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Chapter 378 Thirty-Seven O'Clock New Gaia Driver Afternoon Tea at the Sonozaki Family, Narumi Shokichi

"Do you have any other questions?" Shen Yun asked with a smile, looking at Philip sitting across from him.

"No, that's all." Philip shook his head.

"Let's place the bet then," Shen Yun said, pushing a stack of Life Coins to the center of the gambling table.

Philip then pushed the Cyclone Memory he had on hand to the center of the gambling table.

"Should you go first, or should I go first?" Shen Yun asked.

"I'll go first," Philip said.

Although he had browsed books related to gambling in the Earth Library, dice rolling is different from roulette.

He needs to roll the dice himself, rather than simply calculating the numbers.

He needs to get used to the feel of the ball.

Philip picked up the dice cup, dropped a die into it, and gently shook it with his hand.

"Splash!"

The sound of dice striking the dice cup rang out continuously.

Philip closed his eyes and listened quietly to the sounds coming from the dice cup.

"This die is a standard die produced by Sagami Kingo in 2008. It has a standard side length of 1.25 centimeters and weighs 2 grams."

"Based on the mass of the dice, the force with which they are shaken, the rebound force, the speed of rotation, and the number of times they strike the dice cup, the final number obtained can be calculated..."

Philip opened his eyes, slammed the dice cup on the gambling table, and uncovered the cup.

A red dot appeared before everyone's eyes.

"One... one point? Isn't that the smallest number of points?!" Akiko Narumi exclaimed, looking at the single point on the table.

"What an inauspicious start," Shotaro Sakata said, scratching his head with a somewhat annoyed expression.

"It seems my calculations were slightly off." Philip looked at the number he had drawn, but he wasn't flustered at all.

He overlooked the fact that when the dice cup was tapped on the table, the number on the dice would change upon impact.

Otherwise, the number he rolled should have been six.

"It's your turn," Philip said, looking intently at Shen Yun.

Shen Yun smiled, reached out and slapped the table, sending one of the dice flying into the air. He picked up the dice cup and scooped the flying dice into it, then began to shake the cup.

This set of movements can be described as flowing smoothly and performed in one go.

After shaking the dice cup for a moment, Shen Yun slammed it onto the gambling table. After uncovering the cup, a black six appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Six o'clock!" Upon seeing the number, Akiko Narumi immediately covered her forehead, feigning dizziness, and staggered to lean against Shotaro Hidari.

The dealer standing on one side of the gambling table used the pusher to push all the Gale Memory and Life Coins on the table toward Shen Yun.

"Since I won the first round, I'll go first in the second round. I'll still bet with this dozen Life Coins." Shen Yun smiled slightly and pushed the dozen Life Coins that the dealer had pushed back out again.

"Then I'll use this one." Philip pushed the Heat Memory to the middle.

After placing his bet, Shen Yun reached out and flicked a die in front of him. Then, he picked up the dice cup beside him, scooped the two dice from the table into the cup, and shook it.

"Splash!"

The two dice made a series of crisp clinking sounds as the dice cup shook.

Shen Yun shook it for a moment, then placed the dice cup on the gambling table and slowly lifted it.

The two dice show a six and a five.

"Ten, eleven! Doesn't that mean Philip has to roll twelve to win?" Akiko Narumi exclaimed in surprise.

"Looks like my luck is pretty good." Shen Yun smiled slightly, looked at Philip, and gestured, "It's your turn."

Philip nodded, then reached for another die, dropped it into the dice cup, and started shaking it.

Philip closed his eyes, listening to the soft clattering of the dice cup, and thought to himself.

"With two dice, we need to add the rebound force when the two dice collide, and the calculation of different variables increases the difficulty considerably."

Just a moment later, Philip placed the dice cup on the gambling table and slowly lifted it back up.

Two sixes appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Twelve points! We won!" Akiko Narumi exclaimed excitedly, patting Philip on the shoulder and jumping up and down as she saw the number Philip rolled.

Seeing that Philip had won, Shotaro Hidari breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the water glass next to him to take a sip.

"Clap clap clap!"

Shen Yun smiled and clapped, saying, "Wow! You truly deserve to be called a super genius who possesses knowledge of the entire Earth!"

Meanwhile, the dealer standing to one side used a pusher to push a dozen Life Coins and Radiant Memory from the table in front of Philip.

"Alright, let's begin the third round," Shen Yun said, pushing out another stack of Life Coins.

"Okay," Philip said, pushing the Fiery Memory out again.

As time went on, Shen Yun and Philip played several more bets, with each side winning and losing.

The number of dice was increased from three to six.

"If this keeps up, the betting will never end. How about we go all in and decide the winner in one round?" Shen Yun said as he watched the dealer push the Life Coin and Ace Memory toward Philip.

"One game to decide the winner? Sure," Philip said with a smile.

"Huh? One game to decide the winner?! Philip, is this really okay?" Akiko Narumi asked worriedly.

"Trust Philip, trust our partner." Shotaro Hazama grabbed Akiko Narumi's arm, looked at Philip, and said.

"Please go ahead," Shen Yun gestured.

Philip picked up the dice cup, scooped the six dice from the table into the cup, and shook it rapidly.

The six dice kept hitting each other inside the dice cup, making a clattering sound.

"Thump!"

Philip placed the dice cup on the gambling table, then slowly lifted it back up.

There were six dice arranged in a vertical column, all of them showing six dots facing up.

Philip took down all six dice that were arranged in a vertical row and laid them out on the gambling table. He smiled at Shen Yun and said, "This should be the highest number, right?"

"Thirty-six points! As expected of Philip-kun, he's really reliable." Akiko Narumi bumped Philip's shoulder with her own and said with a grin.

"Your turn," Philip said, looking at Shen Yun.

"Amazing, truly amazing." Shen Yun clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Mr. Philip, do you know? The most important thing in gambling isn't gambling skills, but cheating techniques."

"You want to cheat?" Philip's expression hardened as he asked.

"As long as you don't get caught, it's not considered cheating." Shen Yun smiled, reached for the dice cup beside him, grabbed all six dice from the gambling table, and shook the dice cup vigorously.

After shaking it vigorously a dozen times, Shen Yun slammed the dice cup down on the gambling table.

Philip stared intently at the dice cup in Shen Yun's hand, his mind racing as he considered how Shen Yun planned to cheat.

Shen Yun smiled as he looked at Philip. An invisible force of thought emanated from between Shen Yun's eyebrows, turning all the dice in the dice cup into sixes facing up. One die was even directly crushed in half by Shen Yun's thought, with one half facing six and the other half facing one.

After doing all this, Shen Yun smiled slightly and said, "Sorry, I used a little too much force just now."

As he spoke, Shen Yun also lifted the dice cup.

Five dice are arranged in a vertical column, all with six dots facing up.

Beside these five dice, one die had broken in two, one half with a six up and the other half with a one up, but it was just a little bigger than the number Philip rolled.

Total: 37 points.

"Looks like I won," Shen Yun said with a smile.

"Wow, that's amazing! How could you win like that?" Philip exclaimed excitedly.

"What's so great about him? He's lost everything!" Akiko Narumi wailed, "I thought Philip-kun would be more reliable."

Shen Yun stood up, too lazy to collect his spoils, and simply said to Kaga Taizo in a nonchalant tone, "These are yours to handle."

Shen Yun believed that this gambling addict with a terrible personality would definitely not let Philip and Zuo Xiangtaro live, and would definitely lose those memories and Life Coins back.

Of course, it's also possible that Shotaro Sato simply flipped the table and quit playing, grabbing the memory and starting a fight.

However, that's none of his business.

He had a great time, anyway.

Seeing Shen Yun and Sudo Kirihiko leave, Kaga Taizo, who had witnessed the whole thing, was itching to play a round himself.

What he liked to see most was the terrified expression on the face of a stray dog.

Kaga Taizo took out two Life Coins, looked at Philip and the other two, and said with a smile, "Want to wager your lives? If you win, you can turn the tables instantly."

……

Shen Yun and Sudo Kirihiko had already left the underground casino, so they were naturally unaware of what had happened after they left.

After leaving the underground casino, Shen Yun chatted with Sudo Kirihiko about his work over the past six months.

Ultimately, the task he assigned to Kirihiko Sudo was to contact and prevent Kamen Rider W from destroying the Memory.

In the past six months, Sudo Kirihiko has indeed clashed with Kamen Rider W quite a few times.

However, they lose more often than they win, and the doped memory is usually crushed by W.

Fortunately, we have already obtained the data and information for the memory chip.

"Nasca Memory is divided into three stages based on the user's abilities. The higher the stage, the stronger the ability. It's a memory with great potential. If you can upgrade Nasca Memory to Lv.2, you'll definitely have the upper hand when fighting W. If you can develop Nasca Memory to Lv.3, you'll even be able to fight against the ultimate W." Shen Yun said, walking through the tunnel with his hands behind his back.

Pure Memories are different from Monster Memories. Pure Memories do not put too much burden on the human body. As long as the level can be increased, the strength will not be weaker than W.

"I understand, I will not let you down, boss," Sudo Kirihiko said with a slight bow.

"Keep it up." Shen Yun patted Sudo Kirihiko on the shoulder, encouraged him, and then bid him farewell before returning to Delan Castle.

After resting for a while, Shen Yun went to Fuuto again to work with Isaka Shinkuro to develop the Omniscient and Omnipotent Memory.

However, Shen Yun knew that one cannot become fat in one bite, so he lowered the difficulty level first.

"If we take the Driver as the base, transform through the Driver, and then insert other Memory into the Driver, allowing the Dopant to use the abilities of another Memory, then as long as there are enough spare Gaia Memory, this should be considered a preliminary form of omnipotence, right? What do you think, Isaka-san?" Shen Yun looked at Isaka Shinkuro after thinking for a moment and asked.

Upon hearing this, Isaka Shinkuro only needed a moment's thought to estimate the feasibility of the idea.

This idea is feasible!

Isaka Shinkuro looked up, a sickly smile spreading across his face, and praised, "You truly are a genius! This method is indeed highly feasible. We can start our research in this direction first, and then try to complete the development of the omniscient and omnipotent memory."

With a research direction in mind, Shen Yun and Isaka Shinkuro also began developing a new type of driver based on the Gaia Driver.

Time passed slowly, and soon nearly a month had gone by.

"Afternoon tea?" Shen Yun pondered, holding the invitation sent by Sonosaki Saeko. "So, the plot should have progressed to the point where Narumi Akiko infiltrates the Sonosaki family to investigate the missing pastry chef."

"Perfect timing. The development of the new Gaia Driver is nearing completion. Taking some time to have afternoon tea at the Sonozaki house wouldn't be a problem. Besides, Akiko Narumi and Shotaro Hidari will both be at the Sonozaki house, so we can bring Shoki Narumi over to prepare them." Shen Yun's lips curled slightly as he instructed A2 to bring Shoki Narumi over and gave Saeko Sonozaki her reply.

Having received Shen Yun's reply, Sonosaki Saeko's mood improved considerably.

"Onee-chan seems to be in a good mood. Is there something good?" Wakana Sonozaki asked with a sweet smile as she approached Saeko Sonozaki.

"Seeing you ruins even the best mood." Seeing Sonozaki Wakana, Saeko's initially cheerful mood soured considerably. She walked straight past Wakana and returned to her room.

"Tsk." Sonozaki Wakana clicked her tongue in annoyance and turned to leave.

On the other side, A2 brought Narumi Shokichi, dressed in a white suit and wearing a white hat, to Shen Yun.

"Boss." Narumi Shokichi took off his hat and bowed slightly.

"No need for formalities. Now that we're here, let's set off." Shen Yun smiled slightly and headed to the Sonozaki residence with A2 and Narumi Shokichi.

The Sonozaki family.

Upon hearing Saeko Sonozaki's report, Ryubei Sonozaki showed a hint of surprise and said, "Oh? That lady will also be enjoying afternoon tea?"

"Yes, sir accepted my invitation," said Saeko Sonozaki.

"Oh? Saeko, you invited him? It seems you have a close relationship with that person." Sonozaki Ryubei looked at Sonozaki Saeko meaningfully and said.

(End of this chapter)