“You deceived them into believing I couldn’t pick an antique? Just to make them think you are going to lose since you chose me,” Perseus questioned.Mr. Kim nodded. “Yes, that’s why I did it.”Perseus leaned back against the chair, a slow smile spreading across his face. “Alright,” he said, feeling a sense of relief and satisfaction settle in his chest. Mr. Kim had his reasons, and that was good enough for him.“Mr. Kim,” a voice said, making Perseus raise his head to look.He saw a familiar face; the person had a grin on his face as he stared at Mr. Kim.“Yama, you are here,” Mr. Kim responded.Yama nodded, throwing his head back. “Yes, have you picked who is going to represent you, or are you going to go in yourself and pick an antique?”“I might go by myself.”Yama looked stunned. “You and I know that you can’t pick antiques because of your terrible eyesight.”Perseus hadn’t noticed it before. Yama's lips twisted into a smirk, his eyes narrowing with a glint of mockery as he stared
Perseus smirked. This was going to be an easy game for him.“One is to find genuine antiques in a room. There are tons of antiques that will confuse you, so make sure not to make a mistake. This first stage consists of one genuine antique in the room.” “The second stage consists of genuine antiques. You would be allowed to find genuine antiques; we won’t say how many are in the room until the contest ends.”Every one of the contestants looked bold and calm, each of them having the feeling that they were going to win. Perseus began to wonder how there would be a loser since they all intended to win.[That’s how it works, host.] Iris popped out. [They all think they will win until the game commences or until the results are called out.]Perseus glanced at Iris. ‘Great timing for you to show up.’[Yeah, yeah, I was busy with something.]‘Now you sound like a married woman.’Iris glared at him. [You better concentrate on the rules of the game, you motherfucker.]Grinning, Perseus paid at
The murmurs grew more and more as Tristan challenged Perseus to speak. [Tristan is a fellow big shot in the industry, and I say that if it weren’t for the fact that Mr. Kim participated this year, he was going to win again.] Iris revealed. [Although he looks calm and harmless, he is a bully, and he abuses his power on people he deems weak.]‘Well, I am not weak.’[Exactly.]In the control room, the man behind the booming voice raised the mic to his lips to stop them from arguing, but an old man next to him stopped him. “Don’t do anything.” The old man stated: “I want to see what kind of person Mr. Kim chose.”The man with the mic nodded his head. "Yes, Mr. Long.”Mr. Long grinned. “Mr. Kim didn't participate in the contest because he had no one to represent him, but now he is participating. Do you think it is just a coincidence?”The man shook his head. “I don’t know. I have no idea why he would pick someone who doesn’t know how to pick antiques and isn’t in the register either.”M
“How did you find the door so easily?” Tobias questioned, falling into step with Perseus after closing the door.“Lock the door with the keys,” Perseus told him. “We don’t need anyone coming into our space and ruining things for us.”Perseus had successfully ignored the question, and Tobias didn’t seem to notice. He walked back to the door and locked it before glancing back at Perseus.“We will head to the first stage first,” Perseus mumbled. “We need to find genuine antiques out of the fakes in the room.”Tobias nodded. “That's right, it should be super easy.”Perseus saw no need to try to convince him. The building was so bright that they could see every angle.After entering the first door, the only door they could see was the first stage door. This door was red, unlike the blue door they had walked in through.There was a sign next to the door that said it was the first stage. Perseus' eyes caught sight of several cameras aligned in the room from various angles.“Are you ready?” P
Everyone in the audience's eyes bulged out in surprise. Since the camera had given others screen time, the audience was unaware of what had happened with Perseus.Curiosity filled the air, and everyone began to murmur. Mr. Kim’s face was glued to the screen, expressionless with a frown on his face.He knew this was the time others would see how great Perseus was at picking antiques.The white-haired Seth had expected what had happened, and he still had a smile glued to his face.The second stage was tougher than the first stage, but he finished it faster than the first stage.That left confusion and curiosity in everyone's minds; they were all pissed that they were unable to see how he managed to do it so fast.“Do not give the others screen time anymore,” one person from the audience yelled. “You made us miss the best thing we should have watched!”“That’s right.”“Don’t give the others screen time anymore!”“We only want Perseus on the screen!”“Justice for Perseus!”Some fans of Pe
Perseus ignored Tobias' question. He walked into the fourth stage room and closed the door after Tobias had walked in."We are here," he mumbled. "What's next?"Tobias glanced at him. "We will have to find the note like we did in the third room and figure out what we are meant to do," he answered, glancing around the room.Perseus scanned the room too and stared at the decor. The room was slightly different from the rest; the antiques were few and gently arranged on a table and shelves.Most of the antiques were jades, mugs, bowls, and jugs. There were some other antique types of different shapes and sizes there too, but their sizes were big enough to contain the bags they had."You will have to find the note," Perseus informed Tobias. "I will have to look around for a little bit."Tobias nodded, confusion written on his face. Although he was curious, he knew he had to wait until the game was over before he could ask Perseus about completing the mission before the note was found.Pers
“Weird.” Barley turned his head back to the screen.“Now switch it back to my precious grandsons. I have to watch what they are doing,” Mr. Long said, and Barley’s head snapped back to him.“I am your real grandson, old man!” Barley yelled. “You don’t even let me call you grandpa but call them your grandsons when you don’t identify me as one.”“That’s because I don’t need a useless grandson.”“Hmph.” Barley scoffed. “Your picked grandsons are going to embarrass you, just wait.”“I hope you have ten million?” Mr. Long asked with a smirk. “Don’t use my credit card when paying me.”“I won’t.”Mr. Long grinned. "Of course you would."In the audience, Seth dug his hand into the bowl of popcorn to see that it was empty.He grunted before tossing the bowl. It fell over, passed over, and crashed against a man's head with a little thud before flipping over and landing on the floor.“Tsk!” Seth turned his head away as soon as the man glanced up to see who had dropped the bowl on his head.The m
The man who had roared was none other than Yama. His loud voice drew the attention of almost everyone in the audience and the important members of the antique community.Mr. Kim didn’t bother looking at Yama; after all, he had expected this to happen.Although Perseus had shown his skill to him once, he couldn’t get over the fact that Perseus was that fast in identifying antiques.What he had told Perseus about using him to prove to Yama that he was skilled was all bullshit. That reason was part of it, but the main reason he had asked Perseus to participate was that he wanted to test and see Perseus' skill.Now, he was sure that he made the right choice in getting his granddaughter engaged to Perseus. All he had to do now was plan an engagement party and try to add Eris as well.“I said stop that bastard!!” Yama’s loud voice brought Mr. Kim back to reality. “He is bad at picking antiques, and there was no way he could have identified them!”“Someone must have told him the things in th