Chapter 256
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With it clear that Kamryn and Lula were the ones behind her troubles.
Mika pushed aside her payback to those two heathens, and focus on a way to solve her dilemma.
Since Nylian wasn't going to lend a helping hand, she needed to handle this herself. Looking over the forms used for the competition sign up. Mika realizes that one doesn't necessary have to "fight" in the arena. The opponents can challenge each other to anything, as long as there is a winner and a loser.
Idea forming in her head, Mika walked back into the student council room to fill out a form of her own.
Back at the stadium, Saavi and Celaena had sat through thirty matches before the judges had called a break for lunch.
Wondering how Mika was holding up, She and Celaena went back to their dorms to get Mika to join them for lunch.
"Mika..?" When they reached her door, they saw that it was cracked open.
"What are you doing?" The room was a mess and Mika was on the floor digging through her luggage.
"Looking for the cards...I can't seem to find them anywhere..." Mika searched around her.
"Why do you need the cards now? It's lunch time, let's go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat before the afternoon matches begin."
"No, this is more important..." Mika passed her wristband to Saavi.
"You have six matches next week!?"
"Yeah, Lula and Kamryn is behind this."
"What are you going to do?"
"The only thing I can do...fight." Mika shrugged her shoulders.
"...but...what about asking the Pre-"
"Already did..." Mika turned around and grabbed another one of her bags to search.
"What did he say?"
"Not worth my time repeating his words..." Mika pulled out everything in her bag onto the floor.
"Mika..what are you doing?"
"I'm trying to find my deck..."
"Why?"
"...ah ha! Found them." Mika pulled out a deck of card hidden at the bottom of her bag.
"Mika, just what are you thinking?" Saavi was confused as why Mika was more worried about find a deck of cards rather than trying to figure out how to win against her challengers.
"Saavi, I don't need to fight my challengers one by one in the arena." Holding up the deck she waved it in front of her face.
"What? You are going to challenge everyone to a game of cards?"
"Yes." Mika smiled proudly.
"You're joking right? I mean can you even do that?"
"Yup, sure can. You can challenge anyone to anything...and since the students who wanted a match with me didn't fill in what they wanted to challenge me in. I did it for them..." Mika counted the whole deck to make sure not a card was missing and then began shuffling the deck.
"What if this plan doesn't work? What if one of the students is better at card games than you?" Saavi pointed out.
"That's why I need some practice..." On how to cheat, "Anyone willing to help?" Mika looked at both Saavi and Celaena.
"Okay." "En." Saavi and Celaena sat down as Mika dealt out the cards.
She thought about played Gin rummy but she would be able to defeat her opponents in one go. She want to beat them all at one time.
...and what better way to do that than poker...
For the rest of the week, Mika ate, slept, breathed card games. While Saavi and Celaena were given a crash course in the game she was hoping to use during the competition.
At first, they won almost every hand. Saavi began to worry about Mika's chances of winning if she can't even win against two newbies.
However, it didn't take long for her winning streak to come. Saavi and Celaena were losing every round going forward. Saavi was surprised and happy at how fast Mika was able to turn the tables around.
"Cheater." Celaena threw down the cards in her hands, when she lost another round to Mika. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
"No need to be a sore loser, Celaena." Mika smiled as she counted the credits she won from this hand.
"How do you do it?" Celaena asked.
When Mika turned her losing streak into a winning one, Celaena became suspicious that she was cheating. Using her gifts, she slowed down time to try a catch her in the act but to her surprise she couldn't find any fault in Mika's playing. Yet, she continued to lose.
"A professional never reveals her skills." Mika laughed when Celaena snatched the deck of cards off the table to look them over. Giving up on finding any thing wrong with them, she threw the deck into the air before stomping out of the room.
"Mika...did you cheat?" Saavi asked once Celaena had left the room.
"It's only cheating, if you get caught."
Saavi didn't know what to say. She want to reprimand Mika's actions but she knew Mika needed to win.
Just this once, I won't say anything...just this once.
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With it clear that Kamryn and Lula were the ones behind her troubles.
Mika pushed aside her payback to those two heathens, and focus on a way to solve her dilemma.
Since Nylian wasn't going to lend a helping hand, she needed to handle this herself. Looking over the forms used for the competition sign up. Mika realizes that one doesn't necessary have to "fight" in the arena. The opponents can challenge each other to anything, as long as there is a winner and a loser.
Idea forming in her head, Mika walked back into the student council room to fill out a form of her own.
Back at the stadium, Saavi and Celaena had sat through thirty matches before the judges had called a break for lunch.
Wondering how Mika was holding up, She and Celaena went back to their dorms to get Mika to join them for lunch.
"Mika..?" When they reached her door, they saw that it was cracked open.
"What are you doing?" The room was a mess and Mika was on the floor digging through her luggage.
"Looking for the cards...I can't seem to find them anywhere..." Mika searched around her.
"Why do you need the cards now? It's lunch time, let's go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat before the afternoon matches begin."
"No, this is more important..." Mika passed her wristband to Saavi.
"You have six matches next week!?"
"Yeah, Lula and Kamryn is behind this."
"What are you going to do?"
"The only thing I can do...fight." Mika shrugged her shoulders.
"...but...what about asking the Pre-"
"Already did..." Mika turned around and grabbed another one of her bags to search.
"What did he say?"
"Not worth my time repeating his words..." Mika pulled out everything in her bag onto the floor.
"Mika..what are you doing?"
"I'm trying to find my deck..."
"Why?"
"...ah ha! Found them." Mika pulled out a deck of card hidden at the bottom of her bag.
"Mika, just what are you thinking?" Saavi was confused as why Mika was more worried about find a deck of cards rather than trying to figure out how to win against her challengers.
"Saavi, I don't need to fight my challengers one by one in the arena." Holding up the deck she waved it in front of her face.
"What? You are going to challenge everyone to a game of cards?"
"Yes." Mika smiled proudly.
"You're joking right? I mean can you even do that?"
"Yup, sure can. You can challenge anyone to anything...and since the students who wanted a match with me didn't fill in what they wanted to challenge me in. I did it for them..." Mika counted the whole deck to make sure not a card was missing and then began shuffling the deck.
"What if this plan doesn't work? What if one of the students is better at card games than you?" Saavi pointed out.
"That's why I need some practice..." On how to cheat, "Anyone willing to help?" Mika looked at both Saavi and Celaena.
"Okay." "En." Saavi and Celaena sat down as Mika dealt out the cards.
She thought about played Gin rummy but she would be able to defeat her opponents in one go. She want to beat them all at one time.
...and what better way to do that than poker...
For the rest of the week, Mika ate, slept, breathed card games. While Saavi and Celaena were given a crash course in the game she was hoping to use during the competition.
At first, they won almost every hand. Saavi began to worry about Mika's chances of winning if she can't even win against two newbies.
However, it didn't take long for her winning streak to come. Saavi and Celaena were losing every round going forward. Saavi was surprised and happy at how fast Mika was able to turn the tables around.
"Cheater." Celaena threw down the cards in her hands, when she lost another round to Mika. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
"No need to be a sore loser, Celaena." Mika smiled as she counted the credits she won from this hand.
"How do you do it?" Celaena asked.
When Mika turned her losing streak into a winning one, Celaena became suspicious that she was cheating. Using her gifts, she slowed down time to try a catch her in the act but to her surprise she couldn't find any fault in Mika's playing. Yet, she continued to lose.
"A professional never reveals her skills." Mika laughed when Celaena snatched the deck of cards off the table to look them over. Giving up on finding any thing wrong with them, she threw the deck into the air before stomping out of the room.
"Mika...did you cheat?" Saavi asked once Celaena had left the room.
"It's only cheating, if you get caught."
Saavi didn't know what to say. She want to reprimand Mika's actions but she knew Mika needed to win.
Just this once, I won't say anything...just this once.
With it clear that Kamryn and Lula were the ones behind her troubles. Mika pushed aside her payback to those two heathens, and focus on a way to solve her dilemma. Since Nylian wasn't going to lend a helping hand, she needed to handle this herself. Looking over the forms used for the competition sign up. Mika realizes that one doesn't necessary have to "fight" in the arena. The opponents can challenge each other to anything, as long as there is a winner and a loser. Idea forming in her head, Mika walked back into the student council room to fill out a form of her own. Back at the stadium, Saavi and Celaena had sat through thirty matches before the judges had called a break for lunch. Wondering how Mika was holding up, She and Celaena went back to their dorms to get Mika to join them for lunch. "Mika..?" When they reached her door, they saw that it was cracked open. "What are you doing?" The room was a mess and Mika was on the floor digging through her luggage. "Looking for the cards...I can't seem to find them anywhere..." Mika searched around her. "Why do you need the cards now? It's lunch time, let's go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat before the afternoon matches begin." "No, this is more important..." Mika passed her wristband to Saavi. "You have six matches next week!?" "Yeah, Lula and Kamryn is behind this." "What are you going to do?" "The only thing I can do...fight." Mika shrugged her shoulders. "...but...what about asking the Pre-" "Already did..." Mika turned around and grabbed another one of her bags to search. "What did he say?" "Not worth my time repeating his words..." Mika pulled out everything in her bag onto the floor. "Mika..what are you doing?" "I'm trying to find my deck..." "Why?" "...ah ha! Found them." Mika pulled out a deck of card hidden at the bottom of her bag. "Mika, just what are you thinking?" Saavi was confused as why Mika was more worried about find a deck of cards rather than trying to figure out how to win against her challengers. "Saavi, I don't need to fight my challengers one by one in the arena." Holding up the deck she waved it in front of her face. "What? You are going to challenge everyone to a game of cards?" "Yes." Mika smiled proudly. "You're joking right? I mean can you even do that?" "Yup, sure can. You can challenge anyone to anything...and since the students who wanted a match with me didn't fill in what they wanted to challenge me in. I did it for them..." Mika counted the whole deck to make sure not a card was missing and then began shuffling the deck. "What if this plan doesn't work? What if one of the students is better at card games than you?" Saavi pointed out. "That's why I need some practice..." On how to cheat, "Anyone willing to help?" Mika looked at both Saavi and Celaena. "Okay.""En." Saavi and Celaena sat down as Mika dealt out the cards. She thought about played Gin rummy but she would be able to defeat her opponents in one go. She want to beat them all at one time. ...and what better way to do that than poker... For the rest of the week, Mika ate, slept, breathed card games.While Saavi and Celaena were given a crash course in the game she was hoping to use during the competition. At first, they won almost every hand. Saavi began to worry about Mika's chances of winning if she can't even win against two newbies. However, it didn't take long for her winning streak to come. Saavi and Celaena were losing every round going forward. Saavi was surprised and happy at how fast Mika was able to turn the tables around. "Cheater." Celaena threw down the cards in her hands, when she lost another round to Mika. Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. "No need to be a sore loser, Celaena." Mika smiled as she counted the credits she won from this hand. "How do you do it?" Celaena asked. When Mika turned her losing streak into a winning one, Celaena became suspicious that she was cheating. Using her gifts, she slowed down time to try a catch her in the act but to her surprise she couldn't find any fault in Mika's playing. Yet, she continued to lose. "A professional never reveals her skills." Mika laughed when Celaena snatched the deck of cards off the table to look them over. Giving up on finding any thing wrong with them, she threw the deck into the air before stomping out of the room. "Mika...did you cheat?" Saavi asked once Celaena had left the room. "It's only cheating, if you get caught." Saavi didn't know what to say. She want to reprimand Mika's actions but she knew Mika needed to win. Just this once, I won't say anything...just this once.
