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Chapter 72 - Near-death practicing

Device: Todor's turn to guess.

Todor: Tell me. It's actually your game you came up with, right?

Oli (WHAT!?)

Mratni suddenly opens his eyes, expression turns to devilish again

Mratni: HHAAAAH! I never thought you would figure it out!

Todor: So I am right.

Mratni: You are close, but not completely. The rules do not allow me to design the game myself, but I can give ideas.

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4 YEARS AGO - CEO TAKEOVER GAME

Referee No.1: I ask both of you to create a new game no one did before. The loser's game will be the next CEO takeover game after this one.

Mratni: Can I suggest a compromise, Mr.CEO?

[Prev.] CEO: I have no reason to listen to what you want.

Mratni: You do. It's something that won't affect our game. Also if you win, it can actually help you in the future against later challengers.

[Prev.] CEO: What are you thinking?

Mratni: What if we both give the other an idea.

[Prev.] CEO: Idea?

Mratni: An idea of how the game the other creates has as a core mechanic maybe?

[Prev.] CEO: I guess it's not against the rules?

Mratni: It's not at all, you tell me a field you are the best in or a rule you are really good playing with, and I will make a game in a way that you would benefit the most no matter what, so if you win against me now, then you are almost if not guaranteed to win the next takeover game as well.

[Prev.] CEO: This actually seems good, and I guess I have to do the same for you.

Mratni: Let me start then, I want you to make a simple game that we need to use our blood in! For betting it, or for sacrificing it, doesn't matter!

[Prev.] CEO: Are you a masochist maybe?

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2086 CEO Takeover Game

Todor: Are you a masochist maybe?

Mratni: I have a feeling someone has asked the same question already.

Todor: I didn't think about this as a possibility, very smart. Thanks for telling me this. I got what I wanted to know.

Mratni: Huh?

Oli (What does he mean?)

Todor: My guess is: 100ml!

Round 8-2 Results:

Mratni sacrificed: 100 ml

Todor guessed: 100 ml

Todor loses: (100 - 100) * 2 = 0 ml

Todor: 3,879 liters (71.83%) of blood left - BPM : 152

Mratni: 3,466 liters (66.51%) of blood left - BPM : 134

Device: Todor's turn to sacrifice.

Todor: You underestimated my limits.

Mratni: I guess... I did.

Todor: You thought because of my blood loss I would either guess you would sacrifice 0 or 200. Zero because you seemed like at first that you are not sacrificing any and you also did that a lot of times already. 200 because at this point, it's about the max you could endure without much visible suffering. You thought this trick would work on me twice?

Oli (He is right! When Todor got unconscious, Mratni did the same thing and succeeded as well. Todor saw through him this time!)

Mratni closes his eyes again-

Mratni: You were also... So sure about this?

Todor: In blood loss you can't really act well... The best part is... This game is made for you to be unbeatable in... Yet, you will lose to me.

Mratni: Keep... Dreaming.

Todor: Can't even- agh-

Todor covers his mouth with his left hand.

Mratni: What now? Tried sacrificing too much so your body can't ignore it?

Device: Mratni's turn to guess.

. . . . .

Todor (Is he waiting out again?)

Oli (That's bad for Todor! I think Mratni realised as well that it was not an act from Todor!)

Mratni (Perfect)

Only a few seconds left-

Mratni: My guess is... agh-!

Oli (What is he doing!?)

Todor: Somethings in your hair

He lies, as he reaches toward to the side of Mratni's head, takes a few strands of hair and pulls it

Mratni: Agh- my gueehh ish... Achooo!

Times up!

Round 9-1 Results:

Todor sacrificed: 168 ml

Mratni guessed: 0 ml

Mratni loses: (168 - 0) * 2 = 336 ml

Todor: 3,711 liters (68.72%) of blood left - BPM : 159

Mratni: 3,130 liters (60.07%) of blood left - BPM : 149

Mratni opens his eyes.

Mratni: No... That's too much to lose... AAGGHH!!

Todor: What a rare biological error to have, hair pulling causing sneeze reflex, you are the first I know with this.

Mratni gets down to his knees at first. His face is even paler now, getting more and more tired as losing more and more blood.

Mratni: How did you... Even know? Kah-

Device: Mratni's turn to sacrifice.

Todor: Don't remember? Last season when you were also a participant... During a game...

Mratni: When? I can't remember... (I don't even want to remember, I need to reserve my remaining energy)

Oli (Mratni has an error in his biological wiring in a way his sneeze reflex can be activated with simply pulling his hair?)

...

Device: Todor's turn to guess

Todor: You don't have much time left, in a state like this it's not possible to get rid of too much blood, 30ml.

Round 9-2 Results:

Mratni sacrificed: 150 ml

Todor guessed: 30 ml

Todor loses: (150 - 30) * 2 = 240 ml

Todor: What!

Mratni: This shit was so painful... Todor... Would you just... -He says while he stanting up-DIE?

Todor: 3,471 liters (64.28%) of blood left - BPM : 165

Mratni: 2,980 liters (57.19%) of blood left - BPM : 146

Oli (Mratni was able to stand up after all! It was even after he lost another 150ml! Does that mean he was acting? How? In the state he is in right now he doesn't have much room for improvisation or acting at all! But also he was able to endure a 150ml blood loss willingly! last time Todor couldn't not give a sound with a 168ml one, that means that... Even though Mratni has less blood he has a higher pain tolerance? How?)

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2082

[Prev.] CEO: NOO! THIS CAN'T BE!

Mratni: You lost... I am the new CEO, thank you for the game you created for me.

The Previous CEO holds his left arm up, the bracelet is ticking then it injects a poison so strong that he dies to it in just a few seconds.

Referee No.1: Congratulations for your win, CEO.

Mratni: Cool. Now listen, 4 years later I will play the CEO Takeover game against Todor. I have to get ready for that match.

Referee No.1: What do you want, leader?

Mratni: Since we will play a game we are betting with blood, we will have our blood decreasing, so I would like to practice... Near death situations.

Referee No.1: Are you willing to go that far?

Mratni: Of course. So I want you to drain my blood by a good amount for some time every now and then, sometimes even drain so much I'm getting into a near death state, if my body gets used to it, then I will be at an advantage against Todor whose body is not used to it at all.

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