NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Faced with someone's smiling provocation, Andy and Carbon exchanged a glance. One shrugged indifferently, while the other hummed a little tune and slid the unrevealed hole card back to the dealer.

Their meaning was quite clear.

—The game continues.

……

Similar to the dealer role in Mahjong, the bidding also takes turns.

After Phoenix called for two million, it was Carbone's turn to call.

The hole card, once again pressed against the fine green cashmere gambling table, slid towards the playboy's jaws.

The red-haired playboy, exuding a lazy and sleepy vibe, gently pressed the back of the card with his fingertips. Then, he lifted the left corner of the card with his thumb, glanced at the face of the card, and turned his gaze slightly.

Square A.

It's a good omen.

"Please call your number for table number four."

"one."

Following Carbone's standard betting procedure, Andy skillfully raised, "Four."

boom boom—

"Two million."

As the jade chips were tossed again, accompanied by Phoenix's raise, they landed in the center of the table, swaying back and forth...

The playboys fell silent once again.

Not to mention the two of them, even the white rabbit guarding Phoenix's side had a blank expression at this moment, looking like a snow hare staring blankly in the polar region, standing motionless in the snow, wondering about the meaning of rabbit life.

Meanwhile, curious gamblers gradually gathered around the gambling table, beginning to pay attention to this unprecedented unlimited betting coin poker game.

……

……

加，

Or not?

Carbon ran his fingertips over the playing cards, glanced at Andy, and felt a pang of sympathy at the other's frustrated expression.

He had already annoyed the other party with a bet once, so betting again now would be too disrespectful.

Thinking of this, Red Hair calmly pushed out four jade chips.

"Add four, that's eight million."

"..."

The $32 million gamble has once again landed on poor Paul Andy.

For a fleeting moment, the unlucky playboy felt that he must have been tricked today, otherwise it would be hard to explain how 640,000 yuan had vanished from his wallet in just a few dozen seconds.

"Collect the cards."

With Carbone's response, the total of 400,000 in license fee for the two was deposited into their accounts again.

In just a minute and a half, Phoenix brought in a total of $800,000 in casino revenue for Masters. Blair, watching from the side, unconsciously opened her mouth wide, unsure of what words of praise to use.

She also knew that her family's gold coin battles were very profitable.

However, the efficiency of earning 800,000 in less than 100 seconds for a single table is still somewhat abstract.

Mr. Phoenix...

Could it be that he's a "clerk" the boss specifically hired to boost this month's performance?

"Shall we continue?"

Amid the man's flippant questioning, Andy, finally having his turn to call out his bet, licked his dry lips, struck a villainous pose, and gave a smug, wicked smile.

Then, he tossed the King of Hearts in his hand to the dealer, signaling for the dealer to re-deal the cards.

"Number eight, please call your bet."

Thump—thump—

He took the hole card and confirmed it was a good Queen of Clubs. Fueled by alcohol and his temper, the playboy swept his hand across the stack of chips and threw out his emerald chip.

"four million."

Wow——!

The men and women gathered around were all astonished by Andy's extravagant spending and whispered among themselves.

Looking at those slightly surprised gazes, the scapegoat, who had been feeling wronged for two rounds, felt as if he were a god descended to earth, and that nothing in the world could rival him.

You like betting two million, huh? I'll bet four million straight, go ahead and try...

"Blow it up, record it as 16 million."

Andy: “…”

As Phoenix recounted the story without batting an eye, and as Andy frowned incredulously, the red-haired playboy Carbon's face instantly darkened.

he……

He hasn't even placed any bets yet, okay?!

If he were to collect the cards now, according to the rules of collecting cards in a casino, he would have to pay Phoenix 10% of 16 million, or 1.6 million, as a card collection fee, and then give the casino 160,000.

If you choose to follow, the default is the raise level of the player before you, which is equivalent to four million chips.

One million seven hundred and twenty thousand versus four million?

From a rational perspective, withdrawing from the competition would definitely result in a smaller loss.

But this is gambling, and what gambler would really think that they can't even win one round?

We are all just one card in the deck, and no one knows what the next four cards will be. There's no reason for me to back down, is there?

It's all about luck; four million isn't a loss he can't afford!

"with!"

Carbon, abandoning his usual languid demeanor, sported an irritable expression and was the first to reach for his hole cards, flipping them over and slamming them onto the gambling table.

Snapped!

9 of Diamonds

At the same time, on either side of him, Andy excitedly swung his cards in the same manner, slamming his Queen of Clubs face down on the table.

Phoenix silently and gently turned over the 3 of spades, eliciting another sigh and mockery from the audience.

Gambling isn't something you can win by simply intimidating others.

“Commander, if you lose this match, you will have to pay each of us 16 million, for a total of 32 million in chips.”

Looking at the Queen of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, and Queen of Diamonds dealt to him by the dealer, Andy, who was holding three of a kind in his hand, glanced at the loose cards on Carbon's side, and then at the 3 of Spades, 8 of Spades, and Jack of Spades in front of Phoenix. He couldn't help but smile.

Without a straight, the only way for this commander to win against his three of a kind is with a flush.

However, without considering other players' hands, the probability of forming a flush on your own is about 0.8%, while the actual probability is much lower than that.

To put it another way, this is equivalent to his win rate being at least 99.2%.

99.2% to 0.8%, how can you lose?

"Should we raise the stakes?"

After receiving the Ace of Spades from the dealer, Phoenix neatly stacked the four Spades on the table, his expression as calm as if he were playing a game of solitaire as a child.

"Shall we each add four more?"

Add more?

Mr. 99.2% suddenly narrowed his pupils, looking into the eyes of Mr. 0.8% the Madman, eyes the same color as the chips. His thoughts suddenly drifted back to the scene when he watched the MMR Affiliated High School exhibition game.

He remembered.

This guy used the same emoji when he planned to go to the H region for rescue and shot down the drone under the pretext of secrecy.

That expression showed not even a trace of fear.

Andy's heart, under that arrogant and unreasonable gaze, instantly went from rising tide to receding tide.

No, not possible!

99.2 to 0.8! The advantage is on my side!!!

"Four more it is! I'll raise by sixteen million, betting your sixty-four million!!!"

"Okay, then pay up."

Having witnessed Andy's successful transformation from human to dog, Phoenix stood up with satisfaction and said to the little white rabbit beside him:

"Miss Blair, please take care of collecting the money for me. I'll head to the other venues now."

Having said that, the man ignored Miss Rabbit's thoughts and strode straight out of the crowd towards the limited betting area.

There, a tall, bald man, about 1.9 meters tall, had just finished a thrilling gambling game and was probably waiting for him to arrive.