Because everyone guessed that only Igura would choose “no”, even Igura himself bet on 5 people in the guessing session, and everyone guessed correctly, so this question was directly invalidated.
“You guys…” Igura gritted his teeth.
Harvey shrugged, “There’s no way, Igura. I’m bound by the contract and can only answer honestly. It’s not that I don’t want to defend you, it’s just that my heart doesn’t allow it. In my opinion, only a slim skirt and solemn black stockings are worthy of your body.”
“Miss, I think someone is lying!” Asho raised his hand and said, “How could anyone choose ‘no’? Even Igura himself couldn’t possibly choose ‘no’, he must be cheating!”
“How do you know that it’s Igura who chose ‘no’?” Annan shook her head. “No probing for the truth allowed.”
Lis frowned as she looked at the six coins on the table.
Next, Igura was still in charge of hosting. He drew a piece of paper from the black box, his face showing obvious surprise.
“Question.”
“Would you give up everything for the one you love?”
Asho raised his hand vigorously, “Objection!”
“I didn’t object to your previous question, so why are you objecting now!” Igura scolded.
“Because my loved ones are not in this world, this question is too hypothetical for me, I don’t even know my own feelings.” Asho proudly mentioned his single status, “How about a question that’s more friendly to single people!”
Annan suddenly said, “Just because your loved ones are not in this world, doesn’t mean you don’t have loved ones.”
“But if they’re not here, how can I give up everything?”
“Then make them exist, right?” Annan smiled, “Bring the dead back to life, bring the departed to your side. For those who don’t exist, make them exist. The power of the gods can fulfill all your desires.”
Asho was stunned, a strange thought suddenly came to mind, “What if I fall in love with a virtual character in a virtual game, and I want her to appear in reality with me—”
Annan shrugged, “I think your wish is much simpler than resurrection.”
Asho blinked, he never thought wishes could be used in this way. To have the Sword Girl and the Sorcery Spirit appear by his side, and then they could start a fantastic journey together without any shame or hesitation? Have an adventurous life with three mornings and four nights?
But this thought disappeared from Asho’s mind after a turn, using a wish to find a wife was too embarrassing, and if he really dared to do so, the first thing the Sword Girl would do after descending would probably be to use the reverse-day Sorcery Spirit to save herself—using a god’s wish to find a woman? Even if it’s to find me, you can’t waste it like this! I’ve never seen such a foolish little horn like you!
But Annan’s words did remind Asho.
His loved ones from his past life were naturally not here.
But in this world, does he really not have any loved ones…?
After the answers were given, they entered the guessing phase. Asho thought for a moment, first of all, Pancake and Annan were at least normal people in civilized society, so at least one of them would choose “yes”;
Then Harvey’s reason for escaping and seeking revenge on Fenanche was because his loved one died, so he should choose “yes”;
As for Igura, it’s not that Asho was thinking like a victim and suspecting the fraudster, it’s just that the idea of “Igura giving up everything for someone else” is as unimaginable as Furia practicing abstinence.
As for little Lis, at her age, she’s in the ‘everything is mine’ state, maybe there would be a considerate little cotton jacket in this world, but recalling Lis’s behavior of sowing discord the night before, she’s at most a black-hearted cotton.
So Asho bet 2 silver coins, Igura and Harvey also bet 2, Pancake bet 3, but the most shocking were Annan and Lis: they bet 4 coins!
Asho thought they might have surrendered—how could there be so many selfless lovers among the six of us?
However, when the handkerchief was lifted, Asho was dumbfounded.
4 “yes”, 2 “no”!
Asho undoubtedly chose “no”, which means that apart from him, the self-pitying single dog, there were actually four out of the remaining five who were in the selfless camp of love!?
“A very interesting number,” Igura raised his eyebrows, “In the first question just now, there were exactly 2 selfish betrayers; in this question, there are 4 selfless ones, which happens to be the number of all of us.”
“Could the person who chose ‘no’ in this question be the potential betrayer who chose ‘yes’ just now?”
“No probing into others’ answers allowed,” Annan reminded again, “Guessing is the interesting part of this game.”If Asho hadn’t chosen “No” himself, he might have agreed with Igura’s speculation. But he is just an ordinary person who is neither willing to give everything for his loved one nor to stop at nothing for the sake of the deity’s wishes!
Do all you Sorcerers have some serious illness, loving so fiercely that you spare nothing, and hating so intensely that you kill everything, each one of you like a crazed beauty?
“Daddy, you would give everything for me, right?”
Lis shook Asho’s arm coquettishly. Asho thought to himself that this girl was just cold as ice a moment ago, and now she’s clinging again. Human children are truly incomprehensible creatures. He replied noncommittally, “Of course… of course not.”
“Daddy, you won’t even indulge a child, I feel sad for your future wife.”
“Let’s not even mention your audacity to assume you’ll have a mother in the future, isn’t there a girl in this world who doesn’t need to be coddled?”
“Daddy, you look so cool with that confidence!”
“Ah? Hahaha indeed, you have good taste.”
“See, even a big man like you needs coddling, Daddy, and you still have the nerve to ask if others need it?”
“The last question.” Igura pulled a slip of paper from the black box and said calmly, “If there were no contractual restrictions, could you sincerely cooperate with the other five?”
A meaningless question, the con artist thought.
Without contractual restrictions, who would dare to cooperate sincerely with others? Not to mention that they were all foreign jailbreakers, not only could others not trust them, but they were also full of suspicion towards each other. Annan and Pancake were also seasoned kidnapping professionals; among the six, there was hardly a single lawful character. Their collision was like a trash can meeting a dung bucket; even if they weren’t in cahoots, they were at least worthy adversaries.
They could cooperate, but they had to be prepared for betrayal, always watching their allies’ every move. If everything went smoothly, that was fine, but if something happened, they had to betray before being betrayed.
Igura once had five partners, two died in a filthy ditch, and three were caught and thrown into the Blood Moon Prison in Camon City. If it weren’t for Igura’s skill in disguise and betraying them early to attract attention, he would have been implicated long ago.
One important reason Igura ran to Camon City to open up the market was that there were too many acquaintances of his in the prison of Camon City. Those three former partners were probably eagerly waiting for him to join them in prison. Therefore, Igura simply went to Camon City to work alone, so even if he was caught, he could start over in prison—without partners to sacrifice, Igura indeed got caught in a daze.
Annan and Pancake couldn’t trust them, and they couldn’t trust each other either, so everyone would choose “No”… No, that’s not right, there was the unstable factor, Lis.
But in Igura’s view, Lis was clearly a very sensible little girl, and by sensible, he meant the antonym of ‘naive.’
The answering session ended, and everyone entered the betting phase.
“Zero.” Igura stated succinctly.
Harvey, Annan, and Pancake also bet zero. Just when Igura thought this question would be invalidated again, Lis pulled out a silver coin—
She bet one.
Everyone looked at her in unison, and the little girl proudly raised her head, showing a smile brighter than the sunshine.
Even if he knew it might be a deliberate attempt to please, even Igura was moved by the girl’s innocence.
Lis bet one, and there was only one possibility—she answered “Yes.” With her cleverness, she must have guessed that everyone else answered “No,” so she was the only one who answered “Yes.”
As a lonely girl with amnesia, she still believed in others. This kind of sincerity, without a trace of falsehood, made the con artist’s heart, which was dirty enough to grow mushrooms, feel a bit dazzled.
The others seemed to share Igura’s thoughts; the necromancer voluntarily snuffed out his catnip cigarette, the purple moth’s eyes lit up, and the butler boy’s gaze softened.
As for Asho—
He bet two.
Everyone was stunned.
Then they lifted the handkerchief to see, four “No”s, two “Yes”s.
Now, everyone looked at Asho in astonishment, Lis included.
Asho felt somewhat embarrassed by their stares: “What are you looking at, it’s not necessarily me who voted ‘Yes’!”