Chapter 165 Entering The Battlefield (2/2)
”The only way to win a huge amount of ink stones is to break the record in the Prison Battle Arena. Yesterday, a man broke the record of winning nine games in a row and was rewarded with two million ink stones. Plus, he asked others to bet
ng nine games in a row hasn't been broken for ten years. I don't think someone who could beat that record would just suddenly appear. It's just impossible.”
The audience speculated all sorts of bias against Darren. They were people from rich backgrounds who liked gambling, so of course a game like this with no challenge at all was simply too unexciting for them and a waste of their money.
”In this battle between Darren Chu and Aries Wu, Darren has the odds of one to one hundred! The bets are limited to five thousand ink stones, folks!” the announcer's booming voice echoed throughout the entire arena.
Odds of one to one hundred meant that if Darren won, a bet of one ink stone on him could win a hundred ink stones back. This was the case where the odds had reached the upper limit. Otherwise odds of one to one thousand might be possible.
”I bet on Aries with ten thousand ink stones! Just trying to win a little money here!”
”I bet on Aries with five thousand!”
”I bet on Darren with one ink stone!”
Almost eighty percent of the people in the audience placed their bets in favor of Aries Wu; nineteen percent chose not to place any bets at all, thinking that they wouldn't win many ink stones; and lastly, only one percent placed a bet of just a few ink stones in favor of Darren as a joke.
'This is my chance!' Darren thought. He didn't plan on missing this great opportunity to make money.
He gave some of the audiences top-quality pills in exchange for five thousand ink stones beforehand and asked for Jaya to bet them all in favor of himself. He wouldn't be able to bet on himself as a contestant, so he hatched up the fool-proof plan.
”Looks like I will win half a million in the first game. Not bad,” he said to himself, smirking as he stepped out onto the arena.