Pool Table Showdown Goes Offline

"Wait, young master Kaito!"

Terai Konosuke put on the panicked expression of a lonely old man with no one to rely on. "If we lose, what am I supposed to live on from now on?!"

"Old man, you really are long-winded! It's just one or two shops. What's the big deal?!"

Kuroba Kaito wore an unyielding expression. "Every time, I was only a little short. It was just bad luck. I refuse to believe I can keep losing!"

"It's settled, then!"

As he spoke, he looked at Tsuchida Hitoshi and said in a deep voice, "I'll wager ten million yen, along with the old man's Blue Parrot Billiard Hall. In return, if you lose, not only will you give us ten million yen, but that Legendary Pool Cue as well!"

Fujino silently watched Kaito and Konosuke play off each other.

To be honest, those two were pretty good actors.

They could probably each win an Oscar if they got nominated.

Especially Kaito.

He played a spoiled wastrel incredibly convincingly.

Retracting his gaze, he looked at Renra Tōjirō and Tsuchida Hitoshi across the pool table.

Now, it depended on whether those two would take the bait.

"Let's forget it."

Renra Tōjirō shook his head slightly and set his cue on the table. "This is already a match with a decided outcome. There's no point in continuing... You shouldn't keep gambling..."

"I'll take the bet!"

Before he could finish, Tsuchida Hitoshi suddenly shouted from the side, his eyes filled with greedy light.

By now, he thought he had figured these people out—a washed-up old man with a supposedly impressive but actually lousy player, plus a brat who had come to win back his cue.

That brat was just like Tsuchida when he had gambled himself red-eyed in the past. He had completely