A corner of his mouth lifted, Odysseus said with a smile:
"You have to understand, no matter what, we need to look beyond the surface and see what our opponent truly wants. Her setting up this game is merely to surpass the other contestants before the big competition, not to win money. So, I can certainly take this into account and request her to change the game's rules."
"Change?"
"Yes."
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Odysseus, the man who later orchestrated the Trojan Horse, was never one to play strictly by the rules.
"Since we are to prove Wisdom, then let's not play such simple rules. Let's play big."
"Three lines are not enough, I want four lines, five lines, six lines, and one game is not enough—I want two games, three games, five games. I can't calculate it, but this should be a new domain for her too... Spread out the numbers to minimize the element of pure luck, bring both sides back to the same starting line, and what we're really competing in would be intelligence."
