Bird Soul: Unparalleled National Warriors at the Beginning.

Chapter 709 The Heavens Collapse and the Earth Shatters, The Last Peerless Hero
Just like in his previous battle against Washizuka, Akagi really did hold back an extra trick.

He actually had a sponsorship of up to 150 billion yen, which directly offset the damage from this wave.

Nan Yan's expression was stern. With Akagi's reputation as a demon god, if he wanted to crowdfund, he would definitely have a huge following.

We finally managed to take the lead against him in this round, but if he keeps pulling out more chips, who knows how many more he has up his sleeve.

Although Emperor Mu's ability seems to grant immunity to the damage caused by memory loss to some extent, there is bound to be a limit to how much damage he can withstand. So, despite taking the first half of the village, the situation is actually quite unfavorable for them.

Moreover, they may not be able to win the next five half-rounds as smoothly as they did the first half-round.

Nan Yan suddenly felt immense pressure.

“Nan Yan, there’s no need to be nervous.”

Seeing Nan Yan's tense expression, Akagi spoke softly, "Although we did manage to raise additional assets through crowdfunding, time was too tight. Only a few wealthy people, such as Mitsui, could provide large checks, so this 15 billion yen is all the checks we have."

"What if you pull out another box later, this one full of gold?"

Nan Yan was starting to doubt the old man.

No wonder Mr. Washizu said he was very cunning; he was right!

Akagi simply smiled and didn't answer. Mahjong is all about deception and strategy, so let Nanyan fight it out on his own.

As for the Prime Minister, he is 3900 points behind Bai Zhumu, plus 4000 points against Ma, and needs to pay 79 billion Happy Beans. For the Prime Minister who controls 300 billion in assets, this is nothing.

However, Nan Yan had previously defeated him in a Grand Slam, and there was an additional 80 billion.

However, it is extremely difficult to break into the Prime Minister's 300 billion baht coffers.

"Nan Yan."

At this moment, Bai Zhumu suddenly moved closer to Nan Yan and whispered, "If you can participate in the Legend Night again next time, I think it would be better to find a rich woman instead of someone with strong skills."

She always felt that her poverty was a burden to Nan Yan.

"Don't blame yourself."

Nan Yan shook his head.

While finding a wealthy partner can significantly reduce the pressure on players, it's useless if the partner isn't strong enough. Legendary Night is unique in that players must acquire chips through their own abilities.

In short, your assets need to be commensurate with your social status, reputation, and beliefs.

As for Mu in this world, because she reduced her own presence, her actual social status was only that of a world-class mahjong player from ten years ago. Also, because she did not join the alliance, she did not have the reputation of Koji Kenya and Mihiroki Sakura.

The world has set an invisible price for everything, and Mu is too lazy to cultivate her social reputation. Therefore, the world's value for her is naturally lower than that of those who have power.

Despite the fact that Akagi's assets were supposedly borrowed, the fact that others were willing to invest in him because of his reputation as a deity demonstrates that his fame and faith were of equal value.

Therefore, there was nothing wrong with the check held by Akagi, but he could not lend Mu a bargaining chip temporarily.

Moreover, finding a wealthy person in this world who is also a top-tier mahjong player is extremely difficult, especially one who can fight against ghosts, gods, and the prime minister.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Mu is the best choice.

Mu Weiwei pouted slightly, looking somewhat melancholy. She was actually capable of earning enough money through her own abilities, but over the past ten years, she had diminished her own presence, causing her faith to dissipate and her reputation to plummet. This was why she lacked sufficient leverage in this legendary battle.

However, she wouldn't hold Nan Yan back!

On the second half of the round, Nan Yan took a deep breath.

This time it's Akagi's turn to be the bookmaker, so Akagi is naturally from the West family, the Prime Minister is from the South family, and Mu is from the North family.

The same analysis as the previous half-entry analysis.

Directly targeting Akagi seems unrealistic at the moment; three conditions are needed to snipe the Demon God Akagi.

First, the Prime Minister's hand was terrible; second, he and Mu had such good hands that they could cooperate; and third, Akagi had made a mistake by revealing his hand.

Only when Akagi calls out his card will the number of cards in his hand decrease, thus creating the possibility of a direct attack.

After all, if Akagi has fourteen cards, even if you don't have a hand with many possible winning hands like Zhen Guoshi, Wushuang, Shisanmian, or Wuzhen Chunjiu, Akagi can still easily pick out safe cards from his fourteen cards to avoid being caught.

We have to wait for him to call the card!
Akagi rarely calls out his cards, and when he does, he is extremely cautious.

This makes it extremely difficult to directly target Akagi.

It's important to know that Akagi is well aware that a direct hit involves immediate settlement. If a single discard is large enough, the chips lost in that direct hit hand will exceed the chips lost in the final settlement.

Rather than taking risks and risking defeat, he chose the most stable approach.

The ensuing game became as sluggish and heavy as a muddy track.

The cards each player draws are often cut off, and only one of the six cards drawn in the early round may be able to be drawn by oneself.

'I didn't use my ability just now.'

The Prime Minister was the most unlucky, as he received six consecutive cards that were cut off from the very first card.

Not only him, but also Akagi, Shirozuki, and Nanyan, their first six cards were basically invalid. It seems that only Shirozuki made the best progress. After eating the two of bamboo that Nanyan played, he still cut the card in the next round.

This means that there are two valid cards.

The reason this happened is...

The Prime Minister glanced at Nan Yan, whose face was solemn. There was no doubt that this feeling was the invisible power that Nan Yan's authority was unleashed.

This wasn't Nan Mengyan's intention; rather, he felt the terrifying pressure emanating from Akagi. Because his authority hadn't been fully formed for long, he uncontrollably used the power of his authority.

Akagi made him increasingly uneasy.

Is the pressure really that great?

The Prime Minister's lips curled slightly. He had seen Nan Yan's performances in the World Youth Championships and the National Championships. He could handle any opponent with ease and rarely put any pressure on him. Even when facing the world-famous Burmett sisters in the World Youth Championships, he would probably look down on them.

But there's always someone better, and when Akagi put enough pressure on him, the kid started to show his fear.

Although this power of misfortune did indeed prevent his hand from taking shape for six rounds.

However, he didn't care, since his starting move was always a 'listen' move, and he still had a lot of fighting to do next.

As the oppression of misfortune gradually dissipated, the players' hands finally began to make progress, and the Prime Minister suddenly let out a cold laugh.

At that moment, Nan Yan suddenly sensed something; he seemed to see a dark, demonic shadow completely enveloping him behind the Prime Minister.

What is this! ?

This was the first time Nan Yan had encountered this situation.

This feeling is so similar to that of evil forces like Ying Shenwei.

Owada Koizumi naturally offered no explanation.

In this world, there are countless gods, and naturally, there are all kinds of evil spirits. Gods or demons are actually just two sides of the same coin.

He is sacred because he is worshipped by the world.

Abandoned by the world, He is the devil.

Many abandoned 'gods' are not abandoned because they are not powerful enough, but because they represent misfortune and impurity, such as Nanyan's own misfortune.

Even if a deity symbolizes misfortune and possesses supreme power, he will still be despised and eventually become a demon.

The evil spirit possessing him was an ancient god who had transformed from a deity into a demon.

Soon, Ōwada reached the point of having a winning hand.

【2223456999Suo, Bai Bai Bai】, Treasure Token Six Sou.

I'm ready to win.

Moreover, it is a five-sided listening device with one, four, seven, three, and six cords.

This ancient god's effect is also very simple: the waiting hand must be a multi-sided waiting hand with four or more sides. Moreover, if it happens to be a four-sided waiting hand with four points, four different yaku (scorings), and four suits in hand, then he will definitely be able to win by self-draw in one turn!
However, it is extremely difficult to satisfy all four of the above card combinations.

Therefore, Owada utilized the effect of listening from multiple angles.

His hand was a double full hand, consisting of a mixed suit of white tiles and three concealed triplets, which was even more formidable than Ronghe's hand, which was also a double full hand.

The only downside is that the one of bamboo in this hand is controlled and difficult to draw, so it is actually a four-sided wait.

But his advantage is already limitless.

However, after listening silently for two rounds, the Prime Minister still didn't win by himself. Seeing that Nan Yan and Bai Zhumu treated his super five-sided wait as air and kept taking away the tiles he wanted to win by himself, the Prime Minister also got a little angry.

"Bar!"

The player opened with a blank tile, and a red dragon tile, indicating a bonus tile, was revealed, adding four to the bonus tile.

Then he added fuel to the fire by directly discarding the tiles that he hadn't drawn after the kong.

"Riichi!"

Without much hesitation, the Prime Minister threw out a standing stick and announced that the stick should be upright.

If these people dare to ignore his riichi (vertical posture), then we'll put even more pressure on them!
Seeing the Prime Minister's fierce attack, Akagi glanced at Nanyan and Shirochiku's hands, mentally calculated the size of their hands and the range of their winning hands, and then declared riichi with a 10,000 tile.

His riichi is a move to wait for two sides, but it's only meant to intimidate other players in mahjong.

If Nan Yan and Bai Zhumu are intimidated by the momentum on the field, then he and the Prime Minister can slowly and methodically win the game. But if either Nan Yan or Bai Zhumu chickens out, then they will win this round.

The Prime Minister has a very strong hand; drawing a high-scoring hand by himself would be a Yakuman.

Nan Yan and Bai Zhumu's tiles are only small tiles worth one or two points, so even if this intimidation mahjong is not valid, it is still worth a try.

Immediately afterwards, Nan Yan placed his hand among the five cards of the suit of [three, four, five, six, seven bamboo], then picked up the five bamboo and played it heavily!

The Prime Minister's pupils dilated in surprise.

This kid knows perfectly well that his hand is incredibly strong. If he plays this five-of-a-kind, Nan Yan will be knocked out, and the game will be over.

But he just dared to fight like that!
"bump!"

Mu Ming discarded the five coins Nan Yan had dealt, and then dealt ten thousand coins.

"bump!"

Nan Yan retrieved 10,000, then abandoned Hu and switched to Nan Feng.

Mu completed his self-draw during the very turn when Nan Yan abandoned Hu.

[5670,000, 44 of bamboo, 34 of rope]; Secondary reveal: [234 of bamboo, 555 of rope]

The Prime Minister was shocked. This girl was just a minor player, why was she risking her life like this?
You should know that he had three twos of bamboo and one five of bamboo in his hand, which meant that Mu's hand only had one two of bamboo left to draw by herself. But even with such a hand, Nan Yan dared to cooperate with her.

What's important isn't the level of cooperation they have, but rather the trust and understanding between them.

If even one person in this group hesitates, wavers, or is indecisive, then they will absolutely be unable to stop Ōwada from winning by drawing the winning tile himself.

Another key element is trust. If they don't trust each other and are unwilling to entrust everything to one another, then they would never dare to take the risk!
If there's anything these two have that surpasses him and Akagi in, it's their unparalleled teamwork.
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“This is actually…”

Not only was the Prime Minister shocked, but the Burmetal sisters, who had returned to the West, also saw the live broadcast from the East.

Watching the two work together, I was deeply impressed.

It's important to understand that the reason the Burmettal sisters were able to outperform other pairs of players, besides their teamwork, was their unspoken understanding and tacit agreement.

This kind of tacit understanding cannot be forced, and it is even difficult to cultivate through later adjustments.

Basically, this usually only happens between twins. It's a tacit understanding that's present from the womb, a kind of innate inspiration.

That's why the Burmett sisters were able to be so invincible – it was because of this powerful, unspoken understanding between them.

However, Nan Mengyan and Bai Zhumu are not twins, yet they share similar innate inspiration, which is absolutely incredible.

But for Nan Yan, although he and Bai Zhumu had not specifically trained in mahjong, their tacit understanding was something that came naturally.

He was gradually beginning to understand what Mu had said before.

The two of them were the only two little monsters in the world. No matter how close they seemed to humans, they were not of the same race and their relationship was shallow. So, their two lonely hearts would eventually come together.

This is the origin of their tacit understanding.

Belief is itself a part of strength.

But then, the moment the Prime Minister took the helm, he found his dream partner.

[22234, 789990,000, white white white]

It was a perfect four-sided wait, with four sides of the suit: two and five of the suit and six and nine of the suit. He then declared riichi and quickly won by himself.

"Lizhi, 1 Fa, self-draw, white!"

The Prime Minister, as the dealer, drew a perfect hand and quickly took the lead.

However, he soon discovered that this was just his last moment of glory, and in the following hands, it would be very difficult for anyone to win.

Due to the existence of the power of misfortune, drawing cards is extremely painful for everyone, and the formation of a hand is very slow, like a snail crawling or a tortoise moving at a snail's pace.

After all, almost everyone present was a highly lucky mahjong player and rarely experienced such a bad situation.

But Nan Yan had long since become accustomed to this kind of harsh tone.

At this moment, Nan Yan's hand consists of: [2, 4, 5, 5, 8 of Wan; 1, 6, 7, 9 of Tong; 3, 9, 9, 9 of Suo; White].

Although Nan Yan knew that if the Prime Minister discarded the white tile, he could quickly get to the ready hand by taking the white tile, but he was the player to the Prime Minister's left, so giving the Prime Minister a tile to take would allow him to draw another tile.

As Minamihiko played a blank card, Owada Koizumi naturally knew what Minamihiko was thinking, but still directly discarded the blank card.

Clearly, Owada wasn't good at playing in bad situations; he was only thinking that since his hand was bad, he should call for a quick attack.

Immediately afterwards, Nan Yan touched a 50,000 coin.

Then, he immediately played the six of bamboo!

Next, cut out the seven of bamboo!
Cut six or seven tubes together.

In this situation, cutting six and seven of the same suit is clearly slowing down one's pace, but there are ways to play even in a bad situation.

Akagi touched an opaque nine-striped coin in his hand, then looked at Nanyan, who already had two transparent nine-striped coin in his hand.

I sensed that if I played this nine of bamboo, Nanyan might call it out immediately, but Nanyan didn't have any hand to play.

Although he could sense that Nanyan must have his own unique way of winning, Akagi knew that if he didn't understand Nanyan's strategy, he wouldn't be able to counter it.

Furthermore, his hand wasn't very strong, since the bonus tile for this round was East Wind, and he had three of them. Immediately, Akagi played Nine of Bamboo!
"Bang."

To Akagi's surprise, Nanyan didn't pong, but instead konged!
Then, a one-bamboo tile was drawn from the hole.

Akagi looked at the three twos in his hand and fell into deep thought.

This kid is definitely up to something weird.

Akagi then drew another one of bamboo, and although he still felt uncomfortable with it, he still played it with a strange expression.

He just wanted to see what Nan Yan was up to.

"bump."

As expected, this time it went straight to the end.

At this moment, Nan Yan, who played three of the same suit, had already completed his winning hand.

[One two three four five five five ten thousand], secondary reveal [one one one tube, nine nine nine nine rope]

It appears to be a four-sided wait with the numbers 1, 3, 4, and 6, but this hand has no winning hand at all.

Akagi and the Prime Minister were both aware of this, but they felt that Minamihiko's hand of cards was strangely odd.

With the acquisition of a 10,000 tile, the hand finally showed signs of becoming a winning hand, namely, a pair of pairs.

However, quite a few of the 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000 coins have been discarded. The 10,000 coins are all gone, and there's only one 20,000 coin left, which is meaningless. There are still two 30,000 coins left.

This means that Nan Yan can only win by drawing a 30,000 tile and then drawing the last 30,000 tile himself.

As for forty thousand...

The Prime Minister smiled slightly as he looked at the two fours of Wan in his hand. It was clear that even if Nan Yan drew the last four of Wan, he would not be able to win.

He could only hope to draw a three of wan from the hole in the tile, and then draw another three of wan by himself.

Then he just needs to get ahead of Nan Yan and reach 30,000.

Thinking this, Nan Yan directly sent out 40,000.

The Prime Minister raised an eyebrow slightly. It seemed that Nan Yan had anticipated that he had two 40,000s in his hand, which was why he played the 40,000.

If that's the case, then he won't be polite.

Immediately, the Prime Minister dismissed 40,000.

Nan Yan only has 30,000 to win, but even if he draws 30,000 now, if he draws the last 30,000, Nan Yan's hand will be ruined.

But the Prime Minister never expected that after he discarded the four of ten thousand, Nan Yan would draw the fourth five of ten thousand from the hole.

Because it was a transparent 50,000, everyone could see it clearly.

If that's the case, then there's another way to win by drawing the winning tile yourself, which is—

Flowers bloom on the ridge!
"Bar!"

Just as everyone thought of this, Nan Yan indeed discarded all four 50,000 tiles and then retrieved the last 40,000 tile from the hole in the deck!

"Ling Shang, Red Dora 1, plus one game, 4200 points!"

Despite having drawn two melds, the third tile that indicated the winning hand was a Red Dragon, so this hand only had two points and 60 points.

The Prime Minister was stunned to see such a bizarre winning hand.

This works too! ?

"Wow, Yan-san is amazing."

Akagi finally couldn't help but offer a compliment.

Despite such a gloomy run of luck, Nan Yan seemed to thrive, successfully drawing the winning tile himself with a self-drawn "Ling Shang Hua" using such an unusual winning strategy.

I have to admire this kid's abilities.

However, despite the praise, Akagi displayed an amazing ability to adapt to adversity in the following rounds, repeatedly winning by drawing the winning tile despite such a slump in luck.

His melds were seamless, and he was able to reach and win even faster than Nan Yan.

"eat."

"bump."

"Touch yourself."

【One two four five six bamboo, west west】; secondary reveal 【three three three ten thousand, seven eight nine bamboo】, self-draw three bamboo.

[44 of bamboo, 78 of characters, 789 of bamboo], secondary reveal [789 of bamboo, south south south], self-drawn 9 of characters.

【Three three three bamboo, two three three three bamboo】; Secondary revealed 【One two three bamboo, three three three ten thousand】, self-draw two bamboo.

The subsequent payment was seamless, the three colors were in perfect harmony, and the three colors were engraved in the same way in an absurd manner.

They all appeared in Akagi's hands.

Nan Yan immediately felt immense pressure. Even under such a gloomy state of luck, Akagi was still able to win by drawing a winning tile himself, thanks to his powerful intuition and various strange hand patterns.

Moreover, his handling of the situation in a bad state was no less than that of Nan Yan.

In this half-round, only Nan Yan and Akagi remained on the field, constantly drawing their own winnings, while Bai Zhumu and the Prime Minister were completely relegated to the sidelines.

After all, neither of them had ever actually fought under such oppressive luck, so they were unable to adapt for a while.

As a result, the battlefield completely turned into a showcase for Akagi and Minami!
"Touch yourself!"

In the final round, Akagi won by drawing the winning tile himself.

【11230,000, 789 of bamboo】; Secondary exposed 【XiXiXi, 789 of bamboo】, self-drawn one of 10,000.

Only by mixing all the points can you get 300 or 500 points.

In this round, apart from the Prime Minister's opening hand of a super high-scoring hand, the highest-scoring hand in the remaining rounds was also the one the Prime Minister played, a grand slam.

The rest of the cards only have one or two points.

However, even in the first and second rounds, Minamihiko and Akagi eventually surpassed the Prime Minister in points, because from then on, Owada was completely reduced to a roast chicken.

As for Mu, she also tried to forcefully use her Ancient Triple Strike when she was the dealer, but she only managed to win the first hand of the Triple Strike and then nothing more.

Moreover, the first hand, with its "Golden Rooster Standing on One Leg" formation, only yielded two points (two for each pair) – a pitifully small amount.

Therefore, she ranked last in this second half of the round.

Points from each company.

Akagi: 33700; Nanyan: 32800; Owada: 16900; Shirozukimu: 16600.

Although the points of each player are actually quite similar, the existence of horse points means that even a difference of only one position, or a difference of only about a thousand, becomes significant when horse points are added.

Nanyan is 900 points behind Akagi, but with the addition of Ma's 4000 points, he still has to pay 49 billion Happy Beans.

For him, this point loss was not a big deal, but Bai Zhumu would lose 300 points plus 4000 horse points.

All of this was because Akagi finally produced that 30-talisman mixed with a 19.

If it weren't for this hand of cards, Akagi wouldn't have overtaken him, and the Prime Minister's points wouldn't have surpassed Mu's.

And this one small hand has brought them such a huge loss!

"Four years of memories, plus 30cc." Bai Zhumu's expression didn't change much.

Blood test, plus memory test.

Then, the Prime Minister slightly raised his hand, and two female doctors walked in from outside, inserted needles into Mu Baixi's arm, and bright red blood flowed into the vacuum blood collection tube along the needle.

Although Bai Zhumu showed no reaction on the surface, it seemed that four years of memories meant nothing to her.

However, with the sixteen years of memories lost from firing the gun previously, plus the current four years of memories, she has already lost more than twenty years of memories.

Nanyan looked at the last hand of cards that Akagi played.

[One, one, two, three, ten thousand; seven, eight, nine, bamboo]; Secondary dew [west, west, west; seven, eight, nine, rope]

This hand only has one chance of winning: a complete set of mixed tiles.

He had already discarded a 10,000 and a West Wind, which meant that Akagi had no chance of winning on the mountain. The only card he could draw by himself was the last 10,000.

But by some chance, it was Akagi who managed to get his hands on that 10,000 yen note.

Although it was just a small hand of 30 tokens, it allowed Akagi to win the half-round and caused Mu's chips to decrease again and again.

Even if Mu has special methods to increase the thickness of his memories, he cannot withstand such a loss.

He cannot allow this to happen again.

but……

but……

Even though he used his power to suppress the fortunes of other families, on this stage that belonged only to him, Akagi could completely keep up with his pace and even turn the tables at the last moment.

What exactly does he need to do to defeat Akagi?

Even though misfortune is clearly his home turf, he still can't win. What can he do now?!

At this moment, Nan Yan was clearly getting a little anxious.

He has come this far, but the Demon God Akagi is like a high mountain. Only after climbing over this mountain do you find that there are even higher peaks. It is simply endless!
"Nan Yan."

Just then, Bai Zhumu wrapped her arms around Nan Yan's neck from behind. The soft touch of the girl's skin calmed Nan Yan, whose thoughts were in turmoil.

"Go for it! You're not like your usual self right now."

Her voice was clear and gentle, carrying a relaxing power.

Mu could also see that Nan Yan was worrying about her a little too much.

In reality, if one were to enter the realm of ghosts and spirits, all human memories would be utterly insignificant. She wouldn't mind losing all memories of the past, present, and future.

So go for it!
"Ah."

Nan Yan nodded gently and closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, the confusion in them vanished, and he returned to his usual state.

Akagi is indeed powerful, but that's precisely what makes him so challenging!
Akagi, watching Nanyan's changing emotions, couldn't help but feel a strange sensation.

When he met this boy about two years ago, he could sense that the other boy's emotions were more composed and indifferent than those of his friend K.

That kind of ruthlessness, thoughtlessness, desirelessness, and lack of wants that isolates oneself from the world is the best raw material for entering the realm of ghosts and gods. It doesn't even need careful carving; let it grow on its own, and one day it will be able to reach the pinnacle of ghosts and gods.

But two years later, the boy has completely shed that indifference.

Despite his seemingly cold and indifferent demeanor, it's just a facade of warmth beneath, and Akagi can see through it at a glance.

The first half of the game just ended.

When he learns that Akagi is behind him in their matchup, he needs to have 1500cc of blood drawn or fifteen years of memories.

This boy has two completely contradictory emotions.

One type is the excitement and surprise of discovering that you can defeat the demon god Akagi in a match within a half-man game, feeling that your years of hard work have finally paid off.

Defeating the spirits is a great honor for any mahjong player.

However, the second emotion is hidden very deeply, and most people would probably find it difficult to read. Even Lord Ōwada might not know it.

That is pity.

Yes, it's that kind of very special feeling.

The boy was both excited and thrilled to have defeated him, but he was also worried that the demon god Akagi might be too old and had lost his power due to the 1500cc of blood or 15 years of memories, thus shattering the myth of the demon god.

Nan Yan, that brat, actually showed pity towards him, who was a ghost.

If it were Akagi himself, even if everyone present drained their last drop of blood, he would not waver in his resolve.

At most, seeing Nan Mengyan collapse in front of the mahjong table, recalling his astonishing performance of winning by self-draw when they first met, would evoke a slight sense of melancholy.

Therefore, over the past two years, this young man has unknowingly formed an inseparable bond with the world.

This bond made him exceptionally strong, but it also made him unable to let go of it.

On the contrary, compared to this boy.

Throughout the entire process, the girl named Mu showed no emotion whatsoever when her twenty years of memories were erased.

This gave Akagi a vague idea in his mind.

memory
It is the cheapest thing on the path to becoming a ghost or god, and can even be said to be a shackle.

For ghosts and gods, memories, bonds, bloodlines, and physical bodies are all stumbling blocks to becoming ghosts and gods. Only by being accompanied by loneliness and nothingness can one reach the peak of the world!
Therefore, this young girl had already made all the preparations to become a ghost or god.

On the other hand, look at Nan Yan...

Ugh.

Akagi let out a long sigh.

In truth, he has no right to judge others. As a spirit bound by the law of cause and effect, he is still bound by cause and effect and destiny.

It's truly a cruel twist of fate.

But for no apparent reason, Akagi suddenly felt a shiver run through his body.

Suddenly, something occurred to him.

Does the young challenger I see now look to me the way that underworld tycoon who once dominated Kansai once looked to me?

Cause and effect cycle endlessly.

Even though things are going against him now, Akagi cannot leave his fate to the world to decide.

The former god of cause and effect is now challenging the cause and effect law he believes in!
He wants to break this cycle of cause and effect!
The third half of the game has begun.

Nan Yan reclaimed his power.

He knew that if he allowed misfortune to run rampant in the face of Akagi, he would be unable to exercise his authority over Washiu.

My biggest advantage against Akagi is still luck. If I give up my strong luck to fight Akagi head-on, I'm just giving up my super points.

Not worth the candle.

So Mu let him do it freely, which was also taking this into consideration.

He was worried about Mu's condition, which made him indecisive, but when faced with such a powerful enemy, he had to make a decisive move.

Only by going all out in a fight can we possibly defeat Akagi!
It should be noted that even the old man hesitated when faced with Akagi's tricks, thus losing several opportunities to defeat him. He even stubbornly insisted on a direct strike in order to break through Akagi in one go, but this does not mean that Washizumi was wrong.

After all, to defeat Akagi, sometimes you have to go all out.

Being too restrained will only give ghosts and spirits more opportunities to seize upon you.

The third half of the game was won by Nan Yan.

After choosing to unleash his luck, with the added boost of the Eagle Nest's strong luck, he reached his winning hand faster and became even more aggressive.

【Two, three, four, ten thousand; three, four, six, seven, eight, rope; two, three, four, eight, eight, eight, bamboo】

After Nan Yan drew the four of bamboo, his original hand of waiting for the three of bamboo turned into a three-color hand of two, three, and four, and he was waiting for the two and five of bamboo.

However, the eight of bamboo is a treasure tile, and Akagi has one three of bamboo, the prime minister has one, and Akagi has two four of bamboo. It would be difficult to win by self-draw if one is waiting for a single tile.

Therefore, if you don't have a winning hand with two or five of the same suit, it's basically impossible to win by drawing the winning tile yourself.

Despite the possibility that Akagi had a single eight of bamboo, Nanyan still took out a transparent eight of bamboo.

"This card is safe!"

Then Nan Yan played the eight of bamboo heavily.

"Rong!"

Akagi immediately shouted the Ronghe Declaration and his hand fell down.

[Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ten thousand; two, two, three, three, four, four of bamboo; eight of bamboo]

In the previous round, Akagi discarded a two of bamboo. If this two of bamboo is taken back, the hand will be a four-sided wait with two, three, four, and five of bamboo.

Nan Yan has a floating three of bamboo in his hand, which is very dangerous.

However, Akagi possessed the perception of spirits and gods, and predicted that Nanyan's strong luck would lead him to draw a four of bamboo to form a three-color sequence. Therefore, after drawing an eight of bamboo, he immediately changed his wait to a single tile.

One cup of Dora 2, a grand slam!
Nan Yan didn't say much, paid out eight billion chips and points, and continued the game.

Then, Minamihiko fired another shot at Akagi, the yaku card dora2, worth 3900 points.

The Prime Minister noticed that Nanyan's aura and playing style had changed at this moment. If it were the previous Nanyan, he would have played very cautiously, and it would have been almost as difficult to catch his cannon as it was for Akagi. But now he suddenly started to change his playing style.

After glancing at Akagi, whose expression remained unchanged after repeatedly striking Nanahiko, Owada Koizumi keenly sensed that something terrifying was about to happen.

In the following rounds, Shirozuki, Owada, and Akagi all won by drawing their own tiles.

Only Nanyan roast chicken, until the third bureau of Nanyan.

Seeing this, many people outside the venue couldn't help but feel worried for Nan Yan.
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"What's wrong with Nan Yan? Wasn't he so enthusiastic about hitting me? Why is he suddenly firing such a low-level gun for no reason!"

Dojima Tsuki was immediately enraged.

When she played against Nan Mengyan, it wasn't easy for her to even catch him once. As a result, in this half-round game, she has already lost four times. Although her best hand is only a slam, her chip stack is now at the bottom.

"There's no way around it. If we just play the same strategy as before, and try to go head-to-head with Akagi by playing small hands, we probably won't win. We were very lucky to win the first half-round hand." K saw things very clearly.

In the first half of the round, neither side knew each other well, so Nan Yan quickly won the round by making decisive moves and accelerating his attack.

This is also K's forte.

However, for experts, this kind of quick attack can only be used once at most; it is merely a move to seize the initiative but cannot determine the outcome of the battle.

Minami himself wasn't really confident about dealing with the demon Akagi, so he chose to try to win a small round first, but Akagi saw this as a cowardly tactic.

"So this kid has reverted to his luck-based playstyle. With the good fortune of Washiou, as long as he doesn't draw a key big hand of Akagi with a multiplier or higher, he can easily come back. But if he gives up the possibility of a big hand for a small hand with a few points, then he's just throwing away the sesame seed and losing the watermelon."

Dojima also agrees with Minamihiko's playing style.

Comparing yourself to a causal master like Akagi in terms of cannon catching, defense, and formation is like fighting in the opponent's area of ​​expertise. Rather than that, you might as well have a good fight.

Let's use the Unparalleled fighting style!

On the other side, the girls from Nagano Prefecture were also extremely worried as they watched Minamihiko fall into a disadvantageous position.

Like Ikeda Nyan, who is usually overjoyed to see Nanyan get his comeuppance, her palms started sweating when she saw him suffer a great loss this time.

Nan Mengyan, weren't you usually so impressive when you played cards with other girls? Why can't you do it now!

Pull yourself together!!

"Don't worry, Nan Yan can do it."

Fukuro Mihoko patted her shoulder and gently comforted her, but in reality, Mihoko herself was not calm at all. Minamihiko was probably facing the strongest opponent she had ever faced before, and she had never experienced this feeling of despair before.

"Senior Nan Yan..."

Xiaohe clenched his hands tightly, his face filled with worry.

Anyone could see that both Shigeru Akagi and the Prime Minister were formidable opponents far surpassing any professional player in the World Youth Championship, so powerful that it was suffocating.

South Third Round, the dealer is Akagi.

Treasure Brand Five Strings.

Bai Zhumu quickly drew a five of bamboo, bringing his total to four fives of bamboo in his hand.

"Bar!"

Without saying a word, she immediately activated a concealed kong and then drew a one of bamboo from the hole.

Although the new sign didn't hit the mark, the fact that Mu was jumping around was already quite alarming.

I go.

The Prime Minister was a little flustered. He knew that his opponent was Mu, and if Mu's score was too high, he would lose a huge amount of chips. Although he had 300 billion Happy Beans, some of these chips were money from the national treasury. The 300 billion he won by defeating the Emperor did not all belong to him.

The call itself is fine, but we can't let it all go to waste.

Therefore, his position cannot be too far behind.

Subsequently, his Heavenly Demon Card directly targeted Bai Zhumu, and a terrifying and violent fortune was bestowed upon her, causing her fortune to boil over and become uncontrollable!

Furthermore, Nan Yan discarded a two of bamboo, and Bai Zhumu once again declared a kong, drawing a one of bamboo from the hole.

Now, the two of them have two special cards.

Suddenly, Akagi sensed a dangerous aura that was all too familiar.

This situation seems familiar!
His gaze swept across the hands of each player, but he didn't see a single two of the same suit. The only hand he could see was Nan Yan's, which seemed to be a three-color hand of six, seven, eight, or seven, eight, nine.

If the three colors are determined, he can completely win by drawing any card with this hand.

We haven't seen a single Two of Bamboo yet; it's impossible that all four are buried in the hole.

Just as Akagi was still pondering the location of the two-suo, Nanyan finally drew a transparent two-suo.

Then, the moment he got the two of the suit, he immediately threw out a tile and declared riichi.

Nan Yan's hand vaguely revealed [two, eight, and nine of bamboo; six and seven of characters; seven and eight of dots].

However, these visible cards don't provide much information about drawing hands.

Because this hand can be either [222789 of bamboo, 6789 of characters, 789 of dots], waiting for the two sides of 69 of characters, or it can be a single-tile wait of any combination of [222789 of bamboo, 678 of characters, 789 of dots, and the "Prosperity" tile].

It's even possible to hear 1, 3, 7 of the bamboo, 6, 9 of the bamboo, or 5, 8 of the ten thousand.

There is so little information.

Akagi sighed deeply and finally decided not to charge in head-on, but instead started to play his cards to draw cards.

In this situation, you absolutely cannot discard any tiles. If you discard all of them, then Nan Yan will be able to win by himself without any problem. Therefore, you must discard tiles.

Soon, he realized that the game was heading into a dead end.

Because Nan Yan quickly discarded four South Winds in a row, and Bai Zhumu also very carefully played the cards that Nan Yan already had in the river, it meant that neither Akagi nor the Prime Minister could add any new safe cards.

Fortunately, the Prime Minister chose to abandon everything.

However, Akagi is different. He is facing Minamihiko. Once Minamihiko plays this hand, his previous advantage will be gone. So the moment he runs out of safe cards, he will have to play dangerous cards.

Finally, on the fourth turn after Minamihiko declared riichi, Akagi had used up all his safe cards.

"Bar!"

Finally, Nan Yan drew his fourth two-spin tile to open the meld.

The fourth treasure token is another one-strip.

dora12, Yakuman slams his fist on the table!
Akagi sighed deeply. How familiar this was! In his distant memory, he had also glimpsed this amazing Dora 12!
During this round, he also touched a whiteboard.

With his powerful card draw, Akagi managed to form a hand of seven pairs, with all the dangerous cards facing down.

However, after drawing a white tile, and having scattered tiles like a one of bamboo and a white tile in his hand, Akagi would have no chance of winning if he didn't discard one of them.

However, both the One of Bamboo and the White Dragon are undecided tiles, so if Nan Yan is waiting for a single tile, there is still a possibility of a winning hand.

Back then, Washizuka's 12-treasure hand declared riichi, and the tile he was waiting for was the 1-doku. Akagi looked at the 1-doku in his hand with lingering fear.

If he had played that one of bamboo back then, he would have been doomed.

Despite his past nonchalance, looking back now, every step he took was like walking a tightrope.

Moreover, since Minamihiko's hand is even more unpredictable than Washizuka's hand back then, it has forced Ōwada to fold and defend.

This means he can no longer receive any support.

One of the two suits, a white tile, must be chosen and played.

Akagi also faced an incredibly difficult choice.

The Prime Minister witnessed this scene and was somewhat puzzled as to what Akagi was thinking.

If Akagi discards a tile that represents a white tile, and Akagi maintains his waiting hand, then Akagi can quickly draw a white tile to give Akagi a winning hand, thus avoiding Minamihiko's direct attack.

However, the One of Bamboo is an extremely dangerous tile. Shiroki's purpose in opening the Kong with the Two of Bamboo is too obvious: to make the One of Bamboo an isolated tile. Therefore, Nanyan could simply wait for the One of Bamboo to be played alone and quietly wait for either a winning hand or a self-draw.

Moreover, the Prime Minister can see that Nan Yan has a soft spot for the One of Bamboo, and there is a very high chance that he will draw the One of Bamboo.

Therefore, Akagi's correct approach should have been to discard the safe white tile, wait for the single tile of the same suit, and then quietly wait for a self-draw.

Moreover, Shiro Tsukumo also has a 1-dot in his hand, plus the yaku (yaku) tile. It's possible that he has a yaku tile waiting for a single 1-dot tile plus a dora 5 (a high-ranking tile). It seems like he should play the safer white tile.

Ultimately, Akagi's actions surprised the Prime Minister.

Akagi finally made his move. He picked up the transparent tube next to him, held it high, and then threw it out with great force.

He carried an immense burden of cause and effect; the past had become his shackles.

As a spirit bound by the law of cause and effect, he was still bound by cause and effect.

But Akagi never believed in fate. Even if it was a matter of cause and effect, he would break it all!
Bang!
That one of bamboo was eventually played out.

"Want Ronghe?"

Akagi played a ball and felt refreshed. He then asked Shiroki about it.

This one of bamboo might not be chosen by Nan Yan, but it will definitely be chosen by Shiro Tsukumo.

"Do not."

Bai Zhumu shook his head.

The exchange between the two left Ōwada somewhat bewildered. Why would Akagi play a sure-fire pistol and then ask others if they had a 1-bamboo tile? It was all utterly inexplicable.

Immediately afterwards, the Prime Minister also drew a tile of the suit.

Akagi has already played this card, so Nanyan has no chance of winning with it, and Shirozuki is also ready to win, making it a completely safe card.

As the tile was safely discarded, Owada was puzzled, wondering what kind of hand Nanyan was aiming for.

Just as he was watching Nan Yan's hand reach towards the card hole, a brilliant and exquisite inspiration suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Masaka!!
By the time Ōwada realized what tile Minamihiko was waiting for, Minamihiko had already drawn the tile he had drawn himself.

A blank whiteboard!

Owada's pupils suddenly trembled; he finally understood why Akagi had said those words to Shirochikumo.

He discarded a tile, and Nan Yan didn't win, so it must have been Bai Zhu Murong who won.

If it's a white-treasured gacha, then the only option is a full-scale jump with the yaku (yaku) tile dora5, which is acceptable for Akagi.

But Mu didn't choose to win, and Nan Yan's winning hand wasn't a single tile, so what could it be?

The answer is a blank board.

This kid knew perfectly well that as the Prime Minister, he could control the white card alone. So, in Akagi's eyes, holding onto the white card was like playing a safe card that could be used to avoid being shot.

But Nan Mengyan deliberately played a trick of hiding the truth from the truth.

If Akagi makes a mistake and plays a blank tile, he will give Minami Muhiko a chance to win his super big hand that has accumulated yakuman (a high-ranking hand in the game), and the advantage he has built up will instantly turn into a huge disadvantage.

Fortunately, Akagi was very shrewd and avoided this terrifying trap.

"Riichi tsumo, dora 12, cumulative yakuman!"

Nan Yan took a deep breath.

Even with his strategy, Akagi still managed to avoid the terrifying trap of accumulating 32000 Yakuman points. However, thanks to this powerful Yakuman hand, he successfully turned the tide.

This move was extremely risky. If he had been even one turn late and the Prime Minister had reacted, he would not have been able to accumulate enough points to win.

I thought that such a brilliant plan would give us a chance to strike directly at Akagi.

After all, the legendary night back then made Akagi bear the consequences of losing 12 treasure cards, plus his fear of the One of Bamboo.

But Akagi, being cunning and calculating, ultimately broke the cycle of cause and effect and avoided the fatal blow.

"As expected, it's impossible to achieve this with the aim of directly attacking you." Nan Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead. This old man is really too good at defending himself.

"Phew—this time it really was just a little short."

Akagi made a gesture that could break the defenses of the Great Cold Netherworld.

Yes, it was just a hair's breadth away.

He could almost feel the chilling sensation of death's scythe slicing across his neck. That kid Nan Yan almost hit him when he reached the end of his accumulated duty period; it was truly terrifying.

Even so, Akagi's heart was still heavy.

He could sense that after Nanyan had repeatedly discarded winning hands and made big plays, his luck had been rising. Even after he won a super big hand with a self-drawn winning hand, his luck did not decline but instead reached its peak.

The next game will probably not be so simple.

ALL last!

In the fourth game of the South, the banker Yamada Koizumi.

When it came time to determine the treasure tile, he drew a blank tile, which meant that wealth was the treasure tile.

Soon after, Nanyan also drew a transparent whiteboard. Owada had a pair of whiteboards, so Nanyan's transparent whiteboard would inevitably be drawn out for him to draw.

However, Owada Koizumi suddenly saw something incredible.

After Nan Yan touched a transparent whiteboard, the transparent 10,000, the transparent 90,000, and the transparent "get rich" all fell into Nan Yan's hands one after another.

Ōwada immediately sensed this strange phenomenon.

You have to understand that Nan Yan is currently on a roll, so how could he possibly keep getting such terrible cards?

The Transparent Nine-Strand, Transparent East Wind, and Transparent North Wind also fell into Nan Yan's hands.

this moment.

Everyone present sensed something terrible was about to happen!
"This……"

As countless people watched Nan Yan draw cards one after another from the card hole, they couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

Because the next card you draw is also a transparent one.

In the game of Eagle Nest Mahjong, drawing a transparent tile should be at a disadvantage, since the more tiles you have exposed, the easier it is for your hand to be seen through.

However, without exception, all the cards that Nan Yan drew were transparent.

Logically speaking, he was already at a huge disadvantage.

But as long as you watch Nan Yan draw the cards, no one would think that way.

Some even felt that even if Nan Yan had drawn an opaque card, it wouldn't have been so shocking, let alone so stressful!

hiss--

With the gradual acquisition of transparent fortune and transparent one-bamboo, people started to get their hands on them.

The Prime Minister finally couldn't sit still any longer. If things continued like this, Nam Muk-him might lose the trust of the nation! This was absolutely unacceptable!

The Demon Brand Wave!

A terrifying wave of cards is about to strike Nan Yan.

His Heavenly Demon Card Wave is uncontrollable. Once it attaches to Nan Yan, he will most likely draw cards that the National Hero doesn't need, such as the Treasure Card Fortune, Treasure Card Five of Bamboo, Five of Bamboo and Five of Characters, which will slow down the formation of Nan Yan's National Hero Unparalleled.

However, the moment his power was applied to Nan Yan, it was instantly repelled.

The supreme power brought by the authority of the Eagle Nest has already surpassed his Heavenly Demon Card Wave, and has no way to trip up Nan Yan.

Finally, I got the last South Wind card.

Nan Yan's hand was now officially complete.

[One nine ten thousand, one nine bamboo, one nine rope, white hair in the east, west, south, north]

A terrifying aura pressed down, sweeping across the entire area. Only Owada, who was present, truly understood the suffocating terror it evoked.

What's most unsettling about this deck is that there isn't a single face-down card; every single card is transparent!
Nan Yan's peerless thirteen-faced "Heavenly Listener" was thus openly displayed to the world.

Without any scheming or calculation, without any strategic thinking or cooperation, Nan Yan simply used his own hands to draw thirteen different terminal and honor tiles from a deck of one hundred and thirty-six tiles, one by one!
"This……"

Seeing the Peerless Thirteen Faces of the National Hero take shape miraculously in Nan Yan's hands, the Prime Minister became even more determined to establish the Heavenly Demon Path.

The most terrifying are the peerless warriors and the causal mahjong masters; their existence is what truly creates the unfairness of this world.

The power in the Eagle's Nest is terrifying indeed.

Owada Koizumi truly felt the terror of incredible luck. What kind of demon was Akagi fighting against back then?

unimaginable!

Nan Yan's luck seemed unstoppable, like a rainbow.

Akagi calmly covered up his cards in the end.

"Nan Yan, you can touch yourself."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

There are two more chapters to go. I will finish writing them as soon as possible. Thank you to the readers who have made it this far.

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