I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods Chapter 111
#111. Sphinx’s Riddle (2)
[This is the first problem, so allow plenty of time... 1 minute! I will give it to you. Kukkk.]
First, he was very happy with his face.
The same was true for the second and third children on either side.
[You can never solve this in 1 minute.]
[Am. I can’t solve it.]
They giggled at each other and started scanning the flesh(?) of Damdeok and Baekgureum.
[I think the guy on the left is still not that big?]
[The guy on the right has a much better physique. I’ll use that guy!]
[What are you talking about! It has three mouths! We must share equally!]
As if the outcome was obvious even without looking, the Sphinxes began to engage in a terrible argument.
In front of those predators, Damdeok and Baekgureum were sweating profusely.
White Cloud with a serious face opened his mouth.
“Do you know the answer...?”
“...no.”
Damdeok answered weakly and began to think over the questions written on the floor.
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7×2=455
5×4=91
8×3=555
7×5=242
10×1=999
10× 4=?
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Sometimes I think I know...
Sometimes I don’t think I know...
If you think this way, it won’t work that way.
If you think like that, this won’t work.
It was difficult to find a clear answer.
It was a fundamentally different problem from the math problems I studied hard in school.
There’s no way I could guess it within the 1 minute time limit while being this nervous...
[30 seconds left. Kukkk.]
The Sphinxes are now drooling and looking at such a duck.
Drip.
Only the sound of saliva falling echoed quietly in the small room.
‘driving me crazy.’
Thump thump thump.
Damdeok’s heart began to beat violently.
The numbers written on the floor were all mixed up and spinning before my eyes.
Baekgureum, who is constantly swallowing dry saliva next to him, probably feels the same way.
[20 seconds!!]
The first child started counting down cheerfully, as if he was about to explode a gun.
My breathing becomes difficult.
What do we do?
how should...!!
It was a time when Damdeok’s tightly clenched fists were dripping with sweat.
[Poppy: Brother! I’m done with delivery! Where are you! I’m going to help you!]
A message from Poppy.
okay. He only took one cube, so it was almost over.
‘Then what are you doing! We’re stuck here now!’
How can I help you?
If Poppy came this way, these guys would only get bigger.
[You don’t know the answer at all?]
[It’s over. It’s over.]
[Ugh. Good, good.]
The sphinxes began to surround Damdeok and Baekgureum.
[Keke! Now the 10 second count begins!]
[10!]
[9!]
[8!]
‘Damn it! This is what happened...!’
Feeling like he was grasping at straws, Damdeok sent a photo to Poppy’s message that appeared before his eyes.
Meanwhile, the sphinxes were busily wiping their drool, as if they were enjoying a feast in their heads.
[5!]
[4!]
[3!]
[2!]
[Alright, I’ll eat it!]
The moment the sphinxes approached from all directions with their mouths wide open, Baekgureum gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword, and Damdeok’s eyes widened.
bang!
Suddenly Damdeok hit the floor and shouted.
“answer!! 846!!”
The movement of the sphinxes stopped for an instant.
The first person who raised a problem blinked his big eyes.
[What...?]
Seeing the expressions of Damdeok and Baekgureum that suddenly hardened, the eldest and third children began to help out as if they were excited.
[However, the sword can only be used once!]
[Just assume that the masses of the two of you are the same and solve the problem. So, without considering things like height or physique, all you have to do is divide it equally with a single cut.]
[Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu us us! We should be able to taste the same parts equally?]
[Time limit: 1 minute! Start!]
The Sphinxes were busy talking excitedly among themselves.
“Oh my... Mr...”
Baekgureum swore softly.
“Brother, can’t you just hit me?”
“That’s nonsense. The difference in physical strength is significant. “You will be killed.”
“Then what about running away?”
“That’s also impossible.”
“Miss, then what should I do? “Does this make sense?”
“....”
That was correct.
It was truly a bizarre problem.
‘By using the sword just once, those three can share the food between us equally...’
The problem itself was extremely unpleasant, but the level of difficulty was also extreme.
When I was young, I used to solve a lot of questions: ‘Split the pizza equally between Cheolsu and Younghee.’ Isn’t this a problem on a different level from other similar issues?
I asked Poppy just in case, but he only answered that he had no idea about this problem, even if he was a rookie at math.
I don’t know how to divide numbers up to decimal points, but I can’t divide objects exactly...
Slurp –
Damdeok sat down on the floor and drew two drawings.
And I started trying various things with the old iron sword.
No matter how you divide
it,
three people cannot share it equally with two people.
Baekgureum, who was watching Damdeok’s actions, also sat down and started racking his brain.
[30 seconds left!]
The Sphinxes were almost in a festive mood.
He seems to think that he will definitely be able to eat fresh meat this time.
Damdeok gritted his teeth.
‘Damn it... there must be a right answer...’
The Sphinxes wouldn’t have given a problem without an answer.
That’s probably the last bit of pride for guys who like to cause problems.
‘Then there is definitely a correct answer...’
I looked at the shiny mouths of the three Sphynxes and the Slingman drawn on the floor.
uh...?
Damdeok’s eyes, which were staring intently, sparkled for an instant.
[Kekeke!! Now 10 seconds!! The countdown is on!]
[10!]
“Correct answer.”
With Damdeok’s answer, the stone room instantly became quiet.
The sphinxes were looking at Damdeok with eyes that said that could not be possible.
[Correct answer...?]
[Correct answer...?]
[What correct answer...?]
Damdeok stood up silently, holding his iron sword like a cane. There was a faint smile on his lips.
“Brother, really...?”
Baekgureum, who was solving a problem next to me, widened his eyes.
The skinny man under his feet had already been split into more than a hundred pieces.
Anyway, that persistent guy.
Damdeok slowly approached the sphinxes with a smile on his face.
[Really... you... found the answer to this problem?]
Ping, the second person who raised the problem, asked as if he couldn’t believe it.
Damdeok
walked right in front of the sphinxes, who were looking at him with distrust, and swung his iron sword over his shoulder.
“okay. I found out the answer. Just use the knife once and let the three of you split the two of us equally. “The key here is that we have to share the food ‘equally’ between the two of us, right?”
gulp.
The sphinxes swallowed their saliva.
[That’s right! So the correct answer is... what is it?]
[Don’t waste time, speak quickly! What on earth is the correct answer...!!]
Cheok.
Damdeok’s sword was pointed at the third king who used evil.
The uvula to be exact.
A sword aimed at a vital spot.
[What is this...? Are you using the dragon because you want to die right away...?] A
low growl escaped from between its jagged fangs.
A thick murderous feeling that seemed as if it would tear Damdeok to pieces at any moment filled the room.
“Ugh.”
Baekgureum pulled out his sword as if he was fed up. It was an instinctive action caused by fear.
But Damdeok didn’t even move. Instead, I just stared straight at the tip of the knife pointed at the guy’s neck.
From the tip of Damdeok’s sword, a deadly force as strong as his own was coming out.
[ The title effect activates the momentum ‘Fear’!]
Damdeok said with a grin.
“Correct answer. Reduce your mouth by one.”