Leon: ???
Gao Fei: ???
Mike: ???
Sean: ???
Are you f***ing kidding me?
Hearing Qin Xuan speak nonsense again, everyone cursed inwardly.
Last round, when they were betting on the higher number, Qin Xuan rolling a 63 was one thing. Now, betting on the lower number, he claims a 0?
The rules this time explicitly forbade tampering with the dice!
Any die, even with a single pip, would at least show 1!
A 0? Impossible!
But Qin Xuan paid no mind to how others viewed him.
Whether it was a 0 or not, why didn't they just see for themselves?
Placing his hand on the dice cup, everyone except little Amy immediately leaned in.
They were eager to see how Qin Xuan would produce this so-called 0.
At the slightest sign of trouble, they planned to thoroughly humiliate this Dragon Countryman!
However, the moment the dice cup was opened, a gentle breeze brushed across everyone's faces.
The crowd gasped, unsure of what was happening.
Upon closer inspection, two dice lay neatly stacked beneath, while the third die was spinning wildly atop the second!
What the hell is this?!
Seeing this, everyone exclaimed in unison.
They wanted to question Qin Xuan but didn't know how to start.
Because the topmost die was balanced on its corner atop the second die.
Thus, at the very top of this "pillar," there was indeed no visible pip.
In a sense, this was precisely the 0 Qin Xuan had claimed.
But could this even count?
If the dice hadn't stopped, how could it be a valid score?
Leon was naturally the first to raise this issue.
But before he could finish, Qin Xuan sharply retorted.
"In the first round, wanting to beat me, you deliberately broke the rules and produced three 'sevens'."
"Fortunately, I was more skilled."
"In the second round, you were even more direct, setting rules that favored the first player, then deliberately revealing your result first, blocking all escape routes."
"Now, I've developed a 0 through my own technique, and suddenly it doesn't count for you?"
"Please, tell me, which of your rules did I violate?"
"You!"
Again, Qin Xuan left Leon speechless, fueling his rage.
With a glint in his eye, he quickly found another angle to retort.
"Fine, even if your top die is a 0, I revealed three dice earlier."
"All three were 1s, totaling 3 points."
"And you?"
"Even if the top one is 0, the other two aren't necessarily 1s."
"If the sum of all three exceeds 3 points, then I still win this gamble!"
Heh.
Unable to find a flaw in the rules, you're shifting to other loopholes, aren't you?
Does this blonde really think I'm completely unprepared for him?
With a disdainful smile, Qin Xuan slapped the table twice with his right hand.
The first slap sent the topmost die flying onto the table.
Revealing the pips of the die serving as the platform below.
Undoubtedly, it was a 1.
It turned out the topmost die could spin so steadily because its corner was constantly resting on the pips of the second die!
The second slap.
The die on the second level was also sent flying.
The third die's pips were also as expected, still a 1.
This meant that Qin Xuan's "sky-piercing pillar," even with all three dice added together, only amounted to 2 points.
Silence, shock.
Almost everyone present stood frozen in place, stunned.
Mike and Sean stared at the dice still spinning on the table, lost in thought, while Leon and Gao Fei stumbled back a couple of steps, unable to maintain their balance.
"Fuck!"
After a long moment, a curse echoed through the hall.
Leon, filled with resentment, stepped forward and forcefully slammed the three dice, all showing 1s, onto the ground.
Just as Qin Xuan had said.
From the very beginning of their gamble, he had been calculating his opponent.
But what he hadn't expected was that all the rules he had designed were found to have loopholes by Qin Xuan.
Apart from annoyance and anger, he was now utterly helpless.
He could only watch as Qin Xuan collected his chips totaling 400,000 US dollars.
"Alright, this boring dice game is over."
"You guys are supposed to be some 'Kings of Gamblers,' don't you have anything more interesting?"
Scooping the chips into his basket, Qin Xuan stretched lazily, bored.
400,000 US dollars was not a small sum, but it wasn't excessively large either.
After all, in a country like the United States, medical treatment could easily cost thousands of dollars.
Moreover, according to little Amy's description, her teacher's condition was quite serious.
So, it was uncertain if this 400,000 would be enough to cure her illness.
"Hmph, of course, we do!"
Although they couldn't discern the hidden meaning in Qin Xuan's words, Leon and Gao Fei still felt that Qin Xuan didn't take them seriously.
This instantly ignited their anger.
However, as gamblers, and self-proclaimed Kings of Gamblers, they were hesitant to resort to violence at this moment.
Because if they eliminated Qin Xuan and his companion now, they would never be able to win back the chips they had lost in these two rounds.
In that case, these two lost gambles would remain like stains on a white paper, forever indelible.
"We saw your performance in the casino earlier."
"To make you accept your losses wholeheartedly, we will now play Blackjack with you!"
"Each side will choose two people to participate in the gamble, playing a total of 10 rounds."
"In the end, the side whose two players' combined chips are the highest will be declared the winner."
"Of course, the rules must strictly adhere to the rules of Blackjack."
After explaining how the winner would be determined, Leon quickly added that the game must follow the rules of Blackjack.
Although he didn't know what tricks Qin Xuan might pull in a Blackjack poker game, his previous performance had genuinely frightened him.
Therefore, for safety's sake, he absolutely could not allow the opponent to find any more loopholes.
"Heh, I have no objections."
"But I have one condition: in each round, besides comparing my hand with the dealer's, I must also compare it with the other party."
"Only the person with the highest score wins the chips; everyone else loses."
"What do you say?"
Hearing Leon's proposed rules, Qin Xuan let out a disdainful chuckle.
Leon agreed after a brief hesitation.
After all, in games like Blackjack, luck often played a significant role.
And his luck had always been good.
From any perspective, he shouldn't fear the opponent!
However, just as the four of them were preparing to sit down and start gambling, Sean suddenly received a message via his walkie-talkie.
Stepping forward and approaching Mike, Sean whispered, "Boss, they probably won't be able to gamble."
"The brothers downstairs just informed me that the people who came to participate in the gamble have arrived."