So weird. Vivian was very suspicious of her behavior. She couldn't recognize the woman's identity, and her identity was not enough for her to understand what more dangerous and weird things were. But even if she didn't understand, as an ordinary resident of the alley, she still felt uncomfortable watching a woman doing these inexplicable things like going to work every day. Could it be some dangerous person? Or someone who wants to copy our store manager's card! ? Vivian mentioned this to Zhaoye, but Zhaoye still didn't care. As long as you don't cause trouble, you can do whatever you want in the store. There are only three or four days left before the competition, and Vivian and Lin have already designed some "rules with urban characteristics." At this moment, Zhao Ye came out of the basement carrying two machines. October, who was sitting aside and drawing cards silently, twitched his eyebrows and turned his head slightly, as if "looking" at Zhaoye. "Manager--" Vivian noticed Zhao Ye and hurried over to help Zhao Ye get the things. Zhao Ye shook his head, put them aside, and slowly stacked them up. "No, just leave it here."
"Uh..." Vivian looked down. They were two strange little square boxes, all black in color, clearly mechanical, with two circular membranes in the center... Looks like a speaker? "Manager, what is this?" "As you can see, it's the sound system." Zhao Ye said casually. “Of course, it’s not an ordinary speaker, it’s a speaker that can transmit sound so that anyone who wants to hear it, upstairs or downstairs, can hear it. I also specially installed some other functions. For example, if the duel reaches its climax, the speakers will automatically play some high-pitched music. pity……" But Zhaoye is not good at playing music. Even if he tries to retrieve his memories and emotions and wants to recreate the BGM he heard when playing cards or watching "Yu-Gi-Oh", it is still a bit difficult. So now Zhaoye only has two or three songs in his "music library". One is the most classic song "The Fiery Duelist", one is "The Dark Magician", and the last one is "The Sad Duel". Among them, Dark Magician is a regularly played song, which will be played in a loop during the game. If a duel becomes extremely intense or "emotional" outbursts, it will turn to passionate or sad. As for how it will change, Zhaoye's design is that when a duelist's "emotional level" reaches level one, if he is excited and passionate, which is the so-called "positive emotion", the passionate duelist will be played; if it is a "negative emotion", the sad duel will be played. These three songs are all very classic tunes in Zhaoye’s mind. Although they are not Zhaoye’s favorites or the ones that impressed him the most, they are also the types that Zhaoye can think of first. In order to design this, Zhao Ye spent a full 700 emotional points, which was equivalent to decomposing three gangsters. Not only that, but the additional material cost must be taken into account, which might be much more expensive than three people. "Eh..." After hearing Zhao Ye's explanation, Vivian didn't know what to say for a moment. She didn't understand what emotions were, and she didn't understand the technical terms Zhao Ye said. She only understood one thing, which was that this thing had no practical use and was just for playing songs. Isn't that a pure waste? Weiwei wanted to persuade Zhaoye, but after thinking about it, she suddenly realized—— Oh, you are worthy of being the store manager!
I shouldn't have used my previous thoughts to speculate. The store manager doesn't care about money, otherwise why would he hold a competition! ? What he wants is to bring happiness to everyone! Therefore, even something like sound that may affect people's mood must be done perfectly! Even if it means wasting a lot of money! "I understand, Manager!" Vivian suddenly realized. Zhaoye looked at her strangely. In recent days, Vivian has been working more and more enthusiastically, which made him, the "exploiter", a little confused. She also made a lot of suggestions, which made Zhaoye think and learn a lot. Zhaoye really wanted to spread the word about Yu-Gi-Oh, because he liked it himself, and in the urban environment, it would be a good thing for him to spread the word more about Yu-Gi-Oh. But the reason why he took the time to create this was not really just for entertainment. Because music can resonate with people, playing excellent music at the right time when other people's emotions change or their emotional levels rise will naturally allow the duelists to provide more and better "emotional points". After all, it is impossible for Zhao Ye to really waste his resources. After all, this world is It was a bit chaotic, but he was not so extravagant as to commit suicide. But Vivian's misunderstanding was fine, it didn't matter anyway. It didn't affect his business, so they could do whatever they wanted. Zhao Ye tried to adjust it for a while, played three songs, and roughly listened to the sound quality - he didn't know much about this, but after feeling that there was no problem, he put it away. Stores aren’t so luxurious right now as to play music all day. "Watching" several people busying around, October, who had been sitting quietly on the side, finally changed his behavior logic of the past few days and couldn't help but ask: "Are you the manager of this store?" Zhaoye heard October's voice, he turned around and saw October. October was wearing an eye mask and a white robe, and his appearance was exceptionally outstanding. He looked very mysterious and curious when he sat in the store. "Yes. I am the store manager here. You can call me store manager, or just call me by my name, Zhaoye. Welcome to Hanno Board Games, what can I do for you? " Zhaoye is always polite unless others are trying to cause trouble. "Oh, hello." Shi Yue looked at Zhao Ye and nodded slowly, "Hello, I am ready to participate in this competition." "I see - then you can just tell Vivian and the others directly. They will be responsible for statistics and refereeing for this competition." Zhao Ye pointed at Vivian standing aside. Lin is on her day off today and is practicing telekinesis. "I have to make sure I actually join the game," October replied in a very awkward way. This statement feels full of contradictions. Why is it “must”, what does it mean to “really join the competition” and why do we need to “ensure”.
"I see." Zhao Ye shrugged, not wanting to delve into other people's hobbies and behaviors. Zhao Ye had been in the city for some time and met many people. He knew that it was impossible for him to understand what city people were thinking now. Urban people are like this. Don’t try to understand their behavior or logic. Zhao Ye feels that understanding the weird science of this world is much easier than understanding the behavior of urban people. "Well, as the manager of Hanno Board Game Shop, I now approve your joining our competition - oh, what's your name?" "October." October replied calmly. "Vivian, record this." Vivian on the side hurriedly started writing. October looked at Vivian until she seemed sure that Vivian had really written her name, then she nodded. "also--" "According to the nightclub manager," after Vivian finished writing, October rummaged through his pocket and found a relatively thick small iron box. He put it on the table, opened it, and revealed the card inside. It looks like these cards were specially selected. This surprised Vivian. She watched October draw cards every day and didn't really notice that October picked some extra cards. "I have a question to ask." Zhaoye became a little interested. Just like said before. He liked to ask questions and study the dueling players, which was why he treated Weiwei and the others better and better. "Is such that……" She took out the cards, selected a few and spread them on the table, frowned, looked confused, and asked, "Let me see these cards... It says [Discard a card] or [Discard several cards], but why do the results of my experiments on the table seem to be subtly different? Sorry, I really don't understand. What is the difference between discarding a card from your hand and sending a card from your hand to the graveyard? Isn't it just throwing a card? Why do we need to mark it out specifically? " When these words came out, Vivian was struck by lightning. After this person mentioned this, she suddenly came to her senses and realized the strangeness of this. "Oh?" Zhaoye's eyes lit up. He was really interested this time.
This is a question that will help you gain a deeper understanding of Yu-Gi-Oh! This new guest seems to be a person who likes to "quibble with words"? Chapter 14 October Commands know everything. Time and again, whenever October had doubts, the people around her, her friends, her superiors, would tell her the same thing. The instructions will not go wrong. Commands know everything. Since childhood, October has been receiving these sounds. She was a resident of District 10 and her parents died early - this was a normal thing. But although she was born in pain, she still wanted to live. In order to survive, she had to try various things. She wanted to try to be a rat, but when she tried to harvest the internal organs of the dead, she failed because she was afraid of hurting people. She was beaten and chased away. She had tried to join a gang, but she was too frail and too weak to stand a chance. At that time, she and her neighbors got The help of a “good man”. Great Kindness... How could there be “good people” in the city? She regretted it more than once. Sheltering them, saving them from the chaos of the back alleys, is one of the five largest gangs in the city, called "The Index Finger", who follow orders and carry out every instruction coldly and ruthlessly. As long as you can complete the instructions, you can get their protection, without having to worry about your personal safety, and live peacefully in this horrible place called the back alley. Once, their alley was attacked by a terrifying lion over five meters tall. The agent of the index finger arrived at the scene almost instantly, and after paying the price of an ascetic's life, saved October and her neighbors who were in danger of their lives at the time, without even causing them any harm. And they never asked for anything in return. The index finger will only follow the command. October was very grateful at one point, because because of them, she could survive, grow up, have the opportunity to go to school, have the opportunity to try hard to do other things, and even slowly have her "ideals". but…… However, not all instructions are "safe". When someone receives the order to "cut off his right hand and carve it into a flower" but does not complete it because it is too ridiculous, the agent of the order will lead the ascetics to execute him. Even if you can always complete the instructions, there will always be a day when you encounter some instructions that are completely incomprehensible and unacceptable. Instructions like "To Se-hee: Greet the first person you meet when you go out. If they raise their right hand, dig out their heart. If they ignore you, dig out your own heart." will always lead to tragedy in the end. The instruction is not "well-intentioned" and the index finger is not a "good guy". When October couldn't bear it anymore, watching her neighbors changing day by day, watching her neighbors suffer, get angry, curse, beg, and finally have no choice but to die, October didn't want to hold on any longer. She thought, maybe it would be better to just die like this?
Just at this moment, the [instruction] arrived. To October, join the Index Finger and become a member of the ascetics until you understand the discipline of the Index Finger. In one day, he went from being a useless person at the bottom of a back alley to being a member of one of the five major gangs in the city. To others, this was a dream come true, but to October, it was like a nightmare. In the past, she could cover her ears and not see or hear the tragedies of her neighbors. But now, even though she needs to blindfold herself, one tragedy after another keeps happening before her eyes, forcing her to hear and feel them up close. This tortures her heart even more and makes her feel at a loss as to what to do. Now, she was blindfolded, wearing a white cloak, holding a long sword in her hand, walking in the back alleys of District 10. She had just left the Hanno board game store and felt her heart pounding, as if she had been "alive" again. The back alley was full of tragedy, and as she walked along the road, she could occasionally hear some sounds of blows and some screams.