The first floor of Heavens Arena.
The VIP settlement center.
Thick carpets covered the floor of the lavishly decorated room.
Luo Ye sat on a leather sofa.
His legs were crossed.
He held a glass of premium red wine, though he was really just holding it for show.
Across from him.
The finance director hammered away at his keyboard, sweating profusely.
Both his hands were trembling.
The keyboard gave off crisp clicks.
A few minutes later.
The director presented a black-and-gold bank card with both hands.
"Mr. Luo Ye."
The finance director's voice trembled.
"This is your full payout."
"It includes your appearance fees from the past few months, as well as all the winnings from your bets."
Luo Ye reached out and took the card.
He glanced down at the balance printed on the back.
There were too many zeros.
So many that he had to count them silently several times.
"Fifty-to-one odds."
Luo Ye slipped the card into his pants pocket.
"Heavens Arena really is loaded."
"They can even afford a payout at those odds."
He patted his pocket and stood up, satisfied.
He walked out of the settlement center.
Gon and Killua were already waiting in the lobby.
They had received their own prize money, too.
Though not as much as Luo Ye, it was still an astonishing fortune.
"We made an absolute killing."
Luo Ye walked over to them.
"Comrades, we're officially billionaires now."
Outside the lobby.
Leorio and Kurapika approached side by side.
Leorio carried an enormous suitcase.
He looked utterly done with life.
He had taken time out of his medical school entrance exam preparations to come watch Gon's showdown with Hisoka.
Instead, he hadn't seen the showdown at all.
All he had seen was Luo Ye beating Hisoka to a pulp.
"You bunch