About ten minutes later.

"Your minister is stopped by my soldiers, your knight is surrounded by my lions and elephants, your king is thirteen squares away, your clown is stuck in the corner of the monkey and the farmer, now I just have to push the leopard forward......"

As he spoke, the clown picked up the white clown chess pieces belonging to Richard, threw them outside the chessboard, and said slowly: "Passerby, you seem to have lost." ”

"Definitely. Richard listened to the Joker's words and nodded, no annoyance, no surprise. To be honest, if he wins, then there is a problem, after all, he hasn't even fully understood the rules, how can he not lose?

But......

Richard looked up, looked at the clown, and said, "One more game." ”

"Good. The clown gladly accepted, quickly set up the pieces, and moved the pieces.

"Bang ......"

The chess pieces are picked up, the chess pieces are dropped, and the sound of dialogue rings from time to time.

“...... My tiger caught your chimpanzee, passerby ......"

“...... Mr. Clown, but my knight arrived at the ...... right away."

“...... It doesn't matter, I still have elephants......"

“...... Then I have a lion ...... too."

“...... Passerby, warn you, your number of animal chess pieces in this area is almost overrun, and if you want to cause a small beast tide, you will lose a lot, and this is how you lost last time......"

“...... Thank you Mr. Clown for reminding me, I did it on purpose. ”

The clown was stunned for a moment, looked up and said, "Huh?

"Yes, deliberately. Richard said, pushing the lion's pawn forward, "The beast tide ignores our enemies and will block this area. This way your superior forces will be separated from the main battlefield, and my squad of human pawns will be able to cut in from here and capture the clown who has your last life left......"

"But my clown can go this way. ”

"Your animal, the pawn, the bison, is blocking the way. ”

"I can remove the bison and put it here. ”

"Very well, in this case, the number of your animal pieces will also cross the line, and the resulting beast tide will cause your clown pieces to be blocked in the corner. My knight chess pieces jump here, and then you're ...... He's dead. Well, you're dead...... Your own pawns, your own strengths, killed yourself, and that's it, Mr. Joker. ”

As he spoke, Richard picked up the black clown chess piece and placed it off the board.

"It's-"

The clown froze.

After being stunned for a long time, the clown spoke up and said slowly: "It's really a bit surprising that you won a game so quickly, and in this way." Now, we have one win and one loss, and we have a draw. If you want to tell the winner, then ...... And the next set. What do you think, passerby?" said the clown, looking at Richard.

Richard did not refuse, and made a gesture of invitation.

"Good. The clown nodded, set up his pieces again, and returned the many black and white pieces to their original positions, and moved again.

This time, the clown looked much more serious, and his offensive was much stronger, and he frequently mobilized his chess pieces at the beginning of the game, dividing into several ways to advance towards Richard's chess pieces.

Richard struggled to hold up the defenses, but was eventually defeated and was breached by the Joker's subtle manipulation. Next, the Joker begins to eat like crazy without any emotion, leaving no chance for Richard to fight back.

"Your elephant is dead. ”

"Your tiger is dead. ”

"Your vizier is dead. ”

"Your clown died the first time, and he's going to die a second time. ”

As the Joker spoke, he threw the captured pieces out of the board, and the chessboard became empty little by little, and both the Joker and Richard's pieces were decreasing, but the Joker's pieces were decreasing much slower.

So by the time half of the Joker's black pieces were left, Richard's pieces were already few. By the time the Joker's pieces were a third of the way down, Richard's pawns were left with a lone clown.

Richard controls the last clown chess piece to move constantly, and is eventually surrounded by clusters.

"It's over, it's a win with absolutely no surprises. The clown spoke up and announced the result, "It's two to one now, and I won." ”

Richard shrugged his shoulders and clapped his hands politely: "Mr. Clown is really good." ”

"Actually, you're pretty good, too. The clown looked over and said in a gentle voice, "It is rare to be able to quickly familiarize yourself with the rules and win the second set, and it belongs to the smart people among the smart people." But ......" At the end, the clown paused slightly.

Richard raised his eyebrows, realized that the point was coming, and said, "Mr. Clown seems to want to say something?"

"Well, I have some feelings. ”

"What is it?"

When the clown heard this, he looked at him with a serious gaze: "What I want to say is that you are obviously very intelligent, far superior to many people. But the wiser you are, the more humble you should be. After all, a person's wisdom is limited, and it is impossible to know everything, nor can he solve everything by his own wisdom alone.

Just like the clown chess we just played, you might win a game, but you still lose by a big score, and that's an example of that. In the face of this situation, I think it is necessary for you to look at everything around you with a relatively low attitude. What do you think?"

"I think?" said Richard, chuckling, "I think I've heard Mr. Clown somewhere." Well, let me think about it, it seems like a library. ”

"Yes. The Joker's tone didn't change much, "Maybe it's a coincidence." Of course, it is also possible that this statement would have been true, and all people will keep warning you, passers-by. ”

Richard smiled but said nothing.

The clown was aware and said, "Why, passer-by, do you think that what I said is not right, and I don't agree that people should be humble?"

"Of course not. Richard shook his head, "Humility is a virtue, learning humility is progress, and I have no objection to it." It's just that I feel that it has a certain scope of application, and the current situation does not apply. ”

"Huh, doesn't that apply now?" the Joker's tone raised slightly, looking at Richard and asking, "Passerby, do you think that if you win a game of Joker without being fully familiar with the rules, you can prove your cleverness." And losing to me by a big score is because the contact time is too short and some negligence is caused, so if you give you enough time, you can completely win me, right?"

"If that's what you really think, then I have to tell you the truth. The Joker's voice became serious, "That is, you won the second game because I deliberately lost to you - I completely dominated the situation on the chessboard. You can win in any way or lose in any way if you want to, you can never beat me in clown chess. ”

Richard laughed and exclaimed, "Mr. Clown, actually...... I know you deliberately lost to me in the second set. ”

Well?