Masako's next two questions were neither very jumpy nor unnecessarily risky, she just approached the final answer step by step, after all...... She's not in a hurry.

Therefore, after the two questions, Masako only determined that the answer to Sakaki's writing was "yes" a book, and "yes" was an ancient book; If nothing else, her next question will be to confirm in which language the original book was written.

Unlike Masako's steady strategy, Sakaki took the initiative to walk to the brink of danger because he knew it well...... Masako's answer is much harder to guess than his, and if you ask questions with a normal logical chain, it is impossible to guess the answer faster than the other party.

Therefore, when Masako once again chose "not to shoot, let the other party ask a question", Sakaki asked: "Is the word you wrote three words when expressed in Chinese?" ”

"Yes." Masako still seemed very calm when she responded, and after answering, she smiled and continued, "After confirming that it is a medical term, do you simply give up the general logical chain and start to overcome it from a literal perspective?" Scold...... Interestingly, no one has tried this before, and I'd like to see if it's actually more efficient than 'normal asking'. ”

"Then you'll have to wait and see." Sakaki said, picking up the gun again, "Now, it's my turn." As he spoke, he pushed the pistol's wheel out, spun it back again, and quickly slapped it back before the wheel stopped, "I'll pick three." ”

Since he picked four in the previous round and observed that if he didn't turn his chamber, the next shot would have a bullet, so he could only choose three.

As the words fell, Sakaki aimed at his temple and pulled the trigger twice.

No bullets were fired.

"It seems that the god of gambling has not abandoned me." As soon as Sakaki put down the gun, he picked up his chopsticks and ate another mouthful of food.

His hands were steady, and the expression on his face was relaxed, without the slightest hint of fear or nervousness.

In the room, only Solid, who was sitting behind him, saw ...... The kid's legs hidden under the table were trembling.

"Shh......h She hesitated for a moment before she continued, "I sincerely hope that the next shot of the wheel is still an empty gun, or the game will end hastily before you even show your face defeated." ”

"Then I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." Sakaki replied calmly, "The more you say that, the more I'd rather die than show a panicked and scared look so that you can be satisfied." He paused and continued, "Anyway, now that I've fired two shots, it's up to me to continue asking questions......" He had obviously thought of what to ask, and quickly said, "Is the first word of the word you wrote the first pronunciation of its beginning on the first line of the Hanyu Pinyin initials list?" ”

Masako's expression changed.

Sakaki's question was something she had never seen before, and she quickly realized it...... The power of this kind of questioning.

In the 23rd century of this universe, Chinese and English have long become the universal languages with a penetration rate of nearly 100%, and anyone with formal education has learned the initials and finals of Hanyu Pinyin.

However, for this kind of knowledge, which is too basic to be more basic, the vast majority of people maintain a level of "as long as you can see the table, you can pronounce every sound, but if you can't see it, you can't write it silently".

It can be said that Hanyu Pinyin is not only the first thing that people learn in the formal education system, but also the first thing that people "return to their teachers...... Since there is almost no assessment of pinyin after the first grade, this part of the content has become a half-understood existence that is easy to ignore.

At this moment, Sakaki used this most basic thing to launch an offensive.

Masako couldn't say she didn't know what a consonant was, and she had no reason to refuse to answer.

"Yes."

Unfortunately, Masako's answer is "sepsis", and the initial "b" of the first word "defeat" is the first line of the initial list.

Taking a step back, even if her answer is not "sepsis", there are only three lines in the initial list of pinyin, of which each line is divided into two sections, and each interval has three or four initials...... In other words, with Sakaki's question, you can lock the answer into the range of three or four initials with a maximum of three questions.

"So...... Second question. After Sakaki got the answer, he immediately continued to ask, "Is the pronunciation of the first word of the word you wrote on the first line and the first interval of the first line of the Hanyu Pinyin initial list?" ”

"Yes." Masako could only answer truthfully.

In this way, through two questions, Sakaki narrowed down the initial range of the character to the four sounds of "b, p, m, and f".

Masako silently calculated in her mind, if Sakaki continued to ask along this line of thought, the next question would lock on to the initial "b", and then she would ask "finals" and "the first few sounds"; The finals table is a little more complicated, but according to the principle of halves each time, the sound "ai" can be locked within three to five questions, which means that there are at most five questions, and Sakaki will know that the pronunciation of the first character is "bai".

At this time, Sakaki Wei will inevitably ask in the order of "first, second, and third", because under the condition of "three words, medical terms, and the pinyin of the first word is bai", ordinary people will immediately think of words such as "leukemia", "albinism", "white blood cells", "white coat" and so on, so he is likely to directly ask "whether this bai character is the second sound".

And the answer is not, at this time...... People who have just conceived several three-word words that begin with "white blood" are likely to immediately think of "septic" that begins with the fourth sound and then "sepsis" after being told that the sound "white" is incorrect.

To sum up, theoretically, in extreme cases, Sakaki may guess the answer directly within seven questions; Even if you are optimistic, Sakaki will definitely be able to completely confirm that the first word of the answer within ten questions is the fourth tone bai, which can be directly answered by any subsequent guess.

Different from the logical deduction method, which "guesses the whole word by definition", Sakaki's guessing method of approaching the answer with pinyin is to uncover the literal side of each word one by one to explore the answer, so as to completely bypass various pitfalls and knowledge blind spots in the logical deduction method, and can ensure that each question must have a certain meaning and progress.

It's almost an unstoppable method, like when guessing an English word, someone asks "Is the first letter A?", finding out what each letter in the word is, and finally spelling out the answer; People who use this method don't even need to understand the meaning of the word to be able to guess correctly...... It's just that, depending on the question, this method is also fast and slow.

For example, the stupidest way to guess the English alphabet is to guess from A to Z, which takes up to 25 guesses, but if you start with a guess like "is this before or after M", it will save a lot of trouble; The method used in Sakakichai Pinyin is undoubtedly a more efficient method.

This is also the first time that Masako has felt the pressure of being chased in this "word guessing wheel".

"Look at your expression, it's a little subtle." Sakaki is also a top gambler after all, and he noticed the slightest muscle tremor on Masako's face at a glance, "According to this trend, the initial of your first word should not be 'b', right?" ”

"Who allowed you to ask a third question in a row?" Masako looked a little displeased.

"You're going to pick two anyway, right?" Sakaki begins to provoke his opponent, trying to make him show his flaws.

Masako looked at the gun on the table and continued, "Yes...... I'll choose two. ”

"Then answer my third question." Sakaki pressed further with a smug look.

"Yes." Masako's response was succinct and to the point, and she didn't speak anymore, because she also began to worry about what she would really show.

"Hmm." Sakaki nodded, "That's my turn." He picked up the gun again, "I'll pick four again." ”

With that, he pushed out the pistol's wheel again, confirmed the position of the bullet, and put the wheel back untouched.

At this moment, Solid, who was sitting behind Sakaki, couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart: "Why did he choose four?" Judging from the questioning, it should be that he is a little ahead, as long as he keeps it like this, and keeps picking two with the other party, he can press the opponent under the premise of zero risk...... But if you choose four, it is equivalent to sending the other party two questions first, and then it depends on how lucky you are, and if you are unlucky...... If the bullet is in the next round, you have to choose three to gamble on your life. ”

Solid was right, it stands to reason that Sakaki has been picking two from this round to have a chance to win without shooting himself in the head, while picking four has a high chance of losing.

In fact, when Sakaki opened the runner to inspect just now, it was confirmed...... The next shot will really go off; In other words, the next time it was his turn, he would have to choose three again.

"Whew...... Escaped again. On the other side, after Sakaki saw the bullet, he showed a relieved expression, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Masako, "Come on, you can ask two more questions." ”

But Masako didn't rush to ask, but smiled: "What? Listen to this, you have to choose three in the next round? ”

"yes, who let the next shot just have a bullet." Sakaki told the other party the real information.

"Hmph......" Masako snorted coldly and continued, "That's it...... Then I can only sincerely pray that you will have two empty guns in a row after the next turn, otherwise I will not be able to enjoy the tension that I have never experienced before. ”

I don't know why, but when Sakaki heard this, he laughed and slapped the table with laughter.

Seeing this, Masako showed a little anger: "Is there anything funny? ”

"Yes." Sakaki continued, "But I'm not telling you, can we continue playing?" ”

Masako took a sip of her drink angrily, as if to quell an unknown fire, and then asked two questions in succession, narrowing the scope of the book written by Sakaki to "Chinese works" and "dating before the Sui and Tang dynasties".

Although she is really close to the answer, she is still at a disadvantage compared to Sakaki's method.

Fortunately, in Masako's eyes, this is no longer a problem, because she is completely sure that in the next round of Sakaki, Sakaki will definitely die.

A few seconds later, after answering the two questions, Sakaki really picked up the gun, and after a quick "rifle", he once again aimed the muzzle of the gun at his temple: "Then, as you can see, I will choose three ...... this round."

That being said, but he didn't shoot for a long time.

"Huh...... How? Scared? Masako thought that her long-awaited moment had come, "Don't hold on if you're afraid, there's nothing wrong with revealing your true nature." ”

Sakaki, however, replied unhurriedly, "I have a few more words to say before I shoot." ”

"Do you have a premonition that you're going to die, so you want to leave a last word?" Masako smiled, "Yes, this palace is approved." ”

Unexpectedly, the next sentence after Sakaki put down the gun was: "Actually, with your ability, if you proposed to play some games of pure probability with me, such as roulette, you would have won it neatly...... But you're too proud, you have to play with me this kind of thing that slowly pushes the other party into a corner, you want to see my ugliness, you want to prove it...... I'm just a mediocre gambler. ”

"What are you talking about?" Masako remained silent and replied indifferently, "Are you hinting...... Did I cheat with an ability? ”

"It's not a hint, it's an explanation." Sakaki continued.

"Oh?" Masako crossed one leg, as if in disbelief, "Then I'd like to hear how you made something out of nothing." ”

She has the confidence that her tricks will never be seen through.

"Your ability is to 'use a certain language to make something bad happen that has a certain chance of happening 100% happening', which is to put it in layman's terms...... Crow's beak. Sakaki continued.

Masako's self-confidence was shattered so quickly, and she didn't expect it.

"To be more specific, it's every time you use 'heartfelt ...... Otherwise, the part of the two words that has a chance of failing will fail. Sakaki didn't care about the other person's reaction, but continued to take care of himself, "I'm not sure if your ability is 'as long as you use this sentence', or if you need to 'take the initiative to activate, but you must use this sentence', but I can be sure of ...... So far, you've used this ability on me three times in this Guessing Wheel. ”

Sakaki held out his first finger and said, "The first time was when I was picking 'four' on my head, and you didn't think I was going to pose any threat to you, but you didn't want me to have much of an advantage in the next few rounds by looking at the position of the bullets, so you said that you 'sincerely expected the bullets in the wheel to be more than three shots away from me', and as a result, I opened it and saw that the bullets were on the next one." ”

He held out a second finger: "The second time, after I chose three; Seeing that I didn't even die with two shots in the head, and didn't show the embarrassment you expected, you felt ...... I'm afraid I'm the type who won't panic even if I shoot myself; So, you lost your motivation to crush my spirit, and wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible, so you said, 'I sincerely hope that the next shot of the wheel is still an empty gun,' and that's ...... If I choose one more, I'll just hang up. ”

Finally, Sakaki stretched out his third finger: "The third time, just now, when I was ahead of you in the progress of the question, and after picking four again, you felt the danger of defeat for the first time in this game, and then you couldn't care so much, and directly used the sentence 'I sincerely hope that I can encounter two empty guns in a row after the next turn', trying to kill me in the round when I was forced to choose three." ”

At this point, he paused for a few seconds, and then said, "Actually, the second time you spoke in this sentence, I already felt a little strange, and combined with the process of the game, I already suspected that you used some kind of ability...... The purpose of my second choice of four is to further test your ability, otherwise it would be fine if I learned from that round that you always chose two.

"What's so funny about you just asking me? I just laughed...... When I finished choosing four, you immediately said that sentence a third time, and I was completely sure what your abilities were, and that's it. ”

Smack-smack-smack-

Masako began to applaud Sakaki, but of course, it wasn't much of an encouraging applause.

Masako's smile, in the process of Sakaki's narration...... Returned, and the grim smile on her girlish face was particularly oozing, "Sakaki-kun, the story is well told, but it's a pity...... You don't have proof. ”

"Hmm." Sakaki tilted his head and spread his hands, "This is also the trickiest part of your ability...... Even if you use it to cheat, no one else can prove anything. ”

"So what do you do now?" Masako's tone was like that of a kindergarten teacher teaching a three-year-old child.

"Huh...... Understood, plainly understood. Sakaki smiled wryly and once again held the gun to his temple.

That's what happens at the gambling table, and the accusations that can't be proved are farting, messing around, and cheating......

A gambler like Sakaki can lose, but he can't lose decently, so he should shoot, he still has to shoot.

Click-

The first shot, it didn't go off.

But there was a second shot.

Bang –

Sure enough, the shot went off.

Sakaki is unillusory, and blood is splattered on the spot.