[Reconnaissance Check: 67>60, failed.] You're trying hard to keep up with the woman known as Lorraine, but her dazzling skills distract you, and you're not sure what she's doing. 】

The system can let all the information flow into Brunei's brain at once when it wants, but usually, it will communicate with Brunei as if it were talking, but the speed of speech will vary considerably depending on the situation. Lorraine's shuffling of the cards is very flashy, and before the cards are dealt, the cards are inexplicably rolled in their hands like butterflies that have been caught.

Before the system could finish speaking, a card slipped from between Lorraine's fingers and slid all the way to Fernando on the table, and then another card floated to Brunei in the same way. In Brunei's opinion, Lorraine's move, although complicated, was actually just a split between the top two cards for the two, but at least the system told him that he didn't see it clearly.

"So, it's useless to make you reliable, you still say with a face what kind of 'golden finger' you are, let me pay attention to my attitude?" Brunei sneered in his heart and said to the system, "You guy, it's really stinky and shameless." ”

[Didn't you think about things like "at least the system proved that I didn't see clearly"? Why do you have the face to say that I am "useless"! You still have the face to say that I am "shameless"! Have you figured out who is shameless, you little bastard!]

"Of course it's you. You've never said how your 'special skill system' will do me any good when you fail, have you? Now that I've found a way to use it a little bit more usefully, you'll still be valuable even if you fail. Brunei rolled his eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, "Okay, don't make any noise." ”

[Quarrel until you scold yourself and stop it, hey...... Little Brunei, you're also very shameless now. 】

The second card slid in front of Brunei and landed beautifully above the first card on the table, a King of Spades. Brunei looked at Fernando, who was looking at him, Fernando's eyes barely shifted, nodded and smiled at him, and gently lifted the face-up card on the table: "Mine is the 3 of hearts, bad luck." Place your bets first. ”

Brunei's eyes slid to Scarly beside her, she sat very upright in the chair, her eyes were wide open, her lower lip was gently pursed, her hands were clasped on the table, she looked calm and bold, but under the table, her left leg shook up and down with an imperceptible amplitude. If you look closely, the two slender thumbs are also constantly pointing at each other behind the four fingers.

"Miss, ahem, Miss?" Bruneith screamed softly, but Scarly didn't react, and reached out and tapped her shoulder.

Scarly shuddered all over her body, turned her head and looked at Brunei dissatisfiedly: "What for?"

“...... It's nothing. The corners of Brunei's mouth twitched, and he looked at Fernando again, nodding apologetically, while Fernando smiled very affectionately and shook his head, presumably to show that he didn't care.

Scarly didn't come back to her senses until this time, her face was slightly red, and in order to relieve the embarrassment, she coughed lightly twice, as if nothing had happened, tilted her head slightly, turned her face, looked in the direction of Lorraine, but whispered to Brunei: "I don't see anything wrong...... To be honest, I didn't even see her movements. ”

Brunei grinned, "To be honest, I'm the same. ”

As he spoke, Brunei and Fernando each rolled out a stack of seven red chips. Now that Brunei was out of that state of complete distraction, he realized that with just a slip of his hand, 7,000 standard units were thrown out, and a few small pieces of paper decided whether they would grow more or disappear, and although he was still pretending to be calm, his heart was already beating wildly regardless of it.

“...... 20 standard units a month is not the lowest income among the handymen in College City. Brunei couldn't help but think about something that wasn't really that relevant to the matter in front of me, "It's enough for me to live comfortably for a month, and I can still have room to buy things and study spells." 7000 standard units, that is, 350 months...... Almost 30 years. ”

Brunei suddenly felt as if something was stuck in his throat, and his fingers pressed stiffly on the chips he had pushed, and with all his might, he left the chips behind, and pulled his hand back, and by the time he realized it, he was already sweating profusely.

[Yes.] It's just 70,000 standard units in one afternoon, which was not a real feeling before, but now calculate it, 300 years of salary, that is, if you live like before, you won't be able to earn so much in your life. 】

Brunei raised his hand and tried to wipe the cold sweat off his face, but found that the sweat on his palms had become one: "Shut up—shut up." You can't think about that right now. Just win. I-"

[Did we mention it before?] The total number of chips you win is not 70,000 standard units, but 68,580. If you give up the idea of the best of both worlds that you promised me, and honestly admit defeat to this guy, and lose to him 70,000 standard units according to what he wants, you will owe 1,420 standard units instead. With your current possessions, you can pay about 1,000. But, in that case, Miltrov's errand would not have to be thought about. You can only go back. 】

[420 standard units, which doesn't look like a lot now.] But if you go back to work as a handyman, it's 21 months' worth of wages – based on the fact that you don't spend anything. Even if Fernando doesn't pay interest, it will take you about 3 years to pay off the rest of the debt. That's why-]

"......" Bruneisi's face turned blue and white for a while, but finally returned to normal, almost laughing, "So, just win." You don't have to explain what I've said for so long. As long as you win, you're good to go. ”

[Hey, hey, little Bruneith, you're right. 】

Brunei came back to his senses and looked at Fernando again. He undoubtedly kept watching every subtle change in Brunei's expression, and he could see his timidity, nervousness, and fear at a glance, but he didn't have the slightest impatience or disdain, just kept the same smile, and nodded when he realized that Brunei was looking at him.

However, the spectators on the side were already impatient, shouting, inevitably there were some ugly words, and some people arbitrarily shouted directly "Don't ink blots, honestly let us chop our hands!" This kind of line.

Fernando's reaction when he heard this was a little bigger than Brunei's, he frowned rarely, tilted his head slightly, and was about to say something, but Yu Guang saw Brunei's smile calmly and raised his hand: "Sorry to keep you waiting for so long, I'll add 1000." ”

"It doesn't matter. It's better to say that if you act too rashly at such a big cost, my friend, I will be disappointed. Fernando smiled at Brunei and shook his head, his hand on the chip next to him, "Then I-"

"Wait a minute!" Scarly suddenly shouted, grabbed Brunei's wrist suddenly, and then took out two fingers to hold down the 1000 chips that Bruneith had not had time to throw, and slammed it towards him. Brunei's body fell a little in that direction with the force, and his face pressed against Scarly's face, and the warm snort blew on his head, making his face a little hot. However, Scarly didn't seem to be satisfied, and put her lips to his ear, and the moist and warm breath lingered in Brunei's earlobes, and instantly became hot, spreading to Brunei's cheeks: "You, he- what are you thinking!"

Half a swear word and an angry roar pierced Brunei's eardrums in an astonishing decibel manner, instantly sobering him up. Looking up, Fernando actually turned his face to the side, making a look that he didn't care about himself, while the onlookers on the side had different expressions, looking like they were probably gathered together according to their familiarity with each other, whispering something.

Brunei just subconsciously turned his head a little away from Scarly, so now he had room to turn his face and look at Scarly, showing a somewhat flattering smile: "Miss, what's wrong?"

Scarly followed Brunei's line of sight to see the reactions of the people around her, and then turned her face back, seeing Brunei's slightly red face, she didn't realize that her face was also a little feverish, she coughed lightly twice, frowned again, and said in a low voice: "What's wrong! Why don't you raise without even looking at your hole cards?" No matter how nervous you are, you can't make such a mistake!"

"......" The muscles on Brunei's face couldn't help but twitch.

[Wow, she didn't suspect that you actually relied on a thousand, she really trusted you. 】

“...... Miss, thank you for caring so much about me. Brunei adjusted his facial expression, smiled again, leaned forward, and leaned back to Scully's ear, whispering, "It's part of the plan, though. ”

Then, Brunei turned around directly, completely ignoring Scarly's face that had suddenly turned red again, and nodded at Fernando: "I'm very sorry." I raised 1000 anyway. ”

"Oh?" Fernando raised his eyebrows and smiled even more, "Then I'll go with 1000 too." ”

The red chips slid haphazardly out from between the fingers of Fernando's delicate white gloves and rolled vertically towards a large handful of chips in the center of the table, Brunei's eyes followed the chip, but before he could see it fall, he was caught by something else, and the second card had floated to his table. The 10 of spades covers the original king of spades.

“...... Damn it. Brunei secretly cursed in his heart, and raised his eyes to see the plum blossom 3 in Fernando's hand.

[Looks like you understand.] It's useless to use observation on actions that have ended and you don't even see them. So, before you make your next move, I think you might have time to answer me a question: Are you telling the truth when you say, 'It's part of the plan,' or is it just one of the countless lies you've been casually telling lately?]

“...... So what does it matter. Brunei pursed his lips and smiled softly, "What's more, are you really asking this question, or is it just one of the countless times you have deceived and pretended to me?"

[Hey, hey, little Bruneith, you're really a stinky boy with no conscience. 】

"Friend, I got a pair this round by luck. Brunei's communication with the system was only a few seconds at most, and Fernando interrupted their communication, pulling Brunei's train of thought back to reality, "So, now the card on the surface is mine." Sorry, I'm going to add 2000 bets. ”

Brunei gritted his teeth, but finally shook his head, and when he made a voice, it was already as if his heart had never fluctuated: "Mr. Fernando, follow the rules, what is there to apologize for? ”

As he spoke, Brunei's eyes had already turned to Lorraine, this time the time was accurate, Lorraine was throwing the card at Fernando, and turning, the slender and nimble fingers played the card in his hand freely again, and somehow, a card floated out of it. "System? Observation and verification. ”

[Observation verification: 8<60, successful.] Maybe it's because she doesn't have a reason to shuffle the cards now, and maybe it's because your eyes are gradually following every subtle movement of her fingers, and you can clearly see that her right hand rubs the top two cards to one side, and her left index finger holds down the third card and throws it at you. 】

Jack of spades.

“...... Scold. Brunei's smile was connected with the wound at the corner of his mouth in an instant, and everyone who saw this smile felt an eerie chill in an instant, with a hint of blood.

However, Scarly is not one of them. She had removed her hand from the table, placed it above her thighs and held it tightly, still looking in Lorraine's direction, looking a little agitated.

"Miss, Miss," Bruneith's smile had returned to normal, and he brought his face to Scarry's ear again, so that he could not see her blushing cheeks again, "Lorraine just handed me not the first card in the pile, but the third. ”

Scarly's eyes widened suddenly, "W-" Then she suddenly reacted, and said in a low voice, "Are you sure?"

"Hmm. Brunei nodded slightly, turned his face to look at the four strong men standing behind the two of them, their expressions were quite similar to Scarly just now, which made Brunei suddenly feel a little funny, and chuckled, "This is very bad, I don't like them like this." I hope this can be a game that is truly fair and can prove to you that I am. ”

"You mean—" Scarly's face flushed slightly, then she nodded with determination.

Brunei snickered, looked at Fernando again, and his expression became a little weird: "I'm sorry to delay your time again." ”

"Ha, it's okay, it's okay. Fernando still kept his usual smile, "Friend, your cards really scared me." I still have a pair of threes on the board, but I don't dare to raise. ”

"I add 10,000. Before Fernando could finish speaking, Brunei said with an unusual smile. In the exclamation and surprised eyes of the people around him, Brunei fiddled through his chips one by one: "8, 9, 10 - ten." ”

The nails of Fernando's left hand collided with the wooden table with a crisp sound.

“...... I'm with you. ”

[Psychological Assessment: 24<60, Success.] It is not difficult to see his faint reluctance and heartache, and it seems that 10,000 standard units is not a number that can be thrown casually even for someone like him. 】

"It's not nonsense. However, reluctance and heartache, not nervousness. Brunei sneered, "It's really atmospheric." Brunei didn't look at Lorraine again, and it wasn't long before a Queen's of Spades arrived in his hand.

The crowd of onlookers was in a commotion for a moment, and Brunei faintly heard words like "royal flush", which he had not heard of, but he could guess the general meaning just by hearing the name. So he smiled and slowly raised his hand, until everyone's attention was focused on his hand, and then he slammed down "Bang!"!

Brunei stood up and said to the people around him with a smile: "Everyone, we are in the casino today, but you are just watching, isn't it a little too boring? ”

"You have all seen it, and the four behind me can also testify for me - and, of course, this one, the honorable Lord Krigory, I have not looked at my hole cards in any way, spell, technique. After all, the hole cards were pressed to the bottom from the start, and I didn't even touch the cards. Brunei spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, ignoring the surprised Scully behind him, and showed a somewhat eerie smile again, "Let's bet, my hole card is the ace of spades." ”

"If not, I'll give 10,000 standard units of chips to everyone present, and if so. ”

Brunei finally turned around, holding his head high, and stared at Fernando, who was still sitting there: "I hope you will grant me a request." Because, I don't want such an unfair duel - Thrace is my friend after all, and I don't want to win so easily. ”

“...... So, it's still me coming, raise first. Fernando still smiled, as calm and motionless as a statue. However, it didn't take a systematic look for Brunei to see his right eyelid throb uncontrollably and violently several times. “...... I've been. ”

"......" Brunei looked at Fernando for a long time with an unusual smile, "Well, I'll too." Everyone, it's time to reveal the mystery!"

"Royal - Straight Flush!"