Gamble Fish 27

Chapter 27

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Mizuhara: No way...This is horrible!!
Mizuhara: How can this kind of problem happen right at the very end...?
Title: Fight 27 Monkey Magic

Mika: What's going on, Rio?
Asahina: Remember when that hustler hit Shirasagi into the table earlier?
Asahina: Apparently, that caused the balls to move.

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Asahina: And all of them ended up in bad spots.
Asahina: The 2-ball was in a good position, but now it's a really tricky shot.
Asahina: And even if he does hit it in...
Asahina: the 3-ball and 9-ball are touching, so won't be able to get the 3-ball in anywhere.

Asahina: It was quite a stroke of luck for us...
Asahina: and the worst possible accident for Shirasagi. Ha ha ha...

Mika: Odd.
Asahina: Eh?

Mika: Not only did we manage to drive out the hustler acting as his coach, but the situation turned to our advantage.
Mika: It seems a little too convenient.

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Tomu: Asahina!!

Tomu: As you can see, this was a completely unintentional accident.
Tomu: I want to move the balls back to how they were!!

Crowd: Move them back...?
Crowd: Do the rules let him do that?
Crowd: It's true that Shirasagi didn't mean for that to happen...

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Mika: Ho ho ho!! So that's it, is it!?
Asahina: Mika!!
Mika: You're out of luck, Shirasagi Tomu. We're not going to let you!!

Mika: Your tactic is to make it look like you're at an absolute disadvantage and then striking at your opponent's blind spot at the last second!!
Mika: I'm not convinced that this was an accident...

Mika: And since we don't have a photograph of the previous arrangement, it's impossible to move them back!!
Mika: You're planning on using this situation to rearrange them to your advantage, aren't you!?

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Mizuhara: No!! The 2-ball was in a position that was to his advantage in the first place!!
Mika: Quiet!!
Mika: As the sponsor of this event, I won't let him do it!!

Tomu: Then...
Tomu: can I redo things from the break shot?

Mika: Eh!?

Tomu: I'll redo the 5th set with a new rack.
Tomu: That's fair, isn't it?

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Mika: Wha...?
Mika: I can't figure it out... What's he after?

Mika: Wh-what do you think, Rio...?

Asahina: ...It's true the rules state he can do that.
Asahina: If this were a regular game, his request would be a legitimate one...

Asahina: Even if he has been cheating...
Asahina: without proof, I should follow the rules and let him redo it.

Asahina: But...

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Asahina: This is the revenge match I've dedicated to my dead father!!
Asahina's Mother: Rio-chan!! Do your best!
Asahina: And for my mother's sake, I need to win and have him tell me where Shirasagi Yumeichirou is!!

Asahina (thoughts): I don't need to play fair...
Asahina: I won't let you redo anything!!
Asahina: Continue playing as things are, Shirasagi!!
Asahina (thoughts): against a dirty gambler!!!

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Natsumi: H-he's going to start playing again!!
Natsumi: As you can see, the 2-ball is in a very difficult to hit in position!! But if he doesn't get this in, Shirasagi can't win!!

Asahina: Heh heh...It's useless.
Asahina: Even I couldn't run out in this situation.

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Asahina: Just to get it in, he'll have to do a vertical bank, and then there's nowhere to stop it for the 3-ball. Once it's my turn, I've won.

Mika: I saw through your last trick of faking an accident.
Mika: Checkmate, gambler.

Mika: Kneel before me.
Mika: Oh ho ho ho ho...

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Abidani: ...Heh heh heh.
Abidani: Heh heh heh.

Abidani: Hyah hah hah hah hah!!!

Crowd: What!?
Crowd: There's laughter coming from the ceiling!?

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Abidani: Aviiii!!!!

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Abidani: Heh heh heh...This is mere child's play!!!
Abidani: These childish tricks are monkey magic.

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Tomu: ...Abidani!!

Abidani: I've been watching from the heights of the ceiling.
Abidani: I've seen the monkey magic you've performed from beginning to end. Heh heh heh...

Mika: Abidani-sensei!! I'm the sponsor for this event!!
Mika: I would like for you to not interfere!!

Abidani: Hyah ha ha!! It looks like the doll still sucking at her mother's teat who doesn't know how the world works hasn't caught on!!

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Natsumi: D-doll still sucking at her mother's teat!!?

Tomu: Abidani...
Tomu: There's no need for you to make your appearance this time.

Tomu: This is a match between Asahina and myself.
Tomu: I'd like for you to just sit and watch.


Abidani: Oh, that's what I plan on doing.
Abidani: I should get some brief amusement out of the sight of those two little girls crying.

Mika: Wh-what do you mean by that!?
Mika: And what is it that I haven't realized...!?

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Abidani: Did you see the balls move with your own eyes?

Mika: Eh?

Text over Asahina: Ah

Asahina: Because we were distracted by the hustler's flight, no one would remember precisely.
Asahina: I don't know how much of this was planned...but the one thing I know for sure is...
Asahina: Shirasagi will inevitably fail if he continues with the current formation!!

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Asahina: Wh-what are you talking about!?
Asahina: Shirasagi is the one who requested to have the balls returned to how they were.
Mika: That's right!! He even said he was willing to redo it from the break!!

Abidani: Quite the opposite.
Abidani: If Shirasagi had said he wanted to continue as things were, you two would have stopped him, wouldn't you have?

Abidani: That was a gambler's all-or-nothing bluff.

Asahina: Th-that's ridiculous!
Asahina: What possible reason could he have for keeping them in such a bad arrangement...!?

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Asahina: He's not going for the vertical bank... He's going for the corner pocket.
Asahina: I don't understand!! What could he be doing...!?

Asahina: If he were to get the 2-ball in...
Asahina: The cue ball would change course slightly and hit the cushion.

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Asahina: From there it will come very close to the 8-ball...
Asahina: If it hits it...

Asahina: and then it will come back towards him...

Asahina: Ah...
Asahina: Ah!!?
Asahina: What's with this arrangement...!!?

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Tomu: Too late, champion.
Tomu: This is the final shot...

Tomu: of the perfect crime of Nine-Ball!!!