Chapter 1191: Dividing the Cake
Xizhe looked at the performance of the little wooden stick, frowned, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to stop. But it didn't work, as soon as he let go, the little stick, immediately spun in a crazy circle again.
"It's-"
Xi Zhe's brows furrowed into a pimple, and the next moment, he pulled out the small wooden stick, his eyes sharpened, and with a "click", the small wooden stick was directly broken into two pieces, one left and one right, and inserted them in the soil in front of him.
As a result, as soon as the little wooden stick entered the earth, it turned in a circle again, one to the left and one to the right, as if it was enchanted.
"This-"
Xizhe was completely puzzled, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Su next to him, and saw that Su opened his eyes and shook his head at Jasmine, obviously not missing the clue of the blue seal.
That......
The atmosphere in the arena was a little depressing, and everyone lowered their eyebrows, especially Hulk, who knew that he had made a big mistake, and he didn't dare to breathe.
Only two small sticks inserted into the soil, which turned faster and faster, looked very joyful, and made a "sizzling" sound.
Xizhe was a little irritated when he heard this, and waved his hand to withdraw the small wooden stick.
At this moment, the two small wooden sticks stopped brushing together and pointed in one direction at the same time.
Well?
Before anyone could react, small sticks flew out like bullets, whistling into a cloud of clear air in the distance.
After flying dozens of meters, the small wooden stick seemed to hit transparent glue, and its speed decreased sharply, becoming slower and slower, and it was about to be unable to maintain its flight and landing.
At this moment, a hand appeared out of the air and grabbed two small wooden sticks.
Following this hand, an arm emerges out of the air, followed by a shoulder, a head, a torso, and finally a complete human being, Richard.
Jasmine's eyes quickly fell on Richard, to be precise, on Richard's other hand, which was holding a seal, which was the blue seal that belonged to them.
"Looks like you're looking for something. Are you looking for this?" Richard asked in a slow voice as he swept his gaze over Jasmine and the group, raising his hand slightly.
Jasmine's expression became a little exciting, Sue's eyes kept flickering, and the old man Xizhe couldn't see clearly because of the mask, but he could see that his heart was not calm because he kept rubbing his fingers.
The one who reacted the most was Hulk, his eyes wide, looking at the seal in Richard's hand, at first a little incredulous, and then thinking of a possibility, and asked loudly, "You...... How did you get it?"
Richard glanced at Hulk and didn't answer, but looked at Jasmine and said softly, "You should keep such a precious thing." I'm guessing you've been wary of me snatching it, so you've chosen to put it on the 'person who looks the last thing to have'. The idea is good, but the result is ......"
At the end, Richard shook his head, his expression a little sighing.
He doesn't say if he somehow got it from Hulk, or if he picked it up after he lost it. Actually, it doesn't need to be said explicitly, because it doesn't matter anymore.
The important thing is that he now has two seals and has mastered all the conditions to open the ancient ruins. All he lacked at the moment was the specific location of the ancient ruins, how to enter them, and the information that Jasmine and his party had about the ancient ruins.
In other words, if he was not dominant before, then the balance of dominance now has tilted greatly in his favor.
And this is the real purpose of the game with Jasmine and his party: he knows very well that the victory or defeat of the game, whether it shows its strength or not, is only to dominate on the surface. As long as there is one party to seal it, then either party can reverse it at any time, and there is no way. After all, only if the two parties work together can the grave be opened.
And now, it's different, he got two seals, and he can cooperate with Jasmine and his party, or he can not cooperate with Jasmine and his party. Choosing the latter, it may take him a lot of time to find the location of the real ruins, and the exploration process will be more difficult. But in any case, at least he can explore, and Jasmine and his party can't even enter the ruins without cooperating with him.
Richard smiled at Jasmine and said slowly, "Okay, now it's game over." My statement remains the same, I won the game, so I have to share the proceeds of exploring the ruins with you - that's fair. You can say yes, and we'll go at once. Of course, you can also not agree, then I will find a way to go by myself, it's all up to you. ”
When Jasmine and her men heard this, they all looked sideways at Hulk, and the blame in their eyes was obvious: if Hulk hadn't lost his seal, the scene wouldn't have been like this.
Hulk was ashamed, and couldn't help but lower his head, occasionally looking at Richard with an annoyed expression.
Jasmine, on the other hand, remained calm, calmly pondering Richard's words, and after a while, she said, "Is it fair...... I thought that after you got the two stamps, you would take the opportunity to ask for more allotments. ”
"I did. Richard said lightly, not deliberately showing that he was morally noble, and explained loudly, "But I can also think that if your interests are squeezed too much, then you are likely to give up cooperation and choose to make trouble for me."
If you don't cooperate, I'll lose the address of the ancient ruins and a lot of information, and it will take a lot of time to replace the missing things, and I don't want to do that because my time is too valuable.
In addition, if you choose to cause trouble, it will be even worse, such as lying in ambush at the gate of the ruins and trying to ambush them, or even following me into the ruins, deliberately causing some disaster and then withdrawing.
The reason why I explored the ruins was just to see what the ancient ruins looked like, to get something interesting to study in them, so as to break one of my current research bottlenecks. I value this expedition more than ever, but it doesn't have to be successful. So, I try to make it as good as possible, but I don't need to do anything to make it look too ugly.
That's why I emphasize fairness. There are things you want and what I want in the ruins, and it's good for you and for me to explore cooperatively, and to distribute it fairly and evenly. ”
"I'll admit that you're more sane than I thought. Jasmine listened.
"Thank you for the compliment. If you agree, if that's no problem, let's go. Richard said.
"Wait. Jasmine spoke, still trying to fight for her own interests, and looked at Richard, "Don't worry, some things are still clear." ”
"What?"
"Although you have determined the fairest way to distribute it - one person and half - how do you implement it?" Jasmine asked, "For example, there is one thing that we all like, how do we decide to belong to it?"
"You can pick it in turn. For example, after entering the ruins, the first item belongs to you, then the second item belongs to me, the third item belongs to you, and the fourth item belongs to me. In the process, you can also temporarily give up the ownership rights and give them all to me, and then exchange for the ownership rights of several items in a row. ”
"But you're the kind of person who can only distribute items of little difference in value. Jasmine said, "The premise of this is that the value of the item can be determined, what if it can't be determined? For example, a few broken spell items of unidentified value, and a bunch of powdered spell materials of unknown effect. ”
"Very good handling. Richard listened, and said almost without thinking, "This is the simplest mathematical problem for two people to divide the cake." ”
"Huh?" Jasmine asked, as if she didn't hear clearly, "what do you mean, explain." ”
Two minutes later, she began to regret saying it.