Gamble Fish 29

Chapter 29

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Title: Fight 29 Break Shot of Blessing

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Natsumi: Hello, Uncle Tatsuhiko!!

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Tomu: Thanks for cooperating the other day.
Tatsuhiko: I don't want your thanks.
Tatsuhiko: I didn't cooperate with you to help you win.

Tatsuhiko: I just wanted to get my pupil's money back from that hustler!!
Tatsuhiko: I don't advocate betting on billiards, but I had no choice but to help you to get him.

Natsumi: Hee hee...Actually...

Natsumi: Hey, uncle...
Natsumi: I'll make you a bento, so come watch the match.
Tatsuhiko: W-well, if it's a request from my cute niece...

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Tatsuhiko: You can have the 2 million I got from Gokijima back.
Tatsuhiko: And that was a wonderful strategy, Shirasagi-kun.
Tomu: No...I was just working to deal with an accident I hadn't planned for.

Tatsuhiko: You mean when Asahina asked to see your trick cue?
Tomu: No...I knew that was a possibility.
Tomu: To outsmart Gokijima and use that trick shot, it was more convenient to get rid of the compressed air.

Natsumi: The timing of your appearance was perfect, uncle!!
Mizuhara: Yeah!! Your intensity made it hard to believe you were acting!!

Tatsuhiko: Ha ha ha. I just wanted to get back at him.
Tatsuhiko: His headbutt was pretty effective, though.

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Tomu: The hit he got on me was effective, too.
Tomu: My strategy needed him to hit me pretty hard but for it to still seem natural.
Tomu: Looking at it like that, Gokijima did a good job till the end.

Tatsuhiko: Heh heh... He's probably fled back to Osaka and is gulping down kushikatsu and drowning himself in alcohol.
Natsumi: I don't know. He can be pretty tough.
Mizuhara: He might already be planning where he's going to get money next.

Tomu: The final trick shot started with a coincidence.

Tomu: While I was practicing, I missed and happened to hit some balls I'd left lying around...

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Tomu: And they all went in like this.
Tomu: That's when it came to me.
Tomu: If I could recreate the same thing during the match, even someone of my skill could run out.

Tomu: I need Mizuhara and Natsumi-chan's help...
Tomu: in order to get the balls in the right placement in an instant.

Mizuhara: That's right!! We worked really hard until we were all in sync.
Natsumi: Heh heh heh!!
Natsumi: Even if they thought Mushroom-senpai here would help Tomu-senpai, I bet they never expected I would help him!!

Tatsuhiko: But what if Asahina had accepted your request?
Tatsuhiko: If you had redone things from the break like the rules allow, you would have lost.

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Tomu: That bluff was the biggest gamble I made in that match.
Tomu: And in the end Asahina and Mika-san were in a hurry to win and didn't call my bluff.

Mizuhara: I don't care about Mika-san, but I feel a bit sorry for Asahina.
Natsumi: I-it couldn't be helped. She was Tomu-senpai's opponent!!

Mizuhara: Not that.
Mizuhara: Before coming here, I overheard a rumor.

Mizuhara: A rumor that she's leaving Shishidou Academy.

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Tomu: Abidani gave a proposal to the board of directors.
Tomu: He said that someone who lost to an amateur wasn't fit to be on a sports scholarship.

Tomu: And it seems Mika-san wasn't able to defend her.
Tomu: And without the scholarship, Asahina was too poor to pay the tuition.

Girl: Ah!!

Tomu: In the end, it seems she dropped out herself...

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Mika: Well...Take care of yourself, Rio.

Mika: Don't...forget about me.
Asahina: Thanks...You take of yourself, too.

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Asahina: This might actually be a good opportunity for me.
Asahina: I've been thinking about going to Taiwan for a while.
Asahina: I was invited there to train under a famous coach and aim for being a top pro.

Asahina: Taiwan is one of the world's best countries for billiards and has had many teenage world champions.
Asahina: There's even a high school that specializes in billiards. It's so popular, you could even call it the national sport.

Asahina: When I think about you or my mom, my determination wavers...
Asahina: but thanks to Shirasagi, I've made up my mind.
Mika: Thanks to Shirasagi!?

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Asahina: Even if he cheated...
Asahina: The tenacity and drive he put into that match is far greater than mine.

Asahina: When I saw how he fought while betting on himself...
Asahina: it makes me want to bet on the entirety of myself and take on the world!!

Mika: Since I'm sure it's just that swindler's excuses, I thought about just throwing it away...
Mika: but since you see him like that, I'll give this letter to you.

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Tomu: Asahina Rio... There's something I want to tell you as you leave.

Tomu: My father, Yumeichirou, isn't the type of man who causes innocent people to suffer.
Tomu: My father is innocent. Please believe me.

Tomu: I will make sure to find the criminal who destroyed your family!!
Tomu: I swear it on the honor of the Shirasagi family.

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Tomu: Lastly...I want you to look out the window.

Tomu: As you leave, I would like to send you...
Tomu: a break shot of blessing.

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Asahina: ...Shirasagi...

Tomu: Spread your wings, Asahina...
Tomu: And bet on your own future.

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Tomu: Good luck...

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Mika: You're quite the villain.
Mika: Not only did you take the money I bet, but you took my best friend as well.

Mika: Shirasagi Tomu!!
Mika: What are you going to try to take next!?

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Tomu: How about...
Tomu: I take those lips of yours?

Mika: Wha...?

Mika: Y-you've got to be joking!!
Tomu: Of course I'm joking.
Tomu: Next I'm taking double the amount at 9.6 million yen.

Tomu: I'll take a rematch at any time.
Tomu: Will you take me on directly this time?

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Mika: I'd like to...but I can't do anything about you for a while.
Mika: On Abidani-sensei's suggestion, my great-grandfather has ordered me not to.
Tomu: I see. So my next opponent is finally Abidani.

Tomu: Just what I wanted.
Tomu: There's something I need to ask him.

Mika: Heh...Can you actually do it?

Mika: Abidani-sensei has called in...
Mika: those lurking in the dark depths of the academy.

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Mika: Those in what is known as the "Abidani Seminar"!!!!