Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

"Huh? You know?" The clown looked at Li Cha with a little surprise in his voice.

"Yes, I know." Li Cha nodded, and said solemnly to the clown, "So I'm not proud of you because you let me win a game. I just think that the current situation is really not suitable for Humility. Play a few more games with me if you want to figure it out."

The clown was stunned, and said slowly: "What you want to say is that you not only know that I lost to you on purpose, but also cooperate with me on purpose, that you can actually beat me in every game of clown chess?"

"Of course not." Li Cha shook his head. "I'm not as good as you in clown chess. At least in a short period of time, I can't beat you. The chess I'm talking about is another kind of chess."

"Another kind of chess, what kind of chess?"

"Gobang." Li Cha replied.

"Gobang?" The clown was surprised, "What kind of chess is this?"

"It's a very simple game." Li Cha picked up the black and white pieces and said, "There is only one rule of this game: the two sides play separately, and the side that first has five pieces in a line wins. By the way, the place where the pieces are placed is not Inside the grid, it is the intersection of horizontal and vertical lines, such as this." As he spoke, Li Cha set up the chess pieces.

The rules are indeed simple, Li Cha just waved them around, and the clown understood—in fact, as long as he can count and his eyes are not blind, he will definitely understand.

But the rules are so simple, it makes the clown a little suspicious: "You really want to play this kind of chess with me... which is simpler than real fighting beast chess?"

"right."

"Then who will go first?"

"I'll go first." Richard said, picked up a black chess piece and put it on the board, and gave a familiar answer.

"Is there any explanation for this?" The clown asked with twinkling eyes.

"Of course there is an explanation." Li Cha replied, "The rule of backgammon is that the person holding the black stones goes first. As for who holds the black stones first, there are many ways to judge. But the most important point is that whoever wears the clown mask will go first." Holding sunspots is prohibited."

"Huh?" Hearing Li Cha's words, the clown couldn't help but say, "The last rule wasn't something you added just now, did it, passer-by?"

"But it doesn't matter, it's just like you said before, 'those who sit on the west side, the clown moves first'." Li Cha spread his hands, "If you think it's unfair, Mr. Clown, you can take off your mask.

Then hold sunspots. "

"Forget it." The clown said, "It's fine for me to hold white pieces, but I think holding white pieces is more advantageous."

"you sure?"

"Sure."

"Okay then, please." Li Cha waved his hand.

The clown didn't speak any more, took a white chess piece after thinking about it, and placed it next to Li Cha's chess piece. After Li Cha saw it, he almost didn't think about it, and immediately picked up the second black piece and placed it beside the clown's white piece.

In this way, two black and one white pieces form a right triangle, which looks like an abstract small crescent.

The clown was a little surprised that Li Cha played chess so neatly. After all, when he was playing clown chess before, even if he was very familiar with the moves, he would only make a move after thinking for a long time. Now Li Cha's actions made him a little suspicious, whether there would be something tricky.

So the clown thought for a long time before carefully placing the second white pawn.

As a result, as soon as the clown's chess pieces fell, Li Cha's black chess pieces followed, almost in no particular order.

The clown looked at Li Cha, who just made another gesture of invitation.

"Well--"

The clown looked back at the chessboard and fell into deep thought. He couldn't see any traps in Li Cha's moves, but out of caution, he chose to block the way that Li Cha might form a line of five pieces.

Then……

"Snapped!"

Li Cha made another move, but he still didn't seem to think about it.

The clown twisted his body a little bit, a little irritable and uneasy, but he couldn't figure out where his emotions were coming from. He took a deep breath, and walked patiently with Li Cha.

"Crack, clap, clap..."

The chess pieces kept falling.

The clown had to think for a while before making a move, but Li Cha made the move immediately.

That's it, about three minutes later.

"Snapped!"

Just after the clown dropped a hand, Li Cha immediately followed up with another hand, and then said: "Mr. Clown, you lost."

"Well, lost?" The clown was stunned, unable to believe, "Where did I lose? Now on the chessboard, you don't seem to have five pieces in a line at any place."

"Indeed." Li Cha didn't deny it, and pointed somewhere, "but here are two intersecting three-piece connections. No matter which end you choose to block, I will form a five-piece connection within three steps .”

"This—" the clown dragged his tone and looked seriously at the position that Li Cha was pointing at. He was not stupid. After watching for a while, he understood the mystery, and said calmly, "It seems that I did lose. I didn't expect it to be so simple. How could I suddenly lose the chess pieces without knowing why?"

"Actually, it has nothing to do with the rules of chess pieces. As long as you choose to play backgammon with me, you will definitely lose." Richard said, "This is more absolute than if I play clown chess with you."

"Impossible." The clown didn't believe it.

"Then we can play another game." Richard said.

"Okay." The clown agreed.

"Then Mr. Clown, are you going to take off your mask this time and go first with Heizi?" Li Cha asked, "I kindly remind you that you will never win if you don't take off your mask."

"Passers-by, don't be so absolute." The clown grabbed a white pawn and said quietly, "Maybe after this game, you have to think about how to take back your words."

"Alright then." Li Cha didn't say any more, picked up the black chess piece and landed it on the board.

The clown followed the chess piece, but at the moment of falling, he paused for a moment, as if he realized something, he did not place it under Li Cha's chess piece as before, but placed it diagonally above Li Cha's chess piece.

Li Cha immediately followed and dropped the second piece. Although it seemed that he didn't think about it, the piece was different from the previous game. It landed obliquely below the first piece, and aligned with the white piece at a point.

From this point of view, the three chess pieces still form a right-angled triangle. Compared with the triangle in the first set, the volume has doubled, like a bigger moon.

The clown set the chessboard for a long while, carefully thinking about the possible follow-up moves, and then made the second white stone, and Li Cha immediately made the third black stone.

The clown landed the third white stone, and Li Cha landed the fourth black stone.

...

There is a lot of trouble.

But this time, it only took more than two minutes for Li Cha to announce the result: "Mr. Clown, you lost again." As he spoke, he pointed at a corner of the chessboard.

The clown looked and immediately saw a cross triplet similar to the previous game.

this!

The eyes under the clown's mask widened slightly.

Li Cha didn't seem to notice, put away the chess pieces neatly, raised his head and asked, "Will there be a third game?"

"Come on!" The clown said in a deep voice.

"Okay." Li Cha said, making a move quickly, and the clown followed suit.

"Papa..."

In a blink of an eye, it was two minutes later.

This time, before Li Cha could speak, the clown said by himself: "It seems like I lost again, right?"

"Yes." Li Cha gave the answer, "Are you still here?"

"Come on!" The clown's voice sounded like it was squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Okay." Li Cha nodded, cleaned up the chessboard, and made another move.

Two minutes later.

Clown: "Come again!"

Two minutes later.

Clown: "Come again!"

Two minutes later.

Clown: "Come again!"

The same process is repeated continuously, as if there is some kind of disorder in time...

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