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"Ghost Kiss" - sounds like a brothel and is actually the name of a casino. hua. [Sugar]

In the thriving commercial capital of Monis, there are many casinos, and "Ghost Kiss" is not the most regular and well-funded one, but it has a rare thriving business in other casinos, even in July and August, the lowest season of the casino industry, "Ghost Kiss" is still in full swing. It's all because of a special business strategy at this casino.

The owner of the casino is a young and glamorous woman. It is rumored that as long as you look at her eyes, your heart will be fluttering, listen to her voice, your whole body will be soft, and what is even worse is that this casino has a special gambling game: that is, to bet against the proprietress, if anyone can win the female boss within an hour, then he can get not only the huge amount of money that can be won at the gambling table, but also the female boss herself in the prize.

Wealth and sex are men's favorite things. Many people do not hesitate to travel thousands of miles and thousands of dollars to raise fame, just to get a kiss. Although you can get a lot of stunning beauties in Fireworks Willow Lane for the same amount of money, the sense of success and excitement that can be found in the end, after hard work, and finally with both wealth and beauty, can not be bought simply with money.

Because of this, in the short three years after the opening of "Ghost Kiss", its performance has been close to the largest casinos in Monis City, and the scale has continued to expand, creating a myth in the casino industry; of course, the man who can bet on the female boss has never appeared, and almost any gambler who challenges the female boss has "contributed" all the property she brought to the casino under her magical gambling skills. Regardless of whether this is the casino's cheating or the bad luck of the guests, in short, the undefeated record of the female boss has attracted more gamblers to challenge her, which is also the fundamental reason why the business myth of "Ghost Kiss" can continue.

Joyka grinned and pushed the door in. The noise, the sour smell of sweat, and the saliva, came to the face, and from time to time I saw the gamblers who were beaten and swollen after losing all their principal and were carried away by the thugs of the casino. Joyka had long been accustomed to such scenes, and she was not uncomfortable in the slightest. He skimmed over the tables, ignoring the red-eyed, adrenaline-fueled gamblers and walked straight to a short, middle-aged man who seemed to be in charge.

The middle-aged man was sitting in a chair behind his desk and was drowsy, but when he felt someone walk up to him, he immediately came to his senses.

"Hello guest, may I ask what ...... you are" When he saw that the person standing in front of him was a young man in shabby clothes who looked like a poor man at all, the warm smile on the middle-aged man's face immediately disappeared.

"If you want to borrow money, go over there and fill out a contract first. The middle-aged man pointed to several scantily clad girls with heavy makeup standing on the right side. He took it for granted that Joyka was a poor guy who had just lost all his money and wanted to borrow money to recoup his capital. As he spoke, the middle-aged man stole a few glances at Joyka, and it could be seen that he was very pleased with Joyka's dark, strong muscles, which should be sold for a good price in the slave market.

Speaking of which, I have to mention. Although it is generally believed in history that human society, under the auspices of the Holy Light Cult, has abolished the barbaric and cruel slavery system in ancient times, in fact, the slavery system still exists today. What is even more insane is that the Republic of Monis, which has always been advertised as democracy and freedom, is currently the only country that allows the legal existence of human slaves. （hua.

In fact, the people living in the Republic of Monis are not only the nobles and commoners, but also a lower class than the commoners, that is, slaves. These people, who have no freedom, no dignity, no human status, carry heavy shackles every day and do the dirtiest, most tiring, and most arduous work on the farmer's estate, in the craftsman's workshop, and on the merchant ships in the docks. Their masters would not pay them any wages, and it was already the best reward to give them half a piece of sour bread to spare their lives. It was impossible to escape, they were soon caught by their masters and punished extremely severely, in Monis, it was legal for the master to physically punish disobedient slaves, because slaves were the private property of their masters, and it was not uncommon for the city security forces to help their masters hunt down escaped slaves.

Speaking of slaves, slavery was practiced in ancient human societies because they captured the prisoners of the enemy in war, so there were a large number of slaves. But now, all human countries generally use money to redeem the captive people, so that the way to obtain slaves in the form of prisoners of war no longer exists, so where did the large number of slaves in the Republic of Monis come from? It has to be said that the Marcus family, one of the three major chaebols in the Republic of Monis, controls any flow of money in this country, and at the same time, they are also the largest usury lenders in the whole Monis, and even in the whole of Olopa. Anyone who borrowed usury from them was forced to sign a contract whereby if the borrower had borrowed more principal plus interest than he could repay, and was deemed unable to repay within 100 years, the borrower would be deemed to have "sold out" and would not have to pay the debt, but would live as a "slave" for the rest of his life. The man would be sent to the slave market and then wait for the buyer to buy him away. Because of the existence of a consensual contract between the two parties, even the clergy of the Central Church could say nothing about this blatant slavery.

Since debt is the main source of modern slavery, the Marcus family will naturally not let go of the fat of gambling debt. In Monis, the Marcus family had a monopoly on all usury business, and they did not allow others to meddle in the field of usury, but only let the family or their affiliates run it. There are hundreds of casinos large and small in Monis, although not every casino is owned by the Marcus family, but the usury business in the casino must be undertaken by the Marcus family. The girls referred to by the middle-aged man were the business agents sent by the Marcus family to "Kiss of the Ghost". This is also the biggest feature of the casinos in the Republic of Monis compared to the casinos of other countries.

The so-called "nine out of ten bets". Every day, many people lose all their money in the casino, and a large number of these losers are unwilling and want to return to their capital, so their only way is to borrow usury from the agent girl in the casino, and then continue to gamble. The casino party and these agent girls get along well, but even if there is any conflict between the two sides, the casino party does not dare to have any objections, because behind these seemingly soft girls is the powerful Marcus family, which is not a force that one or two small casinos can offend. But the Marcus family will not let the casino work in vain, whenever a gambler borrows a sum of money from these agent girls, the casino side can get a part of the commission, and it is also quite considerable.

In addition, some casino stewards even acted as brokers for the slave trade. Every time a gambler in the casino who borrowed a loan shark becomes a slave and is then sent to the slave market to be sold, the broker receives a higher percentage of the rebate. The middle-aged man is one such man, he is the dealer foreman of "Ghost Kiss" and a broker in the slave trade, which is why his muscular eyes shine on Joyka.

Joyka, of course, knew what the middle-aged man was thinking, he patted the dust on his body nonchalantly, and said nonchalantly: "I'm not here to sign those contracts to sell myself, but to gamble with your boss." ”

"What?" the middle-aged man frowned and plucked his ears, he was sure that he had misheard.

"Hear me clearly. Joyka put her face in front of the middle-aged man and said to him clearly, "I'm going to have a good gamble with your boss, Miss Elizabeth." ”

Because Joyka's voice was loud and everyone around heard what he said, the originally noisy casino instantly quieted down, and almost everyone looked in the direction of Joyka and the middle-aged man together. However, two seconds later, there was a burst of laughter, and everyone turned back to continue what they had been doing, and several of the big men shook their heads while laughing, mercilessly mocking Joyka's incompetence. Boss Elizabeth's undefeated record is famous all over the world, although the challengers often appear, but all of them are undefeated, the last challenger was half a month ago, the prince of a northern principality, and as a result, he brought several boxes of gold "donated" to the casino;

The middle-aged man couldn't help but be even more embarrassed, holding his stomach and making a frog-like "croaking" laugh, and kept slapping the table exaggeratedly with his hands.

"Didn't I say that clearly enough?" said Joika, who deliberately put on a serious face.

The middle-aged man who almost burst his belly with laughter had a hard time letting his love steady, but he still looked at Joyka with the eyes of watching a monkey show: "Boy, who do you think you are, Miss Elizabeth is something you can afford to climb like you?"

"It's in the nature of us men to like beautiful ladies, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. And you 'Ghost Kiss' don't seem to have put up a sign at the door stating who can challenge Miss Elizabeth and who can't? Is she inferior and afraid to fight, or is she mediocre and ashamed?" Joyka said something that would cause outrage.

Sure enough, the hall of "Ghost Kiss" caused an uproar again, but it was equivalent to the previous hot ridicule, this time mixed with more cursing inside. There were many guests who came to raise their names for Elizabeth, a beautiful woman, and when they heard someone say disrespectful to the "goddess" in their minds, these men with excessive male hormones became angry, and some even rolled up their sleeves to teach the boy who didn't know how to tell the sky.

As if worried that this trivial incident would cause a brawl in the casino, the middle-aged man hurriedly asked the thugs to stop the raging crowd. He also saw from Joyka's eyes that this kid would never back down because of his words, so he put forward the condition that he thought would make the latter back down: "Indeed, anyone can challenge our boss, Miss Elizabeth. But to bet with Miss, the starting point for betting is 10,000 gold coins per game. Do you have any money?"

"I'm penniless now. Joika is honest about her current situation.

"Then you go find a few 'little peppers' over there, and they'll give you money. The middle-aged man tricked Joyka into borrowing money from the surrogate maidens again, and he seemed to see in his eyes the money that had been spent on selling this sturdy, stupid young slave.

"I said I wouldn't borrow money. I don't have any money right now, but you have money in the casino. Joyka smiled meaningfully.

"What do you mean?" As if anticipating that Joyka might be attacked, the middle-aged man winked at the two thugs standing behind him.

"Don't be nervous. I just wanted to say that I could win enough money in your casino and then play a few more hands with your boss. Then, Joyka was shocked again, "I will win 100,000 gold coins here in 10 minutes, which is enough to open ten rounds with Miss Elizabeth." ”

The hall of "Ghost Kiss" has once again been turned into a vegetable market, and everyone is talking about it. Compared with the previous scolding and ridicule, more people are discussing where this young man came from. Because they saw an unusual confidence in Joyka's face, winning an average of 10,000 gold coins per minute seemed to him to be just commonplace.

Seeing Joy Ka's expression of never giving up until he reached his goal, the middle-aged man had a faint sense of crisis. So he also took it seriously: "Okay, since this young master is so resolute, then the museum will accompany him to the end." But the young master has no money on him, so what can he do to bet and win our 100,000 gold coins?"

"That's the bet. Joyka "patted" the palm of her right hand on the middle-aged man's table, "How much is this hand worth?"

Unexpectedly, Joyka would make this move, the middle-aged man froze for a moment, but soon a sinister smile flashed on his face: "Yes." Then use your hand to pledge 1000 gold coins first. I don't know what the young master wants to play?"

"Let's make it simple, bet on the size. ”

The surrounding gamblers took the initiative to get out of the way and let them come to a table that specialized in dice gambling equipment. The middle-aged man personally put the three dice into the dice cup, closed the lid, shook it a few times, and then put it back on the table, and asked Joyka, "Young Master, do you bet big or small?"

"Great. Joyka slapped her right hand on the "big" symbol of the bet on the table.

The lid of the dice cup is opened.

1 o'clock, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock.

"Small"!

The hall was noisy for the fourth time. The onlookers would never have thought that the confident Joyka would lose in the first game.

"I'm sorry, young master, your hand is mine. The middle-aged man grabbed Joyka's right hand, and then asked for a sharp knife from one of the thugs next to him. Although the price of a crippled slave will not be high, the so-called willingness to gamble and lose, since Joyka is asking for his own hardship, then he can only do what he does.

However, surprisingly, Joyka, who was the person concerned, did not look panicked or surprised, but instead showed a calm smile and watched as the middle-aged man raised the sharp knife towards his right hand......

At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from the second floor that made everyone crisp to the bone:

"Sam, don't be overpowered. You can't take this young master's hand at all, and no one in the world can take his hand. ”