DEAD MAN'S HAND

NOTE:THIS NOVEL IS MADE BY THE HELP OF AI. The real world has a shadow — and in that shadow, people gamble with the only thing they can't earn back. Ren Akagi, 19, is nobody. A unemployed, perpetually tired guy who spends his days slouched in front of a monitor, dismantling opponents in every online game he touches. No job, no ambition, no plans. Just him, his screen, and an unbroken win streak that means absolutely nothing. That changes the night a stranger knocks on his door, eyes hollow and desperate, and challenges him to a card game. Ren wins. The stranger loses his last heart — and dies on the floor in front of him. Before Ren can even process what he just witnessed, he's pulled into Mora — an alternate world that exists parallel to Earth, invisible to ordinary people, accessible only to those chosen by its enigmatic creator known only as The Dealer. In Mora, the currency is life itself. Every player enters with 5 Hearts — and every game puts them on the line. Lose them all, and you die. Not just in Mora. In the real world too. The prize? Unimaginable wealth wired directly to your real-world account. The dream of every player: reach the top of the Grand Table — defeat the world's 10 greatest players and claim the title of King of Mora, along with a fortune no government could touch. Ren didn't ask for this. He doesn't care about the money. He doesn't care about the title. But now that he's in — he's never lost a game in his life.