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Chapter 130: The Summons
Peter left the event with heavy boots and a heavier mind. His feet moved automatically, but his thoughts spun like a loaded roulette wheel.Every turn, every bluff, every chip moved in that game between Logan and Viktor replayed behind his eyes in obsessive detail. It was the kind of game that twisted the laws of probability and psychology together — elegant and brutal. But what had he really learned?How do you beat someone who already knows what you're going to do?That was Chloe’s style — clean, clinical, terrifying in its precision. Watching Logan had shown him how data could become a dagger… but Chloe didn’t just use data. She breathed it. She lived in probabilities and slept in equations. There were no wild cards in her deck. No chaos.Peter’s thoughts were interrupted by the sound of frantic footsteps behind him.“Peter! Wait up!”He turned around. Grant was jogging toward him, panting like he’d just sprinted across campus. His wild brown hair was even messier than usual, cheek
Chapter 129: A sound not used to
Viktor didn’t leave immediately.He stood there, his hand still on the table, head bowed slightly, like a statue caught between rage and disbelief. The applause thundered around him — not for him, but for Logan.It was a sound Viktor wasn’t used to.For years, that applause had been his.Now?Now it felt like a funeral march.Logan stood slowly, collected his cards with practiced grace, and turned away — no grand gesture, no smug expression. Just quiet confidence. It was even more humiliating that way.Viktor raised his head and locked eyes with him one last time. “You think this is over?”Logan paused at the edge of the stage, not bothering to turn back. “No, Viktor. I think you’ve just been reminded that it was never really yours to begin with.”With that, he walked off the stage, leaving Viktor alone in a spotlight that now felt like a noose.Peter watched it all, stunned.He had imagined what it would look like — Viktor losing. But this?This was something else.The ma
Chapter 128: HALFTIME STATS
HALFTIME STATS:Rounds Played — 20Logan Wins — 11Viktor Wins — 9Momentum: Shifting.But not as Viktor expected.The audience buzzed with a low murmur, like static building into storm. Even the ones who favored Viktor were starting to feel it — the sense that something else was going on beneath the surface. A deeper play.Peter leaned forward, whispering to Chloe, “He’s letting Viktor think he’s winning. Feeding his confidence. Making him commit.”Chloe didn’t reply. She was watching Cecilia now, not Viktor. Watching her scribble tiny notes on her thigh with a pen cap, whispering equations like prayers.“She’s brilliant,” Chloe murmured. “But she’s working blind.”“What do you mean?” Peter asked.“She sees Viktor’s cards, not Logan’s mind. She thinks Logan is just a numbers player, working patterns and odds. But Logan doesn’t just crunch numbers — he simulates personalities.”Peter blinked. “What?”“Watch the next round.”---Round Twenty-One. Begin.Cards dealt.Viktor:Nine of Spa
Chapter 127: Round Eleven
Round Eleven.The dealer’s hand swept the deck with a practiced grace, slicing tension into perfect thirds.The cards landed like judgments.Logan:Ten of Clubs. King of Diamonds. Two of Spades.Viktor:Six of Hearts. Four of Diamonds. Ace of Clubs.Peter’s heart drummed against his ribs. “That’s the worst draw Logan’s had in a while.”“Not quite,” Chloe whispered.“What do you mean?”She nodded toward the dealer’s hand. “He just needed a card below six to bait a declaration.”Viktor’s eyes scanned his hand. His smile was gone. For once — he hesitated.“Declare,” the dealer said.Peter leaned forward, breath caught in his chest.“Low,” Viktor said, finally.Logan's expression didn’t change.“High,” he responded calmly.“Reveal.”Cards flipped.Viktor’s hand: Six. Four. Ace.Logan’s hand: Ten. King. Two.“Victory: Logan.”A roar of awe rolled through the auditorium.And Viktor — for the first time — blinked.Chloe turned to Peter. “That... was the moment.”“What moment?”“Control,” she
Chapter 226: Calculated Revenge
The fourth hand began like the lighting before a storm—quiet, charged, thick with anticipation.The dealer resumed their mechanical poise, shuffling with elegant precision.Peter shifted forward in his seat. “Now that Logan has his tools back…”Chloe nodded. “Viktor drew first blood, but Logan’s playing the long war.”She leaned closer, eyes sharpening as the screen above displayed a shift.Floating around Logan’s figure now were light-blue statistical overlays. Transparent data projections hovered around his temple, pulling from every available source—weather patterns, betting behavior of the audience, Viktor’s micro-expressions, the current velocity of card shuffles.It was like watching a machine come back online.No.Something smarter than a machine.Something human refined by data.King’s Draw — Round Four.Three cards. Each player.Logan received his cards first.He didn’t even blink.Queen of Hearts. Six of Diamonds. Eight of Clubs.Peter squinted. “Not great. Not awful.”Chloe
Chapter 125: The Empire Strikes Back
Viktor sat still for a long moment, his fingertips tapping a slow rhythm against the velvet table. The crowd had gone quieter now, sensing something dangerous shifting in the air. A storm rolling in.Logan calmly collected the pot without fanfare.That made it worse.Viktor’s eyes rose, and when they met Logan’s, something unspoken passed between them—something dark.He tapped the table once.“Next hand.”The dealer nodded and began to deal again.Three cards. Face down.This time, Logan didn’t glance at the cards immediately. He was watching Viktor instead, observing the tiny movements—the flex of a jaw muscle, the way Viktor leaned a little more to one side.Calculating. Always calculating.Viktor, however, smiled wide. Too wide.He cracked his neck, then stretched his fingers as if preparing to play an instrument. “So, Logan,” he said casually, “tell me something. When was the last time you truly lost?”Logan didn’t blink. “To someone better? Never.”The crowd let out a low ooh.Vi
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