God's imitator

Chapter 212 Owl

The final two-player match of the first stage.

Han Mengying received the "Fool's Deck" this time, which is a disadvantageous deck, but it can still be won if used properly.

Upon arriving at the battle room, Han Mengying discovered that her opponent this time was a male player wearing an owl mask.

Han Mengying tried hard to observe the other party's movements, but unfortunately, "Owl" did not make any extra movements at all. He simply placed his bets and prepared to start the game.

"Is he a real expert or just pretending?"

"Should we bet on him to pick paper with scissors?"

However, just as Han Mengying was seriously considering it, something unexpected happened.

"Owl" separated the five cards in his hand, put two into his breast pocket, and kept shuffling the other three in his hand to shuffle them.

Then, he went to the battle platform and raised his oxygen mask slightly.

Because oxygen masks have eye holes, raising them like this means that his vision will be blocked by the mask, which can also be seen as actively covering his eyes.

The owl randomly shuffled the three cards in its hand and then placed one on the table.

As for the other two cards, they remained in his breast pocket and were never taken out.

Han Mengying felt a slight headache; clearly, this was another player who played cards randomly.

There are 5 cards in the deck. Smart players who use the "random card play" strategy will only take 3 cards and shuffle them to ensure that the probability of the three cards is exactly the same.

However, "Owl" is different from the "random card player" that Han Mengying encountered before in two ways.

Firstly, the oxygen mask directly blocks the view, which can better isolate the influence of "psychological processing".

Secondly, he chose to put the extra cards in his breast pocket.

The dress in the game has many pockets, on the chest, waist, and pants.

If a player keeps their cards in their waistband or pants pocket, the black partition on the playing table will block their view, making it difficult for their opponent to notice even if they secretly take them out.

But the breast pocket is different; it's not covered up, so the opponent can clearly see whether or not the two cards have been taken out.

It seems that this "owl" is a more extreme "random card player".

Han Mengying felt somewhat helpless, and she could only put down a "Fool's Card (Rock)".

Because Han Mengying was holding the "Fool's Deck" at this moment, it didn't matter what card she played when the opponent played completely randomly.

In that case, it's best to play the 'Fool's Card (Rock)', which has the most cards in your deck, because you can keep the scissors and paper and adjust your strategy based on the opponent's plays.

This battle arena provides different sound effects based on the outcome of the game, and there are grooves for placing cards. It also automatically detects whether the cards played by both players are compliant, so players can complete the game even if they don't look at it at all.

The black panel opens, revealing the answer.

The owl's "Sage (Paper)" won against the rabbit's "Fool (Rock)".

On the 'Owl's' battle arena, a victory notification sounded.

Han Mengying was stunned for a moment.

"Hmm? Luck?"

She saw that "Owl" still hadn't pulled down his oxygen mask or taken out the two cards from his breast pocket, but instead made the motion of placing chips and cards again.

This means that he can only take another card from the three cards he already has and put it into the designated area.

Han Mengying frowned slightly; this was practically an easy question.

She could see clearly that the "Owl" hadn't made any unnecessary movements from beginning to end; the two cards in front of its chest remained untouched, showing no possibility of switching cards. If Han Mengying had the "Wise Man's Deck" at this moment, with only one stone, there really wouldn't be much of a good solution; no matter what she chose, she couldn't guarantee she wouldn't lose.

Because the "Owl" card is a choice between three cards, you first play paper, and then you must choose between rock and scissors.

For Han Mengying, choosing rock would almost certainly result in a draw or a win, while choosing paper or scissors would be much harder to predict.

However, Han Mengying received the "Fool's Deck," which happened to have two other stones.

She immediately placed another "Fool (Stone)" card on top.

The notification sound ended, and the black partition reopened.

Owl's Wise Man (Paper) won again against Rabbit Han Mengying's Fool (Rock).

The 'Owl' simply put all the remaining cards into the battle arena and destroyed them.

"Stop playing."

……

Back in the lounge, Han Mengying felt somewhat depressed.

She looked at her oxygen mask in the mirror and realized that her second oxygen tank was about to run out, so she went to the service desk and spent another 2000 chips to refill it.

Based on the current situation, Han Mengying needs to replenish oxygen every half hour or so, which costs 2000 chips.

In other words, she would have to spend a total of 12000 chips to replenish oxygen over 3 hours, which is a considerable expense.

This cost much more than Han Mengying had originally anticipated.

This is normal, though. After all, this is not an allocation game, but a selection game. There will always be players who lose a lot of visa time or even face the risk of death.

In the "Fool's Game," there is an extra minimum guarantee, no commission, and chips don't deduct extra money when they circulate between players. Therefore, other methods must be used to recover some of the chips.

Currently, the main approaches are "replenishing oxygen" and "paying off debts".

This further solidified Han Mengying's belief that "this game is a trap set for fools."

At this moment, Han Mengying had figured out exactly what had happened in her previous battle with the "Owl".

But it was precisely because of this that she felt even more depressed.

They actually outsmarted me!

Han Mengying had encountered players who played cards randomly before and knew the principle behind this strategy.

For less intelligent players, random card play can isolate the influence of "mental processing," which is a defensive strategy.

Compared to other players who "randomly play cards", "Owl" made more feints, such as deliberately pulling up his oxygen mask to cover his eyes, and constantly washing the three cards in his hand before coming to the battle stage.

Therefore, Han Mengying mistakenly believed that "Owl" was a more determined "random card play" player.

Since it's purely random, it doesn't matter what you play, so Han Mengying will naturally choose to play the card she has the most in her hand. If it's the "Fool's Deck", she'll play Stone; if it's the "Sage's Deck", she'll play Paper.

But in reality, the 'owl' doesn't play cards randomly.

The three cards he pretended to shuffle didn't actually contain one rock, one paper, one scissors card; rather, there were at least two paper cards.

These two pieces of cloth are always produced first.

These cards are very thick and have embossed designs, so you can identify them by touch even if you're blindfolded.

(End of this chapter)