Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 289 Game Master's Celebration
"It's already halfway there..."

Meng Zhilu adjusted his glasses, a thoughtful look flashing behind the lenses.

She had already looked at her dice; they had three fives, one three, and one four.

After weighing the options, she said, "Eighteen sixes."

After saying that, she pushed up her glasses, looking confident and assured.

Golden Journey looked at his dice; he had two ones and three fours.

She chuckled and said, "I believe you. Nineteen fours."

It's the turn of the Gold Master.

She frowned, staring intently at her dice cup, which contained only one one, one two, one three, and two sixes.

There's no fourth one, so...

She hesitated for a long time, silently pondering the expressions and words of the crowd.

Finally, she gritted her teeth and looked at the Golden Journey: "I don't believe it!"

After saying that, he clenched his hands tightly together, his eyes filled with tension and anticipation.

"Very well, let's open the pot then!"

Zhongshan shouted excitedly during the celebration.

Everyone opened their dice cups, and soon dice of various numbers were exposed before their eyes.

There is no four on the Gold Master's dice.

Aside from Zhongshan Qingdian, who didn't look at the dice, Beibu Xuanju and the others had eight fours and six ones on their dice.

According to the rules, this is equivalent to 14 fours, which is only 5 fewer than the number guessed by the Golden Journey.

Upon seeing this result, the goldsmith gasped in astonishment.

Although we haven't seen the dice yet, there are a total of 10 dice for the Zhongshan Celebration and the Golden Ship.

Finding exactly five fours out of ten dice is very difficult.

But if there are two or three fours, plus a few ones, it will be much easier.

After the Golden Ship and Zhongshan Celebration opened their dice cups, the former's dice showed one one, one four, and three fives.

The latter's dice roll is four ones and one six.

That's equivalent to 6 fours, plus the 14 from other people, which completely exceeds the 19 mentioned in the Golden Journey.

"How... how did you guess that, big sister...?"

Looking at the dice, the Goldsmith was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his hair in frustration:

"There are almost 20 already, how could you have guessed it...?"

Despite complaining, she still accepted her loss and picked up a lollipop from beside her, handing it to the smiling Golden Journey.

At this moment, the golden ship, like a taunting flame, mocked:

"Even if there are 20, it's not that difficult. The key is that you, Master, are too stupid."

"Think about it, Xiao Dingxiang hasn't played this game much before, so she'll probably just call out whatever dice she has the most of."

"She said she had 16 fours, meaning she either had a bunch of fours or quite a few ones."

"Xiao Bei seems to be quite familiar with this game. She guessed so quickly, there must be a lot of possibilities."

"Sister Meng, don't you understand? I knew it the moment she pushed up her glasses. She definitely doesn't have a single six. If I were Sister Lucheng, I wouldn't believe it at all."

"So, you got tricked by Sister Trip, hahaha!"

Ignoring the goldsmith's hostile expression, the golden ship laughed loudly and pointed at itself and Zhongshan Celebration:

"Besides, you don't even know what's on my side and you're just guessing randomly, so you're bound to lose easily."

"If you randomly pick 20 fours, I'll be in a difficult position. But I'll definitely guess 21 fours, after all, this celebration guy, heh..."

Scratching its nose, the golden ship said confidently:
"I don't even need to guess to know that we'll definitely get a bunch of ones. Forget 21 fours, even 22 fours would be a sure thing!"

Upon hearing this, the Gold Master unconsciously glanced at the four ones at the Zhongshan Celebration, his eyes filled with helplessness.

The other female racehorses also looked over. Dream Journey and Golden Journey looked as if it were perfectly normal, while Northern Black Horse and Wang Ziding were surprised.

"Senior Qingdian... seems to be quite good at games?" Wang Ziding asked curiously.

"Only playing cards, dice, mahjong, and the like."

With a casual smile, Zhongshan Qingnian tossed the dice into the dice cup.

Without much shaking, with a few clattering sounds, when she opened the dice cup again, the five dice were neatly stacked together.

Looking from above, the top dot is one.

From the outside, each side has the exact same number of dots from top to bottom.

"I hang out with Sirius-senpai, Gu Shui-senpai, and Vodka whenever I have free time."

Meeting the surprised and amazed gazes of Wang Ziding and Beibu Xuanju, Zhongshan Qingdian showed no smugness, but simply smiled and explained:
"The more you play, the more tips and tricks you'll naturally learn."

"So I said from the beginning that it's hard to lose at this game. I even rolled four ones, otherwise I would have lost even more miserably."

"So, should we continue playing this game, or switch to a game that relies entirely on luck, like drawing points and comparing sizes, which is purely based on chance?"

Although it seemed as if he was asking everyone, Zhongshan Qingdian's gaze kept lingering between Beibu Xuanju and Wang Ziding.

She and the Golden Masters had done this many times. Northern Black Steed was a guest, while Wang Ziding was a junior, so it was definitely up to them to decide.

"I'm fine with whatever I want to play..."

Scratching his head, Beifang Genko was the first to laugh and said, "And it feels like the way Qingdian-senpai is... is actually more interesting?"

"Oh?"

Zhongshan, caught up in the excitement, asked, "Why would it be more interesting? Don't you think what I'm doing is cheating?"

"No, being able to roll the numbers you want is clearly a matter of skill."

Northern Black Steed waved his hands repeatedly and said:
"I've actually played this kind of game with Hikari-chan... that is, Hikari-chan Satomi, and her older sister, Tama Satomi."

"It's really just a guessing game. The better the relationship between you, the easier it is to guess each other."

"Just like the seniors who spend every day together, it's easy for them to guess each other."

"Now that we have two newcomers, Xiao Dingxiang and me, I think even senior members of the celebration team would have a hard time guessing everything."

"Moreover, it's also our first time playing with experts like Qingdian and other seniors, so it's quite novel."

"Besides..."

After thinking for a moment, she smiled gently:
"The most important thing about playing games is having fun, it doesn't matter what you play, right?"

Infected by these warm and cheerful words, the other racehorse girls all showed warm smiles.

The lingering annoyance on the goldsmith's face vanished, replaced by a hint of appreciation in Zhongshan Qingdian's eyes.

The dice were scattered again, and the crisp clinking sound rang out in the room once more. Zhongshan Qingdian looked at Beifang Xuanju and smiled:
"Since Xiao Bei says so, then let's continue playing."

"It sounds like Xiao Bei is a very skilled player. Let's see if I can win a few more lollipops from him."

"If this is a challenge for the senior..."

As the dice cup began to be shaken, Beifang Xuanju excitedly exclaimed, "Then I accept this challenge!"

A new round of games began quickly, and this time, the horse girls were even more engrossed in the game, racking their brains to try and glean clues from their opponents' expressions and words.

The goldsmith became exceptionally cautious, carefully considering every guess and no longer making judgments as easily as before.

Meanwhile, the Golden Ship continued to laugh and joke, making a few lighthearted remarks as he guessed, filling the room with a relaxed and joyful atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)