Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 351 Near Death
Hearing this, Ye Xingqi couldn't help but glance at Yuan Yuzi, thinking to himself: Could it be that this little girl deduced the complete rules before me? Her performance in "Connect the Dots" was not so outstanding... Why did she suddenly have a nosebleed?
No matter how surprised everyone is, the gambling continues.

Fox Princess hesitated, and the arbitrator began to count down again. Until the last second of the time limit, she reluctantly called the bet with 5 chips and cautiously raised the bet with 1 air chip again.

Fushimi Shika called the bet with one chip without hesitation.

Then he noticed the last bubble passing by his eyes, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes and puff up his cheeks.

That's right, the can of air chips he was breathing had run out of oxygen!
Fushimi Shika stared at Kitsune. She didn't know when her long hair fell down, and the bubbles around her body almost disappeared. This meant that she didn't think at all when she raised the bet!
This woman... did it on purpose!
She deliberately delayed time and placed her bet at the last second of the 30-second limit, and only added one chip - she did not think during this period, her purpose was to wait for her oxygen to run out!

Fushimi Shika lowered his eyes and saw four air chips piled at his feet.

30 seconds?

Fushimi Shika grinned, and a system page popped up in front of him. He spent skill points to raise the "Will" attribute to A level, and the promotion task to S level popped up again:

"Nirvana: Witness the Moment of Your Own Death"

……

Seeing this, Yuan Yuzi seemed to have guessed something. She leaned forward and murmured in a low voice: "No way... It's not necessary... Adding 3 will be enough... Don't..."

Before she finished her words, Fushimi Shika slammed the last four air chips heavily on the table!
ALL IN!

Instead of leaving himself a tank of air, he chose to bet everything and raised the bet by 4 chips!
For a moment, Kitsune wanted to take off the mask on her face and kiss the prey in front of her - she hadn't enjoyed herself so much in a long time, and it was precisely because Fushimi Shika had the "smell of the same kind" that she chose to use the strategy of delaying time.

That’s right, if you want to win, you don’t have to win the chips. Using psychological warfare to suffocate your opponent and make him unconscious can also reap the fruits of victory!
Such procrastination naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the onlookers, and some people outside the glass cabin were shouting, but what does it matter?

Now that you have made the choice, you can only stick with it to the end!
Fox Lady sat like a mountain, and was reluctant to take any action.

The arbitrator began to count down, and everyone subconsciously held their breath, but everyone overlooked one problem: when a person is under stress, tension, or thinking, their oxygen consumption will increase dramatically - when in a state of suffocation, the more they want to stay calm, the more intense their physiological reactions will become.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

……

Fushimi closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down.

How many counts have you made?

How come it’s only 6?

Time seems endless...

He did not take a large breath of oxygen before holding his breath. Coupled with factors such as tension, lowered body temperature, thinking activities, etc., his oxygen consumption was greater than he imagined!

"9!"

"10!"

"11!"

Fox Princess looked at him calmly, like a hunter sizing up prey in a trap, guarding against the prey's counterattack before death.

Fine bubbles began to appear around her body, which meant that she began to think again:
"This guy is willing to go to such lengths. Does he really believe that 39 will win?"

'Or is he bluffing me into giving up?'

……

The arbitrator was still counting down, and when he counted to '25', Fushimi Shika covered his chest in pain, and a cloud of air rushed out of his nose and throat.

Fox Princess was still thinking calmly: "After the last round of betting, the result was not announced immediately. The arbitrator put on the headphones and waited for more than ten seconds before announcing 15 as the winner. Adding the time it took to replace the air chips, even if the betting was over, he still had about 20 seconds of suffocation waiting for him..."

'That is to say, he has to hold his breath for about 50 seconds under high pressure underwater.'

"If it's just diving training, a normal person can hold their breath for one minute; but this is not the case with gambling. Under the influence of various factors, participants can easily misjudge their physical condition based on past experience..."

"It seems that he is almost at his limit, right?"

'If I don't call now, the arbitrator will immediately rule it a loss, which means the suffocation time will be shortened...'

With this in mind, Fox Girl held on at the last second and made the maximum bet of 4 chips!
Both sides put out 15 chips each!
As Fushimi Shika ran out of chips, the betting session ended. As Kitsune expected, the arbitrator did not immediately announce the winner, but covered his earphones, nervously waiting for something.

'coming……'

"——It's coming!"

Under Kitsune's expectant gaze, Fushimi Shika's arm began to float up, his skin turned purple, his body was on the verge of its limit, his muscles relaxed, and he gradually began to float up!
what……

What a nice view.

Kitsune looked up and looked into the latter's blurry eyes. She saw Fushimi Shika floating like a corpse, with his ankles handcuffed to a chair, his hands raised high, looking down at her.

"Can you win?" Fox Princess wanted to ask: "What are you thinking about?"

……

Fushimi Shika is still thinking about the rules.

He had lost his vision, but his brain was working at high speed, constantly reviewing his own inferences about the rules of victory and defeat.

It is known that the largest number on the opponent's hand is 63, and the smallest number is 8. There are a total of 10 cards on the field. The sum of the numbers on our hand is 171, and the sum of the numbers on the opponent's hand is 177 - and the sum of the points in a deck of cards is 364. These two numbers are extremely close to half of 364.

Furthermore, why is the number of innings limited to 5?

The arbitrator claimed that a maximum of five rounds could be played, and it is very likely that the winner could be decided in one round, but the possibility of more than five rounds could be ruled out - so why should the total number of rounds be limited to five?

Think about it from another angle, if the game exceeds 5 rounds, will the bet no longer be valid?
He was stuck at this point in his reasoning. He always felt that there was a loophole but couldn't figure it out until Yuan Yuzi opened her five fingers and slapped the glass.

He got the hint.

The type of playing cards is called a hand... At that time, he saw Yuan Yuzi's hand, and the latter spread out her five fingers as hard as she could - the thickness of 5 cards was exactly the same as the thickness of a metal card.

In addition to numbers, playing cards also have card shapes!

That’s right, the meaning of these numbers is the sum of the five cards! The numbers on the cards are the sum of the points of the cards!

That’s why there is a rule of opening the cards first and then raising the bet!
比如第一轮狐姬打出的15，就能组成A、2、3、4、5的同花顺，亦或者是四张A加一张J、四张2加一张7等等牌型！

Only in this way can all conditions and restrictions be met!
It is known that the sum of the card numbers is 194. Within the comprehensive 394, the number range of 8 to 45 also conforms to this conjecture - the minimum sum of the points of five playing cards is A+A+A+A+2=6, and the maximum value is K+K+K+K+Q=64. Once a number exceeding 64 appears, his conjecture will no longer hold.

The reason why 5 rounds are required to determine the winner is that one match requires 10 playing cards, and 5 rounds means 50 cards. A deck of cards only has 52 cards. If more than 5 rounds are played, the only two cards left in the deck cannot form a hand!
From this we can infer why 15 won the first game?

因为「15」能组合出的最大牌型，即为A、2、3、4、5同花顺；而「36」能组合出的最大牌型，即为8、8、8、8、4四张八！
The two cards on the table right now are "8" and "39".

「8」能组合出的最大牌型为A、A、A、A、4；而「39」能组合出的最大牌型为9、9、9、9、3！

In addition, repeated use of cards must also be considered. Fox Princess's 15 in the last round required at least one A to be consumed regardless of the card type, which means that she absolutely cannot form four A's in this round!

That is to say, the most cards that can form the number 8 are 222AA and AAA23, while 39 can form various four of a kind or a full house...

Therefore, he will definitely win this round.

……

The referee announced loudly: "The winner of this round is - Onikiri! Number 39 wins!!"

……

Fushimi Shika glanced sideways and caught a glimpse of the arbitrator's sign language.

what……

Won……

He could truly feel that he was living in this world.

At the same time, he could also personally feel that the god of death's scythe was slowly cutting his throat.

The air chips made of metal cans were right in front of him. He wanted to reach out to take them, but his body refused to obey him. It became lighter and lighter, farther and farther away, and floated up...

so cold……

It feels so familiar...

Why is my chest bleeding...

Why is there a knife stuck in the collar...

It seems like someone is calling my name...

“Zhou Hao! Zhou Hao!! Wake up—wake up quickly!!”

"Please don't scare me, okay? I didn't mean to..."

"Mom is wrong. Is it okay if I am wrong? I can go to jail or be sentenced to death. I don't care. I just want you to open your eyes..."

He remembered.

Today is the day of the trial.

Today, a criminal case of forging evidence, false litigation, and destroying evidence was heard in court. Neither party hired a lawyer. Before the trial, he made full preparations...

what happened?
Did you have a fight with your mom?
That won't end up in court, right?
He looked confused, and heard a vague countdown in his ears:
"5!"

"4!"

……

What did I do?
What am I living for in this life?

……

"You must feel lonely alone..."

"Now that I'm here, you must feel very lucky, right?"

"When I find my mother, I will take you to see the cherry blossoms."

"If you see someone you don't like, punch them!"

"I am the serial killer Watanabe Shun!"

"Qian Ji is dead, someone should atone for her sins."

"I don't object to you dating, but I forbid sex before marriage."

……

He never identified with this land, and even though he lived there for a long time, his hometown was still far away across the ocean. But other than that, he felt at peace and identified with the people he met by chance.

He doesn't want to die just yet.

If you live your life again and love the right person, you may find the answers that you couldn't find in your previous life.

……

At the moment when the countdown was about to end, Fushimi Shika opened his eyes. He bit the respirator hard, replaced the air chips with one hand, and breathed greedily. Fresh air rushed into his lungs, and hemoglobin carrying oxygen quickly swept through his body!
He was dying for 3 seconds.

In these three seconds, death penetrated his body, and in the moment of last breath, his will rose to 'S' level, allowing him to truly be reborn in nirvana.

(End of this chapter)