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Chapter 403
"Listen to your old friend, Evan," Jax mocked him gently. "He knows the truth. It is time to surrender. Push your chips forward. Call my bet. Show me your garbage cards, and let the guards do their job. I want to go home and count my new money."Jax leaned back in his chair again. He crossed his arms. He puffed his cigar. He was the absolute master of the room. He had won. Across the wide, green velvet table, Evan Kennedy sat in his heavy leather chair. The thick gray cigar smoke drifted over his face. The amber light from the chandelier shined down on his messy, pure white hair. He heard the cruel laughter of the syndicate brokers. He heard the terrible, painful sobs of his best friends standing behind him. He heard Jax’s arrogant, evil monologue. Evan looked down at the table. He looked at the massive mountain of black chips that Jax had pushed into the center. He looked at Jax’s cards. The King of Spades. The King of Clubs. Then, Evan slowly turned his eyes to his own two card
Chapter 402
In almost any normal game of poker, Kings full of Tens was an unbeatable, guaranteed winner. "Read them and weep, boy!" Jax shouted, pointing a thick metal finger at his cards. "Kings full of Tens! I have the perfect hand! You are completely dead!"Jax had pushed the tension to a breaking point. He had revealed his dominant hand early just to watch the hope die in Evan’s eyes. He wanted Evan to look at the cards, realize he was beaten, and beg for mercy. He wanted total, crushing victory. The surrounding syndicate brokers and rich elites began to murmur in awe. The silence of the room was broken by a wave of excited whispers. The men in expensive suits and the women in glowing silk dresses pointed at Jax’s cards. They nodded their heads in deep respect. "A Full House," a man with a gold-plated jaw whispered loudly. "He hit the Full House on the flop. He played it perfectly.""The boy is finished," a tall woman with cybernetic red eyes agreed. She looked at Evan and shook her head
Chapter 401
The VIP underground poker room was hidden deep beneath the noisy, bright streets of Neon City. It was a secret, silent place. There were no windows. There were no digital clocks on the walls. The air was thick and heavy. The only light in the large room came from a beautiful, glowing chandelier hanging directly over the center of the poker table. The light was a deep, rich amber color. It looked like trapped sunlight mixed with dark honey. The amber glow painted the faces of the people in the room with long, dramatic shadows. Evan Kennedy sat in a heavy chair made of soft black leather. His body was completely exhausted, but his mind was running incredibly fast. Across the wide, green velvet poker table sat Jax. The Syndicate Boss looked like a king sitting on his dark throne. Between them lay the most important thing in the world. It was the pot. The center of the green table was completely covered in a massive mountain of high-denomination chips. These were not cheap plastic ch
Chapter 400
The Dealer burned the top card. He flipped the first three cards face up. Three of Diamonds. Five of Diamonds. King of Hearts. The crowd gasped. Evan had hit a massive draw. He had a Three, Four, Five, Six of Diamonds. He was one card away from a Straight Flush. Jax’s smile vanished instantly. His pale face turned white. "No," Jax whispered. His mechanical arms twitched nervously. "No, the math is still mine. He is just drawing. He will miss.""The Turn," the Dealer said. He flipped the fourth card. Nine of Clubs. It was a blank. It did not help Evan. Jax let out a loud, hysterical laugh. "One card left! You missed! You are going to die! You gave me the Key!"Evan looked directly into Jax’s eyes. "You rely too much on machines, Jax," Evan said softly. "You scan the cards in my hand. But you never scan the cards in the deck. You only see the present. I see the future."Jax stopped laughing. A look of pure, absolute terror washed over his face. "What are you talking about?" Jax
Chapter 399
Evan needed Jax to bet everything. He needed to destroy Jax in one single, massive blow. "I cannot call four hundred million," Evan said softly, looking at his small pile of chips. "I only have fifty million left."Jax laughed loudly. "Then you are all-in, street rat! Push your pennies into the middle! Let's get this over with!""Wait," Evan said. Evan reached into his pocket. He did not pull out a gold coin. He did not pull out a data-pad. Evan pulled out the heavy, smooth, glowing purple glass token. The Black Key. The Void Bomb. The prize of the tournament. Evan placed the Black Key directly onto the black velvet table, right next to his tiny pile of chips. The entire Crimson Colosseum gasped in absolute, horrified shock. The rich VIPs in the balconies stood up from their chairs. They pointed and shouted. Marco’s eyes went wide. "Evan! What are you doing?! That is the bomb! You cannot bet that!"Glitch whimpered, covering his face with his hands. "He is giving away the world
Chapter 398
Evan watched the Two of Hearts fall. He watched the King of Spades fall on top of it. He watched the Seven of Clubs fall next. The pain in his head grew terrible. It felt like a hot iron was pressing against the inside of his skull. His left eye filled with bright red blood, blurring his vision. “Keep watching,” Evan ordered himself. “Do not blink. Do not stop.” The Dealer finished the riffle shuffle. The cards were mashed together. But the Dealer was not done. The Dealer pushed the cards together, lifted the deck, and prepared to cut the cards. Evan watched the glowing green timer in the Dealer’s wrist again. The timer flashed. 0.0314. The Dealer’s left hand lifted exactly eighteen cards off the top of the deck and placed them on the bottom. The cut was complete. The shuffle was finished. Evan’s brain finalized the massive, incredibly complex calculation. He knew it. He knew the exact, specific order of all fifty-two cards in the deck. From the top card to the bottom card. He
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