Zhou Lin

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As soon as he finished speaking, Sakaki took out a card from his hand and slapped it heavily on the table.

At this moment, the other three people at the table all showed expressions of disbelief.

"Hu... What a fool..." Two seconds later, a confused Ohuchi thought of asking Hu to open his cards.

It turns out that it was Sakaki who played a blunderbuss (also called a point of fire, that is, the cards he played happened to make others mishandle).

As the "Master of Listening Cards", although his skills are the worst among the people at this table, he can still make multi-directional listening patterns early in every hand. If there is an amateur sitting at this table, It's easy for people to take advantage of Ohuchi.

However, in this card game, until Sakaki fired the gun this time, Ohuchi had never messed up once; because... the four people sitting here are all highly skilled professional players, even though Ohuchi can use the "left hand" "Skill" to secretly adjust the hand, but no one gave him a shot.

But now, Sakaki is letting go...

Ohuchi's hand was not that big, but since it was a direct hit, all the points had to be paid by Sakaki who fired the gun.

This caused Sakaki's point stick to bottom out all of a sudden, while Ohuchi returned to a score close to Takagi.

"Ha...hehe...hahahaha..." After a moment, Okouchi wiped the sweat from his forehead and laughed, "Boy, you also have a considerate side, hahaha..." He laughed He patted Sakaki on the shoulder, "I understand, you know that you are finished, so you are ready to break the pot and try to get me to fight, right? Hahaha... OK, don't worry, I know many excellent financing people Company, this semi-village is over, if you need anything, just ask me."

Sakaki didn't answer the question, but responded with a sympathetic smile.

Takagi looked at Sakaki with a suspicious expression, which showed that he still had reservations about the true meaning of this move.

Only Igarashi gritted his teeth and thought in his mind: "Damn it... this kid definitely did it on purpose. How could he tear down his straight to light the gun in that situation? And... the card he chose , is the smallest among the games that Okouchi has heard; obviously, he knows the situation of the card game well, and he wants to let Okouchi lose at the lowest cost to prevent me from touching myself after two rounds... The next four south It's his turn to be the banker in the game, this kid will definitely come up with some tricks... Huh... don't think you can escape my eyes, no matter what skills you use, as long as you move a little slower, I will catch you!"

…………

In the fourth game in the south, Sakaki is the banker.

After shuffling, cutting, and stacking the cards, Sakaki covered his hand without moving.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Ohuchi waited for a few seconds after sorting out the cards, then looked at Sakaki and urged, "Don't want to play?"

squeak--

Before he finished speaking, Igarashi pushed back his chair and stood up. He raised his trembling right hand, pointed at the cards covered in front of Sakaki and said, "You... when did you..."

"It was done right under your nose." Sakaki responded, grabbing the other person's attention and saying, "What? You didn't see clearly, did you?"

Yes, Igarashi didn't see clearly.

Igarashi, the silent card player who survived on the card table with his superhuman "eyesight" and "memory", did not confirm what the fourteen cards were from the back of the cards until Sakaki finished sorting the cards in his hand. , and during the previous process of washing, cutting, and tying, he had been watching Sakaki closely and saw no signs or flaws at all.

"Ha... Actually, it doesn't matter whether you saw it clearly or not." Sakaki said as he opened the card in his hand, "Tianhu, Zheng·Nine Lotus Lantern."

"Varied……"

"ah!"

When Takagi and Dagouchi saw the fourteen cards, they were so shocked that they almost stood up.

The ultimate service species, the Nine Lotus Lantern, known as "there is only one chance in a lifetime to be evil" and "if you are evil, you will die without regrets", appears in the form of Tianhu. In terms of probability, it is infinitely close to " An extreme example of "impossible".

But, now it appears, right here, right after Sakaki made the declaration that he would show them a "more direct method."

This is undoubtedly something that cannot be explained by luck or probability, this is strength.

The three people, who were also experts, fell into chaos.

Okawachi stopped thinking; Takagi felt a deep sense of frustration; and Igarashi... the legendary technique that he had witnessed in a mahjong parlor in Shinjuku when he was young flashed through his mind - " Feiyanqie".

However, that technology...has long been lost.

It’s not that the person who mastered it doesn’t want to pass it on, it’s that the learner cannot master it unless their talent reaches a certain level.

If the "Silent Pai Technique" is a profound martial arts, then the "Cut Card Technique" that can directly create Tianhu is a peerless magical skill; as long as a mortal works hard enough, he can master at least part of the profound martial arts... But the peerless magical skill, But only a very few talented people can get involved.

"Stop joking!" Igarashi's demeanor collapsed along with his worldview, and he revealed a more impetuous side than Okawachi, "Like this... this kind of thing..." He rushed forward and shook his head. The non-stop hand grabbed the Nine Lotus Lantern in front of Sakaki, "...who would admit it!"

He grabbed a handful of cards and threw them at Sakaki's face, but Sakaki just tilted his head and easily dodged it.

"This is Chuqian! This is cheating!" Igarashi roared loudly, "Hey! You two have to say something. This is all cheating!"

but……

"Mr. Igarashi..." Ohuchi looked down at the ground and said in a rather depressed tone, "Enough is enough...it's too ugly."

"What are you talking about, Okouchi? Aren't you the person who dislikes this kid the most?" Igarashi shouted, "Why now..."

"If you are an 'expert', you can defeat the opponent technically, or you can catch the opponent when he is in trouble..." Takagi interrupted him, "Mr. Igarashi... You are like those amateurs who lose everything and then mess around. What’s the difference between people?”

"You... you little brats..." Igarashi roared through gritted teeth, slapping his chest and loudly shouting, "You actually taught me a lesson? Do you know who I am?"

"Ah... Now that you've said it all..." Sakaki said again at this time, "As for me... I often chat with some old guys, so I have heard a lot of true and false stories. Fake story…

"It is said that more than ten years ago, in Shinjuku, there was a man named 'Mashima of the Storm', who was famous for a while. However, he was caught red-handed by his opponent in a gambling duel, and he was used as a result. The hammer broke the bones of both hands inch by inch... Although according to today's medical technology, this kind of injury will not cause disability, but if you use those hands that have completely different feelings to go out again, I'm afraid it won't matter. It is psychologically and physically impossible.

"Speaking of which... the name 'Goun no Igarashi' should have come from a few years after that incident..."

"That's enough!" Igarashi, or... Majima, heard this and finished Sakaki's narration, "So what if you recognize me? I am Igarashi now! I use my own way to escape from hell again. Climbed out of the abyss and stood on the top of the Queshi again! My silent card skills are invincible! Those of you who only play tricks...sooner or later will be seen through and chopped off..."

Just when he said this, two men in suits appeared behind him, grabbed his left and right arms respectively, and restrained him.

Due to his excessive emotion, Igarashi didn't even notice that Ryunosuke had already called someone, nor did he notice that the two men in suits were approaching him.

"Wait... wait, Arai-kun..." Igarashi realized something. He quickly looked at Ryunosuke and said in an almost pleading tone, "I... I haven't lost all my sticks yet. I Well enough……"

"No need." Ryunosuke drank sake and said indifferently, "Although I don't know much about technology, I understand from the atmosphere... You have already distinguished yourself, so the purpose of this game is also That's it." He paused, then said to Takagi and Ohuchi, "Mr. Takagi, Mr. Ohuchi, you can go back... Don't worry, you don't need to pay for the amount of points lost in this round. , if Sakaki-kun really wants it, I'll just pay it...just think of it as a thank you gift for playing cards with me these days."

That’s the good thing about having money. Many problems are not problems in the face of money.

After Ryunosuke put down his words, Takagi and Ohuchi said nothing more and just left politely. For them, being able to escape unscathed was already a good result. As "experts", they had already realized it. The gap between themselves and Igarashi, as for Sakaki... they couldn't even fathom the gap.

Igarashi was dragged away in the end, and his performance was indeed a bit ugly; of course, the bodyguards would not overly embarrass the old man who had lost his mind. Anyway, even if he struggled hard, it would be difficult to cause any harm to the bodyguards.

…………

Five minutes later, only Ryunosuke and Sakaki were left in the game room.

Even the bodyguards and maids on standby outside the door were ordered to retreat to the far end of the corridor, which meant that Ryunosuke wanted to talk to Sakaki about some relatively confidential matters.

"Do you smoke? Sakaki-kun." Ryunosuke said, lighting one for himself.

"Of course." Sakaki said, came to the sofa and sat down, then took out a pack of cigarettes from the inner pocket of his jacket and held one in his mouth. "In our line of work, even if you don't want to smoke, you have to smoke every day. The uncles’ second-hand smoke is better than buying something good yourself.”

"You must have a lot of things to ask me, right?" Ryunosuke said while using a lighter to light the cigarette.

"Yes." Sakaki said, "Otherwise... let's start with the question 'Who are you?'"

This question caused "Ryuunosuke" to stop smoking for a moment, but he soon regained his composure: "When did you notice it?"

"It starts from the moment you call yourself 'Arai Ryunosuke'." Sakaki replied.

"What? Do you know the real Ryunosuke Arai?" At this point, the fake Ryunosuke no longer concealed that he was a fake and asked directly.

"How could a small character like me know such a big shot?" Sakaki said, "But... I have seen his photos, and no matter his height, body, or appearance... they have nothing to do with you."

"This is strange." False Ryunosuke said, "The family information of all federal officials is top secret..." At this point, he deliberately imitated Sakaki's tone and said, "A 'little character' like you, How did you get that kind of information?"

"Heh..." Sakaki smiled, "It's not convenient to tell something like this to someone whose name I don't even know, right?"

Fake Ryunosuke understood what he meant, and after a brief hesitation, he continued: "You can call me 'Axiu'."

"Hey, hey... is it okay for a man who looks like he's running for three years to use such a feminine fake name?" Sakaki couldn't help complaining.

"The name Sakaki Wuhuan doesn't really go anywhere." Axiu responded, "Everyone is out to run around, so why bother with these details."

Hearing this, Sakaki nodded with a smile: "That's right." He paused for half a second, "But having said that...Axiu, your acting skills are really good. When we were in the mahjong parlor, I really regarded you as a talented person." Money is a 'water fish'."

"Ha..." Axiu also smiled and replied, "It's like your specialty is gambling, and my specialty is acting... If you don't act well, how can you deceive you 'experts' to show up in front of me? Where is the body?"

"So..." After a few polite words, Sakaki got to the point, "Axiu, can you tell me what the real Mr. Arai wants to do when he comes to us 'experts'?"

"I invited everyone out just to tell you this." Axiu straightened his expression, took another puff of cigarette, and said, "Two weeks later, there will be a very grand gambling game in Sakura Mansion; , In addition to the masters of Sakura Mansion...the best 'experts' in the entire federation, as well as some strange people, may gather here to fight for the victory of the gambling game with their respective employers."

After hearing this, Sakaki thought for a few seconds and then said: "You want me to fight for Arai?"

"Don't get me wrong." Axiu corrected, "It's not 'I think', but Mr. Arai entrusted me to help him find the 'strongest gambler'." He shrugged, "To be honest, I am also interested in gambling. As a layman, my real level is what you see in a mahjong parlor - I consider myself to have good memory and calculation skills, but after all, I am still a layman. If I compete with you 'experts', I will only get slaughtered.

"However, I still know a thing or two about 'looking at people'; for example, in the half-village mahjong just now, even if I can't see through the techniques you each use, I can still tell who is the person at the table. The strongest one."

Sakaki blew out a smoke ring and continued: "Then what if... I, the person you selected, am not willing to work for Arai?"

"Then you can go back now." Axiu's answer was somewhat unexpected.

"Oh?" Sakaki said, "Are you so easy to talk to? You don't even try to use coercion or inducement? What's a beauty trap?"

"Okay, Sakaki-kun, you have already guessed it..." Axiu curled her lips, "Stop playing tricks."

"Okay." Sakaki said, "Then please invite the 'others' out as well."

"It's okay to invite 'them', but you have to give me a promise first." Ah Xiu said.

"I know, if I win, I will help Arai participate in the gambling game." Sakaki dusted off the cigarette ashes and said, "Actually, I didn't intend to refuse, I was just teasing you."

This is the truth. Sakaki has taken over many "players" in recent years (here specifically refers to mahjong players; in Sakura no Mansion, most of the "groups" with certain power will hire a few professional players to take over. In some eras, the substitute players How high the "que power" is can even directly reflect the strength of a group). The more dangerous the job, the more interested he is, and he is even willing to go without pay.

"Okay, I'm relieved with your words." After Axiu said this, she put her hand into her coat pocket, probably operating some sending device.

About five minutes later, two completely different footsteps sounded in the corridor outside the door.

The sound of the soles of elegant leather shoes rubbing against the marble, and the sound of a light-bodied woman tapping the ground with high heels... came closer at the same time.

Soon, they arrived at the door and opened the door to the game room.

The owner of the leather shoes is a man with a Chinese-shaped face, who must be forty years old based on his facial features. His appearance is resolute, but his eyes are wandering. For a middle-aged man, his figure is considered average, but he still has a slightly fat belly. .

The owner of the high-heeled shoes is a woman wearing a long skirt with a waist. She has her hair tied up and holds a cigarette rod with a very cute color and shape in her hand. She has thick makeup on her face and a well-maintained figure. ; But no matter what, the traces left by the years cannot be completely covered up. Her true age... is probably a few years older than the man next to her.

"Let me introduce..." After the eyes of several people met, Axiu stood up and first extended his hand to signal to Sakaki, "This is the 'winner' of Kagetsu Town, Sakaki Mugen." Then, he extended his hand to the two people at the door: "These two are the 'Invincible Man' - Ghost Warrior Hiroyuki; and..."

"I know this person." At this time, Sakaki took the initiative to take over Axiu's words, "'The person holding the cup,' Junko Inaba."

In the gambling world, few women can survive, let alone survive for many years... Therefore, most experts know rare female seniors like Inaba.

"Oh? Is this winner-defeator guy also a fan of mine?" Seeing that Sakaki recognized her, Inaba immediately smiled, but at the same time he covered his wrinkles with his hands, "Oh HOHOHO~ Look I am still as charming as before~"

Sakaki didn't refute her words, because Sakaki rarely dealt with such an old woman, and always felt that it would be troublesome to fight with her.

"All three of you are experts, so I won't beat around the bush." ​​After Inaba's harsh laughter stopped, Axiu quickly continued, "You are the last three candidates, those who attended the gambling game with Mr. Arai ...it will naturally be decided between you."

Sakaki was also mentally prepared for the situation at hand; when Axiu mentioned the "gamble" to him, he knew that besides him, there must be other masters here.

Because Axiu’s words have already made it clear: the gambling game in two weeks will be very “grand”, and it will involve “cooperation” with the employer, and there will be “a gathering of masters from all over the world”... This does not sound like just playing mahjong. A project occasion.

Sakaki just defeated three sparrows. This does not prove that he is the "strongest gambler", or even the "strongest sparrow"; there is no "forever" and "forever" in the gambling world. Absolutely. Even if those titles with the word "most" are correct, they are only temporary.

"...and the final showdown is..." Axiu hadn't finished speaking yet, "...here and now." As he spoke, he walked out of the door of the room, turned around and grabbed the door handle, "You have a total of twenty minutes... Within twenty minutes, whoever can solve the puzzle hidden in this room and escape from the room first will be the winner."

After that, he closed the door without waiting for any response from the three people.