Lu Mingfei, who studied Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

"I am Sakurai Kogure, the manager of the Kukakukan. You can just call me Kogure." The female manager introduced herself softly.

She was wearing a close-fitting black suit and skirt, with her hair in a high bun, which made her look slim and graceful, with bright eyes. It is hard to imagine that such a young girl has climbed to the position of casino manager. Her beauty is far better than those exposed dealers and waitresses, but she is deliberately dressed conservatively.

"Sakurai Kogure..." The young guest smiled and nodded.

If other guests were so favored by the stunning female manager, they would probably want to hug her excitedly, feel her warm and soft body, and try their best to kiss her... But this young guest was indifferent, so calm that he couldn't be more ordinary. Normal male.

This was immediately confirmed. The moment she appeared in front of everyone, the female manager named Sakurai Kogure instantly became the focus of everyone's attention. All kinds of regular customers came up to greet Sakurai Kogure. Some were thinking about establishing a good relationship with the proprietress and getting preferential treatment in the casino in the future; some simply coveted the proprietress's proud appearance, as if they could only use words to communicate with her. A joke from a high-ranking woman is more satisfying than a night spent with a popular female star.

This place is like a tavern run by Sakurai Kogure. She knows the guests as long as they have been here once, and she even knows your preferences better than your wife. Guests who have been here say that the landlady of Kokurkakukan is a fairy lotus that blooms in the mountains of Osaka. It goes against the season and will never wither. People who come here cannot but be impressed by her charm. Her gaze seems to penetrate the skin and shine directly on people. Inside, there is a kind of magic that makes people obsessed.

"Kogure, you are so beautiful every time I see you, so beautiful that it makes people's eyes bloom!" Yamamoto Harano, Honda's general manager in the Kansai region, smiled so hard that his old face wrinkled, like a brilliantly blooming chrysanthemum.

"Oh my, Mr. Harano, you are still so good at complimenting people. Every time we meet, I am always the first to praise you. Whenever I am praised by you, Xiaogure's heart is as sweet as being soaked in the honey of the Kumamoto Sugi Bee Garden." Sakura. Jing Xiaomu chuckled, "Please give me some advice tonight."

"Xiaogure, have you changed the bartender? Tonight's cocktails are a bit unpalatable!" Relf, ​​the assistant director of the Italian Embassy in Japan, complained.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Ralf. Our previous bartender took a day off. Didn't the substitute bartender not suit your taste?" Sakurai Kogure said, "Someone bring my treasured Shirakawa whiskey to Rael. If Mr. Ralph wants to enjoy it, remember to add some ice, Mr. Ralph likes it refreshing."

"Is the boss lady finally free?" Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CEO Masuda Shigeru stroked the back of Sakurai Kogure's hand, "I've been waiting for a long time. When can you invite me to the VIP room for a chat? It's just the two of us."

"Haha, I'm also looking forward to having a drink with you and enjoying the cherry blossoms, but I'm sorry that Kogure is too busy at work." Sakurai Kogure patted the back of Masuda Shigeru's hand very naturally, and took the opportunity to quietly take out his hand, " As long as you are lucky enough, Xiaomu will entertain you well next time, next time."

Masuda Shigeru wisely stopped harassing the proprietress because the veins on the forehead of the man in black following Sakurai Kogure exploded, and his expression was so angry that he seemed to want to eat people.

In the Paradise Pavilion, although nominally all the wishes of the distinguished guests can be fulfilled as long as they pay enough money, some wishes will not be made randomly even with a mountain of wealth, which is considered a taboo here.

Apart from such nonsense as destroying the world and dominating the universe, no one would want to inquire about the origin and background of the Kukakukan. Anyone who is not blind can see that the water here is deeper than the Japan Trench. Those who are willing to explore You must be prepared to drown at any time.

"Having fun with Sakurai Kogure" was also one of them. The VIPs secretly speculated how the people behind the scenes would leave such an extremely extravagant and grand venue to a young woman like Sakurai Kogure to take care of... Such a woman , it must be something that is taboo in someone’s heart, right? Even customers who have won money don't dare to really make such a wish. They don't know whether they will receive an unbearable sky-high price or disappear from the world.

"I'm very, very sorry to you distinguished guests. Kogure still has some work to do. Many female celebrities are coming from Tokyo to support us today. I hope I can have a perfect time with you all." Sakurai Kogure bowed deeply and smiled as sweet as ice. of mellow wine.

Faced with a wine-like smile, everyone is drunk, how can they think of blaming?

Sakurai Kogure came to the young guest, knelt down at his feet and whispered, her eyes as charming as silk, and her breath like orchid: "You are the winner tonight, if possible, Kogure would like to invite you to sit in the VIP room, There is good tea and champagne there.”

"Okay, I like the VIP room. No one should disturb me there." The young guest smiled.

"Absolutely not. The VIP room tonight will only serve you, the guest." Sakurai Kogure stood up and twisted her slender waist to lead the way for the guest, which made people think of some kind of beautiful demon snake in the legend of the Western Regions.

Walking through the silent corridor, the four walls are covered with dark red light, which is not dazzling. The walls are inscribed with blooming petals, just like the bright red Hibiscus flower.

Sakurai Kogure brought the young guest to a quiet Japanese room, and a man in black who looked like a bodyguard stopped at the door.

This room is much larger than an ordinary Japanese-style room. There are porcelain vases that can be seen in the corners, with a few pale pink snow cherry blossoms stuck in the mouth of the bottles. The four walls of the Japanese-style room are inlaid with crystal clear red crystals. These A small piece of bright gemstone is not too expensive to auction, but a piece as big as a wall is fetching an astonishingly high price, and here there are actually as many as four pieces!

The ceiling above the head is an exquisite ukiyo-e, which depicts a thrilling war between demons, gods and ghosts. Thin clouds and flames are rolling wildly. The eyes of the ghosts reflect the light of red gems, and the paint on them is mixed. Scale powder. After the demons and ghosts united to defeat the old gods, they walked through a long and winding road. It was a lightless path that zigzagged deep into the mountains. The end of the path led to a huge white stone wall with a thousand Nine hundred and ninety-nine of the demons and ghosts were lost in the maze-like path and became ghosts in the underworld. The only one who made it to the end was a man carrying a knife. He carved his name vaguely on the huge white stone wall. It can be seen that there are four characters, but the small characters are already mottled and unclear in the painting.

"Guests have really good eyesight! This ukiyo-e painting is called "Road to the Underworld". This is the most valuable thing in this VIP room, and even in the entire Kukakukan. VIP guests who can go come here. At most, they feel that the picture is shocking. The artist who painted the painting is exquisite and they can take one look at it. Compared with the painting, what attracts their attention more is the red crystal on the four walls." Sakurai Kogure said softly, she said for the young guests After brewing a pot of light green tea, the aroma of the tea gradually spread in the Japanese room, refreshing the mind.

"That's wrong. It's you, the boss lady, who should attract their attention more. Men are definitely more interested in beautiful women than men are in beautiful jewelry." The guest smiled and took the tea cup.

"Oh my, my guests are really good at joking. This is really embarrassing for Xiao Mu. Xiao Mu is not the boss lady here, she is just the manager, responsible for doing some behind-the-scenes work. A woman like me is not as valuable as expensive jewelry, and I am not qualified to be with that person. Compared to a treasure-like Ukiyo-e." Sakurai Kogure covered her mouth and chuckled, her glance and smile full of charm.

"No matter how expensive a painting is or how meaningful it is, it is still a dead thing, but people are living things, and the value of dead things can never be compared with living things." The young guest shook his head gently.

"What a philosophical statement. You brought so many surprises to Kogure tonight." Sakurai Kogure said, "Actually, I have been paying attention to you since the guests arrived. Your skills on the pachinko machine are really amazing. Amazingly, the timing of every calculation is just right. There is no regular way for a marble to fall, but when you throw in the next marble, you will use a clever force to push the previous marble into the place you want. It's an important position. It's no exaggeration to describe it as superb. It's like someone who has been immersed in this kind of machine on the streets of Japan all year round...but you are so young, and you are not even Japanese."

"Oh?" The young guest raised his eyebrows, "I have been speaking in Japanese. Do I have the words 'I am not Japanese' written on my face?"

"It's the accent." Sakurai Kogure was amused by the guest's humor. "And you use some simple vocabulary. When you speak, you try to avoid some uncommon words. Although I live in Kansai, I am born in Kansai. I live in Kanto, so I can distinguish between Kansai and Kanto accents, but your accent does not belong to either of them, and you never use words unique to a certain region in your speech."

The young guest kept smiling and did not comment on Sakurai Kogure's words, which was considered a kind of acquiescence.

"You know the rules of the Kukakukan, right?" Sakurai Kogure got to the point, "As long as the guests win enough money here and wish to deposit the money into the wish fund of the Kukakukan, they can get what they want. You won two billion tonight, and here, two billion can grant almost all your wishes!”

"All wishes?"

"All wishes."

"What if I don't want to make a wish and I want to take away the two billion?" the guest asked.

Sakurai Kogure was stunned. When the guests who were invited to the VIP room heard the four words "all wishes", each of them would turn into a beast of desire. The people who came here were either rich or noble. They were not short of money. Will think of some new tricks. Some of them will put forward perverted wishes that have been secretly hidden in their hearts for a long time, and murder and arson are considered normal; some people will rack their brains, thinking about how to maximize the use of the money they win... But no one will ever Mentioned wanting to take the money away.

"Take the money away... of course there is no problem. You earned it, and of course you have the right to dispose of your property." Sakurai Kogure quickly regained her composure after a hasty loss of consciousness.

"You won't send someone to rob me on my way back and take the money back, will you?" The guest looked wary and suspicious.

"You are kidding again. The Kukakukan is a principled casino. The safety of guests' lives and property will be fully protected here." Sakurai Kogure tried hard to maintain her smile. She has never encountered such a situation. "Weird" guest.

"Are you serious? Then how can your casino continue to operate?" The guest was surprised, "I won two billion yen tonight with one hundred US dollars, but I may be lucky today, so I'll Just memorize it, let's say I win 100 million in one night. That's 3 billion yen in a month, 36 billion yen in a year, and I still have five days off. I can definitely make a profit from such a good deal. Are you doing charity?"

Sakurai Kogure's smile froze on her face. She had read countless people. She could tell whether a person was a local just by their accent, but she couldn't see through the young man in front of her at all. She couldn't tell the difference for a moment. Is the other party serious or is he deliberately trying to cause trouble?

"If you want to do this...that's your freedom. The Kukakukan will not refuse any guest, but do you really think you can win money every night?" Sakurai Kogure asked.

"Hahaha, don't be so serious. I'm just joking. How can I really treat your place as an ATM?" The guest waved his hand, "Actually, I don't have any skills. Tonight is purely luck. In my life, I have never seen such a large amount of money. If I bring it back, it will be like carrying a big golden lump in my trouser pocket. It will hurt people and make me unable to eat or sleep well. I might as well spend it here with you."

"So you have already made up your mind about your wish?" Sakurai Kogure smiled again.

"Yeah, I've thought about it." The guest nodded, "It's the boss."

"What?" Sakurai Kogure was stunned.

"My wish is that I want to meet your boss, the real boss behind the Paradise Hall." The guest said seriously.

"You're kidding, right?" Sakurai Kogure frowned.

"I'm not kidding, I'm serious," the guest said.

"May I ask why you want to see our boss?"

"The landlady is so charming, so the boss must be no ordinary person, right?" the guest said, "The person who can afford to open such a luxurious casino has a lot of connections and abilities. Everyone is curious about what kind of person he is? He is an old man in his dying years. ? Or a calm and shrewd uncle? Or a handsome young man? "

"Guest, have you heard the saying that curiosity killed the cat? Sometimes in order to satisfy a little curiosity, you have to pay an unbearable price in life." Sakurai Kogure said.

"Are you threatening me?" The guest raised his eyebrows, "I don't want to see the Emperor of Japan or the Queen of England now. I just want to see your boss. Two billion people can't even see one person? I remember it is You told me, you said that any wish can come true here, and you plan to smash your own sign?"

Sakurai Kogure stared into the guest's eyes, and then spoke after a long time: "I need to report this matter to my boss. I have no right to decide whether to see him or not. Please sit here for a while, and I will go ask for instructions."

Sakurai Kogure closed the door of the VIP room, and her enchanting back disappeared from the sight of the young guest.

I don't know how much time has passed. The hot tea on the table has cooled down. The rustling movement surrounds the Japanese room from all directions, and murderous intent is overflowing.