Gamble Fish 4

Chapter 04

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Students: Hey, did you hear?
Students: There's a rumor about some crazy transfer student in the second year.
Title: Fight 04 Decoy

Students: They say he shamed both Aoto and Kaizuka.
Students: He said he's gonna get ten billion yen from making gambles!!

Students: Apparently he'll accept a challenge from anyone.
Students: Who's the next challenger?

Students: No one's gonna step forward that easily.
Students: The last one was over 300 thousand...so the next one'll double to 600 thousand.
Students: Seriously!?
Students: Does he really intend to get ten billion?

Students: Look!! Speak of the devil...

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Students: It's Shirasagi Tomu.
Title: Fight 04 Decoy

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Natsumi: Ahhhhhhh!!
Natsumi: Tomu-senpai, foooound you.

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Natsumi: Nice to meet you!!
Natsumi: I'm Kimura Natsumi from 1-A!!

Tomu: Nice to meet you...Kimura-san.
Tomu: Do you need something with me?

Natsumi: Hee hee hee. I've...
Natsumi: made a decision...

Natsumi: I'm gonna be your manager!!
Mizuhara: Huh!?
Natsumi: I look forward to working with you!

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Tomu: Sorry, but...
Tomu: I don't need a manager.

Natsumi: No wayyy. But I want to help you out, senpai.

Mizuhara: You sure are persistent to come all the way to the 2nd year classroom with us...
Mizuhara: Why does a stranger like you want to be Tomu's manager in the first place?
Natsumi: That's obvious.

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Natsumi: It's only been a week since he got here!!
Natsumi: And yet his brilliant victories are all anyone's talking about. Even in the girls' dorm!!
Natsumi: And as a bonus, he's hot...
Natsumi: There are a lot of girls who want to be his friend.

Natsumi: If I became your manager, I could do all sorts of odd jobs for you outside of your gambling!!
Natsumi: I can help you out both in public and in private!!

Mizuhara: He didn't call for you!! So leave.
Natsumi: Mh!!
Mizuhara: As the class rep and as his roommate, I can take care of supporting Tomu.

Natsumi: Shut up and stay back, you mushroom head!!
Mizuhara: Mushroom!?

Mizuhara: It's rude to call people mushroom head!!
Mizuhara: You sure are impertinent for an underclassman!!
Natsumi: Hmph!! How can you act like an upperclassman when you're smaller than me.

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Natsumi: Let's play a game!!
Mizuhara: What!?
Natsumi: The winner will be senpai's official manager!!

Natsumi: We'll play a simplified version of old maid!!
Natsumi: We'll play with this joker and this queen of hearts.

Natsumi: I'll shuffle them below the desk.
Natsumi: There.
Natsumi: If you choose the old maid, you lose!!

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Mizuhara: Th-this is stupid. It's just probability.
Natsumi: Oh? Are you running away, Mushroom-senpai?
Natsumi: I guess you're short AND a coward.

Mizuhara: What did you say!? Fine, I'll accept your challenge!!
Mizuhara: ...This one!!

Mizuhara: Mgh...
Natsumi: Okay, I win...
Natsumi: Which means I'm looking forward to working with you, senpaaaaai.

Tomu: Didn't I tell you? I don't need a manager.
Tomu: And...let me give you a warning.

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Tomu: If you make gambles partly for fun...
Tomu: you'll eventually get burned.

Natsumi: Nyaaaaah!
Natsumi: Those cool eyes are so sexy...

Natsumi: But...there's no way I can lose this game.
Natsumi: Even if I'm up against you, Tomu-sempai...

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Students: Hey, c'mon!!
Students: Shirosagi's started another game!!
Students: Who's he up against!?
Students: A girl!! Kimura in the first year.

Natsumi: If I win, I get to be your manager!!
Tomu: Fine. Whatever you want.

Tomu: But first...does anyone have a lighter?
Mizuhara: Eh!?

Guy: Yeah...I have one.
Guy: Are you planning on having a smoke while you play?

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Natsumi: Okay.
Natsumi: Let's go.

Natsumi: Here. Go ahead!!

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Mizuhara: This is just a simple game of choosing one of two options...
Mizuhara: Assuming there aren't any marks on the cards, Tomu can't do anything...

Tomu: ...The left one.

Natsumi: This one?

Tomu: Don't move!!
Natsumi: Eh!?

Tomu: Didn't I say you'd get burned?

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Natsumi: Kyaaaah!!?
Natsumi: Wh-what are you doing!!?

Tomu: Calm down.
Tomu: I'm just burning the card I chose.

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Tomu: We may not know what this card was....but that doesn't matter in this game.
Tomu: We can know who won by looking at the remaining card.

Tomu: If that card is the "Queen of Hearts", then the burnt card must have been the "Joker".
Tomu: Which means I chose the old maid and lost...
Tomu: Conversely, if the "Joker" remains, then the burnt card was the "Queen of Hearts" and I won.

People: Yeah, those were the only two cards.
People: So he's right...

Tomu: Then, how about you turn over the remaining card?
Natsumi: Uh...

Tomu: Heh heh...
Tomu: So you don't want to turn it over, huh?

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Tomu: Because...
Tomu: the remaining card is definitely a joker, right?

Mizuhara: Wh-what do you mean, Tomu!?
Tomu: Simply put, both of the cards were jokers.

Tomu: She just switched the queen out for a joker while it looked like she was shuffling them under the table...It's a basic trick.

Natsumi: Y-you're mistaken...
Text above Natsumi: Ho ho ho...
Natsumi: I would never cheat like that...

Tomu: Is that so?
Tomu: Then I'll bet 1000 yen that the remaining card is a joker.

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Mizuhara: Damn it!! So you did that to me, too!?
Mizuhara: I'm putting 1000 yen on it being a joker, too!!
Natsumi: Eh!?

Crowd: Then, I will, too!!
Crowd: 1000 yen from me, too!!
Crowd: I'm in for 2000 yen!!
Natsumi: W-wait! Wait!!

Natsumi: Uh...

Natsumi: You're horrible!!
Natsumi: I'm gonna go bankrupt...

Yuka: We'll see about that.

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Yuka: Excuse me...

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Crowd: T-the queen!!!
Crowd: It's not a joker!!?

Natsumi: Eh!? Eh!?
Natsumi: Does that mean I win? I get all the money that was bet!?

Natsumi: Yaaay. I'm rich.

Tomu: It couldn't be... Did she switch out the card just now!?
Tomu: Hey, wait!!

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Guy: You're the one who needs to wait, Shirasagi!!
Crowd: We bet on that because you said it was a sure thing!!

Guy: You're always so full of yourself!!
Guy: What the hell is wrong with you....?

Guy: Uh!?

Tomu: She switched out the card right in front of my eyes and didn't notice a thing.
Tomu: Who is that girl!?

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Yuka: Heh heh...how does your first taste of defeat feel?
Yuka: But things have yet to truly begin, Shirasagi Tomu.

Yuka: I'll cast the magic of nightmares on you!!