Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

翻译人员: 欣欣 宋 校对人员: suya f.

Your agent is about to infiltrate a life or death poker game

你的特工即将潜入大赌场 一个隐蔽的后室

in a hidden back room of the grand casino.

里的生死扑克游戏。

You’re on the trail of an elite society of assassins,

你正在追踪一个由刺客组成的精英社会，

each of whom carries a signature playing card corresponding to their role.

他们每个人都携带一张 与其角色相对应的签名扑克牌。

You’ve received intel from a 100% reliable source about how they operate.

你已经从 100%可信的来源收到了 有关它们运作方式的情报。

Their M.O. is to invite their victims to a high stakes game

他们的任务是邀请受害者 参加一场高风险的游戏

with one or more killers at the table.

桌上有一名或多名杀手。

The game is a variant of poker played with a single, fair deck

该游戏是扑克的一种变体， 使用一副公平的牌，

where every player receives two cards in secret.

玩家都会秘密获得两张牌。

Each assassin immediately and covertly swaps one of the cards

每个刺客都会立即 秘密地用签名牌交换

they’ve been fairly dealt with their signature card.

他们得到公平 处理的一张牌。

Then the robo-dealer reveals three shared cards on the table.

然后，机器人庄家在牌桌上 展示了三张共享牌。

After betting, the assassins play their signature cards

下注后，刺客打出 他们的签名牌，以此

as a signal that they’re ready.

作为他们准备就绪的信号。

When the last one comes out, they go about their grim business.

当最后一个问世时， 他们会去做自己严峻的生意。

Today's game is no different,

今天的游戏也不例外，

and your mission is to identify the assassins and save all the victims.

你的任务是识别 刺客并拯救所有受害者。

Everyone at the table is either an assassin or a victim,

在座的每个人要么 是刺客，要么是受害者，

and there must be at least one of each.

而且每人必须至少有一人。

The game is about to begin when your agent finds the secret passage

当你的特工找到秘密通道

and talks her way into a seat at the table.

并与她说话进入桌边的座位 时，游戏就要开始了。

Meanwhile, you’re monitoring the proceedings with an insect drone.

同时，你正在用昆虫 无人机监视诉讼程序。

If you can figure out who has swapped out a fairly dealt card with a new one,

如果你能弄清楚谁用了 一张公平的牌换成了新牌，

you can identify the assassins and alert your agent through her earpiece.

你就能识别出刺客并通过 她的听筒提醒你的特工。

The game begins.

游戏开始了。

Your drone doesn’t catch anyone’s sleight of hand,

你的无人机无法抓住 任何人的诡计，

but it does manage to get a look at the cards each player holds.

但它确实设法看到了 每个玩家持有的牌。

Suddenly — disaster.

突然间-灾难。

Someone swats the drone,

有人猛击无人机，

breaking your video feed before the reveal of the shared cards.

在共享卡片曝光 之前破坏了你的视频源。

It goes into emergency mode and is just operational enough

它进入紧急模式， 其操作性刚好足

to send the following string of data about those three shared cards

以在永久关闭

before shutting down for good.

之前发送有关这三张 共享卡的以下数据串。

And that’s it; you’ve lost your eyes and ears in the room.

仅此而已；你在房间里 失去了眼睛和耳朵。

Your spy can’t see anyone else’s cards or tell you anything,

你的间谍看不见别人的牌， 也无法告诉你任何事情，

so it’s up to you to figure this out, and fast.

所以要由你来快速解决这个问题。

Who are the assassins?

谁是刺客？

Pause here to figure it out yourself.

在这里停下来自己弄清楚。

Answer in 3

在 3 个

Answer in 2

答案中

Answer in 1

回答 2 个答案在 1 中回答

You can start by combining the first two rules.

你可以从组合 前两个规则开始。

The second tells us that there are at least two queens,

第二个告诉我们至少有两个王后，

and the first that there's at least one king.

第一个告诉我们 至少有一位国王。

So we must have two queens and a king.

所以我们必须有两个 王后和一个国王。

The first rule then tells us that the king is either in the middle or the left.

然后，第一条规则告诉我们， 国王要么在中间要么在左边。

That’s all we can do for now, so let’s look at the suits.

这就是我们现在所能做的， 所以让我们来看看西装。

By the same logic, we know that there must be two spades and one heart.

按照同样的逻辑，我们知道 一定有两颗黑桃和一颗心。

And by the third rule, that heart must be in the middle or on the right.

根据第三条规则，那颗心 必须位于中间或右边。

We can now make a table with our four possibilities.

现在，我们可以用我们的 四种可能性做一张桌子。

We can eliminate this one,

我们可以消灭这个，

because it would require the deck having two queens of spades.

因为它需要牌组 有两个黑桃皇后。

We can’t rule out any other options, but we don’t actually need to;

我们不能排除任何其他选择， 但实际上我们并不需要；

in every case, the three cards are the king of spades, the queen of hearts,

在每种情况下，这三张牌都 是黑桃之王、红心皇后

and the queen of spades, in different orders.

和黑桃皇后， 顺序不同。

And it just so happens that each of these players holds one of those cards.

碰巧这些玩家中的每 一个都持有其中一张牌。

So, they’re the assassins, right?

所以，他们是刺客，对吧？

Well, hold on, there’s something odd.

好吧，等等，有点奇怪。

Player 2 and the agent both hold the same card.

玩家 2和代理都持有 同一张牌。

So, one of those must be a signature assassin card.

所以，其中一张 必须是刺客签名卡。

But you know from your Intel that there’s at least one victim who is not the agent.

但是你从你的情报那里得知， 至少有一个受害者不是代理人。

How can that be?

怎么会这样？

Oh, no. There’s only one possibility:

哦，不是。 只有一种可能性：

your spy is the assassin known as the king of diamonds,

你的间谍是被 称为钻石之王的刺客，

and she’s been playing you this whole time.

而她一直在扮演你。

The only victim is player 2.

唯一的受害者是玩家 2。

You rush in, grab hold of player 2 just before the bidding ends,

你冲进来，在竞标结束前抓住玩家 2，

and make a run for it.

然后逃跑。

On your way out, you lock eyes with your backstabbing partner.

在你出去的路上，你会 和你那暗箭伤人的伙伴闭上眼睛。

You search her features, desperate for any sign of remorse or apology.

你搜索她的特征，迫切希望看到 任何悔恨或道歉的迹象。

All you get back is a poker face.

你得到的只是一张扑克脸。