Chapter 114 Before Murder
"Master Angel, as one of the two players in the first opening game of the Top 32 events of this year's Wuhun Jue, your strength has been greatly recognized by the Wuhun Jue Organizing Committee. Now, the list of four-person group members in the eighth division of yours has come out. Your first match is the Japanese young swordsman who is known as the "Black Mask of No Killing". Do you have anything to say about this?"
In previous Wuhun Final Competitions, only in the last 32 games, live broadcasts will be carried out around the world. In the previous rounds of events, they were broadcast on demand or live according to their personal preferences. For example, Black Fake faces Edna, the stars, and got a large number of live viewers around the world, while Black Fake faces Andrew's game, basically no one watched it.
Speaking of which, Yagyu Motoka's title of "Don't Kill Black Mask" was entirely thanks to Edna's reputation and became famous. Otherwise, who would know what a black Mask is!
The reason why Sakura Kobayashi discovered that Kari Yagyu's money suddenly came out was mainly because of this game. Edna has many supporters in the world, so there are many people who are on demand for this game, so the broadcast rights are sold. As the winner of that game, Yagyu Motoka got nearly 50 million yen dividends.
As Black Mask became famous, the videos sold much better than before in the past few rounds of competitions. In fact, for many celebrity players, the broadcast rights share is the big part of their income from participating in the Wuhun Jue.
"Hahaha, the black mask that doesn't kill, this nickname is really interesting, Japanese young swordsman? Okay, okay, I understand what the organizing committee means. Is this going to let me dance with this young swordsman at the beginning of the top 32 games?"
Angel Ruiz laughed. In this duel ring where the legal disclaimer documents were signed, it was ridiculous. Isn't the life-and-death duel of "not killing" a duel?
"Master Angel, you killed the famous Japanese swordsman, Master Hoshino, who had already jumped out of the field on the ring. Have you ever thought that one day you might encounter a similar situation in the ring?" This is a question from a Japanese reporter.
"I want to make it clear that I am not a loser who gave up fighting and jumped out of the field, but a brave man who lost his center of gravity and had to fall out of the field, but still did not give up on fighting. I don't know if you have watched the video of our game. If you have seen the game, you should know that it is a respectable opponent.
Even at the last moment, she maintained the dignity of a warrior. Even if she died, she did not fall. As a swordsman, I do not regret killing such an opponent. In fact, fighting with all my might is my greatest respect for her.
As for you, I may encounter such a scene in the ring one day in the future, hahaha, I look forward to the arrival of this day. In my eyes, being able to die in the ring of fair duel is a relatively ideal ending in life!”
Amid Angel Ruizhamai's laughter, even the Japanese reporter's disgust towards him was diluted a lot.
"So, will you kill the Black Mask in the opening game of the top 32?" This is another reporter, looking at the complexion of the skin, a white reporter.
"It's hard to say about this now. Since we have stepped on the arena of the Martial Soul Decision, we must have signed a legal disclaimer document. In other words, every contestant who came here is actually ready to kill and be killed.
I think this black mask is no exception. If he is unwilling to risk his life, he can abstain in advance. No matter how powerful I am, it is impossible for him to threaten the life of abstaining player, right?"
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The reporters interviewing Master Angel Ruiz filled the entire speech stage, and on the other side, Yagyumoto, who was sitting on the other side, had little talk with the reporter. After all, everyone is more interested in Angel Ruiz, who once killed his opponent in the ring. As for the black mask, who is the old man?
Until now, the only record that this "Don't Kill Black Mask" can achieve is that it defeated an Olympiad female fencing champion. Well, it is a fencing champion for two consecutive times.
But this is a martial soul qualifier, not a fencing competition, and the audience is completely different. Perhaps because of their love, many viewers are very caring about the star Edna, but when it comes to combat power evaluation, not many people are optimistic about this female swordsman who is born as a fencing champion. Otherwise, when Yagyu Motoka was introduced as the "Black Mask of No Killing", how could he get such cheers from the audience?
Are you afraid that a powerful opponent will hurt their baby Edna?
Therefore, as a black mask that defeated Edna, everyone's evaluation of his combat power is actually not much higher.
"Black Mask player, you also heard Master Angel's words just now. Do you have anything to say?" Maybe it was because Black Mask, who felt that no one was paying attention, was too deserted to sit alone, or maybe it was because he wanted to provoke a debate between the two and make the opening battle of the top 32 more topical. Finally, two reporters came to interview Yagyu Motoka with microphones.
When Yagyu Motohe encountered such a scene for the first time, he was not a wise person. He said too much and wrong. That's why he remained silent while Angel was making a fuss, and what's there to say with a person who was about to die tomorrow?
But now the reporter came to the door, and the microphone was stuffed in front of him. It seemed that it was not good to say a few words. Yayoi Motohe was silent for a moment. Just when the reporter thought the boy was going to be silent to the end, even at the press conference, Yayoi Motohe, who was still wearing a black mask, said: "Tomorrow I will step onto the arena of the Martial Soul Degree, so that everyone can see a different me."
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"Master Yanagi, the ring is ready." Hiromi Takahashi looked at the young swordsman wearing a white mask and was envious.
During the press conference before the game this morning, my boss Yagyu had a sudden idea and wanted to arrange a performance quickly. What should I perform?
What I want to perform is a game tomorrow. His young boss has taken over the task of revengeing Master Hoshino Yukiya, so tomorrow he will kill his opponent on the spot in the first game of the opening of the 32nd Martial Soul Finals.
However, in order not to allow his parents who might watch his game live, the boss suddenly had a whim when he saw him killing on the live TV. He wanted to shoot a fake game video to replace his live game video of tomorrow and fool his parents.
This was not a difficult task, but Yayoi Motohiro remembered this idea in the morning and had to set up a stage to perform in the afternoon, and also found an actor with a similar figure to that master Angel and a swordsmanship - it had to be kept secret, but it was really hard to find.
In desperation, Hiromi Takahashi had to ask for help from Jianhao. Anyway, with her own connections, it is impossible to find the actors and set up the stage in such a short time, and also create a bunch of decent audiences.
Unexpectedly, less than forty minutes after her report was posted, a group of very professional people immediately rushed to the Jianhao Club and set up a set and a ring in the largest hall on the first floor. In just one morning, the hall on the first floor was transformed into a decent shape. Of course, it was impossible to completely follow the competition venue.
However, all places that cannot be modified for the time being are covered with huge photos. From a distance, it is no different from the audience seats full of the audience, especially the chairs in the front rows are still real. I believe that at that time, extras will play the front row audience.
The manpower and material resources used in such a short period of time have exceeded Takahashi Hiromi's understanding of the Swordsman's own abilities.
When Yagyu Motoka walked into the lobby that was originally the first floor of the Jianhao Society as the reception hall, he could no longer recognize that this was the room he saw.
"Master Yanagawa, this is Ms. Tamako Kurokawa today's director." Hiromi Takahashi hurriedly introduced to Yuki Soraka. In fact, among the people who were busy in the room, she only knew this one. The others all had a strange feeling, and they were silent and working in a hurry in an orderly manner, not like a normal film and television practitioner at all.
"Yao Shengjun, we have received your request. I will arrange this performance for you. The work of switching video lines for your family has been completed. If your family watches the live broadcast tomorrow, what they see is the video we recorded today."
Tamako Kurokawa is a middle-aged lady with an ordinary appearance and wearing a director's vest all over her pockets. While taking Yuyoshi and walking to the platform, she introduced the location of the camera and some precautions.
"Due to the tight time, there are still many shortcomings in the renovation of the entire hall. Therefore, when Master Yanagi moves, you should be careful not to go to some places where the scene is easily flawed."
"As for the competition process in the ring, you can just play freely, just don't hurt the actor who plays Angel."
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"Nakahei, the financial report of Sakura Gambling in the first half of the Wuhun Jue has been released. Do you want to take a look?" Hasegawa Nakahei sat in his office, so naturally his subordinates sent information he was interested in.
The gambling industry related to the Wuhun Jue occupies a large part of the royal family's income every year. This year, because he is responsible for the security of the Wuhun Jue, the corresponding player information in his hands is relatively complete, which attracted the attention of the royal head who is responsible for the Wuhun Jue gambling project. Hasegawa Nakahei has shown an intention to move closer to the royal family in recent years, and is naturally included in the royal family's sight.
Therefore, Hasegawa Nakahei has been absorbed as a member of the royal family to assist in the gambling operation.
"Well, right, this year's gambling income of Wuhun Jue has increased by 340% compared with previous years." His subordinates have left the office. Hasegawa Nakahei looked at the report in his hand and smiled. However, this contribution is not enough. If you want the royal family to pay resources to support yourself in the election, you must make greater contributions.
After all, his reputation is limited to the scope of Tokyo, and because of the identity of the Security Bureau, he cannot promote himself with confidence. If the royal family wants to support him, it needs to pay more manpower and material resources than other candidates.
In other words, if you cannot obtain the price you will pay for the royal family in this Wuhunjue gambling operation, it will be difficult for you to get full support for your future election journey.
But this requires some risk. Gambling itself is a balanced game. The traditional gambling industry operates like this. For example, when the two parties compete, Party A is strong and Party B is relatively weak, and this kind of information is widely known. So, how can you make money as the party hosting gambling?
After all, customers are not fools, so they will naturally bet on strong Party A.
The gambling industry actually adjusts the odds by the number of bets placed by both parties. For example, there are 10,000 yen on Party A; and the bets placed on Party B, as everyone knows that Party B has weak strength, only 1,000 yen, these people are just hoping to make a fortune by making a bad guy.
Then, the bookmaker will adjust the odds in real time based on the bets on both parties. For example, Party A's odds are set to 1.09, which means that Party A wins and the bets of 10,000 yen, the bookmaker will pay 10,900 yen. The extra 100 yen is naturally the income of the bookmaker.
Correspondingly, the odds of Party B winning the surprise can be set to 9.9. If Party B wins, 1,000 yen multiplied by the multiplication rate of 9.9, the bettor B will receive 9,900 yen, and the additional 100 yen will also be included in the pocket of the gambling company. Therefore, the gambling company's setting of the handicap is based on the number of bets placed by both parties.
There may be some differences in betting time, but generally speaking, under this operation method, no matter who wins or loses, the bookmaker always makes a steady profit and never loses.
However, in addition to this conservative operation method, the bookmaker has another operation method, which is to use the information asymmetry to make the bookmaker gambling with customers. For example, this Wuhun Jue has a very good dark horse - Yagyu Motokawa.
Under the intentional or unintentional publicity and guidance of Japan, this dark horse has been hidden very well, and has even been named "No Killing Black Mask" which sounds harmless. Through the market setting, a large number of customers were introduced to bet on Yagyu Motoka's opponents, and naturally the money became the pure profit of Sakura Gambling.
Just before the top 32 events, Yagyu Motoka had already gambling for Sakura and earned more than three times the profits in previous years.
However, how far can this 14-year-old young swordsman go? After all, this kind of bet between betting companies and customers is not like the traditional balance operation. If one is not good, it will lose money. If the royal family's cherry blossom gambling gains a lot of benefits, the credit will naturally be remembered on his own.
However, if you lose your money, you will probably be 80% of the responsibility you will be pushed to yourself. This kind of situation of competing for credit and scapegoating is not the unique national conditions of Japan.
I should still find an opportunity to have a good talk with the boy and really understand his abilities. However, this time I sent a professional to help him shoot a fake video to fool his parents. I guess he could have a little love. Moreover, this time the personnel dispatch was in the form of a Jianhaohui application, so I didn't have to bear any responsibility. At the same time, I also left myself an excuse to contact Yuki Motoka.
His daughter Rumiko Hasegawa also mentioned the young man, saying that he might be a swordsman who has truly mastered the vacuum cut after Tsukahara Fuku. Tsukahara Fukuku Saint. If this young man really has the ability to Tsukahara Fuku Saint, then, except for that legendary figure, wouldn’t he be able to sweep the entire martial soul sect?
What channels did you use to contact this young man to let go of his guard and honestly explain his actual skills so that he could make the correct judgment?
Moreover, tomorrow is the top 32. The young man took over the revenge mission of Hoshino Yuki Aki. I believe that it will be difficult to cover up his dark horse character in the future tomorrow. However, according to the information we have now, Angel Ruiz should not pose any threat to Yagyu Motohe. In other words, tomorrow's game is the last chance for Sakura Gambling to make a fortune by using the asymmetry of intelligence, so we have to operate it well.
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"Tomorrow my assistant candidate needs to be changed. Director Aoki, I will take Angel's life on the court tomorrow, so Renji and Eima are not suitable for appearance. Do you see if there is a suitable candidate?"
"Yaosheng-kun? What happened to you?"
"Anheer killed Master Hoshino Youaki, and I have taken over the revenge mission issued by the Sword Master."
"So that's the case. Tomorrow I will act as your assistant with the two teachers. As a top-notch sect leader, with such an opportunity, how can you not witness your power and avenge Master Hoshino with your own eyes!"
"What's so good about killing people? If Angel Ruiz hadn't bullied people too much, Master Shinye had fallen out of the field, but was still killed by his flying sword, I wouldn't have taken on such a task." Yuki Motoka said with a wry smile.
Chapter completed!