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VOL.1

8 clubs, 5 spades, 3 of hearts, this is the community card.

Club 5, Club 9, Square 3, this is my hand......

At this time............ Sure enough, you should go to "FULLHOUSE", right? [Note: Fullhouse: Hand type, three cards of the same rank and a pair of other cards.] For example, "two 5s, three 3s"]

Wrong wrong! Why do I play poker here?

VOL.2

Since Rubacher is no longer in charge, the old town has regained its former atmosphere.

People get up early and return late, the elderly bask in the sun and read the newspaper, and the children run and frolic at will. The small fights between the Sword and Snake Gang and the Holy Book Society have added a little vitality to the old town that has precipitated a lonely atmosphere.

However, as a police officer, this is not allowed.

Today's patrol is Lloyd and Randy. Before he knew it, Lloyd was already in the Old Town.

Sure enough, I still can't rest assured...... That kind of petty fight. It would not be good in case the two sides were angry.

Greeting Kanina, who was originally in charge of patrolling the Old Town, Lloyd strolled through the impoverished and decaying air of the Old Town. However, the residents here are at ease with what they encounter, and this mentality makes Lloyd smile.

The Sword and Snake Gang had a rare turn off of the music, and the sound of snoring inside could be clearly heard through the iron door, probably because they had been making trouble all night and were making up for sleep.

The Book Society, on the other hand, is as quiet as ever. is worthy of being a bad boy of the "intellectual faction".

Thinking of some rudeness, Lloyd shrugged his shoulders and pushed away the stronghold and bar of the Holy Book Society [Trinity].

Of course, at this time, he didn't know ...... What a disaster this action brought him.

VOL.3

"Yo, welcome to the bar...... What are we called? ”

As soon as I opened the door, I heard a neutral voice with full of ** words.

"It's called Trinity......" Lloyd replied casually and sat down at the bar. Sitting next to him was a green-haired boy with a neutral face, Vaji Hemisfia. At this time, Waji was cross-legged, his index and middle fingers gently clamping the goblet, shaking the red liquid inside.

"Would you like a drink?"

Waji raised his glass high as if invited, and Lloyd's face was somewhat deformed and dyed red through the clear red liquid, and Waji looked at it for a while and laughed.

"No, I'm still on patrol. I'm here today just to make sure you're not making trouble - and don't drink alcohol under minors. Lloyd replied warily.

Of course, he wasn't worried that Waji would poison the drink, but there was always a premonition that "if I drank Waji, I would come up with all kinds of weird plans to force me to comply".

Waji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could it be that you have been recognized?" The plan to poison Officer Lloyd or something? ”

"What are you talking about......" Lloyd sighed, looking at the green-haired young man who was giggling in front of him, and had a headache.

"Why do you like to tease me so much......" muttered to a low voice, and Lloyd, who confirmed that the delinquent boy was all right, walked towards the door.

"I like you."

"Hmm...... Ay?! ”

After a perfunctory hum, Lloyd reacted to what Waji said, and he quickly turned to face Waji, and the words "incredible" gradually crawled all over his face.

"Boys can bully their favorite people! - I'm a man, too. Vaji said, clinking glasses at Lloyd from afar, and drank the red liquid in one gulp.

What is "Excuse me"...... Lloyd sighed inwardly and made a calm look on his face: "Please don't tease me. ”

"It's scary, someone, the police officer is bullying people." Waji said deliberately in a voice that did not change in emotion. No matter how you look at it, it's teasing Lloyd.

If it were a change to a character like Yuki Tatsumi, who deals with all kinds of people all year round, I'm afraid that I would have thrown off the sentence "What a coincidence, I feel the same way - after all, I'm so good." Then he smeared oil on the soles of his feet before the other party reacted.

But...... After all, Lloyd is a rookie police officer who has just graduated from the police academy, where has he encountered such an oily tone?

"Please don't slander me with unfounded words - it's funny!" Lloyd was also a little angry, and his words were a little more harsh. Waji laughed: "It's not bad to be a little angry now!" ”

"I didn't say that to please you......"

"Haha, then play with me for a while. Maybe, I've had enough of playing and I'll let you go? Vaji said, his bright yellow pupils emitting a subtle smile. As soon as Lloyd wanted to leave, Waji immediately added: "If you dare to go, I will go to Time magazine and say that you are playing with the feelings of a bad teenager." ”

"Why are you all a routine!" Lloyd yelled at himself, rubbing his hair like crazy.

As a result, the roar just now alarmed the members of the Holy Book Society who were resting in the back room, only to see them kick the door open: "Waji, what's wrong! "There are enemies!" "Bastard let me out first!" "You're the one who gets out of the way!"

And then...... Huddled together...... No one can rush out.

"Hahahaha."

The target of their fears, the leader of the Holy Book Society, Vaji Hemisfia, let out a very unconscionable laugh.

VOL.4

At the other end, Randy, who was also in charge of patrolling, walked around with a displeased face, his gray coat casually draped over his shoulders, and the police badge pinned to his chest, walking with a bored look. If it weren't for the police badge on his chest, I'm afraid no one would think he was a policeman, right?

However, isn't that the same as plainclothes police? Randy suddenly thought of this. Oh, that's a little handsome.

Randy quickly put the collar of his coat up, and coughed as an agent from the stage show.

…………

It's a shame...... Let's give up.

In less than twenty seconds, Randy lowered his collar. It's not a child again, stupid......

Today, I was also scheduled to patrol the city, which was really boring. Randy thought so and kicked a pebble away.

However, compared to Ellie's nearly twenty papers, Randy still enjoys this leisurely stroll job. Randy doesn't wear a uniform anyway, and few people will consult him as a patrol officer. His mission is primarily to prevent crime, but Cross Bell's crime rate is surprisingly low – even with such low police prestige.

It must be the efforts of the guerrillas, right? Thank you so much, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do what I would be like right now.

The patrol in the city really made Randy unmotivated, especially today's sun was particularly good, and Randy felt that his whole body was warm and unmotivated.

I'd love to have a drink...... The diabolical - and in a sense angelic - voice kept echoing in Randy's head.

"But...... It's not good to be discovered......"

Thinking of his rigid captain, Randy shrugged his shoulders and subconsciously wanted to adjust the axe gun on his shoulder, but suddenly found that he didn't have an axe gun today - he couldn't let him walk around with an axe gun, right? It will cause panic. So, Randy's talisman today is two short sticks.

Although he is not particularly good at short clubs, Randy is also confident that he will not fall behind when fighting ordinary enemies. Hold out for thirty or forty rounds, and Lloyd and they should come over.

"Wait............ Undetected...... That's it, right? Randy suddenly thought of what the problem was.

Yes, the question is not whether to go, but how not to be discovered.

If you go to a regular bar, you can't argue if you get caught, I remember...... That bad stronghold in blue clothes in the old town seems to be a bar?

Well, just go there. Lloyd: If they come, I'll say I'm here to see the delinquent boys. After all, that kind of thing happened before!

Haha, I'm so smart!

VOL.5

"Open me a bottle of whiskey and add ice."

The red-haired youth hummed a little song and pushed open the door of the bar [Trinity].

"Okay, whiskey on the rocks......"

Don't look at the tavern opened by the delinquent youth, the bartender is very dedicated, and before Randy can sit down, he has already greeted him with a wine bottle.

"Oh, that's great."

Randy reached out and took the bottle.

Motionless.

Grab it hard.

Motionless.

"I said you......" Randy looked up in annoyance, a ray of condemnation bursting from his red pupils.

And then......

"Hug ...... I'm sorry...... Lloyd......"

Quickly lowered his head weakly, Randy kept complaining in his heart why he ordered the wine first without first investigating......

"Randy, you can't drink during working hours." A cheerful smile appeared on the corner of Lloyd's mouth, but it was just ...... The face is very dark, the brow is shrunch, and the typical skin smile is not smiling......

Wow...... It's horrible, Lloyd...... Randy sneaked a glance and gave up on resistance completely.

"I got it......"

VOL.6

"Wait, Lord Lloyd, you haven't decided what cards to change yet."

Interrupting the awkward atmosphere between the two was the indistinguishable Wagji Hermisfia.

Oooh! Good job! Waji! What a dear friend of mine! - Randy said.

Damn, I just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to escape-Lloyd said secretly.

On the other side of Trinity, that is, in the billiard area, Vaji sat casually at a table with a handful of playing cards and chips for counting in front of him. It looks like he was fighting with Lloyd.

Randy narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the table carefully.

It seems that two people play a kind of poker that is widely circulated in casinos, similar to a combination of stud and Texas Hold'em, each person takes three cards, and selects three community cards to light on the table, and the hand can be exchanged once if the hand does not go well. Then choose five of the three cards in your hand and the three community cards to combine the hand.

Because there is both luck and strategy, basically all major casinos have introduced this game.

That chip is probably what the two of them used to gamble, right? Waji's chips stacked high, accounting for about seventy percent of the total chips.

"Hey, Lloyd."

"Huh?"

"I'll help you take down that kid, and today's matter will be written off."

"Hey, no need to ......"

"It's okay, you're welcome!"

Randy was a little tough enough to get on the opposite side of Waji, and Lloyd hurried to stop him, but Randy thought he was still angry with himself.

No, we have to help Lloyd get back face! So he can't say anything about me, right? By the way, what did Lloyd bet on him again? Money? Randy thought wildly and picked up the card that Lloyd had held on the table.

"What, isn't that pretty good!"

"Stop it, Randy!"

VOL.7

Something that Lloyd and Waji gambled on...... Actually, nothing.

Lloyd resigned to his fate, but he made it clear that "I will only play one game with you, no matter what, for a maximum of an hour." ”

Lloyd had to compromise like this. Otherwise, it's really impossible to say what Waji will do, the bad boys are always hot-blooded, do whatever they want, don't think about the outcome at all, if you provoke them, you really can't tell what they will do.

Waji tilted his head, thought for a moment, and agreed. He then took out 200 chips, 100 each, and 5 chips for each draw.

As a result, Lloyd has been deliberately releasing water, as long as it is not for Waji's hand to be too bad, basically Waji will win. If you lose your chips quickly, you can prevaricate with "I said I will only play one game with you". Although Vaji is a delinquent teenager, judging from the previous events in the old city, he still has a certain rationality - if he changes to Varudo, I am afraid that he will directly wave a wooden knife and hit him.

Therefore, when Randy wants to play cards for him, Lloyd is anxious, but he can't say in front of Waji that he is bent on losing, so he can only try his best to stop him.

"Haha, it's okay Officer Lloyd, anyone can come. I don't care. Waji's slender fingers pinched a public card and held it to his lips, a little charming.

No...... I care...... In Lloyd's heart, he lay on the ground in a state of complete frustration, his face full of tears.

Randy snorted, swapped a card, and immediately made a flush. [Note: flush and flush are not the same, as long as it is five cards of the same suit, it is called flush, a stronger card type]

"Oh? I only got two pairs here, and I thought I could win. Vaji chuckled, unaware that he had just lost.

Oh? No anxiety? Hmph, what a good opponent! Randy unconsciously began to get serious, and thought that Waji would at least have a depressed expression when he lost the card, but he didn't expect it......

Randy subconsciously unbuttoned the collar of his shirt, as if it would make it easier for him.

"It's hopeless...... Should I leave now? Lloyd sighed.

VOL.8

Poker is a game of equal intelligence and luck.

Without cheating, no one can be sure that they can win every battle.

However, there are some people who can force a reversal of the unfavorable situation with manpower to win the game. Such people have great skill and computational analysis skills, and they are often referred to as gambling gods, or card technicians.

The best card technician can write down the order of all the pokers when shuffling the cards, and what he can get and what his opponent can get, all in his calculations.

The slightly inferior card technician will analyze the type of hand he should make and the largest card type that the opponent can make through the community card, and judge the approximate type of opponent's hand from the opponent's eye movement, breathing rate, expression, and demeanor.

Randy, on the other hand, is even more inferior, as he can clearly recognize the type of hand he should make, but he can't deduce Waji's card. But so what? Gambling is meant to be fun with mixed wins and losses!

Thinking so, Randy snorted and discarded all three cards in his hand.

By the way, the community cards on the table are the 3 of hearts, the 3 of flowers, and the 3 of diamonds, which are rare to see three of the same point.

RANDY, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS NOW GOING TO MAKE A FOUROFAKING HAND, A HAND WITH FOUR CARDS OF THE SAME RANK. Seeing that he threw all the cards in his hand, Waji smiled slightly, and he already had a plan in his heart, so he only casually threw a card.

"Cut ......" Randy looked at the new three cards in his hand, there were no threes, and there were no pairs. I can only take out two random stations and throw them on the table: "THREEOFAKIND." ”

Waji smiled slightly and showed his hand, and it turned out that the last 3 of spades was in his hand. "I won."

"Hmph, don't be complacent!" Randy snorted disapprehantly.

Seeing Randy throw five chips over, Lloyd was overjoyed: Waji, well done! Let's just win it in one go!

Randy was furious in his heart, he was fighting, helping Lloyd win Varge, and then using this in exchange to offset his own work hours to sneak out to drink, if he lost...... This is a double crime!

No way...... Gotta find a way......

Randy said, looking at the cards on the table, and suddenly had an idea.

VOL.9

Waji casually looked at his opponent's cards and let out an inexplicable hum in his nose.

From the very beginning, Randy's hand luck became incredibly good.

Moreover, Randy's strategy began to become extremely precise, as if it were ............ Yes, as if with the ability to foresee.

Waji glanced at the 95 chips in his hand and smiled meaningfully.

Yes, after Randy's toilet break, his cards got better.

Lloyd couldn't help but frown, he didn't believe in any poker god or something.

"Randy, why are you so strong all of a sudden?" Lloyd leaned closer to Randy's ear.

"Hmph, because the god of poker is on our side!" Randy was in high spirits and casually talked about unscientific things.

"Beware of the goddess of the sky sanctioning you......" Of course, Lloyd didn't believe it, so he could only say casually and continued to look at the table.

No matter what trick Randy used, it didn't matter who won anyway.

What Lloyd didn't notice, though, was that an hour had passed......

VOL.10

Randy can win, of course, it's not that he has awakened some clairvoyant eyes, secret skills to the sky, or something, and it's not something god-blessed.

It's just a common trick.

It is a very adhesive gray with a very light color.

Under the pretext of going to the bathroom, Randy paints this on his hand, and when he shuffles the cards, he quietly paints them on the back of the cards. Each card is different and the average person doesn't notice it, but Randy himself can.

This is a very common form of cheating. Yes, cheating.

Lloyd, I'm doing this for you! Bah...... Anyway, please forgive me. Randy thought and looked over to Vaji, who just so happened to cast his gaze as well.

Hmph, throw in the towel. Randy's eyes said so.

Waji snapped his fingers, and the loyal and silent bald man, Abbas, came over with a bottle of wine and a brushed almost transparent goblet.

Randy licked his lips and was about to ask for a drink, but immediately thought that Lloyd was behind him, and finally gave up the idea with a sigh.

"Ahh......h I'm so careless Kira ☆! With his pompous acting, Waji poured all the liquid from the goblet on the table, and all the unused playing cards were spared. In order to show that he is innocent, Waji also poses a scissorhands pose very cutely.

"You...... It's deliberate......" Looking at the obviously deliberate behavior, Randy only felt that he didn't even bother to get angry.

"I hate it, I hate it, I don't do it specifically to change my deck of poker." This time there was no change in tone.

Have you seen through it...... Randy cut off. Waji smiled and asked Abbas to change his deck of poker.

"Wait, that, we said we would only play one game." It immediately occurred to Lloyd that his original purpose was to escape, not to play with Waji here.

"Don't worry about Lloyd. I'm going to win. Randy is also piqued by Vaji's competitive spirit.

"Ahaha, Brother Randy said so, how can I not accompany him?" Waji takes advantage of the situation to transfer Lloyd's hatred of himself to Randy.

Randy............ Lloyd was gritting his teeth.

"Well, then, just block all the chips and decide the winner at once." Waji duly said a compromise plan.

Lloyd glanced at Waji gratefully, forgetting that it was because of this wayward green-haired young man that he would stay here to play cards.

VOL.11

The rules remain the same, except that two people press all their chips at the same time.

The community cards are very good: Ace of hearts, King of hearts and Jack of hearts.

Whether it's used for a straight flush, a royal flush or a flush, it's very useful.

Randy looked at his hand, an ace of clubs, a 3 of hearts, and a jack of spades.

If you don't make a special match, there are also 2 pairs, so there's no need to go after a flush, after all, the odds of drawing hearts from the remaining 45 cards are really not big enough.

However, the odds are not small, if a pair is removed...... No, remove both pairs, gamble, and just get any heart and you can spell a flush.

No, or rather, should I just go for a royal flush?

No, no, no, you can't bet...... Chance, only once...... If you lose, it's bad.

"Damn......" Randy's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and he didn't know what Waji's hand was, and Randy didn't dare to decide how he should make up his cards.

"What? Brother Randy, don't you want to change your cards? Vaji said in a soft and gentle tone, but at this time, Waji's light breeze only made Randy feel more irritated.

"So, I'll open the cards first?" Waji chuckled and played three cards.

Three aces...... AND THE COMMUNITY CARDS, IT'S ANOTHER FOUROFAKING.

Waji narrowed his eyes, smiled brighter, shook his glass, and took a sip. He knew that the more relaxed he was now, the more nervous Randy became.

"Hmph............" Randy looked up, his face was cold, and it seemed that he was about to move, Lloyd's heart tightened, and he quickly stepped forward, if Randy made a move, he would definitely be the first to hold him down.

"So...... Isn't it all I have to gamble on? The God of Poker! Randy shouted as if it would give him courage.

All three cards in your hand are discarded!

Draw the cards!

Q of hearts! Good!

10 of spades, cut ......

The last one!

"Come out! 10 of hearts! Randy shouted, flipped over the last card in his hand, and slammed it on the table.

Breath......

Randy, Lloyd, Waji, and even Abbas, who had been standing silently all along, poked their heads out with some curiosity.

Last card............

It's the 10 of hearts.

"Ahh It's a rare hand. A sincere compliment from the female voice.

"Humph! I'm the man chosen by the God of Poker! Randy's smug look.

Waji also applauded in admiration, but Lloyd's face was full of gloom, not at all like what the victorious side should be.

"Haha, Lloyd, I said I would definitely win!"

“…… Man, what a fool. ”？

That's when Randy realizes that something isn't quite right.

The previous praise can also be prevaricated by Waji's gender, but the cold tone of the latter sentence is all Theo Prato?

"Wait, wait...... Could it be ............" Randy turned his head stiffly like a puppet that hadn't been maintained in years, only to see a gray-haired beauty in overalls and an indifferent blue-haired girl standing behind them.

It was Ellie and Theo.

Ellie smiled like a flower and said very gently, "Ah, so this is what you call 'patrol'......"

"No, Ellie, you listen to me......" Royd reacted first to a stunned Randy, scrambling to explain.

"Nope. I don't need to explain. I'm just here to inform you that the meal is ready, so remember to come back for dinner. Ellie smiled sweetly and pulled Theo straight away.

Only Randy and Lloyd are left not knowing what to say.

VOL.12

People firmly believe that the so-called luck is controlled by a god.

Therefore, people always pray to the gods in order to get good luck.

However, they forget that the essence of exchange is equivalent exchange.

While living a good life, it is often a source of bad luck.

So, what kind of bad luck will the two people who are favored by the poker god meet?

VOL.13

"Anyway, let's apologize first......"

At the support section's dinner table, Lloyd and Randy have already finalized a plan of action.

Today's situation is really too weird.

Moreover, today, You took Rui to say that he wanted to visit the city, and Theo hid in the room under the pretext of having a job in the consortium, and a sinister atmosphere was revealed......

"Now, everyone, let's eat."

Obviously, they said that they had come to call Randy and Lloyd after the meal was ready, but after the two came back, they still waited for more than ten minutes before hearing Ellie say that the meal was opened.

"Oh, hug ......"

"Yes...... no"

Just when the two of them wanted to apologize, their eyes involuntarily fixed on the pot in Ellie's hand.

Inside, there was a bubbling black liquid, and in the sun, there was a turquoise and pink luster, and suddenly, a blister shattered, and a drop of liquid splashed onto the table, accompanied by the sound of Ziz, burning a hole in the solid wood tabletop.

What is this......

No, don't, you'll die if you eat it, you'll definitely die!

The two men agreed almost simultaneously.

I said, why did Yuki Tatsumi go out! It turned out to be because of this!

Bastard! It's so unjust!

"Well, Ellie-sama, what is this?" Randy asks with the mindset of giving it a try, hoping for an answer like "Oh, it's kitchen wastewater."

"Oh, this is a reward for your hard work, work, and meals, remember to eat all the bites left, and you won't have any leftovers."

Ellie had a very cheerful smile on her face.

"Wow! I'm wrong, I'm sorry! ”

"Spare us!"

Where could the two men sit still, they immediately scattered and fled.

For a while, there was a mess of chickens and dogs jumping in support of Corey.

VOL.14

On the other side, inside the bar [Trinity], Waji is happily sipping red wine.

Nominally, of course, red wine, but Abbas knew that the red stuff was just grape juice. The label of that wine was specially put on to tease Lloyd.

Abbas kept a minimum of advice to his boss about his bad taste.

"Waji, the tablecloth is hard to wash."

"Well, I see. I won't just pour it on it next time. ”

"Well, that's good."

Do your own things silently, and don't care about things that don't belong to you. Abbas has the qualities of a first-class staff.

"Now, Abbas, I told Miss Ellie, did I go too far?"

"It's good if you're happy."

"Haha, thanks to Officer Abbas-Lloyd, that's really interesting."

Waji drank the liquid from the cup, and the transparent glass reflected Waji's smiling face.

However, the eyes are a little lonely.

【Poker God's Equivalent Exchange・END】

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This short story may seem a little short, but that's because it's a daily update!

Okay, I believe you're tired of reading the short story, and tomorrow I'll enter the [Afternoon of the Divine Wolf] chapter, and resume the daily update.

As for those who are looking forward to the original plot, after the Divine Wolf chapter, it is the first original main line.