Leaving aside Russell's thoughts, seeing that the matter had been resolved, Gu Wu and the other person did not linger.
As for assignments, Russell had only just joined the Spirit Summoning Society, so naturally, he would not be given any assignments.
The two merely told him to wait for notification.
After seeing them off, Russell could not help but let out a sigh of relief. "They're finally gone."
To be honest, today's experience had been far too thrilling.
Russell still had not quite recovered from it.
Sitting on the sofa, Russell summoned his cards.
Luffy and the others wore unwilling, ashamed expressions.
Seeing this, Russell waved his hand and comforted them. "It's not your fault. I was the one who was too careless."
Russell truly meant it. What had happened recently had made him somewhat carried away.
In his previous life, as an exploited illustrator, when had he ever experienced the feeling of being held up on a pedestal?
But today's encounter had given him a very real lesson.
It's better to rely on myself than on anyone else, Russell sighed inwardly. No matter how strong Master Bai is, it doesn't have much to do with me. Even if he can avenge me, so what?
At that moment, he finally realized that in this world of supernatural powers, card masters were truly a dangerous profession.
Whether they were Association Card Masters or illegal card masters.
But in the end, it was still because Russell was not strong enough. If he were a master—no, if he were merely a Gold Grade Card Master, the Spirit Summoning Society would not have dared come knocking so easily.
Fortunately, the final outcome was not too bad.
At the very least, the Spirit Summoning Society's contract could not bind him.
By that calculation, he had