Winner Takes All

"Hmm...."

A wooing sound broke the silence in the bedroom.

Jack slowly opened his eyes. His hollow eyes then came into focus gradually, "How long have I been sleeping?"

"Jack, you're finally awake!"

Amber, who had been guarding by the side, was instantly ecstatic, hurriedly lying on Jack's chest and howling, "Boohoo... you scared me out..."

"What's so scary about me?"

Jack struggled to sit up, but a burst of severe pain immediately came over his body. He couldn't help but let out a muffled grunt.

"Don't move!"

Amber was terrified and said, "You have cuts and bruises all over your body. It will hurt if you move."

"How did it cause that? Also, how long have I been sleeping?"

Jack endured the pain as he looked at Amber in confusion.

Amber was stunned and asked hesitantly, "You don't remember what happened?"

Jack shook his head blankly.

Amber had wandering eyes, pausing for a few seconds before speaking slowly.

"You've been asleep for three days, and I've been guarding your side all the time. As for what happened...'

11

Speaking of this, Amber suddenly paused. A scene from that night three days ago came to mind, and she was still fretting even now.

It was not just the Iga Clan's assassination, but also Jack's status back then. He was even more terrifying than the Iga Clan's assassination.

At that time, Mysterious Man informed them to go and pick them up. The moment they arrived at the bamboo forest, what they saw was Jack covered in blood, Brent, and Mysterious Man, having broken phalanges and in a mess, as well as two mangled corpses.

The scene from that night three days ago seemed like a nightmare that had been haunting Jack's mind for the past three days.

"What happened?"

Jack asked with a frown.

Amber took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in her heart. As she was about to speak, the door of the room was pushed open with a squeak.

Mysterious Man, with his right hand wrapped in a plaster cast, walked in and coldly let out a hoarse voice, "Nothing happened. What you remember is what happened. You fainted. Brent and I who cleaned up the mess."

Amber looked at Mysterious Man in surprise. She wasn't expecting Mysterious Man to come in at this time, and even more so, not expecting that Mysterious Man would hide the incident that happened to Jack three days ago.

On the other hand, Jack was frowning and puzzled as he looked at Mysterious Man.

His eyes drifted as if he was reminiscing.

He murmured in a low voice, "I remember that night I was in the bamboo forest, fighting with three Iga TobiRyuu Ninja Lords. After you and Brent arrived, the three people fled. But they came back, using Amber as a threat. When we arrived..."

Speaking of this, Jack was confused.

He raised his hand, slapping his head, and said in confusion, "Then... did I just faint?"

"Yes."

Mysterious Man nodded, "It was Brent and I who cleaned up the mess back then. Everyone was injured, but fortunately nobody died."

Jack nodded, and then his brows furrowed again, looking at Mysterious Man in confusion.

"But I've been having nightmares for the past three days since I fell into a coma."

"Nightmares?"

Amber asked in distress.

Jack recalled for a moment and said to Mysterious Man, "In the dream, the three Ninja Lords of the Iga TobiRyuu died so horribly. Their bodies were all in tatters. And I..."

After saying that, Jack raised his fingers and pointed at the Mysterious Man, and his voice was trembling.

"And I dreamed that your face... fell off..."

"Huh?"

Mysterious Man looked shocked as he exclaimed.

But then, he smiled teasingly at Jack and Amber, "You kid, you're possessed and just so curious about my real appearance? You even tried to find out my real look in your dreams too?" Jack smiled awkwardly, scratching his head.

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Amber on the side also stared at Mysterious Man curiously, nodding her head.

"Alright, since you've woken up, you're fine then. Just have some rest."

Mysterious Man waved his hand, turned around, and headed out, "I'll call you guys for dinner later. We have some things to discuss at the dinner table." "Alright."

Jack nodded, then gazing at Amber again, who looked exhausted and dull, and he asked, "You haven't slept well for the past three days?"

"Well, just like you. I have nightmares whenever I close my eyes. And I'm worried about you too."

Amber nodded pitifully and leaned down into Jack's chest.

As soon as her head touched Jack's chest, Jack instantly gasped and let out a painful sound. Amber was frightened and hurriedly sat straight, "What's wrong?"

"It hurts!"

Jack was out of shape as he said in pain, "My whole body hurts even when I move slightly."

"Erm..."

Amber thought of the incident that night. Perhaps it was because of Jack's state that night.

While she was reminiscing, Jack waved his hand, "Amber, you can go to your room and have some rest first. I'll just lie down for a while longer."

Amber didn't retort, and she carefully assisted Jack to lie down. She admonished after tucking in the blanket for Jack, "Take a good rest. I'll call you later when dinner is served. I can't sleep. I'll just go to see Daisy and the others."

Jack watched Amber leave as the door was closed.

The painful look on his face gradually disappeared, and he looked deeply at the room door, furrowing his brows.

He seemed to be recalling the events of that night.

On the other hand, Mysterious Man walked alone to the bamboo courtyard and settled down at the stone table, quietly sipping his tea.

The light was stretching his shadow long.

Jack's words just now had flustered his mind for a moment.

If he hadn't been sure that Jack didn't remember the matter of Bewitchedness, even though he had finished repairing his face that night when Lone Wolf and the others arrived, he would have surely been unmasked by Jack's ravings.

Subconsciously, Mysterious Man raised his hand and touched the left side of his face, revealing a meaningful smile.

When his hand dropped, he sat motionlessly at the stone table.

The wind was bitterly cold, but he seemed unaware of it.

Only from time to time did he raise his hand to drink his tea. Otherwise, the scene would seem to be frozen in time.

After Amber left the room, she didn't go back to her room to rest but went to check the injuries of Brent, Daisy, and Mr. Ward one by one.

That night, the Iga Ninja Lords had left Mr. Ward and Daisy quite severely injured.

However, the injuries they had sustained were far more minor than those of Brent, who had fought with Jack.

After three days of recovery, Mr. Ward and Daisy could move around properly, but only Brent remained bedridden. "Brent, Jack has woken up."

Amber walked into the room and said to Brent, lying on the bed watching the television.

A look of surprise appeared on Brent's pale face, "Really? Thank God. I'll go and see the young master."

Daisy at the side gave him a blank look, "Cut it out. Mr. Hughes isn't in a hurry. Are you hurrying to go over there to thank Mr. Hughes for not killing you?" Brent was instantly embarrassed as Daisy said that.

But then, with a solemn expression, he gazed at Daisy and said in a deep voice, "Didn't Senior instruct to hide what happened to the young master that night?"