Chapter 988 Final

"I'll make you happy, and you won't even let me take a shot?" Joan resentfully complained to Hailar, "You're so mean!"

"Since this is the case, you are still aggressively chasing and beating Joan, and you don't regard Joan as a friend anymore." Holden also had the same confusion.

"Because there is a bonus for winning! Even if you are facing a friend, you must go all out!" Hailaer replied confidently.

Joan and Holden looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

She really deserves to be a "money fan"!

Hailaer's steadfast stance of denying all relatives and going all out on the court seems to be quite a master. However, her skills are not worthy of her overinflated ambition. After eliminating Joan and entering the semi-finals, she encountered the so-called "school billiard overlord". Lowry Grant's classmate was eliminated with almost no chance of resistance.

On the other hand, Holden defeated Arnold to enter the semi-finals, and encountered his rival Angel in the semi-finals. After playing three rounds for a whole hour, Holden was superior in the end, defeating Angle and reaching the final.

After some fierce fighting, this year's "Soda Water and Pomegranate Skirt Cup" billiards championship has finally come to the final stage, and the champion will be between Lowry and Holden.

Including Joan, the people watching the final almost overwhelmingly predicted that Lowry would defeat Holden in the final of five rounds and three best to defend his supremacy, and the suspense of this game was only , Whether Holden can win the next game or even two games.

There are reasons to make such predictions.

In terms of record, Lowry has already achieved a terrifying record of "ten consecutive championships" in school billiards competitions, so that as long as there are competitions he participates in, the audience simply excludes the champion and is more enthusiastic about discussing which player is more powerful. The strength competes for the second place.

The outstanding record reflects Lowry's top skills, and the reason why his skills are so outstanding cannot be summed up by the two factors that Joan summarized before.

For ordinary people, golf skills mainly depend on the overall situation including calculation ability and logical thinking, as well as the rich experience summed up by hard training.

Lowry Grant is considered excellent in both aspects, but compared with other first-class masters, he does not have outstanding advantages. The key factor that really changed his game skills and made him stand out is not the overall situation and experience, but his belief.

That's right, Lowry is the devout priest of "Queen of Karma" Demos.

The Goddess of Fate he worshiped granted his priests a special ability called "Faith Archery".

To put it simply, when Priest Demos uses guns, crossbows, javelins and other long-range weapons that need to consider the hit rate, he can use his "perception" attribute to enhance the accuracy of long-range attacks.

To put it bluntly, it is to snipe the enemy with the "sixth sense".

Priest Timos like Lowry can maintain an amazing hit rate when shooting with his eyes closed.

If you ask him why he plays so accurately, he will tell you that he relies on "faith" and "feeling", in short, "sincerity leads to success".

This is of course an unacceptable answer, especially for a rationalist like Joan who wants to get to the bottom of everything and wants to find out all the factors that affect shooting accuracy, and formulate equations to solve ballistic trajectories. What the heck is that "feeling"?

Even so, Joan had to admit that Lowry was an honest person, and he could only honestly answer "by feeling" when he couldn't describe things accurately.

In a broad sense, "playing billiards" can also be regarded as a "shooting game" that tests accuracy, so Lowry creatively applied his "faith shooting" to the table. It's based on feeling, but it's so accurate, are you angry?

Of course, Lowry is not the only priest of Dimos in the seminary of Midgard University.

But compared with him, the other priests of Demos are not so balanced.

Those who are better than him in game skills are not as good as him in perception attributes, and those who are better in perception attributes are not as good as him in game skills. The result is that Lowry has the highest comprehensive level of "ball skills" and "faith shooting skills", which is why he has won ten consecutive championships maximum capital.

Looking back at Lowry's challenger, Holden from the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Mr. Poet's football skills are top-notch, but compared with Angel, it is 50-50, and there is still a clear gap compared to Lowry.

In a best-of-five long game, luck has negligible influence on the outcome, so anyone with a clear mind should admit that Lowry has a much greater chance of winning than Holden.

Student Hailaer failed miserably in winning the championship prize, but he was not discouraged. Before the finals started, he opened a gamble on the sidelines, yelling at himself to solicit business, urging the students to quickly place bets, and made a small bet for fun. Come here and let him help calculate a reasonable odds.

Joan was very interested in this errand.

At first, he wanted to use mathematical methods to calculate a fair odds, but he soon realized that his idea was stupid, and it was against the interests of his employer—that is, the bookmaker Hailar.

In fact, the most reliable data he has at the moment is how much gamblers have bet on the two finalists. In this way, he doesn't need to calculate any reasonable odds out of thin air. Isn't it enough to reversely deduce an odds based on the betting data after the market is closed?

Of course, the banker's commission is also included in this to ensure a steady profit without losing money.

Obviously, the final calculated odds are very different. After all, the number and amount of bets on Lowry are much higher than those who are optimistic about Holden.

Audrey bet 100 Gold Durga on her brother, which is the biggest bet on Holden among all the gamblers. If she can win, she will get more than 10 times the return.

Joan wanted to know her true state of mind, so she asked in a low voice: "Audrey, are you really optimistic that Holden will win this bet, or are you speculating and hoping for a miracle?"

"There are a little bit of both mentalities." Audrey brushed her blond hair hanging by her ears, and replied with a smile, "It's just a small bet anyway, and I've prepared for the worst, so I won't feel bad if I lose , if I win...Wow~ how happy I am!"

"It makes sense to spend a little money to buy hope." Joan nodded.

Audrey's approach seems irrational, but considering her risk preference and risk tolerance, after careful analysis, it is actually reasonable.

On the court, Holden lived up to the heavy bets placed by his sister, and his performance in the next five rounds was better than the last. It was like a miracle!