Alabasta Kingdom, Rainy Oasis.
As the sun set, its lingering rays spilled over the luxurious casino, Rain Dinners, surrounded by a lake, painting it in magnificent, resplendent colors.
Sephiroth walked along the road leading to the center of the lake, heading straight to the casino entrance before reaching out and pushing open its doors.
A burst of boisterous, chaotic noise immediately reached his ears. All kinds of gambling equipment came into view—slot machines, roulette, baccarat... There were so many games that it was almost overwhelming.
Many gamblers entered the casino dreaming of making a fortune, but the overwhelming majority left having lost money. Only a small number could restrain their greed, come to their senses, and stop after making a modest profit before turning around and leaving.
However, as long as they wanted to keep returning to the casino to win money, they would eventually hand back every Belly they had earned, principal and interest included. Some might even lose everything they owned.
Sephiroth did not like gambling, nor did he know how to gamble.
Still, he was somewhat interested in ways to earn money with a one-hundred-percent certainty...
Sephiroth walked up to the casino counter, took a ten-thousand-Belly note from his wallet, exchanged it for a ten-thousand-Belly chip, then went straight to a roulette table and took a seat.
The roulette rules at Rain Dinners were simple. The wheel had numbers from 0 to 36, and the numbered spaces came in three colors: red, black, and green.
After the dealer spun the wheel and tossed in a metal ball, whichever number the ball randomly landed on when the wheel stopped was the winning number.
Players could place bets on any single number from 1 to 36, a range of consecutive numbers, or red or black. Each type of bet