Chapter 35 - 33.2 (1/2)

The poker game continued until the third and final round.

On the second round they didn't even get to win the pot as the second princess in the middle of the game, folded.

Currently, the game became fiercer as the pot kept growing of value. The pot was now over 4000 of value and both of them had a less value of chips on their side of the table.

Xiu Jia spoke in her gentle voice while playing on a black chip with white stripes on her hand.

”Let the final round begin. This determines who would win and who would suffer!” She excitedly declared.

The wheel arrow stopped at the black spectrum. As if finally deciding his mind, Zero stated with seriousness.

”All-in.”

The second princess just shrugged while maintaining her smile as she put all of her chips, too.

Opening his two cards, it was a ten of spades and a king of spades.

'I would win if the community cards would be all in the suit or if fortune befalls me then I would get a royal flush.'

With the young man's indifferent face, he stared at the sweet smiling opponent that just widened her smile as Zero's sight landed on her.

The invisible dealer finished his shuffling and put down the flop. An ace of diamonds, a jack of spades and a queen of hearts.

He turned to look again at the second princess as he wanted to see if she would be troubled by the flop but still, Xiu Jia had her sweet smile like nothing was bothering her with the face up cards.

Zero with his indifferent face was truly cursing on his inner thoughts as it was hard to read the expression of the second princess, literally, he don't want to be a slave to this malicious princess. He had a chastity to preserve.

Because they were both all-in, the invisible dealer proceeded to put down another one, the fourth community card which was a queen of spades.

Zero cursed, wanting the game to be over because of his tense state right now. He wanted to order the invisible dealer to hurry up as he noticed that the movement of it was deliberately slowing the process of showing the community cards.

Finally, he noticed a different expression of the second princess, she had now a smirk.

'Is she going to win or is she bluffing?' The tense young man thought but he was indifferent on the outside.

And the final and last card was put down, the river was an ace of spades. As if he got ascended up to the ninth heaven from the deepest part of hell, Zero sighed.

'He won! He got a royal flush! The most highest ranking.'

”Show cards.”

The second princess had a king of spades and ten of spades, the same cards as him.

'Oh she got a royal flush, too.'

As if backtracking to his ridiculous thought.

'Wait?! Ten of spades and king of spades?'

'Does cards duplicate or was she cheating?'

With a knowing smile, Xiu Jia stated at the glaring young man, ”What's your two cards?”

”You got a pair of aces, an ace of hearts and an ace of clubs. Four of a kind, the third rank in power hand ranking. But I win, though.”

Xiu Jia carelessly said as she stood up, not minding the pot, she looked at the bewildered young man.

”Now, you must satisfy me!”

Zero glared at her but didn't say anything as he looked around the simulation place, the isolated casino and the invisible dealer.

'How did she replaced my cards without me knowing?'

'It must be a trick. A deception!'

Without warning, the young man grabbed the shuffling cards as he felt that there was something on it, and he was right.

A very inconspicuous thread was connected to the deck of cards and its end was attached to the smiling Xiu Jia.

”You are cheating the whole time!”

The second princess chuckled and uttered, ”You are not the same Zero in the past as he would easily saw through my deceptions but still you didn't let down my expectations.”