Crime Prison Island
Chapter 130 - 52 Draw_3

Chapter 130: Chapter 52 Draw_3

This situation had no logic in their eyes.

They were completely baffled by Gao Xin’s moves, how could he not be a Gladiator?

In their logic, it must have been the black traitor on the opposite side that voted out Gao Xin, which is why he appeared.

Otherwise, why would Gao Xin come out? Was he seeking death?

"But we haven’t lost any blood, so it must be the other side that did, and since they lost blood, it means he definitely wasn’t a Gladiator," Sofia analyzed with a puzzled face.

Louis frowned, "So, we didn’t have to be afraid of being targeted, we could have just all gone out together and killed him?"

"Then what about that nonsense about a suicide pact resulting in mutual destruction?"

Sofia said furiously, "Damn it! Argh! This guy, he fooled us again."

"Three times now, he’s faked being a Gladiator three times in a row! And we fell for it every time!"

It had to be said, Gao Xin’s moves made her lose her composure.

But Louis felt something was off, he waved his hands, "No, no, this doesn’t have any logic!"

"What’s the point of him pretending to be a Gladiator? If he planned to lose blood on his side, then he could simply not come out at all, couldn’t he?"

"Since he came out and forced us not to engage, he could have just directly played the role of Gladiator, then it would be us losing blood..."

"It’s so contradictory. What on earth is he playing at?"

He just couldn’t figure it out.

Until Sofia said softly, "Could it be that they didn’t lose any blood either... Is it a... draw?"

Louis said in astonishment, "There’s a draw?"

Sofia said coldly, "The rules only state that the defending side must send a glass person as the Gladiator, or they will automatically lose."

"Meanwhile, the attacking side can send anyone, and if they don’t send anyone, they won’t automatically lose."

"Just now in the fifth round, we were the attacking side, but we did not send out a Gladiator, which is considered giving up the attack. As long as the defending side has a Gladiator, it means they held their ground, and they won’t lose blood, so naturally, it’s a draw."

Louis furrowed his brows, "No! In the fourth round, we were the defending side and we did send out a Gladiator, it was the NPC named Han Qing."

"And the other side, being the attackers, lost blood. Otherwise, why accuse someone of being a traitor? In the nick of time, my brother just ran into the white base and was targeted."

The fourth round was a major turning point, so he remembered it very clearly.

It was the same situation as just now, with the attacking side having no Gladiator while the defending side did.

Why did the attacking side lose blood in the fourth round without a Gladiator, and this round they didn’t despite not having a Gladiator?

"So, they must have lost blood on the other side, only one drop left! But... why? Why would he plan to lose blood and still come out?" Louis was driven crazy.

They racked their brains in meditation, not understanding what Gao Xin was up to.

Just then, the invitation for the sixth round came over.

They had to go and vote with the invitation first; the question wasn’t very difficult. After they voted, according to the plan, Sofia tried to turn Louis.

However, it failed.

The two came out with dark expressions, "It failed, there’s still... a black player on the other side."

Louis was baffled, "Has he gone mad? Why doesn’t he finish off the black players? He’s only got one drop of blood left!"

Sofia on the other hand, was very calm, because if white lost, she would win.

Compared to her, Louis was naturally anxious, he was one of the white team...

Louis urgently pondered, "That’s not right, it’s the same problem again, if he was planning on deducting blood, why would he risk coming out?"

"What exactly is going on?"

He was white, he was anxious, and the more anxious he became, the less he could figure out.

On the contrary, it was Sofia who suddenly slapped the table, "Ah! I’ve got it!"

"A draw! It’s a draw! There are still two drops of blood left on the other side!"

Louis was stunned, "How did he do it?"

Sofia continued, "Once the invitation is rejected and the duel is accepted, both sides have to choose a Gladiator within three minutes. If the defending side doesn’t choose, they definitely lose blood, but if the attacking side doesn’t choose, it’s okay; it’s considered forfeiting the attack."

"And a Gladiator who doesn’t enter the arena within one minute will be killed... but actually, they don’t necessarily have to enter!"

"As long as the attacking side has no Gladiator, the defending side can simply select a Gladiator in the last few seconds, and they can defend their blood-points without setting foot in the Duel Arena!"

"Because it’s the next round, the Gladiator status is reset, and a new Gladiator has to be chosen."

Hearing this, Louis also had a sudden realization.

Yes, there was a situation where no blood would be deducted!

The conditions were that the attacking side had no Gladiator, and the defending side’s Gladiator did not enter the arena.

Because in the fourth round, the attacking side had lost blood.

It was because Han Qing had entered the Duel Arena early on that round. In such a case, if the attacking side doesn’t send out someone in three minutes, Han Qing wins, and the defeated faction has to lose blood.

Whether to enter the arena or not is a key factor in determining the existence of a winner.

Because the rules say: outside of a duel, no one other than the winner may stay in the Duel Arena, and the winner must return to their base within one minute or be executed."

So, as long as a Gladiator enters the arena, whether he kills the opposing Gladiator or there’s no opposing Gladiator at all, he must be seen as the ’winner’!"

Otherwise, it would turn into... whoever’s Gladiator is in the arena when the three minutes are up would die if the other side didn’t choose someone? What’s the point in playing then?

And to keep a Gladiator from entering the arena is quite simple.

The Gladiator’s status resets because the rules clearly state ’only one Gladiator may exist at a base’.

If after entering the next round, the last round’s Gladiator still bears the status, wouldn’t the Gladiator from the first duel last until the final round? Then there would be no point in subsequent votes, nor would there be a situation of avoiding battle.

Each round requires reselection of a Gladiator, the time to select a Gladiator is ’three minutes’, and the Gladiator is executed if not entering the arena within ’one minute’.

This ’one minute’ provides ample opportunity for strategy.

Gao Xin first pretends to be a Gladiator and challenges them, ensuring that they don’t send a Gladiator. This way, the end of the round takes three minutes.

Then he goes back, and in the final seconds of the three minutes, he selects their own defending Gladiator.

This way, the multiple conditions of ’the attacking side having no Gladiator, forfeiting the attack’, ’the defending side having a Gladiator, and not automatically losing’, and ’no Gladiator entering the arena, hence no winner or loser’ are met, resulting in a draw with no blood-points deducted."

"Damn it, so we really could have gone out and killed him!" Louis said angrily as he swung his hammer against the wall.

Sofia too was seething with rage, as Gao Xin had impersonated a Gladiator three times in a row.

How dare he?

The two of them were in the white base, mad with fury.

At the same time, they felt a bone-chilling coldness; they had met a true madman, cunning and audaciously bold!

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