The ten players gathered again in the large eting room.
This had beco a tacit custom, and also a way they implicitly chose to probe the other players.
This ti, the focus was on the representative of the Raymon Family.
This person calmly sat down in his chair, as if intentionally unaware of the scrutinizing gazes of the other players.
In a normal situation, the representative of the Raymon Family, having put the gold coins won from the bid into the treasury, would surely show signs of tension now upon receiving the implicit scrutiny of the players. After all, he had beco a target.
However, the representative of the Raymon Family behaved as usual, as if not fearing anything at all.
This made the other players think, "this guy did not put money into the treasury; if he had, he would certainly have been in a worried mood."
Of course, this was only the shallowest thought; a performance is just a performance, and the representative of the Raymon Family could completely feign composure; this was nothing worth reflecting on.
After all, 20 gold coins is not a small amount to spend like that.
Therefore, everyone would be certain that the representative of the Raymon Family had gold coins in the treasury.
But Cyrus knew well that the composure of the Raymon Family representative was real, not a pretense, because this guy knew the possibility of his own treasury being stolen was zero.
And he had also confird that, obviously, that mysterious alliance did not want to repeat the old concealnt trick.
"Three tis is the charm."
Once sothing is exposed and forms a pattern, soone is very likely to associate it with the truth. And the alliance obviously wanted to hide themselves at all costs to maintain their status as the interest group manipulating the ga.
"Thus, in the 6th bidding turn, my fat sheep plan can be implented."
Cyrus silently ran such a thought through his head.
To ensure the plan proceeded, he needed to ensure two factors.
First, he had to win one bid with a large enough amount of gold coins to make the other players think he would definitely put money into the treasury.
Second was the novice image, which he had built from the beginning until now, so that the other players, instead of choosing to steal the treasury imdiately, would intentionally let him "grow" the treasury larger, saving the theft for the end. Ensuring that no one would discover this trick until the final minute.
Cyrus's plan was not sothing too complicated, because in this ga, making everything complicated only harms oneself.
Too many factors, too many variables could occur; instead of relying on reading others, one should prioritize their own interests first.
If not, it is no longer being "smart," but forcing the brain into paranoia. Optimization is what is truly "smart."
Another person who thought the sa was Kain.
To him, the other players were only secondary priorities; what he needed to do was accumulate the amount of money in his hand as largely as possible.
Currently, he was also thinking about the next moves.
First was the war between the two alliances of the Zento Family representative and Faith.
Don't think that an alliance in a state without collateral is simple. To ensure the alliance can persist, all mbers of the alliance must receive benefits; no one wants to lose out for the sake of benefiting others.
Therefore, imdiately after all four mbers of the Zento alliance completed putting money into the treasury and ensuring their interests, Faith's alliance would act in the exact sa form; each turn, only one mber would conduct the bidding.
And because Faith had grasped the strategy of the Zento alliance, the mbers of Faith's alliance would put money into the treasury such that the amount was less than the money in the treasury of the Raymon Family representative, exactly what the Zento alliance wanted.
This was Faith's stalling tactic, the core was to deceive the Zento alliance into thinking they were still the ones controlling the ga, while the truth was Faith was waiting for a lever.
That lever was Cyrus, the representative of the Bethel Family.
He, along with Kain, both used the strategy of accumulating money to win. However, the nature of the strategies established by the two sides was opposite.
Cyrus was proactive in accumulating gold coins but hid it.
Kain was passive in accumulating gold coins but did not hide it.
And Faith would exploit all these factors. Because all the players had officially "entered the roles" of suitable pieces for Faith's chessboard.
In Kain's simulation, everything would roughly unfold as follows.
Right after turn 5 ended—aning this turn—and moving into turn 6, Cyrus—whom Kain was sure had recognized the Zento alliance and possibly their related strategies because of the pattern—would implent his fat sheep plan in turn 6.
At this ti, seeing the "tasty prey" that was Cyrus, the Zento alliance would all have the intention of keeping their money to wait until the last minute to steal from the fat sheep Cyrus. But because Cyrus was the one "any player would see through," all the other players would also intentionally keep their money.
Of course, the Zento alliance would also predict that there would be soone exploiting the above thinking to fish in troubled waters, using so small amount of gold coins to win the bid and then steal the exposed treasuries of the Raymon Family representative and the Don Family representative. Therefore, the four people in the Zento alliance had to take turns bidding as a blockade. The special point was that they didn't necessarily have to win the bid; they only needed to ensure that even if they didn't win, the winning bid amount could not be used to steal the treasury because it would result in a loss.
For example, in turn 6, the current amount of gold coins in the treasury of the Raymon Family representative is 26 gold coins, and to earn a relative profit when performing the treasury theft chanism, it's best that the winning bid amount be controlled under 10 gold coins.
Therefore, a mber of the Zento alliance will set 10 gold coins as a blockade.
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