Master Vail was momentarily thrown off balance, uncertain of his next move.

Charlie’s voice cut through the tense silence like a knife.

“What’s the matter? Are you afraid to face a little challenge? You call yourself a master of heaven, yet you cower at such a trivial matter?”

Master Vail scowled, his face darkening with anger.

“How dare you suggest that I, Master Vail, could be afraid?”

But then he changed the subject, sneering arrogantly.

“You almost had the old man fooled, didn’t you? Dr.

Simmons willingly challenged me yesterday and conceded defeat.

Logically, he should hand over this clinic to me.

But now he’s hiding like a coward, refusing to show his face.

You’re just a slick kid trying to stir up trouble.

I’ve already won, so why bother betting with me again? What’s the point?”

Charlie smiled slyly, looking the old man in the eye.

“Hey there, old guy.

One of us wants to keep up, but I’m not talking about you.

I recorded the entire challenge just now with my camera.

Are you really going to back down? Because I won’t hesitate to post these videos online, especially on overseas networks…”

“A clinic is just a drop in the bucket, only worth a few million.

So what if I give it to you? As long as you’re not afraid of embarrassment and losing more than you gain, you can take this clinic.”

Turning to Xyla, he asked, “Did you get it all on camera, Xyla?”

Xyla nodded vigorously.

“Master Wade, I recorded everything!”

As she spoke, Xyla slung her black leather bag off her shoulder and opened it up.

From inside, she pulled out several action cameras and glanced back at the bag.

Upon closer inspection, there were four or five small, circular holes dotting the bag’s surface, likely meant for the camera lenses.

It was just that the cameras and the bag were both black, and Master Vail had been too distracted to notice them before.

Now he realized that he had unwittingly walked into a trap set by this clever kid.

If he agreed to another competition, then all of these women would surely catch him in the act, their ages impossible to determine.

It would be proof that he had cheated yesterday and his reputation would be destroyed.

refused to compete, then the kid would simply upload the video online

mind raced as he pondered

is that I can’t kill

people

do something like that, I’d be

I tried to flee abroad, I’d be pursued around

that he realized just

I play hardball with this kid, I’ll

I might as well extend an olive branch

way, I won’t suffer

heavy sigh, Master Vail

see that you’re deliberately

Simmons keep this clinic.

man today and give it back

don’t want

with one hand, adjusting

a confident stride,

about to let Master

ground and spoke with biting sarcasm, “Don’t

to

tarnishing his reputation

tail and

was starting

you

Master Vail regretted ever getting

Simmons’ clinic.

land him in such a dire

the

as he

“I heard from Dr.

a bet with him yesterday, and the stakes were a medicine

the bag on your

I

step back, his eyes wide with

bag tightly, stammering out,

“Now hold on

you who used it

face

is equivalent to losing,

defeat, you need to

have

Vail seethed with anger, gritting his teeth and

won’t stand for this nonsense! I didn’t lose,

today, he’s feeling

just can’t resist trying to take

You’re so greedy!”

want to start anything,

and motioned to the

you’re

when they heard that the two rivals

to avoid any potential

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