"Ah, my book!"
The little girl ran to Tang Mo at a speed that humans couldn't reach and held the book 'The Secret of the Disappearance of the Mayan Civilization' in her arms. She held the giant match in her left hand and the book in her right. After confirming that this was the book she had lost, she ran to the bookshelf and sat down. She leaned against the bookshelf and began to read.
"Mother is going to test me on this book tomorrow. I have to read quickly."
In the huge and spacious library, the sound of the little girl turning the pages of the book was heard.
The huckster's face became extremely pale at this moment. His lips were purple as he stared at Mosaic and the book in her hands. It was like being fished out of the water. In just a few minutes, the huckster's hair was wet with sweat. He looked at Tang Mo and smiled bitterly. "It turned out to be this book. When did you know? "
Tang Mo looked down at the huckster's right hand. On the back of his hand, the white angel wing pattern gradually turned black and turned into black demon wings.
Tang Mo's voice was calm. "From the moment I saw you."
The huckster's eyes widened in disbelief. "How is this possible?"
The little girl was still sitting on the ground reading and didn't seem to hear their voices. The game ended at this point. Tang Mo and the huckster went to the reading area of the library and sat down.
Tang Mo looked up at Mosaic in the distance. In the entire library, she was probably the only one who was in the mood to patiently read a book. The huckster no longer had his previous timidity and fear. He sat in front of Tang Mo and began to tell the truth of the matter. "I pulled you into this game."
This was beyond Tang Mo's expectations.
The huckster said, "Sneaking into the library was an accident. I sneaked in before you entered the library. You know that many unemployed people like us come to the library to waste time. At night, your security guards will find all of us and drive us out of the library. However, the security guards also made a mistake. Your library was too close to the tower. Thus, after it made the sound of 'the earth is online,' I chose to observe the tower here. Then on the third day, when I was reading a book, I accidentally overheard what it said to me. "
The huckster raised his head and looked at Tang Mo with serious and fanatical eyes. He didn't seem to be looking at Tang Mo, but at a great existence.
"It told me that the game was about to begin." The huckster looked at the air and repeated, "I was chosen by it!"
Tang Mo didn't talk to him.
The priest was just a crazy religious fanatic, not a psychopath. This was known to all the library staff. Therefore, it didn't take long for the fraud to calm down. His face was still a little flushed. He said, "The game it picked for me was a 1v1 two-player game. I couldn't finish it alone. I was just considering if I should leave the library and find someone to start the game when you came in. You and I can be considered acquaintances. I thought for a moment and purposely made a noise to lure you over. In hindsight, that was the worst decision I've ever made. "
Tang Mo asked him, "What is the punishment for failing the game? What is elimination? "
The huckster shook his head. "I don't know. It didn't say. The voice that I heard was the same as the voice that you heard. It never said anything unnecessary. It told me that the game object was up to me, but the game content was up to you. This was fair. Before the game started, I didn't know it was a book finding game. It may be because you are a librarian and it matches your identity, resulting in this game. " At this point, the huckster paused and looked at Tang Mo seriously. "How did you find me?"
In fact, it was very simple. Tang Mo replied, "You aren't a madman or a fool. Your reason for sneaking into the library is very untenable. Every time we met, you showed extreme fear and fear. God … Mr. Chen, I also know a fanatical religious person. If that person told me 'the black tower is God' three days ago, I believe that when he is selected by the black tower to start the game three days later, his performance won't be one of panic and fear. He will be happy to do so. "
The huckster's straight back slammed against the back of the chair. "It turned out to be like this …"
Tang Mo replied, "This is just a suspicion. I can't be sure if you are really a dragon or not."
"Then how did you know it was me?"
"Because the game has to be fair."
The huckster looked at Tang Mo with a puzzled expression.
Tang Mo touched the angel wing pattern on the back of his hand. "I also like to play games. I often play a game that can be regarded as one of the fairest card games in the world. In a game, skill can be stronger than luck. For example, I often play bridge. Luck can also be stronger than skill. However, these games have one point of equivalence. It is absolutely fair to both sides of the game. After the game starts, luck is also a kind of strength. No matter who is lucky or unlucky, there is a difference in strength. The game itself is fair. "
The huckster understood his words. "What does this have to do with our game?"
Tang Mo looked up at him. "Don't you think this game is very unfair?"
"What?"
"There are only three rules of the game. First, violence is prohibited. This also has a deep meaning but I won't talk about it for the time being. Second, the angel can get a message during the day. Third, the demon can burn a bookshelf at night. It seems that the angel has to find a book from hundreds of thousands of books. The difficulty of the game is very high while the demon has a 3/23 chance of winning the game. "
The huckster suddenly understood. "You mean this game is unfair to the angel?"
"No." Tang Mo smiled and shook his head. "It is unfair to the demon."
The huckster was dumbfounded.
"For the angel, this game has a solution to the problem. He just needs to find the book according to the clues. But for the demon, he only does one thing and that is to burn books. No one gives him any hints and no one tells him where the book is. Then the game becomes like this. The angel is playing a puzzle game while the demon is purely gambling. The angel can rely on skill and luck to complete the game while the demon can only rely on luck. "
The huckster argued, "But the probability of the angel finding the right book is much lower than the demon."
"I said that once the game starts, luck becomes a kind of strength. If the demon doesn't burn the right book, his luck is 0, no different from the angel. There is also the game rule of 'no violence.' This completely kills the demon's way of getting clues by force. Then the demon must get the game clues from other places. "
The huckster didn't speak. His face was blue and white. After a long time, he sighed heavily and smiled helplessly. "I haven't played enough games. Tang Mo, is the bridge you often play fun? Perhaps I should play more in the future. "
Tang Mo said, "If there is a chance, I will take you to play."
The huckster nodded with a smile.
Tang Mo's eyes gradually narrowed. "If the person playing the game with me was him, perhaps the ending of the game would be completely rewritten."
"Who is he?"
Tang Mo smiled. "He is a friend of mine who often plays bridge with me. He is very powerful. If it was him, he would definitely be able to think of the things I am thinking about and then deceive me with perfect reasons. At the very least, he wouldn't make several mistakes like you. "
The huckster didn't feel ashamed. Instead, he humbly asked for advice. "I still made mistakes? I thought I had done a good job. When I saw you, I was afraid you would find my loopholes and deliberately pretended to be scared. Later, I took the opportunity to speak as little as possible and did as little as possible. I listened to all your orders. "
"But you still made mistakes. For example, when I said that there was no one else in the library apart from us and that I didn't know where the demon was, you said 'he is hiding.' If it were a normal reaction, we would subconsciously think that there are two people in the Angel Team, so we would use 'they' instead of 'him.' "
The huckster's mouth twitched. "I'm suddenly very interested in this bridge game."
"I thought I would be able to expose you on the first night but I didn't expect the bookshelf to burn. I thought you had companions. However, this isn't realistic. There are two demons and only one angel. This is unfair to the angels. "Unless the black tower feels that the two of you are on the same level as me.
Tang Mo coughed twice and didn't say the rest of the words. "The second day, I was thinking about who helped you set the fire. There are two answers. The first is that as long as you think about it, it will catch fire and you don't need others to help you control it. The second is that someone helped you set the fire. The only people in this library are you, me and the little girl. Apart from the black tower, the only one who can help you set the fire is her. "
The huckster said, "But even I don't know that she helped me set the fire."
"This is also very easy to understand. Have you forgotten that the little girl hates reading? If you want to burn a bookshelf, she will gladly help you. This reason is reasonable. By the way, when she came over, I glanced at her hair. Unfortunately, the ends of her hair are a bit burnt. Perhaps she accidentally touched it when she set the fire. "
The huckster slumped in his chair. "I am convinced of my loss."
Tang Mo originally wanted to say more but after seeing the huckster's appearance, he shook his head and didn't say more.
There were many things that the huckster didn't notice. For example, how he tested the huckster and tricked the huckster into burning the H category bookshelf. For example, the little girl's three hints had long exposed the huckster's identity.
There was a lot of nonsense in the three hints but in summary, there were only three points.
First, the demon would lie.
This was a hint to the angel: the demon hid his identity and hid by his side.
Second, the angel knew about this book.
This hint seemed useless because Tang Mo knew too many books. Even if he had a recent impression of them, there were at least a few hundred books.
Third, the demon knew about this book.
This was a book that both Tang Mo and the huckster knew about.
The range was still very wide.
The huckster had read books in the library for a year and both he and Tang Mo knew at least a few thousand books. The difficulty of the game couldn't be so high. If the game couldn't be cleared then it wouldn't have started the game at the beginning and directly eliminated two players. Therefore, this answer must be something that Tang Mo and the huckster could think of.
Tang Mo's first reaction was the book 'The Secret of the Disappearance of the Mayan Civilization.'
This was the book he had exchanged with the huckster before the black tower incident. If they were asked which book they both knew and had the deepest impression of, it would definitely be this book.
The huckster wasn't stupid. In the case of the game suddenly starting, he could think of acting and act realistically. It was already very good.
Tang Mo suddenly thought that if it was Victor, the moment the two of them entered the game together, he would've taken the initiative away from him. Victor would never be like the huckster and let himself be in a weak position. The huckster's acting seemed to make Tang Mo ignore him and make fewer mistakes. However, he also lost the ability to reverse Tang Mo's thoughts and mislead Tang Mo.
If it was Victor, what would he have done ….?
At the same time, in the distant capital, a tall and handsome man wearing a military uniform strode into the conference room. He pulled out a chair and sat on the edge of the conference table, his eyes like an eagle as he watched the scientist giving a speech and the words on the big screen.
"Three days ago, the black tower was in a phantom state and we called it a type A mirage. In the past six months, we have done various experiments to detect the relevant data of the black tower … "
In the conference room, the scientists discussed fiercely. Finally, the chief spoke in a loud voice, "Therefore, today is the third day. What conclusion have you reached? "
The scientists were all silent.
Fu Wenduo, as the person with the lowest military rank, silently moved his eyes away and looked out the window.
In the dark night sky, there was a black tower that was as sharp as a knife hanging over the heads of the 21.72 million people in Beijing.
It was now 3: 42 a.m. on November 18, 2017. There were 4 hours and 18 minutes before the end of the three-day elimination period.
Library.
The huckster sat in a chair sweating. He said he wasn't nervous but his trembling lips exposed his uneasy heart. Now no one knew what 'elimination' meant. Maybe it was just losing a game or maybe they would lose more things.
At this time, footsteps were heard from the depths of the bookshelf.
The little mosaic girl held the book and ran to Tang Mo's side. Two ponytails swayed in a beautiful arc in the air. She raised her small chest and spoke with a happy tone. She suddenly reached out and handed the giant match to Tang Mo.
"You are an angel. You still have two brushes. Since you helped me find the book, I will give it to you. "
Tang Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he took the big match and subconsciously asked, "The little match girl?"
In an instant, a gap appeared in the thick mosaic on the little girl's face. Tang Mo's eyes widened as he saw that the mosaic disappeared in the position of the little girl's eyes, revealing a pair of big and lifeless dead fish eyes. Everywhere else was still mosaic, only the eyes were exposed!
Tang Mo held his breath and was alert to this strange change.
The pair of dead fish eyes glanced at Tang Mo, and the thick disdain in his eyes materialized.
"Uncle, you haven't grown up yet. Have you ever seen such a cute little match girl?"
Tang Mo, who had changed from a brother to an uncle, "…"
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