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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 4 Chapter 2.2

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“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

She seems to be unusually calm. Nanana had 8 and K in her hand. So, the current total of her cards was 18, it wasn’t a bad number. 

｢Hit. ｣

  The audience started buzzing at Nanana’s confidence. And Sansa thought that Nanana was an idiot. Currently Nanana’s had 18 and the only cards she could get without busting were A, 2, and 3. The probability was three in thirteen and percentage-wise it was twenty three percent, which was quite low. 

  The dealer who was waiting with his hand placed at the entrance of the shoe-case slid a card out with his middle finger and placed it near Nanana’s hand. 

  Nanana turned the card. 

  The number was 2 and the audience buzzed louder at this. 

  And Hao exclaimed strangely.

｢Uh hooo!｣ 

  And Sansa thought inside her heart that Nanana was having a huge case of beginner’s luck. 

  Now Nanana’s total was 20. 

｢Stand.｣

  Seems like she wasn’t reckless enough to draw another card. Nanana’s turn ended with her number being 20. 

  Next was the house’s Rou’s turn. His card K was already turned and he turned the card placed next to K without any hesitation. 

  The card was a J which means that Rou’s total was also 20.

  And of course, Rou declared he would stand and this hand ended. They both had the same number so this match ended in a draw. 

  Nanana watched the cards being taken back and muttered while scratching her head. 

｢Well that’s something expected.｣

  Sansa didn’t let her words go unheard. The reason why Nanana only placed a single chip was because Rou’s card which was turned for everyone to see was K. In blackjack the number that has the highest probability of appearing is 10. This is because 10, J, Q and K.are all worth 10. In percentage it would be 23%. In short, if one of the cards is 10, the probability of it turning into 20 with the combination of the other possible cards is the most likely. Furthermore, if the card is A then 21 is almost promised and is the strongest combination in blackjack. 

  So if one of the cards is 10 then the probability of the number being 20 or more is around thirty eight percent. What it means is that you need to be wary in a situation like that. 

  She expected all of that and placed her bet. 

  Guess it wasn’t all due to luck, Sansa thought inside her mind. 

  The house had changed to Nanana in the next hand. The dealer passed on the cards and the card that got turned from Nanana’s side was 6. 

  After looking at that, Rou placed two chips as a bet. 

  This time the rate was two chips. Rou turned his cards over and the numbers were 3 and 10, a total of 13. Rou chose to hit and the number he got was 7, now he had a total of 20. 

  Rou obviously chose to stand after that. Up next was Nanana’s turn. The number that was already turned was 6 and she turned the other card and it was 4. Nanana declared she wanted to hit and she turned the card that was slid out of the shoe-case and smiled. The card was Q, so the total was 20. The game coincidentally ended with the same number as last time…..at least that’s what everyone thought. 

  ｢Hit.｣ 

  The dealer was startled after hearing the word Nanana had uttered, he had thought that the hand was over. A moment later the audience got startled and a bit after that Sansa’s mouth opened wide in surprise it was almost as if her jaw was going to break. 

  Is she dumb? She can’t be serious going for the hit here. Her total is 20 now so in order to not bust, she can only draw an A. The chance of her drawing it is 8% which is near impossible. She was able to take the match to a draw, why is she going for a game that has a higher chance of her losing? 

  Sansa looked at Nanana’s side profile while being dumbstruck, Nanana seems to have noticed her stare, she looked at Sansa and smiled brightly. 

｢You don’t need to worry that much, Sansa. ｣

  I’m not worried at all, I’m just dumbstruck. 

  There was no way Nanana could hear Sansa’s inner voice and she took the card that the dealer had taken out cautiously and she said. 

｢This card is A for sure. ｣

  And the card that was turned and the audience exclaimed loudly. The card that Nanana had drawn was in fact an A. 

  This match was Nanana’s win. 

｢Oi, oi. Is this for real?｣

  Sansa opened her eyes wide, she was frankly surprised. 

｢Hahan, I am amazing right?｣

｢Oi Nanana. You didn’t hit before so why did you hit this time?｣

  Situation-wise the two situations were identical. At her query Nanana crossed her arms. 

｢Hmmm, I can somewhat tell which card is going to come next. ｣

  Sansa was somewhat dumbstruck by her answer and was wondering if Nanana was psychic. Nanana lifted her fingers and did a peace sign. 

  But Sansa didn’t let go of the fact that Rou’s expression hadn’t changed. 

  The battle was turning into a long one, as Sansa had expected. And the situation was to Rou’s benefit, as she had expected. 

｢Hit. ｣

  Rou turned the card he had drawn, it was 4 and the audience clapped. Now Rou had a total of 21 and had won against Nanana who’s total was 19, Nanana pouted. 

  Currently the number of chips Rou has is fourteen and the number of chips Nanana has is six. 

The situation was as Sansa had expected. But Sansa was breaking a cold sweat internally at this unexpected situation. It was already the 23rd match, she was expecting it to be a long battle but Sansa was becoming hasty since Rou wasn’t able to defeat Nanana after this many matches. 

  It is taking too much time. 

  And Sansa who had been watching Nanana was made to reevaluate that Nanana isn’t winning just because of the beginner’s luck. Beginner’s luck is a frequently occurring luck that a gambling beginner experiences. An amateur who doesn’t even know the rules well gets extremely good unexpected luck and the amateur who doesn’t have any skills takes the big win. And with that the amateur gets to know how fun gambling is and gets to know the taste of victory. 

Some people call this phenomenon ｢The refined ways of the goddess of good fortune. ｣

However if you ask Sansa, she will call it nothing but , ｢ Temptation by a devil who has a bad taste.｣

  The characteristic of the beginner’s luck is that it gets used up quickly. It is only a product of luck, which waxes and wanes, and its benefits disappear quickly. As a result,  the first-time player quickly spits out more money than they had won and becomes a devotee who keeps on losing and paying the tribute in the form of cash. Sansa had thought that Nanana’s victory was a product beginner’s luck and that it would fade away soon, that was what she was thinking till a while ago. 

  But her luck couldn’t be explained just by beginner’s luck now. 

  No matter how closeher totals  were to 21, she continued to use hit and pushed the totals as high as they could go. And even if the numbers were low and she couldn’t do anything to turn the tables, she would stand and as a result sensibly avoid busting. Of course, that’s not to say that there hasn’t been any busts as a result. There have only been three so far and all of them have been when the dealer, who has a bad habit of playing with cards, had pulled off a masterstroke. If it hadn’t been for that, Nanana would certainly not have gotten a burst.

  Yeah, this is a very unusual situation. This is a game that any normal person would have lost long ago. And yet, although she was outmatched, she hadn’t been defeated. She is persisting on pure luck alone. It’s as if she is being protected by something.

「Hey, Sansa. Can I ask something?」

  She came towards Sansa who was standing behind her and asked. 

「Huh? What is it?」

「It’s that, something has seemed weird since a while ago.」

  Nanana put her hand on her mouth and whispered. And Sansa frowned. 

｢What’s weird? ｣

｢That dealer…..｣

｢Are you saying that the dealer is a fraud? ｣

｢No, that person standing behind the dealer is.｣

  She pointed at one of the people in the audience using her eyes. 

｢That person, and that box that has cards… ummm. ｣

｢Shoe-case?｣

｢Yes, yes. He has been looking at the shoe-case and has been sending something like signs.｣

  Sansa lifted her lips after listening to her. 

｢I see.｣