Mars hesitated. Under my continuous psychological attack, his spirit tended to collapse. His hand trembled as he held the chess piece, being indecisive about which one to play. Eventually, he seemed to heave a sigh of relief and placed a chess piece on the table.
I don't need to guess to know that the chess piece that made him relieved must be the leopard. It seemed that he wasn't going to play the elephant but was planning to wait for me to make a mistake. Once I thought he would play the elephant, then I would play the rat.
The rat is the weakest chess piece. Except for being able to restrain the elephant, it is no match for the leopard or the dog. My chance of winning by playing the rat now is only one-third, so I won't play it.
The red side has an absolute advantage in Dead Beast Chess. And the yellow side has the weakest rat. Even if the red side doesn't play the elephant all the time, as long as the opponent plays the rat, it's still the red side that wins.
Because the rat is not the opponent of the other four chess pieces and can only restrain the elephant. So once the yellow side mistakenly thinks the red side plays the elephant, then they will play the rat to deal with it. But if the opponent doesn't play the elephant, then it's undoubtedly a loss.
The elephant is different. As long as it's not the rat, the elephant is the strongest chess piece. Even if I play the lion, I still lose. This is the overwhelming advantage of the red side. Even for someone like me, it's extremely difficult to deal with Mars.
Because our starting points for both sides are not fair. Even if the red side plays randomly, the chance of winning is extremely high. And even if I calculate carefully, it's not that simple to defeat him.
This is already the third round, and this third round has not determined the winner. Then it will enter the fourth round. We both have only two chess pieces left in our hands now.
This is an extremely crucial round. Both of us stared at each other tightly. Then along with our simultaneous shout of "start". We simultaneously turned over our own chess pieces.
Mine was the leopard, and Mars's was also the leopard. Still a draw!
At this point, Mars was completely stunned. He looked at me, his eyes astonished and said, "Why didn't you play the rat?"
"Of course, didn't you also not play the elephant?" I said with a smile. The current situation has a huge advantage for me. Now we both have only two chess pieces in our hands.
That is to say, the chance of winning for each of us is only 50%. After three consecutive rounds of psychological warfare, I made Mars hesitate and dare not play the elephant, which led to his advantage gradually disappearing.
In the fourth round, his chance of winning by playing the elephant is only one-half, the same as my chance of winning by playing the rat. Yes, after the difficult psychological attack, I finally completely leveled the disadvantage.
This fourth round is the most crucial round. It can even directly determine the outcome.
Because if the fourth round is a draw, then there is no suspense in the fifth round. We will only have the elephant and the rat left in our hands. That's my certain win.
This time, it's Mars's turn to make a choice.
If the fourth round is a draw, Mars is undoubtedly going to lose. So he will definitely play the elephant. Because if he plays the dog and it's a draw, then in the end, we both have only one chess piece left. That is to say, I am certain to win. Because my last chess piece is the rat. And his is the elephant.
The moment that decides fate has arrived. Many people are surrounding this table. Among these people are Henry, Jennifer, and Derek. I'm not worried about them seeing my cards because this game cannot be cheated.
"Everyone leave the classroom. This is the final battle. Let's not disturb him." Derek suddenly said. The classmates around were stunned for a moment, then nodded. They all stepped back.
"You guys leave too. Staying here will only distract me." I glanced at Henry and said. Henry nodded, looked at me, and then helplessly stepped back with Jennifer.
More than half of the people in the entire classroom are outside the corridor. Some are observing this life-and-death gamble through the door and the glass. They are all far away from us, looking at us one by one. The entire classroom is empty at the moment, leaving only the two of us.
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"Everyone, be quiet one by one. This is their confrontation. Let's not cause them any trouble." Derek said. He is the second most influential person in the class after James. And his words make sense. Therefore, even Mars's friends didn't say anything at this moment.
Looking at the empty classroom, this time, I still placed a chess piece on the table. I looked at Mars confidently. I knew this was his last chance.
If it's still a draw, he will undoubtedly die. So he must try every way to break the draw. Then he will definitely play the elephant! And I will win directly by playing the rat!
"Come on, play the elephant. My rat is already impatient." I looked at Mars fanatically. I have calculated Mars to death. Three consecutive draws have completely collapsed Mars's psychological defense.
Mars will definitely play the elephant for a desperate fight because if he still doesn't play the elephant, then he will undoubtedly die. Now he has no choice.
I still made the first move, placed a chess piece on the table, and said with a sneer, "Come on, Mars, let's decide life and death."
"Humph." Mars snorted coldly, trembling as he looked at the two chess pieces in his hand. He was hesitating, extremely hesitant. Which one to play? Compared to his hesitation, I have always been so decisive.
Every time I make the first move, as if not give Mars any time to consider. Looking at my confident face, Mars's spirit was tense, and big drops of cold sweat kept flowing down from his forehead.
He trembled all over, looked at me with hatred in his eyes, and said venomously, "Frank, why, why can a piece of trash like you push me to this point?"
"Who knows? Anyway, you have no choice now." I said looking at Mars. Mars trembled all over as he looked at me. He gritted his teeth tightly, but his mind was constantly thinking.
He can only play the elephant now. If he doesn't play the elephant anymore, he is definitely going to lose. If there is another draw, then there is no need to compare.
He will lose 100%. Because in Dead Beast Chess, the elephant is not the opponent of the rat.
"Wait a moment. Frank is deceiving me." Mars thought in his mind. Suddenly, he recalled the sneers at the corners of my mouth in several consecutive rounds and suddenly realized.
Then he held the chess piece in his hand and seemed to have made up his mind. Placed a chess piece on the table. He trembled all over and roared like an injured beast, "Frank. Come on. Decide life and death!"
"Start!" Then both of us shouted "start" simultaneously.
At this time, I stood up with a sneer and gently slapped Mars on the face. Said coldly, "Heh, are you finally planning to play the elephant? Unfortunately, it's too late. My chess piece is the rat!"
I laughed loudly. After saying that, I was about to turn over the chess piece in my hand. But at this moment, Mars suddenly turned over the chess piece in his hand. And at this moment, my face suddenly froze.
"How is it possible? How could you play the dog!" I looked at Mars's chess piece and roared with a changed expression. All my calculations have been completely overturned at this moment. Mars didn't play the elephant as I thought but chose to play the dog!
"Heh, of course." Mars looked at me calmly and said calmly, "Frank, you haven't thought about it. From the beginning, I discovered your scheme."
"I knew you were deliberately deceiving me, trying to force me to play the elephant. So you could use the rat to deal with me. But as you can see. I didn't play the elephant." Mars said proudly.
"It's impossible. This is already the fourth round. If you don't play the elephant, you will undoubtedly lose!" I shouted at Mars.
"Ha ha, yes, I wanted to play the elephant just now. But seeing your smug face. I suddenly thought of it. All of this is your scheme. You were deliberately forcing me. In the fourth round, my chance of winning by playing the elephant is the same as your chance of winning by playing the rat. You continuously exerted psychological pressure on me. Just wanted to force me to make a final desperate move."
"And if I really played the elephant, then I would have fallen into your trap!" Mars said proudly. Then he also slapped my face and said proudly, "You are indeed very powerful, but it's precisely because you calculated everything. That led to your failure!"
I sat on the ground with a pale face. Just as Mars said. I pushed him to a desperate situation and forced him to play the elephant. But he happened to see through my scheme and didn't play the elephant but chose to continue playing the dog!
"Heh, yours should be the rat. What a pity. Even if the rat can defeat the elephant, it can't defeat my dog." Mars's face distorted and said proudly, "Haha, the final winner is me. See? It's me, Mars! I'm the winner!"
In the end, he jumped almost crazily, announcing his victory to everyone. And outside, Henry and Jennifer were completely stunned. I, who was invincible in their eyes, actually lost?
"Humph, Mars, don't forget, I haven't turned over my card yet." I suddenly said.
"Turn it over. I'll see how you can reverse the situation this time. You are so calculating, but in the end, you lost to me." Mars laughed wildly.
"If you say I can calculate, then why don't you think about it? Whether you're playing the dog just now was within my control?" I suddenly said to him with a smile.
"Humph, don't bluff. I admit you are powerful and calculated me to death. But you couldn't have guessed that I have seen through your trick. I won't play the elephant at all." Mars finished. Gently turned over the chess piece in front of me, and then his face completely froze, and his eyes widened even more. Because what he turned over was exactly a dog!
The fourth round, dog versus dog, is a draw!
"You, you are still too stupid. Do you think you guessed my true thoughts?" I suddenly smiled.
"You, it was all you!" Mars trembled and pointed at me and said.
"That's right, everything about you is within my control. You think you saw through my plan. Little did you know, this is just my initial layout. Mars, you lost." I said gently.