mtl008 Chapter 76 Cheating
Chapter 76 Cheating
"That guy we met at the poker table before, wasn't he one of your shills? You arrange for players to play and then manipulate other players into betting the odds you want, so that only your chosen players can get high odds, and the other players can never win."
"And because the bookmaker is involved, you can not only take the commission, but also earn your principal. That's why Ai Xiao and the others' actions attracted your attention. How despicable!"
Du Shuhao impatiently picked at his ear with his little finger. "What do you mean by 'despicable'? Do you have any evidence? Besides, it's normal to have all sorts of discussions in a casino. In the end, it's the fault of these people who entered the casino because of greed."
"Hahaha," Di Xing thought as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Don't you know why they come to the casino? The probability of a slot machine rolling 777 is 1 in 2.46 million, the probability of winning 5 million in the lottery is 1 in 17.71 million, but the probability of a poor person becoming rich is infinitely close to zero. Winning 5 million in the lottery is a given fact, but for the poor to become rich through hard work is just an empty promise."
"They are greedy, but why are so many people on the entire fourth level desperately biting at your hook like fish out of water? Is it really just their problem?" Di Xing angrily used lines from a mobile game he played in the real world.
"The hotel owner I stayed at had stomach cancer and often woke me up in the middle of the night in pain," Di Xing recalled the hotel owner who had interrupted his good time that night, and recounted the information he had heard from the intelligence expert, Liu Li. "His son was at a loss, and just then, one of your henchmen fed him the news that you could make a lot of money at the casino, and then that was the end of him."
"How many people like this are there? You yourselves can't even count them. You've set up the wrong road signs, yet you blame others for taking the wrong path!"
"Hahaha!" Du Shuhao burst into maniacal laughter. "You think you know everything? I just find it hilarious to watch these idiots' expressions. Seeing their greedy, hopeful smiles when they come in, and their faces turn to despair when they leave—nothing's more exciting than that. Nothing's more satisfying than watching a gambler lose everything." Du Shuhao grinned monstrously.
"Because I'm a born winner, I'll keep winning. Watching these foolish losers fall gives me an incredible thrill. This world is a dog-eat-dog world. These gamblers' mistake is that they're too weak. They're easily fooled, and they easily lose their judgment at the card table, blinded by their desires."
"Therefore, they deserve to be trampled underfoot by people like me."
Di Xing smiled dismissively. "Enough talk, let's duel."
"You want to die sooner? Then I'll grant your wish."
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Forbidden Cloth' from my hand, reducing the ATK of 'Folding Paper God' by 600 points, making this card untargetable by card effects and preventing its destruction. Now 'Folding Paper God' is invincible!"
"【Folding Paper God】, attack the Bone King on his field!"
"Except for the [Bone Boar Throw] from the graveyard, your attack is nullified."
"The useless [Folding Paper God] cannot be used as an effect target at this time."
"The effect of [Bone Pig Throw] is not targeted."
"What? System, inquiring about the effect of [Bone Pig's One-Throw]?"
Du Shuhao knew the effect of "Bone Boar Throw," but he didn't expect that this effect didn't target. The effect description of "Bone Boar Throw" states, "During the Battle Step when a monster battles, you can activate this effect by banishing this card from your Graveyard," and indeed, there's no description of "targeting XX."
"Damn it, you managed to find a loophole. But it also says here that its effect can only be used once in a duel, which means you won't be so lucky next time. I'll set five cards to end this turn."
"Draw a card during my turn. I activate the special effect of [Spiritualist Zombie], and draw..."
"Wait, because you activated a monster effect, I activate my Continuous Trap Card 'Headed Judgment'. You must toss a coin and guess face-up. If you guess correctly, 'Headed Judgment' is sent to the Graveyard; if you guess incorrectly, this effect is negated, and control of 'Spiritwalker Zombie' is transferred to me."
Di Xing said he chose the watch, then secretly flipped a coin, but the result was...
"Hehe, your luck in gambling is over." Control of the [Spiritual Taoist Zombie] was transferred to Du Shuhao. "It's a pity I couldn't double the attack power of [Folding Paper God]." Du Shuhao chuckled sinisterly.
"I banish 'Banshee of the Dead' from my Graveyard and activate the Field Spell Card 'Undead World' from my Deck."
Because Bansi's spirit has now been materialized, the Bansi that appeared in the Dixing Field had lifeless eyes, as if it were just an empty shell. Then Bansi disappeared, and the field was instantly covered by mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"I Normal Summon [Bone Lady] from my hand. I set Link Summoning icons for [Bone King], [Necromancer's Face], and [Morgera] on the field. Confirm with the arrow, and Link Summon [Vampire Enchantress]."
A beautiful woman with long, burgundy hair, wearing a black crop top, gracefully entered the arena.
"Activate the effect of [Vampire Enchantress]: When this card is Link Summoned, target 1 monster in your opponent's Graveyard; Special Summon that monster to my field in Defense Position. This turn, I cannot Special Summon monsters that are not Zombie-Type. I revive [Legendary Gambler] from your Graveyard."
"Oh, you want to bet with me too?"
Du Shuhao looked at Di Xing with great interest.
"I misspoke. I meant I wanted to bet with you, not 'also' wanted to bet with you."
"What do you mean?"
"Hehe, let me introduce you to a friend." A blue battery-powered human crawled out from under the card table and onto Di Xing's arm.
"This is [Battery Man - Single Type II], he knows a lot about mechanics!"
"what?"
"You used metals with different magnetic forces on each side of the coin, right? By simply adjusting the strength of the electromagnet under the table, you can precisely control which side of the coin falls face down."
"I must say, you acted really well. You acted out all those times you failed at guessing the coin, didn't you? Because if you think about it carefully, you'll realize that your failures were all minor and had no impact on the overall situation."
"When did you start to have doubts?" Du Shuhao asked with a gloomy expression.
"At first, like you said, it's normal for casinos to have all sorts of tricks, right? But the moment I saw this dueling arena, I felt something was fishy. Alright, now that your electromagnet has been destroyed by Battery Man - Single Type II, let's start the real gambling."