SS 20. [âBet' Game â Round 2]
"Anego, you're good now, right? You ready!?"
"I'm totally perfect,neeâ Leave it to your big sis!"
"Iâm counting on you, seriously!?"
Princess, the game master, was screaming as the game neared collapse. I⦠I guess I should step in and help as best as I canâ¦
"Ahem, thank you all for waiting. Letâs reflect on the results of Round 1. Currently, everyoneâs chip counts are as follows:"
Chip Counts
Anego⦠30 chips
Alchemist⦠30 chips
Ilyena⦠29 chips
Orthros⦠29 chips
Iroha⦠8 chips
Ogu⦠28 chips
"Now, please begin Round 2."
The timer reset, and the countdown began again.
From here on, the game proceeded relatively smoothly.
Well, with a few small issues here and there, of course.
For instanceâ¦
"Iroha-sama, may I have a word in private?"
"Huh? Sure."
Invited by Illyena, I switched our call to a private voice channel.
This way, the others wouldnât hear what we were discussing.
At the same time, all outside voices faded, leaving a quiet atmosphere.
It felt just like a secret conversation.
"So, why did you pick me out?"
"Actually, I have something I wanted to discuss⦠with you alone."
"Okay, specifically?"
"â¦â¦â¦? Well, the main goal is to talk alone?"
"!?!?!?"
"Hehe~ Just the two of us, Iroha-sama! Now, for the rest of the limited time, youâre all mine! Such an idea⦠the members of Sanboke are geniuses!"
"Eek!? Somebody help me!!"
The princess did say, "Use it however you want," but surely she didnât mean it like this!?
Anyway, I ran back to the main voice channel, screamingâ¦
"Aaah, Ah-nee! You bet another 5 chips!? You listened to the princessâs instructions, right!?"
"Of course,neeâ But Iâm a genius big sis, so I figured it out, nee~"
"â¦And, what exactly did you figure out?"
"Basically, the bigger the number, the stronger it is!"
"Thatâs not it at all!"
She still hadnât understood the rules!?
â¦Wait, maybe she sort of did?
Betting 5 chips is high-risk but high reward.
You could call that âstrong,â right?
"â¦Ahh, Ah-nee, I can trust you on this, right?"
"Totally! Besides, I knew the rules from the start? Itâs all part of the plan, you know!"
"Well, if you say soâ¦"
But in the next round, Ah-nee only bet 3 chips.
Everyone screamed, âWhy!?â
She had no consistency!?
When I asked her reasonâ¦
"My mood!"
"â¦Oh, right."
"Hey, Iroha. Did you give up on understanding?"
"No, I didnât."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Well, that was fine.
Itâs a fun event, and everyoneâs in the same boat anyway.
Itâs not just Ah-nee; everyoneâs betting amounts are unpredictable.
But after a few rounds of this, the game's mood would completely shiftâ¦
"You all! Whatâs with this half-hearted playing!? Stop fooling around! I want a real deception battle! This is supposed to be a Liarâs Game!"
"âEhh~?â"
The princess was angry.
But her attempt at intimidation had the opposite effectâ¦
"Oi! Comments, that goes for you too! âCute' isnât right! Youâre supposed to say itâs âscary' or âterrifying!'"
We couldnât see the comment section, but it was clearly teasing her as expected.
Watching the princess being dragged along made me chuckleâ¦
"See, thatâs the problem! If thatâs how itâs going to be⦠Behold!"
Chip Counts
Anego⦠27 chips
Ogu⦠25 chips
Iroha⦠25 chips
Ilyena⦠24 chips
Alchemist⦠23 chips
Orthros⦠23 chips
"This is the result after Round 4! Especially you two at the bottom â youâre not trying hard enough!"
"But itâs not like weâre slacking offâ¦"
"Weâre doing our best tooâ¦"
"Oh, still talking back, are we!? Then let me show you exactly what it means to face a loserâs punishment⦠I mean, a social death!"
Through DithCord, some data was shared.
Its contents wereâ¦
âââ!?!?!?âââ
The atmosphere changed in an instant.
The two from Sanboke both gasped, "âGah!?â"
"This is way too embarrassing!"
"No, I absolutely canât do this!"
"I⦠Iâm the same!"
"Haha! This is hilarious, Ah-nee~!"
Our casual mood vanished.
Except for Ah-nee.
We couldnât afford to lose, not to each other.
Everyoneâs fierce resolve was palpable.
"Ooh, things are getting tense! But no real fighting, okay? â¦Hey, comments, why are you laughing!? This is serious!"
The princess couldnât fully embrace her âevilâ roleâ¦
But our focus was razor-sharp.
"Now that the airâs been set⦠Letâs begin Round 5!"
At the princessâs command, Ogu made a bold declaration to everyone.
"Listen up! From now on, Iâm betting the max â 5 chips â every round!"
"âWhat!?â"
And so, the true Liarâs Game began.
The real game of deception had started!
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