After Ma Le's performance ended, the episode of the blackout was quickly forgotten. What follows is the same as in the movie, when Effie is about to go crazy in the face of Katniss's audacity. But others praised Katniss for her unconventionality, and Hammic even praised her as a genius. Ignoring Effie's rant, everyone celebrated with a drink.

There was only one person with a strange face, and that was Gnostic. The double ponytail glasses girl glanced at Ma Le with dull eyes and stiff movements next to her from time to time, only she knew that this Ma Le was just a puppet of the gods, which was created when the power went out, so, where did the real Ma Le go?

In the next three days, the players began to recuperate, and Ma Le still disappeared so often, leaving a stand-in and not knowing where to run. Gnosis often wonders if this guy would have been running around so recklessly if he hadn't met him, without the help of his own handy abilities. If not, then how is he going to do side quests and how can he get a high rating?

Three days later, the final jury's verdict on each contestant came out, and people were waiting for the results in front of the TV. Because of the intervention of adventurers, the overall level of this competition was raised, Helias and Moon Lake both scored ten points, and the old man Soros also scored nine points. As for the plot players like Cato and Graf, although they both received full marks in the original book, but now, with the backdrop of the powerful adventurers, the two of them only scored seven points, and as for the scores of other plot characters, it is even more miserable.

But the heroine Katniss's eleven points are still thunderous. The adventurers who come here are smart and know the difference between fiction and reality. In movies, there are often scenes where the protagonist takes risks and finally wins, but in reality, nine times out of ten, rashly going crazy will lead to heels. In a word, Katniss was praised after provoking the sponsors, which was the protagonist's aura, and as for the adventurers, if anyone dared to follow suit, most of them would be expelled. This is a truth that has been summed up from the failures of countless adventurers, and never try to imitate the risky behavior of the protagonist.

Ma Le, who appears at the end of the screen, can be said to be the most bizarre of adventurers, he gets four points, and is the only guy among adventurers to fall below five. Gnosis looked at Ma Le, who had a dull expression beside him, and sighed leisurely.

In a beautiful rose garden, an old man who looked to be sixty or seventy years old, with white hair, high eyebrows, deep eyes, and a huge hooked nose showing a fierceness and wisdom, was carefully pruning roses. The beard and slightly disheveled hair are connected together, and it looks quite Marxian.

The old man chose the most flowering white rose, cut it off, and held it in his hand to look at it carefully. At this time, a security policeman came over and reported a few words to the old man, the old man nodded, the security policeman left, and after a while, a middle-aged man with short hair and a strangely trimmed beard walked in.

The middle-aged man came to the old man, bowed respectfully, the old man nodded, and while playing with the white roses, he asked the middle-aged man: "Senica, I heard that there is a girl who scored eleven points this time, what is going on?" ”

"I think she's worth the score, it's not my decision alone, all the sponsors are hooked on him!" This middle-aged man is Saenica Crane, the organizer and chief designer of The Hunger Games of '74. During The Hunger Games, the man's every move will make headlines throughout Capitot, and indeed throughout Panham, as he will dominate the direction of The Hunger Games.

The old man smiled and sat down on the bench next to him: "I heard, that girl...... Like an arrow shot at your head? Senica laughed and retorted, "No, it's just an apple!" The old man immediately interrupted, "That's the apple next to your head!" ”

The old man's tone was soft, but Senica read something else. Although he is the organizer of the Hunger Games, one of Capit's most well-known and popular characters, he does not dare to be sloppy in front of this old man. Because, this old man is the current ruler of Panham, the most honorable person in Capit, President Snow.

President Snow nodded and motioned for Senica to sit down as well, but Senica looked a little restrained, without his previous vigor, he hesitated, but sat down. President Snow smiled and asked him, "Why do you think we need a winner?" Or if we want to intimidate the districts, why don't we just pick 48 people and immediately have them fight in groups, wouldn't it be faster? ”

Senica thought for a moment, smiled and shook her head. Snow poked his head over and spat out a single word: "Hope!" He then explained, "Hope is the only thing stronger than fear." A little hope is effective, but a great hope is dangerous, as long as we can control the development of the situation and give them a little hope, it is more effective than blind repression. ”

Senica nodded: "I will try my best to control zhì and never let you down!" Snow was slightly stunned when he heard this, then waved his hand, got up and continued to prune the roses. Senica was just about to leave when Snow suddenly stopped him again: "By the way, have you heard that there have been several disappearances in a row recently?" ”

Senica shrugged her shoulders and said, "I've heard about it, but I don't care, what could be more appealing to me than The Hunger Games?" President Snow shook his head and said, "But the original disappearances took place the day after the tributes entered Capit, and one of the missing people was a stylist for the tributes of the 12th District, so I think this needs to be investigated." ”

Senica laughed, "That should be the duty of the vigilantes." "That's right!" Snow replied, "But at least, you should fully cooperate with the police when they investigate." Seneca saluted respectfully, "That's my obligation, Mr. President." ”

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After the scoring session, the next step for the contestants to prepare is the last part before officially entering the Hunger Games, that is, a personal interview.

In this session, Capitt's most famous entertainment host, the ageless Caesar, will interview 48 tribute fighters one by one in a gorgeous studio, and the whole process will be broadcast live across the country, which is also the second most watched variety show after The Hunger Games Live.

Dressed in gorgeous dresses, the contestants walked onto the stage like stars one by one, answering Caesar's questions. Some are calm, some are humorous, and some are silent and overwhelmed. Whether it is an adventurer or a plot character, it is rare to have the opportunity to walk on such a big stage, so the whole interview process is full of highlights and is very watchable.

District 12 was arranged at the end as always, and Ma Le, who was last in line, whispered to the gnosis in front: "Do you remember the plot in the plot? Pita confessed to Katniss in a live interview. Gnosis nodded: "Of course I remember, what's wrong?" Ma Le put his mouth to the gnosis' ear and whispered, "I want you to do the same!" ”

Gnosis felt that his ears were tickled by Ma Le's breathing, so he quickly covered his ears and turned his head, and then looked at Ma Le with a disgusted expression: "What, you asked me to confess to you, a foodie?" Dream on you, toad wants to eat swan meat! Ma Le was slightly stunned, and then explained: "Don't get me wrong, I'm asking you to confess to Peeta!" ”

"Why?" Gnosis is incomprehensible. "Don't ask why, just show that you have a crush on Pita in the interview, and that will greatly increase our chances of survival!" “

Gnosis pondered for a while, seemed to understand a little, and asked tentatively, "You don't want to take advantage of that love gimmick, do you?" Ma Le smiled noncommittally, and Gnosis hurriedly shook his head and said, "Impossible, how can that method work in this case?!" Ma Le still insisted: "You just believe me, anyway, there will be no less meat in the confession!" ”

The so-called love gimmick refers to the fact that in the original book, because of Pita's confession, he and Katniss were considered to be a couple of tributes. During the game, the figure of the two of them supporting each other was recognized by the audience as a symbol of love. The citizens of Capitol are not cold-blooded, with countless people expressing their support for their romance, and some openly accusing the Hunger Games of being too cruel and couples fighting too inhumane...... In the end, under pressure, the organizers changed the rules of the game to allow two people to win together.

But now the situation is different, there are two winners, so the gimmick of the couple is naturally not good. Marle asks Gnosis to confess to Peeta, which in Gnostic's eyes is clearly creating a love triangle. It stands to reason that if the love in the original book can keep two people alive, then a love triangle should be able to survive three people!

But in fact it's too hard to exercise. As mentioned above, the small probability events that the protagonists of the plot can do, if they are done by adventurers, will be tragic nine times out of ten. Besides, with a third party involved, love looks less sacred, and it may even reduce the audience's goodwill towards District 12! Moreover, as far as Gnosis knows, this method has been used before, and the final outcome is that the twelve districts will be wiped out......

But no matter what Gnosis explained, Ma Le insisted that she do it. Seeing that the interview was coming to an end and it was already the turn of District 12, Gnosis hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll trust you again!" ”

As soon as the words ended, Katnis, who was the first to be interviewed, had already dragged off the stage in a flaming dress. Peeta, who was in second place, took two deep breaths, tried to stay relaxed and calm, and after sorting out his mentality, he strode forward and appeared on the stage of the national live broadcast.