National Fortune Golden Shovel: I Can See Hidden Bonds!

130: Chapter 131 Shen Mo: Come to my room, I’ll give you some extra lessons!10 minutes later!

[Stage 6-6 match concluded!]

[Karin vs. Mike, Mike wins!]

[Karin eliminated!]

[Game over!]

As the voice of Alodes rang out, the match ultimately ended with Karin’s defeat.

The void trembled.

Many spectators at the scene who had watched the entire match began to express their regrets.

”Sigh! So close! Just a hair’s breadth away. This girl had 8 Briars by the end; she was only one short!”

”I know, right! I thought we were going to see another 3-Star 5-Cost unit game, but her luck was just a little off!”

”Tell me about it. Mike was so lucky. He didn’t have a single Emblem all game, but then a carousel round appeared with one at the very end. Who could have seen that coming?”

”Once the Ten Dimensions trait was out, that girl from Persia was completely done for.”

Sounds of lament and regret were endless.

Shen Mo also sighed slightly. He wasn’t feeling regretful that Karin didn’t get a 3-Star 5-Cost unit, because he had clearly seen that guy Mike holding 2 Briars in his hand.

With only 10 copies of a 5-Cost unit available, without a ’champion duplicator’, Karin couldn’t possibly have gotten a 3-Star 5-Cost unit even if she rolled until she died!

So, the moment Mike picked up the Emblem at the carousel, the match was effectively over.

He was merely lamenting.

This was the current reality for the smaller nations!

If Karin had known that the Staff could yield a ’champion duplicator’, she might have actually won this game!

Given the girl’s luck, Shen Mo felt that during her all-in roll-down in the late game, there was a good chance a 10-gold Staff might have appeared. She just didn’t understand what that meant, and thus missed out on it in vain.

After pondering for a few seconds.

Shen Mo sighed softly and muttered to himself, ”Forget it. I’ll talk to her later. If she’s willing to listen... telling her a bit about the Staffs wouldn’t be a bad idea. After all, the Staffs have already been exposed for the most part.”

”Things like champion duplicators and high-tier Transformers have already been figured out by the major powers. Hiding them any longer offers me no advantage; it only widens the gap for smaller nations like Oil Country and Persia...”

...

”You were amazing, Karin!”

On the stage, Karin walked down with a dejected look. Hakin immediately stepped forward and hurriedly comforted her, ”Don’t be discouraged! You were already incredible! Your luck was just a little off; you were only one Briar away from a 3-Star!”

Karin said dejectedly, ”My luck has never been good since I was a child... I’m still too stupid. If Senior Shen Mo were here, he would have probably won the match. I’ve let down Senior Shen Mo’s trust...”

Hakin shook his head seriously, ”That’s not true! Brother Shen will definitely be proud of you! I know Brother Shen well; he’s the type who doesn’t say much on the surface, but is actually very good to his own people at heart.”

”You played the match with all your might and tried your best to help Brother Shen. Even if he doesn’t say it, he’ll remember it in his heart.”

”Just watch! Brother Shen will absolutely not blame you!”

”Who knows... he might even help you!”

Hakin spoke with absolute certainty, and Karin’s dejected mood eased significantly. She hesitantly looked up and asked, ”Really?”

Hakin smiled and was just about to say something when Karin’s communicator suddenly beeped.

Karin paused, opened the communicator to take a look, and the expression on her face immediately became excited!

Shen Mo!

It was a message from Shen Mo!

Although it was just a short sentence, it was enough to stir up Karin’s emotions completely!

”It’s Senior Shen Mo!”

Karin said excitedly to Hakin, ”Senior Shen Mo wants me to come to his room after the match today. He said he’ll give me some tutoring so I can be more prepared for the upcoming matches!”

Hearing this, Hakin laughed out loud, ”How about that? I was right, wasn’t I! Brother Shen is absolutely reliable!”

”You have to perform well!”

”Mm!”

Karin nodded, blushing.

...

On the other side, although Mike from Eagle Country won the match, his face was gloomy, showing no joy of victory at all. Instead, he felt incredibly terrified!

So close!

Just a hair’s breadth away!

He felt that today was truly unlucky; playing against such a small nation like Persia, he had almost suffered an upset!

This was unacceptable to Mike!

In his expectations, he should have dominated the entire match. He never expected that while playing against this girl named Karin, things would go so unusually poorly. Mike even had a strange, eerie feeling that the card dealer might have fallen asleep!

He wanted to play Dimension, but the cards that came had absolutely no Dimension traits!

Instead, Karin’s cards were very smooth in the early game, winning in a row, and she almost made him doubt his own life.

In the end, Karin even reached ten population!

Mike was truly panicked at that moment! It was his first time battling against such a small nation, and he had to keep a close eye on the opponent’s team and board at all times. Later, he even lowered himself to hold the opponent’s cards!

Thinking about it now.

Mike suspected that if he hadn’t held those two Briars back then, the opponent might very well have already gotten a 3-Star 5-Cost unit!

A 3-Star 5-Cost unit from a small nation... no matter how he looked at it, it was absurd!

”Bullshit!”

Mike cursed bitterly, gritting his teeth as he walked back to his national team.

...

As the final match ended, Alodes’s voice immediately rang out across the arena!

[Arena Challenge, the first day of competition is over!]

[Announcing current rankings!]

[1st Place: Dragon Country, Shen Mo, Arena Points: 20!]

[2nd Place: Sakura Country, Hoshimi Sakura, Arena Points: 10!]

[3rd Place: Giant Bear Country, Hogni, Arena Points: 10!]

[4th Place: Eagle Country, Mike, Arena Points: 10!]

[5th Place: Oil Country, Hakin, Arena Points: 0!]

[6th Place: Stick Country, Xu Shijun, Arena Points: -10!]

[7th Place: USA, Chris, Arena Points: -10!]

[8th Place: France, Damiano, Arena Points: -10!]

[9th Place: Germany, Hans, Arena Points: -10!]

[10th Place: Persia, Karin, Arena Points: -10!]

The first day of the competition was declared over!

The results were announced!

Countless people were shocked; the three giants had fallen. Only Hoshimi Sakura won a match and held steady at second place, while the other big brothers, USA and Stick Country, had both fallen into the third tier!

The plan to sanction Shen Mo had a disastrous start on the first day.

By the late game, they changed color at the mere sight of Shen Mo, and the three slackers even started infighting, not daring to face Shen Mo at all.

The Western Countries were silenced.

Seeing this, the netizens of Dragon Country were not about to let this opportunity pass and immediately started trash-talking.

”Keep barking! Go on, bark! You self-proclaimed champions—what a load of crap. When you ran into our Brother Shen, didn’t you just wet yourselves?”

”Hilarious! In the end, they didn’t even have the courage to challenge Brother Shen. Is this what you call a sanction?”

”Where are those haters? Come out and speak!”

”Look at your dog-daddies; did Brother Shen beat them into silence? You bootlicking idiots!”

The netizens of Dragon Country were feeling great!

Watching Shen Mo’s matches was satisfying; winning was just so gratifying!

Countless comments flooded the screen. Although the first day of the competition was over, the discussion was heating up continuously!

...

That night.

Inside a room at the Gods Arena Dragon Country base.

The girl Karin’s voice sounded intermittently from within the room: ”Mm~ Mm~ Mm~”