Gamble Fish 7

Chapter 07

07

Title: Fight 07 The Magic Known as Gambling

08

Crowd: Shirasagi has 4 + 10 + 3 for "17"!!

Crowd: Tsukiyono has 5 + 5 + 11 for "21"!!

Crowd: "21" again!!
Crowd: How many times is that!?
Crowd: Shirasagi hasn't been able to do anything!!

09

Natsumi: Tomu-senpaaai...
Mizuhara: Kh!! That's ten losses in a row!!

Mizuhara: Tsukiyono hasn't gone bust even once and has gotten "Black Jack" every time.
Mizuhara: She has to be cheating...but I can't see her doing it!!

Yuka: Heh heh...You're down 60 chips.
Yuka: Where did that confidence from the beginning go?

Tomu: Things have yet to begin.

Abidani: Heh heh heh... She's Tsukiyono Yuka, known as "The Magician's Daughter".
Abidani: I can't even see through her technique...What are you going to do, Shirasagi Tomu?

10

Crowd: The upcard is a face card again!!
Crowd: Tsukiyono's going to take this one, too!!

Yuka: Hit or stay?

Tomu: ...Hit.

11

Yuka: That's "17"...what will you do?

Tomu: Hit.

Mizuhara: All right!! He went for it at "17" and got "20"!!
Mizuhara: And all of the aces have been used already, so Tsukiyono can't get "Black Jack"!!

Abidani: How naive...
Abidani: She only gave Shirasagi "20" because she was confident she could get "21"...Tsukiyono has control over it all.

Yuka: Now then, I will turn over my...

Tomu: Wait.

12

Tomu: Hit me again.

Mizuhara: That's crazy, Tomu!! You're drawing another card at "20"!?
Natsumi: That's right, senpai!!
Natsumi: All four of the aces have been used, so, no matter what you get, you'll go bust!!

13

Tomu: That may be...but you never know what's going to happen while gambling.
Tomu: Hit me!!

Yuka: You're crazy.

Crowd: Ha ha ha!! You went bust at "25".
Crowd: Didn't they tell you!?
Crowd: Did you get tired of sitting there losing!?

Yuka: Are you satisfied?
Yuka: No matter how much you struggle, you can't win.

Tomu: No...this is fine.
Tomu: A good chance has finally shown itself.

14

Tomu: I bet 20 chips...
Tomu: on the next game.

Mizuhara: Betting 20 at once!! Tomu's getting serious!!
Natsumi: B-but what chance is he talking about!?

Yuka: Are you trying to put pressure on me? Ha ha ha...
Yuka: Bluffing won't work on me.

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Mizuhara: As usual, the upcard is in the dealer's favor.
Mizuhara: What is Tomu's strategy!?

Tomu: Hit.

Yuka: I've used up the cards.
Yuka: Abidani-sensei, I need a new deck.
Abidani: ...Okay.

Abidani: Heh heh heh...so this is it, Shirasagi.
Abidani: You're going to use the fact that she's using a single deck to your favor.
Abidani: Things are starting to get interesting.

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Abidani: Watch out, Tsukiyono...

Abidani: Shirasagi already told you. This isn't the stage for a magic show.
Abidani: The person you're up against isn't someone in the audience who just wants to see some magic.

Abidani: The second you let your guard down, even for an instant...
Abidani: you'll be dragged from that showy stage down into the darkness of the basement.

17

Yuka: ...Thanks for the warning.

Yuka: As long as I'm controlling the cards with these hands of mine, I can't lose!!
Yuka: I'll deal him a face card and make him go bust...Then it'll be over!!

Yuka: Cut the deck.

Tomu: Okay...

18

Yuka: Wh-what kind of cut was that?

Tomu: As you could see, I cut the deck by leaving only the bottom card.
Tomu: There's no set way to cut the deck, right?

Tomu: This one card will be put on the top of the deck...
Tomu: Which means that this card will be the card I'm dealt.

Tomu: Right now my hand is "17"...

Tomu: If this card is a "4"...

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Tomu: I'll have "21" and win!!

20

Mizuhara: So that's it...Tomu was aiming for this with that last game!!
Natsumi: Eh?

Mizuhara: As long as those witch's fingers are touching the cards, Tomu has no chance of winning!!
Mizuhara: But when he cuts a new deck, she takes her hand off the deck!!

Mizuhara: In other words, he can choose the top card.
Mizuhara: And that rose keeps her from switching it out!!

Mizuhara: But in order to choose that card, there had to be four cards left before a new deck was brought in!!
Mizuhara: That's why he went bust by taking that last card before!!
Natsumi: H-he was calculating that far ahead!?

Natsumi: You're amazing, Tomu-senpai!
Natsumi: This is your chance to turn things around!!!

21

Yuka: Sensei!!
Yuka: Isn't purposefully damaging a card against the rules?

Abidani: Only if he marked any of the other cards as well.

Abidani: But he only damaged the card he'll be dealt...
Abidani: This is your fault for not listening to my warning and letting your guard down.

Yuka: Heh...well, whatever.
Yuka: Because this card is the ace of spades!!

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Yuka: With 17 + an ace, you have "18".
Yuka: And if you take another card, it'll be the king of hearts.
Yuka: You'll go bust and lose!!

Tomu: Heh...so you know the order of all the cards.
Tomu: That's a magician for you.

Tomu: But not knowing what's going to happen next is what gambling's all about.
Tomu: Is that card really the ace of spades?
Tomu: What if you were one card off with your shuffling?

Tomu: Look at your hand.
Tomu: With the previous deck, all four aces had been used, so getting "Black Jack" was impossible.

Tomu: It wasn't a perfect hand.

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Tomu: If being a magician means you can't let yourself make the tiniest mistake...
Tomu: then being a gambler means you can't overlook the tiniest mistake.

Tomu: I can tell.
Yuka: Wha...?
Tomu: Your confidence is shaken and the seeds of doubt have begun to sprout.

Tomu: You may be a top-class magician, but you're an amateur when it comes to gambling.
Tomu: This time, I'll be casting magic on you.

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Tomu: The magic known as gambling...

25

Crowd: It's the ace of spades!!
Crowd: Just like Tsukiyono predicted!!

Tomu: ...Hit.

26

Crowd: It's the king of hearts!! She was right about that , too!!
Crowd: Shirosagi went bust!!
Mizuhara: Kh...
Crowd: Tsukiyono wins!!

Yuka: A top-class magician doesn't make any mistakes.
Yuka: I've practiced this tens of thousands of times.
Yuka: I'm not as easy to see through as a gambler!!!

Tomu: No...you made a mistake in this last game...
Tomu: A mistake that will determine the winner...