Chapter 278 Prisoner's Dilemma
"Ah?" I jolted in shock, not knowing what I had done wrong.
"Mouse, tell the truth. Is this the ga you ca up with after thinking all night?" White Goat gege asked, his tone stern.
"I... I..." I lowered my head silently. "White Goat gege, I'm sorry... I shouldn't have lied..."
Grandma had always told that good children don't lie.
I thought that apologizing would calm White Goat gege down, but he seed even angrier.
"Why are you apologizing?" He stood up and approached . "If you believe {lying} is wrong, how will you survive here? This is the first ti you’ve admitted your mistake to , and I don’t want there to be a second."
"Ah...?" Looking at his expression, I wasn't sure what to do.
"Mouse, I’ve prepared a ga for you." White Goat gege took a notebook from his pocket, its pages covered in writing, and said, "Today, you’ll proceed with this ga."
The three misters behind quickly gathered around to take a look.
Ga Na: Fraudulent Warehouse.
Admission: Two {Dào}.
The first person enters and inspects all the items in the warehouse. After five minutes, the second person enters and does the sa.
Then, both individuals take one item each and, after a second round of observation, guess what item the other has taken.
If both guess correctly, each person gets one {Dào}. If both guess incorrectly, neither gets any {Dào}. If one guesses right and the other wrong, the wrong guesser receives four {Dào}, while the correct guesser gets no reward.
The three misters pondered for a mont and nodded in agreent.
"I see..." Mister Black Goat spoke first. "This is the classic {Prisoner's Dilemma}, and the rule will tear human nature apart, possibly even leading to a huge profit."
"Though this is a {Goat}-Category ga, it’s simple enough to operate," White Goat gege said. "Try following these rules today and report back to tonight."
I nodded, though I still didn’t fully understand, and then glanced at the misters beside .
"Little Mouse, today’s your first day on the job, so make sure you perform well," Mister Tiger said, patting my head. "If you forget the rules, just take out your little notebook and check."
"Job...?"
Mister Tiger nodded. "Yeah, Little Mouse. From now on, just stick with us, earn {Dào}, eat well, and Goat ge and we will all help you out."
Mister Snake also gave a wink. "Be good. Don’t learn from Mister ‘Money-Draining’ Tiger. Let’s aim for no losses today."
"Ah, ok–okay."
I nodded, but then saw the misters starting to adjust their outfits. They straightened their masks and smoothed out the wrinkles on their clothes before heading out the door.
"Let's go, Little Mouse," Mister Tiger called out to .
I tucked the notebook White Goat gege had given into my pocket and hurried to catch up.
Mister Snake and Mister Tiger grabbed my hands, and the three of us followed White Goat gege and Mister Black Goat down the hallway.
I noticed that the doors on both sides of the corridor were slowly opening, and people wearing all kinds of masks began to step out.
Originally, I thought everyone was afraid of Mister Tiger, and they would make way when they saw him. But to my surprise, so of the masked misters and aunties were even more terrified when they saw White Goat gege, quickly retreating into their rooms.
Could White Goat gege’s temper be even fiercer than Mister Tiger’s?
As we walked ahead, we were suddenly stopped by soone.
His head looked strange—neither a mask nor a furry animal. He looked to be... a lizard?
"Terrestrial Goat, what are you doing now?" the lizard man looked at and asked.
"Going to work," White Goat gege replied coldly. "Move aside."
"You still have the nerve to go to work?" The lizard man stood directly in front of White Goat gege. "Celestial Dragon had such high hopes for you, yet every one of your students is worse than the last. Instead of trying to educate them, now you’ve taken on a little shrimp. Is this your way of throwing the towel?"
"How my students fare is up to ," White Goat gege responded fiercely. "What are you doing trying to tell how to manage my people?"
"I am the manager of all Terrestrial-grade {Earthly Branches}!" the lizard man yelled. "Why shouldn't I be able to manage your people?!"
"The only reason you beca the manager is because I couldn’t be bothered," White Goat gege said coldly. "Go ahead and show off in front of those who flatter you, but don’t stand in front of . If you insist on pushing your luck, I don’t care whether you're a Terrestrial Dragon, I’ll make sure you’re utterly disgraced."
The people standing behind the lizard man suddenly stepped forward. One of them, wearing a horse-head mask, pointed at White Goat gege with a fierce look and said, "Terrestrial Goat, don’t push your luck!"
"Damn Horse, who the f*ck are you talking to?!" Mister Tiger shouted, but after a glance at , he paused and then corrected himself, "Little Horse, may I ask who you're speaking to?" The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel※fire
The horse-headed figure looked a bit scared, retreating behind the lizard man, and then shouted, "Mortal Tiger, don’t think you can push people around just because you’re physically strong! Once I sign the contract, I’ll be back to tear you to shreds!"
"Then I’ll f*cking… Then I’ll just kindly make sure you never get out!" Mister Tiger yelled back.
The two of them were about to co to blows, but this ti, White Goat gege didn’t intervene.
In a flash, Mister Tiger knocked the man in the horse-head mask down to the ground, reaching to rip off his mask. "Laozi... I’ll just have to see what you really look like!"
Seeing that I was a little scared, Mister Snake quickly pulled behind him, blocking my view. "Don’t worry, everything’s ok."
Just as it seed the horse-head mask was about to be ripped off, the lizard man moved. He stepped forward and threw a punch at Mister Tiger's back. But in the next second, White Goat gege suddenly appeared, kicking the lizard man’s fist away with ease.
I thought this was just a regular brawl, but when their fists and feet collided, a deafening sound rang out, shaking so much that I almost lost my balance.
"Terrestrial Goat! You dare lay a hand on ?!" The lizard man looked furious. "Have I been too rciful with you?!"
"No, I have been too rciful with you," White Goat gege replied. "rciful to the point that you think you can just ss with my people."
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