"Let me choose?" the younger brother asked somewhat awkwardly. "I'm just a mediocre player; I can't guarantee I'll win..."
"Nonsense, you choose what I tell you to choose. Even if you're a half-baked expert, you're still better than me!"
"Alright, alright!" The younger brother pondered for a moment, "The card the opponent played last round was green, which is [Wood]. According to the Five Elements theory, the opponent will most likely play [Fire] this round, which is red!"
"In the Five Elements, water overcomes fire, so you should play the blue card, brother!"
"Okay, I'll trust you this once!"
Hoskins drew a blue card from his hand and placed it face down on the table.
Jiang Ran watched the two people opposite him muttering something. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, he had to think of the worst-case scenario.
Hoskin may have already grasped the true rules of the game. If he continues to play according to the principle of mutual generation, it will be like playing with his cards face up. Jiang Ran cannot let Hoskin win any more rounds!
Jiang Ran withdrew the red doll card he was about to play and instead drew a black card!
In this round, Hoskins's "water" met Jiang Ran's "earth," and the final result could only be that he was mercilessly swallowed up!
"Mr. Jiang Ran's puppet killed Mr. Hawkins' puppet in this round. The current ratio of surviving puppets on both sides is 6:5!"
Hawkins' henchman jumped in surprise: "B-Big Brother...you told me to guess, I...I didn't know he could use [Earth]!"
Hoskin shook his head helplessly. Sure enough, his conversation with his underling couldn't have gone unnoticed by Jiang Ran. Had Jiang Ran already predicted his underling's choice? If he had known this, he would have stuck to his own choice; at least he could have gotten a draw.
"Round nine, please play your cards."
Whether this round ends in a draw or a victory, Jiang Ran will win this game!
My younger brother explained the mutual generation and restraint among the five elements to Hoskins in detail, so he will make the choice himself in this round!
Jiang Ran used Earth in the last round. Earth generates Metal, and Metal's ability Sharpness can kill all puppets except Fire. This seems like a good choice!
Hoskin frowned. This looked like a trap. Jiang Ran might be trying to lure him into casting [Fire] and then flood him with water. So should he cast [Earth]?
But when he looked at his hand, he realized something was wrong. He was missing the black puppet card, which meant that even if Jiang Ran played the [Water] card, he wouldn't have a corresponding card to deal with it!
In the final moments, Hoskins' mind raced. If he were Jiang Ran in his current position, what choice would he make?
That's right, Jiang Ran doesn't need to beat him at all. To play it safe, Jiang Ran will definitely try to keep this round a draw in order to win. In Jiang Ran's eyes, what cards will he play to achieve a draw?
Jiang Ran could probably guess that his yellow and black cards were extremely rare, so the green and blue cards, which were countered by these two cards, became the safest choices!
Jiang Ran could choose one of the two options, but Hoskins only had one choice—
Yellow represents metal!
"Come on, Jiang Ran of the Dragon Kingdom! Let me see your choice: [Wood] or [Water]?!"
A 50% chance is enough for him to take a gamble!
Jiang Ran slowly turned over his card.
【gold】!
"Oh my, it seems we think alike, don't we?"
"How is that possible...?"
Hoskins slumped in his chair. He had clearly thought of the correct answer from the beginning, but he had eliminated it too easily. Had Jiang Ran already calculated things to this extent?
"I lost."
"Mr. Jiang Ran's puppet killed Mr. Hawkins' puppet in this round. The current ratio of surviving puppets on both sides is 7:5! Mr. Jiang Ran wins this game!"
"Thank you for your kind consideration."
Seeing the red flower on his life card change from one to two, Jiang Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't have to worry about dying in the next round.
"You two go first, Jiang Ran and I still have something to talk about."
"This... Brother, you have to be careful! We still don't know who the wolf really is!"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Hoskin dismissed his companions and walked over to Jiang Ran: "You are indeed smart enough. Why don't you consider changing your nationality and joining our British Empire? The conditions we offer will definitely be more generous than those of China."
Jiang Ran grinned: "Mr. Hoskins, did you think you could succeed when you said that?"
Hoskins shook his head: "I extended such a sincere invitation, yet you don't seem to take my words seriously. Well, I suppose you've received this kind of invitation countless times already?"
"What a pity, you wouldn't even lie to me once, so—"
Hoskins suddenly turned fierce, drew a military dagger from his side, and stabbed forward!
"You can go die now!"
Jiang Ran dodged the attack by turning to the side and rolled away to create distance. He never expected Hoskins to suddenly make a move; it was completely illogical!
Jiang Ran never showed any murderous intent from beginning to end, which means that Hoskin could not possibly know that he was a "wolf". From Hoskin's perspective, he was attacking a "sheep"!
Could it be that Jiang Ran has posed a sufficient threat, making him willing to sacrifice himself to take her down with him?
No, that's impossible! The logical flaws in this are just too great!
The "sheep's" goal is to kill the "wolf," meaning the two can barely be considered teammates (from Hoskin's perspective). Furthermore, there are three SSS-level talents in this world, so even if Hoskin kills Jiang Ran, there are still two major threats outside!
From any perspective, Hoskins, being a "sheep," had no reason to attack Jiang Ran!
What's even stranger is why he sent his companion away? He was intentionally trying to hide this matter!
The dagger slashed through the air with a whooshing sound, and Hoskin relentlessly pursued him. Jiang Ran grabbed a stone from the ground and slammed it down, but Hoskin was no slouch either, and quickly dodged the attack!
Jiang Ran stood up and looked at Hoskins warily. If he remembered correctly, although Hoskins' talent was SS-level, it was a rule-verification ability, which was practically useless in this world.
"Phew, Jiang Ran, you still haven't shown your talent? It seems your talent isn't in combat. Should I say this is good news or bad news?"
"So you only attacked me to test my talent?"
“No.” Hoskins gripped his dagger tightly and charged forward again. “I really want to kill you!”
"Hoskin! I'll ask you one last question!" Jiang Ran stared intently at him, "Are you a wolf?!"
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