Chapter 49 The Greasy King of Cards
As a world-famous "gambling city", Las Vegas will never lack tourists from all over the world at any time.
These tourists may not come with the idea of getting rich overnight.
However, they would not mind playing a few hands in the casino to see if they can become the lucky ones who return with a full load.
Although he only wore sunglasses and a baseball cap, and did not cover his long and smooth silver hair, Richard found that, as expected, the pedestrians around him just took a simple look at his long silver hair and retracted their eyes.
Even if there were a few pedestrians who kept looking at him, judging from the expressions of these people, they also regarded him as a middle school boy with a strong personality.
Seeing that the pedestrians' behavior was similar to what he expected, Richard wandered around Las Vegas like other tourists.
As a world-renowned tourist city, Las Vegas also has a branch of the Mutant Affairs Department.
However, unlike the branches in other cities, the mutant agents of the Las Vegas branch have an additional job content.
Prevent mutants from using superpowers to cheat in the casino.
Strictly speaking, this job is not a normal job of the Mutant Affairs Department.
But in Las Vegas, mutant agents don't mind doing this job.
As for the reason, it's very simple, because these casinos pay too much.
The salary of the Mutant Affairs Department is much higher than that of ordinary police officers, but it is only about 200,000 or 300,000 US dollars a year.
Although this income is already a high income in the United States, it is not particularly high for mutant agents.
Because their work requires facing a lot of life risks.
If it is just to catch some ordinary illegal mutants, it would be fine.
But the problem is that not every illegal mutant is easy to deal with.
There are indeed not many top mutants with the strength of Magneto and Richard, but there are no fewer illegal mutants at the Beta level.
And most mutant agents are only at the Beta level.
This means that in a one-on-one situation and without additional assistance, the individual combat power of mutant agents is not very advantageous.
After walking around the city for more than half an hour, Richard came to a famous casino.
Although he was now an S-level wanted criminal of the Mutant Affairs Department, he did not encounter any obstacles and entered the casino easily like an ordinary tourist.
After exchanging chips worth several thousand dollars, he took the chips and walked around the casino.
Then, he sat down at a Texas Hold'em table.
Compared with blackjack and roulette, Texas Hold'em is relatively niche.
Before crossing, Richard had played Texas Hold'em online and knew how to play Texas Hold'em.
After sitting down, he started his first real-life Texas Hold'em in his life.
Because he did not come with the purpose of making money, he did not use telepathy and perspective, but simply enjoyed the feeling of competing with other gamblers in "gambling skills".
It is said to be gambling skills, but in fact it is a competition of calculation ability and psychological warfare.
Calculate who has the advantage between yourself and the opponent, use different betting strategies and facial expressions to confuse the opponent, observe the opponent's micro-expressions, etc.
Although I didn't cheat by telepathy or clairvoyance, I don't know if it was because of my good luck or because I was relaxed enough.
Richard, who played live Texas Hold'em for the first time, won more and lost less, and soon the chips in front of him increased from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.
As the chips increased, his betting strategy gradually changed from conservative to radical.
Normally, he should soon experience the taste of defeat when his bets become more radical.
Many gamblers get carried away at this stage and lose everything.
Perhaps Richard was really blessed by the goddess of luck today. Even with the radical betting strategy, he still didn't lose.
Not only that, the chips in front of him kept piling up.
Am I really a genius at playing Texas Hold'em?
Looking at the chips in front of him increasing from thousands of dollars at the beginning to nearly 100,000 dollars, this thought flashed through Richard's mind unconsciously.
Perhaps seeing his superb "gambling skills", many gamblers chose to temporarily avoid the edge and go to other gambling tables to find weaker opponents.
"This location looks good, it should bring me good luck!"
A middle-aged man's voice full of magnetic charm sounded.
Looking in the direction of the voice, a man who looked like a playboy, exuding a bohemian temperament, wearing a black cowboy hat on his head and holding a metal cane in his hand appeared in Richard's sight.
Although it was the first time they met, Richard recognized him immediately.
The King of Cards!
Remy LeBeau!
If it was in the X-Men movie universe, the King of Cards Remy LeBeau should be an old man in his sixties or seventies now.
But this is not the X-Men movie universe, so he is much younger and looks like he is in his early forties.
After taking a look at Remy LeBeau, Richard retracted his gaze.
Although he didn't expect to meet him here, he didn't mind playing a few hands of Texas Hold'em with him.
At the same time, he recalled Remy LeBeau's abilities in his mind.
Infuse items with potential and kinetic energy, mind isolation, psychedelic ability, precognitive ability, and physical enhancement.
According to the classification standard of mutants, the King of Cards, who has no mutant characteristics, no side effects of superpowers, and is good at fighting, is a very standard Alpha-level mutant.
Although he is an Alpha-level mutant with five superpowers, the King of Cards' normal strength is not very strong.
Especially in the X-Men movie universe.
But in the comics, his strength is much stronger.
In the comics, the King of Cards, when his potential is fully stimulated and his superpowers are normally exerted, will change from a flesh and blood body to an energy creature "New Sun" formed by the accumulation of pure energy.
As a "New Sun", he can control all individuals that store potential energy.
Not only that, he can also control the target without touching the target, using only telekinesis to make the target completely stop or remain in motion.
In addition, in the "New Sun" form, he can also compress time and space, allowing himself to travel freely in different time and space.
He is already very strong in the "New Sun" form, but this is not his limit.
In addition to the "New Sun" form, he also has the "Death God" form in the comics.
In the form of "Death", his superpower of injecting and manipulating potential energy and kinetic energy will evolve into a powerful ability to change the properties of matter.
For example, turning air into poison gas.
If touched by him in the form of "Death", his consciousness will be invaded by "Death", and he will become a puppet that completely obeys him.
If he uses his own energy to completely devour the opponent, he can also seal the opponent into a playing card.
In the comics, the King of Cards will be a very difficult enemy.
But in this universe, Richard is not very worried about how much trouble he will bring to himself.
Not only that, if the King of Cards provokes him, he doesn't mind making the King of Cards' superpowers his own superpowers.
After sitting down, the King of Cards showed a smile that could make women's hearts beat, but it was a little greasy for men, and looked at Richard casually.
The first time the King of Cards looked at him, Richard knew that he didn't like the King of Cards' greasy smile and eyes.
Just when he was about to speak, new mission information suddenly appeared in his sight.
[Mission: One-Winged Angel (II)]
[Mission Content: Rescue "Scarlet Witch" Wanda and "Quicksilver" Pietro who are imprisoned by the Hellfire Club]
[Mission Reward: Shadow Flame]
[Mission Time Limit: 1 Week]
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