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Chapter 2 The Battle of the Sparrows

Mahjong (in this article generally refers to Japanese mahjong. Because mahjong is pronounced as "sparrow" in Japanese, mahjong players are also called "Queshi") is called "East One Form". After the end of the first round, as long as the dealer goes down the bank, he will enter "East Two Form", and so on. Until the "East Four Form", these four games are called "East Four Form"; after the end of the east court, the "South One Form" starts, starting from "South One Form" and ending at "South Four Form".

The eight games in the Southeast are called "half-curricular battle" and also called "southeast battle"; the so-called "fighting one and a half-curricular battle" means that the eight games in the Southeast are called, and it is also a very common way of playing.

The dot stick, that is, the prop used in mahjong to record "holding a little bit", can also be regarded as a unique "bargaining chip" in mahjong.

The usual practice is: at the beginning, each person has 25,000 points of sticks - 1 ten thousand points, 1 fifteen thousand points, 9 thousand points, and 10 hundred points.

Of course, sometimes there are other divisions based on the total number of points; for example, the game in front of you adopts the rule of 20,000 points, so each person has 2 points, 9 points, and 10 points per person.

According to Sakayama's request, every point of the stick will be converted to 1,000rmb, which means that at the beginning of this mahjong, the four of them had bet on a total of 20 million.

Although these four are famous professional gamblers and more or less have some savings to save their lives, 20 million... are definitely not something you can get by just taking it.

For ordinary federal citizens, this is enough to spend their entire lives safely; even for gamblers, this is already an amount that can be used as a "pension".

There is no doubt that none of the four people here, including Su Wuhuan himself, could afford that much money.

However, that's OK, because they don't have to spend so much.

Before this half dealership ends, it is just a stick. Only those who have less than 20,000 points of stick at settlement will need to pay the lost difference.

For example, at the end of the South Fourth Game, one person's point bar turned into 36,000, while the other three people were 20,000, 15,000 and 9,000 points respectively. Then, those who hold 36,000 points not only did not pay, but also made a net profit of 16 million; those who have 20,000 points are not losing or winning; those who have only 15,000 points and 9,000 points respectively lost 5 million and 11 million.

In this way, even if you can't win, as long as you minimize the losses as much as possible, you won't lose 20 million.

But...this idea is dangerous for gamblers.

In the world of gambling, people who think about "I want to survive" and those who think about "I want to win" naturally make different choices.

A high bet is like a mirror that looks at the demon. Most people will show their true intention of "I want to survive" in front of them; only real gamblers, scoundrels, villains... those who understand the true meaning of gambling can remain calm and keep their inner defense.

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A half-man worth 20 million is destined to not be dull.

Since the use of not an automatic mahjong table, the shuffling, cutting and placing cards are all done by people. For the four "experts", the game has already begun during the shuffling stage.

East First Bureau, the third tour.

Greater Hanoi, already draws.

"Take Master" is definitely not a false reputation. With just three rounds, his hands were already in the card type of "three north winds, one, two, and three thousand, three, four, five, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, and seven, and two, five, eight or three, six, and many-sided listening," which is very ideal.

At this moment, Suo casually made a two-pack.

Seeing this, Okawano just grinned and was about to call Hu and mock him a few words, but unexpectedly...

"Hu (for the sake of easy understanding, the following texts are expressed in "Hu card" rather than "He card")." Takagi of the previous family took the lead in intercepting Hu, "Break the 19th, one thousand points."

"Tsk..." When I saw the opponent open the card, Okawano spat unhappily, "It turns out that he is such a small card..."

"Hehehe..." Takagi replied disrespectfully, "Even if it is a small card, it will be a million round... and... looking at your attitude of listening to it in a multi-faceted manner, I have to guard against you to touch it with one hand."

The words are correct, but Takagi did not explain the real point.

Experts like them all know that in gambling, things like "fortune"... are real.

Unlike the game where the instant winners and losses are determined by dice, flower cards, and Paijiu, mahjong is a protracted battle. During the process, the "fortune" will be transferred many times; and how to destroy or take away the "fortune" of others is a very important skill.

For ordinary people, it may be difficult to do this. Even if they notice that the "fortune" is on whom they are at the moment, there are not many means to interfere, but for "experts", there are many ways to do so.

The small card of Takamu Hu in front of him is to destroy the "fortune" of Dahanoi, and the result is immediate...

…………

The East Second Bureau is also in the third tour.

The matching cards in Takagi's hands are already three colors, single hanging four cakes, and...

"Stand upright." Takagi decisively took out a thousand sticks to report.

Logically speaking, in this level of game, it is very slim to just hold and count on the opponent to get some cannons.

Moreover, standing upright (referring to the "clear in front of the door", that is, no eating, touching, or opening the bar, all cards are touched by themselves, and a straight stick is placed as a declaration card. In the next game, the straight person who stands upright must play directly until someone draws a card; if the straight person is in the end, he can add a card, and if someone clicks a cannon or touches it immediately after standing upright, it is a "stand upright one shot" and you can add a card) is very risky. If someone is in the three people present, they are just making big cards, the straight person is likely to destroy himself.

However... Takagi doesn't care about this.

A man known as the "Paishan Ghost" has his own unique skill on which he lives, that is, transplanting flowers and connecting trees.

The effect of this move is: when he touches the card, he can exchange the card he touches with any of the seventeen cards on the upper level of the card mountain in front of him.

As for the method of exchange, it is very simple... When touching a card, hold the mahjong with four fingers vertically, and when holding the card towards you and passing the card, keep the card touched at a level that is not inferior to the upper layer of the card, and completely coincide with the side of the card you want to exchange it; then quickly and silently use the card you touched to "top" the card in the card, and then hold the card you are being pushed vertically with the same gesture, and leave the card you touched on the card, and finally earn the card you exchanged as if nothing had happened.

If you look at it in slow motion, this is not a particularly complicated or difficult movement, but you have to practice the speed of this move to the point where "no one can see it even if you use it in full view" and "even if someone sees it, it will not be too late to catch the current situation"... That is something that is thousands of times or tens of thousands of times of practice may not be able to do.

In addition, there is another prerequisite for using "flower transplantation and wood", that is, you must clearly know what the card on the upper level of the card in front of you during the card code stage. If you don't even know where the card you want to change is, it will be useless to just practice the technique.

There is no doubt that Takagi knew it.

Although he couldn't remember all the 136 cards on the table, he could remember at least 90% of the cards on the upper level of the Sidaopao Mountain, especially the one in front of him, he could remember them all.

In the imagination of ordinary people, "thousand techniques" are very mysterious and complex things, but in fact... in the eyes of real "experts", advanced skills are often "simple and violent" and "blatant".

Ordinary people think that "miracle" must be achieved through some kind of trick, but in fact, it is mostly the inevitable "result" after hard practice, which is the truth of most Thousand Arts; the legendary magic combination Payne and Teller once said - "In the magic on the table, the ultimate trick is the magician's dexterous hands." This sentence is the same when used by Thousand Arts.

The magician can only perform movements that can be performed with the help of props. The magician must complete the performances that can only be performed by the magician after practicing a thousand times, and the magician can only practice at least ten thousand times before actual combat... The difference between the cost and the risk determines that the latter has no room for mistakes.

If Takagi can stand out in the gambling world, it is impossible for him to rely solely on luck; "luck" can only help you win those "gambling in the sun". If you want to survive in the dark world, you have to rely on "strength".

"Haha..." Before the tour was over, Okanoi had just played a card, Igarashi chuckled twice, "What a 'stand upright'..." He said, while extending his hands with age spots to the card played by Okanoi. "Bar..." After that, he turned the lever card out and grabbed the lever card. Almost as he flipped his hand and shot the lever card, he had already said, "The lever is blooming..."

"What..." Takagi's sinister smile froze on his face, because at this moment, he seemed to have discovered the truth about Igarashi's "hard luck".

"Don't blame me, Takagi-kun, after all, you are standing upright in such a place... it's not very good." Igarashi said in a deep voice.

"You..." A few seconds later, a few cold sweat had flowed down Gao Mu's pale face.

Although Okanoi, Takagi and Igarashi have played many games of mahjong after coming to Ryunosuke, they are naturally reserved in those "just play" cards; therefore, they don't know where the upper limit of each other's strength is and what specific "unique skills" they have.

However, at this moment, Takagi was surprised to find that the old man who was the least visible in the weekdays... actually mastered a technique that was unsolvable in the Queshi world - silent card.

Strictly speaking, "silent card" cannot be called "thousand techniques"; unless you are a first-class "expert", even if someone uses this trick in front of you, even if you use an ultra-high-speed camera to slow down all his actions by hundreds or thousands of times, you will not see any tricks.

The origin of this technique can be traced back to the Showa era. At that time, most mahjong was made of bamboo, and every small piece of bamboo had a unique "texture" on the surface; so some squatters thought of... memorizing the texture of the bamboo on the back of the mahjong to record the cards.

But... how easy it is? Not to mention remembering the 136 cards during the game, it is extremely difficult to randomly take out 10 cards and put them in front of you, so that you can remember them slowly. It is also extremely difficult to distinguish and remember those tiny bamboo textures that look almost the same.

Moreover, it is useless to just remember one deck of cards, and it is useless to change one deck and catch it blindly; the real "silent card" must be the skill of "it can quickly record a completely unfamiliar mahjong".

Most people will not practice such extremely difficult, difficult to learn and refined things. Among those who have practiced, it is rare to silence the whole deck to more than 100 cards in a short period of time.

But... the very few experts who are skilled in this art are all close to invincible existences without exception; these masters can "silence" the entire mahjong before the third round of the East. To these people, the cards look like transparent in their eyes. Even if someone makes a thousand-for-all change cards in front of them, they can immediately know that as long as they propose inspections at the right time, they will catch them accurately.

Unfortunately, with the changes of the times, bamboo mahjong has gradually been replaced by new products made of resin, plastic and other materials. In the face of almost textureless materials, the "silent card" technique has become unusable and eventually it has gradually been lost.

However, legend... there are some extremely clever silent cards, even the textureless mahjong on the back can be used for "silent cards"; but the principle of this technique is still a mystery.

Some people say that they use fingerprints left on the back of the mahjong when they touch cards; some people say that they use props such as contact lenses; some people even say that this rumor itself is fake, and it was blown out by a cheater to cover up other techniques...

Anyway, there is no conclusion.

After all, this legendary "Silent Card Scarlet" is really rare, and even if such a person really exists, it is difficult to detect.

And today, Takagi had the honor to meet someone...

Igarashi's "silent card" is essentially different from Takagi's way of relying on "short-term memory" and "shush card techniques" to roughly master the card.

His flowering on the hill and his prediction of his next move without Takagi opening the card has shown that he knows every card in the entire mahjong.

It’s not up to guess or rely on thousands, it’s just “seeing through the cards”.

Obviously, under the pressure of huge chips, the Crows were no longer reserved... In this bet that could bear huge debts at any time, there was no room for hiring or mercy.

…………

In this way, the gap in strength gradually emerged in the difference between the points and the sticks.

By the third round of the South, Igarashi had already held 43,000 points in his hand; Takagi was at about 18,000 points, while Okanoi had a "completed" expression, sweating profusely at about 12,000 points.

But the worst thing is that, Sakaki was the one who left his sticks with less than 7,000, which means that he had already been in debt of 13 million rmb.

After the fifth tour, Igarashi's hand was already in three secret moments, and he listened to the cards in two directions.

He could "silent cards" naturally knew that his Hu cards would be touched within two tours, and no one would play cards suitable for "eat" or "touch" to change the order of touching the cards during two tours.

Victory...is close.

But at this moment...

"Is that all?" Suzu suddenly spoke and asked a question.

Hearing this question, the other three turned their eyes to Kazuka. After a brief silence, Okanoi responded first: "What did the guy who was at the end of the stick suddenly ask? By the way... As a guy who made such a random bet, he lost the worst. Don't you feel embarrassed?"

Faced with such ridicule, Suo didn't care at all and continued to say in a slightly decadent tone: "I'm asking, is your 'skill'... that's all?"

"Hmph..." Takagi snorted coldly, too lazy to pay attention to him.

Igarashi said earnestly: "Suka, I understand your mood, haha... But if you lose, you lose. Provocation will not save any face, it will only make your defeat even more difficult..."

Before he could express his last word "look", Suo interrupted: "The so-called 'teller master' is a second-rate fraud who needs a ring to assist to use the 'left-hand card change skill'." He paused for a moment, "The 'Paishan Ghost'' was also very good at juggling. Not to mention that it would be 90% of the time that he encountered an automatic mahjong machine. Even if he met a straightforward old man who could record cards, he could scare you to attack Hu Xiaopai desperately..."

In just a few words, he pointed out all the skills of the three people in the deskmates and mocked them; between the lines, he was extremely arrogant.
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