In the eyes of others, things happened very suddenly.
While the two were playing guessing games to decide the winner, Valentine chopped off the kitchen knife on Oak's head.
In English tense, it is "past perfect tense".
Valentine's speed was so fast that it was as if the process of him picking up the knife and looking at Oak was completely edited out, leaving Oak no time to react at all.
In Xia Yanzhen's view, this is not the case.
At the moment when the two guessed the winner, Oak suddenly stopped moving. Valentine slowly stood up, picked up the kitchen knife, and turned it around in his hand several times.
Then, he suddenly exerted his force and struck Oak on the head viciously.
Then, Oak began to "move".
Throughout the process, Valentine's other hand remained in his arms and did not take it out.
In fact, from the first meeting to the present, Valentin has kept one of his hands in his arms and has never taken it out.
It looks extremely weird.
"Oke said that the Valentine pocket watch is very interesting." Of course Xia Yanzhen can think of why.
Pocket watch, time.
Valentine can use his pocket watch to cause a "time-stop" effect - it is not known whether it is a real time-stop or a biological perception of time-stop.
No matter what it is, it is a very fatal thing for Oak and the others.
With the ability to stop time, Valentine can cheat perfectly.
No wonder when he mentioned playing games with Valentine, Oak looked like he had eaten shit.
Who would want to play a game with a cheater?
Once he couldn't win, Valentin would not hesitate to turn on the cheating mode.
Give Oak a knife on the head.
Looking at Valentine's triumphant look, it is obvious that he is not ashamed, but rather proud of it.
Cheating based on ability!
How can it be called cheating?
"I'll do it." Oak was about to signal Xia Yanzhen to continue, when Xia Yanzhen said suddenly.
Valentine glanced at Xia Yanzhen strangely: "It's not even five minutes yet."
"It's nothing, I've seen through your tricks." Xia Yanzhen said, "I'll play with you next."
"ha!"
Valentine laughed and said, "You are so interesting. It's carnival night now, and I won't be merciful to the guests."
"What, don't you dare?" Xia Yanzhen asked provocatively.
"What do I dare not do!" Valentine said.
"Then how about betting for a lucky draw?" Xia Yanzhen said, "Just playing games without a lucky draw is no fun."
"What jackpot?"
"It's simple, we win two out of three games." Xia Yanzhen said, "If I win, I want your pocket watch."
"Ha!" Valentine sneered and looked at Odin, "Seeing as you gave some reminders, this guest is not stupid either."
As the manager of the hotel, Valentine is much more powerful than other staff members.
This power is not only in terms of strength, but also reflected in his influence on the hotel.
Valentine made some rules that were very beneficial to him and implemented them in the hotel.
For example, other people cannot reveal the abilities of Valentine's pocket watch to others unless both parties already know it.
For another example, in the game started by Valentine, it will become "real".
The best reflection of the truth here is that just now he slashed through the Oak's flesh and skull, causing great damage to him.
Normally, a kitchen knife is very strong when protected by a hotel, but it is also difficult to cut through an Oak.
Even if it's in Valentine's hand.
To be able to split the skull in one go, apart from Valentine's strength, another important factor is the real rules of the game.
Participants will be subject to real punishment.
Instead of playing house.
This is not only effective for Oak, but also for Valentine, the initiator.
Valentin, who saw through his trump card, sneered and looked at Xia Yanzhen playfully.
"How about it, do you want to play or not?" Xia Yanzhen pressed forward step by step.
"I have to pay the price if I lose, but what if I win?" Valentine asked, "You don't have the same chips, so you want to go to the poker table?"
Xia Yanzhen asked: "What do you want?"
"You join forces to kill the butcher, I want his two knives." Valentine said.
"Okay." Xia Yanzhen agreed immediately.
"Wait, that's not enough." Valentine said, "You don't think that thing will be the same as my pocket watch, do you?"
"Whatever you want, tell me all at once." Xia Yanzhen said impatiently.
"I want you to be my dog!"
Valentine stared at Xia Yanzhen, full of malice, "A real dog! In the hotel, I lack a pet."
"Okay." Xia Yan agreed immediately without even thinking about it.
The Oak next to him had no time to stop him.
He opened his mouth and hesitated before saying, "Are you sure?"
"One hundred percent." Xia Yanzhen said.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Hearing Xia Yanzhen's words, Valentine laughed, laughing from the bottom of his heart.
hundred percent?
Okay, his trump card was indeed seen through, but so what?
In the hotel, besides Oak, there are many people who know his Valentine's trump card.
But on carnival night, he, Valentine, participated in it more than thirty times!
More than thirty times!
He is the "oldest person" in the hotel. After decades, various people in the hotel have been replaced one after another.
Valentine is still alive and well, and has become the manager of the hotel, the highest level in the hotel!
none of them.
Knowing the trump card and wanting to break the game are not the same thing.
It's like a person standing on the ground and an airplane flying over 10,000 meters in the sky.
You know that as long as you come to the cockpit of the airplane and perform operations, you can land the airplane to the ground.
However, this is something that is simply impossible for ordinary people to do standing on the ground.
Valentine is forever invincible!
If that's the case, why don't you dare to gamble?
"It's no fun just guessing the outcome." After laughing, Valentine said, "Let's do this, let's decide the outcome based on whether we can score."
"oh?"
"If you win the guessing game, you will win if you use your knife to cut me. On the contrary, if you don't cut me, you will lose. How about that?" Valentine said.
The rules are slightly changed, and the winning or losing of the guessing game becomes whether you have the initiative.
The real victory or defeat lies in whether or not you hit it.
This is more interesting.
There are a lot more games.
Although you have the initiative if you win, it is not easy to actually hit the opponent.
In contrast, as long as you defend well, you can win the next round.
Losing the guessing game is more beneficial than winning the guessing game.
Do you want to take the initiative or have a large chance of winning?
This is a choice.
"Okay." Xia Yanzhen didn't care about the change in rules.
After both parties reached a consensus, Valentine stretched out his hand to make an invitation gesture and sat down again.
This time, he took out his pocket watch openly.
The silver pocket watch was held in his hand, and a silver chain was wrapped around his hand to prevent it from falling.
Valentine's index finger rested on the button just above the pocket watch, ready to be pressed at any time.
Xia Yan has never touched a pocket watch.
However, there are still watches. Generally speaking, the button for adjusting the time can be pulled, but not pushed.
For this special pocket watch, time may stop when pressed.
A terrifying ability to stop time.
I believe everyone has seen or at least heard of related action movies, so there is no need to go into details.
Xia Yanzhen and Valentine sat opposite each other.
This time it was Oak speaking.
"Three, two, one!"
Xia Yanzhen and Valentine took action at the same time.
Both of them were punching each other, it was a draw, no one moved, and there was no calculation this time.
"In this round, I will punch." Before the start of the second round, Valentin said to Xia Yanzhen and began a mental battle of offense and defense.
Xia Yanzhen responded casually, not knowing whether there was any brainstorming.
In the second round, Valentin did throw a punch, but Xia Yan's punch turned out to be cloth.
I don’t know if it’s purely “if you punch, I’ll punch”, or if I’ve predicted your prediction, which is the result after dozens of matryoshka doll games.
Xia Yanzhen lowered his hand from the cloth, grabbed the kitchen knife, leaned forward slightly and slashed at Valentine.
Valentine's reaction was not slow.
The blame was placed on his head before the knife came.
After all, there is a slight distance gap between the two. Putting aside the pocket watch, Valentine's own strength is not weak at all.
Compared to Oak, it's even better. This reaction speed is still there.
"Bang!"
There was a crisp sound, and Valentine smiled.
Even without a pocket watch... huh?
The next breath, Valentine suddenly felt something was wrong. He grabbed the edge of the black pot and his hand shook, almost missing the black pot.
At the same time, the black pot cracked from the middle and half of it slipped down.
The kitchen knife in Xia Yanzhen's hand also broke into two pieces, and the front part flew away.
The latter part, while leaving a shallow mark on Valentine's forehead that turned from white to red and then disappeared, broke off from the handle of the knife, flew to the ceiling and fell down.
"one."
Xia Yanzhen raised his index finger towards Valentine, indicating that he would attack first.
Valentine put down the black pot, reached out and touched his forehead, his expression became weird: "You..."
"Go on, if you're scared, you can just admit defeat." Xia Yanzhen immediately provoked, not giving Valentine any time to think.
"Ah!"
Valentine sneered, "I'm afraid, come on!"
When it comes to playing games, he is the only true god and does not tolerate any provocation.
Get new pots and new knives - there are plenty of them in the kitchen.
"Three, two, one."
Following Oak's words, Xia Yanzhen made a move, and Valentine made a punch.
It was still Xia Yan who really won. While he picked up the kitchen knife, Valentine decisively pressed the button on the pocket watch.
Time stops at this moment.
The kitchen knife also fell firmly on Valentine's head.
"you!"
The chair fell to the ground, and Valentine stepped back more than ten meters, almost to the edge of the restaurant lobby.
He put his hand on his head and looked at Xia Yanzhen in surprise.
"If you lose, hand over your pocket watch." Xia Yanzhen said.
Valentine's eyes widened and he didn't answer Xia Yanzhen's words. He looked at Oak.
The Orc remained motionless, like a statue.
no problem!
His pocket watch is functioning and not broken!
Then, the problem arises with the person in front of you?
"Time stop doesn't work for you?" Valentin's tone was horrified and he still couldn't believe it.
While talking, he did not forget to put his pocket watch back into his arms.
"Looks like I'm going to default on my debt." Xia Yanzhen stretched out his hand and the Blood-Burning Sword appeared in his hand.
"You don't think I only rely on my pocket watch, do you?"
Looking at Xia Yanzhen walking over, Valentine showed a ferocious expression, and invisible power surged around to form a shield.
At the same time, he reached out and grabbed Xia Yanzhen's head. He chose to strike first!
Defaulting on debt is a matter of course for Valentine.
Buzz!
The blood-burning sword cuts through the space, creating a special chirping sound.
A brilliant red light flashed, and blood sprayed into flames.