Hayate no Gotoku! 208

Chapter 208 (aka Volume 20 Chapter 2)

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Title: Chapter 2 "Not winning at gambling can cause all sorts of problems"

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Ichijou: The roulette showdown is coming to its end!!
Ichijou: This winner of this match is the one to reach a million yen first!! And where are they now, you ask!!?

Ichijou: Mikoto-sama has 930,000 yen!! Young Master Wataru has 510,000 yen!!
Ichijou: Mikoto-sama has an overwhelming lead!!

Mikoto: Keeping this from being a direct match between us...
Mikoto: and leaving it to chance was a good idea.
Mikoto: But without a plan beyond that, it's hopeless for you...

Mikoto: Because...
Mikoto: I simply have more luck than you...

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Saki: Gh...

Sakuya: This is bad, Saki-san. If we don't get anything next time, we lose.
Saki: Eh!? Why!?

Sakuya: She's been taking 20,000 each time and putting it on a line bet (Pays back 5 times) that she'll win on once every four times.
Sakuya: And the last 2 times she didn't get it...

Saki: You mean...
Saki: She's definitely going to get it in the next two spins...?

Saki: But how could that be...?
Sakuya: It's hard to believe, but she will get it.

Mikoto: It's impossible...
Mikoto: to win every time.

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Mikoto: But with the odds at 25%...
Mikoto: I will get it. And it pays 5 times.

Saki: Kh...
Saki: If I don't win on the next spin... Young master will have to live with his mother in America...and I...

Saki: I...

Saki: Um...Can I ask you something?

Saki: Why...
Saki: do you want to live with him again?

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Mikoto: Hmm...
Mikoto: Let's see.

Mikoto: Long ago...
Mikoto: there was someone who was loved even by god.
Saki: Huh?

Mikoto: I...loved that person very, very much.
Mikoto: You could say I worshipped her.

Saki: Worshipped?

Mikoto: But one day...
Mikoto: that person married someone else.

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Mikoto: It was a shock...
Mikoto: It truly was a shock...

Mikoto: Would you be able to do it, Saki-chan?

Mikoto: See the person you love...
Mikoto: be bound to someone else...
Mikoto: and have joy about it...

Saki: W-well...

Mikoto: So I got married, too.
Mikoto: So I could say I hadn't lost to her and that I was happier than her...
Mikoto: At that time, Youichi-kun was still a good man.

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Saki: Th...
Saki: That's why you got married...?

Mikoto: But when I was reunited with my child at the Grand Canyon...
Mikoto: and I saw how much he had grown...
Mikoto: I somehow sensed fate.

Mikoto: So I decided...
Mikoto: that if I won this match...
Mikoto: it wouldn't be too bad to take back the bonds of my family.

Mikoto: Wataru-kun, do you hate your mother that much?
Wataru: Eh?

Mikoto: We can even let Youichi-kun back in.
Mikoto: Our three-person family can live in America.

Flashback Wataru: When I grow up, I want to marry my mom.

Saki: Young master...

Saki: Young master...

Saki: Young master!!!

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Wataru: Come to think of it...
Wataru: That would mean living in a country without Teleto.

Mikoto: Teleto?

Wataru: No Teletama or MX either.
Wataru: This country would only get the cultural programs.
Wataru: There's no way I could live here!!

Wataru: And watching it later on a video site is heresy.
Wataru: Staying up till early in the morning and watching it live while posting on 2ch is the true way to do it!!
Sakuya: Eh...? What are you talking about?

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Wataru: Also!!
Wataru: The joy you're talking about...
Wataru: comes from living with a family that complains about every little thing.
Wataru: And I already live with one of those.

Saki: Young master...

Wataru: And if my family grew any more...
Wataru: I wouldn't know what name to give the folder I save my videos to.

Saki: Oh...
Saki: Young master...

Mikoto: If that's...
Mikoto: how it is...

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Mikoto: I'll silence you by force!!

Wataru: Gh!!
Sakuya: Crap!! What are you going to do, Wataru!?

Wataru: Wh-what should I do!?
Sakuya: Idiot!! Figure that out yourself!!

Mikoto: No matter what strategies you come up with...
Mikoto: gambling can not be won by reason.

Wataru: Wh-what do I do!?
Wataru: How do I get through this adversity!?

Isumi: Look closely.
Wataru: Eh!?

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Isumi: If you do that, you'll see it.
Isumi: You'll see that the key to victory is already in that hand...

Sakuya: Isumi-san!?
Small text in the bottom left of Sakuya's bubble: Why are you here?
Wataru: In that hand...?

Wataru: Ah!!
Wataru: That's it!!

Wataru: Sakuya!! Can your cell phone make calls here!?
Sakuya: Yes, it can...

Wataru: Let me see it!!
Wataru: That's it!! If gambling is up to luck...!!

Wataru: Then...!!
Hayate: Hello?

Wataru: I'm going to get right to the point!!
Wataru: Red or black!! Which one would you bet one!?

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Hayate: Eh? Well...
Hayate: Between those I would choose "Black".

Wataru: "Red", Sakiiii!!
Wataru: Put everything on red!!
Saki: Y-yes, sir!!

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Ichijou: It's "Red"!!
Ichijou: Young master's team has come back for victory!!
Sakuya: All riiiiight!!

Mikoto: No way...
Mikoto: I...
Mikoto: lost...?

Text above Mikoto: Gh...

Mikoto: We're going, Ichijou-kun.

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Saki: Ah!!
Saki: Um...!! Wait...

Ichijou: Don't worry about her.
Ichijou: She's supported solely by her pride.
Ichijou: When she gets angry, she stops doing anything for a while.

Saki: Ichijou-san...

Ichijou: But more importantly...
Ichijou: take care of young master.

Ichijou: If he keeps staying up late, he's going to grow less and less...
Ichijou: so watch out.

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Saki: But...was this really okay?
Wataru: What do you mean?

Saki: Isn't it better to live with your family...?
Wataru: She had no intention of doing it.

Saki: Eh?
Saki: But she was all troubled thinking about it.

Wataru: Why would she bet so little when she had a 25% chance?
Wataru: It was obvious she was dragging her heels and putting off victory.

Wataru: She...
Wataru: wasn't ready to live with me.

Wataru: And yet...
Wataru: I have no idea how far that bad luck will go...

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Wataru: So that we can go back whenever I want...
Wataru: I won't destroy the store.

Text above Saki: Hee hee

Saki: That's right.

Wataru: Then again, a billion in 2 years...
Saki: What are you saying!?
Saki: You can't sell it!!

Isumi: By the way, Sakuya, do you know which direction Nerima station is?
Sakuya: Hmm. Well, if you just want the direction, it's to the east I guess...

Hayate: I get the feeling even I could win with this Big thing.
Nagi: Yeah. If you bought about 5 million of them, you'd win.