Sakurai Kogure took her leave from the VIP room, instructing her subordinates to dispatch a team to surround it before walking back into the main hall of the Gleam Pavilion.
It was still as lively as a boiling pot of porridge. Roulette wheels spun, dice tumbled inside their cups, and croupiers slapped tiles down with practiced, fluid motions. Texas Hold'em players stood with veins bulging on their foreheads, excitedly rubbing their cards. Steel balls collided with a frantic madness inside the Pachinko machines, their crisp, deafening chimes filling the entire space.
If anything, the atmosphere had grown even more boisterous. Having witnessed the young winner being led away by the alluring and glamorous female manager, every guest felt as though they had been injected with adrenaline, each yearning to be the next one.
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