Interstellar Stone Gambler

Seeing Angel's relaxed expression, Caroline's beard trembled, and she almost fainted from anger.

Why is this kid so reckless!Is that comparable!The first round will properly abuse you!

Caroline couldn't finish it in her mind, and she finally thought of stopping it, "Angel, this competition is very good!" There are different types. Spiritual planting, stone gambling, or both. But each of these three types has a basic knowledge competition."

"..." Although he knew that his foundation was terrible, he was also drunk to be despised to such an extent.

Hearing Caroline's heavy bite, Angel's heart slipped a row of black lines, trying to maintain a calm face, looked at Sandy with an extremely ugly face and smiled, "That's it. Since it's for the sake of talent , let’s skip the basic knowledge, don’t waste everyone’s time. If you want to come to Sandy, you won’t mind, after all, he is a talent I am jealous of, and you will never worry about the results of a literary test. I care, I will give you the results of the essay test, how about it?"

The words of refusal were stuck in his throat, Sandy nodded stiffly with a wooden face, and his clenched fists turned white for a while.

"Then we'll choose to gamble on Shi and Lingzhi. Do you have any opinions?"

"nature."

"Okay, since that's the case, the competition is set to be held in the e-sports arena three days later. I will contact the judges concerned, but please note that this is an internal competition within the academy. The old rules start after disguising their identities. It is not allowed to spread the truth about these two people. The situation." Caroline said, staring at Angel, who was smiling, and slapped the table angrily, "The meeting is over!"

"Yes!"

The echoes resounded throughout the venue.Angel indifferently glanced at the female Sandy, who was trying to suppress his emotions and comforted him, and the red-haired orc who walked into the venue with a sullen face not far away, and left the venue with a cold snort.

It's no wonder he's shameless.Speaking of the noise that has been chattering these days, it should stop after this time. After all, Sandy probably doesn't have time to encourage others to trouble him now.

Stepping out of the gate, Angel looked up at the clear sky above his head, and raised his mouth in a good mood... "Crack!"

"Hey! You wait for me!"

Angel, who was walking on the road, staggered and was almost thrown to the ground by the sudden impact.The curvature of the corners of his lips froze on his face, Angel turned his head to look at the gleaming blue-haired boy beside him, a row of black lines slipped from his head, "Who are you?"

"Oh! Don't be like this! Let's go together!" The young man put his arms around his shoulders without acknowledgment, grinned a few times, and then bent down to Angel's face, "My name is Nanbu . Make a friend!"

"..." Self-familiar, the type he is least good at dealing with.Looking at Nanbu who was leaning on him, Angel raised the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, expressing his deep depression.But before he could speak, a familiar voice took over the topic.

"It seems that you have been very free recently."

It was obvious that Nan Bu on his body froze suddenly, and then his shoulders lightened, and when he turned around, the boy was nowhere to be seen.

In the evening wind that is gradually rising, the halo of the setting sun is soft and warm, piercing into people's hearts, and it seems that you can relax in an instant.The shadows of the two were reflected on the snow-white wall with the light, and they swayed and played with the vines that climbed the fence slightly rippling away in the breeze.

"If you don't show up, I really don't know how to solve it." Thinking of seeing Nan Bu, who was dodging Rockefeller faster than a rabbit, Angel's head slipped a row of black lines, and his eyes were full of gratitude.

Rockefeller shrugged indifferently, and walked lazily beside Angel, his eyes that seemed to be wandering around were always passing by lightly, silently paying attention to the thin and small boy beside him.

"What's wrong?"

Meeting Angel's eyes unexpectedly, Rockefeller shook his head and sighed helplessly in his heart.

It's not that I don't know, I just don't care.Such people are actually the most terrifying, if they have something they will definitely want.

"Speaking of which, I really want to ask you a question." Looking down at the walking steps, Angel narrowed his eyes slightly, "Sandy always seems to like to trouble me, that orc named Herbert looks I also hate my appearance, what happened before what you said?"

"Oh, you say him." Rockefeller curled his lips in disdain, then bent down and put his face in front of Angel, watching Angel who suddenly stopped his steps to prevent the tragedy of hitting his face, said with interest , "The origins are deep. To be honest, you loved him so much back then that he didn't want to marry you. Why did you just open your eyes and close your eyes and forget about it?"

"...Love to die, love to live?" Is it because he doesn't marry? !

The corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly, Angel was speechless.

Although I more or less guessed some bloody things, but when I actually heard it... it felt really sour.

"That's right. Who doesn't know that the young son of the general's family has been chasing the second young master of the Wackermengler family for five years, and in the end, the two families are about to start talking about marriage..."

Frightened by Rockefeller's words, which had been deliberately paused, he broke out in a cold sweat, and Angel, who finally listened to the follow-up in fear, breathed a sigh of relief.

I go!If it really happened, then he would be sad to death if he crossed it!Moreover, five years...he remembers that this body is only 15 years old now!Puppy love is not good!

"It is said that a certain guy's true angel appeared at that time, so Herbert disobeyed the orders of his own emperor, abandoned the poor young master who was alone in the empty boudoir, and went to the embrace of true love~, and ah~"

"..." Silently raised his hand to rub the goosebumps on his body, Angel was speechless for Rockefeller who stopped at the important place again.

This is a bad taste!Facial paralysis should look like facial paralysis, okay? !Even if you have a black belly, you still have a poisonous tongue!Is there still a way for people to survive?

But it goes without saying that this true love is probably Sandy.

"That's right!" Seeing Angel's helpless expression, Rockefeller raised his hand and patted Angel's shoulder, "The most important thing is not here, the wonderful things are yet to come."

"..." Brother, have you forgotten that one of the protagonists of this farce is still standing in front of you, is it really good to show such gloating emotions like this?

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore." Standing up straight, Rockefeller coughed a few times knowing that his character had collapsed, and resumed his serious look, "Actually, I don't know about it either."

"..." An Jieer, who braced himself up and prepared to listen to the follow-up, only felt a tic-tac-toe beating in his head when he received such a reply.

With such a serious appearance, you just want to tell me this? !What was it doing before!Are you kidding me?

"The follow-up development is intriguing. However, human relations are indifferent, let alone this imperial capital that is drunk with gold and paper. Since the Elgren family doesn't want to mention it, naturally no one will hit the muzzle of the gun, so nothing will happen."

"?"Very serious?

"Did you notice the reaction of the people in the school who knew your identity?"

"Do you mean to be disgusted and ignored? I thought it was because of my bad reputation." Shrugging indifferently, Angel couldn't deny it, but he didn't care.

If you can't walk your own way well, who cares about what others think.

"Of course it's not that simple. The most important thing is what you 'good for nothing' did because of 'jealousy' and because of 'love'."

"It seems that this matter is very serious."

"Naturally, there is only one person in history." Following Angel's mocking laugh, Rockefeller waved his hand at Angel, and said, "It is rumored that you tricked Sandy into a place with the intention of destroying Sandy's talent. In this way, Herbert will return to you. After all, you must know that Herbert is the second young master of the Wackermontre family, and he wants to compete for the position of the head of the family. The partner is a commoner, which is already the limit of other people's patience. If This commoner has no talent anymore, the result can be imagined."

"So this must be a very dangerous place, but it's definitely not a place where 'good for nothing' would go." Angel's footsteps paused, his eyes darkened.

Scared, endless darkness.Pain, numb despair.The needle-like mind, the completely chaotic memory, the resentment and escape of betrayal, these things finally have an explanation.

"What it is?"

"Spirit Grinder. It was originally a cruel instrument used for experiments to deal with mutations, but it was later discontinued because this technology was too harmful and caused a female participating in the research to suffer permanent mental damage. There's an abandoned research institute at that school."

"You mean I want to use this thing to destroy Sandy's mental power?"

"Probably?" Rockefeller shrugged with a smile, his blue eyes were full of disbelief.

Angel smiled slightly, suddenly moved.

"Anyway, I don't believe that a stupid guy like you would come up with such a high-end and elegant revenge method."

"..." Those who are moved by God are going to die!

"By the way, why did you follow me to my house?" He raised his hand and put the terminal on the identifier next to the gate, Angel rolled his eyes at Rockefeller who refused to leave, and said in disgust, "Go, go! Here You are not welcome!"

"Don't, I'm already here and you don't invite me in to eat... Hey, are you sure this is your home?"

Angel, who was frozen in place while maintaining the door opening posture, retreated silently to the outside of the yard, staring at the door plate in front of him with a pair of black eyes, then mechanically nodded to Rockefeller who was also stunned.

Walking into the living room with no place to stay, Angel looked at the messy pots and pans, sofas, tables and chairs in the room, his facial expression twisted for a while.

"Tsk tsk, you said you provoked someone and you were retaliated like this." Standing in the small open space that was finally found, Rockefeller raised the corners of his lips, "I really sympathize with you~"

"If your tone is more sincere and your expression is not so gloating, I think I will still reluctantly believe it..."

"Boom-boom! Papa!"

In the quiet villa, the sudden noise from the second floor was unusually loud. Angel and Rockefeller looked at each other and rushed up the stairs.

"Oh~ God, dear, I don't think you want to know what happened." Rockefeller who arrived first opened the door, looked at the chaotic scene inside and shook his head strangely.

This time, Angel really heard deep sympathy.

Raising his eyebrows, pushing away the tall figure of Rockefeller blocking the door, Angel froze in place while maintaining the posture of entering, and his face darkened instantly.

With a sound of "snap!", the white fur ball that was blown away by a leaf of Xiao Lingzhi hit Angel's face.

"Snow! Ball!" With a roar, Angel silently increased the strength of his hand that was still supporting a soft "object", clenched into a fist.

"Aww! My waist!"

Don't doubt, the screaming at the back is definitely not a furry one.

The time of "pleasure" always passes quickly, and the e-sports arena has ushered in an unprecedentedly grand double series match. Similarly, this is also a leaping period that will be remembered in the annals of history in the future.

It is naturally impossible for today's people to know the subsequent brilliance. They cheered, jumped for joy, and sat excitedly in the audience seats, waiting for the figure of the guest to be reflected on the huge light screen suspended in the air.

The electronic arena is a huge arena that exists in the virtual world. There are countless duels held here every year, such as mecha battles, stone gambling competitions, spiritual plant training simulations, supernatural fights, and animal courtship. The competition levels range from e to s vary, but one thing is undeniable, but any high-level event will definitely attract the attention of many people.

The level of the dual-system competition to be held today is not high, but it is more eye-catching than any competition in recent years, because the referees of this competition almost include all the highest-ranking stone gamblers and spirit planters in the empire!

In contrast, which two people are going to compete has not attracted so much attention.

"Bastard! Who spread the news!" In the office, Caroline yelled angrily at the tall and burly old men sitting across from her. It would be overwhelmed and broken, but it still couldn't calm Caroline's anger.

"Calm down, it's not our fault." Raymond sat on the sofa and waved his hands helplessly, "Compared to this, shouldn't we ensure that the identities of these two children will not be exposed again?"

"Do you want to tell me! I have already contacted Hills!"

"Hills? That kid will agree to do such a thing?"

"No. But with someone, he will." At this point, Caroline suddenly calmed down, and walked up to Raymond with a cane in her face, "Hey! Old man, I have a hunch. Soon I will be able to hold my great-grandson!"

"...Caroline, I have to remind you that neither of the two females participating in this competition has reached the age of adulthood."

"So what! Do you want to rob my great-grandson! Oh! You are so bad, so bad, Kadori. No, I have to order Shills to speed up, such a cute little female he I can't miss it anymore, otherwise I don't know how long it will take to find a partner, he is already old..."

"Raymond, I remember he didn't ask us to come for this matter in the first place."

"No, Kadori, you'd be foolish to reason with a female, especially a savage female."

"I second, you are so right."

"What are you talking about?! Who is unreasonable!"

The knocking sound of "dong dong dong" sounded on the floor not far away, and the roar pierced the eardrum through the air.

"Honey, we didn't say anything except discussing your recent reasonable arrangements for college affairs." Meyer rubbed his sore ears, echoing the usual echo, and then looked back at Caroline who had finally silenced. Looking at the other two old men, they shrugged their shoulders, "Hey, guys, the problem is solved, we have to discuss how to deal with this matter. You know, the consequences of leaving it to Caroline."

"Of course~."

"Ah!"

"What's wrong? Nervous?"

Touching his nose, Angel looked at the smiling Rockefeller and was speechless for a while, "You don't seem to worry about me at all." And I found out today, what kind of iceberg is a wolf in sheep's clothing !

"That is, who are you? You are Angel, who has never been seen before or since, the world's invincible number one in the universe, and it's too late to believe you. Why worry?"

"..." Don't you feel against your will when you say so much?

"Hey, to be honest, how sure are you?"

"I'm not sure!" Angel pushed the snowball into Rockefeller's hands, and walked quickly into the light egg.

"Oh, what a wicked child." Quickly withdrew his hand to escape the fate of his fingers being abused, Rockefeller shook his head helplessly, dropped the bouncing snowball and followed the bare egg on the other side without any guilt.

All eyes, sought after and adored.

Standing on the field, Angel recalled what Rockefeller had said inappropriately.After looking up at the cheering crowd, Angel withdrew his gaze, landed on the raised palm, slightly closed his eyes, and the pupils gradually dimmed.

One day, he will let such cheers rise for him!

"The first match, the stone betting match."

Suddenly tightening the fingers in front of him, Angel smiled slightly, and raised his head to face Sandy who was walking onto the stage.

"Angel, you shouldn't have chosen this way from the beginning."

"Really? Then what method should I choose to ruin the reputation of you, who keeps framing me?"

"You really are a liar!"

"No matter how deceptive you are, you are not as good as you." What's more, what he said was true.

Angel shrugged, sneered, and followed the announcement to the center of the high platform.

Looking at the back of Angel leaving, the resentment in his eyes condensed into swirls.

In any case, he will not lose, nor can he lose!If he loses this time, he will have nothing!

Thinking of what Herbert said to him yesterday, Sandy gritted his teeth and followed closely.

"The next thing that will appear in front of you is the 1000 yuan rough stone selected by the jury. You must find five rough stones within the specified time. We will release them on the spot, and the winner will be judged according to the proportion of the final jadeite. Now ,Timing begins."

"Caroline, are you sure that kid is here for the game?"

"Of course, this is my prospective apprentice!"

"But he has been standing there for a long time without moving. You know, a quarter of the time has passed now."

"It's okay, he has his own ideas, don't worry." Don't worry about your size!He was almost panicked to death!

She raised her hand and wiped the cold sweat that kept coming out of her forehead. Caroline, who had no idea what Angel was like, wanted to rush down to compete for someone who was calm.

Why did he agree on the spur of the moment?Even if he saw Angel's superhuman affinity for spiritual plants, he never knew if Angel would... Wait, did he complain about a very serious problem just now.

Moving her eyes to Angel who was still standing there without moving at all, Caroline turned into a stone statue with a swipe.

yes!He only knew that Angel could get close to Ling Zhi, but he never knew if Angel would gamble with stones!

Caroline, who found out what was going on, went crazy.At this moment, Angel finally took his first step since the start of the game, and under Caroline's collapsed eyes, he walked to the place they were least optimistic about!

"..." What to do, I really want to cry.This kid usually has good luck, why is he in such a pit today, where are you going? You walked to the accumulation area that was almost judged to be a waste rock!Go to the right, there is a small piece of land there, you can take one, don't say anything about intermediate jadeite, but at least jadeite can't run away!No matter how bad you are, look at where Sandy has gone, and then follow the past and choose a few at random, maybe you can win one!

However, no matter how much Caroline wailed in her heart, Angel still cared about me and walked towards the far left corner.

Sandy, who was walking on the right side, looked at the behavior of Angel, who was a complete layman, with a flash of contempt in his eyes. For some reason, his always anxious mood finally calmed down, and he studied the rough stone at his hand more and more carefully.

On the other side, Angel was also very helpless.He also didn't want to come to such a controversial place.But although the appearance of the rough stones here is not good, even considered inferior, but there is no way, who let him find the most active feeling here?

Standing still in front of a stone, Angel raised his hand, groped over one by one, and left with one touch.

"Hey, Lord Marshal, although I'm a layman, I've seen many people gamble with stones, none of them like this."

"Isn't there now?"

Perth choked, his eyes widened and he looked at Sears leaning against the wall in disbelief, "Do you really believe that he can win?!"

"It's not that I believe it, it's certain." Hills looked at Angel who was passing by a row of rough stones on the ring in the distance, his burgundy pupils were darkly flowing, "Is the thing I asked you to prepare ready?"

"Of course, I don't dare to forget what you ordered, even if I have a hundred guts." Perth smiled at Hills, then took out a recording disk from his pocket and handed it over, "If you want If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it.”

Hills couldn't deny it, raised the corners of his lips, took the small black cuboid box and turned it over in his hand, his eyes flickered as he looked at the recording disk, full of playfulness.

Perth trembled all over, and silently moved a few steps back.

This smile is all too familiar.In the army, this is the representative of blood and killing.

"Ding!" Angel, who had already picked out five rough stones from the general position of the induction force, pressed the end button, and entered the number of the stone he chose.

The tormented Caroline let out a long sigh of relief seeing Angel who finally stopped scurrying around like a headless chicken, and then raised her eyes to see a series of numbers displayed on the screen, which happened to be choked in her throat, and she was frightened Almost fell off the chair.

"My God! Is he really not joking?"

"Yeah, good-for-nothing is good-for-nothing, dare to challenge Sandy."

"The ones he chose were simply guesses!"

In the midst of the crowd, Caroline finally couldn't help asking, "Angel, are you sure you want to choose these?"

"That's right, that's all there are." Looking at Caroline, who was staring and trembling in the judges' seat, Angel was puzzled, but still nodded his head as a matter of course, expressing that, from the feeling, this Four of them are emeralds, and one is the blindfold he chose.After all, hitting all of a sudden is too high-profile.

It's just that Angel can think this way because he has golden fingers, but Caroline and the others don't know.So when Caroline sat down, it could be said that she was trembling with anxiety.

"Oh, old man, your vision is getting more special every year."

"Glade, no one knows until the last second, don't say it is so absolute." There is no last second, it is a death sentence.A certain dean, who couldn't understand the high morale of his opponent, said these words, and before he could refute, he silently shed tears in his heart.

"That's right, after all, he's your apprentice, Caroline. How can I do something different?" After so many years of dealing with each other, I can't tell that Caroline is just taking a gamble, of course. Glad, who was more happy to see his opponent holding his breath, continued to make up the knife without any politeness, "I really want to see how special you are as a disciple. If you win against Sandy, wouldn't it mean that we have lived for most of our lives?" Do all the old men have empty reputations?"

"That's what you said. Don't say that I have ruined your name." Besides, if Angel is lucky, it is most likely that both of them will produce emeralds, while Sandy will only open one. Just won!

"Okay, as I said, he must be able to open emeralds."

"Ding!"

The announcement sounded again, and everyone came back to their senses and turned their attention to the numbers on the other side.

Caroline, who was sitting in the judges' seat, only felt that she heard the voice of heartbreak, and said silently that if she won, he would confess to Angel as his ancestor from now on!

Sandy walked to the stone-resolving platform, glanced at the five rough stones beside Angel and snorted arrogantly, "You just compare these five pieces with me?"

"What? Do you want to sympathize with me and give me another piece?" Angel, who has recently explored some tricks of sensing power, secretly detected the rough stone behind Sandy and slightly curled his lips. Under Sandy's strange eyes, he suddenly turned and faced the judges' seat , smiled, "Mr. Dean, Sandy said that the rough stone I chose was too bad, is this true?"

"..." Caroline, who was sitting on the stage, heard a mouthful of old blood choked in her throat.What is wrong with you!It is simply hopeless, okay!

"It looks really bad." sk

A murmur of murmurs of thought spread throughout the arena through the loudspeakers turned on, drawing a chorus of jeers.

Unaware of this, Angel looked up at Caroline who was sitting stiffly on the top seat and continued, "Student Sandy asked me before if I just compare it with five yuan, and he looks very unfavorable. I."

"..." I don't like you very much either, I just hope to win back in the Lingzhi competition soon.

Angel stroked his chin with a distressed look, and said something that made a group of people vomit blood, "So from what he said, it seems that what he wants to tell me is——I can choose another piece~. As expected of a genius , Knowing that this rule is unequal to me, it’s great to help me solve it~”

Sandy, who finally understood what Angel meant, trembled with anger.

Shameless!He actually wanted to use this method to win him!But so what, useless wood can only ask for sympathy from others!

Sandy, who was so angry that he didn't even think about it, said, "I don't have any objections!" He wouldn't be able to win even if he was given one, and it would bring him more shame. Why didn't you agree?

"Haha, old man, your apprentice is so special!"

The mocking sound of Golaid beside her made Caroline's face turn red and white, and finally she gritted her teeth and spoke into the microphone with a sense of sadness, "In that case, Angel can go to Choose a rough stone."

Smiling slightly, Angel gave Sandy a meaningful look, turned around and walked towards the rough stone area, casually stood beside a rough stone, and wrote down the number.

"My God, after this is all over, don't you still believe that he will win?!" Deeply puzzled by Angel's behavior, Perth looked at Hills who didn't seem worried at all and yelled.

"Why not?"

"what?"

He was stingy and didn't pay the slightest attention to someone who was stunned. Hills looked at the arc of the little female's mouth on the stage and closed his eyes thoughtfully, only leaving it to his subordinates. With a meaningful smile, he said with emotion, "Just wait." He had a hunch that good things were to come.

"Hey, you didn't open the back door for this little guy, did you?" After thinking for a long time, Perth looked around cautiously for a long time, and finally approached Hills and whispered in his ear.

Don't blame him for thinking too much, otherwise how could Sears be so sure that Angel would win!Speaking of which, it was the first time I saw Lord Marshal caring so much about a female, so he would definitely keep it a secret!

Perth, who had a lot of inner activities, came back to his senses and met Hills' deep wine-red pupils, trembling all over, Perth shrank his neck and raised his hand, "Okay, I don't care about anything. Didn't say, you must have been hallucinating just now."

Seeing Hills who finally looked away, Perth, who escaped unharmed, heaved a sigh of relief.And did he really escape?I have to ask someone who became a dog after a mountain of work~

"Ah! The bet is up!"

There was an exclamation from the audience, and everyone looked around, only to see that on the stone-resolving platform in front of Sandy, the rough stone that had been cut had already seen a light green color.

"If the emerald inside is intact, the first piece will be greatly increased!"

"That's right! Although there is still a gap between him and the top ten, Sandy's talent is nothing to say at this age."

"Exactly! Angel is simply incomparable. Eh? Speaking of which, why does it seem that Angel has already started the second one?"

"Because I lost the first piece."

"Really? I said that even if Sandy gave him a piece, he would lose. Really take yourself seriously."

"Be careful, we can't afford to offend someone who is rich and powerful in his family~."

"But someone robbed her fiancé anyway."

"Sandy is great. I don't know how much better than this vicious guy. As the preliminarily selected future star, Mr. Herbert did not choose the wrong person."

"really……"

"It's gone up! It's gone up!"

"We already knew, why did you interrupt me, what are you excited about?"

"No! Angel's bet went up!"

"what?!"

"Not only has the bet gone up, but it's also the rarest colorless jadeite!"

When water was poured on it, a gleam of translucence appeared from the rough and ugly incision of the original stone, and the unglamorous color almost dazzled everyone's eyes.

"Increased...really increased?!" Caroline raised her hand and rubbed her eyes in disbelief. After confirming that the light underneath was real emerald, she slapped the table on the table with an unhappy face. There was a burst of ridicule, "Hahaha, let me say that my quasi-apprentice has his own way! Don't believe it? Don't believe it! You are at a disadvantage!"

His face turned pale, and Golede snorted coldly, "There are more in the future. If only this one is offered in total, he wants to win against Sandy? What a joke!"

Caroline curled her lips, directly and selectively ignoring Gold's words, and stared at the field. As the jade that was drawn out gradually became complete, the corners of her mouth became wider and wider amidst Gold's increasingly unhappy expression.

On the stage, Sandy stood aside and gritted his teeth fiercely as he watched Angel, who had been smiling unfathomably, "You've already guessed this would happen!"

"Oh, I can't say that. Everyone knows that there is no jade in this rough stone, and it cannot be detected by instruments." Turning his head slightly, Angel shrugged innocently, and the smile on his face became more gentle, but Let Sandy suddenly feel an infinite chill.

impossible!No matter how powerful Angel is, it is impossible for him to know what is inside the rough stone, let alone Angel is still a good-for-nothing!Must be just luck!

The inexplicable panic caused Sandy to lose his composure, and hurriedly urged the female who was relieving stones on the stage, "Quickly open the next piece!"

There are still four open, I will let you know the gap between us!No matter how lucky you are, you can't match your real strength!

Clenching his fists suddenly, Sandy's eyes were full of ruthless gloom.