10 Easy Money (1/2)

The fat man at the side sneered as he thought Long Yu wanted to leave.

”Hah! As expected of a crippled newbie, withdrawing after just one win. What a coward.” He said out loud.

Long Yu did not even glance at that loser as he sat at a blackjack table that had no players.

The reason he wanted to play alone was because it makes it easier for him to use the x-ray ability. Playing with other players requires him to read multiple cards on the deck beforehand, not to mention counting their hand values.

It might also mess up his chance of him winning as he could not predict the amount of 'hits' that other players wanted.

”Dealer, please start the game,” Long Yu said politely.

The dealer of the table nodded and proceeded to shuffle the deck. Once it was done and the deck was placed onto the table, Long Yu immediately activated the x-ray ability.

He quickly read the figures on the first few cards and counted the possible hand values between him and the dealer.

Predicting that he would win this game, Long Yu placed the maximum bet that was allowed in this casino, $5000.

The dealer was a bit shocked when he saw Long Yu splitting half of his chips and sliding it towards him.

'Only a professional gambler or a madman would place such a high stake. Unfortunately, this young man seems to be the latter,' he thought to himself.

A few moments later, a total of $10,000 worth of chips could be seen sliding back to Long Yu's side of the blackjack table.

Seeing this, Long Yu could not help but grin. With the casino's 1 to 1 payout, earning money with the x-ray ability was way too easy.

...

Two and a half hours later.

A young man could be seen sitting at a blackjack table, with many spectators standing around him.

On the table in front of him was multiple high stacks of golden coloured chips. What was important was that, written on each golden chip were $1000!

Long Yu glanced at the x-ray activation timer on the top right of his vision.

[Activation duration left: 7 minutes 05 seconds.

It seems he would have to call it a night. Long Yu deactivated the x-ray ability and felt the small wave of dizziness as usual.

It wasn't as much of a discomfort as before since he had gotten used to it. During his gambling session, he paced himself and only activated the ability when he needed to.

It was effective as it not only conserved activation time, but also helped mitigate the dizziness.

Long Yu collected his chips and left the blackjack table that he was sitting at. The crowd of spectators that were surrounding him moved and gave way, as he carried the tray of chips with him.

As he was walking towards the 'exchangechips' counter, he took a glance at the activation timer again.

'Oh well, what the heck. I guess I'll finish it up since I can buy another pair, once I exchange these chips for money,' he thought to himself.