Shade sighed softly, and the two began the second round of card drawing:
"Since we mentioned the steam age, we have to think about this question: I think you must have a way to find out who got the invitation letter I got last Saturday."
He put the first two cards together, then moved the corners of the cards in front of his eyes to see the suit points:
"The old manager of the used bookstore said that in the era he lived, his parents were still working for 'Mr. Bennet', but now Bennet is not even a nobleman. Those who go from now to the past,
He may still be able to adapt to a backward life, but can someone like him, who has come from the past to the present, accept steam technology quickly?"
"They can even accept time travel, what else can't they accept?"
The masked man asked, this time his second card was a special rule card, but this time it was a brand new series that Shade had never seen before.
[Ancient Punishment · Cutting off the Nose], Colored Sun 9. Under the dim light, Shade just glanced at the card surface. The card surface was not as bloody as he thought. It was just two people surrounding a person who was hung up by chains.
There is a pig's snout on the table in the close shot.
[The effect can only be activated when neither side has suspended cards. When this card is drawn, a twenty-sided die is thrown. If the point is less than or equal to 10, the opponent throws away the card with the lowest point in all cards in the hand, including the dark card, and the minimum point.
The effect is invalid when there are two or more cards; if the points are greater than 10, the opponent discards the card with the highest points among all cards in the hand, including the hidden cards, and the effect is invalid when there are two or more cards with the highest points.】
The masked man gestured to Shade, then took out the dice and threw them on the table. His technique was equally skillful. Although the dice was thrown from an inclined direction, when it landed on the table, it just bounced.
After a few clicks, it spun on the spot without moving at all. This requires amazing touch and skill.
The dice landed on 8, so Shade lost his hand of Sun 3, and his hole card was Sun 8.
The two continued to draw cards. The masked man stopped after drawing the third card, while Shade continued:
“Has anyone ever tried to bring current technology to a past era?”
"This will affect the process of civilization. Even if the time rule itself does not work, the enlightenment element, one of the four elements, cannot spare him. This idea is too bold. I have seen many crazy people, but no one dares to do this.
matter."
"You are right. The power of civilization is the power we are most proud of."
Shade continued after drawing the new second card, then stopped at the third:
"Sun 8, flower 3, flower 9, 20 o'clock."
"It looks like you have good luck - Sun 9, Moon 9, Flowers 2, and I am also at 20."
"Many people say that I have good luck, but if I can beat you with so many special rules cards, this is called real luck. It is not easy to see so many special rules cards, and every round
There are special rules cards that can interfere with points, which is really exciting.”
"Maybe we are the same person."
So the cards in both hands were thrown into the discard pile aside, and the third round of card drawing continued.
Shade shook his hand before continuing to draw cards. Unlike those uncontrolled twisted tree holes, the existence of "Time Transfer Station" creates more possibilities. Although Shade is almost certain that this is the local "paradox".
"On the Insect" hatchery, but he also believed that here, run by the Bennet family for generations, there must be someone among the people who came and went who had truly realized their wishes.
"Since you are the owner of this place, have you ever used the time travel ability here?"
Shade asked with a smile again. While touching the cards, he raised his head and glanced at the mask:
"Don't say that your life is perfect. The more a man grows up, the more he understands how much he has missed in the past. Some sadness will suddenly break out at a certain moment, and then it's time to drink and play cards."
"Have you ever encountered this kind of situation?"
The masked man asked, but did not avoid Shade's question:
"No, I have never traveled through time."
"Why? Because the rules here don't allow you to use this power? Or because you respect time?"
The masked man who drew the card nodded:
"Yes, I have read many stories here. Time travel seems to give you a second chance in life, but this is a road of no return."
"Then why did you open this store here? It can't really be just for wealth and these cards, right?"
"We were playing cards and you talked a little too much."
This was the end of the topic. Xia De just wanted to make some insinuations and didn't care if he couldn't get the answer.
By coincidence, the masked man's second card turned out to be a special card again, but this time the rules did not affect Shade but himself.
[Firearm·Mekel double-barreled shotgun], Color Stars 2.
The face of the card itself is this kind of high-end double-barreled shotgun. Shade has never used this kind of firearm, but I heard Lecia mention it during the chat. This is a handmade firearm brand that provides highly customized services.
The price is unusually high.
[When you draw this card, you can choose whether to throw a 20-sided dice. If an even number is thrown, the card point will be adjusted to half of the dice; if it is an odd number, the card point will be adjusted to 1.]
The masked man chose to use the rules. Speaking of which, most people would never refuse when faced with a situation where they could choose to use the rules - unless they had already won.
The dice was thrown, and finally landed on 20. The masked man confirmed his hole card again, and then chose to continue drawing cards like Shade.
"10+Stars 3+Sun 13, I busted my card."
The masked man dropped the three cards in his hand, and Shade laughed:
"That's okay. I just saw you throw out 20, so I knew I couldn't take too many risks this time. The moon is 2, the sun is 10, and the stars are 5. Mine is 17."
Since the masked man didn't seem to want to talk about this topic anymore, Shade didn't speak again when the last round began.
The two continued to draw cards, and this time, the masked man showed it directly to Shade after seeing the hole card:
“It’s finally here—Moon 2, [Origin Time].”
The settlement point stage refers to the calculation of the result after both parties have stopped trading, but before that, he can ask either party to discard the cards in their hand and draw again.
Shade grabbed his two cards:
"Do you need me to discard the cards in my hand now?"
The masked man shook his head:
"I'm not afraid of you even with two cards."
Both of them drew the third card. Just as Shade was hesitating whether to draw the fourth card, the man across the table signaled:
"I want to discard the cards in my hand."
"The card is busted, right?"
Shade asked with a smile, but even if the opponent's hand card points exceed 21 points, the rules of [Origin·Time] can still be used. After all, the settlement phase has not yet begun.
"No, it's just that the points are inappropriate."
He threw the two cards except [Origin·Time] into the discard pile, then put [Origin·Time] back in the middle of the deck, gently gathered the fan-shaped deck, and then handed it to Shade
Let him reshuffle the cards.
So the masked man drew three cards from his hand again, and Shade chose to draw the fourth card.
"I still choose to discard the cards in my hand."
The masked man showed Shade the [Origin Time] that was drawn again. Shade was a little surprised:
"It seems that you are really lucky. After discarding two cards just now, you still have 44 cards in your deck. Can you draw again?"
Then Shade shuffled the cards for him again. With 42 cards left in the deck, the masked man actually drew [Origin Time] again.
Shade had to warn:
"We are playing cards here just to determine the time for our next meeting. Although the two copies of the Sands of Time I promised are not cheap, you do not need to use this method. It will destroy your business reputation."
The masked man had always spoken in an unhurried tone, and the disguised falsetto made him appear calm no matter what the situation was, but at this time he had to explain:
"I can swear to time that I didn't cheat. This is just a small probability event. The number of times this card can be activated is not written on [Origin Time]. This is also considering that the probability of a person drawing it continuously is very low."
"So are you going to discard the cards in your hand this time? Or let me discard the cards in my hand?"
"Yes, let's discard our cards together."
So Shade had to draw cards again, and next he had three suspension cards. As for the masked man across the table, the flame of the kerosene lamp illuminated the [Origin Time] that appeared again in his hand.
Shade didn't want to say anything anymore.
The fourth round of this card game lasted much longer than he thought. Bennet, the masked man across the table, kept drawing cards and discarding them, and among the cards he drew, no matter how Shade shuffled them, he always
[Origination·Time] will appear.
This also results in the number of cards in the fan-shaped deck in front of the masked man becoming smaller and smaller, while the number of cards in the discard pile on his right is increasing.
Shade knew that the opponent wanted to seek 21 points, or draw a king or queen, but seeing that the deck was about to bottom out, none of these three things happened.
"Discard."
The masked man threw aside the three cards in his hand, and [Origin Time] was put back on the table.
“Do I need to fold?”
Shade asked, his current hand of cards has been changed for 4 rounds.
At this time, there are only 3 cards left in the undrawn deck in front of the masked man, including the [Origin Time]. He can no longer discard the cards. One of the basic rules of the Rhodes card is "the number of decks"
"Cannot draw cards if there are less than two cards", and being unable to draw cards means that the point is 0. Shade will win as long as he does not burst the cards.
What is very coincidental is that the [King] and [Queen] have not appeared in the masked man's deck so far. In other words, the next step should be the end of this round of cards.