Strange Cards

Chapter 333, Scene 1

After Shiyu finished speaking, he instructed Steel Claw and Nine Shadows to guard his home, and then set off for the auction house.

No sooner had Shi Yu left than Liu An returned, carrying a pile of things.

Upon returning to the base, Liu An went to the kitchen and began preparing the meal.

"Light rain, light rain?"

"Come help your sister cook."

Liu An called out several times, but when he realized he couldn't get Shi Yu to come, he put down what he was doing and walked out of the kitchen.

Where is Little Rain Man?

"Why aren't they back yet?"

"It's just a rule-based ghost, it's impossible that it hasn't returned by now, right?"

"A big shot?"

"Are you back yet?"

Hearing Liu An shout, Da Niu poked his head out of his room, his head still covered in foam.

It was obvious that Da Niu was still washing his hair; the foam on his head hadn't even rinsed off yet.

"What's wrong, Sister Liu An?"

"I got back a long time ago, even before you."

Liu An looked at Da Niu, who was still washing his hair, and asked in confusion.

"You've been back for a while? Where's Xiaoyu?"

"Hasn't that bastard come back?"

Da Niu scratched his head and said.

"I walked through the black hole with him, and he's back, isn't he?"

"He was a step ahead of me."

Liu An was taken aback for a moment, and then Da Niu spoke.

"He probably hasn't gone home yet; you could go check with the professor."

"After all, the doctor's place is a place he frequents."

Liu An nodded, and just as he was about to leave, a faint voice rang out.

"Don't bother looking for him, he's not with me."

"My Baiyu and Miaomiao are watching TV right now. That kid just asked me to record the data from his Extreme Evil Belt for the experimental test, and he just washed his hands of it and went off to play yo-yo."

"Bai Yu didn't say where that kid went, only that Shi Yu had gone out for a few days and would be back in a couple of days."

Liu An nodded, tossed his hair, and then said.

"Alright."

"I also bought a lot of his favorite dishes, but it looks like he won't be able to eat them while they're still hot."

"Never mind, let's save one for him."

……

Gu Nian looked at the heavily injured Joker in front of him and brandished the Tear of the Goddess in his right hand.

"Back then..."

"Has the injury from being hit by the Ace of Spades still not healed?"

"Otherwise, with your ability to modify the world and your possession of half the power of the Spades and Hearts factions, you couldn't possibly lose to me."

Joker fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn humans."

"If it weren't for the knife in your hand that restrained me..."

"If I hadn't been forced to leave and had gotten the key to open the door from Bai Zhong..."

"I will never be so pathetic!"

Gu Nian sneered, raised his hand and unleashed several red slashes in succession.

"There is always a trade-off between gain and loss; this is an unchanging truth of the world."

"You possess power far greater than mine, and even the ability to alter the world."

"But you probably didn't expect that you couldn't modify me or this Mortal Blade in my hand."

"I may not be the Joker, but I do have another Joker in my hand."

"I am still human, but you are a demon."

"Our origins are the same, so my power can naturally counteract your alteration of the world."

"And the Joker I have possesses the ability to foresee the future, which allowed me to know long ago that you planned to modify the Mortal Blade, and I made preparations in advance."

"This Mortal Blade has been tempered by my power, so it's not so easy to modify."

"As for the sword in Shigure's hand..."

"Don't forget, he's a demon."

"A demon capable of slaying all evil."

Joker stood up, and just as he was about to use his strange magician abilities to escape, Gu Nian stabbed him in the chest with the hilt of a knife, knocking him to the ground.

But Gu Nian didn't step forward to finish him off; instead, he coldly looked at Joker and said...

"Unless you don't get a place in the final script..."

"I will kill you right here and now."

Upon hearing this, Joker seemed to understand something and burst into laughter.

"Speaking of which, you actually still want to finish that final scene?"

"I admit, the power of prophecy is indeed terrifying, but have you ever considered that the script might be fake?"

"After all, he couldn't possibly be willing to be used by you once he's been sealed away as a card."

Gu Nian sneered, then stretched out his right hand and planted the Mortal Blade in front of him.

"So now I have completely merged with him with my body."

"I am him, and he is me."

"He is now another consciousness within my body, but my consciousness is stronger and can suppress his consciousness deep within my body."

Joker looked at Gu Nian's Mortal Blade and was about to snatch it when a blood-red scythe knocked him far away.

"I say, you really know how to use any means necessary."

"Get this straight, you're the one who's seriously injured now."

"Although I can't beat you, I can definitely bring you to the brink of death. When you're sealed into a card, you'll be crying."

Joker looked at Tsubaki in front of him, snorted coldly, and then instantly disappeared.

Gu Nian made no attempt to chase after him, and after Joker left, he finally collapsed to the ground, unable to hold on any longer.

"Ughhhhh!"

Gu Nian knelt on the ground, screaming in pain. Chun, as if used to it, pressed Gu Nian down with her body and forcibly pried open Gu Nian's eyes, making Gu Nian's eyes meet her own pupils, which had now become Chunhua's.

The terrifying spiritual power and Chun's demonic power erupted together, suppressing the Joker consciousness that was fluctuating again within Gu Nian's body.

"Hey boss, you'd better behave yourself lately."

"Lately, you've been like you're fighting in a deathmatch ring, following the scent to find the Joker, fighting him, seriously injuring him, and then letting him go."

"What, trying to rack up damage points?"

"Besides, your Joker's mental fluctuations have been getting more and more serious lately. If I couldn't help you suppress them, you would have kicked the bucket by now, boss."

Gu Nian tapped the arm with annoyance, put the Mortal Blade away again, and looked at his now empty left arm.

"Even though I know this road is difficult, I will still continue to walk it."

"The script is being consumed faster and faster, and the final script is about to begin."

"But the thirteenth sinner has not returned to his rightful place."

"Of the twelve sinners we already had, only the four of us—Cang Li and the others—remain. They've all died or been injured."

"The last descendant of sinners? Little Grey Hair?"

Gu Nian nodded, and then wrote a script using his own abilities.

"The next scene in the script is Liu An's death."

"And Shigure will gather the power of all thirteen spades in the next scenario."

"A demon born from a rainy night, a general born of revenge."