She had been drinking, and with the alcohol rushing to her head, she drunkenly shouted, "Meari, I want to gamble with you! I'm not trying to prove how amazing I am, I just want to prove myself and tell others that I will definitely earn back the money I lost!"
Meari wanted to refuse, but Ruribird Nadeshiko insisted, so Meari had no choice but to agree to her gambling request.
To avoid hurting feelings, Meari took out UNO cards. The stakes weren't high, only 10,000 Japanese Yen per round, which could only be considered small-stakes gambling for fun.
Ririka and Ikishima Midari found it interesting and raised their hands to join. Hanatemari Kazura followed suit, seeing that others had joined, she also raised her hand to join.
In the end, the girls didn't want Ayanokoji to be left out and forced him to join as well.
Since it was a party game, Ayanokoji didn't refuse and played along with them.
During the game, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka took the opportunity to test the new tool he had acquired.
Earlier today, he had used the Pinocchio Bracelet on Anna Kinomiya, putting it into cooldown.
But after midnight, the Pinocchio Bracelet reminded him that its lie detection function had been refreshed.
The bracelet refreshes at a fixed time, which Ayanokoji found quite convenient.
If used well, he could use the lie detection function twice in a single gambling session.
However... in school, there probably wouldn't be anyone who would gamble with him late at night, would there?
At the same time, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka also took the opportunity to test another ability—[Supercomputing Space].
Supercomputing Space was a reward obtained after completing Ikishima Midari's task.
Unlike external items like the Pinocchio Bracelet and the Dragonfly Captain Robot, the Supercomputing Space ability is a module integrated into the system.
Previously, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's system was very rudimentary, with only simple card pools, mailboxes, and a task system. Besides these, there were no other functions.
After acquiring Supercomputing Space, the system opened a new [Functions] interface, which currently only contains the Supercomputing Space ability.
[Supercomputing Space: Allows for rapid thinking, extending a second of time flow to several seconds.]
[Can be used ten times daily. Currently 10/10.]
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka initially thought he could enter a "witch time" state, where he could maintain normal speed and quickly attack enemies while others were in slow motion.
After testing the ability once, he quickly realized he had misunderstood.
The Supercomputing Space ability does not change the flow of time in the external world, but rather accelerates his own thinking, making it seem as if everything in the outside world has slowed down.
When watching magic tricks, one often makes incorrect judgments due to the magician's misdirection. But in this mode, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka gains the ability to extend the time in front of him to 0.5x speed, or 0.2x speed.
In gambling, he can extend his thinking and observation time, and also judge whether the opponent is cheating by observing their subtle movements and micro-expressions.
Like the Pinocchio Bracelet, the usage count of Supercomputing Space also refreshes at midnight the next day.
With the Pinocchio Bracelet and Supercomputing Space, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka no longer needed to rely solely on the guaranteed draw mechanism.
In this UNO game, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka used the Pinocchio Bracelet to extract information and Supercomputing Space to extend his thinking time, observing their subtle movements and micro-expressions to decide what cards to play and when to play them.
While these two tools were useful, their most important function was to enhance Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's observation skills. In an UNO game, luck is the most important factor.
Unfortunately, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka did not win the championship in the end. The champion was Ririka, and he narrowly defeated Meari to secure second place.
Third place was Saotome Meari, and fourth place was Ikishima Midari.
The one who lost the most miserably was still the young lady, Ruricho Nadeshiko.
Perhaps it was because she was overjoyed after finally getting the piano she had always dreamed of, or perhaps she was truly drunk from all the alcohol, but the person who boasted the most was also the one who lost the most miserably.
One game for ten thousand yen; if everyone hadn't held back and refrained from raising the stakes, she wouldn't have lost only three hundred thousand yen in one night.
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