Chapter 4 - Chapter 3: a new clue?

it's still missing, a little time before arriving on the island of Shikoku, I was exploring the cruise ship, there was everything, bars, shops, video game rooms, football and basketball fields, various swimming pools, massage rooms, relaxation, hydromassage pools, the cruise will be at least 340 or 350 meters large and could accommodate at least 5,600 people and including staff, at least 7,500 people can go on it, including between 5,600 passengers and 1,900 staff members.

as I walked through the various shops, I noticed something that caught my attention, it appeared to be a casino.

when I saw it I decided to enter and I noticed that there were many professors playing all types of gambling, while I observed each game I noticed that some of my professors were also there playing, they were my photography professor, my science and the Japanese history professor, I walked towards them

Akira <> I greeted my professors smiling

Pr.Takata <>he smiled at me<>

Akira <> I asked kindly

??? <> the desk asked me sternly but then Professor Matsumoto intervened

Matsumoto <> he said, and the dealer then accepted, Professor Matsumoto paid my chips for me, I simply sat down and watched carefully, I bet a chip of 5 dollars, which would be 723 Yen Japanese, the dealer after all three of us bet our chips starts to give us our cards, I received a K of hearts and a 7 of spades, Professor Matsumoto instead 8 of clubs and a Q of diamonds while Professor Takata a 4 and a 9 of clubs, while the dealer's only face-up card was a 10 of hearts.Dealer <> the dealer asked me

Akira <> I said without hesitation, the dealer then gave me the card seeing that it was another 4 thus making me reach 21, then it was Professor Matsumoto's turn to choose to draw or not>>

Matsumoto <>Prof Matsumoto confidently confirmed that he was staying

Takata << another >> Prof Takata receives his card and it was a 6 bringing him to 19

the dealer then turned over his card showing a K of spade and so I won the first round, the dealer gave me the chip which I won, I bet the 5 dollar chips again and after that we all bet again with our dealer chips taken the cards and then give us the new ones and I received a 7 of hearts and a 5 of spades and I also looked carefully at my professors' cards.

Dealer <>I ask myself the dealer again.

Akira <>said and I receive an ace of diamonds and I reach 13 <>I ask again and I receive an 8 of hearts, reaching 21 again

Takata <> he chuckled, explaining how lucky he is, I simply laugh sarcastically and watched the teachers choose whether to take more cards and stay like that, Professor Takata had 18 in total while Professor Matsumoto had 17 and both they decided to stay as they were and not draw any more cards, then it was the dealer's turn to draw, the dealer's face up card was a 10 of spades, as soon as he turns the face down card it turns out that he took a 7 thus reaching 17 and could no longer draw ,so he tied with Professor Matsumoto and lost against me and Professor Takata and gave us the chips we won.

narrator:

after an hour of play, Akira had shown off his skills throughout the game of this blackjack, in all the rounds he only drew once against the dealer and always won without any defeat, with the chips that the professor had taken from him he started with 10 chips worth 5 dollars each, now if we count the value of all the chips he won, he practically has more than 2000 dollars in his possession which if we convert them into Japanese Yen is 296,260, the professors were surprised by this and they had some shocked bands, the counter on the other hand was very calm it was as if they had expected it

Banco <> the bench smiled, complimenting Akira

Akira <> Akira smiled, the professors were confused and curious about what they were referring to

Matsumoto "What do you mean? What are you talking about?" You could tell from his voice that he was confused.

Dealer <> explained the Dealer < >He looked at Akira, waiting for him to tell him how he managed to predict every card that came out during the game

Akira <>

Banquo <> he replied

Akira <

we know that in a deck of poker cards there are 52 cards, so if we multiply the 52 cards by 8 we will get 416 the total number of cards we have, we know that for each suit there are 13 cards, so it means that there are 4 copies of cards for each number, in a single deck of cards but for 8 decks there would be 32 copies of cards for each number, therefore there is a 7.69% probability that for example an ace of spades or a 4 of hearts and so on, and if for example a 5 of hearts is rolled, the percentages of the other cards increase by 7.71% while the probability of a card having the value of 5 decreases by 7.46% and so on, so every according to what happened during the game, I used it to calculate the probability of the cards coming out.>>

Takata <>Professor Takata's voice and expression indicated that he was surprised, Professor Matsumoto was too, a more than normal reaction for the 2 of them, apparently Akira certainly knew how to gamble through his knowledge in the mathematical field, after some time Akira withdrew the money he had won together with his professors and returned the money that professor Matsumoto had lent him.

After exiting the mini casino, there was an announcement

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Akira saw the island, not looking forward to the cruise arriving at its destination, as he looked at the view, his phone rang as he received a message notification, he turned on his phone and the message was from Kyoko, in which the message asked if they could see each other inside Kyoko's room.

Then Akira headed inside the ship, until he reached Kyoko's room, knocking 3 times before entering.

Akira << with permission, sorry if I was late >> Akira said politely, in a calm tone, Kyoko was pouring herself some tea, her long lilac hair moved elegantly as she moved

Kyoko << it's okay, you arrived on time >> Kyoko smiled at him, but from underneath she was still a little wary of her, surely she wasn't letting her guard down << would you like some tea? >> she asked him

Akira <> she replied politely, She simply nodded, filled another cup of tea for him and invited him to sit in front of her on the living room table of her room <> from the tone From his voice, Kyoko understood that Akira was curious about what topic they were about to talk about.

Kyoko first took a sip of her cup of tea and then she spoke << and everything is ready, I have already sent the message to the class about the Pajama Party, we have organized it for tomorrow evening >> she explained in a calm but determined voice

Akira << you seem determined huh?, You would like to find out the truth right away don't you? >> he smiled as he took a sip of her cup, Kyoko giggled softly at her statement and smiled, surely now she is opening up more to AkiraKyoko <> her words were sincere as she confirmed what Akira said <> she immediately admitted as she looked at the ceiling, Akira simply smiled sympathetically at what she was feeling

Akira <> he promised, as he took the last sip of his cup of tea and placed it on the table <>asked Akira

Kyoko <> this statement made Akira curious

Akira <>asked Akira

Kyoko <>

Akira <> repeats Akira, lying back in the chair, leaning his back properly <>

Kyoko << let's say that lately, he seems more anxious as if there is something worrying him let's say >> she explained

Akira << mhm, I understand….maybe he could be involved but in a mandatory way >>

Kyoko <>

Akira <> He said and then got up <> Akira smiled, Kyoko simply nodded and said goodbye to him, thus letting him go.

Now the two may have a new probable lead to discover the truth of this mystery.

In a hidden part of the ship, Kento was leaning against a wall, he was sweating and his legs were trembling anxiously, after a couple of minutes the sound of footsteps was heard and a figure with a hooded face walked towards him, from the body and from From the figure's appearance you could tell it was a girl, when Kento saw her he became more and more anxious.

The figure stopped in front of him

??? <> the figure asked in a slightly threatening tone

Kento << yes…..apparently a second year boy, he wants to help us find out what is happening >>

??? <> he said, chuckling the figure << what's his name? I assume she told you her name >>

Kento <> Kento's voice was trembling and scared

??? <> he said and then took what looked like bugs from his pocket <>he approached him ear <> he said in an amused and disturbing voice

Kento <> he said almost to the point of tears??? <> he said shrugging his shoulders ironically <> he said and then left, Kento collapsed on the ground in tears looking up

Kento <> he said through tears

End of chapter 3