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Leticia's eyes widened at the unexpected words.
"Really?"
It wasn't right to judge by appearances, but he looked like he could drink a lot, yet he couldn't drink at all?
Judging by Wig's usual personality, it didn't seem like a lie.
Leticia nodded, thinking she had a lot to learn about her aide.
"Well, that's good. Then you can focus more on work. Go get some juice."
"...Yes."
Wig clenched his fist in encouragement.
Leticia nodded in response, but the dealer, seeing Wig's huge fist with bulging veins, flinched for no reason.
'Does that mean he'll kill me if I try anything funny...?'
Leticia, oblivious to that feeling, smiled at the dealer.
While the dealer was nervously shuffling the cards, men who were interested in Leticia, who was suddenly occupying a table in the mostly male-dominated casino, approached her.
"I haven't seen your face before. Is this your first time?"
"We shouldn't be the ones to say this, but this is a very dangerous game for a young lady to play for fun..."
Pretending to be concerned, subtly looking down on the other person, and feeling a sense of superiority.
Leticia, who had been in social circles for quite some time, immediately understood the hidden meaning in those words of concern, but she pretended not to know and smiled coyly.
"Then will you teach me a thing or two? I don't know much since it's my first time."
In fact, their judgment wasn't entirely wrong.
The current Leticia had only familiarized herself with the rules of the game, but she had no practical experience.
'For the first game, I need to check in what situations and to what extent this ability is activated.'
As Leticia flattered them, the men who fell for it readily took seats at the table.
"It'll be boring for us because it's too easy... but we'll teach you a thing or two, I guess."
"Then let's start the game."
The dealer skillfully dealt the cards.
Leticia chose a suitable card, opened it, and looked at her own cards and the cards of the other participants.
'The left man's card is shining.'
The dealer dealt the cards again in the order of the cards he had opened.
The left man's card was still shining gold.
It was time to bet.
Leticia bet an appropriate amount and continued to watch the cards on the table.
Dealing cards, betting.
Even until all seven cards were dealt, the shining effect on the left man's card did not move to another card or disappear.
"Open the cards."
Leticia, who had pulled out at the right timing before the betting amount increased further, was excluded.
As Leticia had seen, the left man won the game by drawing a triple card.
'Is the fate determined from the moment the first card is dealt?'
Then it's easy.
Leticia smiled with satisfaction as she watched the man sweep up the betting money.
'Originally, poker requires some psychological warfare, but with this ability, there's no need to take such risks.'
If a good hand comes up, go all in, and if a bad hand comes up, get out appropriately.
It was a simple strategy.
"How is it? Do you understand a little bit after watching me?"
The man who won the game a little while ago stroked Leticia's shoulder slightly, acting cocky.
"It's a connection, so I'll buy you a drink since I won. I'll give you some tips while we drink―"
"Well..."
Leticia pushed away the man's hand before he could finish speaking.
The man, who was upset by this, was about to say something, but he stopped when he made eye contact with Leticia.
There was a strange sense of pressure in her blue eyes, which had looked like an innocent young lady until just a moment ago.
As if she had become a different person in that short amount of time.
"I might want to drink if I lose all my money?"
Leticia gestured to the table with a relaxed look, guiding the man.
Now that she had learned the rules of the game, it was time to catch a victim.
The game that started like that continued until the early hours of the morning.
The man received the card handed to him by the dealer with bloodshot eyes.
'Please...!'
When he first sat down at this table, he was just lightly thinking of seducing Leticia and having a drink with her.
But now, several hours later.
All of the man's chips, which had been piled high, had been transferred to Leticia.
It was now desperation that had gone beyond stubbornness.
The man desperately prayed and checked the card.
At the same time, his eyes flashed with madness.
'Straight!'
This will work.
This is a winning hand.
A straight is not a very high hand in terms of ranking, but the probability of getting a straight is less than 1 percent.
In other words, the probability of the opponent having a higher hand is even lower than that.
"All in."
The man swept the remaining chips forward.
Soon, the dealer announced the final order of the game.
"Open the cards."
The man smiled with confidence and opened the cards.
'This time, my victory is a foregone conclusion.'
At the same time, the moment he reached out to bring Leticia and his betted chips, Leticia opened the cards.
"Huh...?"
The man's eyes widened when he saw the card.
Back Straight.
A hand one step higher than a straight.
"Oh my, I won again this time?"
"No, no way..."
The man stared with a hollow gaze at Leticia sweeping up the piles of chips.
Leticia, noticing his gaze, smiled and returned it.
"Aren't you thirsty? It's a connection, so I'll buy you a drink since I won. How about it?"
The same words he had used to look down on her at first.
The man, who was seething with anger at her annoying appearance, jumped up from his seat.
"This is a scam! It's a scam!"
Then he grabbed the dealer's collar without warning.
"You, you bastard. Tell me honestly. Are you cheating with this woman?"
"Che, cheating! I met her for the first time today!"
"If that's not the case, how can this woman, who came to the casino for the first time today, win money every time!"
The dealer, frightened by the sudden situation, looked for the guards, but they were nowhere to be seen, perhaps because it was almost closing time at the casino.
No one could stop the man and was just watching when Leticia refuted the man's words.
"You're exaggerating. I didn't only win every time, did I? I folded in the previous round."
Then the man's anger, which had been directed at the innocent dealer, turned entirely to Leticia.
"Oh, right. You said it well! How do you only bet big when you win and get out like a ghost when you lose? If that's not manipulation, how is it possible!"
"So... if you win, it's skill, and if someone else wins, it's manipulation?"
"The situation itself doesn't make sense!"
"So."
Leticia looked at the man, who was excited and agitated, with cold eyes, crossed her arms, and asked.
"Do you have any proof that I manipulated it?"
The man flinched at that.
He had been watching Leticia throughout the game, but he had not seen any suspicious behavior or objects.
"If it were me, I would have thought it wasn't my day and given up after losing a few rounds."
"......"
"Not knowing when to quit and clinging to it is also that person's skill."
Leticia took a step forward towards the man, who could not say anything back, and delivered the final blow.
"So, before you grab an innocent person, how about reflecting on your own skills?"
At the derisive remark, the man's face turned red and blue, and he lunged at Leticia.
"You little―!"
The moment the man tried to grab Leticia's collar.
Swish.
A shadow fell from behind the man.
At the same time, a heavy voice was heard.
"Boss, is there a problem?"
When the man reflexively turned around...
A huge frame a head taller than him.
Wig, with a clear knife scar under his chin, stood there.
'Boss...?'
Hiccups erupted from the man's mouth, who was only gaping in instinctive fear.
"Hiccup!"
Leticia, who was watching the scene, opened her mouth.
"No. There was a minor misunderstanding, but it's been resolved."
Then she smiled at the frozen man and asked for his agreement.
"Right?"
The man looked at the bag of chips Leticia was holding, but he only hiccuped and did not say anything.
"Then let's go, Wig."
Leticia handed the bag to Wig and took the lead.
While everyone in the casino, including the man and the dealer, held their breath.
Clack clack.
Only the cheerful sound of Leticia's shoe heels echoed.
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