National Fortune Golden Shovel: I Can See Hidden Bonds!

96: Chapter 97 Celebration Banquet! Brother Shen, just get it done! We believe in you!As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Mo felt the strength drain from his entire body.

Yes! Hell difficulty!

He knew very well what this choice meant for him!

The Western Countries wanted to scheme against him in the arena tournament, wasn’t it just to make Shen Mo lose his right to choose, and ultimately force him to select the ’Hell-level’ trial difficulty?

But they probably couldn’t have imagined in their wildest dreams that Shen Mo’s true intention was... he actually wanted to go and brave the Hell-level difficulty!

But this decision wasn’t exactly friendly for the Dragon Kingdom... Shen Mo knew clearly that the Hell-level difficulty had a chance of failure, and it wasn’t low either. The Dragon Kingdom had waited eleven long years, finally getting the opportunity to enter the Second District.

Would they be willing to let him take the risk?

Putting himself in their shoes, if it were Shen Mo himself, he would probably hesitate too... After all, when one could pass easily, why gamble?

Therefore, emboldened by the alcohol, Shen Mo laid his cards on the table.

He had actually thought about it; if he really reached that moment of decision, he could completely decide on his own. As the saying goes, ’A general in the field is not bound by the orders of his sovereign.’ Even if he chose the Hell-level difficulty then, the country wouldn’t be able to do anything about it!

But! Shen Mo sighed inwardly... People are not wood or stone; how could they be without feelings?

Although he was not from this world, some things in his bones could not change. How did the Dragon Kingdom treat him? How did Chief No. 1 treat him? And how did Old Man Li treat him?

Shen Mo didn’t want to comment on the rights and wrongs of the past.

But for himself, Shen Mo couldn’t get past his own conscience!

Shen Mo didn’t quite understand matters of great principle, nor did he want to!

But he understood one truth: if someone treats you well, even if the whole world says they are a villain, and even if they really did those things, if this person treats you well, you cannot be ungrateful!

The celebration banquet suddenly became quiet.

Shen Mo held his breath nervously, almost able to hear his own thumping heartbeat!

However, what he didn’t notice was... the way everyone was looking at him right now wasn’t shock at all, but rather carried smiles and teasing.

”You... finished?” Chief No. 1 asked slowly.

Shen Mo looked nervous: ”Report, Chief! I’m finished!”

Chief No. 1 nodded casually: ”Mm, very good, approved.”

”Chief, I really... uh? Hmm?”

???

Shen Mo was stunned.

Wait a minute?

The Chief approved it?

The explanation he was preparing to give was stuck directly in his chest, his face filled with astonishment and flushed red; at this moment, he looked quite comical.

Pfft—I don’t know who was the first to lose control, but it was like a chain reaction; the surroundings erupted with a roar, and everyone burst into laughter!

”Hahaha!!!”

”Dying of laughter, Brother Shen’s expression is really so funny!”

Chief No. 1 smiled: ”Kid, I thought you would be able to hold it in and just choose it when the time came. I didn’t expect you to say it after all. Very well, it seems the country’s cultivation of you during this time hasn’t been for nothing!”

Shen Mo felt stifled: ”Chie... Chief, how did you know?”

He remembered he hadn’t told anyone about this at all!

Wait!

It seemed he had told one person!

Chief No. 1, completely unaware, took a sip of wine: ”Ah, Long Chen told me...”

At this moment, Long Chen, who was clapping and laughing in the corner, had his smile instantly freeze on his face!

???

No.

Old man, act like a human!

When you sold me out, you could have at least hesitated!

Geng Yang, with a flushed face and a big belly, laughed as he patted Shen Mo’s shoulder: ”Kid, Chief No. 1 has long known your thoughts; he was just keeping it under wraps and didn’t say anything. And... it’s not just Chief No. 1; basically everyone here knows.”

Shen Mo was completely numb.

Fine, fine, fine.

So after all this, I was the only one kept in the dark, right!

”That’s right, Brother Shen! Go for it with confidence! We all support you!”

”Yes! That’s right! Isn’t it just a ’Hell-level’ trial? Brother Shen has fought his way through this whole journey; would we not trust you?”

”We all believed you could win when playing against gods, so what is a ’Hell-level’ difficulty?!”

”Exactly! Brother Shen, go for it!”