"Hmm... that sounds pretty good."
Amy smiled, but there was still a clear hesitation in her brow.
Seeing this, Lyon immediately spoke generously, "Miss Amy, please speak your mind if you have any concerns. As long as they are reasonable, I can find a way to resolve them!"
Amy nodded and gently fiddled with her bangs. "Mr. Lyon, the way you described playing sounds very interesting."
"But upon closer thought, it doesn't seem fair to both of us."
As she spoke, Amy held up a finger and, imitating Qin Xuan's teaching style, slowly said, "First, you are a master at shaking dice and are skilled in all sorts of dice-shaking techniques."
"How could I, a little girl who has never received professional training, possibly guess the numbers?"
"This is unfair to me."
"Second, we agreed to a gamble, yet throughout the entire process, only I am guessing the numbers."
"If I get lucky and keep guessing correctly, wouldn't you have no chance to turn the tables?"
"This is unfair to you."
"So, if it's unfair to both you and me, why use this method for the bet?"
"If you ask me, it would be better to have one round each. That way, at least it would be fairer to you."
Amy's words, at first glance, seemed to have some logic, but upon closer examination, it was clearly sophistry.
What was interesting, however, was that Lyon was currently enjoying the sense of accomplishment from making Amy overjoyed.
Upon hearing this, he immediately declared that he didn't mind taking a bit of a disadvantage.
"That won't do."
"Brother Qin Xuan taught me that one should be humble."
"Although I will be at a disadvantage doing this, and in severe cases, I might even lose all my fortune."
"But that doesn't matter."
Amy's expression was dejected, and the previous happiness was gone.
Lyon puffed out his chest and immediately retorted, "How can it not matter?"
"Miss Amy, you are only twelve years old. How can I let you suffer a loss?"
"How about this, tell me how we can bridge the gap between us?"
"Let Brother Qin Xuan join me."
"No problem."
"..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Lyon realized he had been tricked by this little girl.
But it wasn't a big problem.
Even if it were two of them, so what?
As long as he could figure out Amy's specific ability, winning against her would be as easy as pie.
As for Qin Xuan on the other side, he still didn't take it to heart.
Even if the opponent was also a dice-shaking expert, he was confident he could win through pure skill!
With the rules set, the two sides began a new round of dice gambling.
In the first round, Lyon shook the dice, and Amy guessed.
It went smoothly, and Amy directly saw the numbers displayed on the three dice.
And after the dice cup was revealed, she took the three thousand dollars in chips that Lyon had bet.
"Brother Qin Xuan, I won, I won!"
Looking at the three thousand dollars in chips that had appeared beside her, Amy's smile could no longer be contained.
Although these chips wouldn't stay in her hands for long, it still meant that she had earned her first three thousand dollars as an individual.
Hearing Amy's voice, Qin Xuan was also infected by her excitement.
He had seen all the conversation between her and Lyon just now.
Although this tactic of retreating to advance was still a bit immature, it at least proved that Amy had roughly grasped the opponent's intentions and could counter them.
This made Qin Xuan very pleased.
He nodded gently and did not interfere with the gamble.
He just kept staring at Lyon shaking the dice, wanting to learn a few tricks from his dice-shaking movements.
The wins and losses continued to alternate between the two.
However, the more it went on, the more bewildering Lyon's dice-shaking techniques became.
The crisp sound of the dice and the dice cup colliding gradually turned into a dull thud.
This completely stumped Qin Xuan, who had just started to grasp the rhythm of listening to the dice.
But unlike Qin Xuan, Amy relied on her clairvoyant ability.
Therefore, no matter how Lyon changed his technique, she could still accurately state the numbers.
"It seems it's not an auditory or mental ability."
"Otherwise, my operations just now would have been enough to disrupt her hearing and mental power."
After losing another three thousand dollars in chips, Lyon made his own judgment.
Besides sound or mental abilities, the only other possibility for being able to determine the dice numbers out of thin air was clairvoyance.
And as for dealing with clairvoyant ability users, it was both difficult and simple.
That was to use lead.
Yes.
Clairvoyant ability users could see through almost everything, but they couldn't see through lead.
The specific principle was unprovable, but as long as Lyon had encountered them, none had been an exception.
So after several attempts, he took the opportunity when Qin Xuan and Amy weren't paying attention and placed a custom-made thin lead sleeve into the dice cup.
"Miss Amy, it's my turn again."
Having done all this, Lyon, with a poker face, prepared to shake the dice again.
Amy nodded happily, indicating she had no problem.
Although the chips between them kept going back and forth without any significant change, Amy was much happier than the previous stalemate.
But soon, she was startled to find her ability had failed.
No matter how she tried to activate her ability, she couldn't see through the rapidly moving dice cup in Lyon's hand.
Amy was a little panicked this time.
She rubbed her slightly dry eyes hard, but even so, it was still useless.
"Alright, Miss Amy, please."
Placing the dice cup on the table, Lyon's smile remained unchanged.
Amy was very flustered, but she remembered Qin Xuan telling her to calm down and think carefully.
She forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart.
"The red wine in the wooden box, the cigars in the brocade box."
"I can see these things, but I can't see the dice in the dice cup."
"It seems the current situation is that this Lyon has done something to the dice cup, blocking my vision."
"It's not that my ability has unexpectedly failed."
After calming down, Amy quickly deduced the current situation by observing the surrounding items.
However, even though the situation was analyzed, it was of no help to her current predicament.
After all, she couldn't just accuse Lyon of cheating like before, could she?
If she really did that, Brother Qin Xuan would surely be disappointed.
So after thinking for a long time, she turned her head and looked at Qin Xuan sitting beside her.
Her pitiful eyes were brimming with tears, clearly not wanting to lose three thousand dollars for nothing.
"You've already done very well."
Smiling, Qin Xuan shook his head and stood up, patting Amy's head.
He picked up the chips and tossed them forward with a flourish, saying confidently, "As expected of the strongest gambling king in Monage City, your dice-shaking technique is truly exceptional. I have learned a lot."
"However..."
"My comprehension ability is not bad either."
"I bet the dice in your cup are three sixes, a triple. If not, I'll eat them and the lead casing inside."
"How about it?"
"Reveal the dice!"