Chapter 317 Life Consultation! Competing with the Gambling King!
Taohua pulled Shizuka to sit in a corner of the fighting room.
"That is to say... so..."
There are rest seats, snacks and drinks prepared for tower guard trainers.
"Hehe... where have you been~ Oh? Then Masa-nee-san also..."
When it comes to gossip among girls, there's no end to it.
It was rare for Taohua to meet relatives with whom she could chat, and once she started talking, she couldn't stop.
"Senior, she has started again..."
Xuxiang looked at the cross-bat helplessly.
"...You should come back and rest first."
"Karu~" (The cry is taken from the cry of Gon's Crossbat in the Japanese version of Pokémon episode 197, "Golbat VS Masked Queen Musashi! Battle of the Ruins!!")
Snap, snap!
Wang Yao was leaning against a pillar, quietly putting potato chips into his mouth.
"Crack~pop~"
Arbok's flattering cry came from behind Wang Yao.
Snap, snap!
Snap, snap!
The sounds of chewing potato chips became a duet.
……
When the family reunion meeting ended, the sunset outside the tower had reached its most brilliant moment.
"Let's have barbecue for dinner... Daidai, what do you think?"
Wang Yao pried off a corner of the card, then pushed out two 'chips' without changing his expression.
"I'll follow."
"Yadong~"
(I ate it yesterday~)
Daidai held the cards in his hand and calculated his chances of winning in his mind.
The public cards on the field at this time are the Nine of Hearts, the Seven of Spades, and the Five of Spades.
Based on the abnormal trembling of the trainer's mouth, it was sure that the Jack of Diamonds and the King of Clubs in its hand had been eliminated in advance...
"Teeth~"
(Discard.)
Two cards flew back into the deck, putting pressure on Xuxiang, the next player.
"Well...I want to see the cards too."
After following blindly for two rounds, Xuxiang finally lost his patience.
He also carefully lifted a corner of the card.
The color revealed on the card made his pupils tremble.
"Hey! I'll follow suit."
Xuxiang pretended to be calm, but accidentally pushed out most of the fruits in front of him.
"Oh, sorry... I'll just add to those."
Xuxiang apologized in an exaggerated tone.
"Um……"
Wang Yao pondered for a moment, stroking his fingers gently on the back of the card.
"The probability of the cards being a straight is very high... but I am a person who is born with a skeptical nature."
Wang Yao flicked the ashes off his cigar lollipop, and the hair wax on his head sparkled.
"I'll deal the cards!"
He straightened his shoulders, shook off the black suit jacket draped over his shoulders, and Wang Daozi also pushed out half of the fruit in front of him.
"Just follow... Why would someone bring so many props when playing cards?"
Xuxiang looked at Wang Yao's transformation speechlessly.
Swish! Swish——!
Two cards were pushed out of the deck by a pair of pointed claws.
"Meow~"
Xiula turned over the cards.
One is the King of Spades and the other is the Five of Hearts.
"Ahahaha~ What a pity~"
Seeing that the last spade puzzle piece had appeared, and the other public card was just an insignificant "miscellaneous card", Xuxiang had already declared himself the winner in advance.
"It's the last round, I'm all in!"
Pushing out all the chips in front of him, Xuxiang confidently leaned towards the Arbok behind him.
As a trainer who is proficient in poison attributes, he also has an Arbok.
"Ah, ah, it seems that luck is not on my side today."
Wang Yao also reluctantly pushed out all the chips in front of him.
"In that case, I'll do you a favor~"
"Open the cards!"
Wang Yao seemed to have given up struggling. He casually picked up two cards and shrugged at Xuxiang in front of him.
"Hey, sorry about that~"
Xuxiang revealed his trump card.
An Ace of Spades and a Six of Spades.
Even though it's just a spade flush, it can crush most hand types.
"Indeed, it is quite embarrassing."
Wang Yao grabbed all the fruits in front of him.
"Eh?"
Xuxiang was in a daze when he saw two cards falling from Wang Yao's hand.
One is the nine of diamonds.
The other is the nine of hearts.
“Isn’t a flush bigger than three of a kind?”
Xuxiang, who had just played a few rounds, was not very familiar with how to calculate the card patterns.
Bang! (The sound of a knock on the head)
Taohua, who had just finished a 'mental cleanup' (a misheard of 'life consultation'), came over with Shizuka, took a look at the cards, and then knocked on Xuxiang's head without any hesitation and shouted.
"Is a flush better than a full house? Unless your Arbok can eat the table right now."
"Chabai?"
Xuxiang's Arbok looked at the round table in front of him, which was carved from a whole piece of marble, and fell into deep thought.
"Let's go. My niece said she wants to have something light for dinner. Go cook me two dishes."
Taohua kicked Xuxiang's legs twice, still looking bossy.
"It's all right, no..."
Xuxiang made a bitter face and stood up reluctantly.
However, his eyes were fixed on the senior student's pair of brown leather shoes and he was unwilling to move away.
"Eh? I wanted to eat barbecue..."
Wang Yao scratched his head.
He is classified as a carnivorous Pokémon.
"Keeping in shape is a must for beautiful girls! I can't leave my niece Shizuka in your care with peace of mind if you are so careless!"
Taohua protected Shizuka behind her and said with her hands on her hips.
"You can't say that. Shizuka is in her growing period. If she doesn't eat well, she won't grow taller later~"
Wang Yao retorted as he put fruits into his backpack.
"Huh?? Who are you calling the short guy?!!"
Wang Yao's words seemed to have triggered some kind of switch...
"Duel! Brat! I want to duel with you! Aaaaah!"
Tao Hua suddenly rushed towards Wang Yao, waving his fists and cursing angrily.
"Don't! Calm down! Senior! Calm down..."
Xuxiang quickly stood up, put his hands under Taohua's armpits, and lifted her off the ground.
"That's not what he meant... Didn't he say he wanted to cook? What would you like to eat, Senior?"
Xuxiang immediately changed the subject.
"Humph……"
Taohua slowly stopped struggling.
"Put me down."
"Oh."
As Taohua's feet gradually touched bottom, her calm brain regained the high ground.
Thinking about it carefully, Wang Yao's words were indeed not meant to be sarcastic.
"Broccoli and spinach... Also, prepare the milk for dinner."
Taohua patted the wrinkles on her skirt, took Shizuka's hand and walked out of the fighting room.
"Well, then...Ayao, let's continue tomorrow..."
Shizuka turned around and waved at Wang Yao somewhat awkwardly.
By the way...it seems like they are here to climb the tower for a challenge today?
"Huh! Taohua-senpai hates it most when people talk about her height."
After the two women left, Xuxiang turned his head and whispered a reminder in Wang Yao's ear.
"Huh? Actually, she's not that short, right?"
Wang Yao scratched his head and said belatedly.
Taohua looked about the same height as Shizuka, but Wang Yao knew that Shizuka was 1.58 meters tall.
Compared to the height of girls in the Pokémon world, her height is already above average.
However, Shizuka will only be seventeen after the New Year, so there may be some room for growth in the future.
"That's true...but Senior actually has a younger sister who is still in junior high school in Kanto..."
Xuxiang nodded and explained.
"It seems that the other person was taller than her a few years ago...that's why she is very concerned about it."
(Today's update.)