"Hey...... This statement is too vague, right? ”

"Yes, what exactly do you mean by 'various wishes'? Could it be that she is a spirit in the magic lamp, and any wish can be fulfilled? ”

"Also, is 'properly used' a prerequisite? What if it's 'used incorrectly'? Are there any side effects? ”

Soon, the voices of questions and discussions from the guests came one after another.

To this, the host's reaction was...... Look down at the teleprompter card; It seems that the host knows not much more than the guests.

A few seconds later, when the subtitles on the cue card were refreshed, the host continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you can think clearly - this prize is ultimately for the 'winner' to take away, that is, she will become the property of 'someone'; ”

As soon as these words came out, the guests immediately fell silent.

Because they all thought of ...... If they win, then it is very bad for them that the information about the prize is made public.

People are like this, for those things that have nothing to do with them, they are always willing to snoop, speculate, expose and even fabricate; But people's attitudes towards themselves and the things that are closely related to them are the opposite.

In this regard, everyone is the same; Watching other people's privacy trampled on and their own privacy being trampled on are completely different things, and even people who highly value and respect the privacy of others cannot be evened out in this matter with their attitude towards others and themselves.

This is the nature of a highly intelligent social animal, and there are only two kinds of people in this world who dare to deny their nature - saints and hypocrites.

"Looks like everyone gets it." After a moment, the host looked at the teleprompter again and said, "So, I'm sorry, I can only reveal this information about the prize at this stage; By the end of the game, the winner will naturally have access to all the information about the prize individually. He paused, "Next, I'll read out the rules of the game." ”

At this point, even the most talkative guests closed their mouths and focused their attention.

"The time of the highest game starts now and ends at sunrise." "During the game, players and their partners can enter the various 'game cabins' scattered on this cruise ship as they wish, and play a variety of gambling games, which vary in difficulty and content, and of course, the rewards are also linked to the difficulty. ”

Speaking of this, the host was suddenly stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what he saw on the teleprompter, anyway, after a brief hesitation, he reached into his jacket pocket, fumbled for a few seconds, and took out something.

"This ...... It is the object that represents the 'score' in this game. He held up a round plastic chip with the letter "S" emblazoned on it and displayed it in front of everyone, "Aside from violent snatching, the player with the most points before the time expires is the one who wins the most points by the time limit." ”

When he said "no matter what means are used", the reaction of the guests was not great, but the expressions of the gamblers on the scene changed.

For these people, hearing this sentence feels almost like a football player being told that he can hold the ball in his hand during a game......

"Robbing" is not good, then stealing, cheating, threatening, and luring...... And "undiscovered robbery" is all right?

Under this kind of rule, there are too many hands and feet that can be moved; If you want to win, the player's capital and strength, the wisdom of the partner and bodyguard, the force, the gambling skills, and the tricks...... It's all useful.

Don't talk about those guys who don't even bring bodyguards, even if they succeed in winning some points, they will be blocked in the monitoring corner in a minute; It's better to stop playing and go back to the room to play with the male/female companions you brought.

Even those who have the ability to win, and are very strong, are not completely at ease until the last minute under this rule.

"So, without further ado, I hope you all enjoy tonight's game." After waiting for a while, it seemed to confirm that the words on the teleprompter had stopped, and the host showed a relieved look; After reading this, he bowed four more times to the surroundings and stepped down from the stage.

…………

Evening, 8:15, the four-leaf clover.

"HO~ This game is really interesting." Ryunosuke held an I-PEN that the organizer had given him when he boarded the ship, looked at the three-dimensional map on the screen and said, "Craps, baccarat, roulette, Paqingko...... Basically all the items that are found in the casino are available here, and they ...... There's also something weird about it. ”

The map in his hand can query the distribution of all the "game cabins" on this cruise ship, and the name of each item and the proportion of points awarded are also marked.

"Sure enough...... Let's go play mahjong. Ryunosuke looked at it for a while, then turned to Sakaki and said, "With Sakaki-kun's skills, it will definitely kill all sides." ”

"No, it's not cost-effective to play mahjong now." Sakaki shook his head.

"Oh? Why? Ryunosuke wondered.

"First of all, there is too little gain." Sakaki had undoubtedly settled the score, so he immediately replied, "The mahjong here requires players and partners to play together, that is, two-on-two wins, which means that we can only win points from one player at a time; Right now, all players have only three raw points cards handed out by the organizers, and even if we quickly win all of an opponent's points, that's only three points in total. ”

He paused for two seconds and said, "Secondly, it is very disadvantageous to expose your strength too early in this kind of confrontation...... According to the general people's thinking, it is the best policy to find someone weaker than yourself as an opponent in gambling, and if you can avoid a duel with the strong, you must try to avoid it, otherwise you may be eaten yourself...... Therefore, once we win in a row, others will inevitably be jealous of us, and then refuse to play mahjong duels with us; So...... Aside from the first three points and six points, we can no longer earn points from Mahjong. ”

"Then ......," Ryunosuke thought for a moment, "do we deliberately win a little bit of thrilling, or do we occasionally lose a few small handfuls to hide our strength?" ”

"Yes, yes." "But there are so many 'connoisseurs' here, and you may not be able to fool them all, besides...... It's a waste of time, isn't it? Wouldn't it be more efficient to spend the same amount of time and go straight to other projects to earn points? ”

"Hmm...... Reasonable. Ryunosuke was persuaded, "Then this mahjong ...... We'll wait until the end of the game and the players have more points in their hands to fight, so that we can take out those guys with a lot of points in one go. ”

"Mr. Arai is wise." Sakaki smiled perfunctorily and answered.

"Hey~ It's easy to say." The so-called thousands of clothes, sycophants are not worn, even if Ryunosuke knows that this is flattery, but he is happy in his heart, "Then Sakaki-kun, what do you want to play?" ”

"Let's start with the items that bet against the dealer, such as ...... The one closest to us. When Sakaki replied, he raised his eyes to signal ahead.

A dozen meters away, in the direction he pointed, there was a game cabin; These cabins all have a prominent "S" on the door, and a black suit stands guard next to the door.

"This is ......" Ryunosuke glanced at Sakaki's line of sight and then looked down at the map, "...... 'virtual betting horses'?" ”

…………

Two minutes later, Ryunosuke and his party walked into the cabin of the "virtual horse betting" game.

The space inside is larger than expected, and each seat is made like a cubicle in the dining room, each with a curved sofa and a touch screen. When Ryunosuke and the others came in, there were already several seats occupied.

"How many of you want to participate in this game?" The staff here are also men in sunglasses in black suits, and when they see someone coming in, they will come forward to ask.

"Yes." Ryunosuke, as a player, is responsible for him to speak.

"According to the rules, I need to confirm again...... "The black suit continued, "Have you read and understood the rules listed on the display next to the hatch?" ”

"Yes, yes, lead us in." Ryunosuke doesn't like to be stopped at the door to ask more than two questions, this is a habit - if a person goes anywhere on weekdays surrounded by several people, and is "invited" all the way in, then he must have a poor tolerance for "being stopped and asked".

If we are at the bottom, we will not have this kind of problem, we are used to being repeatedly looked at with impolite eyes on various occasions, and we are used to dealing with cumbersome procedures in various windows; If someone lets you go one day without asking you anything, you will feel a little empty in your heart - is there a fraud ahead? Is this a black shop? Did I buy the wrong ticket? Brother, you better bring the breathalyzer, I suspect I'm drunk.

"Okay, please go this way." After receiving an affirmative answer, the black suit skillfully led Ryunosuke and them to a compartment to take a seat.

After Ryunosuke sat down, the black suit said, "Please don't change seats without permission, if there is any situation, you can press the call button and let the staff handle it; At last...... Have fun. ”

When he had said this, he went back to the door; Ryunosuke and the first game they participated in, "Virtual Horse Betting", began here.

The rules for this project are not complicated and are roughly as follows:

First, virtual horse betting will randomly reproduce a group of Jockey Club races that took place from the 80s to the 90s of the 22nd century.

Second, players can exchange points for funds in virtual betting horses, and each point card can be exchanged for two million (all events in the game, regardless of the era, place, occasion, regardless of the currency and inflation rate at the time, will be converted into the same value standard) virtual currency.

Third, before the start of each horse race, players can first check the basic information of the horse and rider in the race, past results, and odds, which can be used as the basis for betting.

Fourth, at the end of each round, if the player makes a profit in that round, the next game will jump to another event at another point in time; If the player does not make a profit in that round, the event will continue at the current point in time.

5. When the player's funds are exhausted and the player gives up/cannot continue to exchange points for virtual currency, the game will end.

6. If the player earns more than 18 million virtual coins (excluding the principal) in the game, the game will end.

Seventh, the player who has been declared "game over" is not allowed to participate in the virtual horse betting project again.

Overall, this is "betting on horses", except that punters don't need to bet on horses in the same way as they would in a real horse club...... Spend a lot of time waiting for the start, end, and break of each event.

In virtual horse betting, if the player wishes, he can fast-forward or even skip the game directly to see the result, and then immediately place a bet on the next game, and then see the result after placing the bet; This is equivalent to turning the "horse betting", a relatively time-consuming project, into a quick game similar to roulette.

But as a game against the dealer, the difficulty is obvious...... It's hard to cheat.

Every player and their entourage had been scanned by precision instruments when they boarded the ship, and all the electronic devices they had brought with them, as well as the gadgets that could be used for thousands of dollars, were taken away by the organizers - "for safekeeping"; The I-PEN issued to them by the organizer obviously does not have the function of connecting to the external network, so it ...... If you want to use the method of "searching on the Internet" to check the information of the Jockey Club, it must be useless.

In the same way, it is impossible to use communication equipment to contact accomplices from the outside world and ask them to help them search for answers.

So, what are the rest of the strategies...... Note that this time it's a "strategy method", not a "cheat method...... It's basically "by memory".

But this is still unlikely.

The virtual horse interception event took place in the 80s to the 90s of the 22nd century, and now it is 2218, even if it happens to be a random race in 2199, it will be nearly 20 years ago.

The result of a horse race is like the winning numbers of the lottery, let alone the "year", even if it is a month, a week, or even a few days ago, no one will remember it; Who but the winner himself, who will remember what the numbers were drawn at some point in time many years ago? Even if the winner himself or herself has a small prize or a long period of time, they will forget about it.

There are so many jockey clubs around the world, racing almost every day; With so many events over the past two centuries and a random point in time from which to start playing, how is it possible for anyone to remember the outcome of every game in a certain period of time?

Therefore, after reading the rules, Ryunosuke was actually a little withdrawn in his heart; He thinks it's a project that mostly depends on luck, and the probability of losing is significantly higher.

But Sakaki said that the game is quite simple, and it is simply a point giveaway.

In the end, after some consideration, Ryunosuke still chose to believe in Sakaki, believe in the vision of Axiu's selection, and ...... Trust your instincts.

"That...... Sakaki-kun. According to what Sakaki said, Ryunosuke exchanged all three points cards for virtual currency and asked, "Now you can always tell me what you said about the 'winning method', right?" ”

"Heh......" Sakaki smiled, "Yes." ”