Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 133: Cheating (Part 2)
Hu Zhen held the three dice with the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger of his right hand, and held the barnacle in his left hand.
After showing the three dice held between the four fingers of his right hand to the gamblers, Hu Zhen threw the three dice held between the four fingers of his right hand into the barnacles with his usual skillful technique.
After shaking the barnacle containing the dice vigorously, he placed it on the ground.
However - just when the barnacle was about to be stuck on the ground, Hu Zhen skillfully hooked his little finger, which was pressing on the bottom edge of the barnacle, inside. His movement was extremely light and quick, and no one noticed his little action.
"please."
Gamblers threw their money onto pieces of paper with either "odd" or "even" written on them.
"Mamiya." Seeing that Mamiya had not yet put his money in, Ogata turned his head and asked Mamiya, "Are you betting on odd or even this time?"
"No more gambling this time." However, Mamiya gave an answer , "This gambling game is meaningless."
After saying this incoherent sentence that left Ogata confused, Mamiya just put on an intriguing smile, with his hands still crossed and inserted into the sleeves of the haori, with no intention of betting any money.
Hu Zhen lifted up the barnacles that were stuck on the ground.
"One, three, five! Single!" Hu Zhen shouted.
The strange sound of wailing and cheering could be heard again in the casino.
Looking at the three dice lying quietly on the ground, the intriguing smile on Mamiya's face became even more intense.
"Asshole!"
Just then, a gambler shouted.
"Why do I always lose today? Is there something wrong with your dice?"
Hu Zhen seemed to be used to 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."
Hearing Hu Zhendu say this, 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.
And yet - no matter how many times they checked, they couldn't find anything wrong with the dice.
Therefore, they could only return the dice to Hu Zhen reluctantly.
Hu Zhen handed the dice to Zhong Pen and asked him to conduct a routine inspection.
After the mid-basin examination, a new round of gambling began.
Kala Kala...
The sound of the dice shaking in the barnacles and the gamblers' concentrated breathing mixed together.
After shaking the dice, Hu Zhen threw the barnacle onto the ground.
When the barnacle was about to hit the ground, Hu Zhen, like before, reached his right little finger, which was pinched at the bottom of the barnacle, into the barnacle and hooked it slightly with a light and quick movement.
at this time.
Just before Hu Zhen could withdraw his little finger from the pot,
Click.
The flash of the knife and the sound of the knife being put away appeared almost at the same time.
"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"
The next moment after the knife light and the sound of the knife being sheathed disappeared , Hu Zhen's scream rang out.
The little finger of Hu Zhen's right hand was covered in blood, and the barnacle and dice in his right hand... no, to be precise, the barnacle and dice that were cut in half fell to the ground.
The barnacle is bisected vertically.
After the barnacle was cut in half and the dice inside it fell to the ground, the gamblers present all widened their eyes in shock.
The reason why their eyes were wide open was not because the barnacles were cut in half by an unknown person.
But it was because there were 6 dice dropped on the ground.
"Your cheating skills are quite sophisticated."
Holding the scabbard with his left hand and the handle of the katana with his right hand, Mamiya, who was still maintaining the posture of sheathing the sword, spoke softly to Hu Zhen who was still covering his right hand and screaming in front of him.
"Before placing the barnacle on the ground, secretly replace the dice inside the barnacle with the dice that have been prepared in advance, thereby manipulating the gambling game."
"You are one of the best cheaters I have ever seen. You can replace the dice in the barnacle with just the little finger of your right hand."
At this moment, Ogata was looking at Mamiya beside him with a look of astonishment.
--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 as he was bored and crossed his arms across his chest, waiting for Hu Zhen to dunk Fenghu to the ground, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Mamiya moved beside him.
Mamiya, who had originally crossed his hands and inserted them into the sleeves of the haori, stretched his hands out from between the sleeves.
Hold the scabbard with your left hand and hold the katana with your right hand.
The sword was unsheathed, and the blade swept vertically from bottom to top across the Fujitsubo in Hu Zhen's hand, and then Mamiya put the sword back into the sheath.
Mamiya's series of actions were so fast that Ogata found it unbelievable.
The flash of the sword and the sound of the sword being sheathed appeared almost at the same time.
What Ogata found most unbelievable was that when Mamiya drew his sword, there was no sound.
After Mamiya exposed Hu Zhen's cheating, the gamblers' emotions gradually changed from surprise to anger.
"You little bastard! How dare you play tricks on me!"
A gambler who was closest to Hu Zhen stood up, spread his legs, grabbed Hu Zhen's shoulders with his left hand, and clenched his right fist and raised it high.
The rest of the gamblers also surrounded Hu Zhen from all directions.
The gamblers now look like a group of wild wolves about to share their prey.
However - before their fists could hit Hu Zhen, the sounds of swords being drawn and angry shouts overwhelmed the roars of the gamblers:
"Let's see who dares to act so presumptuously here!"
"Let go of Hu Zhen!"
"Get out of here! Otherwise I'll kill you!"
…
The owners of these shouts were naturally the four guards in the casino.
The four guards now had their swords drawn and were glaring at the gamblers who were surrounding Hu Zhen .
The shining knives in the hands of the four guards instantly calmed down the gamblers who were originally in a state of rage.
These gamblers are just ordinary people. When faced with gleaming swords, they still feel instinctive fear.
"Get out of here!" One of the four guards shouted again.
As soon as the shout came, the gamblers immediately let go of the pot and filed out like prisoners who had been pardoned.
The casino, which was originally bustling and noisy, suddenly became quiet.
The only gamblers left now are Ogata and Mamiya, who knelt on the futon properly from beginning to end.
The four guards of 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.
"Since you've discovered that we were cheating, why don't you just pretend you didn't see anything? If you expose us, aren't you asking for trouble?!"
Even though they were pointed at by four shining katanas, Ogata and Mamiya remained unmoved and their expressions did not change.
