Coach Ping is quite sensitive at certain moments.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to fight Wang Defa to a draw.
So almost the next moment, he raised his hand and waved.
Buzz!
The blue light barrier that was originally visible to the outside world suddenly changed from translucent to opaque.
This situation stunned the coaching staff outside.
"What's going on?"
"Just now I saw that the cards didn't move. Is there a bug?"
"It feels like the coach is going to lose."
"I also think that his disadvantage is obvious."
Shi Li, who was inside the blue light barrier, also noticed something strange about the other party.
"Manager Shi..."
At this moment, Coach Ping spoke up: "You still have one regular card left to reveal, right?"
Others might not be able to react immediately, but he is different.
All 6 regular cards were revealed and destroyed, all secondary summon cards were destroyed, why hasn't the trump card been revealed yet?
There are only two possible answers.
1. The ace has a special mechanism. Maybe it is the kind that can still fight even if it is covered, or maybe the ace is naturally a blind card.
2. The opponent still has regular cards in the game.
To be honest, Coach Ping is more inclined to the second possibility.
He had seen this special card before, which could be hidden in the trump card column.
I feel that the cards in the first possibility are even rarer than the cards in the second possibility.
At least I was fortunate enough to see the second type once, and the first type is purely a theoretical speculation.
Regardless of which possibility it is now, there is no doubt that the other party still has a trump card.
No wonder the opponent didn't admit defeat even when he was at such an obvious disadvantage, because he was simply fearless.
This reminded him of his previous guess: Could the opponent's trump card also be an A-level card?
Suddenly, Coach Ping felt like he was going to lose this game.
"Manager Shi, I have a suggestion."
So he looked at Shi Li and asked tentatively: "How about we call this a tie?"
"Um?"
Shi Li had not expected this suggestion.
"Look, this is the situation now."
Coach Ping immediately analyzed it for him: "First of all, if it's a draw, we can both get points."
"Also, your hidden cards won't be exposed, so it's like killing two birds with one stone."
This is actually a good suggestion.
In Coach Ping's opinion, he noticed that there was something wrong with the cards and felt that he was about to lose.
A draw is 1 point, a loss is 0 points.
If we can get a draw, why not?
When it comes to points, he prefers to take the safe route.
Don't look at the fact that you are ranked third now.
But those guys on the fourth, fifth and sixth places also have more than 20 points, not too far from me.
It is undoubtedly best to try to score every time you have the opportunity to do so.
As for Shi Li, he certainly knew what his trump card was.
Naturally, it is the [Unknown Sword Spirit] hidden in the ace list.
To be honest, Coach Ping's proposal is somewhat in line with his ideas.
His main goal today was to find an opponent of satisfactory level to try out his new cards.
The result was obvious, [Breaking Balance Sword] and [Origin of Violence] made him feel great and satisfied.
Especially the performance of [Origin of Violence] was quite surprising.
In fact, if you want to win, you can reveal [Nameless Sword Spirit] to join the battle very early on, when you have revealed 6 regular cards.
The reason why he hasn't revealed the secret is that he is indeed trying to keep a hidden card.
Anyway, I'm already in second place and have won 11 games, so I don't care if I lose one.
I didn't expect that the other party would be so considerate of me and make such a suggestion.
"But you can't guarantee that."
But he thought about it and felt that this was still inappropriate.
Theoretically, it is certainly not 100% certain that you will lose.
If you agree to a draw and the other party reveals that he has a trump card, you will feel a bit disadvantaged.
"Don't worry, we can make a table agreement."
Coach Ping spoke without any pauses and seemed quite skilled, as if he had experience with this kind of thing.
As he spoke, he pushed the contract he had already drafted over.
The content is that Shi Li accepts his own application for a draw, and then both parties are not allowed to disclose any information about the game.
"Good fellow."
Shi Li took the contract and glanced at the other party's signature: Ping Ju.
Looking at this man's name, it all seems to make sense.
So they both pressed their own personal marks.
With this ending, Shi Li felt that he had made a small profit.
Because if the [Nameless Sword Spirit] is really revealed at the end, it will not be able to defeat the [Scarlet Gunner Team] with low health in a one-on-one fight.
Buzz...
As the blue light beam converged, the card table gradually disappeared.
"Coach Shi, Coach Ping, how is the battle going?"
Lan Pi took the initiative to come forward and ask.
At this time, the other coaches in the reception room had been ordered to keep silent and then driven away.
"It's a tie."
"Handshake and make peace."
The two of them answered.
"Haha, Pingju, ah Pingju, you are really worthy of being me."
Lanpi seemed to have guessed something, that the two sides must have reached some agreement.
He suspected that the draw between this guy and Wang Defa might have come about in the same way.
After the game was over, Pingju did not leave immediately.
Instead, he followed Lan Pi's invitation and stayed for a cup of tea.
Shi Li had no intention of participating, and Ping Ju ended up holding him back and not letting him leave.
I didn't expect this guy to be so ignorant under the poker table.
"Manager Shi, I actually came here today for another purpose besides challenging you."
However, Pingju quickly explained the reason.
"The city competition is coming soon, and there will be competition between the cities."
"So some of the larger card halls in some cities will send delegations to other cities for exchanges and learning."
"In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to first explore the opponent's background."
"We, the Balanced Card Club, also often organize such study delegations."
Having said this, he picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Balanced Card Hall, what do you mean..."
Lanpi got the point.
Because the Balance Card Game is a large-scale chain card game, it exists in almost every city in the Balance region.
So he didn't know whether the other party was referring to the Balance Card Hall in this city, the Balance Card Hall in other places, or the entire Balance Card Hall.
"Let me put it bluntly. The Balance Card Hall in Lanlan City is planning to send a delegation here."
"Lanlan City?"
When Pingju said this, Lanpi immediately raised his eyebrows.
"Lanlan City is the largest city in our area."
"The early stages of each city competition in our area are held in Lanlan City."
"And the Balance Card Hall there is known as the strongest card hall in the region, which belongs to this level."
Lanpi explained for Shili and raised his middle finger.
Shi Li: “…”
"Since they are from the same card house, we must definitely receive the delegation from Lanlan City."
"According to the schedule they sent, they will arrive in this city on the 15th of next month."
"We plan to rent out the top floor of the club and invite all the card players in the city to come together."
Pingju said again.
There is more than one club in the city, but only one is large enough to offer the top floor as a private room.
It was the one that Shi Li had been to.
"A gathering? Haha."
When Lan Pi heard this, he sneered: "Didn't you just say that they were here to find out the truth? I think they have bad intentions. "
"Speaking of which, Coach Ping, are you representing this city, or the Balance Card Hall?"
He looked at the other person, his thumb ready to move.
"You must be kidding. Of course I represent this city."
"Those guys at Lanlan Balance Card Room are so arrogant all the time. They are not likable at all."
"I curse them to not win a single game in the city tournament, only draws."
Pingju clenched his fist and spoke up for himself.
"But let's get back to the point, Director Shi."
He went on to say, "All of us who are selected as contestants in this card hall industry are the ones they designated to be invited."
"So another purpose of my coming here today is to go through the routine and extend a formal invitation to you personally."
"As for the card room, it's not my turn to invite them. They should receive a letter later."
Having said that, he handed out a post.
Shi Li took it and saw the time and place written on it. It was signed by the city's Balance Card Hall and the content was a cube card exchange and study session.
He calculated the exact time and estimated that it would be enough for one copy to cool down.
In other words, it is completely in time to go to the next [Wind Chasing Way] first.
"Coach Shi, we must be united when the time comes."
At this time, Pingju said to him sincerely.
"That's right."
Shi Li nodded casually and didn't take it to heart.
After explaining the topic, Pingju didn't stay any longer.
After chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left.
"Coach Shi, what kind of exchange meeting is this? You better be careful when the time comes."
As soon as Pingju left, Lanpi put on a serious expression.
"Oh? Is he really that strong?"
Seeing Lanpi's look, he raised his eyebrows.
"The Balance Card Hall in Lanlan City has produced a city championship champion."
"And...more than once!"
Lan Pi said this.
The balanced region is so vast and has so many cities.
It is indeed a very impressive thing for a city to win the city championship more than once.
The most important thing is that it is not just a city that has won multiple championships, but the same card hall in a city has won multiple championships, which makes the championship more valuable.
"Don't worry."
Shi Li didn't care much about it. He just shook his hand and stood up.
In his opinion, exchange meetings are just for fun and not formal competitions.
What's more, they are just selected players among the card halls and are not yet the real representatives of the city.
There is no need for the other side to do anything serious.
"Oh, please help me arrange it."
When he reached the door, he stopped again.
"Hmm? What are you planning?"
"Arrange a kick-out."
"ah?"
"What? Is this the attitude you should have when your boss tells you to do something?"
"Um, this... when do you want to go to challenge the master?"
"How about leaving in half an hour?"
“…”
After the battle with Pingju just now, he wanted to end it once and for all.
Win a few more games to improve your score and get a cliff-like lead like Wang Defa.
The best situation would be that even if someone comes to challenge you, you simply refuse to accept the challenge and give away the points, and you can still guarantee the lead in the promotion quota.
And...the trump card will be exposed eventually.
Hiding your cards is not a long-term solution.
He believes that constantly collecting hole cards is the way to become a truly powerful poker player.
As long as you collect cards faster than you expose them, you will never run out of cards.
so……
"What?! Wang Defa's card room?! You're going to challenge Wang Defa?!"
When Lanpi heard Shi Li’s goal, he couldn’t close his mouth.
"Uh-huh, I prepared some goodies for Director Wang."
Shi Li nodded.
Since it will be exposed sooner or later, why not use it on Wang Defa?
He is the strongest player in this session and no one can beat him, so it’s no loss even if I lose.
It can be said that he had no burden in the next game.
Besides, the reason why he entered [Journey of the Wood] in such a hurry was just to get some demon-killing cards to deal with Wang Defa.
Lanpi suggested that he should think it over and decide on the matter another day when Secretary He and Director Xiu are here.
But Shi Li had made up his mind and would not tolerate any argument.
When the mood comes, no one can stop it.
So half an hour later, he was sitting in the car bound for Wang Defa Card Hall as he wished.
"Why do all the cars in the card hall have no steering wheels?"
Sitting in the driver's seat, he asked Lan Pi this question.
"Uh, hahahaha."
Lanpi just smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer this question.
Shi Li is not allowed to touch the steering wheel. This rule was issued by Secretary He.
Anyone who has watched the Rising Stars Comprehensive Competition knows why.
Wang Defa Card Hall is quite far from Xiupai Hall, almost across half the city.
The configuration of the cars used in the card hall is not high, but at least they are not the slightly suspended styles of buses.
There is no problem flying to a height of ten meters.
For vehicles of this level, the Transportation Bureau's hub control console will use an intelligent system to plan different driving routes and altitudes for each vehicle.
So there is no such thing as traffic jams and traffic lights.
In less than an hour, the two arrived at Wang Defa's card hall.
In the car, Shi Li also finished shuffling the cards and enhanced [Exorcist].
In this game, he will challenge Wang Defa in his strongest form.
The scale of Wang Defa's card hall seems to be larger than that of Xiupai Hall.
From the outside, the area is about 1.5 times that of the show card hall.
It’s just the overall decoration style that seems a bit tacky.
It was magnificent and there was a metal sign on the top of the gate with the words "King".
"The big characters on his door are made of pure gold."
As soon as the two men stood still, Lanpi introduced Shi Li.
"So don't be fooled by its gorgeous appearance. It's actually not worth much."
"Not worth anything? Pure gold?"
"Yes, in our hometown, gold is the least valuable metal. It is soft, produced in large quantities, and is useless. Only the poor people in the slums use it to make utensils."
"What metal is the most valuable in your hometown?"
"No metal is expensive. The most precious material is plastic. You don't know that when I first came here, I collected a lot of plastic bottles, cans and plastic bags at home. Unfortunately, I realized later that I can't go back to my hometown. Alas."
"..., ok, stop talking nonsense."
Shi Li brought Lan Pi with him because he wanted to have a younger brother to help run errands and make reports, so that he could appear more impressive.
I didn't expect this guy to be so long-winded. I almost got confused by him.
So Lanpi went in to report, but after a while, it turned out that he was not the first to come out.
Instead, it was Xiao Hou who rushed out of the card hall.
"Shi Li!"
Seeing Shi Li standing there, his eyes became stern.
This guy, the master didn't challenge you because he thought you were too tired from fighting 1V10.
So instead of washing your neck and waiting obediently, you actually came to me on your own initiative?
Hahaha, you really don’t know what’s good for you.
"Hello, nice to meet you."
Shi Li followed the rules and stepped forward to shake hands with the other party: "Are you Director Wang Defa? You look so young."
He had never met Wang Defa in person, but he felt that this man's voice seemed somewhat similar to the commentator he heard at the Rising Star Comprehensive Competition.
“Hmm!”
This action made Xiao Hou so upset that he covered his chest.
Being mistaken for a master wasn't something that bothered him.
What’s frustrating is that the other party doesn’t even remember me!
"We met in the first round of the Rising Stars Tournament, and you were almost (?) eliminated by me."
As he spoke, Xiao Hou showed two cards with a slightly vicious expression.
An old man sitting cross-legged with white hair and beard, dry skin covered with age spots, the [Old Master].
A burly man holding a big knife and looking ferocious, the [Mad Disciple].
"Oh, it's you."
Seeing these two cards finally reminded Shi Li. He paused and asked, "Do you know how to play cards now?"
“Hmm!”
These words made Xiao Hou cover his heart again.
At the beginning, Shi Li's question "Can you play cards?" hit him hard and he couldn't recover for several days.
"If you want to challenge my master, you must defeat me first."
Thinking of this old grudge, his expression turned grim and he left the card table.
Buzz!
A card table made of blue light stood between the two of them.
"?"
But Shi Li just looked puzzled and looked at Lan Pi.
“There is no such rule.”
Lan Pi shook his head: "Director Wang is already waiting for you inside."
"Oh, if you want to play cards with me, you can come to the show card hall and sign up for my class."
Shi Li left a word for Xiao Hou and walked away from the card table.
“Hmm!”
Xiao Hou covered his chest for the third time.
I am the master's apprentice, and you actually asked me to go to another card studio to sign up for your lessons?
As the two walked away, he vaguely heard their conversation.
"What's wrong with this guy? Are all the people in Wang Defa's card room like this?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you, Coach Shi, have a natural aura that makes you look stupid and slap your face."
"Hey, I've been putting up with you for a long time."
…
Shi Li and Lan Pi walked into Wang De's card-dealing hall, and naturally there were staff members leading the way.
This Wang Defa Card Hall not only looks larger than the Xiu Card Hall from the outside, but also from the inside.
In fact, the internal usable area is much larger than it appears from the outside.
This period is not the peak time for member activities, but according to Shi Li's observation, the number of people present is at least three times that of the peak period of the show card hall.
So it can be seen that this card hall is run quite well.
I heard that Lanpi introduced that if the name of Hengheng Card Hall was removed, Wang Defa Card Hall in the city could be on par with Pingju and others.
Even the decoration style is still disappointing, as gold can be seen everywhere.
Finally, when he walked into the reception room, he saw Wang Defa who was already waiting there.