Bigger Than Yours

"Of course."

Viktor naturally tossed the cards to He Ao.

He Ao caught them smoothly, the entire deck landing neatly in his palm.

Even without the enhancement of Martial Arts, He Ao's own skills were not bad.

A deck of custom casino playing cards produced uniformly by a factory, when viewed from the back, had almost no difference in appearance. Even with the most advanced high-resolution bionic eyes, it would be difficult to distinguish each card clearly.

This was something Selina knew; even she couldn't discern the differences on the backs of these cards.

He Ao didn't know this, but he wanted to try using Super Memory.

The moment Super Memory was activated, the entire world in He Ao's eyes changed. Everyone's faces, even the pores on their cheeks, became clearly visible.

This was Super Memory. The moment it was activated, the 'world' in He Ao's eyes was different. He could clearly see the texture of everything and quickly imprint these things, categorized, into his mind.

He Ao even suspected that under Super Memory, he wasn't 'seeing' with his eyes, but rather taking in everything around him from a higher perspective.

However, the duration of Super Memory was limited, and he didn't have time to study these things carefully. He looked at the deck of cards in his hand, picked up the top card casually, and held it under the light.

It was a Diamond 2. He Ao flipped it around a few times, carefully observing the details of the card.

Then he quickly switched to another card.

He had originally intended to try and remember the corresponding numbers of the cards by remembering the subtle differences between them.

But he found something interesting on the cards. The patterns on the back of each card were actually slightly different.

These subtle differences didn't seem to be visible in the range of visible light. He Ao could only vaguely perceive the differences in these patterns, and these differences were only visible when looking directly at the back of the card and at some special angles.

He Ao lifted the deck and quickly went through each card.

As he expected, each card had such a special 'design'. A connection between this pattern and the corresponding card face was quickly established in his brain.

This was originally a 'rigged' deck of cards. The casino staff should have special tools that could tell them the contents of the deck without flipping the cards over.

Interesting.

He Ao handed the cards back to Viktor and chuckled softly, "No problem."

Viktor checked the cards, confirmed that He Ao hadn't tampered with them, and then handed the cards to Selina, "Then, let the game begin."

He stepped back two paces, and the casino staff on either side brought two chairs and placed them behind He Ao and Ludo.

Ludo glanced at He Ao tremblingly, then at the cards in Selina's hand. He seemed to feel a little more at ease and slowly sat down in the chair.

He Ao also seemed a little nervous, taking a few deep breaths to slowly calm himself down before sitting down. He placed his hands on the table, then seemed to think better of it and put his hands under the table, even tucking them into his pockets.

Then, under everyone's gaze, he took his hands out of his pockets again. His breathing was still shallow, as if he was very nervous.

Watching He Ao's actions, Ludo's mood gradually calmed down. Although He Ao could kill and fight, he was still a rookie at the casino. He would be able to get revenge for the shot earlier.

"Ander?"

Selina looked at He Ao's nervous appearance and watched him with some concern.

"It's okay!" However, He Ao nodded gently at her, "Let's give it a try, nothing to lose."

Giving up is the same as failing, but gambling still holds the possibility of victory.

Hearing He Ao's words, Selina also took a deep breath and began dealing cards to both sides.

Her dealing motion wasn't professional, but no one present cared about that.

He Ao gambling against Ludo now was essentially gambling against the casino, challenging the casino's authority.

Most gamblers usually lost money at the casino and didn't have a good impression of it. They loved watching this kind of excitement. Whether it was professional or not didn't matter; being able to slap the casino's face felt great.

However, seeing He Ao's nervous appearance, like a novice, they felt it was uninteresting. Although Ludo was ruthless, his gambling skills were decent. Instead of watching Ludo bully a rookie here, they might as well go out and gamble a few rounds themselves for a thrill.

So, some people began to leave one after another.

Selina dealt the first face-down card to both of them. He Ao went first, Ludo second.

Usually, gamblers would look at their hole card as soon as they received it, but He Ao didn't. Instead, he lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.

Since He Ao didn't look, Ludo naturally didn't either. If he had looked, it would have seemed like he was intimidated by this rookie, He Ao.

Moreover, he knew what his card was without looking.

Every deck of cards in the Crown Casino was rigged, and he had long since modified his right eye into a special prosthetic eye. This prosthetic eye wasn't advanced, but it could capture the special patterns on the back of these cards from certain angles and calculate the card corresponding to that pattern.

So, he only needed to lower his head to know that his face-down card was the Diamond 10, and by changing his angle slightly, he could see that He Ao's face-down card was the Club 9.

This was the most advanced technology, originating from the Nord Financial Consortium. It had been operating stably for so many years and had never been exposed, so Ludo was very confident in this technology. It was impossible for He Ao to see through it.

Selina began dealing the second face-down card. It was still He Ao's turn first. Ludo could clearly see through his prosthetic eye that He Ao's second face-down card was the Spade 2.

At this moment, He Ao still seemed very nervous, his breathing still rapid.

Selina began dealing Ludo's second card.

Ludo watched Selina's beautiful hands, watching the card being dealt by those hands. His current line of sight couldn't analyze what this card was. Even with the cheating, he was still a little nervous.

He began trying to shift his gaze to an angle where he could analyze the card.

Just as he was about to see the number on that card, a loud noise came from in front of him.

Ludo subconsciously looked straight ahead.

The face-down card landed on the table in front of him.

He Ao, who was directly opposite him, seemed to have become overly nervous. He suddenly stood up from his seat, slapping the table with his hand, creating a loud noise.

"What's wrong, rookie?" Ludo saw He Ao's appearance and was very excited, unable to resist provoking him, "Did you realize you're no good, so you're going to kneel and beg for mercy?"

However, before his words could finish, a cold, black gun barrel was pointed at his forehead.

This caused the smile on his face to freeze in place.

"If you die, I can probably 'cleverly' win this gamble?"

He Ao looked at Ludo with a smile. His breathing gradually calmed down. Then, his left hand swept across the gun grip, quickly removing and reinserting the magazine.

"Please be quiet, sir."

He lowered the gun barrel slightly and gently pulled the trigger.

Bang—

A plastic bullet landed on the table in front of Ludo, grazed his finger, hit his second face-down card, and quickly bounced off, flying past the side of his face.

It was a toy gun.

But even though it was just a plastic bullet, Ludo still felt a slight sting on his cheek and hand.

His face was ashen as he looked at He Ao. He knew very well that He Ao had toyed with him using a toy gun, but he didn't dare to speak again because he didn't know if He Ao would pull out a real gun next time.

"My first face-up card," He Ao slowly put down the toy gun in his hand and flipped over the face-down card to his left, "Club 9."

"Sorry," Ludo also slowly flipped over his first face-down card, "Diamond 10."

He grinned at He Ao, "Bigger than yours."

This time, He Ao didn't react at all, just smiled and looked at him.