Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 132: Cheating (Part 1)
After Ogata and Mamiya stepped into the casino, everyone in the casino immediately focused their attention on the two newcomers.
After glancing at Ogata and Mamiya, they looked away.
The gamblers continued to gamble, and Hu Zhen continued to roll the dice.
Even when they saw Ogata and Mamiya with knives stuck in their left waists, they remained unmoved - it was obvious that they were very accustomed to the sight of samurai entering and leaving this gambling house.
Mamiya led Ogata directly to the two cushions in the middle.
There are two burly men sitting on the two cushions in the middle.
"Excuse me." Mamiya said directly to the two strong men, "Can you please give up your seat?"
The two sturdy men turned their heads and looked Mamiya up and down with displeased eyes.
After seeing the sword on Mamiya's waist, a hint of fear flashed across their faces.
Finally, the two strong men reluctantly gave up the two cushions in the middle and ran to sit elsewhere.
After the two strong men left, Mamiya knelt on one of the futons without any hesitation, and asked Ogata to sit on the other futon beside him.
Every window of the casino was covered tightly with curtains, making the casino extremely dark.
It was still broad daylight, but we could only use candles to illuminate the room and barely see what was going on inside the casino.
The candlelight illuminated the gamblers gathered around the “Odd” and “Even” cards, casting their shadows on the mottled wall behind them, swaying with the candlelight.
Looking at the pieces of paper with "Odd" or "Even" written on them on the ground in front of him, Ogata thought to himself:
——Odds and evens… I’m good at this…
The stakes in this casino were simpler than Ogata had imagined.
Odds and Evens is the only gambling game that Ogata knows how to play.
When Ogata and Mamiya joined the game, the previous round had just ended and a new round was about to begin.
Hu Zhen, who was sitting in front of Ogata and others, was a young man.
He was not wearing any clothes, only a white loincloth, revealing his tight skin and muscles.
He has large tattoos on his body.
Ogata couldn't recognize what was tattooed on the young man's body. He could only barely make out that there were many animals on it, including tigers and monkeys.
In addition to animals, there seem to be many things that resemble evil spirits.
This large tattoo covered more than 70% of his skin and looked terrifying.
Ogata can guarantee that if this young man were to go to the street vendor to buy something wearing only a loincloth, the vendor might not dare to accept his money.
A new gamble begins.
Zhong Pen, who was sitting next to Hu Zhen, took the dice, checked them, and shouted:
"shake!"
With a "pop" sound, Hu Zhen threw three dice made of deer antlers into the barnacle wrapped with a layer of stickers with neat movements, and then shook it up and down and left and right with skillful movements.
The gamblers, like hungry carnivores that had spotted their prey, stared at the barnacles shaking up and down in Hu Zhen's hands with their bloodshot eyes.
Their fiery gazes were about to burn a hole in the barnacles in Hu Zhen's hand.
Some gamblers even cover their ears with their hands, trying to hear the movement of the dice in the barnacles.
Only Ogata and Mamiya looked casual, as if they didn't care at all what the points were on the dice in the barnacle.
Finally, with a "bang", Hu Zhen slammed the barnacle containing the dice to the ground .
Letting go of the hand holding the barnacle, Hu Zhen spread his hands, made a "please" gesture, and said loudly:
"please!"
Gamblers took out their money one after another and threw it on the paper with "odd" or "even".
After sitting down on the futon, Mamiya crossed his hands and put them into the sleeves of his haori.
After the betting started, Mamiya tilted his head towards Ogata and whispered in a voice that only he and Ogata could hear:
"Ogata-kun, do you think it's single or double?"
"How do I know whether it's an odd or even number?" Ogata said unhappily, "If I had the ability to know the number on the dice, I would have made a fortune gambling long ago."
"The dice in the pot is now even."
"How do you know?" Ogata cast a puzzled look at Mamiya.
"intuition."
After saying this, Mamiya stretched out his right hand which had been inserted into the left sleeve of the haori from a while ago.
When his right hand stretched out from the left sleeve of the haori, he held two things in his right palm - two large pieces of gold.
Without hesitation, Mamiya threw the two large gold pieces onto the piece of paper with the word "double" written on it in front of him.
After these two large sums of money were dropped to the ground, the sound of people gasping for air was immediately heard in the casino.
The rest of the gamblers could only take out some copper coins, and very few took out silver.
The two large gold medals from Mamiya stood out in this casino.
"Open!" Zhongpen shouted with full energy.
After Zhongpen finished speaking, Hu Zhen lifted the barnacle, revealing three dice under the barnacle.
4, 4, 6 - 14 o'clock, even.
The gamblers who had just placed their money on the “single” number wailed in pain.
The gamblers who had placed their money on "double" cheered.
"It seems that I have good luck today."
Mamiya said this softly to Ogata while collecting the money he had just won.
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Mamiya and Ogata participated in four gambling games in a row.
Ogata couldn't figure out whether Mamiya was simply lucky or had the ability to hear the number on the dice in the Fujitsubo.
They won all four bets they
In a blink of an eye, the two of them won a lot of money.
Mamiya was involved in the entire gambling process.
Ogata basically just folded his arms the entire time, watching Mamiya gambling.
While watching Mamiya gambling, Ogata was also quietly observing the defense situation of the casino.
According to Ogata's observation, there were four guards in this casino.
The four guards stood at the four corners of the casino.
The four guards seemed to be in a daze out of boredom.
Or watch the gamblers gambling with interest.
It is worth mentioning that these four guards all wore katana and wakizashi on their waists.
He must be a ronin hired by the Negishi family.
Nowadays, the world is full of wanderers who have no place to live and no food to eat.
As long as you can offer a considerable commission, there will be many ronin willing to be your thugs.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard Ogata looked, he couldn't find anyone who looked like an important person in this casino.
It seems that the only staff members of this casino are Hu Zhen, Zhong Pen, and these four guards.
Soon, a new round of gambling began.
After Zhongpen checked the dice, Hu Zhen took the dice from Zhongpen's hand.
But this time, a strange smile flashed across Hu Zhen's face.
