Chapter 25: Maxim's Curiosity
"But," said Maxim, "I think you have some secrets, and of course, everyone has secrets. Everyone also has the freedom to keep secrets. So I'm not forcing you to tell me your secrets. Why don't we make a bet?"
"Oh?"
"I just noticed that everybody likes to play finger pricking games. Maxim looked around and said, "I suddenly want to play a game too, why don't you play a game with me, and if you win, I won't ask you about your identity." If I win......"
Maxim paused: "If I win, tell me all your secrets." ”
"I'm a very curious person. If your answer is not satisfactory to me, then I would rather fight here than bring you back for interrogation. ”
Roland was bored and didn't want to agree, but in order to calm things down, he couldn't help but agree.
What's even more embarrassing is that he is not good at using a small knife, because he is good at using a big sword, and if he wants to play well with his fingers, he must be good at using small weapons, or he must be very precise in controlling his muscles.
Roland hesitated.
At this moment, a crisp voice came from behind Roland: "Why don't you let me play for him?"
It's the piano.
"Don't look at me as a child, I've never lost a game. ”
Maxim looked at Jean, who was disguised as a man, and squinted slightly.
"Well, any of you can do it. But don't forget our bet, do you all agree to let him represent you?" Maxim asked Roland and the others.
He had already seen that Roland was the leader of their line. So if Roland doesn't make a move, it must be inappropriate for others to represent him. So he thought that Roland would definitely oppose it, or someone else would oppose it.
But what I didn't expect was that everyone was respectful to this little girl. They all nodded!
Maxim's curiosity grew, and his interest in the group grew even stronger.
Maxim couldn't help but say something, sat down, drew his short knife, and stabbed it the table.
Jean sat down on the opposite side.
"The general rules are too simple, both for you and for me," Maxim said. ”
Jean was confused, and it sounded as if he knew something about himself. But I couldn't remember where I had contact with him.
Although he was suspicious, there was nothing on the surface of the piano.
"And what do you mean?"
"If you want me to say, we don't separate our fingers, like this. ”
As he spoke, he saw Maxim put his fingers together and put them on the table.
Although the fingers are close together, there is not no gap between the fingers, but the gap is very small, and in this case, the blade must be parallel to the fingers, and the point of the tip of the knife needs to be absolutely accurate.
Everyone looked at each other and gasped.
"Well, as you wish. Jean nodded.
Maxim picked up the pipe in his hand and took a few deep puffs:
"It's the first time I've played this game with an opponent of your age, and as an elder, I'll be a little humble, so let me do it first. ”
Originally, the order of guessing the punch or rolling the dice was supposed to be decided, because in this game, whoever the finger first loses, so the first hand has a disadvantage.
If Maxim had pricked his finger the first time, then the piano would have been able to win without a fight.
Everyone was praying that Maxim had prick his finger by mistake.
At the same time, everyone is also curious, how did Maxim solve such a difficult rule?
Jean nodded, only to see Maxim smile and close his eyes, throw the knife into the air, and let the knife fall on its own!
At that moment, everyone's eyes widened.
I saw the knife fly high in a natural and graceful parabola, and then with a "poof", it fell into Maxim's fingers.
The knife is inserted between the index and middle fingers, less than a centimeter from the back of the hand.
Everyone looked at each other, their faces pale.
"It's your turn. Maxim gently stuck the knife in front of Jean and took a few more puffs of his cigarette, a victor's smile on his face.
The fire in the pipe flickered on and off.
Jean picked up the dagger and fell into hesitation.
No one can throw a knife on a shaking airship and accurately estimate where it will land and at what angle it will fall. Even those who are good at using swords may not be able to.
So phenomenatically, Maxim must have used his abilities.
And it's likely that this ability will also work when anyone throws a knife. For example, changing the landing point of the knife and making the opponent lose.
Roland and the others were also well aware of this situation, and they even thought that it was better for Jean to admit defeat, so that at least he could avoid the pain of flesh and skin. Although they knew that Jean didn't care about suffering from flesh and skin at all.
This tough and strong lady with a unique personality.
But Jean held his breath, closed his eyes, and threw the knife into the air like Maxim.
Could it be that Jean really that accurate? She wasn't afraid that Maxim's ability would deflect the knife's point?
At that moment, everyone's hearts hung by a thread, but a smile appeared on the corner of Maxim's mouth.
Maxim thought to himself that no one could accomplish this feat by throwing like him. He dared to do so because of his ability.
Maxim's ability is smoke, and the smoke he exhales floats in the air, allowing him to control the angle and point of the knife when it falls.
Even if Jean did have miraculous accuracy, Maxim could defeat her with a slight control of the smoke and a change in the landing point of the knife.
Maxim then had to control where the knife landed.
But he suddenly realized that Jean had withdrawn his hand.
Without knowing where her hand is, then there is no point in controlling where the knife will fall now. Maxim could only watch the knife fall.
At the moment when the knife was about to hit the table, Jean quickly reached out his hand. It's like putting your hand in the edge of a knife.
With a pop, the sharp knife was already pierced on the table, and Qin's hand was already under the knife. At this point, it was too late for Maxim to use the cigarette to control the knife.
Everyone looked like a tabletop, and saw that the tip of the knife was between the index finger and the middle finger, but the blade of the knife had been pressed against the bifurcation of the two fingers. The skin on the blade and the finger bifurcation is already completely attached.
"Hah! you've lost!" Maxim laughed.
Because the blade had clearly cut his hand. One of the conditions for winning a finger piercing game is that you can't get hurt.
"Had a good time, it was a little closer than me. It's a pity that it fell short. ”
"Why did you say I lost?" Jean pretended to be confused.
As she spoke, she slowly withdrew her hand.
Parting his five fingers, everyone looked at him between his fingers, and there was not the slightest scar.
That means that the blade and the skin fit tightly, and the distance is 0, but the skin is not cut.
What a miracle this is.
The sound of cold air inhaling sounded beside him.