Someone talking means there's someone behind the door.

Of course, this is nonsense.

Irin looked up slowly.

- Because of cervical spine pain.

There was a sign nailed to the door.

There are words on it.

Irin carefully discerned it for 5 seconds, until his neck hurt a little too much, and finally he could read the line clearly.

Presbyopia plus cervical spondylosis is really uncomfortable.

"Edward Nigma".

The door didn't close.

Irin thought for a few seconds, rubbed his neck, and pushed the door in.

The room is simply furnished, with a bed, a low table, and an LCD TV screen hanging on the wall, and the TV is turned off.

In the corner leaned on a cane and a black umbrella.

It's covered in dust, and I don't know how long it hasn't been used.

"Stinky fan, you're cheating!"

"Fat goose, you don't talk nonsense. I look like I'm cheating, but I'm actually seeking the truth, who am I? ”

"What the hell are you...... Believe it or not, I poisoned you? ”

"You dare?"

"Who wouldn't dare?"

"Try?"

"Try it!"

"Heh, heh, heh, believe it or not, I installed a riddle password lock in your room, and if you can't answer it, you don't want to go out to eat?"

"Hmph, you think you can stump me?"

"I heard that today's dinner is filet mignon."

"That'...... You've won! Again! ”

As soon as Irin's room entered, he saw an old man from head to toe and another short and fat old man, squatting on either side of a low table, playing an unknown card game.

The old man wore a clean green suit, a green gentleman's hat on his head, and a smug smile on his face.

Another short and fat old man was wearing slippers, pulling up his trousers, revealing his sparse leg hair, gritting his teeth, and looking angry.

The two old men, one green and one fat, didn't seem to notice Irin at all.

The short and fat old man cursed as he started the second game.

Good friends?

It's still the kind of life it lasts.

Irin silently made a judgment on the relationship between the two old men.

Who is Edward Nigma?

For a while, Irin's judgment couldn't be determined.

Originally, Irin's intention was to ask for some information.

After all, he still didn't know anything about the current situation.

He couldn't kill Jack again.

After all, now this old bone and waist can't stand the toss at all.

Maybe it's because you're old and have a peaceful mind?

In short, Irin is calm now.

Seeing that the two old men playing cards didn't have a bird, Yi Rin didn't mind, his expression was calm, and he sat down on the side.

The old man in the cuckold gave Irin a slight look.

Didn't say much.

Fun mini-games start again.

Irin silently observed.

The rules of this poker game seem to be a bit strange.

It can't even be said to be a game at all.

Fifty-two cards are spread out on the table, all covered.

Each person can look at one of the cards at random for each round.

When looking at the cards, you can fool each other at will, whether it is true or false.

You can say, "It's a block." ”

or "It's a 7." ”

Or, "Is this an ace of spades, do you believe it?" ”

If the deceived side guesses correctly, even if they win, but they don't believe it, but they don't guess, it will be the turn of the next one.

Simple and crude mini-game.

It can be said that there are no rules at all.

It's just a matter of fooling each other to see who can fool whom.

After watching a few rounds, the short and fat old man lost ten games in a row, and finally he was so angry that he almost got up from the table and left the room with a limp step by step.

"Ah, life is as lonely as snow."

The old man in the cuckold said this triumphantly.

Humpty Dumpty is gone.

In this way, the cuckold is the owner of this room.

Edward Nigma.

Irin, who had not spoken, suddenly shook her head.

Edward suddenly looked at Irin, a little puzzled, "What do you mean by shaking your head?" ”

"It's not interesting."

Irin smiled.

"No, you must be interesting!" Irin hid it and didn't say anything, which aroused Edward's curiosity.

"He let you." The corners of Irin's mouth curled slightly, and he smiled.

"What!"

Edward suddenly slapped the table!

"Ouch yo yo yo-"

A bout of lower back pain distorted Edward's face and slowly sat down again.

After rubbing it for a while, Edward finally glared at Irin, "Why do you say that?" Hmph, you mean, I'm not as good as that dead fat goose? ”

Irin smiled, and instead of explaining, he asked, "Edward Nigma?" ”

Edward casually straightened out his gentleman's hat, and his face was a little more proud: "Remember to call me Edward the Wise." ”

Irin slowly sat down across from Edward.

"A wiser Irin."

“！”

Edward gave Irin a deep look.

Irin's expression was calm, and his eyes flashed back.

Awe-inspiring.

"Good! Very good! Once again, old fellow, you're challenging the wise Edward. ”

Edward suddenly lowered the brim of his hat and smiled coldly.

Old guys?

It took two seconds for Irin to realize that the word "old fellow" was referring to herself.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to get used to it for a while.

"Challenge?" Irin laughed, "It's just a game, isn't it?" ”

"Games?" Edward's eyes froze, "Old man, this is not a game. ”

Old man?

Irin silently drew the mark.

After finishing the point, Irin continued, "Without the jackpot, it's just a game. ”

"Color?" Edward was obviously stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he quickly showed a confident smile: "Old fellow, what do you want?" Today's dinner? ”

"It's better to-" Irin suddenly pointed to the dusty crutches in the corner and smiled, "My legs and feet are not very convenient, and the lumbar disc is a little herniated, if I win, how about lending me your crutches?" ”

"Borrow?"

"Yes, it's just borrowing, borrowing and repaying, isn't it? Maybe we can become good friends. ”

Edward pondered for a moment, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with this sentence.

I won't lose anyway.

"Old fellow, what if you lose?"

Irin had already figured out his words: "If I lose, you will be the wiser Edward." ”

"Deal!"

Edward skillfully shuffled the cards and danced out of the flowers.

Soon, fifty-two cards were neatly laid out on the table.

This technique.

Irin, nodding secretly.

No wonder the stocky old man would say that Edward cheated.

This is as skilled as the God of Gamblers' shuffle, if there is no cat in the middle of the shuffle, Irin's death will not be believed.

But......

And that's okay.

A smile tugged at the corner of Irin's mouth.

If Molly, who is familiar with Irin here, sees this smile, he knows that someone is going to be unlucky again.

For more details, please refer to Xiao Yang's family.

"How many rounds?"

"Five innings." Edward smiled.

Five rounds is enough.

Let this old fellow who doesn't know the height of the sky experience Edward's wisdom for himself.

"Let's go!"

Edward yelled, ready to draw the cards.

"Wait."

Irin stood up suddenly.

“？”

Old Edward was stunned.

I saw Irin slowly stretch out his hand and gently pat Edward on the right shoulder twice.

Edward looked inexplicably over his right shoulder.

I don't quite understand what this unfolds is.

“？”

Shoot for a few seconds.

Irin sat back down.

"Your shoulder is a little gray, I'll take it off for you." Irin smiled kindly.

"Hey? Old fellow, do you think that in this way, the wise Edward will release the water? All men are equal before wisdom. ”

"It's okay, you start."

Edward glanced at Irin suspiciously, but he didn't know if Irin really wanted to slap the sycophant or fake the sycophant.

But, it doesn't matter.

Wise Edward will win.

He has only lost one person in his life, and the others are not worth mentioning.

It's coming, it's coming, it's coming

Rush Rush!

He, Edward, draws cards!

It was an ordinary playing card.

It's really just an ordinary playing card.

Edward looked into Irin's eyes in a confident tone, and said slowly: "The one in my hand is the Ace of Spades, do you believe it?" ”

The game actually seems to have simple rules, and there are no rules at all.

It is to believe or not to believe.

But in fact, this is theoretically a game that fully experiences the psychological game.

Use your body, language, and eyes to create pressure on the other party.

Believe it or not, it all depends on whether the acting is realistic enough.

And...... Grasp the psychological changes of the other party.

When the fake is true, the truth is also false, and when the truth is false, the fake is even more fake.

That's probably how it works.

Of course, everyone understands the truth, but under normal circumstances, it is indeed a bit difficult to win against Edward.

After all...... Who can play the dealer?

The fat goose old man knew that Edward's gameplay was boring, but he still accompanied Edward to play one game after another.

I don't know if it's love and killing, or because of the loneliness of the elderly, I want to find someone to accompany me.

Irin "looks" at the cards.

Then nodded without hesitation: "You have the Ace of Spades in your hand." ”

“！”

Edward, who was smiling, was momentarily stunned.

He slowly put down the card in his hand, and sure enough, it was an ace of spades!

"How do you know ......"

Edward had barely said half a sentence before swallowing back.

This is only the first inning.

Irin VS Edward...... 1:0。

Take the lead for the time being.

Never mind.

"It's your turn."

Irin casually pulled one.

"QUEEN OF HEARTS."

“NO。”

Irin didn't open the cards and put them back in place.

There is a small rule in this small game, that is, if the other party does not believe, you can not open the cards, even if it is really the queen of hearts, as long as the other party does not believe, it is equivalent to not.

The important rule is that if a card is not turned over, it must be put back in its original position.

Edward barely hesitated and vetoed it directly.

The score remains the same.

It was Edward's turn...... Draw cards!

The wise Edward drew one in high spirits.

"Cubes!"

Irin looked expressionless again.

“NO！”

“？”

Edward originally wanted to use the small trap of "one in four probability" to lure Irin, but he didn't expect Irin to be cunning and cunning, so he didn't take the bait.

"It's kind of interesting."

Edward began to be interested.

The essence of this game, in fact, in addition to the psychological game, is also a great test of memory.

In the process of drawing cards, it is actually also the process of reading cards.

Everyone has a chance to read the cards when it is their turn.

If the other party does not believe it, it must be put back in its place.

The more you look, the clearer you will be able to control the whole game.

It's a game of see-saw.

At the end of the day, if you have a good memory, the whole hand is almost face-up.

The fight is who is more senile dementia, who can't remember more, and who has worse acting skills.

It can be called an excellent leisure game for the elderly to pass the time after tea and dinner.

In this yard, it is very hot.

Whoever loses will be put with a "Alzheimer's" sign on their chest for a whole week.

It can be called ominous and extremely humiliating in old age.

But in this house, the wise Edward never lost.

Not once.

Not this time!

Next, the two went back and forth.

I watched almost the whole game.

A full 2 minutes passed.

Neither Irin nor Edward scored again.

"This ......"

Edward was speechless.

If this continues, there is no way to distinguish between victory and defeat.

If you insist on scoring, it's also Irin winning.

After all, at the beginning, Edward had the mentality of playing and let Irin win a point.

Edward didn't dare to underestimate the little old man across from him now.

He believes that the other party's memory is not below his own.

The deck of cards on the table is now equivalent to the open cards.

Unless you play until dark and exhausted, you can't tell the difference between victory and defeat.

It's a bit hard!

Edward twisted his waist, sitting for a long time, it hurt a little.

Irin silently opened the apostle panel and glanced at it.

Suddenly smiled: "It's not a way to go on like this, why don't we upgrade the game?" ”

"Oh?" When Edward heard this, he seemed to be interested: "How to upgrade?" ”

"Simple, I remember this game of cards and you remember very clearly, it is not interesting to play, it is better to draw cards, at the same time draw 15 cards, and then choose five of them to form a hand, guess correctly to win. ONE MORE RULE - WHETHER YES OR NO, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GUESS CORRECTLY, YOU LOSE. ”

Hiss –

There is heating in the house.

When Edward heard this, he couldn't help but gasp.

It's a really ...... way to play It's so exciting!

"I love it! Hey, hey, come! ”

"You go first."

It is a virtue to be humble to the elderly.

Although he is also an old man now.

Irin silently closed her eyes, indicating that she was too lazy to peek.

In fact, it makes no difference whether you look at it or not.

Edward quickly pulled 15 cards out of the deck and made a hand at the bottom of the table.

Incidentally, the composition of the deck follows the rules of classic stud.

Edward smiled coldly, not planning to play any more.

- Now it's time to blow up the king directly.

Whoever you are can remember what 15 cards they are.

Of course, those meaningless combinations do not fit Edward's forced style, and he definitely will not use them.

Irin silently calculated in his heart.

Combine formulas with permutations.

As we all know, 5 out of 15 cards are taken from 360,360 combinations, and even if they are not sorted, there are 3,003 combinations.

Next......

It's the peak of the psychological game!

Only by prejudging the anticipation of the other party's prejudgment can you win this damn little game!

"Straight flush in spades!"

Edward smiled coldly.

He knew that Irin would remember that the 15 cards he had chosen could make two straight flushes in spades.

But think the other way around, and think the other way around...... In short, it can guess that people have a cerebral hemorrhage.

Irin opened his eyes and hurried.

Take another look.

“YES！”

Smack.

Edward was dumbfounded.

The cards in the hand are all dropped at the top.

Those five cards are five consecutive cards of spades.

"Forget it, I lost."

Edward bowed his head and muttered.

He didn't play the third inning.

In fact, from the very beginning, he had memorized most of the cards when he shuffled the cards.

But even so, he still lost two games.

In the last game, even if his old face was a little thick, he didn't bother to go on.

What he didn't expect was that the old man on the other side turned out to be even more cunning and treacherous than his wise Edward.

He didn't lose in wisdom.

- but lost to the cunning of the other side!

Irin stood up.

The legs are a little sore.

He walked behind Edward.

At this moment, Edward did not see, on the roof, an almost transparent shadow, silently returned to Irin's body.

"Hee-hee-hee, master, you are so bad!"

Bai Xiaoyi teased in a voice that only Yi Rin could hear, and returned to Yi Rin's body.

Irin glanced at the almost 20% psionic energy consumed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In this day and age, who can't cheat?

Is it up to you?

When Yi Rin patted Edward on the shoulder, taking advantage of the other party's eyes and attention being diverted, he quietly released the spirit Bai Xiaoyi and hid in mid-air.

And after entering the room, he also sensed it for the first time with "telekinesis", and there was no monitoring equipment in this room.

He was able to know Edward's cards because Bai Xiaoyi provided "vision".

But this spiritual energy consumption is too great.

If it is delayed a little longer, there is a possibility that the filling will be exposed.

Of course.

It's not entirely out of the woods.

In case it really can't be dragged on, or if the old guy suddenly has a convulsion and wants to turn his head......

Directly "plagued by calamity" and went up to finish the matter.

Anyway, the elderly, from time to time have convulsions, cerebral hemorrhage, seizures, cerebral insufficiency and other problems, it is also very easy to fool the past, there will be no problems.

In a word...... Steady.

After Irin put Bai Xiaoyi away, the declining psionic energy began to slowly recover.

Irin moved his sore legs.

Head around the corner.

The shape of the umbrella was a little peculiar, but when it was said that it was good to take the stick, Irin didn't touch the black umbrella.

If you guessed correctly, it should be something from a short and fat old man.

After all, they seem to have deep feelings, and it's not surprising that their respective things are put together.

Anyway, it doesn't make a distinction between you and me, does it?

Entering the room from Irin, he noticed a cane and umbrella in the corner.

This is as conspicuous as the little red hammer on Flight 444 in his preparation for the apostolic trial.

If that's not weird...... It's really weird.

Even an apostle with a bit of experience will not miss the various props in the trial.

I'll try to get my hands on it.

Irin pressed down on the crutches directly.

The armrest of the crutch, with its unique shape, bends a hook and looks like a big question mark.

“？”

Don't complain about the styling first.

The moment Irin held the question-mark crutch in his hand, the attribute of the crutch appeared in front of him.

……

【Question Mark Scepter】

【Grade】Epic

[Durability] 400/3000

【Effect】"Crime Puzzle"

【Description】The exclusive equipment of the "Riddler" Edward Nigma, which cannot be used by non-equipment owners to exert the true effect of the equipment. Current Affiliation: Edward Nigma. Note: It is not possible to take it out of this world.

……

"Epic?"

Irin felt a slight fluctuation in the depths of his heart.

It turned out to be epic?

But this is durable......

If you can't knock it a few times, it will break!

Is it really an antique!

Irin already possessed a more precious spirit weapon than the epic level, as well as the unaware growth parasitic equipment "Resentment", and when he saw the [Question Mark Scepter] in his hand, he didn't have much joy.

After all, it's clear that this is a more functional piece of equipment that may not be suitable for everyone.

"Is it useless to borrow?"

Irin already understood after reading the attributes.

Even if he could "borrow" the Question Mark Scepter from Edward, he would not be able to use the weapon's own effects.

Used to knock?

Knock...... Knock...... Nothing to knock on.

Maybe the person didn't knock it to death, and this question mark scepter GG first.

Inappropriate.

Irin had some regrets.

This kind of epic equipment, there is another way to change hands.

It is......

Irin glanced over Edward's neck.

Then I looked back again.

Silently think about possibility and probability.

and the impact on the subsequent plot.

Just as Irin, thinking silently with the attribute of the [Question Mark Scepter].

"No—"

Suddenly, Edward Nygma raised his head and shouted.