Gublit was the first to act; he touched Roz and Moto and got lucky and they got pushed back. Now only Gublit was in front of Notokawi. Before anything, he punched the ground and Notokawi looked around to see a massive blue building. "This is my gambling palace; before anything, I want to gamble with you. You can gamble anything: money, well-being, other people's souls. Usually in a fight I'd activate platform mode so only I can gamble because if I do free roam mode, they can gamble too and get something good too…" Notokawi looked at him lost and confused.
"But I'm trying to kill you guys so…why?" Gublit just did a light chuckle and patted his back. "So do you want to gamble here or fight? If you choose to gamble with me, then you can't fight or attack me in any way."
Notokawi sat down on the grass and looked at the building. "Gambling haven," the big words on top said. And through the glass he could see people or things gambling. It kind of looked like an academy.
"Fine." Notokawi decided. He was pretty good at gambling, right? Barley did it but it couldn't be that bad.
"Alright, follow me," Gublit said.
Notokawi stood up and followed Gublit inside the building. There was no security strangely. Entering, there were 2 halls left and right. "These first 2 hallways are just where you go for some quick games. You know those hallways you saw through the glass when you got here? Yeah, that's it."
Notokawi looked down, silent, still continuing to follow him. Why would he give all this info away? Was this a trap? He had no other choice but…why?
They end up in a massive place where people are gambling all over on slot machines and tables. "This is where all the fun is at. You can watch people's lives and bet on what will happen." Gublit said with pride. Notokawi looked with boredom now. "Why are you boring me? Let's just cut to the chase!"
"No, if I were to die, then I want my killer to at least know something about me. And I can even be here when I sleep in the real world." Gublit saw somebody and dapped them up and they walked away.
"Oh, that's King. I remember when I was snorting my daily cocaine and managed to end up in his dimension. Boy, did we have a little fight but we made up and are friends in the end."
…
"Yeah, I should bring you to where we're going to gamble." Notokawi lightened up a bit; they were finally doing something. He followed Gublit into a room and inside it had couches on the edges of the walls and in the middle was a stand with a metal stick. "Oops, forgot to clear this out. It's the VIP section where you can type into this computer and make anything you want. Let's play some roulette."
Gublit typed in the prompt and everything shifted. There was a table with the roulette wheel in the middle with two chairs on opposite sides of the table.
Gublit sat in oneof them and Notokawi followed forth.
"Alright, who are we betting on? I'll bet on that Maya girl or whatever her name is with the bubbles and shit soul. RED BABY." "I'll bet my mother's soul on red." The system displayed an error message. "Oh, you can't bet dead relatives."
"Alright, fine, on my left arm it'll be black." Gublit spun the wheel and it landed on… RED! His arm started shaking and then folded into his torso. "Surprisingly, I felt no pain." Notokawi looked more shocked than scared at the fact that he has no left arm now.
"Alright, I'll bet on my other arm; it'll be black. But if I make it, I can get my other arm back. Is that allowed?" "Fine by me. Tyrone got his balls back doing that." Notokawi grimaced at that comment. "Alright, I'll bet that girl's soul again on RED AGAIN!" They spun the wheel again and it landed on black. Silence. The only thing that happened was Notokawi getting his arm back.
"Oh… well, who cared about her anyway? To lose on red on the second go is bad luck. Guess I'll have to use my secret weapon. A person feared in the gambling world."
"What could you possibly do that'll terrify me? Actually, because I'm feeling cocky, let me tell you some facts about myself."
"I was the one who made our infinite world like this. When I found out that my world wasn't the only one out there—there were multiple alternate universes and such—I fell into great despair, feeling like I missed out and my world wasn't special because there are others. So I decided to combine them all together. Not telling you how but I lost the ability after I merged all worlds together and ended up with the one I have now. For some reason I can't use it here but whatever."
Gublit looked at him unimpressed. "That's it?"
Notokawi looked at him with shock. How could he react so calmly after him saying that? He would tell normal people and watch them break down and go insane. "Alright, I present to you…YUMEKO!" From the sky a girl with black hair falls down and onto the seat. "Let's play some blackjack," she said.