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    “Noah’s too arrogant for his own good! How dare he insult our entire nation? I hope someone knocks him down tomorrow and wipes that smug grin off his face!”


    “If Epic knows how full of himself Noah is, will hee back just to teach Noah a lesson?”


    “Who else could even take Noah on besides Epic? Come on, someone’s got to defend our honor—don’t let him win!”


    Had Noah not been so brazen—so utterly shameless in his attempt to humiliate all of Apresh—theizens might have treated the event like entertainment. They would have simply watched from the sidelines, waiting eagerly for the Miller family’s downfall.


    As the night dragged on, the frenzy only grew. The topic zed hotter by the minute.


    Even when foreign ounts tried to stir the pot, the Apreshizens quickly shut them down in a show of rare unity.


    Inside and out of the casino, it was packed—shoulder to shoulder—with onlookers hungry for the showdown.


    The air was thick with tension, every murmur brimming with anticipation.


    “Didn’t Mr. Miller say he was bringing in some top-tier expert? Then where is he? Why isn’t anyone showing up yet?”


    “Are they just stalling for time? What’s the point? If they’re going to lose anyway, this is just embarrassing.”


    “Ugh, this suspense is killing me! If I knew how, I’d step up there myself!”


    The collective anxiety mounted by the minute. Eyes darted toward every entrance, every movement in the crowd, yet the one they were all waiting for remained nowhere in sight.


    Robin was just as uneasy, ncing toward the door again and again.


    “Has your friend arrived yet?” Kurt asked, leaning on his cane. His posture was steady, but his face carried the weary lines of age and worry.


    “He said he’s on his way—should be here any moment now,” Robin murmured.


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    Though the appointed time hadn’t yete, each passing second gnawed at him, winding his nerves tighter.


    Anxiety and anticipation warred within him, leaving him caught in a restless haze that felt almost unbearable.


    He was just about to pull out his phone to see how far away his friend was when a sharp, mocking voice sliced through the air, halting him in ce.


    “Hah! Don’t tell me your so-called expert got cold feet and decided not to show?” Noah sneered.


    Despite his foreign looks, his speech was wless, his tone smooth and clear—no hint of an ent.


    Had it not been for his strikingly foreign features, no one would have guessed he wasn’t one of them.


    “Hmph!” Kurt let out a cold snort, his sharp gaze cutting through the tension like a de. “We Apresh people don’t cower in the shadows.”


    “Then why isn’t he here yet?” Noah taunted, ncing at his watch before shing a smirk. “Time’s almost up. If your mysterious expert doesn’t appear soon, who’s going to face me, hmm?”


    He tilted his head and pointed mockingly—first at Kurt. “You?”


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