Even after calculating the odds to the maximum, there were nearly ten tiles in every hand that could have let her win. Even after thinking through her strategy after calling a pung, and Archer's possible tiles, it was useless.
This was a game of luck. There was no such thing as skill deciding everything in this game.
Over two hundred full rounds, Shirou had won a hundred hands through luck alone.
"Not willing to accept it? Even after calculating everything, you still can't stop yourself from being defeated by your opponent's illogical, aesthetically bankrupt Heavenly Hand." Shirou laughed at himself, as though he could feel the pain of that golden, shining person meditating beneath the bodhi tree, unable to win even after giving everything. "You realize you can't defeat everything with skill, can't scheme your way to a possible victory. Because your opponent is just absurdly strong."
"Archer, even if you won, isn't it a little mean to mock Lani like that?" Rin glared at Shirou in dissatisfaction.
"I was only mocking myself." Shirou knocked over all the tiles and stood up, his mind having descended into chaos.
To think even mahjong could make him remember the past. That was truly pathetic.
"It was only because you got lucky. If I had another chance..." Lani covered her face, knowing it was wishful thinking. Without Hakuno and Rin, if she played a round alone against Shirou, she might not even be able to preserve this much dignity.
"Can't accept it? You refuse to admit that you're weaker than others, so you blame it on luck. But I have to say, luck is also part of one's strength. In mahjong, I'm the strongest in the realm of luck." Shirou said without the slightest humility. "I understand you very well, because aside from