66: Board Game (7)
Episode 66: Board Game (7)
Author: Ares
Title: We're Screwed
Lana suddenly joins the game
Shit, what do I do??
We're screwed, we're screwed
If we come in last, we're really in trouble
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[Hikikomori: Whoa! Why did Lana suddenly do that!]
[For Glory: This is dangerous]
[Student Council Terrorist: Don’t we have to save her??]
[Night Rat: Then you join the game]
ㄴ[Ares: Me??]
ㄴ[Night Rat: If you don’t join the game, what else can you do but watch from the sidelines?]
ㄴ[Ares: That’s true, but…]
ㄴ[Night Rat: Or just abandon Lana]
ㄴ[Night Rat: She’s a freak anyway]
“…….”
I stared blankly, shifting my gaze between the board game and Lana.
This game is dangerous.
Regardless of who wins or loses, the process of playing the game itself was dangerous.
So, for Lana to play this game…
Means she might die.
‘But Lana is a monster….’
Suddenly, I recalled what Night Mouse had said just a moment ago.
That since she’s a monster, shouldn’t I just abandon her?
“…….”
But for some reason, I couldn’t bring myself to choose that option.
I’m hesitating.
Is this really okay?
Will I regret it?
‘If I… participate in the game and let Lana…’
━ No
━ Let the game proceed
‘But if I do nothing, I’ll just have to stand by and watch Lana get into danger….’
━ Let the game proceed
━ Make her suffer just as much…
I wrestled with this inner conflict.
Clearly, leaving Lana alone was the right answer, yet my heart kept leaning toward the opposite choice.
Then.
“I swear to abide by the rules of the game and to sacrifice my soul to it when I become the last person standing.”
“I swear to abide by the rules of the game and to sacrifice my soul to it when I become the last person standing.”
“Wait a minute…! Even Ellie and Claire…!”
“Hehe, I wanted to join in too.”
“Is that okay?”
The other two read the text written in the middle of the board as they pleased.
Tap, tap.
Then, two pieces moved of their own accord to take their places on the starting squares of the board.
Even Ellie and Claire had officially joined the game.
‘Why on earth….’
They’re not usually the type to act so recklessly.
“……”
━ Make them play the game…
Right.
The important thing is to get them to play the game.
That’s the priority.
And…
While making them play, I’ll just have to protect them.
Author: Ares
Title: Playing the Game
Even Ellie and Claire are participating;;
I guess I’ll just protect these girls while making those bitches play the game
This really sucks…
This game seems fucking dangerous
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[Night Mouse: Just give it a try]
ㄴ[Night Mouse: You’d probably do well]
ㄴ[Student Council Terrorist: Seriously, there are even puppet dolls]
ㄴ[Hikikomori: Why the hell is a guy with a real cheat item so scared??]
ㄴ[Ares: You guys seem to be defending me a lot today, why is that??]
ㄴ[Night Mouse: When have you ever listened to us when we told you not to do something?]
ㄴ[Ares: You don’t have sex, though.]
ㄴ[Night Mouse: That’s because you’d die if you did, you idiot;;]
Following Lana, Ellie and Claire ended up joining the game of their own accord.
‘Well, since we have the puppet…’
It’s true that they’re in danger.
But still, at the very least, I should be able to prevent them from getting hurt to some extent.
And….
If it looks like one of them is going to come in last….
‘Then….’
I imagined the worst-case scenario.
I shook my head slightly.
‘No… the last place won’t be one of us. The one who comes in last… has to be one of those guys.’
I looked nervously at the girls sitting next to the board game.
The girls who had bullied Sera.
—If anyone comes in last, it’ll be them.
—The pain I went through…
—Exactly as it was…
Yeah, if I do that, there won’t be a problem.
There are four of us.
There are three of them.
Just looking at the numbers, we have the advantage.
If we gang up on one of them, it won’t be too hard to make sure someone on their side comes in last.
The rest is up to luck.
All I can do is hope to draw an easy mission and pray for high dice rolls.
“““I swear to abide by the rules of the game and to sacrifice my soul to the game when I am the last one standing.”””
──Tap, tap, tap, tap.
The three girls and I read the text on the board simultaneously.
With that, our participation in the game was confirmed, and four additional pieces were placed on the board.
Seven pieces.
Everyone present had joined the game.
“So, shall we decide the order?”
Lana was the first to roll the dice.
The person who rolled the highest number would start the game.
Starting with Lana, then Ellie, Claire, and me.
After that, the girls with the ponytail, bob, and wavy hair rolled the dice in order.
The result.
“Wow, a 6…!”
The one who rolled the highest number was the girl with the wavy hair.
That meant the order would be clockwise.
The game proceeds in the order: Wavy Hair – Lana – Eli – Claire – Me – Ponytail – Bob Hair…
“Alright… I'll go first.”
Then, the girl with wavy hair, looking nervous, rolled the dice.
Clatter.
‘Please, roll a low number….’
I watched nervously as the dice landed in front of the girl with the wavy hair.
And the number that came up was 5.
“Wow!”
“……Tsk.”
The girl was delighted, and I clicked my tongue.
5 is the second-highest number after 6.
The girl with the wavy hair can move 5 spaces out of the 24 available.
There are already 19 spaces left.
She’s charging ahead right from the start.
‘But it’s okay… I still have my mission.’
If I draw a mission and fail to complete it properly, my piece can’t move.
This is the most crucial part of the game.
━ The pain I endured, exactly as it was…
━ Painfully
━ Very painfully…
“Right, the pain Sera went through, starting now…”
I grinned as I watched the girl draw a card.
“Ehh…”
And the Wave girl who drew the card…
…blushed slightly.
“What is this…?”
After that, she glanced around nervously and hesitated for a moment before spinning the roulette wheel in the center of the board.
The arrow spun round and round, searching for a target.
Clack-clack-clack.
Clack…
And a moment later.
The arrow came to a stop, landing on the girl with the bob cut sitting right next to Wave.
‘Alright…! So you two are going to suffer through this mission together!’
I smiled as I watched the two of them.
It’s the best choice.
It won’t affect anyone on our side, but those guys over there will either suffer or be unable to proceed—one or the other.
As expected, in this game, the mission is more important than the roll of the dice.
But then.
“Um, about this….”
“Eh….”
“……Huh?”
Wave showed the mission card to the girl with the bob cut.
At that, the girl with the bob cut blushed and glanced at us.
“What’s the matter…? Aren’t you going to do it?”
Feeling frustrated by their hesitation, I urged the girls on.
“Uh, yeah.”
“Okay…”
The blushing girls hesitated for a moment before nodding.
And then.
“Hmm…”
“Mmm…”
Smack.
“Huh…?”
The two of them kissed.
Smack, slurp, hmm, slurp, smack…, smack, slurp, slurp.
“…….”
After that, only the sound of the two girls’ wet, sloppy kissing echoed inside the duty room.
“…….”
And a moment later.
“Haa…”
“Ahh….”
The two girls, their expressions dazed, parted their lips with their tongues still out.
A thin thread of saliva stretched out before snapping.
And then.
Click, click, click, click, click.
The pieces on the board moved.
“Wait, hold on! Why are they moving?! What on earth is the mission you drew?!”
“Huh? Th-this one….”
I snatched the mission card the girl with the wavy hair was holding out and checked the contents.
“…….”
[Kiss the person selected by the roulette]
‘The card….’
━ ………
This is different from what I remembered.
I’m sure there wasn’t anything like this.
No, wait—I didn’t check every single card.
There might be one or two cards like this mixed in.
…Huh? But the writing looks kind of like handwriting too—.
“So, is it my turn next?”
Just then, Lana picked up the dice, gave a playful smile, and rolled them right away.
Clatter, clatter….
“Wow! It’s a 6!”
The dice landed on 6.
The highest number possible.
Lana happily drew a mission card.
“Huh…”
After drawing the card and checking its contents, Lana looked at it with interest.
“So, should I spin the roulette?”
She immediately placed her hand on the roulette wheel and spun it.
‘What did I pick…?’
Judging by her reaction, it didn’t seem like she’d picked a dangerous card.
─Whirrrrr.
The board game-themed roulette wheel began to spin.
Soon, the wheel stopped, designating a target.
The target was.
……me.
“…….”
“Hmm, Ares, huh.”
“Oh no…”
I had been chosen as the target.
I looked at Lana, feeling nervous.
‘What card did she draw…?’
I don’t know what it is, but according to Lana, I have to complete a mission to move forward.
No matter how painful the mission may be.
I have to endure it.
“But at least I have the puppet…”
I can hold on.
If I endure this, Lana can move forward and avoid coming in last.
Come on, then!
“So, should I touch it?”
“……Huh? Touch it?”
Lana approached me and gently placed her hand on my chest.
Swish, swish.
As she did so, she ran her fingers over my chest.
“Wait…! What are you doing…!”
“Wow…, Ares’ chest is so firm….”
Lana climbed on top of me, running her fingers over my chest and burying her face in my shoulder.
Flustered by her actions, my body froze.
Then Lana whispered softly.
“…Do you want to touch me too, Ares?”
“……What?”
As Lana’s words echoed in this baffling situation, I caught a glimpse of the cleavage peeking out from between her shirt.
Just as my resolve wavered for a moment.
“Ares….”
“…….”
I snapped back to my senses under Ellie’s icy stare from beside me.
I almost ended up groping her right there in front of everyone.
“Ugh, you coward.”
“Never mind. Just explain. What are you doing all of a sudden?”
“What do you mean? We’re on a mission, aren’t we?”
“A mission…?”
With that, Lana showed me the mission card she had drawn.
[Touch the chest of the target selected by the roulette]
“……Huh?”
━ No way…
Another weird mission card had appeared.
Why did I get a card like that two times in a row…?
Just then, a tapping sound rang out from the game board.
Lana’s piece moved six spaces forward.
“Alright, next up is Ellie.”
“Okay…!”
Leaving me confused, Ellie took her turn.
Clatter.
The dice rolled.
The number was 4.
“Eh….”
At that, Ellie made a disappointed face.
Surely, out of the six numbers, that’s one of the higher ones.
Then Ellie drew a card.
“Ah….”
After checking the card, Ellie’s expression darkened slightly.
‘What is this…? Did I draw something dangerous…?’
Seeing her expression, I tensed up for a moment too.
Because if it was dangerous, I’d have to protect Ellie.
But.
“Ares…!”
“Huh…?”
“A-actually! I’ve actually snuck into Ares’s room a few times since that day!”
“……Huh?”
Tap, tap, tap, tap.
As soon as Ellie finished speaking, the game moved on.
“Wait…! What’s the mission?!”
[Tell everyone one of your secrets]
“……”
━ No
━ No, no
Something feels off.
“So it’s my turn, right?”
The game was proceeding normally.
But it was unfolding completely differently from what I had imagined.
━ I have to make them suffer…
━ The pain I went through…
Rrrrrrr.
“Wow! I got a 5!”
Something feels off.
‘Why are such… high numbers coming up…?’
There was more than one thing that felt strange.
Claire, who had rolled another high number, drew a mission card.
After checking the mission card, Claire spun the roulette wheel.
Clack-clack-clack.
“Oh, it’s me?”
The person selected was Lana.
“I drew the Wish Ticket.”
“I just have to say it, right? Shall we shake hands?”
“Hehe, sure.”
Lana and Claire shake hands.
Then, the piece on the board began to move.
Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
It moved five spaces.
“……”
“Alright, next is Ares.”
Something’s off.
This is strange.
━ No, no, no…!
━ This isn’t it…!!
I drop the die Claire hands me onto the board.
Clatter, clatter, clatter.
The die rolled across the board and came to a stop after a moment.
I rolled a 2.
The lowest number rolled by anyone so far.
“……”
After that, I silently drew a mission card.
[Grant the wish of the person selected by the roulette]
‘The cards really are strange….’
This isn’t the card I knew.
In fact, the text wasn’t even printed—it was handwritten, looking like it had been traced with a marker.
Still, judging by how the game is proceeding, there doesn’t seem to be a problem.
But….
━ I have to make them suffer…
━ I have to torment them…
━ I have to take revenge…
If I do this, Sera’s revenge…
“Should I spin the roulette?”
“Ah, yeah.”
“I’ll spin it for you.”
Hearing my words, Claire spins the roulette for me.
Clack-clack-clack-clack.
The cards have definitely changed.
‘Yeah, the plan went a little off track…, but at least the three of them can play the game safely now.’
Lana, Ellie, and Claire are safe.
That was definitely a benefit.
Even if I can’t inflict pain on the three girls who tormented Sera.
It’s okay.
‘There’s still the final penalty left, isn’t there?’
The game proceeds as normal.
If that’s the case, the penalty will proceed normally as well.
Even if I can’t inflict pain through the mission.
The penalty for coming in last—the punishment of sacrificing one’s soul to the game—I’ll be able to deliver that.
‘Right, let’s at least achieve that…!’
I decided to focus on the game.
Clack-clack-clack.
And a moment later.
The spinning roulette wheel came to a stop, and the target was decided.
“Wow, it’s me?”
The one selected by the roulette was Claire.
That’s a relief.
If one of those delinquent girls had been chosen, she would have surely made some absurd wish and interfered.
I’ll just complete the mission as easily as I did with Lana, Ellie, and Claire, and move forward.
And I’ll sabotage the missions of the other three troublemakers to ensure one of them comes in last.
It wasn’t a difficult plan.
“Alright, Claire! Make a wish!”
“Is it okay if I say it?”
“Go ahead!”
I said confidently to Claire, my teammate.
Then Claire, too, smiled softly and spoke up confidently.
“Then please let me suck your dick…!”
“Alright!”
“Yay!”
“……Huh?”
Claire, her face flushed, looked overjoyed.
And for a moment, my body froze as if my brain had gone into overdrive.
She wants me to let her suck… what?
“Then my pants…”
“Wait, wait, wait, wait!! You can’t do that!!”
I hurriedly stopped Claire as she reached for my belt.
“Can’t I?”
“Of course not!!”
If she sucked that, it wouldn’t just be a game over—it’d be a dead end.
There’s no way I’d let her.
“Well then, Ares fails the mission~.”
“What…?”
Just then, Lana, smiling brightly, said that and picked up the dice, handing them to the girl with the ponytail.
And sure enough, my piece didn’t move a single space.
Clatter, clatter, clatter….
The game continued while I stared blankly at the board.
“Wow…! It’s a 6!”
The girl with the ponytail rolled a 6.
A moment later.
Having cleared yet another trivial mission, the ponytail girl’s piece moved six spaces forward.
‘Huh…? If this keeps up….’
The one closest to last place was…
Me.
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