SAKAMOTO DAYS

How about we divide and conquer?

SAKAMOTO 15M, SHIN 10M, LU 5M 30M

Gambling is just luck, after all, right?

No, there's gotta be a catch. Wutang is the consigliere of the Lu clan.

He's the brains of the group.

I doubt he'd suggest this if it were a simple game of luck.

Indeed.

Gambling may seem like games of chance,

but in fact, they are games of calculation based on shrewd psychological warfare.

All in.

Unlike hit men like you,

we don't have the luxury of leaving things to chance.

Life in the mafia isn't that easy.

The same guy took it all again!

His personality is as bad as his hairdo.

I shouldn't have agreed to this in the heat of the moment!

It's the same with hit men.

The ones who let fate take its course die first.

Show me what you idiots can come up with.

I will get my lady back.

I'll bet everything on it.

WIN MORE THAN WUTANG AT THE CASINO!

I still don't know the rules, though.

CASINO BATTLE

Well, no use worrying now.

I'll just give it a try and figure things out as I play.

Have a seat.

Never seen this kid before. Must be a newbie.

He's like a sitting duck.

He looks like a guy you'd see working at a run-down mom-and-pop shop.

I'll squeeze him for all he's worth.

I can hear you, assholes.

Let's begin.

I guess I look at the cards now?

Call.

Raise, two million.

I'll raise to four.

What does any of that mean?

There you are, Shin!

Did you learn the rules?

You have "uh-oh" written on your face! Why didn't you learn the rules?!

Shut up!

I can't look anything up 'cause they took our smartphones.

Don't embarrass me like this!

We'd have a better chance if I play, then. Give me the cards!

- So he is an amateur. - Let go.

Stop it!

Come on, hurry!

This kid got an ace and a king?

No way, he could get a straight!

Don't worry. We can just bluff and he'll back out.

Sorry, kiddo, you're not gonna beat me with cards like that.

Though we won't stop you if you want to call.

Your bluff won't work on me.

All in.

SHIN +12M 22M

Hey dealer, how about you deal the next hand face-up?

That might save us some time.

How the hell did he do that?

Split.

I'll go for another corner bet.

Looks like fatty's joining.

All in on red? What's this fatty's deal?

Maybe I'll keep one, just in case.

So this is the fatty Mr. Wutang was talking about.

Tough luck.

We have an electromagnet that lets me control where the ball lands.

- Where will it land? - Gimme one more!

And it's over.

How in the world?

The fatty's got some guts!

Just meticulous control.

29M

Mr. Wutang, they're winning hand over fist.

Perhaps they're cheating.

Do not intervene.

I expected some degree of foul play.

But...

Plus one, zero, plus one, plus one, plus one.

Minus one, zero, minus one, plus one, plus one.

Making the total plus four.

What would you like to do?

Hit me.

Blackjack!

That guy with the braid is on a roll!

There it is. Mr. Wutang's signature play style, counting.

When he plays blackjack, he memorizes the cards that have appeared

to estimate the chances of the next card being a ten.

What a high-level skill.

I will win. No matter what I have to do.

You think you're better than us just because you're smart?

All that matters in the mafia is how strong you are!

We don't need a wimp like you in the Lu clan!

Shit, it's Mr. Lu's daughter!

Ow! Let's go.

Are you okay?

LU SHAOTANG CLAN LEADER'S DAUGHTER, 8 YEARS OLD

LU WUTANG MAFIA APPRENTICE, 11 YEARS OLD

Oh!

So you're one of my relatives?

There are so many of us in the Lu clan, I never knew.

Why were you letting them beat you up?

Fighting back isn't the only way to fight.

In that scenario, allowing them to win and getting them in trouble later

would damage them more in the end than if I fought back.

What a weak excuse.

Hmm. You must be...

really smart!

Daddy told me that everyone has at least one weapon.

But that doesn't have to be the same thing as other people.

Your weapon must be your brain, Wutang.

For the first time in my life, I felt accepted.

I realized that I could be myself.

I vowed to climb to the top my way and stand beside her someday.

Eventually, I came to be called the brain of the organization.

My gratitude to the clan is immeasurable.

I'll eliminate anyone who gets in the way of my lady's peaceful life.

I'll go first. 87,630 chips.

87,630

Damn, we're tied.

87,630

Thank god we didn't lose.

You did pretty good for imbeciles.

Can we leave now?

Hold up. We don't have a winner yet.

Mr. Wutang, why not just shoot them?

That won't be necessary. Back off.

But sir--

Did you not hear me? I said, back off.

You'll play a game of poker with me.

Poker? I don't know the rules.

I didn't really get it, either.

Then what game do you idiots know?

Oh! I know a good one.

It wouldn't be fair to play three to one, so I'm adding two men to my team.

The rules are simple.

The team with the person who has the joker at the end loses.

Basically, Old Maid. Right?

Now we're talking! These simple games are the best.

It's so exciting.

I used to play this with my girls.

Do they have no sense of suspense?

Idiot.

This will be an easy win for a mind-reader like me.

This is my chance to impress Mr. Sakamoto!

Let's begin.

Let's see, who has the joker?

Which one of you is the most nervous...

Seriously, Lu?!

It's all over her face too.

You have always been so honest, my lady.

However, I will not go easy on you.

This one.

I have purged the joker from your hands! You're safe now, my lady.

That's not how you play this game!

Now it's your turn. Take a card.

Hmm, which one should I take?

Psych! I'll know which one to take once I read his--

You can read minds, right?

The human mind has three types of consciousness.

Verbalized consciousness, the preconscious,

and the subconscious, like habits or reflexes.

I wonder, how far can you read?

Pick a card. If my intuition is right, you'll lose.

What's he talking about?

He's just messing with me. I'm sure it's a bluff.

Shin tried to read everything in Wutang's mind.

However,

that was a dangerous act, like looking at the sun through a magnifying glass.

The excessive amount of information caused Shin's brain to overheat.

Just as I thought. You read the verbalized mind, don't you?

Shin!

SHIN - OUT OF THE GAME

What are we gonna do without Shin?