Hu Zhen holds the three dice with the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and tail finger of his right hand, and holds the barnacle in his left hand.
After showing the four dice held between the four fingers of his right hand to the gamblers, Hu Zhen threw the three dice held between the fingers of his right hand into the barnacles with his usual skillful skills.
After shaking the barnacle containing the dice hard, he pinned it to the ground.
However - just when the barnacle was about to be pinned to the ground, his little finger, which was pressed against the bottom edge of the barnacle, cleverly moved inwards. The movement was extremely slight and agile, and no one noticed his small movement.
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"please."
Gamblers threw their money onto pieces of paper with "odd" or "even" written on them.
"Mamiya." Ogata saw that Mamiya had not bet the money for a long time. He turned his head and asked Mamiya, "Whether I bet on 'even' or 'even' this time?"
"I won't bet this time." However, Mamiya said an answer that made Ogata feel a little confused, "This bet is not interesting."
After saying this sentence without beginning or end, which made Ogata confused, Mamiya only put on an intriguing smile on his face, and still crossed his hands and reached into Haori's sleeves, without any trace of it.
It means depositing money.
The vibration of the kettle lifted the barnacles from the ground.
"One, three, five! Single!" Hu Zhen shouted.
The strange sound of wailing and cheering once again sounded in the casino.
Looking at the three dice lying quietly on the ground, the intriguing smile on Mamiya's face became more intense.
"Asshole!"
At this moment, a gambler shouted.
"Why do I always lose today! There must be something wrong with your dice!"
As if Hu Zhen was used to seeing this kind of scene, he just silently made a "please" gesture to the three dice on the ground, and then said softly:
"If you don't trust me, you can come and check these dice yourself."
Seeing what Hu Zhendu said, the gambler immediately walked up respectfully, picked up the three dice and examined them carefully.
Several gamblers sitting next to this gambler also stood up and checked the dice with him.
However - no matter how many times they checked, they could not find anything wrong with the dice.
Therefore, they could only hand the dice back to Hu Zhen with a look of dismay.
Hu Zhen handed the dice to Zhongpen and asked Zhongpen to conduct a routine inspection.
After the middle basin inspection, a new round of gambling began.
Karakra...
The sound of the dice shaking in the barnacles was mixed with the sounds of the gamblers holding their breath.
After the dice was shaken, the pot vibrated and pushed the barnacles toward the ground.
When the barnacle was about to hit the ground, Tsutsumi poked the little finger of his right hand at the bottom of the barnacle into the barnacle as before, and slightly hooked it inside with a slight and agile movement.
Just then.
Just before Hu Zhen’s right little finger had time to withdraw from the pot——
Ka.
The light of the knife and the sound of the knife being retracted appeared almost at the same time.
“Ahhhhhh——!”
The moment the sword light and the sound of sheathing disappeared, the scream of Hu Zhen sounded.
The little finger of Tsutsubo's right hand was dripping with blood. The barnacles and dice in his right hand... no, to be precise, the barnacles were cut in half and the dice fell to the ground.
The barnacle is split vertically in two.
After the barnacle that had been cut in half and the dice inside the barnacle fell to the ground, the gamblers present widened their eyes in shock.
The reason why their eyes were wide-eyed was not because the barnacles were cut in half by unknown persons.
But because - there were six dice that fell on the ground.
"Your tricks are quite sophisticated."
Holding the scabbard with his left hand and pressing the handle of the knife with his right hand, Mamiya still maintained the position of sheathing the knife and said softly to Tsuzumi who was still covering his right hand and screaming.
"Before pinning the barnacle to the ground, secretly replace the dice in the barnacle with the dice that have been prepared to manipulate the gambling situation."
"You are one of the most powerful conmen I have ever seen. You can replace the dice in the barnacle with only the last finger of your right hand."
At this time, Ogata was looking at Mamiya beside him with astonished eyes.
——So fast!
Ogata exclaimed in his heart.
The other gamblers may not have seen clearly what happened just now, but Ogata, who was sitting next to Mamiya and was also a samurai, knew exactly what happened just now.
Just when he was bored and crossing his arms, waiting for Tsutsubo to pin the barnacle to the ground, he noticed Mamiya moving beside him out of the corner of his eye.
Mamiya, who originally had his hands crossed and inserted into Haori's sleeves, stretched out his hands from between the sleeves.
Holding the scabbard with your left hand? Hold down the knife with your right hand.
Unsheath the sword? The unsheathed blade swept vertically across the barnacles in Tsutsubo's hand from bottom to top, and then Mamiya sheathed the sword.
This series of movements by Mamiya were so fast that Ogata found it unbelievable.
The light of the sword and the sound of the sword being sheathed appeared almost at the same time.
And the most incredible thing for Ogata is that when Mamiya draws the sword, there is no sound.
After Mamiya revealed the cheater's behavior, the mood of the gamblers gradually changed from shock to anger.
"You brat! How dare you play tricks on me!"
A gambler who was closest to Hu Zhen stood up and spread his legs. He grabbed Hu Zhen's shoulder with his left hand and clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it high.
The other gamblers also surrounded Hu Zhen from all directions.
The gamblers now look like a pack of wild wolves about to eat their prey.
However - before their fists hit Hu Zhen's body, a few sounds of drawing knives and angry shouts overwhelmed the roars of the gamblers:
"Let's see who dares to be so bold here!"
"Let me go!"
"Everyone get out of here! Otherwise I will kill someone!"
…
The owners who shouted angrily were naturally the four guards in the casino.
These four guards are now drawing swords in their hands and glaring at the gamblers who are surrounding Hu Zhen.
The dazzling knives in the hands of these four guards instantly calmed down the gamblers who were originally in a state of rage.
Are these gamblers just ordinary people? Facing the shining sword, they still feel instinctive fear.
"Get out of here!" One of the four guards shouted angrily again.
As soon as this angry shout came down, the gamblers immediately let go of the pot and rushed out like prisoners who had received amnesty.
The originally bustling gambling hall suddenly became quiet.
The remaining gamblers? Only Ogata and Mamiya were left kneeling on the futon from beginning to end.
Four guards from the casino rushed up and surrounded Ogata and Mamiya, who were still kneeling on the futon, from four directions.
"You bastard!"
One of the guards cast a vicious look at Mamiya.
"Now that you've discovered that we are cheating, can't you just pretend you didn't see it? If you expose it, aren't you asking for trouble?!"
Even when four bright swords were pointed at them, Ogata and Mamiya remained unmoved and their expressions remained unchanged.