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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
CHAPTER 123: The First Blood
The dealer’s voice rang out over the silence.“First round — cards drawn. King’s Draw has begun.”The crowd leaned in. Cameras zoomed. Chips clicked beneath tense fingers.Viktor gave a lazy smile as he picked up his cards. He didn’t even look at them right away. Instead, he sipped from his champagne flute, lounging in his seat like the game was already his.Logan, on the other hand, lifted his cards with the precision of a surgeon, reading each face without a flicker of emotion.Peter leaned forward.“They both have three cards,” Chloe whispered. “And now they can either raise, call, or fold. But folding in the first round?” She smirked. “Neither of these men would let pride allow it.”“Right,” Peter said, eyes scanning the table. “So what’s the play here?”Chloe glanced at him, amused. “Depends on what they drew… and more importantly, what they want the other to think they drew.”Viktor chuckled, finally glancing at his hand. He slid his cards apart just enough to see them, then tap
CHAPTER 123: Opening the Arena
The Monte Carlo Academy’s central rotunda pulsed with a heat and electricity that could rival a championship boxing match. The air buzzed, thick with anticipation. Students in tailored blazers and thousand-euro shoes shoved through marbled archways, desperate for a glimpse, a whisper, a moment of what would become legend.The crowd had gathered not because they were invited. No. This wasn't just any scheduled match up.This was different.This was sacred.Two undefeated gamblers were going head-to-head.And nobody — nobody — wanted to miss it.Peter stood at the upper balcony of the rotunda beside Chloe, elbows resting on the marble rail as he peered down into the grand circular arena below. His hood was drawn low, partly to avoid attention, partly because he wasn’t ready for it. Whispers still followed him like shadows since the Naomi match, and he wasn’t in the mood for worship or inquiry.Not tonight.Tonight, he was here to watch.To study.To learn.But part of him — the bruised
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