Ten Days End

I know I have tried my best to find Aries as quickly as possible.

It took me almost five hours from the time I found him disappearing from the venue to the time I found him.

But I still feel that I am late.

When we came to Aries' new game venue, the first thing we saw was Aries, who had completely changed.

He no longer had a mask, but a cold sheep face.

His suit was spotless at the moment, and just standing there gave people a great sense of oppression.

But he seemed to be in trouble, and now several "participants" were standing in front of Aries and shouting something.

"Why don't you speak?" a woman asked, "What is your game?"

The "participants" kept asking questions in front of Aries, but Aries closed his eyes slightly and said nothing.

I suddenly remembered that White Snake told us that "Aries designed a game full of loopholes and could break the rules at any time." Is he always delaying time?

"What's wrong with this Earth Sheep?" Several people in front of me whispered, "Can't he hear us?"

"Hey..." One person spoke again, "Don't be silent, "Sheep" is rare... We finally found the "Earth Sheep", can you at least let us see it?"

Aries closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, the game has been reserved by "VIPs", I can only receive them in batches, and you can't play the game before the reservation comes."

At this time, I saw that Aries' eyes were also strange, gray and white like real goats, and had dark rectangular pupils.

And... his voice seemed to have changed.

Is it because the throat structure of sheep is different from that of humans?

"Reservation...?" One person was stunned, "Your game still needs "reservation"? "

"Yes, this will be a game you have never seen before." Aries said, "I will give priority to "VIPs" instead of ordinary people. "

After saying this, Aries turned his head slightly, and his eyes just happened to pass through the crowd and saw me and Jiang Ruoxue.

"They are here." Aries said with a little reassurance, "Now everyone please wait a moment, you can participate in the next batch of games."

Jiang Ruoxue and I hurried through the crowd to Aries. He nodded slightly to us, then turned around and opened the door of the building.

After entering the door, we found that this seemed to be a bank of considerable size. The center of the building had been cleared, leaving an empty small square.

In the center of the square, there are twelve wooden animal statues placed from left to right, and there is a table in front of each statue.

Two vertical lines are drawn on the table, dividing the tabletop into three parts, which are written as "win", "lose", and "kill".

Among them, "win" and "lose" occupy the largest area, and "kill" occupies the smallest area.

The order of the animal statues is from rat to pig, and it seems that all the twelve zodiac animals are included.

There are three lights at the bottom of each zodiac statue, one red, one white, and one green.

At the counter of the bank in the distance, there was a display screen hanging above it. This display screen was staring at the twelve zodiac statues like an eagle hovering in the sky.

"Aries..." I came back to my senses and shouted, "Are we here early?"

"Anyway, we are not too late." Aries said, "If you hadn't shown up, I would have been carried away by the "Suzaku" today, after all, my game venue was chosen at the intersection with the largest number of "participants."

"I don't quite understand..." Jiang Ruoxue stretched and said, "You are so smart, why don't you just design a stable "earth-level game"? Do you have to take the risk and wait for the two of us to come?"

"Fortune is sought in danger." Aries said, "High risks naturally have high rewards. Now most "earth-level" games either use sophisticated mechanisms or let the "zodiac" participate in person. The first is safer, but the results are slow. The second can speed up the progress, but it will also put oneself in a dangerous situation. Because I am in a hurry, I can't choose these two methods.

"So you chose "cause and effect"? "Jiang Ruoxue looked at the twelve statues in the venue, "Are you going to make these statues have "cause and effect"? "

"It's not quite accurate to say "cause and effect." "Aries said, "I only need the simplest logical relationship."

"What logical relationship?" Jiang Ruoxue asked.

Aries walked to a "rat" statue and said, "Next, I will tell you the logic, and you choose how to cast "cause and effect." "

"Okay."

"This statue represents the "mole" closest to me." Aries said, "And I need this prop to meet the following conditions,Once the game of "Mole" begins, a white light will light up under the statue. If the "Mole" wins the game, a red light will light up alone. If the "Participant" wins, a green light will light up alone. The twelve statues in front of us are all controlled according to this logic. "

"Huh...?" Jiang Ruoxue and I were both slightly stunned after hearing this, "That's it?"

"This is the normal situation." Aries said, "There are also special situations."

"You said..." Jiang Ruoxue said.

"If the "Zodiac" dies, all three lights will light up and flash." Aries said, "The flashing time exceeds five minutes."

Jiang Ruoxue nodded after hearing this, and then walked forward to look at the lights.

"Are these lights...all connected to the wires?" She said, "I can only control "cause and effect", and there is no way to do supernatural things. If there is no electricity, these lights will not light up."

"Of course." Aries said, "All these lights are connected to the power supply, and the display screen behind me can also be used. "

"What is the display behind you for?" I asked.

"That's the second way to play this game." Aries said, "Let's add the "cause and effect" of these statues first."

"Okay, that's not difficult." Jiang Ruoxue nodded and looked back and forth at the wooden statues in front of her.

These statues are quite exquisite. Although they are carved from wood, each animal is lifelike, and even the hair is carved out.

After Jiang Ruoxue said a few words to each statue from left to right, the lights began to light up gradually.

At this moment, I feel that this bank is not just a game venue, but more like a huge chessboard.

Aries only needs to stand in this venue every day to know the situation of the twelve "zodiac signs" closest to him.

Moreover, according to this logic, even if the "zodiac sign" closest to him is gambled to death, the "zodiac sign" closest to him will become the "closest", and the game facilities will continue to take effect.

Combined with the tables placed in front of the "zodiac", I speculate that Aries's game venue is most likely a "casino".

This is an idea that looks relatively novel, but not particularly perfect.

Although I don't know what would be better, if it were Aries... he should be able to design a better game, right?