Chapter 32: A Cruel Gamble
Since Leah didn't mind him lying, Tang Yi didn't bother to ask Leah why she wasn't angry, and after laughing a lot, Leah finally remembered what was going on and became impatient again.
"Tang Yi, don't joke with you, that gamble is really terrible."
Tang Yi also put away his hippie smile and responded seriously: "Then you can talk about it in detail, I'll hear if there is any way to crack it." β
Leah thought for a moment and began to organize the language, "Actually, I have only heard about all the things about the gambling game, and it is rumored that this gambling game first appeared fifty years ago, after the military coup d'Γ©tat in the country, because the literati at that time were dissatisfied with the many atrocities committed by General Barr in the course of the coup, so they instigated students to strike and demonstrate. β
Tang Yi didn't expect that this matter would be related to the turmoil of the country in the past, which was not a good thing.
"General Barr took a tough crackdown on the students' riots, and it was from then on that the state began to re-use military force."
"Later, the literati engaged in art wrote some stage plays, songs and other performances that satirized General Barr, and many students participated, and General Barr was furious, but for various reasons, he did not dare to round up the students, so a staff officer named 'Vegas' proposed a plan to General Barr, that is, to secretly let the military students in various schools and the more radical students set up a prank gamble in which anyone could participate."
"This gamble targets all the troublesome students, and how often does a student go crazy? How long will it take to be stupid? How long does it take to become disabled? How long does it take to die? β
Speaking of this, Tang Yi frowned, and Leah's tone became sad.
"Due to the huge prize money of the gambling game, coupled with the promotion of well-intentioned people, those who are on the gambling list are suddenly subjected to teasing and attacks from classmates and even friends."
"So the students who oppose General Barr no longer have the energy to make trouble, because they have to be on guard at all times and everywhere for guns and arrows from all sides."
Speaking of this, Gadot on the side also interjected with rare mood swings: "I heard that many students died in this gambling game at that time, and this gambling game has been called 'Vegas gambling game since then'. β
Leah stroked the bangs on her forehead and continued: "Because the Vegas gambling game is ostensibly a prank made by some classmates, coupled with the connivance of the national military, and several teachers with a sense of justice are also miserable after being on the gambling list, no one dares to stop interfering. β
"Later, as the situation stabilized and the cowardly compromise with the literati, the Vegas gamble was launched less and less, but as long as it was initiated, it was still very cruel."
At this point, Tang Yi knew the origin of this Vegas gamble and understood the political factors, but it was not something he could change, what he cared about was how to deal with this damn gamble that was innocently involved.
"Do you know the detailed rules of this Vegas game?"
This time, it was Gadot who narrated for Tang Yi: "The specific rules are not very clear, but the key is to know which of the gambling games that Jones opened for you, if it is to make you crazy or stupid, then it is not allowed to attack your body directly, you can only use various methods to trick you." β
"But if it's to maim or kill you, then beware of anyone's covert attacks."
I'm a sun, Tang Yi now understands why Tim lives so secretly, it turns out that he doesn't let himself have the opportunity to provoke right and wrong, but why didn't Tim explain these things directly on the first day? Is it ill-intentioned? But it doesn't look like it.
"Hehe", Gadot suddenly sneered, but this sneer was not aimed at Tang Yi, and with a certain emotion that dared to be angry and dare not speak.
"Is this still a school? It's hell, and the country is also a prison without any freedom, and sooner or later it will perish. β
Perhaps Gadot's feelings are the voices of all literati and artists in this country, but Tang Yi can't feel it, because he has never had any artistic cells in his bones.
"By the way, Gadot, since Jones can open a bet against me, can I also open a bet against him?"
"Of course, today's Vegas gambling game has long become worse, in addition to being a toy for those rich students to entertain, it can also be used to settle personal feuds, as long as you have more money than Jones, first pay 100,000 gold coins to the school's 'National Military Material Donation Office', and then pay 100,000 gambling start-up funds."
Two hundred thousand gold coins? you, you can't get so much money if you sell your master, it's good that he can pick out fifty gold coins from his whole body now, and the income of a medium-sized family is less than 10,000 gold coins a year.
Hey? Speaking of this, Tang Yi suddenly had an idea, sat up from the bed, and asked, "How can other people participate in this Vegas gambling game?" And how do you make money from it? β
"I heard that after setting the project of the gambling game, outsiders can bet on the time limit of the outcome, for example, the gambling project is to turn you into a fool, then others will bet that you are seven days, ten days, or half a month such a time and date, the shorter the time, the greater the odds, and for those who directly turn you into a fool, you can reward half of the starting capital of the gambling game, that is, 50,000 gold coins."
50,000 gold coins! How heavy is that? Can two sacks fit?
After listening to Gadot's words, Tang Yi rubbed his chin and began to roll his eyes, and at a glance, he knew what the hell he was thinking.
It's a pity that Gadot poured a scoop of cold water on him immediately after, "Tang Yi, I advise you not to have the idea of pretending to be crazy and stupid, because then you will not only be dropped out of school, but also sent to an insane asylum." β
I'm going to strangle the sun, don't you want to be so desperate!
Tang Yi, who had broken hope, fell back into bed.
"Bang, bang."
"Oops"
The room, which had been quiet again, suddenly sounded the sound of a broken window, and a stone smashed the glass and hit Gadot's back sitting by the window, which immediately made Gadot let out an exclamation.
Tang Yi got up and bounced to the window from the bed, and saw four boys standing downstairs through the cracked window, one of them kept tossing the stones in his hand, while the other three pointed at Tang Yi and said something.
Tang Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, turned to look at Gadot, who had been pulled aside by Lia, and asked in a deep voice.
"Are there any injuries?"
Gadot shook his head, and Leah helped Gadot rub his back while smiling helplessly, "Tang Yi, I'm afraid the Vegas gamble has begun." β