
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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As illustrated, to set up a "gesture password" on a mobile phone in a $2 \times 2$ grid containing 9 points, start at one point and consecutively connect multiple points with line segments. Each segment cannot pass through any unused points, and the endpoints of each segment cannot both be previously used points. If a person's gesture password starts at the center point and uses only three points, how many connection methods are there?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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