"What about a bust tie?"
The temperature in the cabin continued to drop, and the humid air seemed as if moisture would condense in the next second. Although Xia De was tormented by the feeling of hunger, he immediately became energetic when he heard about playing cards.
"If it's a tie, you win. Besides, I respect the special rules of Rhodes cards, and my deck doesn't have any special cards. I'm a very fair person."
Xia De nodded, turned his deck upside down on the table, and imitated the other person by reaching out and pulling, and the cards immediately fell into a ball.
He was stunned for a moment, and used both hands to reassemble the deck, and then carefully spread the entire deck of cards evenly into an arc.
"Let's not waste time. I'm really looking forward to seeing your cards."
The captain said as he stretched out his hand towards the deck of cards. Nine cards automatically slid out from the arc-shaped spread of cards. He casually arranged the nine cards in groups of three and then turned them over together:
"First group, 21."
The first three are Flower 3, Sun 10 and Moon 8.
"Second group, 21."
The three cards in the middle are Moon 7, Flower 7 and Star 7.
"The third group, 21 points."
The last three are Star 9, Moon 6 and Moon Sun 6.
Nine cards were placed face up on the table. On nine different card faces, evil monsters were wriggling, as if they really existed in the flat cards.
The captain turned over the cards very quickly, but he spoke even faster. He announced the result first and then turned over the cards, which means he knew the result without looking at the cards.
In fact, this was not necessary at all. After all, he was the one who "printed" the deck of cards in front of Shad. "As long as you are not caught cheating, it is not cheating," the captain said himself. He obviously knew what he was doing.
"now you."
The captain motioned for Shade to choose a card, his expression looking particularly cruel in the cold green light:
"As long as you are not caught cheating, it is not cheating, but if you are caught cheating, the price is not just as simple as having your hands chopped off."
"I never cheat at cards."
Shade said, swallowing his saliva, feeling that the pain in his stomach had become numb. He turned his head slightly to look at Miss Princess behind him. She was looking at Shade's cards very nervously:
"I trust you."
Her pale lips moved slightly as she spoke softly. But the problem now was that Xia De didn't believe in himself. He was just very lucky in playing Rhodes, but he wasn't sure he would win. After the other party shamelessly opened three sets of 21 points, he was not sure what the result would be.
"but... ... "
The Founding Balance slipped out of his left sleeve and flew towards the opposite side along the bottom of the table. Shade took a look and found that neither the evil spirits nor the captain noticed his little action:
"It's not fair to play cards this way!"
He said loudly, the sudden sound attracting the monsters' attention.
"You want to talk to me about fairness?"
The captain laughed and slammed the table:
"Choose a card quickly, or you lose!"
"Well, then prepare yourself for failure!"
Shade spoke again, his loud voice and arrogant tone causing most of the evil spirits to focus on his outstretched right hand.
Miss Princess, who was standing behind him, nervously pressed her right hand on the back of the chair. Based on her understanding of Shad, Shad would not speak in such a tone for no reason. He seemed to be deliberately attracting attention.
“These nine.”
Randomly pick nine cards from the deck, and place them in front of you in groups of three:
"First group, watch out, if I win don't accuse me of cheating!"
He covered his stomach with his left hand and opened the first three cards one by one with his right hand. Moon 9, Moon 1... ...
The hand pauses deliberately:
"Look, the next one is Moon 11!"
Shade continued to raise his voice, his expression like a gambler who had given up everything. The evil spirits all looked over, whispering together, like the strange whispers in a cemetery late at night. Even the captain narrowed his eyes, as if he was guessing what Shade was going to do:
"It has to be—"
He lifted the cards high and slammed them down on the table:
“11!”
The cards were facing up, and the suit was indeed Moon, but it was Moon 3, so Shad lost the first set of cards.
Even the skull lamp above the head made a sound of laughter.
"Group Two!"
Shade said loudly again, reaching out to turn over the cards. Sun 5, Sun 12... ..
Seeing this scene, Shade was stunned. He could always draw the Sun 4 card, Kasenrick Southern Folklore Moon Dance Festival. If he did so, his second set of cards would also be 21 points, and he would win if the game was a tie.
He looked up at the captain, who was looking at him with a weird smile. That scary smile made Shade hesitate. Cheating is cheating if it is discovered, but he was not sure whether these evil spirits captured by the ship could discover the blessing from two weak souls.
After thinking for a while, he did not choose to draw out the Moon Dance Festival, but used normal means to flip open the last card of the second group.
Moon 4, luck came to Xia De, the second group totaled 21 points, and he won the tie.
As I breathed a sigh of relief, I also heard Miss Princess's heavy breathing behind me. She was probably also very nervous.
"You win the second set, open the third set."
The captain urged, and the evil spirits around him suddenly quieted down. This strange silence was even more terrifying than the whispers and curses that filled his ears just now. But fortunately, Shade's feeling of "hunger" prevailed now, and he didn't pay attention to the current atmosphere at all.
Looking down at his cards, Xia De is not one to gamble on luck:
"I won."
He looked up at the captain:
"No need to open the cards, I won, let's leave now."
"Oh? Are you crazy?"
The captain asked, and Shade shook his head:
"You cheated, so you lost."
The sailors emitting a pale green light all looked at Shad, and Shad looked at the captain.
"You mean I can manipulate the points of my own cards?"
The captain asked with narrowed eyes. He was gradually becoming dangerous. A strange smell was gradually emanating from him, and his ugly face looked more and more like a fish.
"Of course not. I mean, when we first started playing cards, your deck had the normal 54 cards, but how many cards do you have in front of you now?"
The captain looked down at the deck of cards in front of him, and Shade immediately gave the answer:
"55 cards. Cheating is cheating only if it is discovered. Now you have an extra card in your deck. You have been discovered."
The captain placed his fingers, as if soaked in mucus, on the cards in front of him. He pulled out the only card that did not belong to him and turned it over. It was the origin of balance. Just now, Shade attracted the attention of the sailors. While the captain was concentrating on talking to him, he manipulated the card to fly into the opponent's deck.
Fortunately, this card is directly related to the power of the ancient gods, and it is not controlled by magic, otherwise it will be discovered. There are more ways to cheat in playing cards, but you can also win by moving other people's cards.