Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 72 Special Rules

"That's right. If I beat you, wouldn't that prove your casino is cheating?"

"Hahaha, if you beat me, it just proves you were lucky in your match. But if you defeat me, we'll refund all the money you lost today, and we'll also cover all your expenses. But what if you lose?" He said, sizing up the two women.

"If you lose, we hope these two will come work for our store."

“I can’t make the choice for them both,” Di Xing shook his head.

"Hehe, what a gentleman! And what about you two ladies? If Di Xing loses, would you be willing to work for us?"

Lei Xi gave an elegant smile. "Of course, but Mr. Black won't lose."

Ai Xiao also flashed a bright smile, "I can do it too, but he's really strong, you'd better have the money ready first."

"Alright, but I'm not used to using the duel disk. Let's use our casino's unique dueling method instead."

As he spoke, Du Shuhao sat down in a chair, crossed his legs, and the gambling table in front of him began to separate. A large section of the floor rose, and soon a dueling arena, level with the table, appeared in the room. This dueling arena looked exactly like the one on the gambling table.

"Please have a seat, let's begin our enjoyable gambling duel," Du Shuhao gestured to Di Xing.

Ai Xiao whispered in Di Xing's ear, "Why did you provoke him?"

"I'll tell you in a bit; there's a very deep reason for this."

Di Xing had three reasons for his decision. First, he had promised another Di Xing to help him take revenge, and the target of his revenge was naturally the entire upper district, so he had to make some preparations. Second, although Ai Xiao had cleared his name, he had already been seen by the Wolf family, and he believed that it wouldn't be long before news of his intervention to stop the Wolf family from sabotaging the power plant reached their ears.

Given her good relationship with Lunya, it's highly likely the Wolf family will target her. Therefore, the best approach now is to keep them guessing about her background, preventing them from making a move. For example, she could immediately follow up by causing trouble for the Lepard family.

Anyone who dares to provoke both major families simultaneously is either a fool or has someone behind the scenes. And for the latter, the Wolf family will investigate thoroughly before taking action, if possible. After all, human society doesn't operate like a dark forest; do you think the other side is a hunter like you? Maybe after firing a shot you'll find out the other side is Yujiro Hanma.

Thirdly, he took a liking to this person's deck.

"I challenge you to a card-betting duel. Do you dare to accept?"

"Hehe, interesting."

Du Shuhao reasoned that although his deck was expensive to build, he had plenty of money. If he could make this kid lose even his cards, he would be even more tightly bound to the two women behind him. So he readily agreed.

Di Xing sat down at the table

"Before the duel begins, I need to tell you a few things. Duels in the casino are not exactly the same as duels outside. Our casino duels have their own special rules."

"First, since this duel takes place on our field, our Field Spell Card [Entertainment World] will be activated from the very beginning and cannot be destroyed or affected by any other effects."

"Secondly, in casinos, we don't limit the number of cards a player can hold, so there's no upper limit to the number of cards either player can have."

"Third, everything in the casino can be bought with gold coins, including the base score. In casino duels, the base score can be reduced to a negative number. Players can restore their health by paying 1 gold coin for every 100 health points, turning negative health points into positive ones."

Holy crap, these rules are insane! Wait, no, wait, doesn't this mean if you have too much money you can resurrect indefinitely?

After two days of investigation, Di Xing discovered that due to the weak government coverage in the fourth layer, the circulation of paper money was not smooth. Residents mainly used copper coins, copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins for transactions. Ten copper coins equaled one copper coin, ten copper coins equaled one silver coin, and one hundred silver coins equaled one gold coin.

Di Xing discovered that one copper coin here could buy a sesame seed cake or two steamed buns, with purchasing power roughly equivalent to one yuan. One copper coin weighed about 2 grams, while the other coins weighed 20 grams. So, one gram of copper was worth 50 cents, one gram of silver was worth 5 yuan, and one gram of gold was worth 500 yuan. It was cheaper than in the real world, but not by a huge margin. Moreover, the reserves of precious metals in this world seemed to be greater than on Earth.

So the duel rules are 1 RMB for every 100 lives. Wow, that's expensive. But it's a duel after all, so it's not outrageous. And this way, there's no fear of him getting infinite lives.

"Is this like no-limit Texas Hold'em?" Di Xing asked, feigning profundity.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to know about gambling," Du Shuhao said with a mocking look at Di Xing.

Di Xing's temples bulged with a tic-tac-toe expression. "Enough talk, let's duel!"

“duel”

"Let's decide who goes first," Du Shuhao said, taking out a coin and gracefully flicking it into the air.

"Wait a minute, isn't it supposed to be the system flipping a coin?"

"In our casino, all of this is supposed to be done by the dealer. If you want to throw the ball, you can do that too."

"Okay, I'll toss it." The waiter brought over a coin and respectfully handed it to Di Xing. Di Xing carefully checked the coin to make sure it wasn't filled with mercury or anything like that, then tossed it into the air.

He tossed the coin too hard and had to run several steps before catching it, then landed it face down on the field.

"I choose tails," Du Shuhao said elegantly. The coin flipped over, and it was indeed tails. "Then I'll take the first turn without hesitation. Draw a card. I Normal Summon [Face Bat] (Tuner, Earth/Bird/Beast, Level 1, 0/0), Set three cards and end this turn." (Du's hand: 5 → 1)

[Face Bat]? A monster whose battle position can be changed by flipping a coin? And it can be used three times in one turn. If the opponent is lucky, it's a very troublesome monster. But it turns out he's using a coin deck, just like the information I found online.

"My turn, draw a card."

"Please wait a moment. At this instant, I'll activate the Trap Card [Gambling]. This card can only be activated if you have six or more cards in your hand and I have two or fewer. It's a coin toss. If I guess right, I draw five cards; if I guess wrong, I skip my entire next turn. Mr. Black, please flip the coin."

Di Xing tossed a coin. "I guess heads."

Di Xing looked at the coin and guessed correctly!

"Then I'll take my leave," Du Shuhao said, adding five cards to his hand.

"Wait, this is a duel after all. I request that the system flip a coin instead," Di Xing hurriedly said.

“I really can’t do anything about you, Mr. Black, but it’s a duel after all, and I understand your thoughts.” As he spoke, Du Shuhao made a few moves on the interface, and a golden, glittering phantom immediately appeared in the center of the arena—clearly a dealer.

"Do you have some kind of obsession with dealers flipping coins?" Di Xing teased.