Weird Live Broadcast: I Can Deduce Endlessly

Chapter 180: Er Gou's Casino (1)

"You're thinking..."

Dennis raised his hand, mimicking the action of rolling dice, and flicked his tongue in his mouth to simulate the sound of dice.

"Oh? You've just earned a 100-year sentence reduction today and you want to play dice?"

"After working all day, I'm tired. It's just right to find a place to have some fun."

"Alright, then I'll take you to a good place to have fun." His coworker smiled. "There's a casino in the southern part of the city. It's pretty good. Even third-class citizens are allowed to gamble there. The stakes aren't high, you can join a game with just a hundred or so, it's pretty good."

"That's exactly what I want."

Dennis followed his coworker to the casino in the south.

Surprisingly, the casino was just across the street from a police station, which was utterly bewildering.

The casino had no name, only a tattered cloth serving as a door curtain, and the entire room was extremely rudimentary. Dennis went to the counter and exchanged a 100-year sentence for a chip, but he didn't rush to gamble. Instead, he wandered between the gambling tables.

Since this world had a casino, there must be people operating in the grey areas, perhaps even information dealers. Currently in the dark about many things, this seemed like the place to start looking.

"Brother, I've noticed you haven't placed a bet for a while. Do you find the things here uninteresting?"

A man's voice sounded behind Dennis.

Dennis turned to look. The man was about forty years old, with a dark complexion, and his smile always seemed somewhat sinister.

"Oh, just looking around."

"You're looking for someone, right?"

"How do you know?"

"Since you walked in, I've been watching you. You've been staring at the gamblers but never at the tables.

You didn't wear a helmet before entering, which suggests you might be a high-ranking citizen. But you've been talking to me here for a while, and no police robots have come to add to my sentence, which means I was wrong. This is a clear contradiction.

Your trouser legs are covered in black dust, although you've wiped it clean, I can still tell you're a miner.

A third-class citizen without a helmet, who is also a miner, and looking for someone in a casino...

Let me guess, you used to be a first-class citizen, and also a modified human, capable of holding your breath for a long time. I've been standing next to you for a while, and I can barely hear you breathe, your chest doesn't even rise and fall."

Dennis didn't respond, simply fiddling with the chip in his hand.

The man grinned, extending his right hand, "You can call me Er Gou (Second Dog), I live on Dark Street."

"Heh, my name is Wild Dog."

"It seems we really are destined to meet," Er Gou smiled, "What do you want to know?"

Dennis whispered in Er Gou's ear, "I want to become a first-class citizen again within a month."

"That's going to cost you."

"I'm willing to pay any price."

"Do you know about T-091 ore?"

"Yes."

"If you can get me this ore, I'll help you. Tomorrow night at 10:00, come find me on Dark Street. I'll wait for you for 3 minutes."

After speaking, Er Gou also pulled out a voice recorder from his pocket.

"Oh, by the way. I accidentally recorded what you just said. It's okay to talk nonsense in my territory, but I don't know what would happen if these words reached someone else's ears."

This was clearly Er Gou's way of keeping Dennis in check.

Dennis pondered for a moment, always keeping a degree of skepticism towards Er Gou. The guy's gaze was always evasive, and it was hard to tell how much of what he said was true.

Was he a lone wolf?

Or did he have a team?

There was no information.

What's more, the supervisor checks the miners daily to prevent anyone from smuggling ore. If he were to be discovered smuggling this stuff, the consequences would be dire.

Did Er Gou make me steal the ore to force me to submit and show allegiance?

Can I really risk it for this piece of information?

...

Flowers bloom on both sides, each displaying its own branch.

Gu Yi arrived at Dark Street and after asking around, found that there wasn't a single house with rent under 2000 years of sentence reduction, and the rent required one payment upfront plus three months deposit.

Having no choice, Gu Yi had to make do with some cardboard boxes he found in a trash heap for a bed.

Suddenly, Gu Yi heard footsteps. He pretended to make his bed while using his peripheral vision to observe.

The strange man from Dark Street was walking outside, tucking a helmet under his arm.

Gu Yi pondered for a moment.

Previously in the deduction, the man always stayed in the back alleys, probably waiting for someone. But he left without meeting anyone.

During his tracking, Gu Yi's skills were insufficient; the man must have noticed him, hence the sudden change in plans as he did not leave the Dark Street.

According to the original plan, he was supposed to leave.

Thinking this, Gu Yi couldn't help but feel excited, so he immediately closed his eyes.

(The deduction begins!)

(You secretly follow him.)

(The man has a certain psychological defense, and psychological suggestions have little effect on him, so you can only use this clumsy method to track him.)

(You turn a corner and find the man has disappeared.)

(You regretfully turn back, only to find the man standing right behind you.)

(Man: Were you following me?)

(You: No, not at all.)

(Man: Oh.)

(The man nods and leaves.)

(Suddenly, you feel a sharp pain in your chest. You look down to find the man has inconspicuously plunged a dagger into your chest.)

(Everything before you turns pitch black.)

(You die!)

(The deduction ends!)

"How can this guy... be so formidable?"

Gu Yi complained with a furrowed brow. After pondering for a while, he initiated another deduction.

(Backtracking deduction begins!)

(At the corner, you dive into a trash can.)

(You hear footsteps approaching from the alley entrance.)

(The man looks around, even lifting the lid of the trash can.)

(You hide at the very bottom of the trash.)

(The man takes out a dagger and stabs a few times into the trash bags.)

(You bite your lip, daring not to make a sound.)

(Man: Is it a rat?)

(The man mutters to himself quietly, then turns and leaves.)

(After a while, you climb out of the trash can.)

(You follow him again.)

(You pick up a piece of glass shard, using the reflection to watch the man from the corner of the wall.)

(Your tracking skills become more refined.)

(For the latter part of the journey, the man indeed does not notice you.)

(The man eventually enters a casino.)

(You follow, taking off the stinky clothes at the door.)

(The man hides behind the door, watching you.)

(Man: Were you following me just now?)

(You: I wasn't.)

(Prepared, you block your chest with your hand, stopping the man's fatal blow, but the dagger still stabs into your arm.)

(You use psychological suggestions on the man.)

(The man hesitates, not daring to deliver a fatal blow.)

(You push the man away.)

(You: Why would you stab me for no reason? Police robot, help!)

(A robot approaches the two of you.)

(The people from the casino also come over, blocking the robot at the door, while surrounding you in the middle.)

(You fall into panic.)

(It turns out this casino is the man's territory, and he holds a high status here.)

(Man: Kill him.)

(You are beaten by the crowd.)

(Your vision turns blood red.)

(You die!)

(The deduction ends!)

Gu Yi opened his eyes, sitting on a cardboard box, silently staring at the man's retreating back.

Not until the man had completely disappeared from view did Gu Yi stand up from the ground.

Stalking and using psychological suggestions are not friendly behaviors, which is why the man would not hesitate to kill himself, even if it meant breaking the rulesof course, it's also possible that he could ignore the rules.

This further proves that he is no ordinary person.

His combat ability far exceeds that of ordinary humans, and even agile adventurers might not be his match.

He has a strong will, agile movements, and often resorts to clever tricks to deceive others. Most importantly, he possesses the power to block robot sensory functions.

However, Gu Yi no longer needs to follow him now; he just needs to head to the man's casino to investigate!