Chen Rui thought for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Best two out of three?"
"You're steadier than I imagined. I can see how badly you want the thunder nitrate mine, yet you didn't choose to stake everything on a single throw, even when I let you choose the gambling method first." The flat-chested loli with the little mustache wore an expression of having victory in the palm of her hand. "Best two out of three means you're good at least three different skills. I heard Oliphis mention that you used some kind of contract power to defeat Wukalius in the Alchemist Competition. You must be planning to compete in alchemy, huh? Hmph! As if it could be that easy!"
Chen Rui finally understood. This flat-chested loli with the little mustache had deliberately let him choose the gambling method first as a trap—or rather, a psychological tactic. She looked like an old hand at this.
This woman had cultivated to the terrifying peak of the Kingdom level and defeated a Blue Dragon elder of the same level. Her actual age was definitely greater than Pagliu's or Lola's. She was far from simple.
"Then how do you propose we gamble?"
The counterquestion was clearly within the flat-chested loli's expectations. A smug smile appeared on her face as she took out a die. "Just as you said—best two out of three. This is a magic die. We'll each write down the events we want to bet on, no more than six each, and it will randomly select an event for us to compete in. This die has another feature: if the events chosen by both sides are identical or similar, that event will have a greater chance of being rolled. And once an event has been rolled, it won't appear again. To ensure