Su Ming took a deep breath and prepared to place his bet. Before doing so, however, he noticed the cyan crystalline film display on his right hand. He activated the Time Acceleration superpower, this time not on a person, but on the object before him: the slot machine. The superpower could affect people, events, and objects.
"Ding! Acceleration successful."
A confident smile suddenly spread across Su Ming's face. The slot machine hadn't spun yet, but Time Acceleration had already projected all the results of the next ten minutes into his mind. He knew everything that would happen: what symbols would appear and what multipliers he would win.
"Holy shit, it actually works! I'm gonna be rich!" Su Ming couldn't contain his excitement.
"What's so funny? You're grinning like an idiot before you've even won a cent! What if you lose? You'll be crying your eyes out then," Tian Keke said, shivering slightly as she watched Su Ming's smug expression.
"Watch this, I'll win your money back in no time," Su Ming said, inserting twenty game tokens. He pressed the apple button, selecting the maximum of twenty.
Tian Keke pouted. "I like apples, but I hate buying them. Apples are a rip-off."
"Don't worry, you won't hate apples after this!" Su Ming declared confidently.
Several others around them also placed their bets. The slot machine whirred to life, spun a few times, and then began playing the old song "Mice Love Rice." Tian Keke's eyes lit up like gold coins, her radiant face unable to conceal her joy. The machine had indeed landed on apples, with a payout of five times the bet. Su Ming had wagered twenty tokens, and now received one hundred.
"La la la!"
The others hadn't won, but Su Ming's hundred tokens clattered out of the slot machine's coin slot one by one.
"Holy shit! It actually hit! I'm so excited!" Tian Keke clasped her hands over her ample chest, her face beaming as she watched the stream of coins pour from the slot—a full hundred!
For someone who usually lost nine out of ten bets, this was unprecedented. To win so much with just one bet was almost too good to be true. Her heavily made-up, jade-like face was radiant with unrestrained delight.
"I'm thrilled!" Su Ming was genuinely excited. To be honest, he'd never won much when gambling before. Now, with his extraordinary superpower—knowing all the slot machine outcomes for the next ten minutes—he could bet and win every time.
"Mmm! That's a hundred game coins. Su Ming, can you give me fifty?" Tian Keke, ever casual, ignored the word "borrow" and simply stated her demand.
Su Ming didn't mind at all. Since he'd already mastered the slot machine and was about to win even more, giving her some was no big deal. Plus, it might win him favor with the beautiful girl—and maybe even a chance to take advantage!
Seeing couples kissing nearby, Su Ming suddenly felt emboldened. He subtly shifted to stand behind Tian Keke's slender waist and boldly leaned in, pressing his body against hers. "Sure," he said with a grin, "but you have to bet exactly as I say. No random bets, got it?"
"Hehe, got it!" Tian Keke, too giddy with excitement, didn't realize Su Ming was taking advantage of the situation. Pressed tightly against him from behind, she remained oblivious.
The close proximity to a woman sent a wave of pleasure through Su Ming. Tian Keke's intoxicating fragrance made his mind race with exhilaration, and his manhood responded with impressive vigor.
"Ouch! You're pressing against my butt—can you stand back a bit?" Tian Keke said, annoyed by the discomfort, but her hands were too busy counting game coins to pay much attention.
Su Ming had expected her to get angry, but the joy of winning had completely absorbed her, making her oblivious to his advantage. Emboldened, he pressed his second brother against her plump, rounded buttocks, positioning it perfectly in the curve of her derriere. The narrow valleys on either side of his member hugged it tightly, driving him to the brink of madness...
"Su Ming, what should we bet next? Hurry up and place your bet—what are you waiting for?" Tian Keke turned back impatiently.
As she turned, her body shifted slightly. The already intimate atmosphere intensified as her soft, supple form and rounded hips pressed back against him, nearly sending Su Ming over the edge!
"Alarm clock," Su Ming said with a straight face as he savored the moment. Always the rogue, he suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling them together. The men nearby watched enviously—this guy was secretly getting lucky!
Su Ming shot a smug glance at the envious onlookers and ignored them. Spotting a slot machine, he continued kissing Tian Keke as he said, "Let's bet fifty game tokens on the alarm clock. It's bound to hit."
"Okay!" Tian Keke put all fifty tokens on the alarm clock. She now believed Su Ming's luck was truly exceptional, though she still felt a pang of anxiety. They'd only won a hundred tokens, and losing fifty in one go would be a shame.
But, as Su Ming had predicted, the slot machine immediately displayed the alarm clock. With a fifteen-fold multiplier, their fifty-token bet yielded seven hundred and fifty tokens, which clattered down in a cascade. Tian Keke was ecstatic.
"We hit it big!" she exclaimed, hugging the pile of tokens and stroking them with a look of pure delight.
"Yeah, we made a killing. Happy?" Su Ming said, but his hands didn't slow their advance. He leaned forward, tightening his grip around Tian Keke's waist.
"You're going to kill me! You're squeezing so tight I can't breathe," she complained, rolling her eyes but continuing to count the tokens with a grin, completely oblivious to the embrace.
"Excuse me, waiter, could you bring me a tray?" Tian Keke said to a staff member in the arcade.
The staff member smiled and handed her a tray. Tian Keke loaded all her game tokens onto it and asked cheerfully, "Let's play again! I want to win even more money. Hmph, I'm going to win back all those thousands I lost before. Su Ming, what should we bet on next?"
"Double Sevens," Su Ming replied with a smile.
Tian Keke's eyes lit up. She loved high multipliers—hitting a 20x payout would be so exhilarating! She immediately put in a hundred tokens.
"Oh my god, it actually hit Double Sevens! Su Ming, I love you!" Seeing the slot machine's result—2,000 yuan rolling in—Tian Keke couldn't contain her joy. All her previous disappointment vanished, replaced by wild excitement.
"Keep going! What next?"
"Watermelon."
"Good heavens, we hit it again! Su Ming, you're a genius!"
They continued to hit wins for five straight minutes, racking up a total of 20,000 tokens. The other players in the arcade watched in astonishment. Could it be that a gambling master had arrived today?
"We're closing the arcade now. Please leave," the owner said, his face contorted with anger. It was still early, and there was no reason to close so soon. He was simply looking for an excuse to get rid of Su Ming and Tian Keke. If they kept winning, he'd be ruined today.
The owner couldn't understand it. His staff were watching closely, and the students couldn't possibly be cheating. Yet they kept winning every time. Could they really be that lucky?
Whatever the reason, he couldn't let Su Ming keep playing. He had to get rid of them quickly, or he'd lose tens of thousands. He called over his staff to surround the pair.
Su Ming understood the owner's meaning perfectly: *You should be satisfied with winning twenty thousand. Otherwise, neither of you will be leaving this place.*
"Let's cash out," Su Ming said to Tian Keke. She nodded, having been coming here to gamble for years and knowing the situation all too well.
The owner didn't try to welch on the bet. He could afford to lose twenty thousand yuan. Defaulting would ruin his reputation and likely attract the attention of dangerous people.
With twenty thousand yuan in hand, Su Ming and Tian Keke left the Seven Stars Arcade and walked out onto the street, their spirits soaring.