## Chapter 134 – (10)
The elevator doors opened on the 5th basement floor.
Poker tables and a fighting ring.
Things that shouldn’t be in the same place were visible at a glance, making me wonder if this was right.
Judging by the scene alone, it was a bit shabby for a place where the most VIPs gathered.
To put it nicely, it was neat, but to put it badly, it felt a bit empty.
Since it was a floor that required a Gold Card, I expected a space decorated with gold and luxurious carpets.
But it wasn’t.
“…This is…”
Amidst that scene, Lasha was only looking around with one purpose in mind.
She seemed to be searching for something.
And it seemed she had finally found it.
“Those bastards…!”
*Grind.*
Lasha made a grinding sound with her teeth, and her expression changed like a lion’s.
I grabbed Lasha’s hand as she strode forward.
I had forgotten for a moment.
She spoke politely to suit my tastes, and she had never met a man before, so she only showed clumsy behavior in front of me.
But Lasha’s true self was a female fighter who could knock out a burly man with a knee kick.
Lasha looked at me resentfully for grabbing her hand.
“Wait. I’ll let you beat them up as much as you want later.”
There was a proper order to everything.
First, we needed to get rid of their money.
It wouldn’t be too late to take revenge after buying her sister at the auction.
“They’re all gathered together, how convenient.”
The three people seemed to be on good terms, considering they were competing with prices.
They were huddled together playing poker.
And luckily, there was a seat available at the table.
“You have to hold back your anger.”
“…Yes.”
It was a curt reply, but once she answered, Lasha wouldn’t break her word.
I slowly approached the dealer who was running the poker game and asked.
“Is it okay to sit down?”
“Yeah, sit down.”
“Sit.”
“Yes, please sit.”
An elderly man with white hair who looked old spoke first, followed by a burly man with an Irezumi tattoo.
And finally, a middle-aged woman who clearly had a lot of plastic surgery gave her permission.
It was as if the dealer’s opinion didn’t matter at all in this place.
And that was probably close to the truth.
The dealer didn’t say anything and only wore a subtle smile.
I smiled inwardly as I looked at the three people.
[Target for Justice Implementation.]
All three of them seemed to be villains.
Thanks to that, even the slightest bit of guilt disappeared.
The white-haired old man was a director of a large corporation.
The gangster-like man with tattoos was the operator of an illegal Toto site.
And the middle-aged woman was the owner of several buildings.
“Then…”
As I sat down, the dealer naturally dealt the cards.
“I haven’t seen you before.”
The white-haired man spoke to me without even checking the cards the dealer gave him.
I pretended to be calm, turning my gaze to the cards as I replied.
“Yes, I haven’t been gambling for very long.”
“No, I’m not talking about inside the casino. I’m talking about outside.”
The white-haired man didn’t take his eyes off my face.
He was squinting as if he was searching through his memories.
“If you’re wealthy enough to come to this floor, we would have run into each other while moving around…”
“…I’m a crypto millionaire.”
“…Is that so? I thought you were a gambler or a con artist.”
Whether my improvisation worked or not, the white-haired man chuckled and then picked up the cards in front of him and looked at them.
I was a little surprised.
He was suddenly poking at sore spots.
Well, it was common for wealthy people with Gold Cards to have some kind of friendship outside the casino.
Birds of a feather flock together.
That’s how they become friends.
That might be why these three people were gathered together.
Anyway, it was quite provocative.
To assume that a stranger was a con artist.
I felt like I was on edge because I had been scammed not too long ago.
“Old man, don’t worry, they just replaced all the dealers.”
The gangster looked at the cards while shaking his leg.
Then he frowned slightly.
Judging by his expression, the gangster’s hand wasn’t very good.
“So, how many chips does this newbie have?”
The middle-aged woman asked in a slightly greasy tone.
I didn’t think there was any point in hiding it, so I answered honestly.
“…About 3.5 million.”
“Is that so?”
The middle-aged woman heard that, glanced at her hand, and said.
“3 million.”
“Fold.”
“Fold.”
The middle-aged woman bet 3 million chips.
Poker on the 5th basement floor was a little different from regular poker.
It skipped the raising stage, and you received 7 cards from the beginning and revealed 4 of them. After that, you could bet any amount you wanted, like an auction.
Bet, Call, or Fold.
You could only choose one of the three.
I looked at the woman in bewilderment.
3 million from the start.
It was an enormous amount of betting.
What was even more bewildering was that I could see the woman’s expression, the Yin energy within her, and even the 4 cards that were open.
Everything indicated that the woman’s hand wasn’t that great.
It must have been a worthless hand.
“…”
My hand wasn’t very high either, with two pairs.
‘If I win, it’s 3 million chips. …If I lose, 3 million chips will be gone.’
It was an unreasonable fight.
If I lost, it would be the end.
On the other hand, the woman seemed nonchalant, as if that amount of chips was nothing to her.
Unless the probability of winning was 100%, I had no choice but to fold.
It was quite an interesting style of poker.
A style of overpowering with strength and money.
I liked it even more.
I wasn’t planning on winning with ordinary methods in the first place.
I fiddled with the cards and eventually held out the deck of cards to the dealer.
“…Fold.”
I had no choice but to fold.
“Huh? The cards—”
The dealer took my deck of cards and started to say something, but then he made eye contact with me and became silent.
Then he started shuffling the cards again.
“Weren’t you going to say something?”
“No, I wasn’t. I’ll resume the game.”
The dealer calmly dealt the cards in response to the middle-aged woman’s question.
Hmm, it seemed to be working well, even though it was my first time using it.
The ‘Hypnosis’ skill that I had obtained last time.
I thought I would use it for something lewd first.
But in the end, I used it on the dealer first.
The level wasn’t high, so I couldn’t put him under a specific hypnosis.
I tried many things, but.
‘The cards I handed over are normal.’
Only that level of hypnosis worked.
I stretched and loosened my body.
Now was the beginning.
It was time to show them what real cheating gambling was.
There were many types of poker, but what we were playing was basically poker with 7 cards.
But I was different.
4 cards in my left hand, 3 in my right hand, and 2 in my inventory.
I combined 9 cards.
Naturally, it was much easier to create a strong combination than others.
“3 million!”
“Fold.”
“Fold.”
This time, it was the gangster-looking guy.
Judging by the Yang energy emanating from him, he seemed to have a decent hand.
However, this hand couldn’t be won with just a decent hand.
With quick hands, at a speed that ordinary human eyes couldn’t follow, I took out the cards in my inventory and put in the unnecessary cards.
And I smiled and replied.
“Call.”
“What?”
The gangster man was the one who was flustered when I accepted the bet.
He widened his eyes and scratched his head nervously, looking at his hand again.
“Ah, damn it, you’re calling this?”
The two people who had already folded were also looking at me with interest.
“Usually, even if you get a good hand, you wouldn’t even think about following that bet.”
“I guess he must have gotten a hand that he had no choice but to follow.”
They were laughing and talking, looking back and forth between me and the gangster, as if they were watching a fire across the river.
Unaware that it was their turn next.
“I will reveal both hands. I will reveal the hand of the person who bet first.”
“Ah, shit… K Triple.”
The man revealed his cards with half anxiety and half expectation, and I also showed my cards.
“3, A Full House.”
“Tsk… Full House?”
I succeeded in winning with a fairly high hand.
My capital soared almost doubled in an instant.
“Tch.”
The gangster frowned as if he was disappointed, but his reaction was minimal considering he had lost 3 million chips.
How many chips does he have?
Honestly, I didn’t care.
Those many remaining chips would soon be mine.
***
“This is cheating!”
The woman’s scream echoed on the 5th basement floor.
Everyone looked this way.
“Dealer! Are you in on this too!?”
The middle-aged woman and the gangster jumped up from their seats and protested to the dealer.
The gangster even grabbed the dealer by the collar.
The poor dealer could only shake his head diligently with his eyes tightly closed, saying that he didn’t know anything.
“C, calm down. The guards have already searched your bodies!”
“Then how can you not lose a single game in 20 games, not a single game!”
“I don’t know either…”
If he knew that, he would have been a gambler, not a dealer.
Even if the guard searched my body, they couldn’t find any traces of cheating gambling.
Of course.
Unless they knew about the existence of the inventory, they couldn’t find the cards.
“…Count the cards.”
“…They’re all correct.”
Only the white-haired old man remained calm and told the dealer to count the cards.
It was a good idea.
I was glad that I had summoned the cards from the inventory into the deck of cards just in case after the search.
I smiled slyly and shook the gold membership card.
It was now a card with an absurd amount of 50 million chips.
“I enjoyed the meal. See you tomorrow.”
I deliberately provoked the three people as if I was teasing them.
Then the gangster, who couldn’t stand it any longer, tried to grab my collar this time.
I wasn’t going to let him grab me so easily.
“Uh?”
I grabbed the hand the gangster held out and pushed him lightly.
That was all.
*Thud.*
The gangster was pushed back by the overwhelming force and fell on his butt.
He couldn’t believe that he had been pushed over so easily.
“…Hey.”
The old man, who had been sitting relatively quietly, called out to me.
“Make sure you come tomorrow. Be sure to.”
But his eyes were blazing.
In some ways, this old man seemed to be the most angry.
“Yes, I have to come.”
I put my arm around Lasha’s shoulder and slowly walked out.
I could feel the stinging gazes on the back of my head.
