Pokémon's Lord of Fear

Chapter 126 The Three Gods Problem
"Should I have an audition first?" Sakaki hesitated for a long time, but finally made a decision. He planned to wait until the audition and then deliberately fail the test so that he would be eliminated, and then he wouldn't have to shoot.

"Okay, then you can take a look at this first." Teng Shu took out another script, which was the script he was still working on.

There is only a small plot in it that he created by himself.

There is actually not much description of the confrontation between Moriarty and Holmes. Most of the time, Holmes solved the crimes of Moriarty's men, thereby indirectly destroying Moriarty's organization. Moriarty played games with Holmes more through behind-the-scenes means.

But this would not reflect how difficult Moriarty is, so Teng Shu planned to adapt the plot by adding a small plot where Moriarty and Holmes meet by chance on the street, and then play a random reasoning game while waiting for the bus. Holmes was thinking about the current puzzle at the time, so he didn't think too much about it and suffered a loss.

This also shows the intelligence and logical reasoning ability of Moriarty and Holmes, but it is well known that a battle of wits such as logical reasoning has always been a big problem.

If it's not written well enough, then it's not a battle of logic and wits, but just two fools talking nonsense.

I don’t know how many movies have failed in portraying the IQ of the protagonists and villains, especially detective dramas and suspense dramas, which are the main types of failures.

Teng Shu didn't want to fail, but he really didn't know how to write so that Moriarty and Holmes could show their strong IQ and reasoning ability in just a few dialogues.

So Teng Shu used a classic logic puzzle that he had seen in his previous life.

The Three Gods Problem.

The Three Gods Problem is a famous logical reasoning puzzle raised in the previous life. Because it is too difficult, many people felt that it could not be solved at first. It was not until later that some theoretical solutions appeared.

This three-god problem also leads to the two-god problem.

That is, there are two gods, one god can only tell the truth, and the other god can only tell lies. Then the answerer can only ask one question, and it must be a yes or no question, that is, a question that can only be answered with "yes" or "no". The god being asked can only answer yes or no.

A question, to distinguish who is the true God and who is the false God, is a very common puzzle routine in logical reasoning problems in the previous life.

The difficulty of the Three Gods Problem is higher, or much higher.

"This is a question." Sakaki was a little confused. The script clearly stated what the small problem was, but Sakaki had no idea how to explain it.

【Moriarty: Sir, while we wait for the bus, how about we play a simple game? 】

[(Turning over the newspaper in his hand) Holmes turned his head to look at Moriarty and took a look at the man in front of him]

[He is wearing simple but elegant clothes. The calluses on his wrists prove that he is engaged in writing. The marks on his fingers show that he may be teaching at a university.]

[Holmes: Of course no problem]

[Moriarty chuckles]

[Moriarty: Human history is always full of fun, and one day, we stood in front of three gods. These three gods were the true god who only told the truth, the lying god who only told lies, and a capricious god who answered the truth or lies according to his mood.]

[Moriarty: As ignorant and weak humans, we can ask these gods a total of three yes and no questions. These gods will only answer yes or no. After three questions, we need to judge who is the true God, the lying God, and the willful God.] [Holmes stopped flipping through the newspaper, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.]

[Moriarty: But how can humans understand the words of God? God only answers with two syllables: Da and Ya.]

[Holmes: In other words, we not only need to judge their identities in the three questions, but also need to judge whether the answer corresponds to yes or no? ]

[Moriarty is surprised, applauds, and is delighted]

【Moriarty: Smart, that's it】

Because it is the most basic script, many parts are relatively brief, but Sakaki can understand it. This made Sakaki fall into deep thought. Is it really possible to answer this question?
Sakaki is also a smart man. Being able to control such a huge organization as Team Rocket, he is naturally not too stupid. If he is too stupid, he will not be able to lurk for so long.

But this three-god problem made him feel conflicted.

There are three yes-no questions, including one by a capricious god who answers according to his mood. The difficulty is already very high. As a result, humans are unable to understand the words of gods and need to judge whether what gods said is yes or no. This instantly raises the difficulty to an unimaginable level.

This made Sakaki very curious about how Holmes and Moriarty would answer this question.

"Mr. Sakaki, what do you think?" Teng Shu looked at Sakaki and asked. The Three Gods Problem did not exist in this world, so it was a brand new logical problem, and it was also a plot that Teng Shu intended to bring out to make the audience exclaim in amazement.

This plot will be in the first episode. When Holmes was investigating the Study in Scarlet, he fell into deep thought. While thinking, he planned to take the bus back and think about how to solve the problem. As a result, he unexpectedly met Professor Moriarty.

The bus was delayed for a long time due to traffic jam, so Professor Moriarty decided to play a small game with the stranger Sherlock Holmes to kill time.

On the one hand, this arrangement can plant an impression in the audience's mind that Holmes and Moriarty are very powerful. On the other hand, it can also make the audience curious about what kind of person can compete with such a powerful detective like Sherlock Holmes, and even be slightly better than him?
At the same time, it sets the stage for Moriarty's future appearance.

It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

"It's very exciting, but I'm curious, how will this question be answered in the plot?" Sakaki was a little anxious. The script written by Teng Shu seemed to have magic, making Sakaki's heart itchy. Judging from this clip alone, this detective drama would not be too bad.

"This is a secret." Teng Shu said with a smile. Actors will not be given too many scripts for audition, so confidentiality is very important. Some actors are big mouths and may accidentally let something slip during the interview, which will be very troublesome.

Although some crews also use this for marketing.

But for Teng Shu, confidentiality is very important, because this is a detective suspense drama, if the plot is spoiled, the excitement will be greatly reduced.

　The Three Gods Puzzle is a logic puzzle from 1996. Those who are interested can search it themselves.

　　I have to take my mother to the hospital for a follow-up checkup for chronic pharyngitis today, so the update will be a little later.

　　Sorry sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)