1158 Those Who Have Money Are Kings (2/2)

Nishi's eyes lit up and he willy said, ”How much did you bring this time, buddy? Well, let's chat first, though. I've been pretty lucky recently and got tons of money. I don't feel like finding any dealers. I'm not going to have games with you if the money is less than eight figures, you know.”

Without trying to conceal anything to those in the surroundings, Tang Xiu pridefully replied, ”What did you say? Eight digits? This Young Master Tang's pocket money is already more than eight figures. You're definitely looking down on me. No worries about that. I came here to gamble with you. Let alone eight figures, I can still afford to take out ten figures!”

Ten digits? As in the range of a billion?

Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, watching Tang Xiu as though looking at a gold mine. Even Daikura Sakuragi, who was the Master of the Inada Society, couldn't help but have his heartbeat hiked up a few times faster.

Face flushed red with excitement, Nishi Masayoshi excitedly exclaimed loudly, ”That's great! You got so much money, enough for me to win it. Well, Tang buddy, let's talk about something first. Are we going to follow the old rules, or do you want to go straight for the battle royale? No worries, we got tons of rich people here in Japan; those who like to gamble at high stakes on the card table, I can get lots of them in two hours if you want to.”

Tang Xiu smacked his tongue and immediately said grinningly, ”Well, it's been hard for us to meet like this, so going straight to the games is rather boring. How about setting it to the old rules, then?”

”Fine with me. That's exactly my thought as well,” replied Nishi Masayoshi aloud.

Daikura Sakuragi strode a few steps towards Tang Xiu and Nishi Masayoshi and then smilingly asked, ”Mr. Tang, Mr. Masayoshi, may I ask what these old rules are and whether I'm qualified to accompany you?”

”Count me in, too!”

A bald-headed man with a body full of tattoos and a shimmering gold chain on his neck came approaching with several chips in his hand.

Nishi Masayoshi seemed to just have noticed Daikura Sakuragi at this moment and immediately said with a beaming face, ”Well, well, isn't this Mr. Sakuragi? I'm honored that you can play with us. Bro Tang, lemme introduce you to him. This is….”

Tang Xiu raised his hand to interrupt him and said, ”I already know him. I just hired 100 bodyguards from this guy!”

”Damn, you're really great, Bro.” Nishi Masayoshi gasped in surprise. ”A hundred bodyguards... your convoy is now much bigger than when we were in Las Vegas. Anyhow, then lemme introduce you this one then. He's Saburo Koizumi, the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and also an illustrious figure in the capital. You got my guarantee that be it Mr. Sakuragi or Mr. Koizumi, they are definitely qualified to accompany us to play with 9 digits of money in their pockets.”

Tang Xiu picked up his brows and immediately said with a grin, ”Well, that's great to hear. I just came to Japan, but this country has made me fallen in love with it immediately. Money is good and great stuff! Come, let's play some games then! We got too much money to burn, and it won't matter much if we gamble to win or lose!”

”Well, you haven't explained how are we going to play, though.” Daikura Sakuragi interjected.

Noticing that Tang Xiu didn't seem to want to elaborate it, Nishi Masayoshi immediately took the role. ”Well, the rules of games I play with Mr. Tang are rather simple. Each player must spend 100 US dollars to buy chips, then you can casually choose to play with the gambling machines or spend it on the cards table in the entire hall. Whoever can earn the most money in two hours with that 100 USD chips will have to pay the other a fixed amount of money. Back then… we set the number at 10 million USD.”

Tang Xiu waved and said, ”Nah, 10 million dollars is like bullshit now. It's too few a number to live in your country. Let's have it at 100 million dollars.”

”This…”

Daikura Sakuragi and Saburo Koizumi's expressions changed and they hesitated. They could afford to take out 100 million dollars. It would fine if they won, but it would be a big blow to them if they lost as it would take them at least several years to earn it back.

Do I have to play by the rules, or should I cower and step back?

At that moment for a while, both men were hit with a bit of a dilemma.

Tang Xiu raised his brows and said with dissatisfaction, ”What's up? Do you both think it's too much a number to play, can't afford it and can't play or what? Bah, it's all fine and dandy with me either way, though. I'm not familiar with you both, to begin with, so I won't jeer at you over it. At most, it will feel very shameful to you and you'll find a quilt to cover yourselves when you get home and won't have face to see anyone later.”

That was a move to goad someone to act!

Both Daikura and Saburo knew that Tang Xiu was prodding them to get into action. At the same time, it also made them ride a tiger and find it hard to get off, so they could only nod with helplessness.

They were all famous figures in Kyoto, to begin with. How could they lose their faces in public? Should they just give up directly this time, it was very likely that by tomorrow, the news would have spread out to the whole of Kyoto that they cowered before the gambling even started. All in all, their reputation would take a big blow.