I love time travel the most!

"Wait a minute, what do you think this place is, where you can come and go as you please?"

"But weren't you going to refuse to help?"

"Hmph, if I were to just kick you out like this, it would seem that I am too heartless. Therefore, I will give you a chance."

Under the puzzled gaze of her subordinate, the arrogant girl curled the corners of her lips into a smile.

"Let's make a bet!"

For some reason, they ended up going back to the way they were when they first met.

The reason that prompted the girl to do this can be seen from her incredibly eager eyes; she still covets Kobayashi and Ryuu.

Natsuki Subaru sighed helplessly, "Priscilla, even if you want to find a man, don't fixate on just one. We have things to do right now, and we're not in the mood to play games with you."

"Don't misunderstand, you fools. I just want to retaliate for the humiliation you suffered before! You won't leave easily after you've disgraced me."

It turns out he's the same as Subaru Natsuki.

The arrogant girl was still holding a grudge about losing to someone else.

Priscilla raised her snow-white, delicate foot and said to Kobayashi, "If you win, I will immediately send reinforcements without hesitation. But if I win... you will have to lie on the floor and bite down on shame and humiliation, like a pitiful stray dog, like a baby suckling at its mother's milk, licking my feet!"

It has to be said that this is an extremely unreasonable demand.

"Hey, how could I possibly agree to that?!" Natsuki Subaru retorted angrily, then asked, "Right, Kobayashi?!"

however--

Looking at the glimpses of the girl's skin peeking out from under her bright red dress and her dazzlingly white, smooth skin, Xiaolin stroked his chin and said, "Lick feet... well, it's not entirely out of the question."

"……what?"

"Even without gambling, I can still lick. No, rather, please let me lick your feet! Rest assured, I'm a professional foot licker!"

"Xiao Lin?!!!"

Natsuki Subaru was dumbfounded.

He never expected that Kobayashi, who was always steady and reliable, would say such a shocking thing.

Priscilla was disgusted and, slightly annoyed, snapped, "How could you say such a thing? Don't you have any shame?!"

"Shame? What's that? Can you eat it? Let's not talk about that. How about I admit defeat, or I can deliberately lose to you?"

"If you dare to lose on purpose, I will kill you!"

"Wow—that's really domineering."

Xiaolin reluctantly pouted.

Natsuki Subaru seemed to understand something.

Unlike him, who only gained the upper hand after clearly knowing the other party's purpose the second time, Kobayashi easily gained the upper hand by provoking the other party with nonsensical antics.

"So... as before, we'll decide the format of the competition?"

"It doesn't matter. Even if we decide the winner by rock-paper-scissors as before, I'm fine with it. Why? Well, the world revolves around me."

"Let's forget it. Even if we won that way, you wouldn't admit it anyway."

Ignoring the girl's increasingly arrogant attitude, they then chose a game that was either uncontrollable or had more external factors at play.

--poker.

"Just like in movies, novels, and comics, when it comes to the decisive moment, it should be done in a way that is full of highlights to be truly satisfying."

"You're right, brother."

Subaru and Alphonse shared the same idea. As modern people, they actually had many similarities.

The two sat on opposite sides of the table.

"Have you understood the rules?"

"Hmph, you already know who I take you for. Stop wasting time and get started."

The arrogant girl, instead, urged him on.

“Then I, Al, will deal the cards for you two.”

Priscilla also said that if he was worried, he could arrange for anyone to do it, but Kobayashi believed that her pride would not allow him to do anything underhanded, so he didn't care.

The game is decided in one round; there is no folding.

The rules are to deal five cards and compare their values, with each player having one opportunity to exchange any number of cards during the game.

For a specific example, you can refer to the game played by JoJo's Bizarre Adventure when Jotaro and Darby used poker to gamble for souls. It's a pure game of luck, assuming neither of them cheats.

Even so, Priscilla's luck is ridiculously strong.

Ace of Spades, King of Spades, Queen of Spades, Jack of Spades, Ten of Spades

--Royal flush.

This is Priscilla's hand.

Xiaolin saw it with his own eyes.

His own hand consisted of the 2 of Diamonds, the 4 of Diamonds, the Ace of Clubs, the 7 of Spades, and the Jack of Hearts—a completely random hand.

Honestly, even if I changed all my cards, I still wouldn't be able to beat her.

Looking at the composed Priscilla, Al couldn't help but say, "Miss, don't you look at your cards? The rules allow you to exchange cards once."

"No need to change the cards."

"Huh? But..."

"I say no need, let's just compare the hands. You know, the world revolves around me, so it's obvious this hand is the highest."

Even if one's pride prevents them from doing so, it still seems closer to arrogance no matter how you look at it.

The girl's arrogance is off the charts!

But she was right, her hand was indeed the strongest.

Al knew exactly what kind of person his princess was, so instead of trying to persuade her, he turned to another person and asked, "What about you, Kobayashi? Do you want to change your cards?"

"no need."

Kobayashi gave the same answer.

Of course, he didn't look at the cards.

"Hey Hey hey……"

Al sighed, rubbing his forehead.

He felt that Kobayashi wasn't confident of victory, but rather just being stubborn and putting on a show; could he really be planning to lick her feet?

The arrogant girl, brimming with confidence, chuckled lightly, "What's wrong? Did you give up because you knew you couldn't win?"

What if I said I couldn't wait to lick his feet?

"Then I will kill you on the spot."

"Terrible, terrible. But unfortunately, I won't have the chance to receive this honor."

Neither of them would back down, and they both revealed their cards.

The royal flush that should have been in Priscilla's hands was instead placed right in front of Kobayashi!

"—This is your second defeat."

The man exuded complete confidence.

At least the time-stop license plate change that readers mentioned has arrived!

Chapter 383 You started it first! A little something for the people from another world.

Although I don't know what tricks they're going to use, I'm sure I'll win this time!

—A confident aura emanated from the arrogant girl before me.

Trying to compete against the luckiest person in a contest with so many uncertainties is undoubtedly the most foolish decision.

Most people would think that way.

However, this incredible luck had no effect on Kobayashi!

Just as Priscilla believed in her luck, Kobayashi also believed that Priscilla could win simply by luck.

Therefore, winning is very simple.

All you need to do is change the cards.

Bad news: The other side has the best luck!

Good news: You can change your license plate!

First, use your eyes to determine the size of your cards. After all, the girl favored by the sun has strong luck that will lead her to victory. If you rashly change your cards and end up with the biggest hand, that would be quite a mess.

Fortunately, the opponent didn't try to hide their good luck and played their best hand right away.

Okay, okay, let’s play like this, right?

So how do we change the cards?

With both players far from the table, neither nimble fingers nor delicate threads are of any use. Therefore, there is only one way to exchange cards without being detected.

Seeing the girl holding her head high with an arrogant and smug look, Kobayashi decided to give the people from another world a little shock of time stop.

You opened it first!

Smash Varudo!

...No, it's an imaginary number mechanism.

As if a precisely segmented gray space had been instantly unfolded, Priscilla, Alphonse, and Subaru Natsuki all lost their original colors and turned grayish-white, while only Kobayashi retained a bright and distinct color.

Unlike the biggest card that the arrogant girl had up her sleeve, this was Kobayashi's biggest card.

Since the imaginary space is a hyperacceleration that extends vertically to the timeline and is not a true time stop, unlike Ryuu's 30 minutes, Kobayashi only has 30 seconds of activity time based on his current physical condition.

Tsk.