My 5 cards, precisely called a hand in poker is composed by... ! Queen Of Hearts, King Of Hearts, Jack, an Ave and Tens of Hearts. Wait, isn't this...? Royal Straights? One of the strongest hand you can get it Poker?
I looked to the chart and the Royal Straights amounts to... 6 Steps! So It means... I don't really need to discard anything! As long as I keep this hand, then I will win all the showdowns!
"So is everybody already got their cards? Time for the showdown!"
The ten of us formed a circle and had our hand checked by the dealers. After that... the winner and the highest hand... was obviously me! All of the sudden, the monitor besides us was lit and shows a Sugoroku board. In the Sugoroku board, each of our faces was shown.
My face, had took 6 steps ahead of my opponents. Like I thought, I have very good luck today! In the afternoon, I've got a triples which is impossible to get! My luck is rolling right now!
"All right! Since Araragi Hideki stepped at the 6th tile, the effect is... You'll gain 5 Million Yen."
What? Did I heard It right? 5 Million Yen!? That's... that's... a benefit? What the hell!? That kind of money is too huge!
"Okay, so we're going to the Discard Phase."
It's already the Discard Phase, yet no one is discarding anything at all! Even if they've got a trash hand and want to discard, they can't get another card in return! Because they don't have any money!
In short, they have to stick to their trash hand, while I'm winning left and right! What's more!? 5 Million Yen!? 5 Million Yen!? I got it just because of one round!? What a joke! But If It's true then... isn't it nice?!
"Okay, so no one's going to discard anything? Then... let's move on to the showdown!"
We moved into a circle again and had our cards being shown to the dealers. What's the purpose of this, really? They already know our cards from earlier. After that, they confirmed that the winner was... me again!
I moved another 6 steps away from them. That would make it 12 Steps! While the other players are still stuck at the 1st Tile, I'm already here at the 12th Tile! Hell, I'm having the luck!
The goddess of wealth and luck are on my side!
"Okay! The tile that Araragi stepped on just now, the 12th Tile will give him... another 5 Million Yen."
All of the other participants was shocked by that, including me, of course! The dealers suddenly showed up with a stack of money on their hands and put it to the table with my name attached.
"I forgot to say. All of the money you'll get will be here at this tables. There are 10 tables in total with your names attached in each table. During the game, you can only use it to buy cards, nothing more."
I see, so that's my money, huh? I'm already laughing! Because... isn't this a very easy win? I held my mouth to hold my laughter but I can't resist anymore! I want to laugh to my heart's content!
I removed my hand from my mouth and started laughing to my heart's content. All of the participants noticed me. Even the dealers and the host. But I don't care!
Because this game is as good as won! Hell, I don't even need the Idol group anymore! With 10 Million Yen, I could change my life!
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"Since I already said it, let's go to the Discard Phase, shall we?"
Like earlier, no one's discarding any card. As I thought, they won't get any card as long as I win. So the only way for them to get a card and make a comeback is for them to pray that I step on some punishment tile.
"All right! Since no one's discarding anything, time for the showdown!"
We formed a circle once more, and the dealers checked our cards. After that, the host announced that the winner is still me! Of course! It's still me!
I looked at the monitor again, and my face moved another 6 steps away from them. That makes it the 18th tile. I wonder what's on the 18th Tile.
Maybe another 5 Million? Or 10 Million? Hell, I don't feel this way before!
"The tile Araragi Hideki just stepped on was... a debt of 6 Million."
Huh? The last part was okay, but... a debt? Are you joking?
"This is the punishment tile indeed. With that, we're going to remove 6 Million to Araragi Hideki's 10 Million, leaving him with 4 Million."
Wait, what? What the hell's going on!?
END OF CHAPTER 42
Poker Notes: A Royal Flush and Royal Straights are just the same. I decided to use the term Royal Straights since It's much easier to gets by the beginners.