episode_0354

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The Hu Tianan that Wei Shulian saw was a person with rich emotions.

Ho Cheon-an at the gambling table also belonged to the emotionally rich side. Because Ho Cheon-an was the type to reveal his emotions rather than hide them.

However, Wei Seo-ryeon had never felt the liveliness of Ho Cheon-an’s emotions while standing at the gambling table.

This was because Ho Cheon-an’s appearance at the gambling table was a thoroughly calculated pretense.

It was just an act of his usual self in order to hide his cold-hearted self.

“After.”

I thought that all the emotions that Ho Cheon-an showed at the gambling table were fake, but I thought that the sigh that Ho Cheon-an let out today was a real emotion.

‘The mask is broken.’

Wi Ji-cheon’s first move was so fatal that even Ho Cheon-an felt embarrassed inside.

Wei Seo-ryeon recalled Jeon Il, who had been teaching her gambling skills for the past two weeks.

The transfer was a gambler.

And at the same time, he was a warrior of the Heavenly Demon Church.

While learning skills from Jeon Ip, Wi Seo-ryeon was able to indirectly feel how difficult it was for the words gambler and martial artist to coexist.

Gambling companies and gamblers want to exclude unmanned players from the game.

How can gamblers like unmanned people?

Aren’t they just people who can crush the skills they have worked so hard to acquire simply by citing their overwhelming difference in physical prowess?

It would be difficult to understand if gambling was an open competition of skill, but the key to gambling skill is not to be detected.

Did the guys called Muin use their energy to gamble or not? And there is no way to know whether such results were achieved through technology or simply through physical ability.

However, it cannot be questioned because of the difference in power.

What about unmanned?

Most martial artists disparage gambling skills.

If you use your body and energy that you have honed on a daily basis, you can easily see through your opponent’s skills or deceive them.

Moreover, since professional gamblers are less likely to like high-level uninhabited people, would they look favorably on uninhabited island gamblers?

The words gambler and warrior were not easy to match.

‘So you must have lived a life completely separating yourself as a gambler and yourself as a warrior.’

but.

An unmanned Hocheonan is also a Hocheonan.

Ho Cheon-an, the gambler, was also Ho Cheon-an.

Depending on the place and situation, one of the two sides may stand out.

Even if you were standing at the gambling table, the unmanned Hocheonan did not disappear.

Wi Ji-cheon’s move.

The gambling skills of the underground gambling hall taught by Jeon Ip brought out both sides of Hocheon-an that had never been compatible.

Not Hocheonan, which is a gambler, or Hocheonan, which is an unmanned person.

Ho Cheon-an, a gambler and warrior, was brought to the table.

A warrior and a gambler. The better you separate the two aspects, the more fatal the technique taught by Jeon Ip becomes.

The better you separate the two aspects, the more unfamiliar it will be when both aspects are brought out at the same time.

And that unfamiliarity leads to gaps that even the person himself is unaware of, and those gaps soon lead to fatal blows.

Like right now.

“Then I will mix the glasses again.”

Wei Shulian thought as he watched Wei Jichen’s hands move once again.

Wi Ji-cheon’s strategy was simple.

Short-term decisive battle!

Without giving Ho Cheon-an a chance to come to his senses, he rushes in like a storm.

Suddenly, Wei Seo-ryeon felt that the situation that Hu Cheon-an was currently facing was paradoxical.

The sparring between Wei Seo-ryeon and Ho Cheon-an takes place every week.

This was because in that sparring, Ho Cheon-an was always on the offensive side.

Ho Cheon-an uses thunderbolts and goes on the offensive with explosive power, engaging in a short-term decisive battle.

In the gambling world, Ho Cheon-an was caught off guard by Wi Ji-cheon and found himself in a position of receiving a short-term decisive attack.

Wei Shulian looked at the board with curious eyes.

‘I’m curious about your ability to endure.’

Now, what are Hocheonan’s defensive skills like?

With Wi Seo-ryeon’s smile, Wi Ji-cheon’s gambling skills began to unfold, attacking Ho Cheon-an, who was caught off guard.

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The second edition has begun.

And again, snow fell from the board.

It was the moment when the dice in the left glass were moved to the center.

Kang Hwan appeared next to the glass on the left.

Kang Hwan!

Yes, that Kang-hwan.

It is a symbol of an absolute state that can only be used by those who have achieved the state of the wise, and cannot be coveted even in the dreams of all warriors.

No, when Kang Hwan appears like that, how can you not roll your eyes?

Kang Hwan appears on the left side of the left glass.

widely.

If you were to play Yabawi with four glasses, the Yabawi ended while you were distracted by Kang Hwan who appeared exactly where the fourth glass would have been.

I was dumbfounded and looked at Wijicheon.

Are you throwing Kang Hwan as bait at the gambling table?

I looked at Wi Ji-cheon with bewilderment, but as always, all I could see was calm eyes with no clue to his true intentions.

I had no choice but to return my gaze to the glass.

Is it the center cup or the right cup?

Since I lost the cup I was chasing, I had no choice but to guess Wei Ji-cheon’s state of mind.

What is Wi Ji-cheon’s psychology when he throws the game?

The first time my eyes fell off was when the dice moved to the center glass. In other words, in order for the dice to move to the right in that situation, Wijicheon had to perform one technique.

It was correct to interpret the dice on the right as meaning that Wi Ji-cheon would actively try a technique against me.

On the other hand, leaving the dice in the center glass could be interpreted as an intention to play psychological warfare on me.

I put my hand on the right glass at the end of the cup.

If I wanted to place the dice in the center when my eyes returned, I would have just stopped my hand, but I had to use a skill to place it on the right.

Wi Ji-cheon was currently a gambling mite full of motivation and at the same time a heavenly horse.

There would be a desire to demonstrate skills in actual combat, and considering Cheonma’s temperament of not shying away from challenges, there was a high possibility that he would have chosen the right cup, which required more playing with his hands.

Also, by checking the cup on the right, you could get clues to use in future matches.

When my eyes fall out, does Wi Ji-cheon have the ability to succeed with his technique against me?

When I opened the glass, I could see if there were any dice.

Of course, if the dice are in the center, it’s a mess.

Well, I said it in a grandiose way, saying it was a clue to psychological analysis, but all of those things are just ingredients to win the game.

So, the only thing that mattered was to score points.

Come score!

“Hoo.”

Wei Seo-ryeon lightly let out an exclamation.

This was because there were dice in the glass on the right.

Witch Chen said with an amused smile.

“This makes it 1 to 1.”

“…Yes.”

I took a deep breath and calmed myself down, but the story was actually quite vague.

This is the first time I have experienced a situation where the instincts of a warrior come out at a gambling table.

In the first place, the act of gambling itself was based on excluding martial arts as much as possible.

While I was thinking about it, the third round started.

This time, the police were mobilized.

Not only did it obstruct my vision like a smokescreen, but it also played the role of distracting my nerves by cleverly moving at the moment the glasses intersected.

Looking at that, I clearly accepted the current situation.

Watching the use of the Black Dragon, which complements the weaknesses and strengthens the strengths of the technique by mixing glasses, felt like this too was a technique.

It would be more appropriate to call it martial arts gambling.

In fact, strictly speaking, the martial arts gambling technique that Wi Ji-cheon was currently practicing could not be considered a gambling technique.

The art of gambling is a battle of who is better at fouling.

In other words, it is assumed that even if you commit a foul, you do so without being caught.

In that sense, the trick that Wi Ji-cheon was currently unfolding could not be considered a gambling trick.

Even if you deceived the other person, the evidence remains clear.

However, aren’t rules something that can be changed through agreement?

In a match between me and Cheonma, it is Cheonma who sets the rules, so it should be acknowledged that the martial arts gambling that Cheonma is currently using is Cheonma’s own way of competing using Cheonma’s assets.

After acknowledging the Cheonma’s martial arts gambling skills, my mind became clearer.

“Center.”

“Wrong.”

However, apart from my clear head, I earned one loss.

It was because I couldn’t control my eyes that instinctively chased energy.

In the next edition, there was a mistake made by Cheonma.

It was a kind of proficiency issue.

Because I had to handle both my hands and energy delicately, a big gap appeared in the unfamiliar hand techniques.

Just like that, another round passed.

In a 2 vs 2 situation, Cheonma once again succeeded in his technique, making it a 2 vs 3 situation. Although he could not see through Cheonma’s technique, he somehow read the psychological warfare and created a 3 vs 3 situation.

And the moment it becomes three to three.

I still couldn’t overcome my unmanned instinct and my gaze was averted.

I was confident of my victory.

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A battle between Ho Cheon-an and Wi Ji-cheon.

A three-on-three situation.

Wi Ji-cheon thought as he looked at Ho Cheon-an’s stable appearance.

‘Suddenly the momentum stabilized.’

So far, Ho Cheon-an has been defeated by Wi Ji-cheon’s techniques in all six rounds.

Although Ho Cheon-an matched the glass through psychological warfare and became a three-on-three situation, it was a situation in which victory could not be assured through psychological warfare alone.

I don’t think we’ve found a way to destroy it, so is there any reason for the momentum to suddenly stabilize?

Is this just bravado?

Or is this confidence really grounded?

Wi Ji-cheon had a hunch that this game would be the turning point between victory and defeat.

Therefore, Wi Ji-cheon decided to take advantage of the game a little early.

Sssseu!

Black dragon energy poured down from Wei Ji-tian’s entire body.

A high-density steel ring that covers the entire plate like a shield!

It was literally blocking the source of vision.

Maintaining that state, Wi Ji-cheon continued to play with his hands.

I took my time and took the time to mix it, in contrast to what I’ve done up to now, which has been distracting and has been mixed once or twice at best.

Paaaat!

After the steel ring surrounding the entire plate was released, Wi Ji-cheon had already taken his hand off the glass.

Wei Ji-cheon nodded inwardly with satisfaction.

No matter how much you think about it, it was a perfect move.

The time to use the martial artist’s instinct to steal Ho Cheon-an’s attention was literally only a moment. Therefore, the skills that could be developed using that fleeting moment were limited.

What can fill that gap is a simple technique.

Or maybe twice when a big gap is revealed.

Therefore, Ho Cheon-an was able to score points through guessing even if the attention was away from the cup.

Because it was a predictable line.

But the current situation is completely different.

It was truly an unpredictable match, as he freely used the techniques he had learned with time to spare, with his vision blocked.

It’s truly a game-winner.

‘For this attack, even you will have no choice but to rely on luck.’

The probability of choosing the correct answer through luck is only 1/3.

Wei Ji-cheon looked at Hao Cheon-an, confident of victory this time.

And Ho Cheon-an didn’t even make eye contact with Wi Ji-cheon, but moved his hand straight toward the glass.

The cup in the center.

The moment Ho Cheon-an’s hand touched the cup in the center, Wi Ji-cheon couldn’t help but show some agitation on his face.

Because the glass in the center contained dice.

A deep question arose within Wi Ji-cheon.

how?

Ho Cheon-an chose the center cup without the slightest hesitation.

It was a movement that could not have been seen unless one was sure that there was a die in the center.

“I will go again.”

“Yes.”

Therefore, Wi Ji-cheon made the same move once again.

Surrounding the entire gambling board with steel rings so dense that the inside could not be seen was a costly move for Cheonma Wijicheon, but as it was a turning point in the game, Cheonma once again erected a shield with steel rings.

After erecting such a shield, Wi Ji-cheon unleashed his cruelty once again.

Ssssuk.

Wi Ji-cheon, who had spent enough time developing his skills, only canceled the Kang Hwan after he had completely removed his hand from the glass.

This time, Ho Cheon-an grabbed the left glass without hesitation.

“I won.”

With the declaration of victory, Ho Cheon-an knocked down the glass.

The left glass contained dice.

“How did you see through it?”

Wi Ji-cheon was genuinely curious and asked.

Hocheonan’s eyes would not have been able to see through the dense Kanghwan. Nevertheless, Ho Cheon-an chose the glass with confidence.

Where did that confidence come from?

“I could not see through the veil that the Heavenly Demon had unfolded.”

After hearing Ho Cheon-an’s answer, Wi Ji-cheon became even more curious.

“Then how did you detect my cup? Didn’t you choose the glass with confidence?”

“Yes, I did. However, I was not able to properly understand not only Heavenly Demon’s Kang Hwan, but also the martial arts gambling techniques that were displayed before.”

Ho Cheon-an calmly confessed that he had not been able to see through Wi Ji-cheon’s skills.

The Heavenly Demon Wijicheon made a decision and stimulated the martial instincts of Hocheonan, so Hocheonan, who was at the peak of his powers, had no way to come up with a countermeasure in a short period of time.

However, Ho Cheon-an won against Wi Ji-cheon.

A victory achieved through skill, not a fluke based on luck.

“But at the end of the sixth round, I was confident of victory.”

Ho Cheon-an revealed the secret of his victory.

“After watching six rounds, I figured out all the Yabawi techniques that Heavenly Demon can use.”

“…!”

“It didn’t matter even if I had to remove my eye from the board with martial arts gambling. Even though I couldn’t see it with my eyes, I could picture in my mind how the Heavenly Demon would unfold his evil actions.”

Ho Cheon-an grabbed the dice and started playing the game.

Wi Ji-cheon’s eyes widened slightly as he saw Ho Cheon-an like that.

Yabawi played by Hocheonan right now.

Because that Yabawi was completely identical to Wijicheon’s Yabawi, which was unfolded in the last edition, when Kang Hwan’s curtain was unfolded.

Only then did Wi Ji-cheon realize his mistake.

“You forgot the essence.”

The essence of gambling technology was to deceive the opponent.

However, Wei Ji-tian was so obsessed with using his martial arts skills to blind Hu Tian-an that he forgot its true nature.

“Blocking your eyes was just one step to deceive you, but I was so obsessed with that that I overlooked everything else.”

Wi Ji-cheon succeeded in blinding Ho Cheon-an by using martial arts gambling techniques, but he was unable to hide the skill that would unfold within it.

Six editions.

This was because he exposed his skills to Ho Cheon-an throughout the six rounds, except for the moment when he deceived Ho Cheon-an’s eyes.

Ho Cheon-an nodded silently.

“Cheonma found out that I am a warrior and a gambler.”

As Ho Cheon-an continued, Wi Ji-cheon felt as if he had been punched in the back of the head.

“However, it seems that Heavenly Demon also overlooked the fact that he was both a warrior and a gambler.”

Ho Cheon-an was in trouble because he completely separated himself as a gambler and as a warrior.

So what about Cheonma Wijicheon?

Wi Ji-cheon revealed his weakness by not being able to properly distinguish between himself as a novice gambler and himself as a warrior.

He put too much emphasis on himself as a warrior at the gambling table and failed to take proper care of himself as a gambler.

Cheonma burst out laughing when he picked it up.

“I made a mistake. So I lost.”

Isn’t it a truly absurd mistake to aim for the other person’s weaknesses but fail to reflect on one’s own weaknesses?

“In essence, gambling is learned by losing.”

“Haha, hahahahaha!”

Wi Ji-cheon burst out laughing at Ho Cheon-an’s unusual answer.

Who would dare tell the Heavenly Demon to take defeat as a lesson and become stronger?

It was something even a novice gambler Wi Ji-cheon could hear.

Wi Ji-cheon thought.

If I hadn’t tried to climb the mountain called gambling, would I have heard the same words as I did now? And was it possible to feel the same joy as now?

‘Probably not.’

And I would never have been able to feel the joy of challenging someone like I do now.

“I lost today.”

After laughing endlessly, Wi Ji-cheon looked at Ho Cheon-an and said.

“I will take today’s defeat as a lesson and try again.”

“Yes.”

Ho Cheon-an answered calmly, and Wei Ji-cheon smiled at the corner of his mouth. And Wei Seo-ryeon, who was looking at Yu Chi-cheon and Ho Cheon-an, also smiled slightly.

This was the result of one day when novice gambler Wi Ji-cheon challenged Tao Shin Ho Cheon-an.