Strange Cards

Chapter 321 Getting Beaten

The members of the British royal family never imagined, until their deaths, that a single thought would lead to their complete annihilation.

But that small nuclear warhead couldn't be simple; it was a miniature, high-density nuclear explosion developed by Shigure.

This small nuclear warhead had a yield five times that of the Tsar's, and it destroyed most of the British Empire, centered on the castle.

Shiyu returned home through the black hole, dusted herself off, took a shower, and then went downstairs.

Everyone was still eating happily, but when Liu An saw Shi Yu return, he waved to Shi Yu.

"Xiaoyu, come here."

Shi Yu was confused, and when she got there, Liu An gave her a sharp rap on the head.

"Kill fewer people; the underworld's performance targets are already met."

"Don't go on any missions for a while. Just stay home with Bai Yu. You can do whatever you want except go on missions."

"You've gone too far in your descent into evil. Please stop killing people, okay?"

Shi Yu looked at the way Liu An was looking at her, hesitated for a long time, and then nodded.

"I...I'll try my best."

"After all, I still have to take action when the time comes. Among the three people with Cataclysmic combat power, I am the only one in the Hunter."

"The remaining two Catastrophe-level threats are Joker and Gu Nian. If they come, only I can fight them."

As Shigure spoke, he took out all twelve of the strange spade cards he had on him.

Shi Yu looked at the deck that was only missing the nine of spades and put away all the strange cards.

"I'm just one spade nine away from having the ability to truly face off against Gu Nian and Joker."

"Nobody knows what level of demon will appear later. It's too difficult for anyone other than me, who uses the spade suit, to collect the complete suit."

"Other bases also have hunters, and they also need to use the power of the Mysterious Cards to fight the demons."

"Only I have the potential to collect all thirteen cards and become someone who surpasses the limits."

Liu An looked at Shi Yu, while the people around her continued doing what they were doing as if they hadn't seen her.

Even the three little ones and Bai Yu knew that the siblings were arguing, and even the cats didn't come closer.

"What if..."

"What happens if you collect all thirteen cards and the fusion card turns into a ghost?"

"Baiyu and Miaomiao are still at home, and I'm waiting for you to come back."

"What would we do if you became a ghost?"

Shi Yu looked at Liu An and knew that Liu An was worried about him and did not want him to collect all the spade cards and gamble on that uncertain future.

But Shiyu is a hunter, a natural disaster, and even a demon.

Shi Yu looked into Liu An's eyes and said firmly.

"What if I became a ghost..."

"Even if I become a ghost, as long as I am conscious."

"I am still the hunter."

"If I'm not thinking straight, please kill me."

"That way, at least there will be a precedent, and future hunters won't have to go through what I went through."

"Someone has to be the first to try something new, someone has to be the first to go before you do it."

"If I, as a senior, can solve this problem, then I won't let the younger generation suffer this pain. I will bear this suffering myself."

"Someone always has to be the first to step forward."

"you!"

Liu An's chest heaved with anger. She couldn't understand why someone as clever as Shi Yu couldn't grasp the hidden meaning in her words.

But Shi Yu was shrewd and clever; how could he not realize that Liu An's act of preventing him from obtaining the thirteenth card was actually to protect Shi Yu's safety?

A once said that if Shigure used thirteen spade cards at once, it would almost certainly turn him into an oni.

In other words, Shigure's reckless fusion with the entire Spade series while in human form is practically tantamount to suicide.

When Shigure fought against Li Yuanling, who used magic stones, he already showed signs of demonization when he used Royal Flush and Spade Flush.

However, because only ten cards were used, Shigure's demonic transformation was not severe, and A quickly reversed the demonic transformation using Time Reversal.

"Your sister is right."

"If you use the Sinful General, you might still have a chance to remain human. But if you fuse your physical body with the thirteen Spades, you're very likely to become a demon."

A's voice rang out softly.

"I checked your fusion limit, but I can't even measure the height of your fusion limit."

"You won't become a demon by fusing too many strange cards beyond your fusion limit, but being assimilated into a demon by using thirteen spade cards is not covered by this rule."

"If it really comes to that, I hope you'll think it through carefully."

"After all, we've been through a long journey together. As someone who was once a ghost, I naturally don't want you to become a ghost from being human."

Liu An raised his hand high, and Shi Yu, knowing that Liu An was going to hit him, didn't try to dodge.

But Liu An's slap landed on Shi Yu's shoulder in the end, and then he said.

"I'm a bit out of my mind. Why don't you go to your sister-in-law's house for lunch today?"

"I'm going home now."

Liu An went back to her home and locked herself in her room.

Many people came knocking on the door after that, but even when the three little ones, Bai Yu, and Shi Yu who came to apologize knocked on the door together, they couldn't get it open.

Liu An sat on a wooden chair in the room, looking at a slightly yellowed photo frame in his hand.

"Should I really give this card to Xiaoyu...?"

Liu An opened the photo frame, and behind the photo inside was a strange card.

Liu An looked at the nine of spades in his hand, then glanced at the other two people in the photo frame besides himself.

"Brother Ying, son."

"Should I really give him this card?"

In fact, Liu An had hidden a truth a long time ago: her original strange card was not the Four of Diamonds, the Strange Doctor, but the Nine of Spades, the Substitute Life.

If Black Spade Nine hadn't died in place of Liu An once, Liu An would have died at the hands of those drug dealers long ago, and Qi Wu wouldn't have been able to find Liu An back then.

The four of diamonds was found by Liu An when he escaped after taking someone else's place. It was also at that time that Liu An met Qi Wu.

However, Substitute Life is a one-time use card. Once each person has used it, the card loses its function and becomes nothing more than a blank card with power but no substance.

So Liu An hid the card behind the frame that once held the family photo, and has not taken it out all these years.

Liu An looked at the cards in her hand, her heart filled with conflict.

Liu An couldn't bear to watch the people struggle in dire straits, but she couldn't bear to push her younger brother into an abyss of no return.

Liu An was also an old hunter who had stayed at the southern base for more than ten years, and he knew how painful it was to become a ghost.

Shiyu has already been tormented by Shura, and Liu An does not want to be tormented again after becoming a ghost.

Liu An had once set up a barrier here, so people outside couldn't sense the aura inside.

Liu An looked at the yellowed old photograph, then at her deceased husband and son. After taking one last deep look, Liu An used a special ghost artifact to cover up the aura of the Nine of Spades, and then carried the Nine of Spades with her.

If one day Shiyu really has to merge the thirteen cards to become a ghost, then Liu An will personally send Shiyu on her way.

At least at that time... Liu An felt a little better.

But it only made me feel a little better.

……

Liu An didn't come down until dinner time, while Shi Yu acted as if she hadn't argued with Liu An at all that morning, carrying some food to Liu An.

Liu An looked at the food that Shi Yu brought without saying anything, and just ate it slowly.

Seeing that Liu An had almost finished eating, Shi Yu was about to speak when Liu An raised his hand to interrupt her.

"Forget about it, I won't agree to you combining thirteen cards right now."

"There are lights left on for you at home, and people waiting for you to come back."

"Have you forgotten?"

"When you received news about the drug-smuggling ship, you didn't tell me how your sister told you?"

"Your sister doesn't want you to suffer the same fate as your brother-in-law and sister's child. Your sister hopes you can continue to live."

"Is that okay?"

Shi Yu opened her mouth, but finally nodded.

"Okay, sis."

"However, I will still go to find the Nine of Spades, but I will not fuse the thirteen Spade-type strange cards unless absolutely necessary."

"This is the only promise I can make."