Chapter 1298 Club 10
King?
Evie blinked in confusion and stayed in place for a long time to react.
Although she has never actually been exposed to 'poker', an entertainment activity that has recently begun to rise on a small scale, she has heard of it, especially when she caught the careless 3 of hearts before. After using the [Soul-Capturing Demonic Eye] to get a lot of words out of the latter's mouth, Evie even went out of her way to understand the rules of several gameplays, such as Landlord Battle.
Given that the 3 of Hearts is just an extremely ordinary grassroots member, the information Evie got is not very much. As far as she knows, there are a lot of 3 series members like this. Joining ...In other words, the reasons for working for the Harlequin Card are varied. Some want to make a little money, some want to get some information, and some even change their ways to pay off debts.
For example, the reason why she caught the 3 of Hearts Parker Bieber and was willing to temporarily join the Harlequin Cards and complete the task with all her heart was very simple. He wanted to apply for a small loan at the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce two months ago but was stuck. It is said that It was the people from Harlequin who helped him solve the 'guarantee' problem. The price was that he had to temporarily join Harlequin before repaying the loan and work at least three hours a day.
Pike accepted, so he got the code name '3 of Hearts'. Occasionally he would help run errands or follow up, which were very simple tasks that he could do.
As for whether Parker’s loan had something to do with the [Harlequin Card], Evie also secretly investigated this afterwards, but what surprised her was that it was not a deliberate trap for someone. At that time, the reason why Parker Bieber applied for a loan was to maintain laboratory equipment, which involved his final assessment of this year, and the task given to him by the Harlequin Card was indeed very easy, and it did not look like a conspiracy at all.
It’s really just a kind of ‘mutual benefit’, not even mutual use.
Pike has a good character and works hard in his work-study program. He was unable to apply for a loan just because he was not old enough. Although the Harlequin who provided the guarantee did not show up from the beginning to the end, even the negotiations with Pike were through messages and emails. The letter was completed in other ways, but it did not put forward any strict requirements. Since it is impossible for the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to disclose the guarantor's information, it is impossible to investigate.
In fact, on the day Pike was caught by Evie, he had actually paid off the loan from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce. However, thinking of the help the Harlequin Card could help him, he took the initiative to stay on duty for an extra day, and finally helped keep an eye on the spy for a few hours.
There are actually a lot of temporary workers like this in the Harlequin brand, and for a person like Pike who is relatively practical, reliable and capable, it seems that there is still a way to become a regular employee as long as he is willing.
The so-called regularization is to get a special identity card.
These were Pike's original words. From Evie's point of view, this man seemed to have wanted to become a regular employee before, but she didn't know what he would think after being 'hijacked' by her.
In the process of doing this 'part-time job', Parker also met several colleagues. Most of the situations were similar to his own. Everyone occasionally exchanged a few words while working and got along well. Not too bad.
In Pike's own words, he has seen at least five 3s of Hearts with the same nature as his own, but without any 'identification', two 4s of Hearts, although they are one number larger, but also without 'cards', and one 4 of Hearts. There was a 4 of hearts with identification, and a genuine 5 of hearts that he had only seen once.
Among them, the 4 and 5 of Hearts, who seemed to be official members of the Harlequin Card, did not show their true colors. When they met, one of them wore a mask, and the other used illusion magic on his face, even his voice They have all been treated specially, but their attitudes are still kind, and they don't look like that gloomy and dark underground organization.
However, in fact, Evie can almost conclude that [Harlequin Card] is a dark underground organization, at best it is not very gloomy, or Pike has not yet come into contact with its gloomy side.
All in all, she became very interested in this organization at that time, simply because it was really interesting.
Different from the eldest lady of [Angel of Death] and the newly promoted Queen of Hearts, Yuan Rui, although Ivie is also the eldest lady of the Lehman family, she is not as pure and evil as the former. In terms of power, Lehman's family mainly made its fortune by doing serious business, so even if she wanted to investigate the Harlequin Card, there was no decent breakthrough.
But Evie is not a simple girl after all. After a period of intelligence collection, she has a little understanding of this organization.
First of all, the official members of the Harlequin Card are very few in number, and they all hide themselves very well. Almost no one can find out their true identities except each other (Lian who activates the family power is an exception) Individual cases cannot be generalized. )
Secondly, this organization has a lot of temporary workers, and there are actually many offices, including three in Optical Park City, although most of them just accept some similar jobs. People, gathering intelligence and other ordinary tasks, and the business capabilities seem to be quite limited, but at least it can be regarded as open for business.
Third, most of the Harlequin card members in Academy City are [Hearts], with the highest level being the 5 of Hearts. The numbers above may exist, but they are very well concealed.
Fourthly, the hierarchy of Harlequin cards is very vague. There seems to be no absolute superior-subordinate relationship. The numbers seem to be just used to distinguish the size of energy, just like being an ordinary fifth grader in an alchemy academy. Pike is 3, but if he is the student union president of the college and has a high personal level and broad interpersonal relationships, then his number may become 4, 5, or greater.
Fifth, although the hierarchy is vague and the structure seems extremely loose, there should be decision-makers, cadres and other figures within the Harlequin Card, and most of these people's 'identification certificates' are unique. In other words, If you are looking for a regular member of the 3 of Hearts, you may be able to fish out more than a dozen people in one hand, but if you are looking for big cards such as the Jack of Hearts, Queen, King, and Ace of Hearts, you will probably only have one fixed person.
Sixth, there should be a person in Academy City who has a very high status within the organization, and his suit color is visually estimated to be hearts.
Finally, Frank Hughes or Link Zelda, this person who even the Saint of Fortune can have a relationship with, has a lot of connections with the Harlequin Card. It is conservatively estimated that he must be a 'high-end customer'. Because the service of monitoring big shots like Diana does not exist in the three Harlequin offices, in other words, people do not accept this level of work.
The above is all Evie Lehman’s understanding of the Harlequin Card organization.
However, despite all her calculations, she never imagined that the man in front of her who was in a mutual relationship with the great astrologer Diana, and could even compete with Fiyali in the business field, turned out to be a [King]!
The [King] of the Harlequin card.
As mentioned before, Evie has long understood what playing cards are, so she also knows what a king represents.
Then, before Evie had time to ask whether the other party was the big king or the little king, Mo Tan confessed directly and frankly -
"I'm a little embarrassed to say it. , but you can also understand that I am the founder of [Harlequin Brand]."
Mo Tan touched the tip of his nose and smiled harmlessly: "It seems to be developing quite well. ”
Even with Evie Lehman's astuteness, she didn't know what to say at this time.
Mo Tan just looked at her with a smile and said nothing.
Finally, after a while, Evie calmed down again and broke the silence.
"Link, who...are you?"
She stared directly into Mo Tan's eyes, her tone less playful and more serious.
"I think I should first be a man who deeply loves Diana A. Azizolti."
After thinking briefly, Mo Tan spoke slowly: "What are the remaining ingredients? ...You can roughly understand him as a person from another world who can’t sit still? Haha, it may be a bit general, but that’s the situation. In the final analysis, everything I do is just because I can’t stay idle.”
Evie blinked, tilted her head and repeated: "Can't you stay idle?"
"Yes, after all, in our short lives, most of the time is comfortable and boring. , predictable and commonplace, and before I met Diana, I always hated this kind of boring time."
Mo Tan laughed a little helplessly, and smiled: "So. In order to prevent myself from being too bored, I always want to find something to do. Of course, in my current opinion, it may be quite tempting to spend a peaceful and stable life with Diana, but unfortunately, many Once something starts, it can't be stopped at will." Iwei fell weakly into Mo Tan's arms, and covered her forehead when the latter stopped her politely: "You are really good at giving. Others create surprises, Honey~”
“People often say that.”
Mo Tan smiled modestly, and then bluntly broke through the window paper of tacit understanding between the two, and asked lightly : "So, since I have shown so much sincerity, can you please tell me, Miss Evie, what is your real purpose in approaching me?"
Evie licked the corners of her mouth and smiled charmingly. He became excited: "If there is an opportunity, it will naturally be Master Kenneth's commission. However, I never planned to kill Frank Hughes personally from the beginning. The most boring thing is probably to tell Futaba your specific situation and let her do it. Just take the credit."
Mo Tan nodded slightly: "I think so."
"But because of the Harlequin card, I didn't make a decision immediately after seeing you. Because you are an interesting person, and I just like interesting people, so I decided to observe it for a while."< br>
Evie rubbed her eye patch and said with a sweet smile: " In the end, you actually brought me an even bigger surprise. My dear, that experience at [Black Mary] made me so excited that I couldn’t sleep well all night. My mind was filled with the sight of you chatting and laughing with Her Royal Highness Fiari. It was after that that the original joke seemed to become a lot more concrete.”< br>
Mo Tan raised his eyebrows and asked: "Which sentence is a joke?"
"It's the sentence 'I want to be your lover'."
Yi Wei stuck out her tongue and said happily: "After giving up the idea of letting Futaba deal with you, I started to seriously think about whether I really wanted to do that. I told you in advance that I didn’t lie to you that day. Although I probably had a few love affairs that were not painful, I still had a good time with my first kiss and first night. She is not a frivolous woman.”
Mo Tan nodded noncommittally, seemingly not too touched by what Evie had just said, and just continued to ask calmly: "Then what?"
"Then you exceeded my expectations again, Not only did you perfectly negotiate the deal with unlimited potential, you were even the 'King' of the [Harlequin Card]. Haha, although your organization doesn't seem to be well-known now, I believe it's only a matter of time~"
Evie closed her eyes, clasped her hands together as if intoxicated, and murmured: "I am fascinated by everything about you, so..."
"So?"
" So it doesn’t matter what I thought before, my dear, I really want to be your lover from the bottom of my heart.”
"It would be a big help if this idea could stay at the 'thinking' stage."
Mo Tan shook his head helplessly, and then tactfully expressed that he did not want to continue this topic, and said softly: "Then, I hope you can continue to keep my secret, Evie. To be honest, I am actually far less leisurely than you think."
Evie understood what Mo Tan said almost instantly Meaning, he said with a playful smile: "Are you finally tired of our way of getting along?"
"I can't say that, but..."
"Then let's do this, for How about letting me join your Harlequin card if you have the chance to realize that Evie Lehman is a capable and good woman?”
"Huh?"
"That's what it means literally. I'll join your clown card, and I can also bring out a lot of good resources, and even take the initiative to give you some handles for easy control. In this way, you will never Will you continue to be wary of me? "
"Haha, am I wary of you? I have always shown my sincerity and hope we can talk openly. "
"There is no conflict between sincerity and caution. If I guessed correctly, Honey, you should have considered the huge hidden danger and trouble of killing me more than once, right?"
"Well, you have indeed thought about it. Many times~”
"What! It's so sad!"
"So, the reason why you want to join the Harlequin Card..."
Mo Tan narrowed his eyes dangerously and asked with a half-smile. Said: "I just want me to stop being wary of you. By the way, I can see that you are actually a capable and good woman?”
Evie nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and added: “Then let me be your lover!”
“ I am a dedicated person~”
"That's because you haven't cheated yet."
"Haha..."
"Hehe..."
"Ten plum blossoms."
< br>“Huh?”
"If you want to join, I'll leave it to you to make the 10 of clubs."
"Okay!"
Chapter 1,289: The End
(End of this chapter)