Tsezguerra would indeed use no method other than buying to obtain the card in Qiao Lun's hands, because he knew exactly what consequences any other approach would bring him.
When the gap in strength between two sides reached a despair-inducing level, ignorant provocation would bring only destruction.
"I need your [A Plot of Beach]." Tsezguerra did not beat around the bush. "We've collected all the remaining cards. As long as we can obtain this one, we should be able to meet the conditions for clearing the game."
Hearing Tsezguerra say this, Qiao Lun understood that the current timeline was definitely ahead of the manga's.
The Greed Island arc in the manga should have ended around March or April, by which time Battera's girlfriend had already died.
But calculating the dates carefully, Battera's girlfriend should have died sometime in February or March. In other words, if they cleared the game now and took [Archangel's Breath] out, there was still a chance to bring Battera's girlfriend back from death's door.
"Then make an offer!" Qiao Lun kept things simple.
"One billion Jenny," Tsezguerra said painfully.
Qiao Lun shook his head. "You're not being sincere."
"Then name your price." Tsezguerra did not raise his offer, because he had known from the start that the choice was not his to make.
So before coming here, he had only hoped for one thing: that Qiao Lun would not demand an exorbitant price.
Qiao Lun held up five fingers. "Five billion Jenny."
Tsezguerra hesitated, then nodded. "I can agree to that, but only after we clear the game and receive the prize money."
The price Qiao Lun quoted was indeed within what Tsezguerra could afford, and was even much lower than he had initially expected.
As for his initial offer of one billion Jenny, it had