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Chapter 17 Questions and Answers

In the eyes of those who are first exposed to the game "Guess Word Roulette", the first attack is undoubtedly unfavorable.

Because in the first round of the game, the "most" players did not have any "reliable" basis to judge the position of the bullet. At this time, shooting at their heads was just a matter of luck.

But from the perspective of probability, the probability of being shot is one-sixth, which is lower than any shot since then. There is no reason not to fight this and instead choose other options that are more unfavorable to you.

Of course, this matter is not "absolute", so I used words like "the vast majority" and "reliable".

Putting aside the "superpower cracking method", if the person who plays this game here today is Jack Anderson, then it would be safe to attack first, because as long as he holds the gun in his hand, even if the bullet inside is not installed by himself... he can know which bullet in the wheel at this moment.

Even Solid cannot reach this state, but Solid also has his own way to avoid his death in the first round of attack. He can shoot the wheel at the angle he wants with a rapid rotation, that is, use technology to directly control the position of the bullet.

However, Saka doesn't have this technology...

Various techniques, including "gambling skills", need to be practiced, and there is no shortcut. The so-called genius is just to be able to master it less than ordinary people. "If you don't practice much, you can master a technique" is nonsense unless you rely on "specific superpowers" support.

Although Suo is very smart and quick-witted, he has mastered many amazing gambling skills, but he has never practiced guns. For various guns, he is at most "knowing to use" this level, and he can't even be accurate.

What's more, revolver pistols have long been antiques in this era. Except for those that can be seen in movies, few people use this thing to fight in reality; only "fever-level players" like Jack and Soleid can master it. It is impossible for gamblers like Juan to control the position of bullets when they are "rotated and loaded".

To sum up, the shot that Sakayama fired was really a "bet", betting that he had a five-sixth chance of not dying.

If there is really a "God of Gambling" in this world, it is obvious that Suo has not been abandoned by him. He has bet... This time he pulled the trigger and no bullet was released.

So, according to the rules, Saka got the opportunity to ask a question.

"Is the thing you wrote solid?" This was his first question.

For puzzles like this, the solution is to use each question to effectively narrow the scope of the answer. Whoever can do this with the least questions to the greatest extent can lock the answers earlier.

Shizuo's initial entry point was based on the general form of matter, which can be considered a very efficient idea; for example, if the answer written by Masako was "red wine", then approaching this answer through the two questions "Is it solid?" and "Is it edible?" is a route, and it can also be approached through "Can you eat?" and "Can you drink?", but the amount of information that can be obtained by these two routes is very different.

"No." A second later, Masako gave an answer lightly and immediately responded, "And... my turn, I choose 'two."

The second option is "Don't shoot, end your own turn and ask the other party to ask yourself a question."

Therefore, Masako, who chose the second place, sat there and didn't move, and didn't even go to get the gun to put it back on the table.

"Then I'll continue to ask." Suzu said again, "Is the things you wrote liquid?"

"No." Masako once again gave a negative answer.

Then, it was time for Saku to make a decision again. At this time, Saku found that the situation had become worse than the previous round, because the probability of swallowing bullets by himself now changed from one-sixth to one-fifth, and there was still no basis to judge the position of the bullets.

"I choose two too." It is impossible to do things that are lucky again and again, so Shizuo also chose to give in this time.

"Ha..." Masako smiled, "Okay, then I'll ask you... Are the things you wrote solid?"

She imitated Suga's problem without hesitation.

"Yes." And what Saka wrote is indeed solid.

After this question, although Masako asked one less question than Shizuo, she was a little ahead of the way closer to the answer... Maybe it was more than just "a little".

"Oh." After receiving the reply, Masako responded casually and continued, "I will choose the second one in this round, please ask."

"Hey... pause for a moment." Suzu interrupted at this time, "I said... If we only choose two in each round, wouldn't it become a game where we take turns asking each other's questions? Let's see who can shoot four shots in a row if we guess the answer first?"

"Yes." Masako said, "but no one forced you to choose the second with me. If you want to win faster, just shoot yourself in the head."

She made sense. Although she chose the second one, she did not need to shoot herself in the head, but she could not get close to the other party's answer. Instead, she would make the other party closer to her.

But the problem is that in the early stages of this game, both sides are still far from the answer. If one party keeps choosing two while the other party keeps shooting, at most six rounds, the party who fires the shot will undoubtedly die.

To put it another way, in the case of "back attack", as long as you have confidence and you will not be guessed if you are asked ten consecutive questions, you can indeed choose two to narrow the other party's survival probability.

In this way, even if the opponent is extremely lucky, he will not die if he chooses "one" in the first five rounds (i.e., shoot his head and ask the opponent a question). In the sixth round, the opponent must change the options.

So what are the options for the first attack at this time?

Knowing that the next shot will fire, choosing one is suicide, which is impossible; choosing two will enter the rhythm of both parties not firing and asking each other; choosing three "re-turning the chamber again, and then shooting two shots at your head. If you don't die, ask the other party two questions", it means fighting luck again, and fighting naturally makes a big profit, and not fighting will also die; choosing four "check the position of the bullet, put it back intact, let the other party ask yourself two questions, and when it's your turn, you can only choose 'one' or 'three'" is equivalent to sending the opponent two questions in exchange for one question (assuming the opponent still chooses two in the next round), and then you still have to go back to "three". It's better to choose two directly.

"Well..." Taking advantage of the short interval between eating and drinking, Shizuo quickly settled the accounts. He put down his chopsticks and continued, "So... Sister Masako, your strategy has been to turn this game into a situation where both parties ask each other questions, and then at the starting point of "let the other party ask ten questions first", you are still confident that you can win, right?"

"It's almost the same." Masako replied, "But I've never been ahead of this game until now. No one, including you, will shoot the most extreme "five shots" in the head at the 'current stage'. Most people will change their choice after firing one or two shots, that is, continue to choose two like me.

"Until... the question I asked was getting closer to their answer, they began to panic, and at this time they didn't even dare to choose "four", because choosing four would have to give me two additional questions; so many people would choose "one" again to compete, or simply choose "three" and bet on the big one..."

When Suo heard this, he laughed dryly: "Ha, I'll ask... Most of the people who have played this game with you have killed themselves, or are they shot by you?"

"Sakako... the bets that can sit here and bet against this palace must naturally have corresponding value." Masako drank the drink and answered the question in a relaxed tone, "One or two lives are nothing compared to the chips placed on this table."

"I understand..." But Suzu also understood what she meant, "Then let me guess it boldly... Do you still deliberately do not 'guess the answer' when you already know the 'answer', but instead ask super accurate questions around the correct answer to put pressure on your opponent and force the opponent to break yourself up?"

"Ah~ Sakako, how could you think of me as bad as this?" Masako said so, but there was a malice in the corners of her eyebrows and tone, and a meaningful smile was also on the corners of her mouth, "Do I look like this?"

Suzu also sneered, without taking any revenge.

Two seconds later, he looked solemn and continued, "Let's go ahead... Since you're still choosing the second one, I'll ask..." He then asked a question that seemed to be nonsense, "Is the things you wrote about gas?"

Shizuo's first two questions have confirmed that the things Masako wrote are neither solid nor liquid, so it is logically only gas objects, so this third question seems to be unnecessary.

However……

"No." Masako actually gave another negative answer.

And this answer did not surprise Suzu.

In the conversation just now, Suzu had already vaguely noticed that the reason why Masako was so confident in question and answer was probably because the answer to the riddle she wrote was very, very difficult to guess, and it could even be said that it was almost impossible to guess.

So, what kind of "noun" meets such conditions? It must be something that some normal people cannot use at all and will not think about in that direction.

First of all, the answer to the level of "you draw, I guess" is that things or words that are very common in daily life can be directly excluded; secondly, according to the game rules, abstract things like "friendship" and "happiness" cannot be used, and excluded; in addition, abbreviations and polysynonyms cannot be used, such as "cpu", "to", or even "dvd"...

Based on these factors, Sakao also asked "Is it gas?", but the result... it is really not.

At this point, Suzuka and Masako started a question-and-answer game. For a long time, both sides chose the second option "Don't shoot, let the other party ask a question."

Masako's second question started with the volume of the solid object: "Does the volume of the thing you wrote be less than or equal to one cubic meter?"

"yes."

Juan’s fourth question: “Is what you write a kind of sport?”

"no."

Masako's third question: "Is what you write generally edible?"

"no."

Shin’s fifth question expands the concept: “Is what you write a game?”

"No." But it was still denied.

Masako's fourth question: "Did the things you write be processed?"

"Yes." Masako approached the answer again.

Shin’s sixth question changed the direction of the question: “Does what you write refer to a certain group?”

"No." Still fruitless.

Masako's fifth question: "Are the things you write daily necessities?"

"no."

Juan's seventh question, expanding the scope again: "Is what you write a certain activity?"

"no."

Masako's sixth question: "Are you writing something for entertainment?"

"Yes." She made progress again.

Jue’s eighth question: “What you wrote…no, should you say your answer is a medical term?”

His question made Masako hesitate for about half a second for the first time when she answered: "Yes."

But Masako did not show any panic because of this problem, and she still seemed at ease.

"Tsk..." Suzu curled his lips, "It's indeed this type of damage..."

"You are very good, Sakako." After a breath, Masako praised with a leisurely expression, "You are the first person to think of 'medical terms' within ten questions."

"So someone thought of it before?" Suzu did not miss any opportunity to test.

"Of course." Masako said, "but... when most people ask this, their answers will almost be revealed by me."

Suzuka continued, "Then am I okay?"

"Better," Masako said, "Actually, I have roughly guessed what you wrote. You are very smart... The answer to your riddle also takes a lot of questions to lock, but I am confident that I will still be faster than you."

At this moment, although I haven't asked that step yet, Masako already has a guess in her mind that the answer to Suga is a book.

And this speculation was indeed hit, and the answer to the mystery written by Suga was "The New Words of the World".

This book was written in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and there were more than one author. If the questioner narrowed the scope according to the dynasty and the author, he would usually ask whether the ancient or modern times first, and then start to exclude the five major dynasties, the Han Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period... Even if you ask "before or later" as "there are no more priority" when asking the author, the ideas may be affected by the inertial thinking of "there is only one author", which will waste a lot of problems.

It can be said that the answer to Sakaki's mystery is also quite difficult.

However, compared with "medical terms", he is a slight... In terms of professionalism, popularity, complexity and refinement of classification, medical terms can be said to be a hell-level existence in the word guessing game. Even if you find a professional medical practitioner, it will take a lot of "problems" to screen a specific medical term. For non-professionals, this is simply impossible to complete.

Of course, this "word guessing roulette" game also has certain rules and restrictions in this regard. If you really write a noun that the other party has never even heard of, it is not allowed; so Masako must have written a word that an outsider has heard of, just like the title of the book written by Saka is also a widely known book... Otherwise, he would randomly write a weird name he saw on the local stall, and that would be invincible.

"Since that's the case... I won't choose the second one in this round." After hearing Masako's words, Shizuo picked up the gun again, "I'll choose the fourth one!"

As he said that, he pushed out the wheel of the gun in his hand, confirmed the position of the bullet, and pushed it back intact.

"I am a professional gambler. Before I was forced into a desperate situation, I thought of using the number of questions I could still sell to gain more living space for myself." Masako still seemed very calm, "I sincerely hope that the bullets in the wheel will be more than three shots away from you, otherwise your choice this round will be a big loss."

Suo was not happy at all when he heard this, and only felt harsh; because he just opened the wheel and found that the next bullet groove was the one with the bullet... While he was depressed, he was also glad that he had no impulse just now. If he shot his head again at a fifth chance in the second round, he would be hit.

However, his current operation was also very poor; since he chose "four" in this round, he could only choose "one" and "three" when it was his turn next time. When he saw the bullet position, he knew that choosing "one" would be dead, so he could only choose "three" and one path, and "three" was not that safe. After all, after re-turning the chamber, he had to shoot two shots in the head, and the probability of hitting the bullet was also very high.
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