He looked aggrieved. "I didn't look at the moon with her."
Jiang Ran smiled and ignored him.
She initially thought he was in the yard, but when she looked up, she found him squatting on the eaves, with a woman who was clearly interested in him by his side.
"I’m in a bad mood and don't want to talk to you right now."
After Jiang Ran finished speaking, she glared at the group of people watching the show from the sidelines and sneered. "Transfer the points you lost to me, now! Immediately! Right away!"
A series of wailing and howling erupted from the enthusiastic crowd watching the spectacle.
"Miss Jiang! I really don't have a single point left! Let's try another way. Do you have any other wishes? Tell me, and I'll definitely help you fulfill them!"
"Yeah, yeah! I only have a little over a thousand points in total, and it was so hard to accumulate them, boo hoo..."
"Miss Jiang..."
Once the wailing and howling subsided, Jiang Ran clapped her hands and called out, "I don’t necessarily need your points."
"Really?"
"Miss Jiang, you’re such a kind person!"
"Boo hoo, my points! I'm saving them to get married!"
"Losers should concede defeat. I don't want your points, but I have one request. Would you like to hear it?"
Jiang Ran wasn’t about to let go of this hard-won opportunity.
Her gaze swept over the group of people outside the courtyard, then she looked up at the woman on the terrace who was smoking and watching the fun, her eyes slightly icy.
"Starting today, for the next two years, you can’t use ordinary people as targets in any more games like tonight’s. That’s my request. Can you do that?"
"Well..." The group of people, who were already used to this kind of game, hesitated and followed Jiang Ran’s gaze to look at their captain on the terrace.
"You can’t?" Without giving them a chance to hesitate, Jiang Ran changed her mind. "Then transfer the points you lost to me. Anyway, these points can be used in all four bases. I don't mind having more."
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"Wait! Miss Jiang!"
Jiang Ran frowned. "I’m not going to wait." With that, she stretched out one hand in front of Si Xu. "Didn't you bring a points converter? Give it to me."
The silent Si Xu took out a handheld converter that looked exactly like a POS machine from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Come here!" Jiang Ran yelled at the group. "Swipe your card!"
The group of people stared in disbelief.
This superhuman with space-type abilities must be a fool! Instead of making good use of his limited space, why did he put a points converter inside? Wasn't that a waste of space?!
"Miss Jiang."
Seeing her subordinates pulling out their ID cards like wilted eggplants, Huo Lingyin, who was sitting on the railing, finally spoke up to help them out.
"I shall agree to your request on their behalf." She repeated Jiang Ran's request, "For the next two years, we won't use ordinary people as targets in any games like tonight's. As the team captain, I can promise that."
Jiang Ran didn't question her words. "If that's the case, good then."
"You only ask for two years?"
"If you want to give a longer period, that's fine too." Jiang Ran wasn't stupid. She knew when to stop.
She couldn't possibly monitor these people every second, and even if they did break the agreement in the next two years, she wouldn't know.
The period of this bet was solely based on Huo Lingyin's character.
"Two years then. "Huo Lingyin chuckled, sighing. "That's why you see, people of the same kind understand each other better, like you, Miss Jiang."
As her laughter subsided, she shouted, "Alright, now that we've agreed to Miss Jiang's request, Huo Heng, get those guys out of here!"
Huo Heng was the name of that deputy captain.
Jiang Ran frowned. "Captain Huo, are you going to kick them out? In the current situation, with some of them injured, kicking them out will only mean their deaths."
"What does that have to do with me ?" Huo Lingyin laughed. "I'm not as helpful as you, Miss Jiang. I originally brought these animals along for entertainment, and now that they've lost their only value, what's the point of me keeping them?"
Jiang Ran remained silent and turned to look at those people.
The group consisted mostly of elderly people and young children, along with a few young girls. The able-bodied men, who could be considered combat strength, had all been bitten beyond recognition by zombies during the gambling game.
At that moment, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were staring at her intently.
Jiang Ran sighed. "If you leave this team, will you be afraid?"
The group looked at each other, and someone said, "Staying here is the same as dying anyway."
If they went out, they might be chased and bitten by zombies, but there might still be a glimmer of hope. If they stayed here, there would only be one way out—death.
"Hey, you heard our captain's orders." Huo Heng glanced at the person next to him, who understood and immediately waved his hand. "Since you're useless, you can get lost!"
Having received permission, a gray-haired elderly man came out, bowed deeply to Jiang Ran, and thanked her, " Thank you, young lady."
He said in a choked voice, "You're really a good person."
Jiang Ran's eyes inexplicably welled up with tears despite it being just a simple thank you.
As the old man finished speaking, the group behind him bowed and thanked her, "Thank you for saving our lives."
"Saving your lives?" Someone nearby scoffed, "Wait until you survive before saying that."
"Shall we make another bet?" Jiang Ran suddenly turned around and looked at the person who spoke.
"Huh?" The man was startled and blurted out, "Who wants to bet with you?"
"You don't dare?" Jiang Ran challenged. "If you don't dare, I'm willing to bet with the entire first team."
Betting against everyone by oneself? How incredibly arrogant.
Huo Lingyin became interested. "What do you want to bet on this time?"
"I can take these people safely to Xiling base." Jiang Ranwei raised her chin, enunciating each word clearly, "If I can't, you can do whatever you want with me. If I can do it, everyone in your first team must acknowledge me as their leader and obey my orders in everything. Dare to bet?"
"Huh?" Huo Lingyin rolled her eyes. "Don't you think that no matter how you look at it, we're the ones who are losing out in this bet?"
"How could that be?" Jiang Ran casually dropped a bombshell. "I'm Jiang Yize's daughter. The value of the information I possess is probably more than your entire superhuman team combined."
"Jiang Yize's daughter?" Only Huo Lingyin knew who Jiang Yize was. Her expression turned solemn. "Since you’re Jiang Yize's daughter, why aren't you staying at Xiling base?"
"Didn't I say we were just going to visit Beichen?" Jiang Ran didn't want to elaborate. "Huo Lingyin, wanna bet?"
