@Jonui
To answer your question on why Baku chose to duel in the very first game. Isn't it because Baku haven't made a deal with Tobita yet.
At that time, Baku don't know whether he's being target since Tobita could have lost in round 1, or he could have turn the same direction as Tobita in...
I wonder how is Baku going to win this time. He can't just trick someone into going standing at the top, they won't be a target anymore since the real problem for Champ is the 4 man group who will leech bios from him no matter what he does.
@Jonui
Hmm... Now that I have re-read this chapter a bit. In the gamble on pg 6, Tobita was using the certain pass strategy. If the banker was really just copying Tobita's direction everytime then Tobita will certainly not use the certain pass strategy.
But since he did... Maybe the banker...
@Jonui
I don't think the banker is in cahoot with Baku considering how upset he was at the players (especially at Tobias) for betting so many bios. Either that or he's just a really good actor (but I don't really see him as that cunning).
Plus, I don't think there's any benefit to the banker...
@catx
Your grand strategy might be right. There are two people who betray Champ so they might team up. They are quite cunning. I think they might team up with Travolta, the guy who met Champ on the online MMO. Considering the mangaka tell us his name despite being a background character must...
I think I can figure out the general strategy
For example, let say in round 1, the banker point up and a player turn left. This round is a game of chance.
But then in round 2, the player can just copy the banker and turn upward (since the banker cannot point up again). The player can just use...
I think the guy name Travolta might be a forshawdowing of something because the part where Travolta are talking to Champ about how they met online seems usual. There is literally no point in their conversation and the manga still make sense without it so why include it? We all know the mangaka...
@Veshv
Yeah, I wasn't too sure if and why Kakerou would organise the MMO. I just thought that only Kakerou would have that sort of power to organise such a thing. But if it's not Kakerou then it might be those "higher-ups" you mention and I bet they will be involve in this gamble somehow...
God I wonder if Kakerou is the one who created this real life MMO. I think this MMO is similar to the Labyrinth arc where rich people pay money to escape their crime. In this case, judging by how a person said that they are staying on this island until the settlement comes, this is a place where...
@DQM @Veshv I think the book is just symbolism or something similar to help the reader better understand Baku and Hal's past. That's why some things lined up to reality (the friend is actually the enemy), and some don't (the prince "escaping" the castle due to an "invasion" and "saving" a bee...
I'm confused. What makes Baku so sure he will be alive after losing the StL.
If Baku didn't know that Hal is the leader then there is no guarantee the leader will spare Baku. If Baku know that Hal is the leader then the problem is that Hal lost his memory and his plan would fail.
Maybe at the...
So this means that Baku is planning to lose the surpassing the leader all along and not just because he saw that Hal is the leader during actual gamble. But why would he deliberately lose the first time, only to (currently) try and beat him the second time, when he could have just won the first...
Hmm... I wonder if Baku have some health issue and I think the nosebleed might be a symptom.
Actually, I was wondering about Baku health ever since I saw how fit Hal is during the battleship game and how not fit Baku is. I mean, during the abandoned building gamble he have to be carry up the...