Tokyo Bay, the throat of the middle and eastern part of Honshu Island in Sakurano Prefecture.

In the past century, with the continuous rise in sea levels and a large number of artificial transformations, the shape and area of ​​Tokyo Bay have undergone great changes.

In 2136, the federal government approved the local government of Sakurano Prefecture to build artificial islands in the waters between the Miura Peninsula and Ito, and reclaim land at the southern end of Minamiya City. The project further extended the depth of Tokyo Bay. When the project was completed, a narrow and long continental wonder was born.

Today, people can depart from a luxury hotel in Tokyo Kotoku in the evening, take a cruise ship to sail out along the hinterland of Tokyo Bay, enjoy the nightly scenery on both sides of the strait in the gentle sea breeze, and enjoy the sunrise in the Pacific Ocean at dawn.

Of course, this fun...is expensive.

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On an autumn night, the bright moon is like a mirror.

A luxury cruise ship called the Four-leaf Crocodile set sail from Tokyo Bay.

In addition to security and service personnel, the ship can be said to be full of big people from all over the world; or... the descendants of big people.

From the son of the president of the Federal Oil Group in the Middle East, to the descendants of the well-known chaebol family in North America; from the eldest grandson of South American agricultural tycoons, to the celebrities in Western European counties.

Tonight's Four-Leaf Crocodile gathered the "elite class" of the three generations of the Federation, the Young and the Middle School. It is not an exaggeration to say that this ship carries the "Federal Future".

Among them, the highest-ranking one should be the son of Nobuichiro Arai, Ryunosuke Arai.

The real Ryunosuke Arai is a few years older than Ah Xiu, with a slightly fat body, and looks seventy-sixth-slightly similar to his father; in terms of personality... it is similar to the "fake Ryunosuke" played by Ah Xiu. He just likes to play. As long as he faces people who are interested, he doesn't have much airs. Of course... If someone really makes him angry, he will exercise the privileges in his hands without hesitation, making the other party pay a very painful price.

At this moment, Ryunosuke was sitting in his exclusive cabin, waiting for his partner to arrive with a bodyguard.

Because the organizers of the "highest game" have strictly stipulated that each guest is allowed to bring only three entourage members on the boat, and only one person is allowed to be a partner in the game, most people choose the configuration of two bodyguards and one professional gambler.

Ryunosuke is an exception. He only brought one bodyguard, while the other two were Shoka, who was a game partner, and Ah Xiu, who was both a consultant and a bodyguard.

Beep-

At 6:40 pm, more than an hour before the opening of "The Highest Game", the electronic door in Ryunosuke's cabin rang twice.

The bodyguard in the house took a step, and reached the door in three steps, and pressed the answer button of the communicator.

"It's me, A Xiu." A Xiu's voice came from it, "I brought Sakako."

Upon hearing this, the bodyguard turned around and looked at Ryunosuke. Seeing the latter nodded, he opened the door.

Outside the door, there are undoubtedly Ah Xiu and Suo.

Ah Xiu wore a black casual suit today, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, and her hair was combed in a slight combed.

He is still the decent man who looks around thirty years old, calm and reliable; but he is probably the only one who can tell whether this feeling is true or part of his "performance".

Shizuo looked much more eye-catching than Ah Xiu, at least a little more young-like. He was wearing a black shirt, a dark denim jacket on the outside, and a jeans on his lower body. I don’t know if it was intentional, but tonight he put a lot of hairspray on his short hair, and his hairstyle looked like Urai Yosuke.

"Hey? Why are you here?" As soon as the door was opened, Suo blurted out at the bodyguard brother in front of him.

The bodyguard obviously knew Suo, so he replied calmly: "Work." Then he turned sideways and let the two of them in.

The electronic door quickly closed on its own. Ryunosuke sat up from the sofa with great joy, walked to Satsuki and said, "Haha, Satsuki, I've seen you myself."

Before tonight, although Suzuki lived in a mansion of Ryunosuke for two weeks, Ryunosuke himself had never come to see him during this period.

The reason is not that the person involved doesn't want to see him, but that Ryunosuke really has no time.

Ryunosuke's father was one of the "Ten Cabinet Supporters" of the Federation. When his son came to attend such an inexplicable gathering of rich and powerful second generations, rumors would inevitably leak out. Noichiro Arai naturally had the attitude of not having more things than having more things. However, Ryunosuke was very enthusiastic and looked like he had to do it. So Noichiro Arai took out his politician's skills and used the "transaction" method to assign several "main business" to his son - that is, the kind of cumbersome official duties that have no technical content but can be used as a future political achievement, and used this as a prerequisite for Ryunosuke to participate in this "nonsense".

Therefore, as early as a month ago, Ryunosuke started to work on these official duties, so he also handed over the job of finding a "partner" to Ah Xiu. Until that morning, Ryunosuke had just finished his work and flew back to Sakurano Mansion on a private flight.

"Hello, Mr. Arai." Suzu was quite polite to this Madragon Nosuke, similar to his attitude before he saw through Ah Xiu's identity.

"I have heard of the name of the 'winner and loser'. I have watched all the videos of you killing the ghost servants in my villa. It's really worthy of being famous." Ryunosuke seemed very excited, and it was inevitable... Although he was keen on gambling, this was the first time he had come into contact with a master who was really mingling in that dark world.

"It's okay, I just packed up a few small characters." Suzu said, turning his head slightly, and Yu Guang turned to his back, "Mr. Arai, you are powerful, you can even get Hanazuka..."

The "Hanzuka" he mentioned refers to Ryunosuke's bodyguard.

This person's name is Huazhong Zaiu, who is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 150 kilograms. Although he has a very exaggerated weight, his appearance does not look fat, and he can't even be bloated. His whole body feels like a burly and sturdy.

The flower tomb has a face that is like a ghostly god-like worshipped in a temple. This face alone can scare the child to cry, or scare the child who has already cried to stop crying.

At the age of sixteen, Hanazuka became a cadre of the famous "Yuyu Group" of Huayue Town with his fists; since then, he has never lost.

Because he was responsible for the armed forces in the group, whether it was a one-on-one fight or a group fight, he fought with his own hands and bare hands... Over time, more and more people who did not know the name of Huazuka had been defeated by him, so they gave him a title - "Xuanxiao" (note, the pronunciation of "Xuanxiao" in Japanese is "Dry Fighting").

The so-called "two legends" of Huayue Town, one is the "winning and losing master", and the other is the "noisy master".

When he said this, he would stop to smoke from time to time, as if he was recalling and as if he was feeling.

"However, on the boy's 14th birthday, a miracle happened... His parents were freed on the same day, and they thought it was a rare opportunity and should celebrate it well, so they bought three tickets for cruises in Tokyo Bay and came here to see the night view together.

"That day, the boy saw the scenery in front of him for the first time. He felt that... this is the most beautiful place in the world, and the happiness of laughing with his parents at that moment was the happiest moment in his life."

At this point, Suo frowned again and took a deep breath of cigarette: "His idea... is half right." Two seconds later, he continued, "It turns out that day, his parents didn't happen to be free, but the day before, they happened to be laid off together.

"They were no longer able to bear the burden of life, nor did they want the boys to live on the streets and suffer, so... they sold all the valuable things in the family, plus the only savings, and bought the three boat tickets in order to allow their son to have a happy birthday like ordinary children, and to leave the best memories together.

“When I got home that night, after the boy went to bed, the couple turned on the gas switch and turned off the fire.

"Because of poverty, they were still using old gas sources; carbon monoxide quickly took their lives, but the boy... miraculously survived."

At this point, even if Suga's narrative ended, he did not say what happened later, but Ah Xiu roughly guessed it.

"Why do you have to tell me this?" After a while, A Xiu thought.

"I don't know either." Suzu had finished smoking the entire cigarette and threw it into the sea. "Maybe...I've drunk too much," he paused, "or maybe, it's because I think you are a person who can keep your mouth shut."

Ah Xiu didn't say anything else, but he knew there was another "maybe" that Saka didn't say.

Perhaps... over the years, Suzuki has not found anyone to talk about anything.

The world of gamblers is a prey of the weak, and intrigue and revealing their voices means showing flaws; only by carrying everything, burying all emotions in their hearts, and moving forward alone can the men who live in this world become "legends".

scold--

At this moment, the cabin door behind them opened.

Hanakazuka's figure, which was bigger than the hatch, squeezed out first. The man had just drunk the most wine, but looking at his cold expression and dark face, the alcohol seemed to be filtered by him in his throat, and it did not have any impact on him.
Chapter completed!