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Chapter Fourteen The Deadly Invitation

Suzu ran dozens of meters along the side of the ship, but did not meet anyone.

Of course, he didn't want to meet anyone.

He soon found a lifeboat, unzipped the cable and put it down.

However, just as he was about to climb over the guardrail of the boat and jump down...

"I advise you not to do this." A familiar voice came from behind him.

Sho's movements also paused.

"All the lifeboats on the ship, including the two helicopters parked at the stern, have been rigged." Seeing that Suzu had not yet come down from the guardrail, Ah Xiu added, "Even if you jump on that lifeboat now, you will not be able to return to the shore alive."

"Ha..." Suo smiled, and he turned back to the deck and looked at Ah Xiu and said, "Actually... I am quite confident in my water nature. With the premise of seeing the coastline, I feel like I can try swimming."

"Okay." A Xiu smiled, "Don't talk about those useless things. If you have anything to know, just ask. I will tell you without reservation this time."

"That's good..." Suo shrugged, "Then let's start with the question of...'Who are you'?"

When Ah Xiu pretended to be Ryunosuke, Suzu asked him about this question, but when asked again, the meaning was different.

Upon hearing this, Ah Xiu nodded and replied calmly: "My name is Yuexiabu Mitsuhide, who is one of the 'two legends' of Hanyu Town... the winner and loser."

"You said..." Suzu's expression couldn't help but change, "...what?"

"It's a bit strange, right?" A Xiu replied with a smile, "Don't worry, you will understand as soon as I explain..." He paused for a few seconds and said again, "I am a capable person. Although I am only a rank, my abilities are very interesting. I call it cognitive correction."

Just hearing these four words, Suo had already guessed something, but he didn't interrupt, just listened quietly.

"I can modify a concept in other people's cognition within a certain limit." Ah Xiu continued, "For example, I can make a person who has never entered the mountains think he is a mountaineering expert; I can also make a screenwriter or director who has no talent thinks he is a movie master admired by the world; I can even make a person think that cabbage is a fruit rather than a vegetable..."

"Then you make people all over the world think you are their father, aren't you invincible?" Suo finally couldn't help but complain.

"I think too, but it's a pity that it doesn't work..." A Xiu replied, "I have already said that the correction needs to be carried out within a certain limit. If you want a person to think that he can climb a mountain, first of all, he needs to know what 'mountain climbing' is; if you want a person to think that he is good at making movies, first of all, he needs to make 'movies'... In addition, there are some too outrageous perceptions that are completely different from objective facts, which cannot be modified. For example, I cannot make the elderly think that he is a child, cannot make men think that he is a woman, and cannot make the world think that I am their father."

"Then just use 'multiple modification' to create a logical chain?" Suzu's reaction was very fast and he immediately thought of a solution.

"I naturally know this," Ah Xiu said, "However... my ability is used on at most three people at the same time, and I can only modify one cognition on each person." He spread his hands, "When my ability level is higher, I may be able to do what you said, but now..."

Suzu continued: "So, the cognitive modification you made to me is..."

"'Su Wuhuan is the winner'." Ah Xiu took the other party's words and thought, "That's all."

Suzu thought for a while and asked, "When did you use your abilities on me?"

"It was when I met you in the mahjong hall." Ah Xiu replied, "Although you don't know me, I know you..."

"Well, I'm just about to ask you." Suo asked again, "Since I'm not the 'winner', who am I?"

"The people on Dao'er call you 'Faokao', because wherever you go, you will lose all your money." A Xiu replied.

"Oh? I'm also a person with a font size." Suzuo smiled and said without a smile, "Then aren't you afraid that someone will recognize me and call me my nickname in person?"

"There is no possibility at all." Ah Hide said, "because... you have been under my control since you were caught in Ryunosuke's mansion."

As he narrated, some details that had happened in the past few weeks flashed before Satoshi's eyes.

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"Then... I'll recommend it to you. This is one of the 'two legends' of Hanyu Town, known as the 'winner and loser'."

"Let me introduce... This is the 'winner' of Hanyucho, Sasuko Wuhuan."

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"I have 'introduced' people you meet in the mansion; people from Ryunosuke' must not know you, and most of those experts have only heard of the names of 'winners and 'hoku', but have never seen the people behind the names." Ah Xiu said, "Even if there are really one or two people who recognize you, it doesn't matter. I just use 'cognitive modification' to them."

"What should I do when I get on this ship?" Suo continued, "There are many experts here. Apart from me, you can only change the perception of two people. If more than two people recognize me..."

"Those who can recognize you are all people on Dao'er..." A Xiu interrupted without hearing him finish his words, "And in the highest game, every player can only bring one gambler with him, that is to say... Tonight, all the experts on this ship are 'opposition' and 'isolated'; not to mention that those gamblers must follow their employers and cannot walk around at will, even if someone recognizes you and comes to talk to you specifically, there will be only one person at that time."

At this point, he paused for a moment and said, "Of course, as you said, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of something... some extreme occasional situations are unpredictable, so..." Ah Xiu looked at Suo and said in a deep voice, "From the moment you got on the boat, until the time you and Hopkins and the others sat down to play mahjong, I have never left you for a second, and are always ready to deal with those sudden situations."

Upon hearing this, Suzu seemed to understand... why even when he was smoking outside Ryunosuke's cabin, Ah Xiu was with him.

"Ah... I've convinced you." Suzu said, "Then you can remove your abilities from me now, right?"

"Yes." A Xiu replied, "That's what I planned."

Before he finished speaking, Suo found that he had recovered his original cognition and remembered the fact that he was not the winner.

"It's very interesting, right?" A Xiu smiled when he saw the other person's expression, "Although his cognition has changed twice, if I didn't tell you the information just now, you wouldn't even realize that you had hit me."

"It's really a convenient ability..." Suo said, "There is no sign of whether it is used or removed. You, a guy, will definitely rule the world when you become a Cowherd."

"Haha..." Ah Xiu really thought this sentence was funny, "If I have nothing to do in the future, I will consider your proposal."

"I almost understand what I have about me," said Suzu, "but... what's the name of Ryunosuke Arai's death, and this 'highest game'?"

Ah Xiu had previously said that he would answer Suga's questions "unreservedly", so he also made great promises to repeat the "highest game" related matters, namely what Syndicate said in the banquet hall.

Then he said, "...As for Ryunosuke Arai, he should be one of the keys to this plan.

"Although he has long been judged as useless and incompetent by the Lord, the resources he has are what we need to use in the future.

"You should also imagine that the old guys in the cabinet are all a group of scheming foxes. They are very considerate in cultivating and protecting their children, and it is very difficult to find a breakthrough.

"The reason we target Ryunosuke is precisely because... Among all the descendants of the Tokusuke of the Cabinet, he is the only one who is likely to come to the Four-Leaf Crocodile to make an appointment."

Suzu interrupted at this time, "Oh~ So... the game is held locally in Sakurano Mansion to increase his chance of taking the bait?"

"Yes." Ah Xiu replied, "Even so, he almost failed to come. Fortunately, he got on the boat at the last moment."

Suo curled his lips: "I finally got on the boat, why did you kill him?"

"Didn't I say that he is incompetent and useless." Ah Xiu said, "All we want is the convenience brought by the identity of 'Ryunosuke Arai, but we don't need him."

Suzu's mind was really fast. When he finished listening to this sentence, he had already guessed: "You... are you looking for someone to pretend to be him?"

"That's right." A Xiu replied.

This affirmative answer relieved Shizuo's many doubts, and he began to understand why Ryunosuke's body was thrown away in the cabin so casually.

"Well..." Suo pondered for a while, sorted out the whole thing again in his mind, and then said, "Then... there are only the last few questions left..." He looked at Ah Xiu, "Why did you leave me to live and tell me about these things?

"Hanzuka is also yours... In this case, when Ryunosuke comes to this ship, you can kill him immediately, right? Anyway, you should have prepared the ability to replace him.

"Let's go back, from the beginning, there is no need to invite me to be Ryunosuke's partner, right? Just find a guy like Igarashi or Ghost Staff to be his partner, and then you get on the ship and Ryunosuke's partner, just kill them together?"

"You are right." Ah Xiu said, "That's my original plan, but..." He smiled meaningfully at Suzu, "...you have changed my mind."

He put his hands in his pockets, walked slowly, and continued, "I met you by chance; the two bets I arranged that night were just a "show" that I was going to show Ryunosuke.

"But your performance... was much beyond my expectations.

"At first, I thought you were similar to those guys with nicknames such as 'fierce luck' and 'indefeated'. They were all very famous, but in fact they were just Er's products. Unexpectedly... 'Farewell' is truly worthy of the name."

Speaking of this, Ah Xiu stopped and looked at Suo and said, "Suo Jun, you are the strongest gambler I have ever met. It is to 'confirm' your strength again that I have worked hard to let Ryunosuke live for a few more hours... I gambled with you this night."

"ho~" Suzu took out a cigarette, lit it for himself, and responded in an indifferent tone, "This is what comes from a colleague... no, from the mouth of the legendary 'winner', which really makes me flattered."

"What's wrong?" A Xiu continued without comment. "The word 'win and lose' has a wide meaning and is not limited to the field of gambling. The 'win and loser'... is not necessarily the strongest gambler."

"Anyway..." Suzu turned his head and looked at the scenery on the sea, "You seem to have won the 'game' today."

"Ah, I've done it 90%." Ah Xiu replied, "I'm still one more time... I'm convinced you to join us and join the army of the Lord."

"If I understand correctly..." Suo spitted a cigarette, "Furo... I already 'know so much'. If I don't agree to your request, I'm afraid there will be a dead end."

"Yes." Ah Xiu replied calmly, "So, from a personal perspective, I strongly recommend... before giving me a reply, please consider it carefully."

"No need!" Unexpectedly, Suo replied almost without thinking, "I've told you a long time ago..." As he said that, he suddenly fell backwards, turned out the railings, and fell towards the sea. "I'm quite confident in my water nature!"

His long roar was finally submerged in the sound of falling into the water.

"Oh." A Xiu looked at this scene without showing any surprise, but just sighed.

A few seconds later, the figure of Hanazuka appeared from a corner behind Ah Xiu.

"I'll do it?" Hanakazuka spoke, still so concisely.

"Yes." A Xiu nodded, "Be more careful." After that, he left.

Hanakazuka is obviously also a capable person, and his ability is called strength.

This kind of simple, direct-to-extreme ability will have various incredible methods of application after reaching a certain level.

For example, at the moment, Hanazuka was standing on the side of the ship, looking at the sea below and the sap swimming hard on the sea, and punching him in the air.

Suzuki indeed swam very quickly, faster than the world champion among normal people. When Hanazuka punched, he was nearly a hundred meters away from the ship.

However, it is precisely because of this distance between him and the ship that Huazuo took action at will.

boom

At that moment, there was only a loud bang, and the sea with the siege as the center seemed to be hit by an invisible giant boxing with a width of more than ten meters.

Imagine the scene where you punched in a water tank filled with water... magnifying the same picture hundreds of times is the scene of Hanamatsu this time attack.

The fist ended, the sea water soared into the sky, and the waves burst into full bloom; even the cruise ship with tonnage of the Four-Leaf Crocodile was pushed a little further by the waves caused by the fist force, and was dripping with a splash of water.
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