My Level Zero System-Chapter 306: A Dangerous Move

Suddenly, the Zento Family heir stood up, clapped his hands, and said.

"That's a very good idea. I'll follow it."

"Does anyone object?"

Saying that, he looked over the players. Then, one by one, others began to voice their agreement.

In the end, Kain also nodded in agreement.

"If so... I guess we should all head to our rooms now, shouldn't we?" Cyrus suggested while fumbling to stuff the handkerchief back into his chest pocket, looking somewhat amusing.

No one objected. They quietly left the common meeting room and returned to the manor's main hall.

Here, Kain looked up at the clock, noticing that one-third of the time had already passed.

"Ten minutes since we entered the meeting room... a turn is thirty minutes then?"

Kain calculated the time to himself while using the room key he had been given earlier to find his room.

He inserted the key into the lock, opened the door, and what lay before Kain was a room with a spacious area, but the furnishings were quite sparse.

There was only a large bed, a few cabinets, and a large table placed right next to the bed.

The table had a black screen; judging by its unusual shape, this seemed to be the bidding table mentioned in the rules.

Oh, and there was also a chest placed at the foot of the bed.

Kain approached and opened the chest, finding 10 gold coins the size of a thumb laid out at the bottom.

"Using physical currency to represent it?"

Kain frowned, then picked up a gold coin and attempted to bite it.

The thing was extremely hard.

It didn't even leave a chip mark, despite him biting with all his might.

"Possesses the characteristics of being indestructible or non-divisible..."

"Preventing players from tampering with the game's currency?"

Kain stroked his chin, contemplated for a while, and then stopped, checking the room for any other special features.

Afterward, he changed his position and sat on the bed, beginning to think about other matters.

"That guy Cyrus's plan is to win the bid in turn 1 with a minimum of 1 gold coin."

With only that 1 gold coin, Cyrus certainly wouldn't choose to put it into the treasury, as the winning bidder has many authorities.

"But..."

"The others might not stop here."

Kain fell into contemplation again.

Excluding himself, Kain was sure Faith would also figure out this far. That is, using 2 gold coins to win Cyrus's minimum 1 gold coin move.

And of course, bidding 2 gold coins is also a minimal consumption strategy.

"No, that's not right."

"As the one who initiated the strategy, wouldn't Cyrus anticipate someone might steal his move like that?"

Kain thought again. Although Cyrus had successfully eliminated all potential rivals, including Kain who had "fallen into the trap" and only survived by superior strength over the assassin, there was still one rival whose depth Cyrus hadn't probed.

That was Faith.

Cyrus might not be overly wary of others, but he would definitely be wary of Faith.

Furthermore, based on the above logic, the factions could completely follow suit by escalating the bidding strategy to 3 gold coins, 4 gold coins, 5 gold coins...

"No, that's wrong again."

Kain adjusted his train of thought.

The key factor determining that some players would bid 0 gold coins is: first, they suffer almost no loss but still profit; second, they still reserve a large amount of gold coins for subsequent turns. In short, the benefit far outweighs the harm.

Next, Cyrus's strategy of winning the first-turn bid with a minimum of 1 gold coin follows the same logic—benefit outweighs harm.

But starting from the strategy of winning the above by bidding 2 gold coins, things begin to change.

The higher the bid amount stacks up, the less the benefit becomes, the more the harm increases, and the basis for deduction and mind-reading gradually loosens.

In the end, what mind-reading is there? It's just purely unfounded speculation.

Therefore, Kain believed Cyrus must have another goal.

To deduce this, Kain focused on three main factors.

What Cyrus did and the goal he achieved before the game began.

The game rules, especially the winning bidder's authorities.

Cyrus deliberately faked being foolish from the start.

Before the game began, Cyrus executed a series of moves, all aimed at testing potential rivals and implicitly creating a common enemy, which was the Sword Family.

So, is there a possibility that what Cyrus is doing in this turn 1 is also a similar test?

Things would go like this: when everyone is speculating various things and starting the bid for authority, Cyrus will directly "obediently" follow the oath he made earlier and bid 10 gold coins.

This not only maintains the image of balance he deliberately constructed earlier, but also ensures that no matter how the other players twist and turn their bids, Cyrus will be the successful bidder.

At the same time, the revealed bid amount will expose some people's calculations. For example, if Kain bids 2 gold coins, happy that he is about to make a large profit, Cyrus, after winning, by looking at the amount of gold coins Kain brought out to bid, will easily deduce the extent of Kain's thinking that led to such a decision. And Kain is essentially exposed to Cyrus.

Nothing is accidental.

"But this is also an opportunity."

"An opportunity to continue hiding the leaf in the forest."

"What I need to consider is what Faith will do."

Kain certainly hasn't forgotten. Faith's goal is to make the Sword Family lose as logically as possible. And to do this, he needs to borrow the hand of others.

That's why Kain was forced to participate in this game.

It's just that before Kain could make a move, the aggressive one, Cyrus, jumped out to stir up the game.

In this scenario, Kain predicts that Faith will do this...

"A very clever calculation. Thank you for paving the way for me."

"I will make good use of your strategy, Cyrus."

A thought flashed through Faith's mind.

He walked to the chest, took out all 10 gold coins, and placed them on the bidding table.

Faith naturally saw Cyrus's calculations, although the basis was slightly different from Kain's deduction.

Kain didn't know how intensely Faith had been investigated on the day of the party. Therefore, unlike Kain, Faith almost certainly guessed that Cyrus would try to test his depth in one way or another.

And it has now presented itself.

"As you wish."

Faith smiled and began the bidding.