At the end of the first game, Marquis Grassley received 9 gold stars, Earl Talancon received 8 gold stars, Viscount Fordman received 8 gold stars, Mr. Spears received 9 gold stars, Shad received 11 gold stars, and the referee received 5 gold stars.
At the beginning of the second game, the Marquis controlled the smile on his face, and Count Talancon took a deep breath to adjust his mentality.
After everyone got the first hole card, perhaps because they already knew the general rules, this time they all chose to use two gold stars to bet.
But Shade hesitated:
"There are 8 on the table now, and Mr. Mark has 5 in his hand, a total of 13..."
He counted out 10 stars from his own and threw them out, leaving only one in case of an accident.
The onlookers immediately started discussing the situation enthusiastically. Marquis Grassley, who organized the game, frowned and asked:
"Knight, did you draw the king and queen?"
"Of course not. I'll continue to ask for cards."
Shade shrugged.
"I do not have the Count's luck."
Although this was a compliment, Count Talancon twitched his lips when he was mentioned, obviously not liking being mentioned.
The second card, Shade got a Star Nine, and continued to ask for cards. Among the other four, Viscount Fordman and Mr. Spears chose to stop playing. The former hesitated for a long time and threw a gold star as a raise.
"He either has 17 or 18. If it's higher, he'll choose to add two."
Mr. Spears whispered, but the Viscount smiled.
In the third round, Shade got the Four of Flowers and chose to continue asking for cards. Count Talancon glanced at the cards nervously, then sighed:
"My luck has run out."
He threw out a Star 13, which was obviously a bust.
"I'll continue to ask for cards."
Marquis Grassley said, studying Shad's expression, wondering why he was so confident.
In the third round, Shad got Moon 4.
"Detective, are you still not stopping?"
Marquis Grassley asked, and Shade nodded:
"Yes, keep asking for cards."
The Marquis looked at his hand:
"Are you so confident... Well, I want cards too. If you have the courage, so do I."
So both sides got the fourth card, and coincidentally, it was exactly the same card, Sun 13.
The Marquis was stunned:
"Damn it."
The hole cards are revealed, totaling 25 points.
"Mr. Hamilton, I don't want to tell you that you haven't busted yet when you got 13 points."
"No, I busted."
Shade admitted.
"That means I win!"
Viscount Fordman, who had raised the stakes, said loudly, and after turning over the cards, the number of points was indeed 17.
"No, no, no."
Xia De said hurriedly:
"But my trump card is the special rules card."
He flipped open his hole card, held it between two fingers and showed it to his opponents:
"Flower 7, Genesis Balance. If you use this card, if the points exceed 21, the points will be reset to zero, all your cards will be discarded, and you will draw again. Marquis, I dare to continue drawing cards because of this card. Why did you follow me and get the fourth card?"
"What?"
Marquis Grassley no longer cared about being induced by Shade to draw a card:
"Isn't it the founder, Silver Moon?"
His eyes widened, and Count Talancon on Shad's left was even more exaggerated, almost putting his face on Shad's hand.
The crowd watching around the table fell silent for a moment, then erupted into a discussion that almost made the other people in the banquet hall think that a riot had taken place.
"Please deal me a new hand."
Shad said.
"Wait, Knight, I want to confirm one thing, is this the Genesis Balance?"
Count Talancon asked hurriedly.
"Yes."
"Is the Founding Silver Moon also in your hands?"
Viscount Fordman's eyes widened.
"Of course, the rumors are true."
Shad nodded.
"So, if you beat us, you'll have three founding series cards in your hand?"
Marquis Grassley finally realized this fact.
Shade shrugged and looked at the cards that entered his hand one after another.
Moon 7, the northern city of Coldwater Harbor, no special rules are triggered; Star 13, a common card.
Under the crystal lamp above his head, the young stranger had a smile on his face. The body reshaped by the divinity, the flesh and blood of desire, and the soul of the stranger was so handsome and extraordinary. He was not aware of the extraordinary charm that his body was gradually gaining, nor was he aware of how attractive he was at this moment.
Shade smiled, straightened his tie, and then held a card in each of his left and right hands, standing it up and showing it to his opponents:
"20 points. Sorry, I win again."
At the end of the second game, Xia De had 21 gold stars in his hand.
(Mi Mia is running...)
"So, what's your trick?"
At 9:30 in the evening, the dance party on the second floor officially began. Because it was just the beginning, there were not many people coming to dance. The weather was very good today, and most people were now watching the night view in the courtyard and garden of the Yodel Palace.
"I'm playing tricks?"
Shade, who was dancing with Miss Carina in his arms, asked in surprise. The first dance music was played by violin and piano, and the rhythm was unusually slow. Shade didn't know how to dance to this rhythm, so the witch asked Shade to hold her and sway slowly.
"The Origin Darkness has gone into your pocket, and you haven't done anything yet?"
Miss Carina said with a smile. Looking at her smile from a close distance, Shade was in a trance for a moment. Even though he saw the desire in the pool, the charm of the witch should not be underestimated.
"I won it honestly. I got exactly 25 gold stars in three games."
Shade bet on 4 gold stars in the third round. Even though Viscount Fordman and Mr. Spears drew special cards in this round, the first permanent secretary of the Parliament even adjusted his points to 21 after throwing 20 dice and getting lucky twice because of the special rules of the special card "The Song of the Mermaid".
But Shad still won because he revealed King's Code: Double before Mr. Spears showed his cards and announced that he had 21.
When you draw this card, you can swap it with your opponent's hidden card that has not been revealed, but you cannot stop the card in this round.
The point 2 was swapped with the opponent's hole card point 7, making 21 points become 16 points. In the next card draw, Shade's four cards were suspended at 20 points, and the other four people all burst their cards.
The permanent secretary who was said to be elegant and politically skilled, covered his face for a long time after the card game before he could put on that gentle but polite smile again:
"I will remember this game for many years. First there were the special cards, then I lost two 20 points, and I still lost..."
In short, Shade won the game in just three rounds. Although the fact that he had all three Founding Series cards in his hand was exposed, it was all worth it because he got Founding Darkness.
"All this is the luck brought by the Vientiane Impermanence card."
Shade said quietly.
"No, no, Shade, I want to correct your mistake. It's not like no one has owned founding series cards before, but I've specifically inquired about it, and the luck they bring is definitely not as obvious as yours, otherwise the specialness of the cards would have been discovered long ago."
The witch said softly, her perfume smelled very good. While she was talking to Shade, she glanced at the sofa on one side of the banquet hall. Several princesses were sitting there, chatting and laughing with their friends, or waiting for invitations from some young gentlemen. Leicia would occasionally look here, obviously paying attention to the two people dancing.
"Don't you think your winning method just now was too exaggerated? How can I describe your state just now?"
When wearing high heels, Miss Carina is actually about the same height as Shad, and the same is true for Miss Sylvie Aurora.
She slightly exerted force on her arms, which were wearing long gloves, and wanted Shade to hold her and start spinning around:
"It's like you were blessed by the god of luck or the god of gambling. But I was there at the time, and the 'Iron Right Hand' was there too, and no one noticed anything unusual about you."
"is that so?"
Xia De was a little surprised:
"Perhaps this kind of luck is more obvious to me..."
But fortunately, he really knew the "God of Gambling", and when he used the time key in 1784 for the last time, maybe he could try to communicate with that god. The information provided by Father Augustus showed that this god was not an evil god.
"It's good that you know you're abnormal. It's just better luck in playing cards. It's not a big deal."
The witch said, and put a little force on Shad's shoulder. Shad immediately understood that she was reminding him to move slower.
The witch's golden eyes looked at him:
"Come to think of it, ever since I became an adult, I really never thought that I would have the opportunity to dance with a man again."
"How does it feel? I must admit, my dancing skills are not that great."
"Oh, detective, do you think I care about dancing skills?"
She smiled and leaned close to Shade's cheek:
"I care about the incident itself. It's really interesting that fate brought you to me. If you think about it carefully, it seems that the Rhodes cards brought you to me. I went to the Lucky Southern Cross Club that night to find two special cards, and you went there to find the boy playing cards. Even I found you because you used thaumaturgy to look at the cards."
"It seems so."
Shade nodded and controlled his feet to move to the beat.
"So did you use your magic tonight? Tifa told me a good story a few days ago, and I know your eyes are different from before. I didn't find any traces of your magic tonight. Maybe it's because magic is beyond my detection range, and you really drew light marks on the back of each card with blood."
"No, I don't cheat at cards."
Xia De immediately emphasized, and the red-haired witch immediately laughed. At this moment, she was really laughing happily:
"Well, let's just assume that you are really lucky tonight. I will have Tifa deliver the Dark Box you requested to you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. But now, detective, let's have a good dance."