I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Huzhen uses the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of the right hand to hold the three dice, and the left hand to hold the barnacle.

After showing the 4 dice held by the four fingers of his right hand to all the gamblers, Hu Zhen threw the 3 dice held by the fingers of his right hand into the barnacle as usual.

After shaking the barnacle containing the dice violently for a while, he pinned it to the ground.

However—just when the barnacle was about to be pinned to the ground, Kettle shook his little finger that was pressed on the bottom edge of the barnacle to hook it in. The movement was extremely slight and quick, and no one noticed his little movement. .

"Please."

The gamblers threw their money on paper that said "single" or "double".

"Jamong." Seeing that Jiangong hadn't put the money up for a long time, Xu Fang turned his head and asked Jiangong, "This time bet on 'single' or 'double'."

"I won't gamble this time." However, Mamiya gave an answer that made Ogata feel a little puzzled, "This time the gamble is not interesting."

After saying the words without beginning and end, which made Ogata hear in a cloud, Mamiya only put an intriguing smile on his face, his hands were still crossed into Haori's sleeves, and he didn't feel anything at all. It means to bet money up.

Hu Zhen lifted the barnacles on the ground.

"One, three, five! Single!" Hu Zhen shouted.

There was a strange sound of wailing and cheering again in the casino.

Looking at the three dice lying quietly on the ground, the intriguing look in the smile on Gamiya's face became more intense.

"Asshole!"

At this moment, a gambler shouted.

"Why do I always lose today! There must be something wrong with your dice!"

Hu Zhen seemed to be used to this kind of scene, he only silently made a "please" motion to the three dice on the ground, and then said softly:

"If you don't trust me, you can check these dice yourself."

Seeing what Hu Zhen said, the gambler immediately walked up respectfully, picked up the three dice and examined them carefully.

And several gamblers sitting next to this gambler also stood up,

Examine the dice with him.

However—no matter how many times they checked, there was nothing wrong with the dice.

So, they could only return the dice to Hu Zhen unwillingly.

Hu Zhen handed the dice to Zhongpen for a routine inspection.

After the inspection of the middle basin, a new round of gambling began.

Karakala...

The sound of the dice being shaken in the barnacles, and the gamblers' breath-holding are mixed together.

After the dice were shaken, Hu Zhen knocked the barnacle to the ground.

When the barnacle was about to hit the ground, Hu Zhen, like before, reached into the barnacle with the little finger of his right hand that was pinched at the bottom of the barnacle, and hooked it slightly with a small and quick movement.

at this time.

Just when Hu Zhen's right little finger hadn't had time to withdraw from the pot——

Click.

The light of the knife and the sound of closing the knife appeared almost at the same time.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

The moment the light of the knife and the sound of closing the knife disappeared, the scream of the pot vibrating sounded.

The tail finger of Hu Zhen's right hand was dripping with blood, and the barnacles and dice in his right hand... no, to be precise, the barnacles that had been cut in half, and the dice fell to the ground.

The barnacles are split vertically in two.

After the barnacle that had been cut in half and the dice inside the barnacle fell to the ground, all the gamblers present stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

The reason why their eyes are round is not because the barnacles were cut in half by unknown people.

It's because - there are a total of 6 dice that fell on the ground.

"Your tricks are quite sophisticated."

Holding the scabbard with his left hand and pressing the handle of the knife with his right hand, Mamiya, who was still maintaining the posture of retracting the knife, said softly to Hu Zhen, who was still screaming with his right hand in front of him.

"Before the barnacle is pinned to the ground, quietly replace the dice in the barnacle with the dice that have been prepared, so as to manipulate the game."

"You are one of the most powerful tricksters I have ever seen. You can replace the dice in the barnacle with only one right little finger."

At this time, Ogata was looking at Mamiya next to him with astonished eyes.

--So fast!

Ogata exclaimed in his heart.

The other gamblers may not have seen clearly what happened just now, but Ogata, who was sitting next to Gamiya and also a samurai, knew exactly what happened just now.

Just as he folded his hands in boredom and waited for Hu Zhen to pin the barnacle to the ground, he noticed that the gong beside him moved from the corner of his eye.

Originally, Gamiya put his hands crossed into the haori sleeves, and stretched out his hands from between the two sleeves.

Holding the scabbard with the left hand, holding the knife with the right hand.

He drew the knife out of its sheath, and the unsheathed blade swept across the barnacle in Hu Zhen's hand vertically from bottom to top, and then Jiangong put the knife back into the sheath.

This series of actions by Mamiya was so fast that Ogata felt unbelievable.

The light of the knife and the sound of drawing the knife back into its sheath appeared almost at the same time.

And what makes Ogata feel unbelievable is that when Mamiya drew his sword, there was no sound.

After Jian Gong exposed Hu Zhen's cheating behavior, the emotions of the gamblers gradually changed from stunned to furious.

"Stinky boy! How dare you play tricks on me!"

A gambler closest to Hu Zhen stood up, spread his legs, grabbed Hu Zhen's shoulder with his left hand, and raised his right hand into a fist.

The rest of the gamblers also surrounded Hu Zhen from all directions.

The gamblers looked like a pack of wild wolves about to share their prey.

However—their fists hadn't hit Hu Zhen's body, a few sounds of drawing knives and shouting angrily overwhelmed the roars of the gamblers:

"I see who dares to be presumptuous here!"

"Let go of the kettle vibration!"

"Get out of here! Otherwise, I'll kill someone!"

...

The owners of these angry shouts were naturally the four guards in the casino.

The four guards were now drawing their knives, glaring at the gamblers who were surrounding Huzhen.

The shining knives in the hands of the four guards instantly calmed down the gamblers who were in a state of rage.

These gamblers are just ordinary people, facing the shining sword, they still feel instinctive fear.

"Get out!" One of the four guards yelled again.

As soon as the angry shout fell, the gamblers immediately let go of the pot and rushed out like prisoners who had been pardoned.

The gambling hall, which was originally bustling and full of voices, fell silent in an instant.

Of the gamblers left now, only Ogata and Mamiya were left kneeling on the futon from beginning to end.

The four guards from the casino rushed up and surrounded Ogata and Mamiya who were still kneeling on the futon from four directions.

"You bastard!"

One of the guards cast a vicious look at Jiangong.

"Since you found out that we were cheating, why don't you obediently pretend that you didn't see it? Isn't it just asking for trouble if you expose it?!"

Even though they were pointed at by four shining swords, Ogata and Mamiya remained unmoved and their expressions remained unchanged.