WTYTIAAN Chapter 84

Chapter 84

Mandy Peer’s High-Level Area.

The crystal chandelier above slowly rotated, refracting colorful light onto the faces below. The sounds of dice rolling and chips clashing intertwined, and exclamations rose and fell from the surrounding crowd.

Their attention was focused on the gambling table in the very center, or more precisely, on the handsome, black-haired man.

Sitting at a gambling table not far away, a man in a splendid robe played with the chips in his hand, watching the black-haired man with the corner of his eye. He whispered to his companion, “Is this his eleventh consecutive win?”

“It’s the twelfth now.” His companion said with interest, “The dealer is starting to get nervous. It looks like they’ll have to change soon.”

“What’s his background?” The man in the splendid robe asked curiously, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone like him in the high-level area before. Did he come down from the top-level area?”

His companion shook his head, “I heard he came up from the low-level area, winning all the way to the high-level area. He’s here for the competition. It’s only been four days, and he already has two Lucky Stars.”

『Lucky Star』: In Mandy Peer, anyone who wins 30 million or more gold coins in a day will be awarded the title of Lucky Star. Anyone who gets three Lucky Star titles will become Mandy Peer’s 『Midas Touch』 and enjoy Mandy Peer’s top-level treatment.

“Two Lucky Stars?” The man in the splendid robe was surprised and couldn’t help but take another look at the black-haired man. “Then he should already be qualified to go to the top-level area, right? Why is he still staying in the high-level area?”

“Who knows?” His companion shrugged. “Maybe he thinks the high-level area is more fun? Safer?”

According to Mandy Peer’s rules, the bet in the high-level area cannot be less than 100,000 gold coins each time. This is already a very terrifying number. People without a certain amount of wealth wouldn’t dare to play in the high-level area.

And the minimum bet for each game in the top-level area is over a million. Don’t think that the top-level area only requires an entry fee of ten million gold coins. This small amount of assets can be lost in one or two games.

Even if you have money, you don’t dare to easily enter the top-level area to play. If you’re not careful, you can lose your life to Mandy Peer.

“He should be able to become a 『Midas Touch』 today, right?” On the other side, sitting at the bar, a woman in jeweled clothes shook the wine glass in her hand, also staring at the black-haired man in the center of the crowd’s attention.

“Maybe? How much more does he need to win to get thirty million?”

“A few million more, I guess. With his all-in state every time, it will take at most three more rounds.” Another person roughly counted the stack of golden chips in front of the black-haired man. “Of course, if he loses just one round before that, he will immediately go bankrupt and become penniless.”

“Do you think someone like that would only have this little bit of gold coins?” Another lady with a fur shawl draped over her shoulders covered her mouth and chuckled. “Besides, these chips are just what he’s won these past few days. Someone with this kind of ability… Heh.”

Someone exclaimed, “He seems to have X-ray vision… Don’t look at me like that. I know those are all alchemy items. No one can have the skill to see through the cards.”

Besides, there are already quite a few Hooded People around that black-haired man. With so many people staring at him, even if he really used a skill, the magic fluctuations would be discovered.

However, there were no magic fluctuations at all. The black-haired man had no chance to cheat.

He was a natural Lucky Star.

Standing in the center of the crowd’s attention, Yan Yunqing calmly won another victory. The corners of his lips slightly raised as he looked at the young man across from him, whose forehead was covered in sweat. He nodded slightly, “Continue.”

The 『Dealer』’s face was pale, and his fingertips were trembling. He had already lost all of today’s share to the black-haired, red-eyed man in front of him. He no longer had the qualification to continue losing, and he would even be severely punished by Mandy Peer for exhausting his share.

Mandy Peer gave the 『Dealers』 the highest treatment and power, and they had to do everything possible to earn more gold coins for Mandy Peer. The 『Dealers』 who lost all their share would only be regarded as useless people by Mandy Peer.

…The useless people in Mandy Peer will only become one of the master’s many collectibles.

The 『Dealer』’s forehead was sweating, and he hadn’t made a move to continue dealing the cards for a long time. He couldn’t help but look at the 『Dealers』 at other tables with pleading eyes, but those people avoided his gaze after touching his eyes.

No one wanted to gamble against such a terrifying man. They didn’t have the confidence to win absolutely.

They were also unwilling to lose their share to save an opponent.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

Finally, the appearance of a person broke the silence.

A handsome young man pushed open the door to the high-level area hall and walked to this gambling table. He wasn’t very tall, and he was wearing the unified black and white uniform of the 『Dealers』, but he wore a purple-gold rose badge on his chest, different from any 『Dealer』 in the high-level area.

He put his hand on the shoulder of the 『Dealer』 who was constantly sweating, and said to him, “Leave the rest to me, you can go down first.”

Everyone’s eyes fell on the young man, revealing a look of realization after seeing the badge on his chest: This is a 『Dealer』 from the top-level area. They actually came down to the high-level area to save the day. It seems that the people above couldn’t sit still.

However, is this black-haired man so terrifying? Even the 『Dealer』 from the top-level area was sent down to save the day.

Yan Yunqing met the young man’s eyes. Neither of them revealed any flaws, and they just tacitly averted their gazes.

The young man glanced at the cards on the table and said to Yan Yunqing, “I heard you’re here for the 『Midas Touch』 competition. How many more chips do you need for the last Lucky Star?”

Yan Yunqing said nonchalantly, “Not much, six million gold coins.”

The minimum bet for each game in the high-level area is 100,000. Yan Yunqing is participating in the head-to-head mode, which means that however many chips he bets, he can get double the chips if he wins.

There’s no way around it. He’s become famous these past two days. Other players don’t welcome him in their modes, so he can only gamble against the 『Dealer』.

Because he wanted to get the title of Lucky Star, the 60 million he won before was all locked. The odds in the high-level area aren’t high, and after he won 30 million the first two times, many gambling tables wouldn’t play with him, so he had to start from scratch with hundreds of thousands of gold coins each time.

It was better today. He won a little more yesterday, and started with over a million, and it took more than a dozen rounds to win to this point.

“In that case, I’ll gamble with you next.” The young man said methodically, “The other 『Dealers』 here don’t have enough share to gamble with you. Why not gamble with me, how about it?”

Yan Yunqing chuckled, “That’s not good, right? I’m here to play in the high-level area. You’re a 『Dealer』 from the top-level area gambling with me? I don’t really want to accept, what should I do?”

The young man’s expression didn’t change at all, and he said calmly, “If you want to participate in the 『Midas Touch』 competition, you’ll have to go to the top-level area sooner or later. There’s no difference between sooner and later.”

He glanced at Yan Yunqing and said the strategy they had discussed from the beginning, “Of course, what you said also makes sense. This is the high-level area, not the top-level area, so I’ll give you one round. We’ll bet three rounds. As long as you win any one of the rounds, I can directly give you the third Lucky Star, allowing you to have the qualification to enter the competition.”

Yan Yunqing raised his eyebrows, “What if I lose all three rounds?”

The young man: “Then, unfortunately, you’ll have to start winning the 30 million from scratch.”

But there’s only a little more than a day left before the start of the competition. If he interrupts the acquisition of the Lucky Star today, then he will permanently lose the competition qualification.

Yan Yunqing’s fingers rested on the table and tapped lightly, pretending to be lost in thought. After a long time, he opened his mouth, “That’s kind of interesting.”

The surrounding crowd whispered.

“Will he agree?”

“Probably not. At his current speed, he can quickly get these six million chips from other gambling tables. There’s no need to gamble with the 『Dealer』 from the top-level area. If he doesn’t win even one round, then he’ll be even further away from 30 million.”

“But wasn’t he very good before? He should be able to win at least one round out of three, right?”

Yan Yunqing didn’t care about the discussions of the surrounding crowd. He tilted his head, “Okay, then I’ll play with you.”

The young man nodded and reached out to pick up the cards on the gambling table, shuffling and dealing them skillfully and quickly.

Yan Yunqing supported the gambling table with one hand, his posture lazy, “Just winning one round against you is enough, isn’t that a little simple?”

The young man wasn’t affected, “Win first before you talk.”

“Okay, let’s wait and see.”

The two actors’ acting ended here. The two tacitly stopped talking. One concentrated on shuffling the cards, and the other lazily looked at the other party.

This was the strategy they had discussed from the beginning.

Yes, the young man standing in front of Yan Yunqing at this moment was a member of the children’s group, and also the only one who had made it to the top-level area and had become one of the 『Dealers』 – Ino.

Ino’s talent for playing cards was almost unmatched. When he was very young, Mandy Peer discovered his talent and carefully cultivated him. At a young age, he had already become a 『Dealer』, and even advanced to the top-level area.

Compared to the other children who hadn’t even become dealers, Ino’s existence was a greater help to Yan Yunqing.

Similarly, Ino, who had become a 『Dealer』, was also the person in this group of children who was least likely to be taken away by Yan Yunqing.

But after Xiao Ai told Ino about Nika and Yan Yunqing’s deal, Ino didn’t hesitate and agreed to cooperate with Yan Yunqing.

As the 『Dealer』 of the top-level area, Ino’s authority was higher than everyone else. He took the time to meet Yan Yunqing and also taught Yan Yunqing a few advanced card skills.

Compared to the messy and disorganized skills that Xiao Ai taught him, which required as many as 176 skill points, Ino’s skills were much simpler, with only a few simple ones. The required skill points weren’t cheap, but Yan Yunqing could afford them.

Yan Yunqing also relied on these few skills of Ino to complete the 30 million target in the first two days. However, after the end of the second day, he clearly discovered that both the 『Dealers』 and other gamblers in the high-level area were very wary of him.

It was difficult for him to easily obtain 30 million chips again. If he wanted to go further, he could only go to the top-level area.

However, Ino told him that because of the competition, there had been a few powerful people among the guests in the top-level area these past few days. Yan Yunqing might not be able to successfully win 30 million chips if he went up rashly. Instead, he might be eaten by others.

This made Yan Yunqing hesitate. If he wanted to participate in the competition, he had to continuously obtain the Lucky Star. If he didn’t eat the 30 million chips within the specified time, he would be making a wedding dress for others. Not only would the mission not be completed, but the Sigret Academy’s assessment would also fail.

Yan Yunqing definitely wanted to meet those powerful guys in the top-level area, but not now.

Only by obtaining the entry qualification would he truly have the opportunity to compete.

But with his current state of being closely watched by everyone in the high-level area, it was really difficult for him to get these 30 million.

So Yan Yunqing and Ino discussed a plan. When the high-level area’s 『Dealers』 were all cleaned out and no longer willing to gamble with Yan Yunqing, and he was a little short of reaching 30 million, Ino would come out to rescue the situation.

As the 『Dealer』 of the top-level area, Ino had very high authority. Not only was the share higher than the 『Dealers』 of the high-level area, but he also had the entry qualification for the competition.

When Yan Yunqing forced the 『Dealers』 of the high-level area to a dead end, Ino came down to save the situation, seemingly making things difficult for Yan Yunqing, but in reality, he more securely gave the entry qualification to Yan Yunqing.

And in the eyes of Mandy Peer’s upper echelons, Ino and Yan Yunqing were completely opposed. In the subsequent competition, Ino would have a greater chance to help Yan Yunqing win.

So now Ino only needed to win two consecutive games against Yan Yunqing, fiercely slapping Yan Yunqing’s face, and then Yan Yunqing would pretend to be extremely lucky and win the third game by coincidence.

Even the dealer who deals the cards is helping Yan Yunqing. What can the black-robed people staring covetously from the side see?

The corners of Yan Yunqing’s mouth rose, his expression relaxed.

The first game.

Ino shuffled the cards, one face down in front of himself, and one face up in front of Yan Yunqing.

Club Q.

10 points (J, Q, and K all belong to 10 points, A can be 11 points or 1 point.)

Yan Yunqing raised his eyebrows, a good start.

Ino opened another card and placed it in front of himself, Diamond K, 10 points.

Another card was placed in front of Yan Yunqing, Spade 3.

At this moment, both sides had two cards in front of them. As the dealer, Ino had one face-up card and one face-down card, and the face-up points were also 10.

And in front of Yan Yunqing were two face-up cards, one Club Q with 10 points, and one Spade 3, for a total of 13 points.

The rules of this card game are similar to the 21-point rules of Blue Star. They both compare who’s card number is closest to 21 points, except that the player can choose not to turn over the card to become a face-down card for the last time they need to take another card. And when the dealer stops taking cards, if the points of the two sides are the same, the dealer will take another card and compare the size separately with the player’s face-down card.

This kind of gameplay has higher randomness. Yan Yunqing knew at a glance that this gameplay that closely resembled 21 points was also spread by the Demon King back then.

Damn it, he just learned it when watching short videos and played it with a few familiars when he was bored. How did it spread to thousands of years later?

It even became one of the signature gameplay methods of this famous underground casino, Mandy Peer.

The points of the cards in front of Yan Yunqing were still small, and he took another card without any hesitation.

He can completely drop his mind and play these first two rounds. He believed that Ino would control everything well.

Ino nodded and pushed the top card of the deck towards Yan Yunqing. Yan Yunqing didn’t even look at it and flipped it open directly.

Diamond 6.

Adding the previous points, 19 points.

With only two points left from 21 points, this was a very dangerous number. Yan Yunqing still chose to take another card and flipped it open.

The people watching him couldn’t help but gasp.

Why is this person so bold? Isn’t he afraid of exploding as soon as he comes up? If the player’s card points exceed 21 points, the player will explode and it will directly count as the dealer winning.

Generally, when the card points are close to 21 points, gamblers will choose to take a card and see the points inside before deciding whether to open it or not, but this black-haired man is too decisive.

Is he so confident that he won’t explode?

The onlookers, standing behind the black-robed people, stretched their necks to look at the card in Yan Yunqing’s hand.

Heart A.

This is a card that can be counted as 11 points or 1 point.

According to the current cards in front of Yan Yunqing, Club Q, Spade 3, Diamond 6, then this Heart A can only be counted as 1 point.

20 points.

This is an infinitely close to 21 points number, the surrounding crowd gave a low exclamation, surprised by Yan Yunqing’s good luck.

Ino looked at Yan Yunqing: “Do you want another card?”

With Yan Yunqing’s current card face, taking another card will only be a A, otherwise it can only be used as a face-down card, becoming the card for the final win or lose with the same points.

Yan Yunqing: “Of course.”

Ino gave him another card again. This time, Yan Yunqing didn’t choose to turn it over directly, but he didn’t check it either, and directly covered it to be used as a face-down card.

He gestured to Ino, “It’s your turn.”

Ino lowered his head and flipped over his dealer’s face-down card.

Spade 2, 2 points.

Adding the Diamond K, a total of 12 points, less than 17 points, the dealer continues to take another card.

Ino picked up another card, flipped it open, Heart 4, a total of 16 points, still less than 17 points, you can continue to take another card.

Everyone’s hearts were raised. In this case, the dealer has a high probability of exploding directly by taking another card. Precisely according to the rules, the dealer has to continue taking another card.

Could it be that this 『Dealer』 who just came down from the top-level area will lose the first hand against this lucky kid?

Then this black-haired kid is a real Lucky Star!

Yan Yunqing simply dragged a chair over, sat down and waited for Ino to perform. His state was very relaxed, without any nervous excitement of winning, and everyone couldn’t help but look at him sideways.

Is it that lucky people are so confident?

Ino finally took a card and placed it in front of him, slowly flipping it open –

Everyone stared intently at the slowly flipping open card – Club 5!

When everyone’s eyes subconsciously looked at Yan Yunqing, waiting for this black-haired lucky kid to jump up and cheer for victory, they saw his suddenly frowning eyebrows.

What’s the situation? You’re not happy when you win? Don’t pretend too much, kid!

This sentence flashed in the minds of the onlookers, but someone who had reacted quickly suddenly turned his head and stared intently at the card face in front of Ino.

Diamond K, Spade 2, Heart 4, Club 5——

10 points, 2 points, 4 points, 5 points, a total of 21 points?

The dealer didn’t explode?!

Ino’s expression was still calm, without any happy expression, as if this was just an ordinary gambling game for him – indeed, as the 『Dealer』 of the top-level area, it was indeed an ordinary gambling game to just play three hands with the guests of the high-level area.

“Thank you.” Ino pressed down on his cards.

Dealer 21 points, player 20 points, there was not even a chance to open the face-down card and compare sizes.

Yan Yunqing pursed his lips and unhappily flipped open his face-down card – Heart Q.

This is a card second only to A. If he persisted to the stage of comparing the face-down card sizes, he had a 99% probability of winning this game.

However, the dealer’s card was 21 points, only a little bigger than him.

Everyone sighed, and their eyes couldn’t help but fall on Yan Yunqing’s face, wanting to see his out-of-control expression. This was the first time since he entered the high-level area that he had lost so much in a gambling game.

It wasn’t that Yan Yunqing hadn’t lost before, but he had never lost so much.

Everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but fall on the mountain-like chips around Yan Yunqing, and they couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. Some had even put themselves in Yan Yunqing’s perspective and began to feel sorry for him.

“He shouldn’t have agreed to this gambling game. So many chips!” Someone whispered.

Yan Yunqing stared at the card face for a while, as if to stare out flowers from these cards. Finally, he snorted lightly, pushed the cards away, leaned back on the back of the chair, and looked at Ino with a bit of annoyance in his eyes, but his tone was still calm.

“This is just the first hand, there are two more hands, don’t be impatient.” Yan Yunqing said.

The onlookers just remembered that although their initial gambling game was still all in, they said that as long as Yan Yunqing won one game out of three, he would win, and he could also get the qualification to enter the competition.

This was just the first hand that he lost, and strictly speaking, these chips did not belong to the 『Dealer』 yet.

“Continue.”

Ino nodded. He reached out to gather the cards and clean them again, but Yan Yunqing held his hand, “This time, I’ll shuffle the cards.”

Ino frowned, “Mandy Peer’s regulations do not allow guests to deal the cards.”

Yan Yunqing didn’t care, “Then just find someone to deal the cards – hey, you.”

Yan Yunqing randomly pointed to someone in the crowd, and a lightly dressed 『Maner』 was selected.

This was not one of the children’s group, and it was also agreed by Ino and Yan Yunqing that they would add someone completely unrelated to them as a third party in their gambling game to prove that their gambling game had no tricks at all, and their positions were opposite.

Ino looked at the 『Maner』 and nodded, “Okay.”

The 『Maner』 looked at Ino and then at Yan Yunqing, without any meaning, took a few steps forward and walked to the other side of the gambling table, positioned between Yan Yunqing and Ino.

Yan Yunqing shuffled the cards casually, gathered them together and handed them to the 『Maner』, who cut the cards again before confirming that they were cleaned.

The next second game.

Because of the addition of uncertain factors, Yan Yunqing purely relied on luck this time, but Ino was able to calculate the card face.

– When he shuffled the cards in the first round, he had already arranged all the positions of the cards using special techniques. The few cards used in the first round returned to the deck, and Yan Yunqing’s casual cleaning method would not disrupt the order of too many cards.

Therefore, as long as the card face of the first face-up card is displayed, Ino can calculate what the next card is.

This second game is also Ino’s must-win game.

Ino is still the dealer, and Yan Yunqing is the player.

One face-down card and one face-up card in front of the dealer, Heart 10.

Two face-up cards in front of Yan Yunqing, Spade 9, Diamond 5, a total of 14 points.

Yan Yunqing asked for a card, and the 『Maner』 gave him another card as instructed. He flipped it open and glanced at it, frowning and pressing it down to make a face-down card.

Obviously, the number of this card was so large that if he flipped it open to make a face-up card, it would directly exceed 21 points and explode.

The onlookers sighed regretfully. Obviously, luck was not on the side of the black-haired kid this time. Compared to the extremely close to 21 points number in the previous hand, 14 points was a bit too small.

Now, he can only look at the dealer’s cards. When the dealer’s card face is less than 17 points, he must continue to take another card. It is easy for the dealer to exceed 21 points and explode, causing the player to win directly.

Ino gently flipped open the face-down card in front of him, Diamond 4.

At this moment, the card face of the dealer and the player were surprisingly similar, both were 14 points.

However, the dealer’s points were less than 17 points, and Ino had to continue to take another card.

The 『Maner』 took another card and gave it to Ino. Ino flipped it open without hesitation, Heart 2.

He still didn’t exceed 17 points? But if the dealer continues to take another card now, the possibility of exploding will increase infinitely. The balance of victory seems to have completely turned towards the black-haired kid.

Everyone looked at Yan Yunqing revealing a must-win smile, his posture more lazy, and couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts: He deserves to be called the Lucky Kid!

It’s really too lucky. He got 20 points in the first hand, and although he only got 14 points in the second hand, the dealer has not exceeded 17 points for a long time, and he is close to exploding.

Ino reached out, and the 『Maner』 dealt the card.

Ino’s calm eyes looked at Yan Yunqing and slowly opened the card – Club 4.

Another 4?!

Heart 10, Diamond 4, Heart 2, Club 4!

A total of 20 points!

The history of the first game seemed to be repeating itself. The black-haired kid, who was clearly already winning, encountered Waterloo once again. This time, the goddess of luck still did not stand on his side, but placed his pity on the 『Dealer』 opposite him!

There was an uproar.

Yan Yunqing suddenly stood up from the chair, staring incredulously at the card game in front of him, “This is impossible!”

Even if he said it was impossible, it was completely meaningless.

Because this time he cleaned the cards himself.

“It seems that my luck is better today.” Ino tilted his head, his tone calm, “Are you coming again? The last hand, or are you going to admit defeat?”

Yan Yunqing raised his eyes and met Ino’s eyes, understanding that the next hand was the most critical one. The actors were about to start acting.

Everyone found that this black-haired kid had miraculously calmed down and sat down again. The shock and astonishment that he had just been through were just their illusions.

Even if it has reached this level, is he still going to continue?

Ino did not start immediately, but advised in a good voice: “I can give you a last chance to decide. If you give up this gambling game now, these chips will still belong to me, but I can not take away the 『Lucky Star』 you won in the first two days, you still have a chance to start over.”

What Ino said seemed to be completely for Yan Yunqing’s consideration, but both he and Yan Yunqing knew that the time was now close to ten o’clock in the evening.

Yan Yunqing had absolutely no way to complete the 30 million gambling game for the second time before twelve o’clock at midnight.

If he still fails to meet the standard of the Lucky Star after two hours, then the Lucky Star in the first two days will also be invalidated, and he will lose the competition qualification.

However, in the casino hall without a clock, the time of the completely confused guests is absolutely impossible to realize this at this moment.