In the casino, Tsunade sat upright at the gambling table, her expression grave.
The round had just ended.
"Th-three ones!"
"Holy shit, she actually hit a twenty-to-one payout?!"
"Wasn't this woman supposed to be a total sucker? How did she suddenly win, and on something as ridiculous as three ones..."
"Hey, work this out for me. What's one million ryo times twenty?"
"Twenty million ryo! A whole twenty million!"
"With that one bet, she not only won back the several million she lost earlier, she multiplied it several times over!"
"Heh heh, now we're in for a show. Twenty million ryo. I wonder if the casino owner can even come up with that."
"Even if he can, there's no way he'll pay. He'd go bankrupt!"
"True. Money matters more than reputation. Worst case, he can just take the money and set up somewhere else."
The casino buzzed with excitement as everyone discussed it.
Meanwhile, the dealer responsible for shaking the dice was drenched in cold sweat.
Heaven was his witness: he absolutely hadn't cheated on that last round. There had been no need!
If she had bet on big or small, he might have used his skills to adjust the result.
But on her final bet, she had put all her remaining money on three ones, a result that almost never came up. She had clearly thrown caution to the wind, ready to lose everything and leave.
So he hadn't taken it seriously. He had given the dice a perfunctory shake and set the cup down.
And from the sound alone, he had known it definitely wouldn't be three ones.
Yet somehow, the damned thing had gone completely haywire!
Those glaring three ones were blood-red, as though mocking him for being blind.
He knew that if he couldn't resolve