Chapter Four: The Man Who Dies Tomorrow

Most importantly, she had to believe it. Doubt caused failure; greed enlarged the debt. The first test offered one hundred identical chairs. Ninety-nine would electrocute her. Wanxing refused to sit. “Once I choose, the danger points at me. If my power saves me, someone else pays.” A curtain lifted. Jibai sat behind glass, wired to electrodes. “Correct,” Gu said. “Had you revised the outcome, the current would have gone to your closest bond.” The second test was a sealed box that might contain lunch or a bomb. Ten minutes passed without a star warming in Wanxing's palm. “Because uncertainty isn't misfortune,” Gu said. “You can't use your gift to gamble. Fear cannot disguise itself as danger.”