Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 1064: Gambling (Two in one, please subscribe!!!)

How old was Chu Tianjiao more than 20 years ago? He was only a few years older than Chu Zihang is now.

If Chu Tianjiao had graduated from Kassel College, with his abilities, he would have become the best and most elite specialist in the executive department a few years after graduation, and the tasks he carried out must have been the ace-level tasks of the executive department.

But there is a contradiction here, because Chu Tianjiao clearly said that he was tracking Odin's whereabouts back then, and this matter has not been carried out until today, more than 20 years later...but Kassel College was completely unaware of this, and the college didn't even know about Odin's existence.

However, there is another possibility. Maybe Chu Tianjiao really graduated from Kassel College, but his talent and ability were too outstanding, so he was noticed by someone or some senior officials of the Secret Party, who directly poached him instead of the executive department. Over the years, Chu Tianjiao has been carrying out top-secret tasks for the mysterious figures in the Secret Party, including the matter of Odin... Just because Kassel College doesn't know about Odin doesn't mean that everyone in the Secret Party doesn't know about it. After all, the Secret Party is not a monolithic entity, and there are families that are much older and more mysterious than the Gattuso family. The major families are used to intrigue and deception with each other, and except for working together in the matter of slaying the dragon, everyone has their own secrets in other aspects. Some people know of Odin's existence, and it is not impossible for them to investigate Odin through Chu Tianjiao.

However, these things definitely cannot be asked directly to Chu Tianjiao. Of course, he would not tell anyone even if he was asked, especially in front of his son Chu Zihang.

To some extent, whether ignorant people are safer in this world remains to be discussed, but ignorant people are definitely luckier.

"Vincent, the old guy's name is Vincent von Ludwig. I called out the old guy's name right away, but he didn't seem surprised at all. Instead, he nodded with a smile, as if I was his childhood playmate and he should know me." Chu Tianjiao said, "I feel that the old guy has deified me in his mind since the first time he saw me... No, he deified Kassel College. He seems to think that anyone who has anything to do with this college is not a simple person."

"The old guy sounds like a devout believer of Kassel College." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but complain, "Have you investigated his background?"

"Of course, but the information we got is quite limited." Chu Tianjiao nodded, then shook his head and said, "I only know that the old guy's name is Vincent von Ludwig, a German-Argentinian. This name has never appeared on the Forbes rich list, and his name is not on the list of shareholders and legal persons of any company, but he is quite rich. I can't find out the source of his money, nor the total amount of his assets, but he bought the 'Yamal' from the Russian military, which is an astronomical figure. But even so, he only owns the ownership of the ship, not the right to use it, so he has to pay a considerable amount of usage fees to the military every year. Add to that the annual expenses on the ship, and this is another shocking astronomical figure."

"It sounds like the old guy didn't buy this ship for profit." Lu Mingfei analyzed, "No, this ship is simply a bottomless gold-eating hole. Then why does he drive this 'Yamal' around the Arctic Ocean every year? Is it for sentiment?"

"That's my question, too, so I chased him to the ship and asked him for an answer in person." Chu Tianjiao lowered his voice and said, "You know, the reason why I'm eyeing this 'Yamal' is because I once met a man in Moscow. I treated him to a martini, and he told me that he had been on a cruise ship called the 'Yamal'. This ship is very interesting and has everything, but the ticket is a bit expensive, but it is definitely an unforgettable trip to the Arctic. He said that one night he heard a drunk sailor on the ship tell him that the old sailor on the ship had seen the 'realm of God', where the sky and the earth are reversed, and there is always daytime and no night. Time seems to neither flow forward nor go backward, and everything in the world is still."

As Chu Tianjiao described, an expression of disbelief appeared on everyone's face.

"Everyone in the bar laughed and said that the guy must have drunk too much, or that the sailor at that time was drunk and brought up the dream plot nonsense. Only I know that the martini I ordered for that guy was not strong. He was not drunk. The sailor of the Yamal at that time was not drunk either." Chu Tianjiao's eyes swept over Lu Mingfei and others. "We are mixed-bloods. Ordinary people don't understand the secrets of this world, but we know that if what he and the sailor said are true, do you have any associations?"

"The sailor described a…" Lu Mingfei paused and said word by word, "Nibelungen."

Yes, Nibelungen, everyone heard it, that is Nibelungen. Although each Nibelungen is different, their principles are similar. Only Nibelungen will have such a strange scene, where the sky and the earth turn upside down, time stops, and the world is always daytime... In addition to the reversal of sky and the earth, in this city of Nibelungen, isn't it that time will not pass, and the world will always stay in that endless rainy night?

"Yes, I am 70% sure that what the sailor saw back then was a scene of the Nibelung. The ship encountered, or passed through, another world in the Arctic Ocean." Chu Tianjiao paused, "The world of dragons."

No wonder Chu Tianjiao traced the ship to the "Yamal". Now everyone understood that if Kassel Academy got such news, it would immediately send a specialist from the Executive Department to investigate on the "Yamal"... and it would have to be the most elite and experienced specialist, because that was a Nibelung, and in the files of the Executive Department, they were the most red-marked and serious tasks. The appearance of a Nibelung was often accompanied by a Dragon King.

This means that there may be a dragon king lurking in some unknown place in the Arctic Ocean!

"So I suspect that old guy Vincent has been sailing in the Arctic Ocean all these years just to find the Nibelungen, or in other words, to find the trace of a certain Dragon King. What's more, he also knows about Kassel College." Chu Tianjiao said, "I don't know if the old guy is a mixed-blood. If he is a mixed-blood, then it's not surprising that he can collect so much wealth. I have a lot of questions to ask him, such as which organization he belongs to, whether his goal is the Nibelungen or the Dragon King himself, how far he has investigated this Nibelungen, and whether he knows the title and ability of this Dragon King... But I know that I can't rush it. I can't throw these questions to him all at once when we meet. Vincent looks like a businessman, so I have to talk to him in a businessman's way."

"Vincent seems to be very curious about me, and I know he is even more curious about Cassell College. Although I don't know what it is about Cassell College that attracts him so much, I know he has a lot of questions to ask me." Chu Tianjiao said calmly, "I will get straight to the point with the old man. I have 50 million US dollars here, which I won from him. If I give him all the 50 million, will you be willing to answer a few of my small questions?"

"The old guy looked a little surprised. After all, 50 million is not a small amount for him. He asked me if I was really willing to leave all 50 million and not take a penny. I nodded calmly and said that I didn't come here for the money. Everyone knows it." Chu Tianjiao said this and rolled his eyes fiercely. "I knew the old guy wouldn't cooperate with me so smoothly. Sure enough, he told me that if I asked questions for money, it would be selling out his personality. It just so happens that he also has questions to ask me, so why don't we make a bet and add a prize for every 10 million. The prize is a question that the other party can't refuse to answer."

"It sounds like the truth or dare game we played when we were kids," Lu Mingfei said, "but in our truth or dare game, the most you lose is a bottle of Nutri-Express."

"I'm curious about what that old guy wants to bet with me." Chu Tianjiao paused and suddenly said, "But that old guy actually wants to bet Texas Hold'em with me..."

At this point, Chu Tianjiao suddenly revealed a triumphant smile, as if Texas Hold'em was a skill he was so good at and so invincible.

"Dad, are you good at Texas Hold'em?" Chu Zihang looked at Chu Tianjiao and asked.

“Just barely. I often hung out in casinos when I was young. I’m only slightly good at Texas Hold’em, but it’s not my strongest area.” Chu Tianjiao smiled modestly at this moment, “But I have a good memory. I can remember several decks of cards at once.”

"How many decks of cards can you memorize at most at one time?" Chu Zihang looked at Chu Tianjiao and asked curiously. Because his memory was also excellent, he could memorize ten decks of cards at one time under normal circumstances, a total of 540 cards. If necessary, he could memorize twelve decks of cards, a total of 648 cards.

This is an extraordinary memory that far exceeds that of ordinary people, because even the world's top professional gamblers can only remember six to eight decks of cards at most at a time. Usually, if they can remember four decks of cards, they can go in and out of an ordinary casino seven times.

"Fourteen decks." Chu Tianjiao grinned, "If I force myself, I can memorize fourteen decks of playing cards at once, including the flower cards."

Hearing this number, even Chu Zihang couldn't help showing a surprised expression, and the others opened their mouths wide... Flower cards are called "laizi" in ordinary playing cards. Although many places do not follow this custom, many Chinese playing methods of playing cards have laizi.

A deck of cards with a cheat code has a total of fifty-five cards, so fourteen decks of cards means a total of seven hundred and seventy cards!

This man can memorize 770 cards at a time!

What a terrifying number! If he had participated in the competition, the Guinness World Record would definitely be in his pocket.

It's true...you can't judge a book by its cover. This seemingly careless and talkative man is actually the world's ultimate memory master.

Everyone finally understood where Chu Zihang's extraordinary memory came from.

"It's really a disaster for old guy Vincent to meet someone like you, Uncle Chu." Lu Mingfei couldn't help but complain.

"Who said it wasn't?" Chu Tianjiao shrugged and said with a smile, "So when the old guy mentioned Texas Hold'em, I readily agreed. However, my hands were still handcuffed at the time, so I asked the old guy if he could open the handcuffs for me. The old guy said that I didn't need to use my hands to gamble with him, and I could just talk, and the dealer would naturally deal the cards for us."

"Does anyone know how to play Texas Hold'em?" Chu Zihang looked at the people in the room.

"Texas Hold'em has a total of 52 cards, excluding the two jokers. Each player is dealt two cards as their initial 'hole cards'. The dealer then deals out five 'community cards' in succession. The two sides compete to see which one is better by any combination of the 'hole cards' and the 'community cards'." Chu Zihang recited the rules of Texas Hold'em. "At the beginning, only the players can see the two face-down hole cards. After all the betting circles, if the winner is still not determined, the game will enter the 'showdown' stage, which means that the remaining players will show their hole cards to see who is better. The one with the higher card wins."

"As expected of my son, he knows all the rules by heart." Chu Tianjiao winked at Chu Zihang, "I won't drive anymore. If we can't make it, why don't we go to the casino to make some money?"

Chu Zihang did not comment on Chu Tianjiao's proposal, because he knew that the other party was joking... A person like him would never want his son to hang out in places like casinos.

"How big is your 'blind'?" Caesar suddenly asked Chu Tianjiao.

"Not much, just one hundred thousand US dollars." Chu Tianjiao replied, his tone as relaxed as if it were ten coins.

"Where's the ceiling?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Capping is a very important condition in gambling. Otherwise, you can win the opponent's chips to a level lower than yours. For example, if one party has 10 million and the other party has 10 million left, then the party with 10 million can arbitrarily bet 8 million, and the other party will be unable to follow even if it loses everything it has. Such an unprovoked victory is very ignominious.

"There is no upper limit." Chu Tianjiao grinned, revealing his white teeth, "Until one party becomes the biggest bargaining chip for the authorities."

All-in means putting all your wealth on the line. This rule is reasonable... but it also comes with huge risks. If one party suddenly puts in enough chips in a certain round to make the opponent all-in, and if he wins the round, it will be enough to win everything from the opponent, and the gambling game will end there.

"The gameplay is very exciting." Caesar nodded and commented.

The president of the student union of Kassel College is also an expert at Texas Hold'em. Although he does not have as amazing a memory as Chu Zihang and Chu Tianjiao, his luck in gambling has always been good.

And he is very rich.

"The old man clapped his hands, and the dealer came out from a door behind the wall." Chu Tianjiao said, "It was a very young woman, and very beautiful, with a hot body."