Feyel’s deployment of his troops was to ensure his safety, but after Feyel had been taken out, it was unlikely for the sentries outside the camp to pursue the assailants.
Yang Yi and Anton successfully exited the forest, and after they got into the car waiting for them, the operation could be declared a successful conclusion.
"How did it go? Did you fail to get him?"
Yang Yi appeared calm and Anton seemed indifferent. Unable to discern from their expressions who won or lost, Jethro could only assume that neither had succeeded.
Yang Yi didn’t speak, but Anton said indifferently, "I lost."
Anton didn’t look at Jethro, he simply said somewhat feebly, "I said I lost, you lost too, all of you who bet on me to win have also lost!"
The wager was all based on honesty, if Anton claimed he had taken out Feyel, then Yang Yi really had no evidence to refute Anton, but thankfully, Anton was not so dishonorable, and he admitted his defeat straightforwardly.
In fact, Yang Yi had anticipated that Anton would admit his defeat. He only feared that Anton might resort to underhanded tactics, but since Anton neither played dirty nor became unreasonable, the bet was easy to settle.
The car was filled with sighs of lament, yet Boyata grabbed the walkie-talkie, and shouted ecstatically, "I won! I won fifty thousand!"
Moments later, a very chagrined Rodriguez said through the walkie-talkie, "Why did I only bet ten thousand ..."
Before the competition started, Yang Yi had to go to great lengths to feed Anton flies, but now that he was the victor, he could afford to show some magnanimity and modesty.
"Luck, I was just a bit luckier, that’s all."
An unhappy Jethro said, "It seems I’m just unlucky then. Alright, two hundred thousand US Dollars, I’ll pay you."
This time it was a bet, there was no single bookmaker, Yang Yi would pay if he lost, and of course, Anton would pay if he lost.
So Anton had lost big this time. He had bet a million US Dollars on himself, and now that he lost, he had to pay Yang Yi, but don’t forget that Yang Yi had also bet five hundred thousand on himself. Anton had to reimburse Yang Yi for that, too, plus Boyata’s fifty thousand and Rodriguez’s ten thousand, which meant Anton had to pay out a total of one million five hundred sixty thousand US Dollars.
And those like Jethro, who bet on Anton to win, just needed to give their bets to Yang Yi, because if they lost, Yang Yi would pay, and naturally if Yang Yi won, he would also collect.
When some were disappointed, others were elated. Boyata, beaming with joy, said to Yang Yi, "Awesome, I may not have had confidence in you, but my gut told me you could win, haha, just like that, fifty thousand is mine."
An exhausted Anton said, "Ah, I don’t have enough money ..."
Boyata’s cheers came to an abrupt halt, and he looked at Anton in astonishment.
Anton took a breath and said irritably to Boyata, "It’ll definitely not be a problem for me to cover your bet."
Boyata, looking greatly relieved, waved his hand and said, "Yay!"
Yang Yi smiled and said, "No worries, whatever you’re short, I’ll lend to you, you can pay me back over time."
Whether Anton had enough money or not was Jethro and the others’ concern; as soon as Jethro handed over the money to Yang Yi, that was fine. So Anton only needed to make sure he had enough to pay Boyata and Rodriguez, the rest was just an accounting issue between him and Yang Yi.
It must be incredibly frustrating to lose the bet and have to pay a large amount of money to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi’s smile was so wide he could barely keep his mouth shut.
For Yang Yi, although he really wanted to beat Anton, his willingness to bet was sufficient. Whether he won or lost didn’t matter at all, but winning, of course, was the best outcome, and now that was precisely what had happened, without a doubt.
Yang Yi didn’t want to further irritate Anton, so he said to Anton, who wasn’t looking too happy, "This time, I just got lucky and managed to win by chance. But it doesn’t matter, we’ll have plenty of time in the future, and you’ll have the chance to win it back."
Anton looked at Jethro and said, "What’s next? Now you know, I need to make money urgently."
"Next, we go to Odessa. We may spend quite a bit of time in Odessa. Corkdor needs to make contact with Kanchelskis, and I have to arrange it in advance."
Surprised, Yang Yi said, "Head to Odessa now? With just a few of us, won’t we be a bit short-handed?"
Jethro shook his head and said, "We won’t get involved when we’re there. Kanchelskis cannot be eliminated yet. Even if we really had to take out Kanchelskis, that’s not my business. We can’t finish off everything ourselves."
After speaking, Jethro checked his watch and then said to Yang Yi, "There’s no rush to get to Odessa. You two have been busy all night and must be exhausted; how about a good rest in Zaporozhye?"
Yang Yi indeed wished to rest, as the sniping mission had really drained him.
"Sure, a break would be nice, but is it safe?"
Jethro laughed and said, "No problem. Feyel was just a munitions depot manager; his reach doesn’t extend into Zaporozhye city. We were uncomfortable in the car as well last night, so today everyone should relax and rest."
Boya suddenly asked, "Is there a good nightclub in Zaporozhye?"
"You’re looking for women? I don’t know if Zaporozhye has any nightclubs, but I do know you definitely won’t be short of women, haha."
After a couple of laughs, Jethro waved his hand and said, "Rest during the day, go out looking for women at night! Hey, Robot, you just won a big sum of money, fancy treating us?"
Jethro elbowed Yang Yi gently and whispered, "If you treat, we can guarantee we won’t talk out of turn, but if you don’t, uh, it might be hard to avoid mentioning something to those two ladies of yours in the future, and that wouldn’t be too good, would it."
"What girlfriends? Where did I get girlfriends?"
"Come on, don’t pretend, we’re not blind."
Yang Yi argued feebly, "Those two are not my girlfriends! I don’t mind treating, but you can’t talk nonsense, I don’t have a girlfriend yet."
Jethro laughed and said, "As someone who’s been through it, I should give you a bit of advice, this woman ..."
The conversation was interrupted by a gunshot and the sound of bullets hitting the car windows.
Boya, who was driving, suddenly jerked backward, then his head drooped, and the car veered off the road, tumbling into a ditch beside the road and coming to a halt.
Yang Yi, who was heavily thrown forward, promptly opened the car door and leaped out.
Yang Yi shouted at the top of his lungs. Just then, another car following them also started swerving unpredictably and nosedived into a ditch by the roadside.
Anton pointed out and spoke solemnly, "The enemy is up ahead, we’ve been ambushed!"