At 2:00 in the morning, a mahjong game that can be called the peak game of the entire "highest game" kicked off.

For Ryunosuke and Eric, if they can defeat each other in this "hateful and grudge", they will not only have a great chance to become the final winner of this party tonight, but will also have a certain psychological impact on more likely confrontations between the two in the future. As long as they can win the lead here and get the first place, they will naturally have a psychological advantage in other external occasions.

For Sakura and Hopkins, this is even more a death fight with no way out.

Because they are gamblers.

There is no first in literature, no second in gambling; in the contest between gamblers, the best and the worst will be distinguished. The winner will be the king, and the loser will be the subordinate.

"Invincible", "unbeaten", "gambling king", "legend"... the more people are given these titles, the less room for losses; those who fall from the altar fall more miserable than those who fall from the flat ground.

In the world of gambling, your goal is always the strongest. As long as there is someone who is stronger than you and can surpass you, you may have nothing at any time.

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In the East Game, the game of cards is unfolded in a solemn atmosphere.

Since the automatic mahjong tables are used in this cabin, the "Flying Swallow Cut" of Sakura can be used directly.

Although Sakana can do the tricks like "left-hand skill to change cards" and "transfer flowers and wood", there is no doubt that Hopkins can do it.

Gamblers of their level will not use these techniques in such occasions; because they all know that as long as they use this kind of technique, the other party will immediately expose it. Even if you move so fast that you cannot be caught on the spot, the other party can prove that you are "tell out your methods in detail and then ask the person in charge of supervision to retrieve surveillance videos to verify."

This is also one of the rules of "experts". If you use a trick to use it in a monitoring place, you will lose.

Of course, the condition for this rule to be true is: you have to first "see through" the opponent's method of giving out thousands with your naked eyes, and accurately describe it, and then the content presented in the surveillance video is consistent with what you described, and this counts.

If you don't see through your opponent's methods and talk nonsense, even if you find that your opponent really has a thousand dollars when you watch the video, you are considered a fraud, not the other party.

When he was at Ryunosuke's mansion, Shizuo could actually use this rule to deal with Okanoi and Takagi. However, he didn't like to do that, he would rather use ridicule to expose the other party's methods, and then use Feiyanche, who "watch and don't know what's going on when he sees it", to convince his opponent, and he would not want to use the "watch and verify" method to solve them early before the first two games.

Although he was under pressure to owe tens of millions of gambling debts at that time, he still did not choose the path of being sure to win, but chose a way to win that he thought was more "interesting".

This kind of person... is undoubtedly the kind of madman who is rare among top gamblers. They have long seen through the essence of "gambling" and are willing to walk in the dark abyss and taste the most delicious feast of chaos in the world.

"Hu! Pinghu, Baopai 1, 2000 points."

During the ninth tour, when Eric was already upright, Shizuo deduced the cards he heard from Ryunosuke through several roundabout cards played by Ryunosuke and decisively gave him a hand. Although Ryunosuke just gave 2,000 points small cards, he successfully stopped Eric's two-way listening with the chance to "slam".

In this mahjong, a combination of "sending Hu" is very important. If used properly, it can not only curb the opponent's Hu big brands, but also help partners to have higher rankings.

"Ha..." When the mahjong table was automatically shuffled, Hopkins, who was sitting on Ryunosuke's right, laughed out loud, "Brother Suga, you seem to be quite familiar with this kind of 'two-on-two mahjong' gameplay."

Everyone could tell that he was testing, but Suo didn't seem to care about it: "Ah... I played this kind of mahjong when I first entered the industry, so... this is considered a special skill."

"Oh?" Hopkins pushed the sunglasses on his nose when he heard this, "So, the one who 'let you go on the road'... is a croaker?"

In the eyes of others, Hopkins's problem seems a bit out of the blue, but "experts" are very clear about the logic behind it.

The day when a professional gambler officially "entered the industry" is not the day when he started gambling, but the day when a "expert" brought him into the industry, the person who brought you into this dark world is your "leader".

The leader will tell you various rules among experts, teach you some skills, and be responsible for some of your behavior before you can be independent... However, the leader is not, nor is it your "master".

There is no need to pay attention to the relationship between gamblers. In this world where everyone pursues the "strongest", "generation" is considered to be a redundant bond.

Most leaders will become partners with newcomers they are optimistic about, and cooperate with each other in a relationship of both teachers and friends until "the day when they cannot continue to cooperate"; Juan's situation is no exception. Therefore, "two-on-two mahjong" can be said to be the origin of his entire gambler career and the field he is best at.

"Ha... I'll ask more..." He didn't know what Hopkins thought of, but he suddenly sneered and asked, "June Su, which expert is your guide?"

"It's just a bad old man named Tachikawa, not worth mentioning." Suzu said, taking a sip of cigarettes and responding in a very casual tone.

"Ha!" Hopkins laughed loudly after hearing the word "Titakawa", "So that's it... It was once recognized as the strongest Sakura Palace, and was known as the young man brought out of "Titakawa"."

"What? Do you know that old man?" Suzu continued.

"Of course I know him." Hopkins smiled, "not only did I know him, I also played mahjong with him for six and a half farms..." He paused and said, "After the game, I also watched him with my own eyes being dug out, took off his toes on both hands and feet, and finally threw it into a cage for raising jackals."

Hearing this, Suka's smoking movement stopped slightly for a second. After a second, he continued in a very calm tone: "Oh, that's it... it's also an expected ending for him."

Seeing this, Hopkins smiled even more. His eyes under his sunglasses stared at Suo and asked aggressively: "Don't you ask... why did he end up in that way?"

"There's nothing to ask." Suzu continued, "I said, this is expected; a gambler who has 'lost his luck'... If he goes to the gambling table again, it will probably end like this."

"Hmph..." Hopkins snorted coldly, "'Lost luck'..." He repeated this sentence and said again, "Is this the reason why you broke up with him?"

"I have no choice but to give me any advice." When Suzu responded to this sentence, the automatic mahjong table had already washed the cards.

The conversation between the two came to an end because of the beginning of the East Second Bureau.

In fact, even if the game has not started, Suo doesn't plan to talk to him anymore...

Although the verbal called the other party "old man", Suzu always respected Tachikawa very much in his heart; the reason why the two of them broke up was not that Suzu abandoned Tachikawa, but that Tachikawa took the initiative to leave Tachikawa.

A gambler like Tachikawa can feel when his life ends... He is no longer favored by the goddess of luck, so in order not to drag down Jue, he chose not to say goodbye.

Shoto also noticed these things vaguely, so he did not look for Tachikawa.

However, there is one thing that Shizukawa is very clear... It is impossible for him to take the initiative to gamble with people again; if Hopkins's words just now were not a lie, then Tachikawa must have been forced to sit on the gambling table for some reason and died there.

"Stand upright." On the sixth tour, Hopkins suddenly threw down a stick and declared standing upright.

Immediately afterwards, Eric on his right hand immediately gave Hu, so... he stood up and broke his name, and made a "slam".

"Ha..." As soon as Hopkins' card was revealed, Eric smiled at Ryunosuke, "Don't think that only you can play and cooperate."

"Tsk..." Ryunosuke spat, not having any quarrel with him.

But at this moment, some ominous premonition had sprouted in Ryunosuke's heart.

His premonition is not wrong... In this mahjong, the combination of him and Suo had a great disadvantage. The two had never practiced together.

In contrast, Eric and Hopkins' combination has been practicing together for a long time before the "highest game"; whether it is mahjong, baccarat, stuk, or Texas Hold'em, they have played together. Even if the two are not "perfect combination", they at least know some basic codes and their habits... In terms of tacit understanding, they are obviously far stronger than Ryunosuke and Suzuka who have met less than eight hours.

Take mahjong as an example. They are familiar with the routine of confirming whether the teammates have their own cards in their hands through the secret code, and then standing upright and the other party directly sending Hu in the next position.

And Ryunosuke and Sakaya... they didn't discuss and record any secret codes in advance, so they had no way to know what their partner's hand was. Even if they wanted to use their opponent's technique, they couldn't start. At most... it was like the Tochi game, Sakaya unilaterally speculated Ryunosuke's hand, and released dangerous cards that the latter might hear to give him to Hu.

However, compared to opponents who can give each other a gift, this method of giving one-way is much worse.

At the end of each half-deal, the "two-on-two mahjong" must be added to the original point sticks according to the rules of "first place 50,000 points", "second place 20,000 points", "third place 10,000 points", and "fourth place zero points", and then the original point sticks are compared with the two sides.

For example, if there are two pairs of ab and cd, when settlement, a gets the first place, b gets the fourth place, c gets the second place, and d gets the third place; the final score of the ab combination is the sum of the dots and sticks they hold, plus 50,000 points of reward, while the final score of the cd combination is the sum of the dots and sticks they hold, plus 30,000 points of reward.

In other words, as long as one of the two wins first, he can get at least 20,000 more sticks than the other party during settlement.

Under this rule, the party who knows the secret code and can give each other a gift can not only help their own people to win the first place more efficiently, but also have a double chance to destroy it when the opponent wants Hu. Without the secret code, the party who can only rely on experts to lead the layman, so there will naturally be fewer choices.

It seems to be "two to two", but from the perspective of Shochi and Ryunosuke, it is basically "two to one to one" that is very unfavorable.

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In the Second Minute, Ryunosuke's premonition has become a reality.

Eric and Hopkins, who can communicate codes, have absolute dominance. In addition to giving each other a gift, they can also use the methods of giving "eat", giving "touch", listening, gathering big names, protecting their own side's bank, breaking their opponent's bank, and other methods... Even though these are not 100% successful, they are more impatient than being at a loss and becoming more impatient to fight with Ryunosuke, and the two of them are much more relaxed in mahjong.

Although Suzu also used a few quick attack cards to break the opponent's Lianzhuang within his ability, his situation was still not improving when he and Ryunosuke's point sticks and the situation was passive.

When the game reached this game, Ryunosuke and Sakana ranked third and fourth respectively, and the first place Hopkins was already ahead of Ryunosuke by nearly 20,000 points (the rule of this game is to start at 25,000 each). This is a result that Sakana gave Ryunosuke Hu...

There is no hope of turning the tables.

If this situation continues, by the end of this half dealer, the difference in points settlement between the two parties is likely to reach more than 100,000; according to the default "1000 to 1" odds at this table, Ryunosuke will have to pay more than 100 points cards... This level of increase and decrease is equivalent to giving up the throne of "winner".

"Mr. Arai." Just as Ryunosuke's cold sweat flowed down his temples, Suzu suddenly spoke again, "You are too nervous." As he spoke, he lit a new cigarette for himself and said lightly, "It's just that I'm a little behind when I click the stick, so I don't have to beat it so carefully."

If it were someone else, this may be considered useless comfort, but when Yusu said it, it will inevitably make people think too much.

"What does it mean?" Ryunosuke immediately said in his heart, "'No need to play so cautiously'... I'm asking me not to be afraid of shooting guns, and to make cards with confidence? But if I get shot directly by the opponent, wouldn't the difference between the point of the stick..." Suddenly, he had a sudden idea, "Hey? Wait, Suo and I are third and fourth now. Even if I lose a few thousand more sticks now, it's just a swap with Suo. Our reward point is still 10,000 when the final settlement is settled.

…” Thinking of this, he glanced at Suo and immediately got a positive look, “I understand… Suo means that in this situation, no matter how bad it is, it will be no matter how bad it is; whether it is losing 100,000 or 110,000, they will also 'lose the chance to win the game'... With such a big gap, only by burning the boats can you get the chance to get it back. Instead of playing safety cards with a scruple, it is better to simply ignore the risks and compete..."

Smack

After thinking it through, Ryunosuke took a super dangerous card that he had been holding on for a long time.

Hopkins and Eric were both surprised when they saw this card, but in the end, this card did not fire the gun...

As a result, Ryunosuke's confidence increased sharply, and he played two more dangerous cards in the next two tours, and all passed safely.

Risk is always with opportunity.

Ryunosuke, who passed by the danger twice, was killed and resurrected. He successfully made the big card face of the three-way listen and disturbed his opponent's judgment on his hand.

After one round, Eric fired his gun, and Ryunosuke was "double" and instantly reversed the gap between the two. Although he was still far from the top Hopkins, the conversion of the second and third places narrowed the reward spread during settlement from 60,000 (50,000 + 20,000 vs 10,000 + 0) to 40,000 (50,000 + 10,000 vs 20,000 + 0). With the points he won by this hand, the expected difference of about 100,000 was reduced by one third.

"Hmph... I'm just lucky for a moment, don't be proud." Eric, who was after the cannon, was not very willing, so he said in a very unhappy tone.

However, Suo actually took over this nonsense and corrected: "No, this is not a 'temporary' good luck."

"What did you say?" Eric raised his eyebrows and looked at Suo with disdain, "Haha, it's not a 'standard', it can be a 'a lifetime'?"

"If you mean a game of 'one time', Mr. Arai's good luck must at least continue 'two time'." Suzu responded seriously.

"Ha?" Anyway, Eric didn't mind saying a few words to him, "You kid... do you know what you are talking about? Haha... I think you don't call him Suo, just change your name to the charlatan."

"If you don't believe it, please ask the Star County Gambling King beside you." Suo leaned against the back of the chair and vomited a smoke.

After he said this, Eric was really a little shaken.

Just as Eric frowned and was about to turn to see Hopkins, Hopkins had already laughed: "Haha...hahaha..." He laughed loudly, even his shoulders trembling. After laughing for five seconds, he curled his smile a little and said, "You want to say... After the game just now, the 'fortune' has been guided to you, right?"

"Ah." Suzu did not deny that, "Although your playing style can greatly improve the winning rate in probability, the way of giving up the "personal" for the sake of the "situation" cannot attract the "fortune"; even if your luck turns to you, it will become fragmented by your actions."

"Haha... Tachikawa also said your theory." Hopkins responded calmly, "and you already know his fate." He paused, "Even if you gamblers from the East, even if you become 'experts', will generally turn to the latter in the face of probability and metaphysics. This tendency to ignore rationality that seems to be dissolved in your blood is really ridiculous..."

At this point, he waved his arm and pointed at Suzu's face and said, "Don't joke! Suzu Wuhuan! You said you want to beat me with your 'strength', but now you are talking about 'fortune' with me? Then, are you going to talk to me about the constellations and blood types next?" He continued, "Stop acting again, Suzu, I can see... You are not the kind of person who believes in luck. You are just bluffing at this moment..." He slowly retracted his raised arm and clenched his fingers into fists. "If I guess correctly... are you trying to distract me from this and wait for an opportunity to make a thousand?"

squeak

Before he finished speaking, the automatic shuffle was completed.

Accompanied by a mechanical rhythm, the four rows of card mountains and hand cards were sent to the four people respectively.

The moment he opened the hand, although Ryunosuke tried his best to restrain himself, his expression changed...
Chapter completed!