I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"Dear guests, in order to celebrate the launch of the new 'Demon Slayer: The Fist of Demon Slayer 100 Yuan Super Exciting Rewards' machine, we will release a large number of limited prizes such as MAXB\u0026TENGA co-branded female star's exclusive thermos cup, golden unicorn Gundam, etc. in the early morning of this morning, as well as the latest The new Nissan GTR-R40 is an ultra-limited hidden prize, and the above prizes only support new models, so don’t miss it..."

"What, let's forget about the slightly attractive prizes such as limited-edition thermos cups and Gundam...GTR-R40? Isn't that the modified God of War I dreamed of..."

The promotional words of the female electronically synthesized voice made Araki Sousuke stop in his tracks.

"Ahem, I haven't seen TAXI anyway..."

Immediately mosaicing several taxis passing by in front of him, he looked left and right, and staggered into the door of the pachinko shop.

"It's rare to have a kingly fortune and a lucky star, so there's no need to waste it, just play a little, a little sober... Maybe give it a try, and the little steel ball has changed into a GTR?"

"Welcome, I hope you will be very lucky in our store... have a good time... win the prize you want..."

After he entered the store, the female electronic voice at the door, which was originally trying to attract customers, fell silent for some reason.

...

Thirty minutes later.

"Nine shape, water spray! 』

"Oh hehehe, there's another grand prize crit, come again and come again..."

Sitting in front of the latest and most expensive "Fist of Demon Slayer" linkage machine, the drunken Sousuke Araki was immersed in the whirl of the drunken fermentation, and frantically clicked the "launch button" with his fingers holding a cigarette .

Pachinko game machines, no matter how varied themes, mechanisms, and game content are, in the final analysis you only need to control the direction and press the launch button, let alone the drunken Sousuke Araki, even Professor Huo who is sitting in a wheelchair can also play.

"Wu Zhixing, the rain of mercy! 』

On the screen, the character known as the "Knife Throwing Maniac" is entering the hole with a rate of fire of 160 steel balls gushing out like flowing water, cutting out all kinds of cool figures representing the "winning level". Moves, to kill all kinds of "ghosts" that keep appearing on the spot.

"In half an hour, I won points equal to about 500,000 yen. Let alone the limited edition tenga and Gundam, even the hidden prize GTR may have opened the door to me..."

The numbers in the points balance display box continue to jump, maintaining a crazy upward trend.

"Wahhahaha, it's me, it's me, the pachinko mad lion with a kingly fortune this month and a lucky star on Thursday, Sousuke Araki! Heh heh heh..."

Araki Sousuke, who only felt that his life had reached the pinnacle, hummed a song excitedly, and had no intention of accepting it at all.

"One shape, water surface slash!" 』

"Bastard, bastard, this doesn't count?!"

However, it didn't take long for Araki Sousuke's "royal fortune" to encounter a small setback.

"One shape, water surface slash!" 』

No matter how "precisely into the hole" he is, the characters on the screen will only use ordinary moves that represent the bottom prize.

"One shape, water surface slash!" 』

Points representing money are decreasing like running water with the firing of strings of small steel balls, but the gains are minimal.

"Hmph, it must be that my shots are not accurate enough, it's time to show some real skills..."

Unwilling to sit up straight, Araki Sousuke pressed his face to the screen, carefully adjusted the launch angle and manipulated the mechanism on one side.

"Winning is not accidental. Those who win are always preparing for winning. On the road to winning, if you can't find the strength to win, losing is a matter of course. Winning is born from specific behaviors!"

Although the steel ball entering the hole can be achieved by the player through a series of operations, entering the hole only means that there is a chance to draw a lottery, and the specific number of prizes won is determined by the machine based on probability.

"Tsk, there must be something wrong with this damn expensive machine, otherwise with my kingly luck...Damn it, I can't find the historical winning odds of the new machine on the APP, so I might as well try another machine..."

Just as Araki Sousuke pulled out the card and was about to get up and leave, a special game animation suddenly played on the screen of the machine.

"Oh? The hidden boss Wu Mi has appeared. Is this a 'prediction'? Isn't the grand prize just around the corner?"

In the screen demonstration of the electronic pachinko machine, some suggestive clues will be provided through changes in characters, action lines, background, etc., to feedback the current "expectation value" of the machine, which is called "prediction".

"Hey, sure enough, it's exactly the same as what was said on the forum..."

As an experienced pachinko player, Araki Sousuke naturally would not let go of the "trailer" in front of him. He leaned in front of the screen with a blushing face, and carefully compared it with the information on the forum. Throwing the card back into the machine...

"One shape, water surface slash!" 』

"Asshole, the trailer animations of the 'Ultra-Limited Hidden Prize' in the data have been released in turn, why is there still no grand prize?!"

Sosuke Araki’s “Demon Slayer: Fist 100 Yen Super Exciting Reward” machine, as the name suggests, is priced at 100 yen per piece.

This means that compared with the ordinary machine with a price of 4 yen per steel ball, the leverage effect of winning or losing is directly magnified by 25 times.

"One shape, water surface slash!" 』

Before he knew it, Araki Sousuke not only squandered the 500,000 yen points he earned, but even the original 100,000 yen principal was gradually returned to zero under the "slash" of the characters on the screen.

"It's not right, a normal machine can't have this winning probability..."

Normally, he might have left with a sigh.

"The small prizes just now must be 'preparation'. The big prize may appear in the next second. Maybe as soon as I leave, the next guy who gets on the seat will drive the GTR away..."

But at this moment, under the influence of alcohol, the "sufficient" balance in the bank card, and the temptation to win the lottery at any time...

"It's like that sentence, it's not rubbish because you lose, it's rubbish if you don't pursue possibilities!"

He got up drunk, took out his bank card, and walked towards the 24H automatic recharge machine.

...

Three hours later.

"Hi'er...you bastard, come out for me..."

"The second type, the waterwheel!" 』

"Another small prize?!"

Araki Sousuke, who squinted his eyes and looked unlovable, was squinting his hazy eyes and mechanically pressing the launch button at hand, looking like a player who is deeply poisoned by Pachinko.

"Three types, flowing and dancing! 』

"Oh, it's over again..."

The number box showing the points balance changed to "0" under the "Ping A" of "Dao Dao Maniac" again.

This kind of situation has been staged so many times tonight that he has become numb.