Wizard: I can predict the future

Three hours later.

Nord stopped at a street corner.

Ahead, a patrol team is slowly moving along a fixed route.

Their steps were synchronized and their rhythm was uniform, like a program being played on repeat.

Now that he has an identity token, he will no longer be indiscriminately hunted down.

But as an outsider...

If they appear openly and honestly before the inspectors, there will still be only one outcome.

They took action to apprehend him.

However, at this moment, Nord did not evade the inspectors.

Instead, they took the initiative to come near the patrol team.

Simply because he needs the Inspector's card.

The patrol team was all dressed in spades.

Their faces are so regular that they are almost identical, as if they were carved from the same mold.

Her features are precise and her proportions are perfect, but she lacks a certain vitality.

A single glance reveals that they are like puppets, rigid and inflexible.

They didn't have any numbers marked on their chests, but Nord knew that all of these patrolmen were 10s of spades.

Nord did not act rashly.

Although he had many cards in his hand, the vast majority of them were low-value cards, with almost none of them being 10 or higher.

Facing a patrol team head-on, there was no chance of victory.

His only chance was to find a lone patrolman.

Then quickly eliminate the opponent.

The moment the line passed the street corner and the formation lengthened slightly.

A loud bang suddenly came from not far away.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of shuffling the cards rang out.

The inspectors clearly noticed the commotion.

They ran in unison toward the source of the commotion.

Nord, who had been preparing for a long time, also moved, silently sliding into the narrow alley next to him.

Almost at the same time, he flicked out a 7 of diamonds.

The next second, a wisp of red mist silently attached itself to the last patrolman.

Spades symbolize war, order, and death.

Diamonds symbolize exchange, cost, and fate.

The red heart symbolizes emotions, dominance, and the future.

Plum blossoms symbolize construction, reorganization, and life.

The commotion just now was due to Nord losing a Club 8, which was an unusual move.

Only in this way can the patrolmen be led away from the patrol route.

After the patrolmen had all disappeared from sight.

Nord snapped his fingers.

"The order of diamonds, exchange."

"The Diamond Manifesto - Exchange Positions".

As soon as the words were spoken, the 7 of diamonds suspended in the air trembled slightly.

"Bang!"

The entire card suddenly exploded.

at the same time.

A figure was forcibly dragged from a distance.

The space seemed to be folded for a moment.

The patrolman who had just left appeared out of nowhere in front of Nord.

He maintained his walking posture the moment he landed.

Nord had already made his move.

A nine of hearts was suddenly thrown out and stuck tightly to the opponent's chest suit.

For an instant.

The two colors clashed suddenly.

The inspector froze, and the spade pattern on his chest trembled violently.

Authority was forcibly interfered with.

He was about to raise his shield.

Nord was already close in, and he slammed his elbow into the opponent's head while simultaneously slashing his longsword at the joint of the opponent's right arm.

He was unaware of the strength of the 10 of Spades, so he didn't expect to kill it with a single blow.

Instead, we are preparing to proceed gradually.

At the moment of impact, Nord felt as if he had hit a rock.

But he didn't stop.

As he countered with his elbow, he used the momentum to twist his body, close in on the opponent, and slammed his shoulder into their chest.

"Bang!"

The patrolman was knocked back slightly.

This momentary loss of balance exposed the inspectors' weakness.

Nord's longsword had already struck his opponent, the blade cutting into the joint of his right arm, but it was stuck there, unable to move.

The patrolman reacted extremely quickly, sweeping across with his shield in his left hand.

Nord moved closer instead of retreating, raising his left arm to block.

"Bang!"

He felt a jolt throughout his body, and his blood surged.

The patrolman, too, lost his shield in the recoil.

Nord's gaze darkened, and he thrust his knee into the opponent's abdomen.

The inspector's abdomen collapsed instantly, his entire body was arched, and his right-hand spear slipped from his hand.

Without hesitation, Nord abandoned his longsword, caught the slipping spear, and flicked it upwards.

The spear tip pierced the opponent's throat straight through.

next moment.

Nord used his wrist to thrust forward!

The inspector was thrown backward by the force and slammed hard into the wall behind him.

Nord followed suit, using his speed and all his strength to press forward.

"laugh!"

The gun tip pierced through the entire throat, causing the patrolman to pause in his movements.

The next instant, the body disintegrated from the center, shattering into neat black and white paper pieces that fell silently.

Nord didn't linger; he bent down, picked up the card, and turned to leave.

The entire alleyway fell silent once more.

When Nord arrived outside the inner city, he already had four 10s of spades, three 10s of clubs, and two 10s of diamonds in his hand.

As for other colors and numbers, there are dozens more.

His gaze sharpened, and a thought flashed through his mind.

The identity token that he had previously absorbed slowly condensed in his hand.

This is the Ace of Spades.

But strangely, this spade playing card is incomplete.

It only shows the Ace of Spades in one corner; the other three corners are completely blank.

Nord withdrew his gaze and looked at the inner city before him.

Although it's called the inner city, from the outside it doesn't look like a real city at all, and you can't even see inside clearly.

As far as the eye could see, there was only a slightly distorted void.

Only outside, there are rows and rows of huge blank playing cards.

That was the entrance to the inner city.

Nord tightened his grip on his longsword and strode toward one of the playing cards.

The moment you step into the deck of cards, it's like a stone being thrown into water.

Ripples spread out, revealing some blurry building outlines.

There was no discomfort whatsoever; it was as if I had simply passed through a door.

The scenery before my eyes suddenly changed.

The outer city is a place of madness and distortion, where countless playing card paper figures fight each other.

The inner city seems to be bound by special rules.

Although the buildings throughout the city are still made up of playing cards, they are now more orderly.

The streets are straight, parallel and perpendicular to each other, as if measured with a ruler, neat and orderly.

Buildings stand on both sides of the road.

These houses are arranged in an orderly fashion, and are made up of layers of identical tiles, which fit together perfectly with sharp, flush edges.

Many of the buildings lining the street have various signs hanging outside, but it's unclear what they're selling.

There were only a few scattered pedestrians on the road.

They had exquisite features, near-perfect body proportions, and wore uniform black and white striped robes.

If you don't look closely, you might not even be able to tell that it's a paper figure.

The moment Nord stepped into the inner city, they all suddenly turned to look at him.

That look in his eyes was both calm and insane.

It was as if he saw pastries on a dining table and wanted to devour them all.

Even though he had already experienced it, that look still made his hair stand on end.

Without the slightest hesitation, he materialized the Ace of Spades on his chest.

The next moment, a ripple that went unnoticed spread out from the center of the inner city.

Nord's clothes instantly transformed into the same as the other paper figures, even their faces were almost identical.