"Huh? Is that so? The opening ceremony, why didn't I know?" Meari showed a surprised expression.
When Meari first enrolled, the two did hear that the opening ceremony would be held on Monday of the second week, but this past week had been too exciting, constantly rushing for "money," and she had forgotten about it.
"It's our fault for waking up late. We didn't make it to the opening ceremony at all…" Hanatemari sighed.
When Hanatemari woke up, it was already past nine, basically at the same time as Meari.
After being a little groggy, she quickly remembered about attending the opening ceremony, but by then it was too late. Even if she mentioned it, it would only spoil the mood.
So she kept it to herself, and only after arriving in the classroom did she quickly ask her classmates about the key points of today's opening ceremony.
"Not attending the opening ceremony will result in a public reprimand, and you'll also be responsible for cleaning and such? Is that all…" Saotome didn't care at all after Hanatemari told her about the punishment.
"Anyway, it doesn't deduct money. If we have to clean, then we clean."
Kurume knew about this, but as livestock, she already had to do these chores, so it didn't matter to her at all.
Ayanokoji and Saotome also didn't care. Among the four, only Hanatemari cared about that "public reprimand."
All day today, she had been anxious, afraid that she would be held accountable by the Student Council. She waited all day without receiving a reprimand, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Generally speaking, the Student Council would announce it at noon. Since we haven't been announced, it means the Student Council didn't care, or didn't notice that we didn't come. There should be nothing wrong." Hanatemari explained.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka took out a "CLOSED FOR TODAY" sign, hung it outside the door, and then closed the room door.
"Since there's nothing else, it's perfect. We won't be operating the casino today. Let's have a small meeting instead." He took the main seat first and then motioned for the others to sit down.
After they were seated, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka asked, "Meari, it's been several days. Are you still accustomed to running this casino? How much money can you earn in a day?"
Meari confidently guaranteed, "If I'm lucky, I can earn three hundred thousand in a day, Ayanokoji. Trust me, I will definitely run this casino well!"
"If I'm lucky…"
Ayanokoji was noncommittal about Meari's "modifier" and looked at Togakushi Yukimi: "Togakushi Yukimi, what do you think?"
Meari? Since when did Ayanokoji Kiyotaka start calling Saotome by her first name? Are they already that close?
Togakushi Yukimi was a bit surprised, but didn't dwell on it. She pushed up her glasses and spoke calmly.
"To be honest, it's not very good. Although the Three-Color Dice game was interesting at first, the gameplay is too monotonous, and the probability of winning is still too low."
"To prevent another person like Mibuomi Aoi from using the Martin Gale Strategy, we have stipulated that the maximum betting amount per game is now three hundred thousand Japanese Yen.
There's a four-ninths chance of losing. If we lose one game, a day's work is wasted."
"Togakushi Yukimi… Didn't we agree not to say these things!" Meari angrily slammed the table.
Meari didn't expect Togakushi Yukimi to actually say those things.
This was indeed the current situation of the casino, and it was the truth that Saotome herself had painfully acknowledged and stated the day she lost one million Japanese Yen to Mibuomi Aoi.
The probability of winning in the Three-Color Dice game is five-ninths. As long as you keep playing, you will definitely make money.
However, for Meari and her companions, what they lacked most was capital.
Without substantial capital to support them, their current profits could only rely on luck. They couldn't wait until they broke even. It was still very difficult to make quick money this way.
Togakushi Yukimi wasn't angry; instead, she calmly said, "Saotome, I know you hope not to let Ayanokoji down and to earn money through your own efforts.
But you should understand one thing: the owner of this casino is Ayanokoji, not you. You don't need to be responsible for the profits and losses, and you don't need to take risks for it. What we need to do is report the casino's situation truthfully."
Togakushi Yukimi had wanted to say these things when they went to the party gambling, but because she also shared responsibility for the one million lost to Mibuomi Aoi, she didn't say much at the time.
But now that Ayanokoji, her direct superior, had asked, of course, she had to blurt out the current situation.
She was not like Saotome Meari. She only saw herself as a "worker," not like Saotome, who treated this casino as her own.
In fact, this was normal thinking. If this casino wasn't Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's, Saotome Meari might have given up long ago.
Saotome Meari was speechless. Facing Ayanokoji's gaze, she bit the bullet and continued, "I've actually considered these things. I'm planning to change the gameplay in the next few days."
"So, have you thought of a new game's gameplay?" Ayanokoji asked calmly.
"Not yet, it will take a few more days…" Saotome replied somewhat guiltily.
Her mind had been focused on saving Hanatemari these past few days. Although she had thought about new gameplay, she hadn't had time to implement it yet.
Ayanokoji nodded thoughtfully and suddenly said, "Since that's the case… then I'll teach you a game."
"You'll teach us a new game?" The three girls, Saotome, exchanged glances, their astonishment undisguised.
Ayanokoji nodded, smiling, and took out a deck of playing cards from his pocket.
"That's right, this game is played with playing cards. I call it… Landlord."
The game of Landlord can be said to be a game that every person from the Heavenly Dynasty is familiar with and highly proficient in.
When "playing cards" are mentioned, everyone's first impression is definitely this game. Anyone can play a couple of rounds; it can be said to be suitable for all ages.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had specifically verified that this game had not been invented in the Heavenly Dynasty of this world, which could be considered a pity.
As a veteran Landlord player and possibly the only person who knew how to play this game, Ayanokoji believed he had an obligation to reintroduce this nationally popular game.
To restore the glory of Landlord, it is our bounden duty.
A deck of playing cards has 54 cards. In the first hand, a dice roll determines the first person to receive cards, then cards are dealt clockwise or counter-clockwise.
Each person gets 17 cards, and the last three cards are the bottom cards. Players cannot look at the bottom cards before determining the Landlord.
When Ayanokoji usually played with his friends, there weren't so many rules. Generally, the person shuffling the cards would randomly flip up a card, and whoever had that card's value would become the Landlord. If they thought their hand was bad, they could refuse.
However, Ayanokoji thought that there were many card game masters in this school, and they would definitely tamper with the cards when dealing, so it wouldn't be "random." Thus, he referred to some rules from Mr. Ma's "Happy Landlord."
After everyone has received 17 cards, they can take turns bidding in the order of play. When bidding, they can choose "Call Landlord" or "Don't Call."
If a player chooses "Call Landlord," the bidding immediately ends, and that player becomes the Landlord. If everyone chooses "Don't Call," the cards are re-dealt, and bidding restarts until someone "Calls Landlord."
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