Naruto looked around the casino and came to a pinball machine.
He didn't choose to gamble on cards or guess big or small at the crowded tables.
The loud shouts of those gamblers would have an unforgivable impact on his ears.
"How do you play this?"
Naruto looked at the device inside the machine, his eyes full of curiosity.
He tried to press the only button on it.
Click—
The machine made a sound, but nothing changed.
"Sir, if you want to play the pinball machine, you need to go to the front desk to exchange money for pinballs first." A casino employee saw Naruto's bewildered look and came over to remind him.
"Is that so..."
Naruto noticed that there was a funnel-like device on the pinball machine, presumably used to put in pinballs.
"Exchange some for me." Naruto took out ten thousand ryo and gave it to the employee, saying.
The employee was slightly surprised to see ten thousand, but quickly regained his composure and smiled slightly, "Okay, please wait a moment."
Ten thousand ryo is not a lot, but not many people take ten thousand ryo to play pinball.
Because the prize for passing this pinball machine is only ten thousand, taking ten thousand ryo to play pinball, even if you win once, you will just break even.
Unless he can pass the pinball machine twice with ten thousand ryo worth of pinballs.
But how is that possible?
After a while, the employee came back with five boxes full of pinballs.
"Sir, our pinballs are one ryo each, and each box contains two thousand pinballs. I wish you a smooth passage!"
Ten thousand pinballs in total, seems like a lot.
But this machine can only hold a maximum of one thousand pinballs at a time!
Ten thousand is only enough to turn it on ten times!
Naruto took a box and poured it directly into the funnel, pressed the button, and a thousand pinballs were swallowed into the belly of the pinball machine with a gurgling sound.
One pinball after another passed through the nail jungle, and then was bounced away by the two constantly opening and closing mechanisms of the 'belly button'.
Naruto watched as these two constantly opening and closing mechanisms bounced away all one thousand of his pinballs!
"..."
Naruto felt as if he was a pig being tricked!
If he hadn't already bought another nine boxes of pinballs, he would have turned around and left!
Picked up another box and continued to pour.
This time, three out of a thousand pinballs passed through the opening and closing mechanism and entered the turntable below.
The entire pinball machine has three levels: a nail jungle, an opening and closing mechanism, and a turntable!
A pinball passes through all three levels to clear the game!
But none of the three levels are easy.
First is the nail jungle. The vast majority of pinballs will be bounced by the nail jungle to other paths, and there is only one path to reach the second level, the opening and closing mechanism!
It's like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge!
Naruto played two rounds and estimated that the probability of passing the first level and reaching the second level is about 3%-10%!
In other words, at least thirty pinballs can reach the opening and closing mechanism, and at most one hundred!
From a numerical point of view, it doesn't seem too small, but if you calculate the probability of reaching the third level from the second level, you will know how insignificant that number is!
The first time, 56 reached the opening and closing mechanism, 0 passed!
The second time, 96 reached the opening and closing mechanism, 3 passed!
The third time, 86 reached the opening and closing mechanism, 0 passed!
...
Naruto played five times in a row,
Only 7 pinballs reached the third level!
And the third level is a wheel!
The wheel has three layers in total, and each layer of the wheel has three holes. The pinballs entering the wheel mechanism need to enter one of the holes marked with a red circle to enter the next layer.
To pass the third level, a pinball needs to pass through a specific hole three times in a row!
People playing for the first time might think this is a game of luck!
People playing for the second time might think this is a game of probability!
And Naruto, who had played five times in a row, knew—this is a cheating game!
Because if it doesn't cheat, the probability of a pinball passing through the nail jungle, then passing through the opening and closing mechanism, and finally passing through the three-round turntable is—0!
"No wonder not many people play."
Gambling with others and guessing big or small can still win by following the trend. If a casino big shot like Tsunade appears occasionally, you might be able to make a fortune!
But playing a pinball machine is no different from giving money to the casino for nothing.
"But since you dare to play me, then don't blame me."
Naruto grabbed a pinball, bounced it into the air, caught it, and then threw it into the funnel.
"One?"
The employee who exchanged pinballs for Naruto had been observing Naruto's situation.
Before, seeing Naruto's gameplay was no different from others, he thought it was another big fat sheep.
But now it seems... it's a big fat sheep that has lost its mind!
Throwing them in piles might pass the first two levels, but throwing them in one by one, not to mention passing the level, I'm afraid you won't even pass the first level!
Just as he was about to take back his disappointed gaze, the pinball entered the pinball machine and began to bounce.
The crackling sound attracted him to look down subconsciously.
Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!
His eyes followed the bouncing of the pinball, and then... he found that the pinball actually passed through the nail jungle.
"How is that possible?!"
The employee's voice attracted the attention of others. They followed the employee's gaze to look at the pinball machine, watching the pinball directly pass through the opening and closing mechanism after passing through the nail jungle and entering the wheel!
After entering the wheel, the pinball began to roll.
One circle! Two circles! Three circles!
In!
Entered the second layer of the wheel!
One circle! Two circles!
Entered again!
The pinball entered the third layer of the wheel!!
Although the prize for this pinball machine is only ten thousand, no one has ever passed it so far.
Even people who enter the second round of the wheel are extremely rare!
Now someone can actually enter the third round of the wheel, and still with one pinball?!!
Such a rare event made them all focus on Naruto's game unconsciously.
One circle! Two circles! Three circles!
This time, the pinball seemed to know that many people were watching it, and it never entered for a long time, just circling in the third layer, satisfying everyone's appetite!
Four circles! Five circles! Six circles!
"Spin your mother, will you get in or not!"
Along with a gambler's anger, the passion of countless gamblers was ignited!
"Enter!"
"Enter!"
"Enter!"
"Charge!!!"
Under everyone's gaze, the pinball finally entered the red hole as expected!
"Entered!!!!!"
"Amazing!!!"
"It's a pity that the prize for this pinball machine is too small, otherwise that young man would become a rich man all of a sudden!"
"Ten thousand ryo is not a small amount, you can live a free life in a hotel town for a month."
"For a gambler, a mere ten thousand ryo is not enough for even a day, kid!"
The constant chattering around made Naruto feel uncomfortable in his ears.
He frowned and glanced at the people around him, then ignored the casino owner who came to exchange the prize for him and left in a flash.
Originally, he wanted to give the casino owner a lesson, but in this situation... forget it.
Anyway, it's just ten thousand ryo, no need to torture yourself here.