Chapter 1882

"Mr. Joker, Dr. Shiler, this rule is indeed a bit unfair to Ms. Carol. However, I think, although the rules specify the order of throwing matches, they don't strictly specify how many matches each person should throw. Throwing 1~3 matches is fine."

"Since this is the case, why don't we decide the number of matches to throw through other games, how about it?"

Kitty put her hands together and said. She seemed a bit nervous, looked at the angry Carol next to her, then looked at the cynical Joker, and finally fell her gaze on Shiler.

Shiler smiled and asked with great patience: "Then what game do you think is more suitable? Ms. Kitty?"

"How about rock-paper-scissors." Kitty said somewhat embarrassedly: "We take turns playing rock-paper-scissors with Carol, if we win, we decide how many to throw ourselves, if we lose, we let Carol decide."

"Why should we do this?" Joker slapped the table hard and said: "As long as we play according to the rules, we win, and that stupid woman will explode and die. Why play rock-paper-scissors?"

"I said, if you don't give me a fair rule, I will let the brazier rise and burn the house!"

"I also said, as long as we don't let the matches ignite the flames, it's useless for you to raise the brazier!"

The situation fell into a stalemate. Fortunately, no urging sound from the organizer was heard. It seems that this game should be unlimited in time, but dragging on like this is not a way.

The results obtained by the team where several people were before entering the game were the same, that is, the first mover in the whole game has a huge advantage. Dragging on for too long in a game will miss the opportunity to watch other teams.

Just as Kitty wanted to persuade, the doctor opposite spoke: "Dragging on like this is not a way, but if we follow what Ms. Kitty said, everyone takes turns playing rock-paper-scissors with Ms. Carol, then Ms. Carol's advantage is a bit too big."

Carol was a bit confused. She didn't actually understand the rule proposed by Kitty, only cared about arguing with the Joker opposite. Now that Shiler repeated it, she reacted.

Kitty looked at her and sighed in her heart. This Ms. Carol is really not a good teammate. She originally wanted to propose a rule that gave Carol a huge advantage, others disagreed, and then propose a more conservative one.

If Carol understood her intention, she would understand that the two of them forming an alliance at this time was the best choice, and taking advantage of the victory to make the extra game a reality, the disadvantage could be pulled back a bit.

Unfortunately, Kitty's confession was made to a blind person. Carol's brain only allowed her to focus on one thing at the same time, only caring about competing with Joker, and didn't understand the rules Kitty said at all.

She reacted now and thought about it carefully, but she still didn't understand how much advantage this rule had for her.

Looking at Carol's blank reaction, Kitty sighed deeply in her heart again, knowing that Carol didn't know how big an advantage this rule had for her at all.

It can be said that if there is a fool on the opposite side who agrees to this rule, then Carol will win.

Because from the perspective of probability, the winning rate of both sides in a rock-paper-scissors is 50%. If you match opponents randomly and are not affected by any off-field factors, then everyone's comprehensive winning rate is constant.

However, if one person plays rock-paper-scissors with three other people in a round, others play rock-paper-scissors once in a round, and one person plays rock-paper-scissors three times in a round, although the winning rate against each person is still 50%, he plays rock-paper-scissors more times, and the comprehensive winning rate will be higher than the one-on-one winning rate.

But the most favorable point is that if you win, you decide how many to throw yourself. If you lose, you have to listen to her. But the upper limit of throwing matches is three. Even if you win, you just play according to the game rules most favorable to yourself. If you lose, in addition to throwing one, there is also the possibility of being instructed to throw one, or even skip directly.

In that case, obviously, Carol's chips to threaten others to throw matches were increased. If she skips all of them, it is not 100% possible to burn the house.

But if she can instruct others to skip, then as long as she wants, she can definitely burn the house. She became the ruler of this game without any doubt. If others don't listen to her, she can use perishing together to threaten them.

Carol thought for a long time and couldn't think of the deepest layer, just vaguely felt that this rule was better than the current situation, so she reacted later and said: "Then let's do this! This is the only fair rule for me!"

"Don't dream, idiot!" Joker immediately cursed fiercely: "Why should we listen to you? You are just an idiot who is bound to be eliminated, it's better to die early."

Carol didn't mention how she was so angry that her beard was blowing and her eyes were staring, Shiler reminded gently.

"Calm down, everyone, it will be endless if this goes on, why don't you listen to me?"

The three of them cast their eyes on him. Shiler pondered for a while and said: "I think rock-paper-scissors is a good way, but it is better to have an equal number of rock-paper-scissors. Why don't we take turns playing rock-paper-scissors with the next family, and the winner decides how many the loser throws, so it is much fairer."

Kitty opened her eyes in shock. She didn't understand why Shiler would propose such a rule. In that case, as the next family of Carol, wasn't she unlucky?

If you decide the outcome from Shiler, it is actually the next family who has the opportunity to guide the previous family on how many to throw. The previous family must win to defend their right to decide how many to throw.

The situation is most unfavorable for Carol. If she wins, she will definitely instruct the loser to throw one or skip. Then after a few rounds, the previous family who can be decided by Carol on how many to throw must have the most matches left in their hands.

But generally speaking, this rule is very unfavorable for the previous family, and Shiler is the first previous family.

He originally had the first-mover advantage and could completely insist on playing according to the rules, but he formulated a rule and handed his fate to the next family. Even if there is only a 50% probability, he should have been a certain winner.

Could it be that he knew his next family wouldn't pit him?

Suddenly, Kitty's vision began to patrol back and forth on the faces of Shiler and Joker. Could it be that they were in the same team?

It is not impossible. If they were in the same team, everything would be explained.

Joker wouldn't pit Shiler, so regardless of winning or losing, Shiler could throw three, and he also obtained an extra right, that is, there is a 50% probability of manipulating Carol to throw none, because he is Carol's next family.

This is the reason why he sacrificed his certain winning situation and created a rule that seemed unfavorable to the previous family. He not only wanted to win 100%, but also wanted an extra 50% to ensure that Carol was eliminated.

No, can't be so arbitrary. Kitty thought of another possibility. It is also possible that they didn't know each other before, and this rule is the alliance signal Shiler sent to Joker.

This game can have three winners, so rather than ensuring three people win, it is better to ensure one person is eliminated.

Calculated this way, this rule is actually a signal to her. Kitty thought about it and felt that she understood Shiler's meaning.

Joker decides Shiler, Kitty decides Joker, Carol decides Kitty, Shiler decides Carol.

If Joker, Kitty, and Shiler form an alliance, Joker doesn't pit Shiler, Kitty doesn't pit Joker, then even if Carol wants to pit Kitty, Shiler can also pit Carol.

But don't forget, Kitty is Carol's previous family. She can completely turn her face and not recognize people at the last moment, and throw the matches directly in. Anyway, this rule is not set by the system. If she doesn't play rock-paper-scissors and throws directly, what can Carol do to her?

But this served the purpose of paralyzing Carol. Originally, Carol had no hope, so she was very likely to choose to skip all of them and drag everyone to perish together.

But now she has the right to decide how many the other person throws, she will feel that she has a kind of advantage, maybe she can win by luck, so she will not be willing to perish together until the last moment. After all, in the situation where she has a chance to win, why give up victory?

This solved the problem of Carol wanting to burn the house to threaten everyone. Judging by Carol's IQ, she wouldn't be able to react for a while.

But the only problem is that she has to be this bait. This has a certain risk. If Carol reacts halfway, this plan is thankless.

Wait, maybe not necessarily. Kitty looked down at the brazier on the table again, as if she suddenly understood something, her face was pale and she was covered in cold sweat.

She turned her head to look at Carol who was still arguing with Joker, and then looked at the smiling doctor opposite, tried to swallow the terrified scream, and clenched her fists silently.

Carol finally lost patience. She slapped the table hard, shaking black debris and red firelight from the charcoal.

"That's it, rock-paper-scissors decides the outcome, the winner decides how many the loser throws, start quickly."

Shiler smiled and nodded, while Joker still used that oily tone: "Some people will show irritability when things make no progress. This is a manifestation of lack of patience, calmness, and rational thinking."

"You..."

"Alright, Ms. Carol, think for your teammates too." Kitty glanced at Shiler's expression and said courageously: "This is already the fairest rule for you. If we play according to the rules, you have no way, right?"

Carol actually knew that this made sense, so she sighed deeply, suppressed the anger in her heart, and turned to look at Shiler.

Shiler turned around and stretched out a hand to Joker. Joker sucked his teeth, and also stretched out a hand in a sloppy manner. The two didn't shout any slogans and made gestures at the same time.

Shiler rock, Joker scissors, Shiler won, so he decided how many matches to throw himself. Shiler didn't pick up the matches to count, but placed them flat on the table. His slender fingers caught the wooden rod of the matches.

Carol was immediately attracted by his movements, feeling her heart lift. Seeing him pick up three matches, she couldn't help but be greatly disappointed, and a feeling of resentment and resentment surged from her heart.

Shiler adjusted his arm posture, as if trying his best to aim. The first match was thrown in smoothly, but it easily fell into the hole exposed by the overlapping charcoal, and the big head was facing up, only the wooden rod part poked on the piece of charcoal that was about to burn out, and the flame was not ignited.

Shiler threw another one, almost landing in the same position. Kitty almost wanted to cheer for him.

But after using two, Shiler put down the other match he was holding.

Carol widened her eyes. Shiler smiled and nodded at her and said: "Madam, I can see that you are a powerful warrior, and I am just an ordinary doctor. If we meet in the game later, I hope you will take care of me."

Carol was stunned, and immediately understood Shiler's meaning, so she nodded at Shiler and said: "Don't worry, Doctor, I accept your favor."

Kitty breathed a sigh of relief. It was Carol and Kitty's turn to play rock-paper-scissors.

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

The moment the slogan was shouted, both of them made moves at the same time. Joker was scissors again, and Kitty was scissors too. The two tied, so they started the second round.

This time Kitty was rock. Seeing the two fingers Joker stretched out, Kitty breathed a sigh of relief.

She not only saw Shiler and Joker's alliance plan, but also didn't want to offend Carol, because as Shiler said, Captain Marvel is very powerful. If she meets in a competition that doesn't restrict abilities later, she is a very big help. It is better not to offend her if possible.

So she nodded at Joker and said softly: "Two, thank you."

Joker curled his lips, looking bored. He didn't adjust his posture or aim like Shiler, and threw the two matches into the gap at will. The flames were still not ignited.

It was Carol and Kitty's turn to play rock-paper-scissors. This time Kitty won again. She threw three matches into the gap herself, but Carol had no opinion.

Mainly because she also wanted to throw three, but if the other few people all threw two, she wouldn't be easy to do so, because this is very likely to offend the other three.

Now Kitty threw three, then she could also throw three, but first she had to ensure she won her next family Shiler.

When playing rock-paper-scissors with Shiler, Carol kept a heart. She deliberately put her hands behind her back first to prevent the surgeon from judging her punch by looking at the direction of muscle activity.

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

Instantly, paper against rock, Carol won.

She couldn't help but cheer, let out a sharp cry like a suddenly deflated balloon, and then supported the table with her hands as if she were a bit exhausted, her eyes full of the joy of surviving a disaster.

She aimed at the angle with somewhat trembling fingers and threw the matches in, but didn't expect the first match to have a problem. Although it was thrown into the gap, the big head of the match was ignited when it slid over the hot charcoal above.

With a "whoosh," the flames rose.

Under the illumination of the firelight, the four people had different expressions.