Manager | Now then, let’s do an old maid tournament! |
Izumi | Why do they have to battle to deepen their friendships…? |
Banri | He just wanted to do it, didn’t he? |
Manager | Having competitions between troupes is a tradition of Mankai Company! |
| First, I’ll choose a representative from each troupe, and then we’ll do five rounds. |
| First place will win you 2 points for your troupe, and second place will win you 1 point. We’ll add all the points in the end and the troupe with the most number of total points wins! |
| Then, let’s start! Round 1! |
| Spring Troupe, Usui Masumi! Summer Troupe, Rurikawa Yuki! Autumn Troupe, Hyodo Juza! Winter Troupe, Takato Tasuku! Candidates, please step forward! |
Sakuya | Do your best, Masumi-kun! |
Citron | Fight on! |
Tsuzuru | You’re good at making a poker face, so you have an advantage. |
Masumi | …I don’t know the rules. |
Sakuya | What!? |
Tsuzuru | That’s out of the question! |
Itaru | One, get rid of the cards with the same number. Two, don’t get the Joker. |
Masumi | …Got it. |
Kazunari | Yuki, fight! |
Muku | Do your best, Yuki-kun! |
Yuki | It’s just old maid. |
Tenma | So dumb. |
Manager | The losing troupe will be tasked with toilet cleaning and bath cleaning! |
Yuki | …I’ll win. |
Tenma | Crush them. |
Misumi | Do your best~! |
Banri | Hey, you better win. |
Juza | That goes without saying. |
Sakyo | Be careful so that nothing shows on your face. |
Juza | ‘Kay. |
Taichi | Fight! |
Omi | Do your best. |
Tasuku | How many years has it been since I last played old maid? |
Tsumugi | We played it during our high school field trip. You unexpectedly have bad luck and you keep getting the Joker at first, so be careful. |
Azuma | …Being careful wouldn’t do anything for that, would it? |
Homare | Hm, that is true. |
Hisoka | …Toilet cleaning. |
Tasuku | That’s the one thing I want to avoid. |
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Juza | Guh. |
Banri | The hell are you doing, Hyodo!? |
Yuki | The template delinquent raises his brows when he gets the Joker. |
Masumi | I don’t really get it, but I won. |
Itaru | GJ. |
Tasuku | Sorry, I didn’t win. |
Azuma | Third place, huh. That was close. |
Homare | Entrust vengeance to me! |
Izumi | (Somehow, everyone’s getting heated up. I guess this certainly is a good way to deepen friendships.) |
| (Hm? Hisoka-san isn’t here…? Where did he go?) |
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Hisoka | … |
Izumi | (Oh, there he is. Maybe he fell asleep on the way to the toilet.) |
Hisoka | … |
Izumi | (I’ll try scaring him from behind…) |
Hisoka | … |
Izumi | (Gently…) |
Hisoka | ―― |
Izumi | !? |
Hisoka | …Who are you. |
Izumi | …W-what!? |
| (Just now, he instantly had my hands pinned behind my back? It was so fast I couldn’t tell what was what…) |
Hisoka | Oh, it’s just the Director… |
Izumi | Y-you scared me… |
Hisoka | …Don’t stand behind me. |
Izumi | (What was up with those moves… They weren’t normal.) |
| (Just who is Hisoka-san…) |