The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 504: Gambling (13)

"Tsk~" Chigui's face, which had been smiling the whole time, finally fell. In fact, he didn't care much about the outcome of this round, but his strategies had not worked in two consecutive rounds. Instead, he was taken advantage of by his opponent, which really made him feel unhappy.

Obviously, he had picked the most unlucky guy this time, and placed two machines that increased the probability of winning, and even guaranteed a minimum prize when the probability reached a certain level. In the end, the guy was about to win, but he didn't expect that the guy could absorb the unlucky guy's bad luck, allowing the unlucky guy to win the first prize directly, and finally become a Buddha...

Although I won, it felt much worse than losing.

On the other side, Terao Yu, who lost, returned to the stands triumphantly, took out bandages and potions to bandage his wounds, and said, "Well, this is my strength. I lose as soon as I say I lose. There is absolutely no way I can win even a little bit."

"Although this sounds strange, it's very powerful!" King Kong nodded.

Gui Teng Long Guang said: "In this case, we have obtained the right to choose the project of the general battle, right?"

He looked at Ashiya Kisuke standing not far ahead and asked curiously, "I wonder what kind of project Ashiya-sama will choose? Do you know, Mr. Hoshiba?"

Xingba Rang shrugged: "I don't know, the old man hasn't told anyone yet."

Ashiya Yoshisuke had been standing in front of the stands in silence. At this moment, he finally spoke:

"So, we lost this round. According to the rules, the right to choose the event for the general battle falls to us, right?"

The red ghost said with an unhappy face: "That's right~ Hurry up and choose, old man. By the way, judging from your appearance, do you know how to gamble?"

Ashiya Yoshisuke said, "If you mean the items in your casino, to be honest, I'm not good at any of them. After all, I rarely participate in gambling with others in my life, let alone these new things. I have never seen many of the ways to play. However... In Japan, there is a traditional gambling game that is known to everyone in the world. Even I have played it."

"Traditional gambling games?" asked the red ghost. "What is it? Pachinko? Poker? Mahjong? Or Hana cards?"

"No, it's an even older game." Ashiya Yoshisuke said, "In ancient times, Emperor Shirakawa once mentioned the [Three Unsatisfactory Things in the World]: the water of the Kamo River, the wizards in the mountains, and..."

"A bet of double six." Chigui said.

Of course he knew about Sugoroku, which is also called Backgammon. It is a game that is a mixture of chess and dice and was once introduced to China from India and then to Japan. After it was introduced to Japan, it has undergone many evolutions and the rules have been simplified in modern times. It has gradually evolved into a chess game similar to Monopoly.

The simplest way to play is to let the player roll the dice and use the points to decide how many squares the chess piece moves to. There are some unexpected events on each square, which may be good, bad, or nothing. The person who reaches the finish line first is the winner.

"Souroku?" Chigui said, "Of course I know this game! So this is the game you chose? But with your level, it must not be an ordinary Sugoroku, right? Otherwise, it would be too much of a joke."

Ashiya Yoshisuke stretched out his hand, and a paper shikigami came from the side and handed over a lacquered wooden box covered with talismans, and took it into Ashiya Yoshisuke's hands with both hands.

Then, Yoshisuke Ashiya gently tore open the talisman that sealed the entrance to the box, and an evil thought as tangible as a substance gushed out of the box. The exorcists all felt this powerful evil thought, and their faces suddenly changed. Their intuition was giving them a strong warning, warning them that there was nothing good in the box.

In the lacquered wooden box, a yellowed cloth lay quietly inside, and on top of it was an old dice. It looked very ordinary, but no one dared to underestimate the contents. Ashiya Yoshisuke said, "This is the project I want to work on. It is a cursed item made by an ancestor of the Ashiya family - [Hell Map] Sugoroku. The purpose of making it was to gamble with hostile Onmyojis... It just fits the current situation, doesn't it?"

"Hey, hey, hey~ Are you kidding me?" said the red ghost. "I can tell there's something fishy going on here! Can anyone prove that you can't cheat with this Sogoroku?"

Ashiya Yoshisuke said calmly: "Since you have doubts, why not check it out."

A light-weight shikigami took the lacquered wooden box from Ashiya Yoshisuke and handed it to the red demon.

The red ghost took the lacquered wooden box with a frown, then scratched his head. From the appearance, apart from the huge evil thought emanating from the box when it was first opened, it now seemed that there was only a simple piece of cloth and two old and yellowed dice in the box. There was nothing special about it.

Since it was Sogo, he had to take a look at what was on the chessboard. He reached out to the cloth in the lacquered wooden box, wanting to pick it up and check.

But when he just touched the cloth, the evil thoughts that had condensed into a substance reappeared! The evil thoughts went along his arm and wrapped around his whole body, and then he saw the horrible scene of hell. Broken limbs, screams, mountains of knives, seas of fire...

The whole scene terrified him.

In the distance, Xingchang saw this scene and curled his lips, muttering: "How dare you touch the things given by the Onmyoji of the Ashiya family... You are indeed an ignorant monster~"

"Ah!" The red ghost threw away the lacquered wooden box and shouted: "What did you do to me?! Bastard! Do you want to break the rules and start a war directly?"

The piece of cloth in the lacquered wooden box floated out of the box, opened up by itself, and landed in the center of the arena, and the dice happened to fall on the cloth.

"The gambling contract has been concluded." Ashiya Yoshisuke showed a fox-like smile: "Look behind you, Red Ghost."

The red ghost suddenly felt a huge sense of oppression coming from behind. He slowly turned his head and saw the shadow of a big ghost wearing red Hanfu and with a ferocious face. There was a bright word "Yan" in the middle of his official hat. The oppressive feeling that was so intimidating without any anger almost made him breathless.

"Yan...Lord Yama!" said the red ghost in fear.

Yama, also known as Yama Luo.

Ashiya Jisuke said: "You can no longer escape from the gambling game witnessed by Lord Yanma, or you will be dragged down to hell. What will you choose, Red Demon?"

"You bastard!" the red ghost cursed, "This is against the rules! I don't agree with this bet!"

"Red demon..." Ashiya Jisuke said slowly: "Do you think I need your consent? Don't forget that I am..."

"——The Onmyoji of the Ashiya family."

(End of this chapter)