[007]Miss M

After the first night of gambling, when Bond returned to his room, he found a broken wine glass on the table and the sound of running water in the bathroom.

There were no signs of fighting or struggling in the house.He raised his vigilance, stepped lightly, and gently pushed open the wooden door of the bathroom.

What caught Bond's eyes was Vespa alone in the dark purple dress and dress, kneeling and hugging her legs under the shower head of the bathroom alone. The cold water wet her whole body, but she didn't realize it.She curled up at the base of the wall, her body was still shaking, because of fear and also because of the cold.

Bond walked over, sat quietly beside Vespa, untied the tie knot, and let the water wet himself, enveloping the two of them together, sensing Bond's approach, she grabbed his arm, Lean on him.

"Cold?"

Seeing Vespaser nodding with a wince, Bond reached out to turn up the water temperature.

"I feel like my hands are stained with blood, and I can't wash it off..." She suppressed her tears.

"Let me see." He held her hand, his fingers were white and wrinkled from being soaked in water for a long time, he pushed her fingers away, kissed her index finger, then the middle finger and ring finger, warming the coldness with his lips. Stiff fingers.

Although the person in front of him was Vespa, Bond suddenly thought of another woman—Scarlett.

How old was she when she first saw someone die in front of her?Did you ever feel scared when you killed someone for the first time?How old was she then?

Scarlett is only in her twenties now.When he saw her for the first time, she was not yet twenty, and she was already with M - as a personal bodyguard.Was she ever afraid of anything back then?

Bond suddenly thought of the fear that flashed in her eyes after seeing the bloody scene at the Miami airport.He could calmly watch that person being blown away by the bomb, but forgot that Scarlett was a woman.

"Is it better?" He held the little hand that had been sucked once, put his other hand around her head, and leaned her forehead on his shoulder. He looked at her with infinite love in his eyes, like a father It's like comforting a frightened little daughter, without any desire.

"Hmm." Vesper leaned on Bond's shoulder, feeling extremely relieved.

……

Vespa did not fall asleep until dawn.Bond closed her door softly and tiptoed out.

The bodies of those two people were handled by Mathis last night. The bodies were found by the local police in the trunk of Raciford's car. Raciford took a lot of effort to convince the police that the matter had nothing to do with him.After what happened last night, Raciford became terrified, always worried that someone would plot against him behind his back.

"How is the girl? Has it melted your cold heart?"

Mathis's sudden question made Bond strange, especially the phrase "Did your cold heart melt", which was exactly the same as Scarlett's question.

"Why do you ask that too?"

"Also?" Mathis is a smart guy, he quickly guessed who asked this question, "Oh? Natalie would ask you that too?"

Actually?What is the word used by Mathis?

"Why are you so surprised?"

"I thought she loved you."

Scarlett loves him?How can it be?

Bond didn't know whether to tell himself or Mathis: "We're just friends."

"It's beyond my imagination that she would ask you like that."

Mathis just smiled and didn't say much. Natalie is indeed a woman he can't see through. She would look at Bond with such eyes. He thought she should be in love with Bond, but she It is also said that Bond has a cold heart, and no woman will love a man with a cold heart.

Gambling games at Montenegro Casino Royale will take place over two days.On the second night, the game continued as scheduled.

Naturally, Scarlett had been watching at the gaming table that night, but it was strange that Mr. White did not show up.However, this will not affect anything, except that Raciford secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he did not see Mr. White in the casino.

Scarlett was still sitting at the table last night, still drinking a glass of margarita.

The bet was about to come to an end today, and M also sent her a message, asking her to return to London after the bet was over, and the rest would be left to Bond.

After last night, there were still five players at the table.

With her hands crossed in front of her face, Scarlett stared intently at the gambling table. The 1000 million dollars in each player's hand, who will win the bet, will soon have a result.

Bond made a bet of 50, and it was Raciford's turn. He propped his forehead with his left hand, the position of his temple, and played with the chip with his right hand. After a long silence, he raised 100 million.

"Check." Bond's previous player chose to check, and it was Bond's turn to raise, and the scene became heads-up.

Scarlett's eyes lingered back and forth between Bond and Raciford. If she remembered correctly, Bond once said that Raciford's left eye twitched slightly when he bluffed, and he would cover it with his hand.But now, she saw Raciford's left eye twitching slightly, and he did cover it with his hand - which meant he was bluffing.

Bond stared at Raciford for four or five seconds, and he bet 200 million.

It was Raciford's turn again, he looked up at Bond, and put all his bets on it.

There are now 50 million on the table. If Raciford is really bluffing, Bond must bet on all of them to break his bluff.And he, as Scarlett expected, bet on everything.

"Please show your cards."

Bond has a K and an A in his hand.

"Full house, three kings and two aces."

It's not the best hand, but it's not bad.When it was Raciford's turn, the cards in his hand were——

Two J's.

Four Jacks against a full house of three Kings and two Aces, Raciford won.

Bond looked at Raciford clearly with disbelief, including Scarlett, who didn't understand how Raciford won until she heard Raciford say, "Mr. Bond, you think I'm bluffing."

Not only Bond, but even Scarlett thought Raciford was bluffing.But he broke Bond's thoughts in one sentence, and the reason is actually very simple——

One is that among Bond, Vesper, Mathis, and her, there is an insider, and the other is that Raciford has lied to Bond from the beginning.No matter which possibility it is, the ending will not change, that is——

Bond lost 1000 million.

At this point in the game, there will be an hour-long intermission, and those who want to make money have the opportunity to buy another 500 million chips. From the next game, the big blind will increase to 20.

Bond went to the balcony alone, and Scarlett knew that he needed time to calm down alone and think about his failure, so she didn't bother, even if she saw Vespa passing by, she just drank alone.

For Bond to re-enter the game, he needs another 500 million from the Treasury.According to what Vespa said on the train, it is up to her to decide whether the 500 million can be invested.And now, Scarlett heard that Vesper refused to fund Bond any more.

Without being able to re-enter the game, Bond has no chance of winning the money back, which means that MI[-] can't offer Sanctuary in exchange for Raciford providing information about his organization, which is—

mission failed.

No, not only failed, but also lost 1000 million US dollars.This 1000 million US dollars will soon become terrorist funds.

"Listen, I made a mistake, maybe I was impatient, maybe I underestimated the enemy, but I can definitely defeat him." It sounds like Bond did reflect on himself.But Vespa still apologized to him. In her opinion, Bond lost the game because of his arrogance, and he wanted to re-enter the game just to save face.

Scarlett didn't walk over until a long time after seeing Vesper leave the balcony. In the night, Bond was standing on the railing with both hands, looking into the distance.

"What are you thinking?" Scarlett pretended to be relaxed.

"It's a pity that you didn't see me beat him, you came on the wrong trip." Perhaps because of Mathis' words, or because he lost the bet, Bond actually didn't know how to deal with Si Carrie.

Standing beside Bond, Scarlett took out a bank card from her handbag and handed it to him: "Re-enter the game, let me see Raciford lose and you win."

Glancing at the bank card in Scarlett's hand, Bond didn't take it. 500 million, this is not a small amount, Scarlett is an MI[-] agent like her, it is impossible to have such a large savings.

"You don't need to risk it for me."

With Scarlett's technology, it is not difficult to embezzle 500 million from the Ministry of Finance or the bank, but this is illegal. Once MI[-] finds out, Scarlett's ending... will be miserable. M does prefer Scarlett, but not without principles.

The former Bond may have been a little ignorant, but that night, when M sternly warned him that he would be shot if he continued, he began to realize that sometimes M is untouchable.He wasn't sure if M would really hand him over without Scarlett, but he could be sure of what M would do with Scarlett if she did embezzle funds from other places.

"You don't believe the money is safe?"

"You can't have such a large sum of money."

Scarlett understood what Bond meant, she silently took back the card in her hand, looked at Bond's side face, and was silent for a while: "I'll go find Vespa."

In public and private, she wanted Bond to win the bet.

The author has something to say: This should actually be an update on Sunday. I'm sorry, I didn't code it until after ten o'clock in the evening, so I just updated it on Monday.

In the future, the update time will be stable at [-]:[-] every morning.This week, Tuesday and Wednesday will be closed for two days, and I have an exam.

Next, I will try my best to update every day!