134 episodes. It will be me who wins.
The qualifying round ended without any major surprises.
Most of them were passed by those who were evaluated as excellent in their skills.
If anything, it’s me.
It was noteworthy that Joe Roy and Raon Schettaon, who were at the top of the VVIP group, advanced to the finals with only the basic stack.
“Hahahaha, that’s great. How can you play so hot?”
It was the first word Yang Ah-gwan invited to dinner.
“I had to perform like that to turn the bad situation around.”
“I was truly impressed. Anyone can see that the position was Bang Won-ryang, and he must have put the teacher in a trap. But, after recruiting one to increase his strength, and then catch the other one as well.”
“If a person named Bang Won-ryang made a match like that, it would have been a really stupid thing. If it was one of them, it would have been difficult, but I had to assign two people who were close friends to the same table.”
“Uh-huh, you’re right. We can’t do it without cooperation that doesn’t lead to unity. Even though the teacher is young, he has a very deep heart.”
I feel very good.
It’s only natural that the player who replaced him got the most attention in the qualifiers.
“By the way, who is the representative over there?”
To my question, Moonjung Du replied with a slightly dark expression on her face.
“Ah, we also heard about it after the qualifiers. He’s a huge player, so there are some things that I’m a little concerned about.”
“Are you David Wolf?”
“That’s right. As you can see from the qualifiers, the play was simple but not shaky. He was a gambler reminiscent of a heavy rock.”
As he said, David Wolf played the longest round of each table in the qualifiers.
This, too, could be attributed to his play style.
In the beginning, he took a very passive operation with only calls, folds, and checks.
Even if you win, it is small, and if you lose, you do not lose much, and slowly solve the game.
“How did the teacher see it?”
Yang A-kwan’s question seemed to have the meaning of whether he could win.
“If he plays like he did today in the finals, I don’t think there will be any problems.”
“Like today? Do you have to attach a clue?”
“It looked like a warm-up to me. Would David Wolf fit that kind of expression, a simple and heavy gambler?”
“Hmm…”
“It is clear that he played with basic play, not his original style. Compared to horse racing, he won only with flat and canter without using wet walk.”
In my evaluation, Yang A-Kwan and Du Mun-Jung put on complicated expressions.
Even if it is not, David’s high reputation and the high evaluation I gave him seem uneasy.
“Nevertheless.”
I took a sip, took a sip, and continued.
“It will be me who wins.”
If David Wolfe was taught gamble by Gary Parker.
I got his two eyes.
***
‘The atmosphere is heavy for a place to eat.’
David seemed to pretend he had eaten at this place.
Lana, who was sitting next to her, seemed to feel the same way.
“Mr. Wolf, congratulations on making it to the finals.”
Bang Won-ryang said as he filled David’s glass himself.
“Your expression doesn’t look very good to say congratulations. What’s going on?”
“Your play today.”
“……?”
“Why did you do such a boring grind and not your original style?”
“Does grinding seem boring to you?”
“What’s the point if long, stinging silverfish-like play isn’t boring?”
“……”
“I’ve said it before. To show that the noble wolf is still alive. That’s the box office code for this contest.”
David took a deep drink and then put it down.
“So you want to interfere with my play?”
“It’s not about interfering, it’s about performing properly, just like you.”
“You don’t seem to know anything, but even when catching a rabbit, doing your best is what an animal does. It’s a useless waste of energy.”
“So? You won’t do it properly because your opponent is a rabbit?”
“It’s already enough. The best way to play is to react flexibly to the situation. You drank well.”
David stood up with Lana.
Then he left the room with a displeased expression.
“Yeah, I’m going to be sulky until the end, right?”
Bang Won-ryang gave instructions to the subordinate who entered the room by snapping his finger.
“I ask you to line up.”
***
“Are you okay?”
Lana asked with a slightly worried face.
“It’s not okay. It’s not polite to interfere with a gambler’s play.”
“No, other than that. That person named Bang Won-ryang is the triad boss.”
“Are you afraid of harming me?”
“You’ve noticed, it must have been something like a bet. And you didn’t play well in your qualifiers.”
“Well, there was a part where you chose to grind to shape that human, but do you think so too? I did it roughly?”
“no?”
“Well, I’ve been doing it for over 3 hours, so it’s not unreasonable to not know.”
David scratched his head and put his palm forward.
“What is it?”
“50%. Half and half. The number of times I called calls and folds.”
“……!”
“Does it make sense now? Almost everything I called has won. That alone is a 79% win rate.”
“Did you count them all?”
“You played the game for three hours. All that was left was time.”
Lana sighed briefly.
“Then that’s why I said that in there earlier.”
“I’m not good enough to give a kind answer to the guy who used me.”
“What if I do something to you without knowing it?”
David shook his head slightly.
“That person doesn’t know much about me, so I can’t do that.”
“What kind of confidence do you have against the Mafia?”
“Did we talk about it last time? When you said you wanted to meet the head of the SWM group.”
“……?”
“Your lover. Stanley Wu, the emperor of Macau, and his son and heir, Grens Wu, know him well. He knows that too. Touching Stanley Wu’s acquaintance in Macau? That’s no different than risking his life. Now I’m worried about how I’m going to hit that guy in the back of the head who made a deal without my knowledge.”
“Then I’m glad…!”
As soon as Lana finished speaking, she saw men in black suits appeared from the corner.
They were all wearing black masks.
“Mr. Wolf, and Miss Linderman.”
The words to call them came not from the men, but from the woman in the white mask that followed.
“Can you give me a moment, ho-ho?”
“Who are you? Are you doing this knowing we’ve been invited by SWM?”
“Yeah? Knowing that doesn’t seem to make much of a difference.”
“Do you think it’s safe to do something against SWM in Macau?”
“Ho-ho-ho, I wouldn’t be able to do this if I was scared of that.”
The masked men at her gestures immediately subdued David and Lana.
“Who made it?”
“Well. There’s only one thing I can tell you. Win and win.”
“You, you’re making a mistake. If you let me go even now, I’ll make it unheard of…”
– Perk.
The blow in the back of the head made David faint.
The voice of a woman wearing a mask could be heard through them.
“I’ll definitely win. If I want to see Miss Linderman again.”
David tried not to lose his mind until the very end, so he could hear her final voice.
“Trash. (Take him away.)”
***
As soon as David came to his senses, he ran to Bang Won-ryang.
Despite the act of grabbing the collar, he did not resist.
“You!? Tell me! Lana, where are you!?”
“Why are you doing this, Mr. Wolf. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
From the expression on his face, he could intuit that Bang Won-ryang was the culprit.
But there is no evidence.
The place where she was abducted was in the blind spot of CCTV, and the suspects could not be identified because the criminals even wore masks.
“I’ll definitely win the contest, so release her. That’s what you want!”
“Release me? I don’t know why you’re saying that all of a sudden. Mr. Wolf, are you drunk?”
“……”
David didn’t say anything as he looked at the amount of shichimi.
“Go back and prepare well for the finals. Sweetheart, you must have gone shopping somewhere.”
“If you get even a single scratch, you should be prepared.”
“Hahaha, well, it’s because I don’t know what you’re talking about. What do you really want our kids to do and find them?”
David clenched his fists violently and turned his back.
Even after leaving Bang Won-ryang’s office, he did not release his expression until he turned the corner without seeing the outside guards.
At the same time, the vigorous breathing quietly subsided.
‘I tried to stab him just in case because he was talking about winning, but he’s for sure. But who is that woman? When I saw the instructions in Japanese, I thought it was the Yakuza side…’
David thought the most powerful place was the Yakuza.
They may have been betting on him in an illegal gambling place, and above all, because the person who kidnapped him spoke Japanese.
However, the culprit was Bangwonyang.
‘Is the inspiration Stanley old? No matter how much influence 14K has grown, they are doing such daring things with the Japanese in Macau.’
Thinking like that made Stanley’s son, Grens, hateful too.
Perhaps all of this was due to the failure of his heir, Grens, to take over the throne properly.
So, in the current situation, I thought that a sure helper would be on the other side of Bang Won-ryang.
“Hello? Lucy, it’s me David.”
-What happen?
“You know what your representative said before.”
– I told you to forget that.
“Is that something to do with the triad? If not, you can just cut it off.”
– What’s going on?
David told me that Lana had been kidnapped and that Bang Won Liang was probably behind it.
“Help me, Lucy.”
– Forget it, so you’re stuck with it in the end, huh.
“You know, I can’t stand being used.”
-just a moment. I will tell the representative.
After a while, Lucy explained to him the conflict between the Triad factions.
-where are you now?
“Sheraton Hotel.”
-I’ll take a picture of your address, so can you come right over here? Shinui-an and Hwa-Hwa-do bosses are also here.
“Yeah? It’s all right. I’ll leave right now.”
David reached out for a passing taxi.
***
“I’m sorry for interrupting you while you’re eating.”
As soon as David appeared, he apologized and asked for our pardon.
“It’s okay, Mr. Wolf. Don’t mind, sit over here.”
Yang A-gwan suggested an empty seat.
As he sat down, Moonjung asked.
“I heard that the chief of staff did something terrible to you, is that true?”
“you’re right.”
“You heard the reason, but didn’t you know that you were really the representative of the Macao clan?”
“Not at all. If Mr. Jean hadn’t brought that up to me, I wouldn’t have even thought of thinking about it. It’s well known in the casino industry that I don’t touch cards on behalf of anyone.”
David drank the glass of water in front of him to see if he felt a stomach ache and then continued.
“But what deals are coming and going?”
“It’s always a prized nerve war within the organization. Taking this opportunity, lower factions express their support and reorganize their forces.”
“It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s an important event within the triad.”
“Well, that’s it for now.”
“14K, what do you think about the amount of radiation?”
“What do you mean what do you think?”
David asked with sharp eyes.
“If you get a chance, 14K, I’m asking if you have any plans to beat me.”