The crowd's attention was quickly diverted; everyone placed the props they'd given up early onto the table—the winner would take them all. Pink Hair joined in and gambled a few rounds, but luck wasn't with him, nor skill; in just a few hands, he lost three Rank-C Items and had to leave in frustration.
Xu Huo didn't participate; instead, he rested inside the room.
The atmosphere inside the carriage was decent; nobody stirred up trouble before lights out. Once it got dark outside, the players each rested. The calm lasted until midnight, when outside the train came a click-clack sound, like raindrops.
But it shouldn't have been rain.
The train carriage was designed to screw players over, but not so thin as to let you hear every raindrop—this sounded more like something landing on the train itself.
