Whispering Verse

"What about a draw with a busted card?"

The temperature in the cabin continued to drop, and the humid air seemed to contain moisture that would sublime in the next second. Although Shade was tormented by the feeling of hunger, he immediately became energetic when he heard the cards being played.

"You win if it's a draw. Besides, I respect the special rules of Rhodes, and I don't have any special cards in my deck. I'm a very fair person."

Shade nodded and placed his deck of cards upside down on the table. He followed his opponent's example and stretched out his hand to pull the cards, and the cards immediately fell into a ball.

He was stunned for a moment, then used his hands to repack the deck, and then carefully spread the entire deck of cards evenly into an arc.

"Let's not waste time. I'm looking forward to seeing your cards."

The captain said, and stretched out his hand towards the deck, and nine cards automatically slid out from the arc-shaped deck. He randomly combined the nine cards in threes and threes, and then turned them over together:

"The first group, blackjack."

The first three cards are Flower 3, Sun 10 and Moon 8.

"Second group, blackjack."

The middle three are the 7 of the Moon, the 7 of the Flowers and the 7 of the Stars.

"The third group, blackjack."

The last three are the 9 of stars, 6 of moon and 6 of moon and sun.

Nine playing cards were placed face up on the table. On the nine different card surfaces, evil spirits and monsters were squirming, as if they really existed in the flat playing cards.

The Captain flips cards very quickly, but speaks even faster. He announced the result first and then revealed the cards, which meant that he knew the result without looking at the cards.

In fact, this is not necessary at all. After all, he "printed" the deck of cards in front of Shade. "As long as you are not caught cheating, it is not cheating." This is what the captain said himself. He obviously knew what he was going to do. .

"now you."

The captain signaled Shade to choose a card, his expression particularly cruel in the cold green light:

"As long as you are not caught cheating, it is not cheating, but if you are caught cheating, the price is not just as simple as having your hand chopped off."

"I never cheat when I play cards."

Shade said, swallowing and feeling the pain in his stomach numb. He turned his head slightly to look at Miss Princes behind him. She looked at Shade's cards very nervously:

"I trust you."

Her somewhat white lips moved slightly, and she whispered. But the problem now is that Shade doesn't believe in himself. He just has very good luck playing Rhodes cards, but it doesn't mean he will definitely win when playing Rhodes cards. After the opponent shamelessly opened three sets of blackjack, he was not sure what the outcome would be.

"but"

[Origin·Balance] slipped out of the left sleeve, and then flew towards the opposite side against the bottom of the table. Shade glanced at it. Neither the evil spirits nor the captain noticed his little movement:

"It's not fair to play cards like this!"

He said loudly, and the sudden sound attracted the attention of the monsters.

"You want to be fair with me?"

The captain laughed and then slammed the table:

"Hurry up and choose your cards. If you don't choose your cards, you lose!"

"Okay, then prepare for your failure!"

Shade said again, his loud voice and arrogant tone causing most of the evil spirits to focus on his outstretched right hand.

Miss Princes, who was standing behind her, pressed her right hand nervously on the back of the chair. Based on her understanding of Shad, Shad would not speak in such a tone for no reason. He seemed to be deliberately attracting attention.

"These nine."

Randomly select nine cards from the deck, combine them in threes and put them in front of you:

"Group one, watch out. If I win, don't say I'm cheating!"

He covered his stomach with his left hand, and opened the first three pictures in sequence with his right hand. Moon 9, Moon 1

The hand pauses deliberately:

"Watch out, the next one is Moon 11!"

Shade continued to raise his voice, the expression on his face was that of a gambler who had tried his best. The evil spirits all looked over, and they were whispering together, like weird whispers in a cemetery late at night. Even the captain narrowed his eyes, as if guessing what method Shade was going to use:

"It must be"

He lifted the cards high and threw them on the table:

"11!"

The card turned up, and the suit was indeed Moon, but it was Moon 3. The first set of cards was Shard's loss.

Even the skull lamp above his head burst into laughter.

"Second Group!"

Shade said loudly again, reaching out to lift the card. Sun 5, Sun 12

Seeing this scene, Xia De was stunned. He can draw the [Carsonrick Southern Folklore·Moondance Festival] on the Sun 4 card at any time. If he does this, his second set of cards will also be 21 points, and he will win in a draw.

He raised his head and looked at the captain. The captain was looking at him with a weird smile. That scary smile made Shade hesitate. Cheating was cheating when it was discovered, but he was not sure whether these evil spirits captured by the ship would be able to discover the blessings from two weak souls.

After thinking about it, he did not choose to draw the Moon Dance Festival, but used normal means to suddenly open the last card of the second group.

On Moon 4, luck came to Shade. The second group totaled 21 points and he won in a draw.

While he breathed a sigh of relief, he also heard Miss Prince's heavy breathing behind her. She was probably also very nervous.

"If you win the second group, start the third group."

The captain urged, and the surrounding evil spirits suddenly became quiet. This eerie silence was even scarier than when the whispers and curses filled my ears just now. But fortunately, Shade's "hungry" feeling took over now, and he didn't pay attention to the current atmosphere at all.

Looking down at his cards, Shade is not a person who gambles on luck:

"I won."

He looked up at the captain:

"There is no need to open the cards. I won. Let us leave now."

"Oh? Are you crazy?"

The captain asked, Shade shook his head:

"You cheated, so you lost."

The sailors who exuded a miserable green light all looked at Shade, and Shade looked at the captain.

"You want to say that I can control the points of my cards?"

The captain asked with squinted eyes. He was gradually becoming dangerous. A strange smell gradually emanated from him, and his ugly face looked more and more like a fish.

"Of course not. I want to say that when we first started playing cards, your deck was a normal 54 cards, but may I ask, how many cards are in front of you now?"

The captain lowered his head to look at the deck of cards in front of him, and Shade immediately gave the answer:

"55 cards, cheating is cheating if you are caught. Now you have one more card in your deck and you have been caught."

As if his fingers soaked in mucus were placed on the cards in front of him, the captain pulled out the only card that did not belong to him and turned it over. It was [Origin and Balance]. Just now, Shade attracted the attention of the sailors. While the captain was concentrating on talking to him, he controlled the cards to fly into the opponent's deck.

Fortunately, this card is directly related to the power of the ancient god, rather than using a spell to control flight, otherwise there is a high probability that it will be discovered. The way to cheat when playing cards is not only to play your own cards, but also to play other people's cards to make yourself win.