Still want to gamble with him? And the stake is still 400,000?
Kuroki Ya was not some rich second-generation. His monthly allowance plus the money he won from gambling barely added up to 400,000, but if he lost, he would have nothing left.
Before, he was using money he had won, so it didn't hurt, but now, thinking of staking everything he had, he hesitated.
As Kuroki Ya thought of this, his heated mind cooled down.
His previous shout of "Ayanokoji cheated" was made in a fit of rage. When he calmed down, he realized the truth — Ayanokoji couldn't possibly have cheated.
Because the one who cheated was himself.
If Ayanokoji had cheated, he wouldn't have lost so many rounds to him.
That's right, he didn't cheat; this victory was purely luck. In other words, if they gambled another round, with Xiong Gu's help, he had a high chance of winning.
Kuroki Ya thought this, and gradually gained confidence in winning.
Kuroki Ya was a gambler; he was willing to stake his fortune on gambling.
However, the premise was still Xiong Gu's help.
He looked angrily at Xiong Gu, finding that Xiong Gu had been in that dazed state ever since the cards were revealed and hadn't recovered yet.
What was wrong with this guy? Was he distraught just because he lost 400,000?
It's not like he hadn't lost gambles before; if you lose, you just win it back, right?
Without his help, how could he win?
"Still want to gamble?" Ayanokoji asked again.
"I..." Kuroki Ya didn't want to give up this opportunity. Just as he was about to say he wanted to continue, Xiong Gu grabbed Kuroki Ya's hand.
Kuroki Ya looked at Xiong Gu in surprise, finding his face pale, and he weakly shook his head, wanting to stop him from continuing to gamble.
He saw Xiong Gu secretly make the signal they had agreed upon earlier — "Stop here, end the gamble."
Kuroki Ya was very puzzled as to why Xiong Gu had suddenly become like this.
He was the one sitting at the gambling table, but Xiong Gu looked as if he had lost millions, as if he had suffered a greater blow than him.
"...No, I'm not gambling anymore."
Kuroki Ya gritted his teeth, squeezing out this sentence through them with great reluctance.
Although Kuroki Ya was a bit carried away, he still maintained his remaining rationality — without Xiong Gu's help, the probability of losing was very high.
"Not gambling anymore, huh..." Ayanokoji Kiyotaka retrieved his hand with a hint of regret.
He felt it was a pity. Not for himself, but for Kuroki Ya.
Ayanokoji didn't care about losing 400,000 yen; if it were a normal gamble, a loss was a loss. What annoyed him was Kuroki Ya cheating and treating him like a fool.
That gamble just now was a lesson for him.
Whether out of good intentions or not, Kuroki Ya enthusiastically told him a lot of common knowledge about Hyakkaou Private Academy, so he wouldn't be completely in the dark.
It was precisely because of Kuroki's words that Ayanokoji became more vigilant towards Kurume, escaped from the "trap" she set, and transformed from "prey" into a "hunter," turning the tables to become the master.
From this perspective, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was still very grateful to Kuroki Ya.
Ayanokoji is someone who clearly distinguishes between favors and grudges; his new gambling invitation was an opportunity for Kuroki Ya.
This time, he didn't have the system's "bottom-line mechanism"; victory or defeat depended entirely on luck, while Kuroki had Xiong Gu's help.
If the two of them started a new gamble, Ayanokoji had a high chance of losing. If he won, the 400,000 would be his reward.
Of course, it was also possible that Ayanokoji would win and take another 400,000 from him.
Well, after all, it's gambling; there's bound to be winning and losing. If he lost with a big advantage, Ayanokoji couldn't do anything about it.
It's just a pity; he was given a chance but couldn't seize it.
Besides regret, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka also felt a little secretly pleased.
He didn't expect his suppressive power to be so strong already; Kuroki Ya was actually overwhelmed by his aura, losing even the courage to gamble another round—
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka did not know the true reason for Xiong Gu's dejected state.
By the way, regarding their cheating, Ayanokoji never brought it up for two reasons.
First, Ayanokoji didn't have direct evidence to prove he cheated. If he insisted on him cheating, that guy might stubbornly deny it.
Second, he didn't know what the punishment was for getting caught cheating at Hyakkaou Private Academy. If it was really a punishment like "cutting off hands," he would rather suffer a small loss himself than see blood.
Better to avoid trouble.
Seeing that Kuroki had no intention of gambling another round, Ayanokoji declined other people's gambling invitations, took the money, and left the casino as a "victor."
—Although he actually didn't win a single penny, only recovered his principal.
But you should know, a casino, like the stock market, means you've already surpassed 90% of people if you haven't lost money.
After Ayanokoji left, the onlookers also dispersed, leaving only Xiong Gu and Kuroki at the gambling table.
Seeing everyone gone, Kuroki raised his head and questioned Xiong Gu somewhat unwillingly, "Hey, why did you stop me? If it were just the two of us, our chances of winning would be very high!"
If Xiong Gu hadn't stopped him, he would have definitely accepted that gamble!
Xiong Gu recovered a bit, but his face was still pale. He weakly shook his head, "We can't win, we simply can't win."
"Can't win what? I don't understand. The two of us were cheating!"
Kuroki was puzzled. The two of them had won against Ayanokoji more than twenty times together; they had only lost one round, and there was still a chance to get back what they lost.
"What if he had already seen that we were cheating?"
Xiong Gu laughed self-deprecatingly, "Kuroki, this time you picked the wrong opponent. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he is definitely not a simple character."
Kuroki was silent for a long time, then sighed and calmed down.
"Then what will you do? You're out of money now, don't expect me to share money with you if I lose."
If Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was really as powerful as Xiong Gu said, then he had actually let him off the hook. Otherwise, he would have definitely lost everything, even his underwear.
Thinking this, he was quite relieved that he hadn't agreed to Ayanokoji's offer for another gamble in the end, otherwise he would have already become livestock now.
Xiong Gu was silent for a while, then said, "An organization called Zenshoukai invited me to join. There, I might be able to earn enough money to escape being livestock."
Xiong Gu took a risk to help Kuroki cheat but gained nothing. He could only find another way out now.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was unaware of the conversation between Kuroki and Xiong Gu.
It was still class time, and Ayanokoji returned to the classroom, sitting back in his seat where he had only sat for half a class all morning.
He hadn't listened to the teacher for long when, suddenly, his gaze caught a glimpse of a girl with twin tails hurrying past outside the window.
Although it was only for an instant, Ayanokoji could still tell that her face looked very bad.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka recognized the person; she was his friend he had just met this morning, Saotome Meari.
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