Blackjack, one of the most classic poker card games. The rules of this game vary from place to place, and in this Gensokyo, it plays like this:

First, the number card is 2-10, and the number shown is the number of points; J, Q, and K cards are all recorded as "T cards", that is, "Ten cards", and the value is 10, the value of A cards can be 1 or 11, and the value of the Joker card is any number between 1 and 10, which is determined by the player, and the ghost cards are recorded as 0 points. The sum of the points should be as large as possible, but no more than 21 points are allowed. The player with the highest number of points after the card is opened, the same number of points is a tie, the number of points greater than 21 points is Burst, the judgment is lost, if all players have more than 21 points, it is still a tie.

Second, at the beginning of the hand, each player draws two cards and chooses one to turn over and express, and the other card, as well as every card drawn thereafter, is kept face down. After the initial two cards have been confirmed, the player has the option to raise, draw, stand, or if they stand, they cannot continue to draw. After all players are suspended, the game ends, and all cards are turned over to calculate the number of points and determine the winner.

Third, if the opening two cards are drawn A + T cards (or A + 10, A + Joker and other two cards with a total of 21 points), then it is Black Jack, and you can directly reveal the cards and get back all the chips you have pressed. At this point, if all players are Blackjack, it is a tie and each gets their chips back, otherwise the non-Blackjack player draws until they have just 21 points, or a total of more than 21.

"That's all for me. ”

Sir Shakoros asked the waiter to help retrieve the blue and green chips scattered on the floor, folded them in two by color, and placed them on the table in front of him. He was now squatting upright on Orange's lap, and Orange was sitting on a raised chair. With his size, when he sat up straight, he was just a head above the table.

"Seven blue and seven green, although the face value is only 770 yuan, it is directly linked to the lives of me and the little girl. He said, "Blue represents my life, and green represents orange's life, both of which are divided into sevens." If you lose everything, then you will leave your life to the judgment of the Heavenly Demon's spear, and be ready to come to your senses, Orange?"

"Hmm!"

Orange nodded heavily. At this point, there is no turning back, she knows very well and is willing to bear the corresponding price.

More importantly, she wanted to win, she didn't want to lose, especially not to lose to that heavenly demon.

"What about you, are you ready?"

Sir Chakoros said, glancing at the ghost man opposite, and the spear she pressed against the table.

"Nonsense!"

The heavenly evil ghost drooped and pulled Erlang's legs, holding a cigar in his mouth, and looked like a big man.

"Deal the cards, please!"

The white cat beckoned, and the waiter opened the box of brand-new playing cards and shuffled the cards twice with great skill in front of both sides of the table and the onlookers gathered nearby. Then, he pushed the stack of cards onto the table, and then swiped it horizontally from left to right, and then wiped it into a neat row with the back up.

"Please!"

The waiter bowed his head, spread his hands, and withdrew. The rest of the time is up to these two players.

"Three hundred thousand. ”

Good and evil pushed the thirty red chips that had been built up to the front as their own bets. Then she took another coin out of her pocket and asked:

"Heads and tails?"

"The opposite. ”

Sir Shakolos said this, and discharged six chips, three blue and three green, with three-sevenths of his life at the stake.

Good and evil tossed the coin, landed on the back of the hand, patted it, and opened it again—the face.

"I'll go first. ”

As she spoke, she drew two from the far right of the row of cards, took them in her hand, and smiled.

“Black Jack！”

The two cards came out of their hands, spun and slid across half of the table, and finally stopped in the middle of the table, which was the ace of spades and the king of hearts, with a total of 21 points.

"Gollum ......"

Orange couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

The general, as soon as he started the game, was ruthlessly generalized. The luck of the evil ghost on this day is really too good to be reasonable. Next, Sir Chakolos had to make up 21 points to get out of the way, no more, no less. It's not just a game of luck, it's a psychological test.

Let's say that now, your opponent has drawn Blackjack and your hand has a total of 20 points, one step to heaven and one step to hell. In this case, you will decisively draw the next card, bet on the very unlikely ace and the joker, or hesitate, although you don't know why you are hesitating, after all, you have no other choice.

Suppose your bet is no longer money, but your own life, and your opponent has a showdown against you - the absolutely undefeated Blackjack, who represents extreme luck and extreme misfortune. What do you do? Are you ready for the judgment of fate? Or are you just trembling in fear?

When Sir Chakoros's paws moved to the playing cards, Orange closed her eyes, and all she could hear was her own breathing and heartbeat. She didn't know how much courage she had to have to draw cards calmly in such a situation, at least, she didn't have that kind of courage.

But Sir Chakolos has.

He gently pulled out the first card and flipped it over on the table, with a faint smile on his face, unchanged, as if the ghost man's cards were not Black Jack, as if he had mastered the secret of victory.

"Club ace," he said, pressing the card with his cat's paw, "my choice is 11." ”

Hearing this, Orange's heart was "Gaden" and fell vertically.

Normally, the most important situation to avoid in this situation is to have more than 21 points, Burst. So, if she were to pick Orange, she would try to choose a smaller number, and as long as her hand didn't exceed 21, she would have a chance to continue drawing and not lose yet.

But what Sir Chakolos was thinking about was clearly the other side of the story.

He wasn't thinking about "how not to lose", he was thinking about only one thing from beginning to end, "how to win". So, he took this risky move, and he has been doing it since the moment he stepped into this casino. On the next card, he only needs to draw any of 10, J, Q, K, and the joker to force a draw. This 11-point ace card is a single-plank bridge to victory, either one step to the sky or the abyss.

"Diamond 6," said Sir Sciakros, turning over the second card, "a pity." ”

Although there is not much "pity" in his tone.

At this point, Orange's heart has been half cold.

The first is an 11-point club ace, and the second is a 6-point diamond 6, for a total of 17 points, that is, the space left for Sir Chakolos is only 4 points.

In this game with a minimum of 0 points and a maximum of 11 points for a single card, the space of 4 points means that the win rate is less than 4 percent, in other words, the probability of a point explosion is approaching 70%. And once it explodes, she and the white cat will directly lose three-sevenths of their lives.

Beads of sweat slid down her forehead, and before it reached her chin, Sir Shakolos had drawn the third card.

"Huh, hehe!"

Orange heard the contemptuous laughter of the ghosts, and this time, Sir Chakolos did not speak, and none of the onlookers spoke.

After much hesitation, she opened her eyes. Her heartbeat, which grew more and more intense, suddenly stopped the moment the dark number came into view.

Sir Chakoros' hand was a 5 of spades, and the total of the three cards reached 22.

"Tut-tut......"

Sir Chakolos shook his head and placed the unfortunate spade on the table. For the first time, a look of loss appeared on his face.

"Just a little bit. "Still, it doesn't matter." ”

"There are many more opportunities. ”

"Do you really think so?"

The ghost man stretched out his arms, snatched the six life-symbolizing chips from Sir Shakoros's face, and then gave him a slightly hideous smile with sharp teeth.

"I'm holding three-sevenths of your lives in my hands, do you know what that means?"

Good and evil repeatedly tossed the blue and green chips she had just won, and the other hand propped up her crooked head, the blood-colored light flashing in her eyes. In Orange's opinion, at this time, she is simply an insatiable, bone-sucking ghost.

"This means that you have no way back from this gamble. Good and evil then said, "You are in debt, you are in debt. If you quit the game now, then I will take a knife and cut off the equivalent of three-sevenths of your body weight from your body to offset your gambling debts. ”

"You can only get out of here 'completely' if you win, win low, win all the chips in my hand, and then win back the chips that you lost to me, understand?"

"I don't understand what you mean, Heavenly Demon. Sir Shakolos said, "You say as if I didn't intend to win all your money and get out of it." I never intended to lose this long tail to you - I still have to rely on it to please the little she-cat!"

"It's time to be hard-mouthed," the good and evil fingers pinched the cigar, leaned back in the chair, and spat out a large puff of white smoke diagonally upward, "I won't have a chance later!"

"Dealer!" she beckoned to the waiter beside her, "It's the second round!"