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The sound of shuffling the cards was accompanied by a variety of expressions from the group.
Jiang Kehan's expression was somewhat worried, echoing the robot's helpless closed eyes.
As the card-dealing machine began to deal the cards, the clown's smile grew wider and wider, and he even couldn't help but hum a smug tune.
Ya Rou yawned somewhat indifferently, glancing at Xiao Ting's serious expression, and couldn't help but complain.
"How much longer do you want us to stay in this filthy place?"
Chapter 227 The Laughter of the Game
"A dirty...place?" The clown's fawning smile vanished. He propped himself up and looked at Ya Rou, his eyes half-closed, his tone sinister.
"My esteemed guest, how could this be a dirty place? This is clearly a place that brings happiness and fulfillment to others!"
He spread his arms wide exaggeratedly and looked around.
"Look, look!"
"Everywhere there are ribbons, everywhere there are flowers, everywhere there is joy!"
"How could it be dirty!"
The clown opened his eyes wide, as if he wanted to tear Ya Rou to pieces, and said viciously.
"Could it be that your eyes are broken, Miss? I think it would be nice to gouge out the robot's eyes and stuff them into your eye sockets."
"Who knows, maybe sparks will fly, hahaha!"
He held his stomach, smiling broadly as if he were telling a very funny joke, but his tone was full of threat.
"What about the other guests?" Ya Rou yawned casually and looked around.
Even from a witch's perspective, the furnishings here are exquisite and luxurious.
The only problem was that the place was empty, with only their table of guests.
"Or did you already throw it away like trash?" Ya Rou asked with a smile, resting her chin on her hand.
But it's clear she did it on purpose, deliberately provoking the Joker.
“Of course.” The Joker withdrew his hand, sat back down in his seat, and said matter-of-factly.
"How can someone who can't even climb onto the gambling table be called a guest? Don't you agree?"
The robot suddenly slammed its hand on the table, its mechanical eyes blazing with fury. It could no longer suppress its inner turmoil and anger, and began to hurl insults at the clown.
"No way! Casinos are set up to bring joy to people, not for gambling!"
"You're a madman! You've dragged everyone into this vortex from which there's no escape!"
The clown looked at the robot with pleasure and hummed as he spoke.
"Maybe so, but do you remember who chose me, and who joined me in sweeping you and your outdated ideas out the door?"
"Those guests you mentioned, oh, you like to call them family."
“Your family has abandoned you, old commander.”
The robot froze, its movements choked with painful memories, and murmured, "No, it's not like that, everyone..."
"Everyone hasn't abandoned me, hasn't abandoned the original Happy Casino!"
It seemed to be trying to convince itself, but the more it spoke, the more it felt the pain in its heart, and the familiar sense of powerlessness filled its heart again.
Although the robot has no beating heart, it only has strings of code.
But gradually, it became more and more determined. Although the sound was no longer as deafening as before, it was full of power.
The robot stared at the clown who seemed indifferent to the lives of those people, its steel body appearing to shimmer in the surrounding light.
"Even if everyone abandons me, the mission I was born for has never changed."
It seemed to be trying to force a smile, but screws kept falling from its eyes, and the mechanical sound could be faintly heard as a sob.
"I just want to bring joy to everyone. If being abandoned makes them happy, I am willing to be abandoned."
"But! If they lose consciousness and wait for someone to pull them back into this world, so what if they're abandoned?!"
"I will definitely bring joy to everyone again!"
"At worst, I'll save everyone and then go back to my corner all by myself!"
Jiang Kehan stroked the robot's head, comforting it with her body heat.
"You've been waiting for us, haven't you? Let us save everyone."
The clown remained indifferent as he listened to the robot's words. He glanced at the robot and chuckled.
"You think you can save others? You're a piece of trash who won't even fight back when you're being beaten. If you hadn't stuck to your ridiculous idea, you would still be one of us."
Xiao Ting tapped the table lightly, covered the two cards in front of her with her hand, and gestured for the Joker to look over.
"Clown, if you don't want to gamble, you can get lost."
"How could that be? We're just held up by the useless robots." The Joker nodded humbly and picked up his two cards.
"So, the customer knows the rules of blackjack, right?"
"Oh? Do you have any special rules here?" Xiao Ting asked in return.
Blackjack has simple rules. The goal is to get the total points of your hand as close to 21 as possible but not more than 21. You start by drawing two cards, and you can draw more later.
"Yes, there is." The clown smiled, feigning composure, but his expression clearly betrayed ill intent.
"A card can only be counted as 11 points, not 1 point."
He looked at Xiao Ting excitedly, his mouth stretching wider and wider until it almost covered half of his face.
"These are rules that can't be changed~"
The clown shrugged, his smile forcing his eyes to narrow. He didn't even need to look to know his cards—two Aces.
In other words, under this special rule, he has already lost.
"Tsk, looks like I'm having bad luck." Xiao Ting said with a bitter face, flipping over the cards in her hand, but the clown's smile slowly disappeared.
“Bull, two Aces,” she said.
There are four Aces in a deck of cards, and coincidentally, they are all drawn in the first round.
The clown slowly put down the cards in his hand and stared at the uninvited guest: "Me too."
"Continue!" He slammed his hand on the table, sweeping the cards to the ground, and took out a new deck from his pocket.
Jiang Kehan blinked; she saw clearly that Xiao Ting hadn't done anything.
But the other party seemed to have it all figured out.
"draw!"
"draw!"
"It's still a draw!"
The clown's smile vanished. He stared silently at the fourth deck of cards on the table, his lips twitching violently.
“It looks like we might need some special rules.” Xiao Ting shrugged, casually tossing away the cards in her hand and letting them fall to the ground.
"For example, removing an extra Ace."
The clown was already sweating. He stared intently at this completely unreasonable guest and suddenly began to wonder if the other party could control the card dealing machine.
The cards he dealt were specially made, and only he could freely exchange any card face up, such as swapping the 1 in his hand with the Ace in the deck. This is why he dared to let the other party deal the cards at first.
However, the Joker can only exchange cards; he cannot see what cards the opponent actually holds.
After all, he's the only one in fairy tales who can cheat; as long as he can guarantee he'll lose, that's fine.
This has led to the Joker being somewhat depressed.
He admitted that the second time it might have been an accident, but the third time he chose to exchange cards with Xiao Ting, and the other party still had two Aces.
Unbelievable!
"Let... let me deal the cards." The clown wiped the sweat from his forehead, and shakily took out another deck of cards, tearing up the Ace of Spades in front of Xiao Ting.
"Shall we begin?" he asked tentatively.
Xiao Ting laughed, leaned back in her chair, and nodded casually, a gesture that sent a chill down the clown's spine.
"let's start."
Chapter 228 Rotten Tomatoes
"But I want you to spread them out yourself, one for each person, that way there will be a surprise, right?"
Xiao Ting looked at the clown calmly, a smile playing on her lips. Combined with her pale face, she resembled a sharply defined ancient Greek stone sculpture, full of beauty.
But in the Joker's eyes, she was a hideous demon.
"Gulp." The clown's laugh was somewhat forced; he tried to dissuade Xiao Ting with words.
If the cards are simply turned over and revealed, or dealt one by one, how can he cheat?
"The guests want excitement, right? But dealing the cards like this..."
"Are you trying to refuse?" Xiao Ting didn't let the clown finish speaking, looking at him with disdain.
"If you, a coward, don't even trust the only gamble you have, then you're pathetic."
"Heh, you're no different from a robot." She said as if making a sigh, her tone calm yet sharp as a blade, completely severing the clown's flimsy psychological defenses.
With red eyes, the clown forced out hot words as if he were grinding his teeth to powder.
"The casino naturally listens to the customers, but we just hope they won't regret it."
The clown shrugged, but his eyes were fixed on the robot next to Xiao Ting.
The robot nearly went crazy after hearing Xiao Ting's words!
It knew better than anyone that the clown was being reprimanded because he was researching cheating techniques.
In an era where robots are the leaders, casinos are not guaranteed to lose; sometimes they can even win gifts from the guests.
These gifts don't need to be very valuable; even a simple blessing will suffice.
The happiness that Happy Casino spreads stems from the kindness and heartwarming stories between the casino and its guests.