Chapter 429: Chapter 429: Sudden Explosion, New Game, Losing Leads to Hand Chopping?

Monte Carlo Casino.

The pot for the game reached 150.2 million euros, which even in 2005 was no common affair within the Monte Carlo Casino.

When news of the game reached the first and second floors of the casino, everyone was extremely curious, eager to find out who could possibly win such a big game.

Those who were well-informed learned that the victor was a woman of delicate features and an excellent figure, though her shoulder bore a scar; this sparked various thoughts among the more astute observers.

To everyone’s disappointment, however, Caroline and Luo An did not come downstairs after winning the game; they exchanged their chips and entered a room for temporary rest.

Caroline sat on the couch, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the new bank account containing over 100 million euros.

Luo An drew the curtains, standing in front of the window, he slightly parted the curtains to carefully observe the situation below while dialing Mona on his mobile:

“Mona, the original plan is temporarily canceled, I will update you later.”

“What?”

In a car outside the casino, Mona was taken aback upon hearing this. She wanted to ask why, but used to trusting Luo An, she suppressed her curiosity and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Luo An smiled softly, knowing Mona had questions; he briefly mentioned the situation inside the casino involving Perna, Vincent, and the other onlookers, explaining:

“While we were playing cards, almost two-thirds of the people in the room were targeting Brenekoff; there’s no need for us to compete with them for now.”

“…Alright then.”

Mona, somewhat speechless upon hearing this, and Caroline on the sofa, who understood Chinese, also figured out what Luo An meant by ‘the mantis stalks the cicada.’

After some thought, Caroline had a question, just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard a deafening explosion!

Boom–

The explosion resounded through the sky, entirely unexpected, making the whole casino building seem to shake.

The players inside the casino were startled, many instinctively dived under the gaming tables, others, recovering from the shock, immediately screamed and frantically ran towards the exits.

The entire casino was thrown into utter chaos, some people running, others calling to inquire about the situation, and still others taking advantage of the confusion to grab unattended chips, choosing the larger denominations.

Luo An by the window was just as taken aback by this explosion. Seeing the flames and the subsequent dark grey smoke rising from the direction of the casino’s parking lot, Luo An quickly grabbed his phone to ask:

“Mona, are you alright?”

“I’m fine.”

Not too far from the parking lot, Mona, also startled by the explosion, watched several cars burning in the parking lot a few dozen meters away and frowned:

“Luo An, if I’m not mistaken, the car that exploded belongs to Brenekoff!”

Inside the room, Caroline, who shuddered at the sight of the explosion, hurried over to Luo An’s side. Hearing Mona’s voice over the phone, Caroline’s face was a picture of surprise as she covered her mouth:

“Is this a silencing act or what? Who did this? MI6 or CIA?”

“Only the CIA would dare to act so recklessly in another country.”

Mona on the other end of the call thought for a moment, then suddenly furrowed her brow:

“But what about Mrs. Hanover, wasn’t she also targeting Brenekoff? It wasn’t her doing, was it?”

“No, it wasn’t them.”

After pondering for a few seconds, Luo An suddenly pulled Caroline by the hand towards the door, while speaking:

“I’m afraid this was orchestrated by Brenekoff himself.

These people, none of them is simple, each has their own agenda.”

Mona and Caroline were stunned by this, and with the situation urgent, Luo An didn’t provide a detailed explanation. He quickly indicated through the phone for Mona to resume the original plan, then whispered something in Caroline’s ear, and the two of them walked towards another room on the third floor.

At a dark red door, Luo An knocked. Moments later, a white burly man in a black suit appeared.

With an expressionless face, Caroline stood behind while Luo An, smiling, said:

“Miss Yevdokiya (Caroline’s alias, Chapter 245) requests to meet Mr. Brenekoff.”

The burly white man glanced at Luo An, responding expressionlessly:

“I’m sorry, Mr. Brenekoff isn’t here; he has already left.”

“Miss Yevdokiya previously sent her secretary to contact Mr. Brenekoff through a letter, but Mr. Brenekoff refused.”

Luo An chuckled, nonchalantly continuing:

“We have a way to solve Mr. Brenekoff’s problem, but it requires Mr. Brenekoff to pay us an additional 150 million euros.”

Luo An’s words were meant first to clarify to Brenekoff that they had previously tried to contact him for a collaboration, but since he avoided meeting, Luo An had to come to the casino to win his money.

Secondly, it revealed his own identity, indicating that they were not in league with certain people.

The white muscular man remained unmoved upon hearing this, still indicating that Brenekoff was not there.

Caroline turned around emotionlessly and walked away, Luo An flashed a smile at the white muscular man and quickly turned to follow her.

They hurried back to the room they were in earlier, Caroline asked in a low voice as they walked:

“Are you sure this will work?”

“I’m not sure. But I have other plans if it doesn’t.”

Luo An chuckled, causing Caroline to slightly furrow her brow because the white muscular man had not followed to stop them even as they pushed the door open and entered the room.

After closing the door, Caroline turned to Luo An, spread her hands and asked:

“So, it’s a failure this time? What’s your next plan?”

“Don’t rush, wait for another 60 seconds.”

Luo An shook his head, then looked down at Caroline’s slender and long legs and smiled asking:

“Is everything still there?”

Caroline rolled her eyes at Luo An:

“Of course, it’s just a bit uncomfortable.”

“It’s always like this the first time, you’ll get used to it.”

“…”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Caroline’s mouth twitched, just as she was about to make a sarcasm, a knock suddenly sounded on the neighboring door.

Giving Caroline a look, Luo An walked over and opened the door; outside stood a beautiful woman in a silver gown who smiled at Luo An and said:

“My boss would like to see you, please come with me.”

Luo An did not immediately agree, but instead asked:

“Has your boss prepared the 150 million euros Miss Yevdokiya asked for?”

The silver gown woman’s face stiffened slightly upon hearing this, but she quickly regained her composure and smiled in response:

“That depends on Miss Yevdokiya’s capability.”

After observing the woman in the silver gown for a few seconds, Luo An then turned to look at Caroline, playing the part of a subordinate perfectly.

Caroline rose from the sofa, glanced at the silver gown woman, and spoke faintly:

“Lead the way.”

The silver gown woman smiled slightly, quickly extending her hand to the left to lead Caroline and Luo An.

Soon, they were brought to a room on the fourth floor of the casino. The silver gown woman opened the door; instead of Brenekoff, several black-clad sturdy men welcomed Luo An and Caroline.

One of them extended a hand to stop Luo An, indicating a search to check if Luo An was carrying any weapons.

Luo An nonchalantly spread his arms, allowing the search since he had nothing on him; the search ended quickly.

However, when the silver gown woman searched Caroline, she found a compact handgun and a folding dagger on the inner side of Caroline’s thigh.

Faced with the trusting gaze of the silver gown woman, Caroline, following Luo An’s earlier instruction, responded calmly:

“I’m a woman, it’s reasonable to have a handgun and a dagger on my thigh.”

The silver gown woman was silent for a few seconds, seemingly accepting the answer, and continued to lead them deeper into the room.

Opening another room door, Luo An and Caroline finally saw Brenekoff.

The light-blue eyed Brenekoff chuckled upon seeing them, pointed at the card table in front of him, and said:

“Good evening, Miss Yevdokiya. Mr. Brian, I didn’t expect us to meet again so soon. The last round wasn’t satisfying, how about another game?

But this time, let’s change the stakes; we won’t bet money, whoever loses gets a hand chopped off.”

Upon hearing the word “chop a hand off,” Caroline’s expression flickered, recalling Javari’s severed hand.