Chapter 186: Poker Battle
"We still use a coin toss to decide who will come first in the first round to decide the time of the challenge. β
As usual, Mr. Jiang took out a coin from his pocket.
On one side, the flag of the island country is printed, and on the other, the flag of the country of Ying is printed.
Mr. Jiang tossed the coin high, pressed it on the back of his hand, and finally slowly moved it away.
"Okay, we can see. The first will and belong to Shuco. Shuke, please make a move!" Teacher Jiang made a gesture of invitation to Shuke.
Shuko nodded, took the answer pad in front of him, held the marker in his hand, and did not rush to write down the time.
The first round is the one that belongs to Shuco.
Considerable care must be taken in the choice of memory time.
The time was too long, and he was afraid that Cheng Nuo would be able to memorize it within the specified time. In this way, the two of them get one point each, and they can't open up the gap.
If the time is too short, neither of them can finish it, so let's finish it together. All got a big zero egg, no objection at all.
Therefore, in terms of time, Shuke is better stuck at the time node where he can complete it, and Cheng Nuo can't complete it.
But the key is......
He didn't know how long it would take Cheng Nuo to memorize a deck of playing cards.
It's more painful.
There was no way, after thinking for a minute or two, Shuko could only write down a time according to his own speculation:
35 seconds!
At this time, it is not up or down.
The current world record for memorizing a deck of playing cards is 21.19 seconds.
However, this record was not set by Shuco. Rather, it was created three years ago by another World Memory Master, Shuco's Bole, a World Memory Master named Bill Lodge.
As a student of Bill Lodge, he didn't have the strength to break the record set by his teacher. However, it is already quite close.
He once had the fastest memory speed, reaching 24.21 seconds! If he played normally, it was about 30 seconds, but there was still a mistake rate.
However, 35 seconds is enough for Shuko to keep the turnover rate to a very small number.
Even...... Negligible!
In 35 seconds, Shu Ke believes that Cheng Nuo, an unknown person, is at this level.
Shu Ke set up the answer board and showed the audience and Mr. Jiang the memory time he gave for this round, and of course, Cheng Nuo......
In Shuke's thoughts, when Cheng Nuo saw the time he gave, it must be quite uncomfortable, right?
Can...... Cheng Nuo just glanced at it lightly, and then turned his head without changing his expression at all. Let Shuko feel his punch, as if it hit cotton.
Mr. Jiang: "We can see that Shuko has already given the time he chose. 35 seconds!"
The large screen at the back of the stage shows a 35-second countdown.
Two Kosuke, who were standing on the side of the stage, stepped up to the stage and removed a plastic lid from the table in front of Cheng Nuo and Shuko, revealing a deck of playing cards that were upside down on the table.
For the sake of rigor and fairness of the game, the order of the playing cards in front of the two is exactly the same.
"Are you ready?" asked Teacher Jiang in a deep voice.
Shuko rubbed his palms excitedly, took a deep breath, and hung his hands in the air, looking ready to go. "Ready. β
Cheng Nuo just lazily half leaned back on the back of the chair and said lightly, "Ready." β
Teacher Jiang raised his right hand high, "Then." 3!2!1!Challenge, Go!"!"
The raised right hand fell quickly.
The countdown on the big screen starts descending from 35 seconds. When it drops to zero, it means that the memory time is over.
Shuco's side.
At the same moment when Mr. Jiang's voice fell, he picked up a deck of playing cards on the table as fast as he could.
Then, without any pause, turn over the cards in your hand. At a speed of 2~3 sheets per second, I memorize it quickly.
In his mouth, he kept whispering to consolidate his memory.
"Club 5, Square 10, Square 8......"
Shuko's body was tense, his hands and brains were synchronized, his eyes did not blink, and he did not dare to relax a little.
For people like them who engage in brain memory, as long as there is a little laxity in the memory process in the middle, it will lead to the collapse of the entire memory chain.
In stark contrast to the tense atmosphere formed on Shuke's side, it was the game scene on Cheng Nuo's side.
I saw Cheng Nuo half-leaning on the back of the chair, ignoring the noise of the outside world, and picking up the playing cards with one hand without hurrying or slow.
Then, seemingly casually swiped the playing cards on the table, and the entire fifty-four playing cards were completely exposed to Cheng Nuo's eyes.
The rest is simple.
In terms of digital memory, Cheng Nuo has really never served anyone except himself!
Glance, Cheng Nuo just glanced at it.
Yes, you read that right, it's that simple!
The numbers and suits of the 54 playing cards are all turned into data and stored in Cheng Nuo's brain.
"5 clubs, 10 squares, 8 squares...... Square Q, plum Q!"
The total process takes 5 seconds!
And then...... And then there was no then.
In front of hundreds of people in the audience, Cheng Nuo made his signature move - closing his eyes.
Native chickens and dogs, vulnerable!
Cheng Nuo thought so in his heart.
This kind of undifficult challenge project, if it weren't for the competition, Cheng Nuo would not have the interest in challenging it.
Audience.
The audience watched Cheng Nuo's signature moves, even if they had seen it many times, they still had a lot of discussions.
"Wow, Cheng Nuo has closed his eyes again! Is he finished remembering again?"
"I guess so. Everybody, be quiet, be quiet, don't get excited. This is already the basic daily operation of pretending to be a criminal. β
"Well, let's just watch quietly. β
.........
On the stage, Shu Ke, who had no time to watch the situation on Cheng Nuo's side, was still in a nervous memory.
Even with his strength, it is basically not a problem to complete the memory link in 35 seconds.
However, he must also be nervous at all times and not make the slightest mistake.
In the later hand recovery session, if any of the cards are in the wrong order, the whole round of the game is considered a failure!
Therefore, he made sure that he could not mistake the order of any of the cards.
β...... King of hearts, Q of squares, Q of clubs!"
Phewββ!
Shuco put the playing cards back on the table and let out a long sigh of relief.
Finally...... The memory is over!
Shuco wiped the sweat from his forehead, frowned and turned his head to look at the time on the big screen behind him.
"There are 5 seconds left. β
In other words, it took him 30 seconds to complete the memory of a deck of playing cards.
"Not bad. Shuko shrugged with a smile.
Overall, this time, for him, is quite a normal performance.
"I don't know, is his memory complete?"
With curiosity, Shu Ke turned his head and looked at Cheng Nuo......
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