Time rewound to more than ten minutes ago.
While Meari was thoroughly tricked and lost three million to Ruribird Nadeshiko's "surprise attack," at the same time, in the Cooking Room on the other side, Ayanokoji's gambling match had also reached a fever pitch.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Ibuki Jotaro's gambling match was much simpler than Meari's; it only required continuously rolling dice and calculating scores.
When a 1-5 is rolled, one point is accumulated. When a 6 is rolled, regardless of how many times it was rolled before, the total score will reset to zero, and they must re-roll.
This was a challenge against themselves, unrelated to their opponent. Both needed to constantly consider whether they should make the next roll.
Ayanokoji and Ibuki's rolls were basically synchronized, and both had already rolled fifteen times.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's score was 15 points. From the beginning of rolling the dice until now, he had never rolled a 6. This absurd luck made even Huangquan Runa, who was watching from the side, a little incredulous.
She was very surprised and kept a close eye on Ayanokoji's movements, trying to find his cheating method, but in the end, her conclusion was that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was purely lucky and had not cheated.
Ayanokoji's situation was excellent, and as for Ibuki Jotaro, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka believed he had rolled at least one "6," and his score was likely only half of his, or even less than half.
Ayanokoji had the system's help, and he believed he would definitely not roll a 6, allowing him to accumulate points indefinitely. He just needed to find a suitable opportunity to call a halt, and he would win steadily.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was confident of victory, so he decided to let Ibuki Jotaro speak first.
But Ibuki Jotaro was very cautious and did not speak first, choosing to observe, seemingly also wanting Ayanokoji to speak first.
Neither of them was prepared to speak first to end the gamble, so the game entered a long tug-of-war.
Ayanokoji didn't mind and was happy with it. Anyway, he couldn't possibly roll a 6, and his score would accumulate higher and higher over time. He could easily win this game.
Just as Ayanokoji was thinking this, he casually made his 16th roll.
The die tumbled and stopped on a number—6.
Ayanokoji was stunned.
Wait, didn't he have the system's guarantee? How could he roll a 6?!
Ayanokoji really wanted to ask the system what was going on. His score had accumulated to 15 points, a score that could easily win, so how did it all go back to square one?!
Could it be that the system was impatient and decided to push him to end the game quickly?
Or did the system feel that if he kept winning, Huangquan Runa, the Dealer, would feel something was wrong, so it decided to make him roll a 6 to dispel Runa's suspicions?
I originally thought Ayanokoji's luck was good, but I didn't expect him to mess up after all... Huangquan Runa, who was watching from behind, almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Huangquan Runa looked at Ayanokoji with a playful gaze. If he had called a halt earlier, Ayanokoji would have had 15 points, and even if Ibuki Jotaro were given 30 seconds, he wouldn't be able to catch up.
But Ayanokoji was not satisfied and even wanted to continue rolling the dice. He deserved to be punished by the Dice Princess...
Although Huangquan Runa was grinning, she also had professional ethics. Her expression was normal, and there were no emotional fluctuations on her body. Ibuki Jotaro wouldn't be able to get any information from her.
To actually roll a 6... This was something Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had never thought of before.
Although his dazed expression only lasted for an instant and quickly recovered, it was still captured by Ibuki Jotaro, who had been paying attention to Ayanokoji.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's expression... Could it be that he rolled a 6?
Ibuki Jotaro's mind stirred.
Just as Ayanokoji thought, he was only pretending to be calm on the surface, but his heart was not at peace at all. Every time he rolled, his heart was in agony.
Ibuki Jotaro had practiced kendo since childhood, reaching a state of effortlessness when holding a bamboo sword. His control over strength was beyond that of ordinary people.
This skill, trained in kendo, was equally applicable in gambling. Ibuki Jotaro mastered the technique of rolling dice in only a fraction of the time it took others.
This was also the source of his confidence in being able to beat Ayanokoji Kiyotaka in a dice roll.
Kamishita Nagi had always relied on external objects and never thought about improving his own physical fitness, but he was different; he was constantly improving his own strength and mindset, and even without tools, he was still a strong individual.
Of course, his dice-throwing technique only reduced the probability of rolling a 6, it didn't make the probability 0. Every time he threw the dice, he was always on edge, fearing he would roll a 6.
In fact, he had already rolled a 6 once.
His current score was 7 points, and he held the dice, already hesitating whether to throw it again.
Seven points were already quite a lot, but he was worried, would Ayanokoji just happen to roll a number higher than 7 points, just waiting for him to stop?
But if he continued to throw, once a 6 was rolled, all his efforts would turn to naught.
He was like a person holding his breath with his head submerged in a basin of water; he had held his breath long enough, and his body had long reached its limit, but his mind kept telling him, hold on, just a little longer, just a little bit.
However, this kind of "holding on" had reached a critical point, and he could at any moment shout that he couldn't hold on anymore and pull his head out of the water.
At this moment, Ayanokoji's reaction seemed to give him a signal, Ibuki Jotaro didn't hesitate at all and shouted decisively: "Stop!"
"Ibuki Jotaro chose to stop. Ayanokoji, you still have 30 seconds." Yamato Inaho stepped forward, took Ibuki Jotaro's dice, and stopped him from continuing to throw, just like a teacher stopping you from continuing to answer questions during an exam.
Now Ayanokoji only had thirty seconds left, and at this moment, he had just rolled a 6, and all his previous points had been reset to zero.
There was no time to complain about the system's strange operation, Ayanokoji quickly threw the dice; as soon as the dice stopped, he immediately picked them up and threw them again, without any preparation, just a simple throw.
Now that Ibuki Jotaro was released, all his attention was focused on Ayanokoji, watching his movements intently, his heart settled.
It seemed that Ayanokoji had indeed rolled a 6 just now, otherwise he wouldn't be so flustered.
To surpass his score within 30 seconds and not roll a 6, this required an extremely high test of Ayanokoji's technique and luck, and looking at his current flustered appearance, he didn't seem to have considered any technique.
Victory was decided.
Even as calm as Ibuki Jotaro, at this moment his heart couldn't help but burn with excitement. As long as he won this gamble, he would be able to gain Mibusakaomi Aoi's trust, and the Kendo Club wouldn't need to be given away...
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