37: The Japanese are provoking us? A little trick will do!

"Flesh Casino?! The name sounds quite festive; it's perfect for making a fortune!"

Chen Du walked with his hands in his pockets, ignoring the constipated expression on Tanaka Koji's face.

He led the group of beauties behind him toward the dark red building shaped like a giant heart.

"Hey! Idiot! Didn't you hear me talking?"

Tanaka Koji was treated like air, and his pride was severely wounded.

His figure flickered as he chased after them, bringing along a few lackeys wielding katanas.

"Chinamen, do you only know how to run away with your tails between your legs like rats?"

Tanaka Koji laughed sinisterly, his beady eyes fixed on An Nuonuo's white-stockinged calves. "Want to enter the casino? Sure! Dare to make a bet?"

"Bet on what?" Chen Du stopped and raised an eyebrow.

"Beast fighting cage! A death match!"

Tanaka Koji licked his lips, his eyes burning with fanaticism. "We each send one person in; the one who walks out alive is the winner."

"The winner... takes all! The opponent's women and supplies belong to the winner!"

He was very confident.

The Yamato Construction Group possessed a drug called 'Jade Shatter.'

A single injection could overdraw one's life force, turning even a weakling into a Berserker within three minutes.

As long as Chen Du dared to accept, he would definitely twist this pretty boy's head off and kick it like a ball!

"Beast fighting? Too crude."

Chen Du shook his head with an expression of disdain. "What era is this to still be resorting to killing? We are civilized people; we must focus on style. Do you understand what style is?"

As he spoke, he pulled a small glass bottle from his embrace.

With a 'pop,' he uncorked it.

An intensely rich aura of life essence erupted in a white glow!

The scent was even more intoxicating than perfume.

A few Goblins squatting by the roadside picking their feet smelled it, and drool poured onto the ground.

Even Tanaka Koji couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, his greed written all over his face.

life essence!

And it was a top-quality product with extremely high purity!

"Since we're betting, let's play for something big." Chen Du shook the bottle in his hand. "I'm not betting my life; let's bet on charm."

"This bottle of life essence, in exchange for all the equipment on your group. Dare to accept?"

"Charm?" Tanaka Koji was stunned, then laughed scornfully. "You want to hold a beauty pageant in this hellhole? This is a monster's den. Have you lost your mind?"

"Superficial." Chen Du pointed toward the casino entrance.

Standing there was a security guard over three meters tall.

To be precise, it was a monster stitched together from rotting flesh and scrap metal.

Its head was a giant purple octopus, while its body was a mixture of steam-powered steel and rotten meat.

It held a giant chainsaw axe.

It stood there lifelessly, like a statue.

"Let's have a contest to see who can make that dedicated security guard speak." Chen Du said with a smile. "As long as it responds, whoever does it wins!"

"How about it? This is a civil contest that tests social skills. You wouldn't be too afraid to even do this, would you?"

Tanaka Koji's eyes darted around.

Make a monster talk? That's easy!

Although the monsters in Crimson Port were ugly, most of them were intelligent.

As long as one used a few tricks or offered some benefits, it would be too easy!

This pretty boy was definitely an idiot; he was practically rushing to give away money!

"Yosh! I'll bet with you!" Tanaka Koji waved his hand, afraid that Chen Du would back out. "If we lose, all our equipment goes to you!"

"If we win... hehe, these women will all have to come to my tent to work overtime tonight!"

"It's a deal." Chen Du snapped his fingers. "You guys go first."

Tanaka Koji immediately gave a wink to a skinny, monkey-like team member nearby.

Yamada was best at acting ugly and funny, commonly known as a clown.

"Yamada-kun, use your ultimate move! You must make that monster make a sound!"

"Hai! Leave it to me! These brainless monsters are the easiest to fool!"

Yamada walked over, full of confidence.

He arrived in front of the Stitched Monster guard and suddenly started making faces.

Following that, he supported himself with his hands, jumping up and down like a deformed toad, making weird 'quack, quack' sounds.

"Hey! Big guy! Look at me, look at me! I'm your little froggy!"

The passing imposters stopped in their tracks, their faceless heads slowly turning toward them.

The Stitched Monster security guard's eyes rolled, looking down at the hopping Yamada at its feet.

"Hehe, it's reacting! Captain, it's looking at me! I've got a chance!" Yamada shouted excitedly.

The next second, without any warning, the giant chainsaw axe slammed down like someone swatting a fly!

Splat!

Yamada was instantly flattened into a puddle of red and white meat paste, not even having time to let out a scream.

Blood sprayed out, splashing all over Tanaka Koji's face!

It was still warm!

The Stitched Monster security guard squeezed two words out of its throat in a buzzing, muffled voice: "Noi...se..."

Then it returned to its standing posture.

"Ya, Yamada?!?" Tanaka Koji was so scared he slumped to the ground, his face deathly pale.

Just like that... he was gone?

Wasn't this supposed to be a contest of charm? This is a contest of who has the tougher life, right?!

"Oh, what a pity." Chen Du stood not far away, shaking his head with a look of regret.

"It seems this security guard brother doesn't like low-brow art."

"Tsk tsk, this is the consequence of being uncultured!"

"Your turn!!" Tanaka Koji scrambled up from the ground, wiped the blood off his face, and roared with a fierce expression but a cowardly heart.

"I don't believe you can do it! This monster is just a heartless killing machine!"

He didn't believe Chen Du would dare to risk his life!

As long as Chen Du didn't dare to go up, this round would be a draw!

"Watch and learn, this is what high-end social interaction is."

Chen Du adjusted his collar and walked over calmly.

Everyone's heart was in their throat.

"Captain..." An Nuonuo was so nervous her little face turned pale.

Xia Mo's fingers were already gripping the hilt of her throwing knife.

If that monster dared to move even an inch, she would definitely rush up immediately.

Meanwhile, Xia Lai watched with a smile.

Chen Du stopped at a safe distance of three meters from the guard.

He pointed at the crowd from the Sakura Country behind him and whispered, "Big brother, I'm reporting this. That group of people has runes from the Cursed Port stuck to their backs, saying they want to make the Sacred Kun here rot its ass!"

After speaking, Chen Du stepped back two paces.

Runes?

What runes?

Tanaka Koji was completely confused.

Just as he was about to curse, he suddenly noticed the aura of the Stitched Monster guard had changed.

The octopus head began to engorge, turning purple-red, and the steam pipes on its body began to hiss!

Hiss, hiss, hiss—!

A violent aura locked onto Tanaka Koji and his group!

"Roar—!!!" The Stitched Monster let out a deafening roar; it was the fury of having its faith desecrated!

"Th-this... what is going on?" Tanaka Koji turned his head in horror, looking at his team members.

When he saw this, he was scared out of his wits!

He saw that a ninja dressed in black had a crumpled yellow wrapper stuck to his back.

It had a strange divine oil pattern drawn on it, along with a string of gibberish runes.

It was actually in Sanskrit.

That was the Ganges divine oil wrapper that the Indian guy had been promoting earlier!

Long before betting with Tanaka Koji, Chen Du had learned the taboos here through the 【sacrifice notebook】!

So, he took a gamble.

He bet that these local monsters couldn't read Sanskrit at all.

Then, he secretly instructed Xia Mo to stealthily stick the wrapper onto that unlucky guy's back.

In Crimson Port, desecrating the Sacred Kun was a capital crime!

"Desecr...ators... must... die!!!"

Rumble!

The Stitched Monster moved!

It roared and charged toward the Sakura Country team!

"Baka! What the hell is that thing! Tear it off!!" Tanaka Koji's face was twisted in fear as he turned and ran.

But the monster was too fast!

Seeing the chainsaw axe about to fall, a flash of cruelty crossed Tanaka Koji's eyes.

He grabbed the ninja teammate with the wrapper and shoved him hard!

"For the Yamato! You go die for the cause!"

"Captain? No—!!"

The ninja screamed, his body slamming right into the high-speed rotating chainsaw.

Zzzzt—!

A rain of blood exploded like fireworks!

Taking advantage of this obstruction, Tanaka Koji dove into a nearby alley and vanished.

The remaining Sakura Country team members were scared out of their wits and fled in all directions, chased by the arriving law enforcement team, causing chaos everywhere.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is this the legendary Bushido spirit?"

Lin Keke stood with her hands on her hips, watching Tanaka Koji's retreating back with disdain.

"Using a teammate as a shield at the critical moment, this is so pathetic! As expected, villains die from a lack of class. This is truly an eye-opener—like a small knife cutting the butt!"

"This is called wolf pack logic."

Chen Du walked back, his tone flat.

"In their eyes, the weak are just expendable materials to be sacrificed."

"Then what about us?" An Nuonuo asked, looking up with a lingering fear. "Will we become expendable materials?"

Chen Du looked down at the Little loli's big eyes and pinched her chubby cheeks.

"You are not expendable materials; you are my private property. Whoever dares to touch my things, I will turn them into fertilizer."

An Nuonuo's face flushed red!

Although the term 'private property' sounded rather overbearing, coming from the Captain, why did it feel so secure?

"Wow! We're rich, we're rich! This wave is a huge profit!"

Over there, the second sister Xia Lai had already transformed into a scavenger woman.

She rushed to the side of that gore, not minding the disgust, and nimbly picked up the backpack and weapons.

"Three steel katanas! Two packs of biscuits! Five bottles of mineral water!"

"And one more... eh? What is this? A plane..."

Xia Lai hugged the items to her chest with excitement, looking exactly like a young woman who had just finished shopping at a supermarket.

"This zero-dollar shopping spree is so satisfying! Captain is the GOAT!"

"Alright! Stop picking up trash, show some ambition."

Chen Du glanced at the ground.

The blood spilled on the ground was seeping into the earth at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Gurgle, gurgle...

It was as if the entire city was eating.

"This place is very sinister; let's focus on the real business."

Chen Du turned around and looked at the neon sign flashing "Life is Money."

As long as they went in, the first phase of the exploration mission would be considered complete.