Chapter 102: The Joker, Super High School-Level ??
[Ding!]
[As the player's reputation as the 'God of Gamblers' in the real world's Macau City begins to spread, a special invitation is extended to the player.]
[Quest Name: The Royal Casino of the Inner World]
[Quest Type: Eerie Invitation Quest.]
[Quest Objective: Win at least 50 Eerie Coins.]
[Accept?]
[Failure to respond within ten minutes will result in automatic rejection.]
[Time remaining: 9:45.]
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A casino?
A casino in the Inner World?
Lin Ye scratched his head. It wasn't entirely incomprehensible why he had been invited to the 'Royal Casino of the Inner World.'
He won at least ten billion dollars from the Ao City Grand Casino in a single game of Sic Bo, making the name "God of Gamblers Gao Jin" resound throughout all the casinos in Ao City. Wherever he went, casinos chose to avoid confrontation and pay "tribute" to avoid even greater losses.
The reputation of "God of Gamblers Gao Jin" even spread to casinos in various countries in the real world.
The casino circle is only so big.
In today's world with developed internet, the spread of special events is very fast.
Based on his reputation as the God of Gamblers, the "Underworld Royal Casino" sent him an invitation.
"I didn't expect there to be casinos in the Underworld."
This was a bit unexpected, but considering that "bizarre games" have many types, it wasn't unacceptable that there was a casino type.
But compared to real casinos, Underworld casinos were obviously more dangerous and definitely not as simple and relaxed as those in the real world.
Accept or reject?
There were still nine minutes left, no need to rush.
"Little brother, don't ignore me! You're making me sad."
Yukinoshita Haruno, who was lying on Lin Ye's back, spoke softly in his ear, her breath constantly blowing on his cheek, her hair rubbing and stimulating, constantly teasing him.
Lin Ye moved slightly and felt the wonderful touch of the soft mounds on his back.
'Slap!'
Lin Ye slapped Haruno's buttocks hard.
"Ooh, it hurts."
"Little brother, be gentler."
She licked her lips.
"Get up."
"Okay."
Haruno supported herself with her hands and got up immediately.
"Give me a massage."
Haruno was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized something.
"Okay!"
She sat on Lin Ye's back, kneading and tapping with her hands. As the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family, Yukinoshita Haruno had never done such a thing before.
Her massage was very unfamiliar, and the strength she used was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, not well controlled. But this unfamiliar technique gave Lin Ye a different feeling.
"I didn't expect Lin-kun to like this kind of thing."
"It's a great pleasure to have the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family give me a massage."
"Compared to you, what am I!"
"My collaborator."
"Hahaha."
Haruno laughed.
"Okay, that's enough."
"Hmm, next..."
Haruno just hummed in agreement and didn't say much. She was very obedient to Lin Ye now.
"I received a mission, and I'll be leaving in three minutes."
Haruno froze, her massaging fingers stopped.
Although she was not a bizarre player and didn't know the specific degree of danger, she understood the danger of each "bizarre game" mission just from the survival rate of bizarre players.
"I'll wait for you to come back."
"Haha, Miss Haruno saying that really makes me feel an increase in favorability!"
"Lin-kun, has it increased?"
"It has increased, by a hundred points!"
"Wow!"
"Out of ten thousand."
"You're bullying me."
Lin Ye patted Haruno's delicate and elastic thighs, motioning for her to get up.
Haruno slowly stood up, pulling on her bathrobe, her snow-white skin exposed, a beautiful and captivating sight.
Lin Ye tidied his clothes and put on his black-rimmed glasses, but the moment he was about to put on his mask, Haruno grabbed his wrist.
"Sending you my blessings."
Standing in front of Lin Ye, Haruno lightly stood on tiptoe and kissed Lin Ye hard on his left cheek with her red lips.
"A kiss from a pure and beautiful girl will definitely bring you good luck."
"Hahaha."
Lin Ye laughed, but he had to admit that Haruno really knew how to stir a man's heart. An ordinary pure virgin would probably fall for her immediately!
Haruno put her right index finger on her red lips. "When you come back, where should I kiss you?"
Her charming eyes and every move touched the sensitive heartstrings deep within a man.
"I suggest letting your sister kiss my right cheek! One side for each sister is very fair."
"No way."
Haruno said shyly.
And in the blink of an eye, the man in front of her had disappeared.
Haruno's expression slowly recovered as she sat on the edge of the bed.
In the luxuriously decorated bedroom, a beautiful figure sat quietly.
"I sincerely hope you come back."
Although she had had unpleasantness with Lin Ye, and she almost became his beautiful pet, by today, Haruno had understood the purpose of Lin Ye's actions at that time.
Initiative.
Knowing that he was exposed, in order to gain the initiative, Lin Ye chose to display his strength and tough attitude to let her understand their respective positions.
Her gaze fell on the wallet, where two checks lay quietly, one of which was the ten billion dollar check he won today.
From the moment she got this check until now, Lin Ye had never asked about it.
That guy didn't care about this huge sum of money at all.
"An interesting and difficult man."
Haruno licked her lips, a smile rising.
"I'm looking forward to seeing how far you can go."
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Lin Ye's vision changed in the blink of an eye, but he was in a vast white space.
[Detected that the player has not yet filled in a "nickname", please fill in a nickname.]
[If you choose no, the player's real name will be used.]
Lin Ye thought for a moment and immediately filled in a nickname - Zero.
[This nickname is available and has been filled in. Your nickname is Zero.]
[Player Zero, this is your first time being invited to perform a "Bizarre Invitation Mission" after becoming an official player. You can now use "fabrication" to customize your character image in the "Bizarre Invitation Mission".]
[The first time is free, after that it will cost 1000 game points.]
Lin Ye quickly realized that this was a "bizarre game" to prevent many players from being tracked down in reality through their appearance in "Bizarre Invitation Missions".
Privacy was guaranteed.
Lin Ye wearing glasses and a mask was actually to prevent his appearance from being exposed and affecting his life in reality.
For major countries today, it was not difficult to track down a person through their appearance.
Lin Ye quickly operated and quickly created a face for himself, and by the way, he also made minor adjustments to his height and even changed his fingerprints.
After pressing "confirm",
Lin Ye found his vision changing once again. The vast white space rapidly transformed, and a small conference room appeared.
A resplendent conference room, illuminated by incandescent lamps, with light reflecting everywhere.
A table was quietly placed.
Besides Lin Ye, there were six other people.
"Where is this?"
"What's going on?"
"How did I suddenly appear here?"
A young man with dyed green hair and a somewhat roguish air kept exclaiming in surprise. His eyes swept around, and quickly focused on a middle-aged man in a suit with a slicked-back hairstyle.
It seemed that his amiable smile made him look easy to bully.
"Hey, uncle, where is this?"
"Royal Casino,"
He said with a smile.
"Casino?"
The green-haired punk's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered something very interesting. Not far from him, a female high school student with a single ponytail was a little nervous, seemingly unfamiliar with the current situation.
Lin Ye quickly judged that both the green-haired punk and the single- ponytail girl were new to the bizarre game.
For invitation missions, bizarre games would choose "newcomers" to participate.
He didn't know if this was to make up the numbers or for some other reason.
"Okay, it seems that there should be many veteran players among us. I'm Jack..."
A red-haired, burly Caucasian man spoke, and immediately showed everyone his nickname and level.
[Jack·LV3]
"I was playing in Las Vegas when I suddenly received an invitation from the bizarre game, so I accepted."
"Bizarre game, that, that's not an urban legend..."
But before the green-haired punk could finish speaking, he was immediately glared at. "Veteran players are talking, newcomers shut up."
The green-haired punk seemed very dissatisfied and wanted to explode, but the middle-aged man interrupted.
"Okay, okay, we are all fortunate to gather here and play games together. It can be considered a kind of fate. I received the invitation in Hong Kong."
He clapped his hands and revealed his information.
[Brother Fa·LV4.]
Level four?
He must have participated in many games and eliminated many bizarre creatures to reach this level.
This amiable middle-aged man could not be judged by his appearance. If you underestimated him, you would definitely suffer.
And a blonde beauty in a ladies' suit, her figure outlined in an alluringly curvy manner, also took the initiative to reveal her character nickname and information.
[Sophia·LV3]
Lin Ye couldn't help but think of the blonde beauty who had made money from him but ran away.
"Is it the same person? It shouldn't be such a coincidence!"
He pondered.
"Hahahaha..."
The green-haired punk was the first to burst out laughing.
The blonde beauty didn't care at all, her eyes cold as she looked at the crowd.
"Are there only four of us who are official players?"
The red-haired burly man Jack's gaze fell on the delicate girl with double helix black hair who had been quietly standing aside without making a sound. She had remained quiet from the beginning, completely unlike the mental fortitude a newcomer should have.
"Good day, I am Celestia Ludenberg."
The girl in the Lolita dress pulled her skirt with both hands and bowed slightly to everyone.
"However, I am not a player. If you seniors are willing to teach me some useful information, my father will definitely give you the highest level of gratitude."
She finished speaking politely.
And as if noticing Lin Ye's gaze, she smiled, showing the noble demeanor of a young lady from a prestigious family.
Lin Ye returned the smile.
Others didn't know who she was, but Lin Ye did.
If nothing unexpected happened, this was the "Super High School Level Gambler" from the work "Danganronpa".
It was only natural for the "Super High School Level Gambler" to be invited to the "Underworld Royal Casino".
"My name is Li Minghao, Remember that. This time, I will definitely make a killing in this casino. This master's strength is very strong, hahahaha."
But none of the veteran players paid attention to the green-haired punk's self-aggrandizing remarks.
"Xia Yun, a, a high school student, I don't know why I came here, I was just playing poker with my friends."
The high school girl with a single ponytail almost burst into tears.
One moment she was playing poker with her friends, but the next moment she came to this strange place with strange people.
She felt completely insecure.
At this time,
The Lolita girl Celestia came to Xia Yun's side and gently held the girl's small hand. The icy touch was transmitted, but it unexpectedly reassured Xia Yun.
"Don't worry, don't be afraid!"
"We'll be fine."
"With so many veteran players here, we'll definitely be fine."
Under Celestia's comfort, the single- ponytail girl slowly calmed down.
There were a total of seven participants.
Four veteran players, all participating after receiving invitation missions from the bizarre game, and three newcomers who were selected by the "bizarre game" during the game and brought here.
Lin Ye recalled his experience with Hoshino Ai at the "Love Love Hotel".
It seemed that the people selected were somewhat related to the type of game.
"There is a piece of paper on the conference table."
Celestia discovered something and said.
This made the veteran players turn their attention to it, and several of them frowned. They hadn't seen any paper on the conference table just now.
The blonde beauty closest to it leaned on the table with one hand, bent down, and reached for the piece of paper.
[Welcome to the "Royal Casino".]
[Our casino has a long history and rich experience, and enjoys a high reputation among our customers.]
[Guests can participate in any of our casino's entertainment and gambling activities, and can rely on their own skills and luck to obtain a large number of game coins.]
[The use of player skills is prohibited in this casino.]
[Violent behavior to snatch bizarre coins is prohibited in this casino. Once discovered, it will be dealt with seriously.]
[When guests obtain 50 bizarre coins, they can choose to leave the casino and return to reality.]
[Note: This casino has a large number of top-quality weapons, props, game skills and other items, which can be exchanged with bizarre coins. Don't miss this opportunity.]
[From now on, it is time to witness the skills and luck of our guests.]
[We look forward to your performance in our casino.]
[Hope you have fun!]
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"It's not a rule-based game."
The blonde beauty handed the paper to Lin Ye, who read it quickly and passed it to the red-haired burly man Jack.
Compared to "rule-based games", the rules of this bizarre invitation mission game were very simple, but simple did not mean it was really easy to pass.
"Two questions."
Lin Ye raised a finger.
"First, is the gambling in this Royal Casino really the same as our real-world gambling? Is the form different?"
"The second is that gambling requires principal, and we don't have any bizarre coins."
Lin Ye continued.
"Where should we go to get our first bizarre coins?"
'Knock knock knock...'
At this time,
There was a knock on the conference room door.
The next second, with a 'click...', the conference room door opened.
The moment the figure appeared, the female high school student was so frightened that she took several steps back, her face pale, and almost screamed.
That figure was wearing a black suit, with a straight posture, but it had two heads and two pairs of eyes looking left and right, as if observing everyone in the conference room.
The green-haired punk's eyes widened, his heart filled with anxiety, feeling completely insecure.
He was bold, he had always been the one bullying others, no one dared to bully him. After becoming an adult, he acted even more recklessly, his behavior extremely bad.
He had also heard about the urban legend of the bizarre game, and even fantasized that if there really was a bizarre game in this world, and he became a player, he would definitely become a winner in life, with power, wealth, and beautiful women all within his grasp.
He successfully participated in the bizarre game, but how could he have imagined that the first bizarre monster he faced would be this kind of two-headed, evil monster!
However, the four players, including Lin Ye, had normal expressions and didn't react much.
To have reached this point, the appearance of monsters alone could no longer have much impact on them.
"I am the manager of the Royal Casino. Dear guests can call me J."
"In view of the fact that the seven guests are visiting our Royal Casino for the first time, our casino has specially provided a total of fifty bizarre coins as the guests' starting capital."
It took out and placed the bizarre coins in front of the conference table.
The black bizarre coins reflected a dim and mysterious brilliance under the light.
"I don't think this is simply a gift for us, right?"
Brother Fa, the middle-aged man in the suit, spoke.
He didn't think that bizarre coins could be easily obtained.
The manager smiled, both heads looking at Brother Fa in unison, but Brother Fa was unmoved, his expression always calm, as if he was already used to it.
"Yes, guest, as long as the guest participates in a small activity organized by our casino, the winner can control fifty bizarre coins."
"What if we refuse?"
"Our casino will never force any guest to participate in this activity."
"I want to get other ways to get gambling capital."
The blonde beauty Sophia stared.
The only way to get start-up funds was to participate in activities organized by the casino? This kind of activity sounded very tricky.
"Of course there are. Our casino provides services to exchange guests' belongings for chips and bizarre coins."
The manager continued.
"Hands, feet, heart, kidneys, game skills, even souls, our casino will exchange chips based on the collateral provided by guests. If guests need to redeem them, they only need to use bizarre coins to exchange them back before leaving the casino."
"Friendly reminder, the bizarre coins exchanged back will be twice the amount of bizarre coins obtained by mortgage."
"How much can my soul be mortgaged for?"
The manager carefully examined and gave an estimate, "Five bizarre coins."
Blonde beauty: ???
Is my soul so worthless?
"What about my kidney?"
The red-haired burly man Jack asked calmly.
"0.5 bizarre coins."
It's worthless!
Missing one kidney didn't affect the subsequent casino activities much, but at this price, the red-haired burly man Jack no longer had the idea of mortgage exchange.
The manager's eyes swept around and quickly landed on Lin Ye.
"For this guest's soul, our casino is willing to offer a mortgage price of 20 bizarre coins."
Lin Ye: ???
"Not interested."
"Fifty bizarre coins."
You directly increased the price by so much, it would make people suspect that the mortgage price would be more than ten times higher.
"Not interested."
"Regrettable."
But everyone had an idea about Lin Ye.
The more valuable the soul, the higher the mortgage price. Obviously, the Royal Casino manager believed that Lin Ye's soul was the most valuable, and even willing to let him take the initiative to ask and increase the price to seek a deal.
"Can our game points be exchanged for bizarre coins?"
Equipment, props, and skills were all precious. Although game points were precious, compared to other things, game points were consumable.
"Sorry, guest, player game points are not within the scope of exchange."
Celestia also asked a couple of questions, but the answers she got were not ideal.
Obviously,
The manager explicitly and implicitly hoped that they would participate in this game activity organized by the casino.
"Tell us about the game content!"
"It's very simple, find the ghost card."
The manager took out a ghost card and displayed it in everyone's sight.
"I will put the ghost card into the deck, shuffle and cut the cards, and distribute them to each participating guest. As long as the guest votes to determine the holder of the ghost card, the players who vote correctly can share fifty bizarre coins equally."
"The voting result is based on the choice of the majority of players."
"That is, if four out of seven guests choose number one, and three guests choose number two, the result will be 'vote for guest number one' as the holder of the ghost card."
"If guest number one is the holder of the ghost card, the four guests will share the bizarre coins equally, and the remaining two guests will not receive any bizarre coins."
"If guest number one is not the holder of the ghost card, then the guest holding the ghost card will take all fifty bizarre coins."
Take all fifty bizarre coins?
Doesn't this mean that as long as you become the holder of the ghost card and successfully conceal it, you can leave this bizarre game at any time?
"The gameplay is very simple. This event is only held once, and the minimum number of participants is five."
The two-headed manager, one head looking to the left, the other to the right, one with a smiling face, the other with a crying face, indescribably bizarre.
"I have a question."
Lin Ye asked.
"Excuse me,"
"What will happen to the person being voted on?"
"The soul will become the property of the 'Royal Casino'. He will work in the 'Royal Casino' forever, or maybe one day he will regain his freedom by chance."
"If the vote fails and the ghost card holder is not voted out, what will happen to the other players?"
"The soul belongs to the casino and becomes a staff member of the Royal Casino, working in the Royal Casino."
The outcome is the same.
The ghost card holder and the other players are naturally hostile camps.
But this game is quite friendly to the ghost card holder. As long as they draw the ghost card and disguise themselves well enough, there is a high probability that they will take all the bizarre coins.
"What if the number of accusers is three to three?"
Faced with Lin Ye's question, everyone was taken aback. They hadn't thought of this.
The manager's answer was "accusation failed".
"Please make a decision, guests. There are three minutes of thinking time. Now the countdown begins."
"I'll participate."
Lin Ye was the first to speak.
There was no reason for him not to participate.
"I'll participate too."
The blonde beauty Sophia spoke.
Next, the red-haired burly man and the middle-aged man in the suit also expressed their participation.
"Everyone is participating, then I'll participate too."
Celestia smiled slightly.
Lin Ye saw the smile of the Super High School Level Gambler.
This woman was very confident!
There were already five people.
The minimum number of players was met.
"I'll participate too. How could this master not participate!"
The green-haired punk shouted loudly.
Finally, only the single- ponytail girl Xia Yun was left.
She didn't want to participate, not at all.
"Xia Yun, you can't leave here without collecting fifty bizarre coins. Trust me... okay?"
Persuaded by Celestia, the single- ponytail high school student also joined.
In Celestia's view, if there were six people, it would be easy to have a three-on-three situation, which was something to be avoided at all costs.
"Okay, guests, please take your seats."
The seven people took their seats one after another.
Sitting on Lin Ye's left was the blonde beauty [Sophia], on his right was the red-haired burly man [Jack], and further to the right were Celestia, the single- ponytail high school student, the middle-aged man in the suit [Brother Fa], and the green-haired punk.
The two-headed manager started shuffling the cards.
'Shushasha...'
'Shushasha...'
The cards were being shuffled.
"By the way, guests, supplementary rules. In this game, it is forbidden to reveal your card identity by turning over the cards. Violators will bear the consequences."
"Tsk..."
The veteran player, the blonde beauty [Sophia], clicked her tongue, and the middle-aged man smiled slightly, expressing a little regret in his smile.
They had thought of this method.
Players who were not ghost card holders could completely reveal their cards to prove their identity, so as to jointly accuse players who dared not reveal their cards.
But this loophole had been plugged.
It was definitely intentional.
The veteran players realized that this game had been held more than once.
Initially, this method should have been successful for some players, but later it was blocked by the "Royal Casino".
The manager finished shuffling the cards.
"I will now start dealing the cards. Please keep your card face confidential and confirm whether your card is a ghost card."
Its fingers landed on the cards, starting from [Sophia], dealing them one by one, until the last card was dealt to the green-haired punk.
The seven people looked at each other and carefully took out the cards in front of them.
Lin Ye saw his card.
"This is interesting."
He smiled.
The Underworld Royal Casino prohibited the use of skills. Some players had already tried to use skills just now, and he had also tried to use skills, but the skills were indeed restricted and could not be used.
However,
He had superpowers!
His superpowers were not within the scope of restrictions at all.
He could see clearly.
And now the question was how to convince others!
It was a matter of life and death, no one would blindly trust.
The two-headed manager saw that the seven people had confirmed their identities, so he said,
"Dear guests, you have confirmed your identity cards. Next is the self-explanation session."
"Guests need to explain their identity, express their position, and suspect targets."
"After the explanation session, there will be a five-minute discussion time. After the discussion time, it will be the final voting session."
"Then, please start with this guest! Explain in counterclockwise order."
The manager turned the pointer, and finally pointed to the red-haired burly man [Jack] on Lin Ye's right.
[Jack] glanced around and spoke.
The explanation session officially began.