The girl known as "Alice" sat at a table in Shibuya Japan. in front of her lay several cards, and four others were sitting at the same table around her. Across the table, the dealer stood, dealing his cards and answering to the signals to either hit or fold from the contestants at his table. Death Dealer Rank IV, Seras Akira was doing what she always enjoyed - gambling. For her, the world and duty of demons was of no concern to her at the moment - all she needed - and wanted - to do was to have fun. In Japan, a casino such as this one was illegal by law - and of course that meant there would be one here, under the control of the Yakuza - Japan's organized crime syndicates. Alice bore no concern that she was in a den of criminals - she was a customer and they were doing a business. Nobody got hurt. She paid no attention; especially not to the Yakuza guard holding a katana ready to deal with cheaters in the old fashioned way. "...Oh my," another guest exclaimed as he looked out the window, "That's a pretty meteor shower." 'Alice' spared the window a glance, knowing full well what that meteor shower was. She knew it would eventually come, however, and she saw no reason to react nor prepare anything in advance. Turning back to the table, she glanced at her cards again - a three of hearts and a seven of spades. Smiling, she made the hand motion and announced: "hit". The dealer obliged. Alice smiled. An ace of spades. Blackjack.