Chapter 913 The Fallacy of Probability(1/2)
After the first two rounds of the game, Baron Lavender now has 1+2=3 points, Miss Witt is 3+3=6 points, and Shade is 3+4=7 points. Unless Shade breaks the card, Baron Lavender will never win the championship. But if the Baron withdraws from the game now, it means that Miss Witt will draw the total score even if she wins. Therefore, even if there is no hope of winning, Baron Lavender still stays very gentlemanly for the sake of the fairness of the total score.
After the three men repositioned the seats, referee Mr. Justin said loudly that the game began several times before he could barely pull people's attention back.
"Miss Witt, speaking of it, this is the first time I played Rhodes with a lady."
Because one person was missing, the remaining three changed seats. At this time, Shade was sitting opposite Miss Pavo under the grape trellis, while the referee Mr Justin stood opposite Baron Ravend.
The Six-ring Warlock from the Truth Society had a smile on her face, as if she was really enjoying the grand banquet tonight.
"Mr. Hamilton, you will find that ladies are no worse than men's math."
The three of them were given their trump cards respectively, and Xia De did not look at the trump cards, and directly signaled to continue to deal the cards.
Miss Pavo's Delareon's accent was particularly standard, just like her Carsonrick's accent was enough to be a government spokesperson.
"So, ma'am, are you good at math?"
Xia De asked, and then went to see his second card with the other two. It was a coincidence that the numbers of the three were exactly the same, but the suits were different. Xia De was the Star 7, the Warlock was the Flower 7, and Baron Ravende was the Sun 7.
"This is a coincidence."
The Baron said with a smile, signaling to continue asking for cards, the same is true for Shade and "Miss Witt".
"I can't say that I'm good at it, but I always think that only mathematics in this world will not deceive people."
She said, and Xia De nodded slightly:
"Yes, I agree with this point of view, but I think it is best to add a certain qualifier to this kind of sentence with 'absoluteness', otherwise"
He paused, interrupted by Baron Ravend:
“I’ll suspend trading.”
The Baron opened the trump card and put it together with the other two cards:
"Sun 3, Sun 7 and Sun 9, 19 o'clock."
While talking, I looked at the third card between Xia De and Miss Witt, looking forward to what would happen to the game.
I can no longer hear the sound of insects in the early winter night, and the night is getting darker, and the halo of the gas lamps under the grape trellis is so ambiguous and squid.
Xia De looked at the cards in his hand and asked:
"Miss Witt, the current situation is that if I don't beat the cards, you have to get first in this game and third in this game before you can win in the finals. So, do you think you have a high winning rate?"
The sorcerer curled his lips and said:
"I don't think you will not explode. This is the conclusion I made after studying all your cards that are circulating on the market. Mr. Hamilton, you are very cautious and have good luck, so you are likely to not explode this time."
She looked at herself and Xia De's third card:
"If you want to discuss the winning rate, your card is Flower 7 and Flower 8 and 15 points. And my card is Star 7 and Sun 10 and 17 points. I think my winning rate is higher."
Although he is not clear about the opponent's ring sorcerer system, Xia De believes that the female sorcerer in front of him is very likely to have fully calculated the winning rate of both sides under the current state.
He shook his head:
"If you calculate the card too clearly, it will affect your mood. And I have heard this saying that your supernatural powers are not as good as the sky, cough cough, and your ability is not as good as the luck. Sometimes, all the mechanisms will delay your self."
"No, mathematics won't cheat people."
The two exchanged opinions with each other, and Miss Pavo opened her trump card:
“I’ll suspend trading.”
I saw that her cards were Star 2, Star 7, Sun 10, and a total of 19 points, which happened to be consistent with Baron Lavender. But people are not concerned about the total points, but the special card Star 2.
The card is a human male with legs spread apart and arms stretched to the left and right. Except for the heart, all other parts are blurred, and the heart is depicted very finely, probably similar to the hand-painted illustrations in university anatomy textbooks.
Star 2 [Human Organ·Heart]. When drawing this card, if the total number of points of your own is odd, you can activate the effect based on the total number of points of the opponent's ending round. If the total number of points of the opponent is even, the total number of points of the opponent is forced to be reduced by 2; if the total number of points of the opponent is odd, the total number of points of the opponent is forced to be added by two. It does not affect the number of points of the explosive card. This effect must be activated, and the effect is only valid for unstopped opponents.
"Miss Witt is 19 o'clock, the effect is activated. Oh? Is it such a special card?"
Baron Ravend said in surprise:
"Most special effects of Rhode cards can be chosen not to be used. The effects marked as must be activated are all lucky rules that exist for both positive and negative effects. Add two and subtract two?"
Such a special special card finally brought people's attention back to their senses from the "Knight's punch cheater" just now.
People urged Xia De to open the card, wanting to know who the special card of "Miss Witt" is more beneficial to.
But Xia De shook his head:
"Continue to ask for the cards."
"Xia De, your total points for the two bright cards are 15 points now. Do you still have to continue to ask for cards?"
Baron Lavender asked in surprise, "Miss Witt" said with a smile:
"This means that if the card is opened now, Mr. Hamilton will definitely lose. He continues to ask for cards, which means that the three cards have not exploded. This means that Mr. Hamilton's total points are definitely not 17 points or 19 points at present."
Baron Lavender thought for a while before he understood:
"Oh, yes, this lady and I are both 19 points. According to the rules of the special card [Human Organs and Heart], 17 points are 19 points, 18 points are 16 points, 19 points are 21 points, 20 points are 18 points, and 21 points are 23 points. Therefore, Xia De can only win if the total number of points is 17 points or 19 points!"
"Yes, as long as the Hamilton Cavaliers can't win or tie me, then the third game is that he gets two points and I get four points. He only leads me by one point in the first two games, so he has to win or tie this game."
Miss Witt nodded slightly:
"So, it's getting interesting, can Mr. Hamilton make it to 17 or even 19?"
In fact, the probability of 17 is extremely small, because Xia De's second and the three cards add up, the points are already 15 points.
The sorcerer smiled, and Baron Lavender stared at the cards under Xia De's hands nervously, and people were talking.
This kind of game that compresses the point limit to a few possibilities is the most intense and exciting game. Coupled with Miss Wright's simple analysis, I sorted out the current situation and had special cards erasing other possibilities. This kind of interesting game may not be encountered once every six months.
Xia De chuckled and shook his head:
"Yes, my total points must be 17 or 19, which is really interesting."
He was not nervous. Although he was very interested in [Life Ritual·Wedding], it was nothing to lose. He had already satisfied with winning boxing just now. Xia De thought he would not expect to win twice.
The fourth card was sent upwards on the back, but Xia De did not show it immediately, but opened his trump card, Xingchen 5.
"Three cards are 20 points! Add the fourth one, it is impossible to adjust to 17 or 19 in any case! Mr. Hamilton actually lost!"
Standing behind Baron Ravend, holding the back of the chair tightly in his right hand, the blood vessels on the back of his hand seemed to be about to explode, and he said excitedly.
The crowd was in an uproar, mostly with regret. Now it seems that Xia De was bound to lose before he wanted the fourth card. After all, it is impossible to get 17 and 19 for the first three cards. And he continued to ask for cards in three cards because as long as he did not open the cards, there was no total points, and there was no rule to trigger Star 2 [Human Organ·Heart]. There was no need to add two, and there was no explosive card.
Miss Wright breathed a sigh of relief, with a bright smile on her face.
Xia De shook his head slightly at the cards scattered on the table, looking at the last fourth card, and was not completely disappointed:
"No, I actually still have a chance to win, and there is a very small possibility."
"What?"
Although Xia De's voice was not loud, people who were discussing the game enthusiastically still heard it:
“This is impossible.”
The Rwandan Baron shook his head:
"You have missed 17 points and 19 points. And although there are cards in your deck that adjust the points, even if it is adjusted, it will add at 20 points. There is no card that can change this."
"My fourth card has not been opened yet, so there is still hope."
Xia De reached out his hand to the fourth card. Under the bright grape trellis, everyone subconsciously stopped talking, looking at Xia De's hand, as if Xia De could really rewrite the basic rules of the Rhode card.
"We have to believe in our Rhodes decks."
He said softly, this made people respect him more. Rhodes players believe in their own luck and cherish their decks. This is the real player.
Taking a deep breath, he was about to lift the last card, but suddenly withdrew his hand.
Shade turned to look at Tifa and said with a smile:
"Tifa, come and help me open the cards."
Although the black-haired maid was a little surprised, she nodded and Xia De explained to the referee Mr. Justin:
"This is my lucky girl."
The referee nodded, allowing this approach.
So Tifa held Xiaomia with one hand and then opened the last card:
[Carsonrick Horror Story: Headless Knight Jack], Suit: Star 1.
"Oh, it's a pity, 21 points. Adding odd numbers to 2, 23 points makes the card a hit! It's obviously 21 points again, but I still lose. It's so wonderful, it's so regretful."
Baron Ravend said with great regret, and then felt his shoulders suddenly being pressed by huge force. He turned his head and saw that it was the Baron Rwandan. He widened his eyes and looked at the cards in Tifa's hand, his face turned red and looked like blood vessels were about to explode:
"No, no!"
He seemed to be in a breath of filial piety, and seemed to be unable to breathe:
"It was Mr. Hamilton who won! Look at the rules! Oh, there is such a thing! Oh, God, why didn't you let me participate in this final!"
He moaned loudly, and then people realized something was wrong. Shade gestured to Tifa, who clearly read the rules of the cards:
"[Carsonrick Horror Story: Headless Knight Jack], Suit: Star 1. When you draw this card, if your opponent's first trump card is also the Star robe, and the number is less than or equal to 5, you can choose to forcefully reduce the opponent's total points by one."
To be continued...