Sorry, I don't play poker on luck

When we came to the gate of Hall 2, there was already a Humanoid Gundam waiting for Shili and others.

This figure is as tall as a black mech, with a tall figure, reaching 2 meters indistinctly.

But the limbs are slender, and the hands are very long, hanging above the knees.

In joints such as the inside of the elbow, fleshy tissue similar to muscle fibers can be seen.

This race looks very similar to the statue of the clanging knight in the city center.

Secretary He introduced that they belonged to a half-flesh, half-mechanical race.

Under the shell of the mecha, there are a certain proportion of flesh and blood organs mixed with mechanical circuits.

Standing behind, there are several people from different races wearing the same uniform, who should be the coach of this card hall.

Among them, there are two of the pure human race, five of the machine race, one of the energy race, and one of the beast-head race.

"Welcome, everyone from the Xiupai Pavilion."

"I'm the curator of the No. 2 pavilion, Nestea."

"You can call me Boss N."

The other party introduced himself like this.

He's the real boss, rich.

The project in hand is not just the No. 2 hall.

"Boss N, we meet again."

Secretary He held out his hand to the other party.

"Hi Secretary He, Xiu Wushuang still hasn't come this time."

Boss N took a look at the team in the show hall and was slightly disappointed.

It's been a long time since I haven't seen my old friend, but he still wants to ask for advice at the poker table.

Afterwards, Secretary He introduced other people to Boss N.

Shrem and Ah Qing were not among them, and they teamed up to play again.

"I heard that this coach, he defeated Curator Feng in Lanlan City some time ago."

Boss N's eyes lingered on Shi Li for a while longer.

He is also in Xiu Wushuang's circle of friends, and he has also heard of the name Curator Feng.

It is said that he is a player who is good at scene cards.

Being able to become the curator of a balanced card hall in a place like Lanlan City must not be weak.

"It's just a fluke, and we can only win one game."

Always tell the truth.

"You can't say that. Sometimes the outcome depends on only one round."

Boss N smiled, and then said: "If the time is right later, we can have a game."

"Don't worry, I don't know your deck."

It can be seen that he is still a little interested in Shi Li.

"no problem."

After trying the poker game with Curator Feng, Shi Li began to like the feeling of playing poker with unfamiliar senior players.

"You haven't eaten yet, this way please."

"Let's have dinner together first, and then start formal exchanges."

"By the way, I'll let you have a taste of our specialty delicacies in Jiaotong City."

After exchanging pleasantries, Boss N led everyone in.

Walking into the No. 2 hall, you can feel a strong sci-fi decoration style.

The walls are clad in silver-grey metal, giving it a solid and high-tech feel.

The indoor air is fresh, the temperature and humidity are constant, and the comfort is very high.

There is even a slight sense of weightlessness, and it is quite labor-saving to walk.

Every few steps, there is a light-emitting display screen, which shows various card games, or pictures related to cube cards.

Shi Li glanced at it casually, and found that the contents played were all dry goods.

Even if you just stand in this corridor and stare at the screen, you can learn a lot of knowledge.

Passing through this aisle is a fully automatic suspended escalator.

The slope of the escalator sloped slightly upwards, sending them to the floors above.

"Wow! So many people!"

Lan Pi stood on the escalator and looked down, and saw a floor as big as a square.

Blu-ray card tables are arranged on the first floor at appropriate intervals.

Basically, more than 80% of the poker tables are used.

One end of the card table is usually staffed by mechanical life forms, while the other end is a coach in a card hall uniform.

"The first floor is our regular student area. This time period happens to be the peak period, so there are more people."

Boss N introduced with a smile, with a hint of pride in his tone.

The top floor of No. 2 Pavilion is a small banquet hall, and the staff has already prepared the dinner here.

"Our mechanical clan doesn't have too high requirements for the temperature of food."

"But I know you all like warm food over there."

"So let's not waste time, let's chat while eating."

After everyone was seated, Boss N waved his hand: "Serve."

Someone else said, this is the special delicacy of the city.

Therefore, including Shi Li, the few newcomers to the show hall showed varying degrees of interest.

Only Secretary He showed a hesitant expression on his face.

Soon, dishes were served one after another.

Look at the arrangement and color, it's really attractive.

Even the smell evokes everyone's taste buds.

It is very fragrant, and there is an indescribable taste in it.

"In order to suit your taste, I specially asked the chef to prepare it to make the food more human-like."

"Every way is a hard dish, I hope you like it."

It must be admitted that he arranged very well, all the people who came to the show hall were pure humans or humanoids.

"Let's pour this glass away."

Boss N raised his wine glass while talking.

"?"

Hearing this, Shi Li was a little at a loss.

What kind of special wine table culture is this, pour out a glass first?

Or, just kidding?

The coaches of the show hall next to him also looked confused.

Everyone raised their wine glasses, whether it was poured or not poured.

"It's a toast."

Only Secretary He, who knew a little bit, was not surprised, and explained with a smile: "This is the tradition of Hall No. 2."

"On some important occasions, some formal words must be reversed."

"What Boss N means is that everyone has done this."

After hearing his explanation, everyone was relieved.

"I see."

Shi Li felt that this tradition was quite strange, and felt a bit similar to the style of Lan Pi's hometown.

I don't know if they will be happy if he goes up to give everyone the middle finger now.

Seeing everyone picking up their cups, Shi Li didn't do anything special.

Picking up the cup, I saw that it was a kind of carbonated drink with a color similar to cola, with small clear bubbles emerging.

Sniffing it, it has a sweet taste like Coke.

"My dear guests, let me do it first as a respect."

A big machine trainer directly broke off his metal sky cap and poured the drink into it.

Yes, it doesn't have a mouth, it can only eat through this way.

Then several other coaches in Hall 2 followed suit and drank up their cups.

Seeing that the two humanoids had done it, Shi Li felt that there should be no problem, so he took a deep sip.

This thing should not contain alcohol, after all, we will play cards later.

In terms of taste, it is really similar to Coke.

It's just... there is a lingering gasoline smell lingering on the tongue coating.

"What do you guys think, the gasoline-flavored Coke that we sell specially in the market."

"As far as I know, it really has gasoline in it."

Hearing what Boss N said, I didn't expect it was really Coke + gasoline.

"Hey...!"

A coach with a more sensitive physique at the Xiupai Pavilion covered his mouth on the spot when he heard this.

The smell of gasoline in the mouth is really unbearable.

"It's okay, just drink at ease."

Seeing the other party like this, Boss N waved his hand proudly again: "I have specially prepared a gastric lavage machine, and you can eat and drink openly tonight."

"..."

When Shi Li heard this, it was the first time he had doubts about the attitude of Hall 2.

This behavior does not seem to welcome them.

Are you sure it's the way to treat guests by letting them wash their stomachs?

The coaches of the other show halls also have roughly the same idea.

As a result, just after he finished complaining in his heart, he saw one of the No. 2 coaches with small horns on his head get up.

"Curator, I'm sorry."

I saw the man walking straight to the gastric lavage machine and lying down.

The staff waiting by the side skillfully inserted the pipeline of the gastric lavage machine into the coach's mouth.

Shi Li: "..."

Everyone: "..."xN

Well, even their own people are like this.

It seems that this is really how other people treat guests.

It can only be said that each cultural circle has its own characteristics.

"I'm ready! Come, come! Drink again!"

After the stomach washing, the coach returned to the table as if he was revived.

"Deputy Director, I also feel a little uncomfortable."

It was the coach next to Lan Pi who approached him and asked, "Why don't we both go wash up too?"

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Lan Pi just rolled his eyes at the other party, endured the discomfort in the esophagus and said: "Eat the food first, and then do a gastric lavage later, wouldn't it be easier?"

"What you said makes sense."

The coach hastily raised his middle finger.

"... If you feel unwell, you can just stop eating."

When I stood by, I almost couldn't listen anymore.

"Everyone, please put down the tableware and go to the table!"

At this time, Boss N greeted him loudly.

Shi Li didn't react immediately, what the other party said was ironic.

But this time he learned his lesson and didn't move immediately.

Instead, he looked at Lan Pi next to him, watching him pick up a plump fried squid ring with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

Boom!

"Ouch!"

As a result, in the next second, he saw white particles popping out of Lan Pi's mouth, which seemed to be the corner of a tooth.

Then he opened his mouth with an ugly face and spat out, and the fried squid rings fell on the table.

"Good guy."

When I took a look, I realized that it wasn't fried squid rings at all.

It's a nut wrapped in a layer of fried clothes!

"Why are you in a hurry?"

Seeing Lan Pi's funny appearance, Secretary He cast a contemptuous look, and picked up a piece of fried nut to demonstrate: "This stuff, you don't eat like that."

As he spoke, he sucked and sucked with his mouth, and then spit it out.

bang.

A clean nut fell out.

"When you come here, you have to eat slowly and focus on inhalation."

"Don't ask me how I know."

His new porcelain teeth seemed to sparkle as he spoke.

"It seems that the people in the balanced area have bad teeth."

The coach Xiaojiao looked at Lanpi with a simple and honest smile.

Then he took a piece of fried nut and ate it.

For a moment, he could only hear a clicking sound in his mouth.

This Xiaojiao coach seems to have iron teeth and copper teeth.

Seeing this scene, Lan Pi felt that he couldn't lose the momentum of the show hall and the balance area, so he picked up another fried nut.

"Okay, why are you competing with others?"

Shi Li stopped the other party and dissuaded him: "This one is not a normal human at first sight, okay?"

"Curator, I'm sorry."

As a result, the coach Xiaojiao, who had just swallowed the nut, stood up again after he finished speaking, and walked to the gastric lavage machine tray.

"Good guy, it seems that he is just out of his mind."

Shi Li finally couldn't help but open his mouth to complain.

What is the background of this coach? It's just ruthless, right?

So after a meal, the food at Xiu Pai Guan was not very comfortable.

The table dishes prepared by Boss N, as he himself said, are all genuine hard dishes.

A group of people can only imitate the experienced Secretary He, suck, lick, and taste the salt.

After a meal, I was actually quite hungry.

"There are also fruits after dinner, please feel welcome."

Then, the staff presented the fruit again.

Just when everyone thought it was some kind of metal product, they found that they were all real tropical fruits.

The hungry people in the show hall were so moved that they wanted to cry, so they all let go and ate.

Seeing their appetite performance that was completely different from just now, the coaches of the mechanical team next to them started whispering.

"Look, I told you that the humans in the Balance Region love to eat fruit the most."

"I didn't expect that bonsai can be eaten with relish."

"Last time I tried a piece of that, watermelon, and my throat was rusted for two weeks."

After waiting for everyone in the show hall to be full, Boss N asked someone to clear the table.

"Secretary He, let's have a brief exchange tonight, how about it?"

"Anyway, it's just an exchange meeting, so there's no need to get serious."

"It's enough to play 6+1, the main purpose is to learn."

"After the exchange later, I'll take you to my club."

"Is this arrangement possible?"

He said so.

"No problem, everything is arranged by Boss N."

Secretary He nodded.

So he discussed with Boss N and finalized the arrangement for tonight's game.

Each side sends a player to play for a total of 5 rounds.

Secretary He was not involved.

This exchange is not just for the city competition.

It is also to promote the friendship between the two card halls, and to learn the card roads of their respective regions.

On the show hall, only Shi Li is a participant in this city competition.

More precisely, pre-participants.

Because he hasn't really got the quota yet.

As for Hall 2, there are two of them.

They have already won the main match places in the city competition.

One is a big player with a metal sky cover that can be lifted.

One is another human trainer besides Little Horn's trainer.

Female, wearing glasses.

When I announced my name, I immediately forgot what the other party's name was, so let's call it Head Lifting Coach and Glasses Coach.

In the first game of the duel, Blue Pi faced the glasses coach.

In the middle is the PK of their respective coaches, and in the last match, it will be against the head coach.

Basically, it can be said that the strongest and second strongest on both sides will face off against each other in the first and last games.

Coach Lanpi and Glasses didn't set up a barrier, and just spread out the poker table and started working.

At this time, Shi Li was sitting next to Secretary He, and the people in the No. 2 card hall were sitting opposite.

"Which side do you like in this round?"

While waiting for the two sides to place their cards, Shi Li asked Secretary He.

In fact, he is quite optimistic about the blue skin.

After all, although this guy is a bit flattering and snobbish, his middle finger is a bit of an eyesore.

But being able to be the head coach of a card gym (formerly) is still very capable.

What's more, this is still a show hall.

The show card hall has a bit high requirements for the coaches. When he has the opportunity, he has observed some coaches in other card halls.

To be honest, the average level of the coaching staff in the show hall is half to one grade higher than the coaches outside.

The level here includes both card skills and decks.

As a blue skin above this average level, its strength can be imagined.

"Leave that alone."

But Secretary He looked at Shi Li and avoided the subject: "I need to give you a task for this exchange meeting."

"oh?"

It's rare for Shi Li to see the other party being so formal.

"In the exchange meeting in the next few days, you can't lose a game."

Secretary He said so.

"no problem."

Shi Li shrugged his shoulders, thinking it was some great task.

The quality of the exchange meeting is more important than the number of games.

Looking at this posture, he estimated that in the past few days, he would only play 1 or 2 games with each of the coaches on the opposite side, and the exchange meeting was all over.

And it's a 6+1 game again, so it's not just playing with a random deck of cards and changing tricks.

"But there is one more premise."

As a result, Secretary He added at this time: "You can't play the kung fu deck."

"Huh? Why."

This request caught Shi Li by surprise.

My strongest is the kung fu deck, if I don't allow it, I still want to win it all...

This is hard to say.

"Don't ask why, I have my own arrangements."

When Secretary He said this, he looked at Boss N: "When I let you use it, you can use it again."

"Okay, then I'll try."

Shi Li really wanted to say a riddle, people get out of the city.

But secretary he would never cheat himself.

So, go ahead and give it a try.

While the two were talking, the poker table over there had already started.

The three first row cards that Lan Pi offered were a set of orc cards.

Orc cards are mostly berserk cards.

These three first row cards are also violent cards for attacking strong and defending weak.

It seems that what he intends to adopt is a set of aggressive tactics.

At the cost of self-damage, it will cause a greater price to the other party.

The kind that hurts five hundred and kills one thousand enemies.

As for the three first-line cards of the glasses coach, it is very confusing.

All three are mechanical cards, and similar to the blue skin, they are three wisdom cards.

Wisdom cards also mostly take the path of attacking at the beginning.

It seems that the two sides want to go together. The first exchange match between the two card halls is going to be the first to win.

Take a nice, hearty victory.

When the two sides attack each other violently, the cards will be quite tragic.

At the end of the first round alone, Blue Leather and Coach Glasses each lost two cards.

Two cards, that's a total of 200 health points.

That is to say, the first line of cards of both sides has a very strong burst output, and it also shows that neither side intends to take a defensive position.

"It seems that both sides are losing 2 cards each, but the blue side has a slight advantage."

Shi Li also acted as a void commentator for a while based on the real-time cards.

It's just that after only the second round of the game, he found that he seemed to be helping Lanpi to plant the flag.

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