Chapter 92 - Top Secret and Thousand Blade Festival [9] (1/2)

92. Top Secret and Thousand Blade Festival [9]

I fell into the president’s ambush, and was about to play my first poker game in three months.

The president and I placed a desk across and sat face to face.

「The rules are the same as general poker. The winner of the match is the one who wins three times first. However, we change the dealer after each battle. Any questions?」

「No, it’s okay.」I nodded.

「Fufu, you can have the first round.」she said, offering me the deck.

「Are you sure?」

「Yes, you accepted all my conditions after all. It’s unfair if I don’t do at least this much.」

「Is that so? Well, thank you.」

I received the deck, shuffled lightly two or three times, and dealt five cards each to both of us.

「Hmm, I’ll change one card.」

「Yes, here you go.」

「Thank you.」

After changing one card, the corner of her lips relaxed.

She seems to have got a good hand.

「I’m good with this. Now… I wonder how many cards Allen-kun will change…」

The president placed the five cards facing down on the desk and laughed confidently.

「No, I’m okay as is.」I said with a smile, without looking at my hand even once.

「I-I see… you seem pretty confident.」

She trembled slightly, but soon regained her confidence. And she unfolded her hand.

「My hand is Flush…! Come on, Allen-kun. Show me your hand!」

「Yes, of course.」

And I turned over the cards on the desk one by one from the right.

Ten of Spades.

Jack of Spades.

Queen of Spades.

King of Spades.

「N-No way!!」

And the last one, of course, Ace of Spades.

「Oh my, what a surprise… It’s a Royal Straight Flush.」

My first win.

I was able to get off to a good start.

「Y-You’ve started using your cheat right from the start. What kind of sleight of hand did you use?」

「Ahaha, I’m just lucky is all.」

I feigned ignorance and quickly performed riffle shuffle three times.

At that moment, the president’s face turned ghastly pale.

Well… it’s no surprise.

Then I handed her the deck under a calm guise.

「Here. Next, it’s the president’s turn to be the dealer.」

「A-Allen-kun… You!」she glared at me, as she received the deck with trembling hands.

「What’s wrong?」

「No, it’s nothing…」

After that, the president bit her lower lip and began to hand out the cards with a frustrated expression. Then the second game began.

I looked at the five cards distributed to me. It was 2, 3, 4, 7, 7.

(One pair of seven’s… I can’t see a Straight, but it’s safe to aim for Three of A Kind.)

The president’s cheat was destroyed.

And I still had two rounds as the dealer.

This was not the time to rush the game.

「I’d like to change three cards.」

「Yes, here you are.」

I gave away the cards of two, three, and four, and received three new cards from the president.

As a result, my hand was 7, 7, 7, 8, 10. I got a Three of A Kind.

(All right, not bad.)

The probability that five randomly selected cards become a『Three of A Kind』is about two percent.

This hand is quite strong in a poker game where you can only exchange cards once.

In a normal poker game, you will almost never lose with this hand.

Then the president changed one card, and we unfolded our hands.

My Three of A Kind: Seven against the president’s two pair of eight and two. My victory.

「Luck seems to be on my side today.」

The president, whose plan was greatly upset, had a pained expression on her face.

「Then, shall we move on to the next game?」

「Hey, wait a minute!」