Chapter 241 - Erza captured

On the other side of the casino, the card table area.

Lucy watched in amazement as Erza dominated the gaming table like a casino queen, with chips piled up in front of her winning table.

"It's just that I'm lucky today." Noticing Lucy's shocked look, Erza smiled modestly and said softly.

At this time, the croupier opposite quietly changed to a young man wearing a suit, with yellow hair and dark skin.

"Then why don't you play a special game this time? This time you don't need to gamble with chips..."

He lowered his head and shuffled the cards, and then dealt five cards to Erza. Each card had a letter on it, which together formed the word "death".

Erza frowned when she saw this word, and then she heard the boy opposite say: "How about gambling with your life?"

Erza raised her head suddenly, and the boy also raised his face and grinned: "Sister Erza..."

"Shô..." Erza's eyes widened and she looked at the boy blankly. For a moment she couldn't believe her eyes. 

"Eh...sister?" Lucy on the side looked at the young man in front of her in astonishment.

"You are safe and sound." Recovering. From her shock, Erza smiled and said with a hint of relief.

"Is it safe?" Shô lowered his head and smiled strangely.

At this moment, the underground casino was suddenly filled with darkness.

"What happened?" Erza and Lucy's eyes were covered by pure darkness. They were shocked and they quickly stood up from their chairs.

After a while, the surroundings gradually became brighter. 

"Shô?!" After the lights were completely turned on, Erza quickly looked at where the boy was, but the boy had disappeared.

"I'm here, sister."

Shô's voice came from behind, causing Erza and Lucy to quickly turn around, only to see a ladge number of cards falling around the boy. 

"Ah?!" Lucy looked at the cards on the ground and exclaimed, "Everyone is in the cards?"

"How did this happen..."

"Let me out quickly..." 

"Who can help me!" 

The people inside the cards were tapping the cards, and exclamations came from the cards one by one. These people are all people who were in the casino just now.

"I can also use magic now, sister." Shô spread his hands and smiled.

"Magic?" Erza's heart was shocked and she looked at Shô, "Why are you doing this, Sho?"

"Meow." Suddenly, a cat's meow sounded and a rope-like restraint tube flew from behind and immediately wrapped and tied Lucy up.

"Ah!"

Erza heard Lucy's exclamation and quickly turned around to look. 

She saw.a girl with brown hair and a pair of cat ears, who looked like catwoman, sitting on the table, scratching her head. She held Lucy's hands bound by the restraint tube, and smiled slowly.

"Millianna!" Erza exclaimed again. After seeing Shô, she expected to meet her other companions but it was never in this way. 

"We finally meet, little Erza." Millianna waved and greeted Erza with a smile.

"What are you doing? Lucy is my companion!" Erza said hurriedly as she looked at the two of them

"Meow, companion?" Millianna tapped her chin, seeming to be thinking about the meaning of the word.

"Aren't we friends before? Sister." Shô smiled and said.

"Former companions..." Lucy, who was restrained, showed an even more confused expression. 

Erza bit her lower lip, looking like she didn't know how to speak. 

"It's just, before my sister betrayed us!"

Hearing Shô's voice filled with hatred, Erza's body trembled, and a flash of pain flashed in her eyes.

"Shô, stop bullying Erza."

Suddenly, blocks flew from mid-air, and then quickly combined into a block man not far away. It was the block man who was thrown away by big man Simon.

"You've become more feminine, Erza."

This square man had his hands in his trouser pockets, holding a cigar in his mouth, wearing sunglasses, and looked at Erza in a pose he thought was cool.

"This voice! Are you Walley?" Erza looked at the square man blankly. From there voice, she could tell from the voice that this man who seemed to be made of building blocks must be one of her former companions.

"It's no wonder you can't recognize me. Compared with me when I was the mad dog Wally, I look much smoother now." Wally smiled lightly.

"Huh?" Lucy didn't know what expression she should show right now. 

"Do you know how to use magic too, Wally." Erza was surprised again.

"Nothing surprising."

Simon walked out from the side and looked at Erza, "As long as you grasp the trick, anyone can use magic, right, Erza?"

"Simon!"

Erza looked at the four childhood companions in front of her, biting her lower lip tightly. Memories and grief flashed in her eyes.

"Erza, who are these people? What's going on with your brother?" Lucy looked at the four people blankly and asked Erza.

"Not a blood-related brother, but a former companion." Walley explained kindly. 

"Let's act quickly. There is a scary guy here. If it's too late, things will change." Simon rubbed his wrist, which was still feeling severe pain, and said with a frown.

"Oh? Is he a scary guy? Although I want to see him, our main task now is to invite my sister back." Shô smiled softly and didn't seem to care much about the scary guy in Simon's mouth. He looked at Erza and said, "Let's go back, sister."

"If you don't cooperate well..." Walley took out his gun and pointed it at Lucy.

"Stop, please stop..." Erza shouted sadly. Hey heart was aching with pain. 

Suddenly, a wooden arm holding a revolver silently appeared behind Erza. Because her mood was ups and downs and complicated at the moment, she didn't notice it.

Then I heard two 'pop' sounds. The expression on Erza's face suddenly froze, her eyes closed weakly, and her body slumped.

"Erza?!" Lucy's eyes widened and she called out worriedly. The hands that were tied behind him also struggled violently, and he shouted eagerly in his heart, "Xiao Feng, come quickly! Erza is in trouble!"

"Don't worry, it's just a sleeping bomb." Walley blew lightly on the muzzle of the gun and said.

"The target is obtained, retreat." Simon put the sleeping Erza on his shoulders, waved his hand, and the four of them turned to leave.

"Wait, where are you taking Erza? Bring Erza back quickly!" Lucy yelled, twisting and struggling, but the more she struggled, the tighter the rope became.

"Meow." Millianna, who was walking at the end, turned around, looked at Lucy who fell to the ground because she lost her balance, and said with a smile: "In another five minutes, you will be finished."

Shô looked at Erza who had fallen asleep, "Sister, you are finally coming back, to the 'Tower of Heaven'!"

"Tower of Heaven?" Xiao Feng observed everything in the dark and murmured to himself. 

Simon and the four of them didn't know from beginning to end that there was a pair of eyes that had been watching what they were doing.

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