Threatening Magneto

Rescue Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver? Richard frowned slightly when he saw the newly issued mission.

He knew Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver had to exist in this world, but he had not expected them to be imprisoned by the Hellfire Club.

Were they trying to threaten Magneto? After reading the task content, Richard's first thought was that the Hellfire Club wanted to use Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver to threaten Magneto.

However, he quickly dismissed that guess.

Magneto did not even know he had twin children, so there was no way the Hellfire Club could know.

Besides, Magneto was not someone who could be easily threatened.

Even if Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were his children.

If Professor X Charles was somewhat soft-hearted and indecisive, then Magneto was a ruthless man through and through.

Gambit could not see the mission information that had appeared before Richard like a Holographic Projection screen, but he could see Richard's expression.

"Don't you welcome me into the card game?"

Gambit asked Richard.

After hearing Gambit's words, Richard closed the Mission Panel and calmly Responded, "Has anyone ever told you that your smile is pretty greasy?"

What? Gambit had assumed Richard simply did not want him joining the card game.

He had not expected Richard to mock his smile instead.

"Greasy? No one's ever said that to me. All I know is that plenty of women like my smile."

After saying that, Gambit even raised his eyebrows at the female dealer.

The female dealer was not one of those sexy dealers commonly seen on scam websites. She was only a little prettier than an ordinary passerby.

After seeing Gambit raise his eyebrows at her, the female dealer ignored him and asked Richard and the other gambler whether they wanted to continue the card game.

Clearly, the female dealer was not some young girl who could be easily bewitched by Gambit's greasy smile.

Richard nodded, signaling for the card game to continue.

The other gambler did the same and chose to continue.

After realizing that neither Richard nor the female dealer was giving him much face, Gambit tossed out the chips to enter the game and joined the card game.

Just like before, Richard did not use his superpowers.

Though he did not know whether Gambit was using his abilities, he had no intention of cheating with superpowers in such an insignificant card game.

Time passed little by little.

Less than twenty minutes went by.

The other gambler lost all the chips in his hand, leaving only Richard and Gambit gambling against each other.

When only he and Richard remained at the table, Gambit suddenly asked Richard, "Did you receive an invitation too?"

An invitation? Could it be an invitation from the Hellfire Club?

Upon hearing Gambit mention an invitation, Richard's first thought was the Hellfire Club.

He immediately suspected the Hellfire Club partly because the mission the system had just issued mentioned it.

The other reason was that he remembered the Hellfire Club in the movie had a secret base in Las Vegas.

If Gambit had not possessed Mental Isolation, Richard would definitely have used Telepathy on him.

But unfortunately, Gambit happened to possess Mental Isolation.

Although he could not yet determine what invitation Gambit was referring to, he showed no surprise or curiosity and calmly replied:

"I don't think I need to tell you."

After hearing Richard's reply, Gambit's tone turned displeased.

"Kid, I don't think I've offended you. Don't be so hotheaded at such a young age!"

"If you aren't hotheaded, can you still be called young?"

Richard glanced at Gambit, then tossed his hole cards to the female dealer, indicating that he was folding this round.

Gambit suppressed his annoyance and continued, "If you really have the guts, take off your hat and sunglasses."

On the surface, Gambit was trying to provoke him.

But Richard knew Gambit was not provoking him. He had recognized him.

Although Gambit did not know Telepathy and only possessed Mental Isolation, that did not mean he could not recognize Richard.

"You're not qualified enough to make me take off my hat and sunglasses."

Richard said to Gambit.

"Whether I'm qualified or not aside, I know that as long as I say one name, you'll be in big trouble."

Gambit replied swiftly.

"If you want to say it, just say it."

"By the way, I know something too. Once you say it, the person in big trouble definitely won't be me. It'll be you."

"If you don't believe me, feel free to try."

Richard picked up a chip in front of him and tossed it into the center of the table.

If he had been strong enough, Gambit truly would have liked to teach Richard a lesson and show him what it meant to respect the elderly and care for the young.

But unfortunately, he did not have that kind of strength.

He was quite confident in his own abilities, but he was not arrogant enough to believe he could take on Richard.

Before coming to the casino, he had seen online reports about Richard fighting Hulk, as well as videos uploaded by bystanders.

Though he had not been there in person, after watching those videos—especially the one where Richard summoned a meteor to smash Hulk—he knew he was absolutely no match for Richard.

In his view, Richard could easily destroy an entire city with the meteor-summoning move alone.

He did not think he was weak, but neither was he conceited enough to think he could defeat Richard.

Looking at Richard, who refused to budge no matter what he said, Gambit picked up a round chip and continuously rolled it between the fingers of his right hand.

After several seconds of silence, he said, "Looks like today isn't a good day for a big gamble. Take your time and enjoy yourself."

After saying that, Gambit gathered the chips before him, stood up, and left the table.

Richard did not care whether Gambit would go to another table or leave the casino outright.

After Gambit left, he waited in his chair for several minutes.

When he found that no one was willing to come gamble with him, he sighed helplessly, picked up his chips, and went to the cashier's window to exchange them for cash.

He then left the casino with more than a hundred thousand in winnings.

Caesars Palace Hotel.

After leaving the casino, Richard headed straight to the famous Caesars Palace Hotel and checked in.

Though he was now an S-Class Fugitive of the Department of Mutant Affairs and could not provide the front desk staff with legitimate identification, it was not particularly troublesome.

He merely used a little Telepathy to have the blonde, blue-eyed front desk lady, who wore a fitted black dress that accentuated her graceful curves, use her own identification to complete his check-in.

Not only that, when the pretty front desk lady handed him the Room Key Card, she also slipped him a business card.

"I get off work at six. I can take leave tomorrow and the day after as well."

The receptionist said softly in a voice only the two of them could hear.

Although the front desk lady was quite pretty—around a seven out of ten—Richard had no desire to get to know her more intimately.

This was the Marvel Universe!

Even if he wanted to intimately explore the origin of life with a woman, he should at least do so with famous female heroes or villainesses.

At the very least, he should be like Tony Stark and spend time with actresses, supermodels, famous Female Reporters, magazine cover girls, and the like, rather than a front desk lady who was neither breathtakingly beautiful nor boosted by any special status.

Holding the Room Key Card, Richard arrived at the Business Suite he had just booked. He sat down on the sofa in the living room and began considering how to rescue Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

Although the system had issued a mission to rescue them, it had not provided detailed intelligence.

There were only two things he knew at the moment.

One was that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were being held by the Hellfire Club.

The other was that the invitation Gambit had mentioned might be an invitation from the Hellfire Club.