Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust Page #4

Stay calm. I can't read his intentions.

Don't make any hasty moves.

This man is testing me.

To see whether or not

I'll play his game.

Stop what you're doing.

Please trust me.

I do. That's why I'm asking you

to please trust me.

Balot!

Do I look like

I'm that easy to kill?

You're a formidable opponent.

We probably wouldn't find anything

even if we searched your body.

There might not have been

anything to begin with.

In any case, you took off your gloves

of your own accord.

Neither I nor the casino

forced you to do so.

No.

When I say you're a formidable opponent,

I mean that you don't run or hide.

Hit.

Stay.

Player loses.

Oeufcocque, do you read me?

I still seem to be able to transmit.

What are you up to?

I'm sorry. I just thought

that I had to do it.

I have a favor to ask.

Do you mind?

If it's in my power.

Add the numbers to my senses.

Not the count?

That's too narrow.

Something's bothering me,

something besides the numbers.

I want to know what it is.

Understood. I'll have the numbers

reflect your visualization as best I can.

Manipulate them however you like.

Thank you.

Sure thing, Partner.

Player busts.

Player busts.

Player busts.

They're like birds flying...

Excuse me?

Player busts.

It's pointy, so I want

to round it off.

Hit.

It's incredibly pointy.

Still, hit me.

It's getting pointier

and pointier.

Hit.

Hit.

Hit.

Stay.

A draw...

Do you know why I am looking forward

to this next card?

If it's a king, you lose.

Especially if it's a spade.

All that card plucking

would be for nothing.

You saw through my shuffle?

No. But the cards have been in

your favor this whole time.

Not very many, it seems.

I don't need to win much.

I want to bet on clubs.

They're going to be on my side.

Understood.

Hit.

Hit.

Stay.

You won!

Congratulations.

Next hand.

Hit.

Hit.

Stay.

She did it!

Did you see that? Say what

you like about this girl,

...but she knows what

it means to endure.

Bell Wing... And here I thought

that you were on MY side.

It's no fun if the game

is over quickly.

There's just one thing

that I want you to remember.

That thing I blurted out and tried to

teach you even if you already knew it.

About being ladylike?

Right. Be the person you ought to be.

Be who you're meant to be.

Otherwise, you'll never be

able to talk to the cards.

If you can't talk to the cards, you'll never

be able to beat this man. Right?

Right.

That's better. You're far more

beautiful now than before.

Thank you, Bell Wing.

I should have asked

someone else...

It's hard to believe...

You're beginning

to understand luck.

I've spent my whole life trying to do so,

and you've done it in a mere hour.

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