The Fish Took the Bait

She naturally chimed in, "Yeah, when does our boss ever have time to hang around casinos every day? We only came in for a few rounds because we were passing through Black Reef Island and had nothing better to do."

Huang Xiaowen gave her a satisfied glance.

As expected of teammates who had been together for so long—they were getting better and better at playing along.

Raine became even more curious after hearing that.

People this skilled weren't actually here to make money at the casino?

"So you're sailors," he asked smoothly. "Which Fleet are you with?"

Huang Xiaowen thought for a moment. She obviously couldn't tell him the truth, but if she named some obscure Fleet, all that posturing would have been for nothing.

An idea struck her. She lifted her chin. "The Golden Finger Gambling Ship. Heard of it? My boss is Karl Claude."

People from the Golden Finger Gambling Ship being superb gamblers made perfect sense, didn't it?

Raine's eyes immediately widened. "Golden Finger?!"

What Gambler hadn't heard of the famed Golden Finger?

Raine instantly became excited. "My God, you work for Claude? Claude is my idol!"

Huang Xiaowen's mouth twitched.

An idol? That old schemer who had nearly conned her out of even her underwear had fans?

"Oh? You've heard of our Captain too?"

"Of course!"

Raine perked up the instant Karl Claude was mentioned. "His autobiography sold like crazy at several major casinos out at sea! It said that when he first entered a casino at fourteen, he won over a million Chip with his gambling tricks. After that, he kept winning until he could buy a ship, and that was how the Golden Finger came to be."

"..."

Good grief, Claude really knew how to put on a show.

Scamming people was one thing,