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Betrayed by all I hold the secret Wealth Part 2
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00:01I have to protect the basement stash.
00:06Uncle Leo's wasn't safe either.
00:09How could I take this money and get out alive?
00:11The one weapon I had was Emma's belief that James betrayed her.
00:16Right on cue, James called.
00:21I acted shady.
00:26Slipping into the yard to take the call with my voice low.
00:30Emma noticed and shadowed me, just like I planned.
00:35When she wasn't looking, I clocked her with a brick and knocked her out.
00:40Before she went under, I feigned panic and whispered.
00:46Sorry sis, I only do what James says.
00:50Then I heard an engine and saw James' car approaching in the distance.
00:55I dragged Emma into the cabinet across from the fireplace and hid us.
01:02When James burst in and saw the cash, he froze.
01:06Then, he laughed like a maniac.
01:11And immediately started loading it into his car.
01:16Through the crack in the door, his face looked pure insane as he rolled in the pile.
01:21I pinched Emma's waist, jolting her awake.
01:25The stale air.
01:28And James' feral behavior pushed her to the brink of screaming.
01:35But I clamped my hand over her mouth.
01:50I smothered her scream, leaned in close, and whispered.
01:55I told James about the cash.
01:58He told me to keep it a secret.
02:02So I panicked and knocked you out.
02:05I put on my most guilty face, forced out some tears, and dropped my voice.
02:11But...
02:13But you are my sister.
02:15I can't betray you.
02:17I stressed betray, hiding my rebirth.
02:21And Emma turned all her hatred toward James.
02:25After all, last life she'd died by James.
02:29As James was hauling the money,
02:32Emma kicked the cabinet door open and stormed out.
02:36James froze, staring in shock
02:38at the two women who'd appeared out of thin air.
02:42One was his livestream meal ticket.
02:45The other was the side piece he'd charmed into bed.
02:48Two women he'd sworn eternal love.
02:50To standing right there.
02:52Total, full-scale public humiliation.
02:55He looked between us, forced a pathetic smile.
02:59And didn't know what to do.
03:01Emma broke the silence.
03:03She suggested a three-way split.
03:06James didn't refuse.
03:08Emma and I both knew he wasn't okay with sharing.
03:10He wanted it all.
03:13That night we had dinner.
03:15And James secretly drug the food.
03:17We both saw it.
03:19Mr. Never Cook suddenly volunteering to make a steak.
03:23How pathetic and suspicious.
03:26When Emma realized,
03:27she suggested we team up.
03:29I didn't refuse.
03:31Best to let them tear each other apart.
03:34I even added fuel to the fire.
03:36Telling her I didn't want the cabin or the cash.
03:39All I wanted was her city apartment.
03:43I played greedy and short-sighted.
03:45Looking only at immediate gains.
03:48Exactly what Emma wanted.
03:50She knew the cash in the house was just the beginning.
03:53There was more under the bed.
03:54And maybe more buried elsewhere.
03:57At dinner, we acted totally normal.
04:00Then, just as James hoped,
04:02we ate the drugged food and passed out.
04:04That is when James pulled a knife
04:06and aimed it at Emma.
04:18James' knife sank into Emma
04:20and blood sprayed everywhere.
04:23Emma dropped into a pool of blood.
04:26But I knew she wasn't dead.
04:29We prepped blood packs
04:30and Emma deliberately hit the blade.
04:33The stab hit the pack perfectly.
04:36The whole point
04:37was to capture evidence of James attempting murder.
04:40A camera hidden in a dark corner blinked quietly.
04:44James had no clue.
04:46After taking care of us,
04:48he packed every bundle and took off.
04:51He drove so fast,
04:52you could hear the roar from inside.
04:55Once he was gone,
04:56we got up and opened the wardrobe.
04:58It was stuffed with the real cash.
05:01While he was busy cooking,
05:03we'd swapped it.
05:05Aside from a few real bills on top,
05:08he took nothing but blank paper.
05:11Emma handed me a bundle,
05:13like she was doing a favor.
05:15Even though I said I didn't want it.
05:18She wanted to buy my silence.
05:21We signed the transfer papers that night.
05:25Then I left,
05:26and Emma finally slept easy.
05:28But I doubled back with my spare key,
05:31slipping inside
05:32and heading for the basement.
05:34The real prize was still hidden down there.
05:38Now it lay there quietly,
05:40just like in my last life.
05:42How to move it without getting caught.
05:47I'd already figured it out.
05:50While I was away,
05:51I bought oil paper from the town.
05:54I wrapped the cash
05:55and sank it to the bottom of the lake in the woods.
05:58The lake was deep.
06:00Bundle after bundle vanished with only a ripple,
06:03leaving no trace.
06:05Done.
06:06As I prepared to return,
06:08I heard rustling in the woods.
06:11A flashlight beam lit up in the distance.
06:14Someone was coming.
06:17Maybe the man from the basement.
06:19The one behind it all.
06:22Would he find everything?
06:24Was I doomed to die no matter what?
06:27My whole face tightened in an instant.
06:40The beam got closer.
06:42I scanned for somewhere to hide.
06:44The water was deep,
06:46and the grass was short hiding in the weeds.
06:48Was impossible.
06:50Sinking to the bottom.
06:52How long could I even hold my breath?
06:55If I was seen,
06:57the secret of the cash on the lake bed would be blown.
07:01Just as I panicked,
07:03firelight flared nearby,
07:05and residents started screaming.
07:08Uncle Leo's house was on fire.
07:11The beam paused,
07:13then swung away.
07:14A smile tugged at my lips.
07:18Because I'd started that fire.
07:21In my last life,
07:24Leo was the only one who knew I hid money at his place.
07:28And the masked man who killed me had his build.
07:33Regardless of who it was,
07:34I wanted him dead.
07:37The fire burned all day and night.
07:41Destroying Leo's house,
07:42and my shack.
07:44I hid and watched Emma break down.
07:47The cabin was gone,
07:49and she'd already signed her city apartment to me.
07:52She had nothing left.
07:54But Uncle Leo wasn't in the crowd.
07:57Did I get it wrong?
07:59Was Leo not involved?
08:02Then I saw a familiar face.
08:05James.
08:06He was back.
08:08He'd found the blank paper,
08:10and was screaming at Emma.
08:12Where is the money?
08:13Where did you hide it?
08:16Emma was so wrecked,
08:18she couldn't even speak.
08:20I let out a soft laugh.
08:22This fire had burned everything.
08:25The secrets would be buried in ash.
08:29And I just needed to haul my cash from the lake.
08:33I turned to leave.
08:34And ran straight into someone's chest-cold sweat.
08:38Exploded down my back.
08:41T was Uncle Leo.
08:44Somehow,
08:46he'd been standing right behind me.
08:49He looked down at me,
08:50sounding almost concerned.
08:52The house is gone.
08:54Did you see anything in the basement?
08:57My whole body tensed.
08:59The cap on his head was the same as the killer's.
09:02A flash of cold light.
09:05I saw the knife in his hand.
09:20Basement.
09:21A dagger.
09:23A baseball cap.
09:24The connection between those words slammed into me.
09:28My body practically vibrated with the remembered agony of dying.
09:33I instinctively took a step back, my fingers trembling.
09:39Leo yanked me toward him and pressed the dagger into my waist.
09:44The mask was off.
09:47His eyes went pitch black, like a demon crawling out of hell as he snarled a demand for the money.
09:54I was terrified.
09:56In my last life, I died by his hand.
10:00In this life, I had no idea what would set him off.
10:04My desperate struggle only enraged him.
10:07He tightened his iron grip on me.
10:10His face went colder.
10:13He leaned in by my ear and threatened me every which way.
10:18It was daytime now.
10:20Last night's fire had already been put out.
10:24A few locals had gathered to gawk at the ruins.
10:28He wouldn't dare make a move in the open.
10:31But once I was in his crosshair, there would be no escape.
10:37Suddenly...
10:38I spotted something on his collarbone.
10:40A faded kiss of death tattoo.
10:44A headline from a month ago flashed through my mind.
10:48It said a mob guy had gone rogue and skimmed a fortune.
10:53Three days later, he died in an accident.
10:56And that huge pile of cash vanished into thin air.
11:02The report was buried as quickly as it was published.
11:07Clearly, someone wanted the whole thing buried.
11:11It all clicked.
11:14The cash in the cabin was almost certainly that deserter's hidden stash.
11:18The cabin was remote.
11:20And my grandma lived alone.
11:22The perfect place to hide something in plain sight.
11:26Too bad he died before he could come back for it.
11:32Which meant the money became a lost treasure for the taking.
11:37And Leo...
11:38He wasn't just a neighbor.
11:40He was probably mob too.
11:43My thoughts raced.
11:45And a bold idea hit me.
11:48I glanced at Emma and James arguing.
11:51She had fled in her pajamas.
11:53Face smeared with soot.
11:55Clutching her bag like a lifeline.
11:58A spark went off in my head.
12:00I pointed at Emma's bag and whispered to Leo.
12:04There is money in her bag.
12:06She muscled grandma out of the house.
12:08She is the one hiding it.
12:10Leo's gaze sharpened.
12:12But a flicker of doubt remained.
12:14He didn't fully buy it yet.
12:16I kept pushing.
12:19That fire wasn't an accident.
12:23Maybe she lit it herself to cover her tracks.
12:27Leo's eyes shifted.
12:28He decided it was worth the gamble.
12:30He approached Emma with casual indifference.
12:34Then sliced her bag wide open swiftly.
12:37Crash bills spilled out of her bag.
12:39And scattered everywhere.
12:41Emma.
12:42James.
12:43Even Leo Evrion just froze.
12:46Staring at the money on the ground.
12:59In a heartbeat, Emma lunged for the cash.
13:03Like a starving animal.
13:04It was the money she'd barely managed to drag out after the flames.
13:09James wasn't about to back down either.
13:11They were at each other's throats instantly.
13:13Even tearing a bill in half in their greed.
13:16Leo hovered on the periphery.
13:18Watching the spectacle with white knuckled fists.
13:21The kill in his eyes faded a notch.
13:24Replaced by greed and rage.
13:26I knew it.
13:27He had them dead in his sights.
13:29And he wasn't letting me off the hook, either.
13:33He wouldn't risk anyone leaking.
13:35The secret of that fortune.
13:36I had to move faster than him.
13:39So I pulled out my phone and made a call.
13:41Then I stomped the phone to pieces and slipped into hiding.
13:45Eventually, Emma and James cut a deal.
13:48They'd split that bag 50-50.
13:50But once they talked it over,
13:52they realized I had been playing them against each other.
13:55And decided to hunt me down.
13:57They turned the whole town upside down looking for me.
14:00But I remained in the dark.
14:02Watching their every move.
14:04That night,
14:06when Emma and James cut through a deserted alley,
14:09Leo stepped out of the dark
14:10and blocked them cold.
14:13Convinced they knew the location of the full stash.
14:15He demanded the truth.
14:17He'd been posted next door this whole time just to find it.
14:21Take it all.
14:22And break free from the mob.
14:24And all I did was point him to a clear path
14:27straight to hell.
14:28He put the blade to Emma's neck.
14:31And she started crying and begging.
14:33Even then,
14:34she clutched her bag.
14:36Refusing to part with a single cent,
14:39James tried to run.
14:40Leo kicked him flat.
14:42James' pathetic, scrawny frame was a joke
14:44against a killer like Leo.
14:46They were losing it.
14:48Both on the edge, blaming each other.
14:51Leo ended the circus by driving his knife deep into James' thigh.
14:55To buy his life,
14:56James blurted out that the money was in his car.
14:59Leo was skeptical at first.
15:01But when James led him to the vehicle,
15:04and Leo saw a trunk overflowing with cash,
15:08his eyes nearly popped out of his skull.
15:11They spun around and bolted.
15:14Leo rushed the car and ripped it open,
15:16only to find a thin layer of real bills,
15:19covering nothing but blank paper.
15:21He snapped.
15:22He chased them down,
15:24and drove the knife straight into James' vitals.
15:37The blood painted the night.
15:40Leo ended James with a single stab.
15:43Ray-
15:49Ray-
15:51Ray-
15:51Sh-
15:54Sh-
15:56Sh-
15:58Sh-
15:58Sh-
15:59Sh-
16:01Sh-
16:21Shhh-
16:22Leo was a wreck, kowtowing and begging for his life until he was blue in the face.
16:27But with a simple, elegant flick of a finger, the death warrant was signed.
16:32A muted shot rang out.
16:34Leo took one between the brows, eyes wide, dropping backward dead with a stare.
16:41The man cleaned the scene fast and lit Leo's body on fire.
16:46Then the black sedan vanished into the night, as silently as a ghost.
16:51It happened too fast.
16:53If I hadn't been far enough away, I'd be dead too.
16:56The boss believed Leo had botched the retrieval and tried to skim off the top.
17:01He had no idea.
17:02The real cash was already sunk to the bottom of an icy lake.
17:06The fire burned away every dirty trace.
17:09In the end, Emma, James, and Leo's deaths were written off as gang-on-gang violence and arson.
17:16And me, the only survivor.
17:18I played the poor girl who'd lost her family and her home.
17:22No one suspected me, because to them, I was just an innocent victim.
17:28I stayed in the house Emma sold me for over a month, waiting for the world to move on.
17:33On a dark night, I slipped back to the lake behind the woods.
17:48I donned my wetsuit and plunged into the freezing depths.
17:52The oil paper bundles still lay there in silence.
17:56I hauled them up in batches and loaded them into a truck.
18:00Drove onto the quiet open road, embarking on my new life.
18:04The landscape was dead silent.
18:07A cool breeze drifted through the window, brushing my cheek with a chill.
18:11I stared into the ink-black night and let out a long breath.
18:15It was over.
18:17Every nightmare.
18:18Every loop it ended here.
18:20With that windfall in the truck, I drove all night, leaving the town.
18:24I didn't miss it for a second.
18:26That place was nothing but betrayal, blood, and greed.
18:30I stopped in a coastal city, remote enough that nobody knew my name.
18:34I bought the most luxurious villa there.
18:37Wine glass in hand.
18:39I stood by the massive floor-to-ceiling windows and watched the vast ocean swell.
18:44Now I had a new name, a clean identity, and more wealth than I can count.
18:49I even invested in high-end ventures, becoming the mysterious young socialite people only whisper about.
18:56I was no longer the girl leashed in a bathroom, nor was I Casey the victim.
19:01Sure, some nights I'd wake up drenched in sweat, remembering the bite of the blade.
19:07But that was all behind me.
19:10Time heals everything.
19:12The bell chimed.
19:14A servant brought me the rare gems I'd just won at auction.
19:18I draped myself in jewels, and looked in the mirror life.
19:21Was quiet, decadent, and safe.
19:24This was the dream.
19:26I thought I'd live like this forever.
19:29Until that night, the sharp clink of a coin hitting the floor snapped me awake.
19:45That night, I drifted off on silk sheets, dressed in my finest pajamas.
19:50The dreams returned.
19:52The bathroom livestream.
19:54The raining cash from the chimney.
19:57But it wasn't just cash.
19:59It was mixed with the stench of blood and betrayal.
20:03Then, a strange, rhythmic sound filled the air.
20:06I thought it was part of the nightmare.
20:08But as I opened my eyes, the reality was far worse than the dream.
20:14On my vanity, that cheap little piggy bank was spitting out gold coins.
20:19I froze.
20:20My eyes wide in sheer disbelief.
20:23I'd bought it on a whim.
20:24Nothing more.
20:25A habit from the old days.
20:27I hadn't put a single cent in it.
20:29Suddenly, the piggy bank shook, like it was alive.
20:33Click, click.
20:34The sound echoed as coin, after gold coin, vomited onto the table.
20:40They hit the floor with a crisp, sinister ring.
20:43Before I could react, the world outside the window shifted.
20:48I looked up.
20:49The gentle moonlight had turned to bloody red.
20:53My luxury neighborhood was now sealed within a crimson,
20:56blood-soaked domain beyond the boundary.
21:00Everything was swallowed by an impenetrable fog.
21:03I stared at this nightmare unfolding.
21:07My entire body trembling.
21:09A semi-transparent screen flickered into existence before me,
21:14pulsing with white text.
21:16Congrats, Player Casey.
21:18Beginner trial.
21:19Windfall from the sky cleared.
21:22Clear rating.
21:24I was speechless.
21:27All those rebirths.
21:29All that agony and slaughter.
21:30It was just a tutorial for a game.
21:34What am I now?
21:35Am I even human anymore?
21:38Or has this world already changed?
21:40Before I could even think, the screen refreshed.
21:44Stage two start.
21:46Bloody moon slaughter.
21:48The coins on the floor are your starting funds for this stage.
21:53Teammate randomly assigned.
21:56Countdown.
21:57Ten.
21:58Nine.
21:59Eight.
21:59Seven.
22:00The blood moon burned hotter.
22:02Inhuman howls drifted from outside the villa.
22:05The door creaked open.
22:07A slender hand in a white glove tapped the frame tap.
22:10I knew that hand.
22:12The same hand from the black sedan.
22:15The mob boss.
22:16His voice drifted in low, commanding,
22:19and enough to make me shudder.
22:21So you are my teammate.
22:23I stared at the silhouette in the doorway
22:24and the gold coins glowing on the floor.
22:27A primal fear surged through me.
22:31Real hell had just begun.
22:32A primal fear surged through me.
22:44A primal fear surged through me.
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