Editing Kakegurui Trip Fulltext (section)

==Chapter 4, part 7==

Well, she actually did it. Yumeko was one of the 25 who made it to the second round. 
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The screens in the corner where I was sitting were showing the action on the tables. There was also a list of all the table winners. Yumeko was on it. Each time a new name appeared, the crowd around me reacted. Some were screaming with joy, some were sighing with despair. Those who had bet on someone who was eliminated could still turn things around. Betting on someone now would yield 25 times your money back, if that someone ended up winning the tournament. I'm sure many were doing exactly this. 
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Suddenly, my hand was grabbed. ''"Goldilocks! I'm so happy to see you again."'' Ace was kneeling at my feet.
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''"Arg! What are you doing! Let go!"'' I shook him off.
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Ace slowly stood up. He was about a head taller than me. I had to admit, he was pretty good looking and his clothes were flattering his physique. The way he acted was still unacceptable, though.
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''"Did you see my brilliant playing?"'', he asked.
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I wiped my hand off on my skirt. ''"A little bit. I wasn't really interested so I wasn't playing attention that much. I can see that you won, though"'', I said while looking at one of the displays.<br>
''"So you actually signed up as 'Ace'? Must you use that terribly lame nickname everywhere? Didn't your parents give you a real one?"''
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''"Goldilocks, listen, my actual name isn't Ace, but I am Ace. It's the core of my being. This man standing before you is the Ace of Aces and nothing else"'', he said.
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I sighed. ''"I have no idea what you are talking about."''
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''"That's fine"'', he replied quickly. ''"You can take your time to know me better. Take as long as you need."''
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''"It's not happening"'', I replied coldly.
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He shrugged his shoulders with an expression that seemed to say, ''"What a troublesome little kitten."''
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''"Oh, I see that the black haired maiden won her table too"'', Ace said, looking at the screens. 
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''"Yeah, I wonder how far she gets"'', I replied.
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Ace kept blabbing about himself and I wanted to tell him to get lost. I didn't. I had an idea and it involved suffering though his monologue.
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''"Yeah", "Uhuh", "Oh, really"'', I was intermittently saying to him while standing under the screens. 
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''"Oh", "How awful", "Can't be true"'', I was muttering while on my way to the bar for my iced tea refill with him in tow.
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Kifune's voice was back with an announcement over the intercom. For once, I was happy to hear her because she was about to release me from my ordeal. ''"Honored guests! The second round of our exciting tournament will begin shortly! Players, please don't dally and take your seat!"''
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''"Goldilocks, our wonderful talk makes me so reluctant to leave you, but I must go! After I win, I'll come back to sweep you off your feet! Even if I face the black haired maiden, I won't hold back. That's my style of play. Please forgive me"'', Ace said while he started to walk away.
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''"Eh, that last bit is actually alright"'', I said, raising my voice so he would hear me from a distance. ''"She'll get mad if you don't play seriously. She hates that sort of thing."''
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Ace nodded and then blew a kiss to me before disappearing in the crowd. He is really not my type. I don't understand why he is so stubborn about me.
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