thefictionvixens Chapter 44 I won. You won my ass!
Chapter 44 I won. You won my ass!
"If we weren't sisters, you wouldn't know anything about this!"
Yuta Shirakawa was both amused and exasperated to see his opponent struggling to even use their skills. He had assumed the opponent was confident of seeking revenge, but it turned out they were just there to get themselves killed.
"Mind your own business, just hit me, stop talking nonsense."
Hoshino Tsukizuru retorted, somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, as this was only her second time playing the game.
Watching Yuta Shirakawa operate "Mad Dog" from the audience made her think it was very simple, which gave her an impulse to think that she could do it too!
Since they were already there, they simply walked up.
I just didn't expect this character to be so difficult.
Yuta Shirakawa smiled wickedly as he watched the opponent finally manage to unleash a Ground Fire spell, and simply returned the favor with a Ground Fire spell of his own.
The collision of the two fireballs startled Hoshino Tsukigen.
Hoshino Tsukigen looked up and glared at Shirakawa Yuta. After thinking for a moment, she simply controlled the mad dog to charge at the blond-haired character controlled by Shirakawa Yuta.
I tried to execute a triple combo using the technique I had just learned, but somehow my finger pressed something and I ended up with a rising dragon.
This caught Shirakawa Yuta off guard; he had never seen anyone use a rising dragon punch as a first move after getting close.
Just as he was about to quickly dodge, he saw the other person's extremely serious expression, and his hand paused slightly.
After all, we came together. It wouldn't be good to make things too difficult for the other side. It would be better to hold back a bit and then pretend to win by a narrow margin at the end, so that everyone is happy.
Thinking of this, Shirakawa Yuta simply let the opponent unleash a combo attack on him, sending him flying and instantly reducing his health by a large margin.
To his surprise, the other party's scheme was far more sophisticated than he had imagined!
Just as the blond-haired character he controlled got up from the ground, intending to whittle down the opponent's health and pretend that they were evenly matched, Hoshino Tsukigen suddenly stood up from his chair and walked directly off the stage.
"No, we're not done playing yet! What are you doing?"
Without turning his head, Hoshino Tsukizuru said, "Something came up, so let's call it a day. We'll fight again next time. Oh, by the way, I have more health now, so I win according to the rules."
"You won my ass!"
On stage, Shirakawa Yuta rolled his eyes. Even if he were stupid, he would know the other party's trick by now. He just didn't expect that a young lady of such high status would be so shameless.
Yuta Shirakawa secretly vowed that he would never have any sympathy for the other party again!
Absolutely not!
The mad dog that was still standing there naturally became the target of his venting. Shirakawa Yuta unleashed a combo without explanation, instantly depleting the opponent's health.
The staff standing to the side watched for a long time, hesitating whether this game should be counted in Shirakawa Yuta's five-game winning streak.
But after thinking about the strength that Shirakawa Yuta had shown in the previous few exciting battles, he still took the registration form and went up.
"Hello, congratulations on achieving five consecutive wins and successfully advancing to the next round. Please register your personal information..."
When Shirakawa Yuta stepped down from the stage, he looked at Hoshino Tsukizuru with a somewhat dark expression:
"This one doesn't count."
Hoshino Tsukizuru rolled her eyes at him dismissively: "Why doesn't that count? Just tell me, wasn't my health higher than yours when I left?!"
Yuta Shirakawa retorted angrily, "But the match wasn't over yet!"
Hoshino Tsukizuru crossed her arms and sneered, "Can't I just leave first? It's 1:1 anyway."
"Bullshit, what do you have to say? Aren't you still standing here? It's clearly 2-0."
"Can't I just quit for a bit? It's 1-1, I have more health, I win!"
"Fine, so you're going to play dirty, huh? Come on, Masako, you tell me, who wins!"
"Yes, Masako, tell me, who wins?"
As if they had finally found a referee, the two of them simultaneously turned their gazes toward Masako Takahashi, who was watching the show with great interest from the sidelines.
She never expected that her usually calm and collected deskmate, Shirakawa Yuta, and her usually aloof best friend, Hoshino Tsukizuru, would quarrel over such a trivial matter, and she never expected that this fire would spread to her.
Under the combined gaze of the two, Masako Takahashi, looking completely bewildered and at a loss, pointed at herself and said:
"Huh? Me...me?"
Yuta Shirakawa and Tsukizuru Hoshino spoke at the same time: "Yes!"
After they finished speaking, the two seemed dissatisfied with this tacit understanding and glared at each other.
Masako Takahashi rested her chin on her left hand, gently biting her index fingernail, and after hesitating for a long time, said, "It seems so..."
As she spoke, she pointed at Yuta Shirakawa.
"Um?"
Before Shirakawa Yuta could feel smug, Hoshino Tsukigami voiced his doubts.
Her meaning was clear to Masako Takahashi: We're such good friends, how dare you choose that man?
"Uh, that's..."
Masako Takahashi felt that these words made a lot of sense. After all, she and Tsukizo Hoshino had known each other since childhood, so naturally she would side with her best friend.
"Um?"
This time, it was Yuta Shirakawa who spoke up. In the look he gave Masako Takahashi, she read something unusual: Don't forget who came up with the idea for "Murder on the Orient Express"!
Masako Takahashi had no choice but to silently retract her finger.
Just when she was at her wit's end, she finally saw her savior.
Masako Takahashi swore that she had never wanted to see Takeshi Kurosaki as much as she did today.
Before Kurosaki Takeshi even got close, she started waving at him vigorously!
"Kurosaki-san, come quick, we're all here!"
Upon seeing Kurosaki Takeshi arrive, Shirakawa Yuta and the other knew that they would most likely not get an answer from Takahashi Masako today.
So they stopped fighting, and with just a glance, they decided to fight again next time.
Kurosaki Tsuyoshi walked up to the three men and asked with great interest, "How's it going? How's the battle going?"
Afraid of returning to that awkward topic, Masako Takahashi spoke first, "Yuta advanced, neither of us did, what about you?"
When Kurosaki Tsuyoshi heard the first half, he glanced at Shirakawa Yuta with some surprise and gave him a thumbs up.
After hearing Masako Takahashi ask him again, he chuckled and said, "I was lucky. I ran into a few players who weren't very good at the game, and I managed to advance."
"Wow!"
Upon hearing that Kurosaki Takeshi had advanced, Shirakawa Yuta and Takahashi Masako gave him a thumbs up, and even the young lady said, "Not bad."
After seeing that all four of them had finished the competition, they simply walked out together.
There are too many people here, and it's a bit noisy.
After leaving the arcade, just as Shirakawa Yuta was wondering whether to grab something to eat together or part ways, he suddenly spotted a familiar figure not far away.
The one in front looks like the chubby kid from the arcade.