After the First Year Class C Tian Shu Sha Room B match ended.
Tennoji Kaede returned to class and took her seat. Ibuki, at the desk in front of her, was engrossed in a livestream.
"Ibuki, which group are you watching now?"
Ibuki Mio didn't look away from the screen. "Hmph! Hiyori's First Year Class C Lord Group. They're about to finish."
"Oh? Looks like she's moving pretty quickly, too." Kaede smiled sincerely.
"Are you two hiding something from me?"
"What's wrong?"
Ibuki Mio sighed. "You messing around is one thing, but why is Hiyori fooling around too? I think... you're the one behind this!"
Meanwhile, in the Class C Lord's room.
Room C, Round 6:
Shiina Hiyori (Lord): "I'll use Slash on Tozuka Yahiko. End Turn."
"Slap!"
Tozuka Yahiko slammed his palm on the table. "What the hell are you doing, woman!? I told you, I'm the Loyalist! Don't you understand?"
Majima, the Class A homeroom teacher standing behind Tozuka, quickly reminded him, "Tozuka, watch your language! Calm down. Shiina hasn't done anything against the rules."
Tozuka Yahiko: "How is this not intentionally throwing the match? The Lord herself took my third point of health! If I come back next round and she gets punished for killing a Loyalist, how is she supposed to keep playing?"
In Room B, the player with the Traitor role, Kanzaki Ryuji, shook his head helplessly.
This match was so frustrating. In her role as Lord, Hiyori had been relentlessly attacking him and Tozuka from Class A.
At this point, Kanzaki, the Traitor in seat two, had only one point of health left. He'd already used his Dodge, so he was practically doomed. Sure, he could revive in turn order next round, but would that even matter?
From Kanzaki's perspective as the Traitor, Tozuka's anger at being the Loyalist seemed genuine. That meant the other two Class D players, Yukimura Teruhiko and Wang Meiyu, had to be the two Rebels.
If they'd played normally, he and Tozuka could have killed one of the Class D Rebels, leaving the four classes evenly matched in a one-on-one-on-one-on-one. That would have been a great start for the Traitor.
Unfortunately, the Lord in Kanzaki's group seemed to be a real Tyrant, relentlessly attacking the two of them from Classes A and B, and leaving Class D alone.
As the Traitor in seat two, Kanzaki could only attack Tozuka, who was in seat three...
Kanzaki: "Forget it. Tozuka, this match is already hopeless. I'll put you out of your misery and see whether you really are the Loyalist... Slash!"
Tozuka Yahiko: "I... can't Dodge."
He'd already used his only Dodge, and he'd used it against the Lord's Slash.
Tozuka Yahiko, in seat three, dropped to zero health. His role was revealed: he was indeed the "Loyalist"!
Kanzaki: "So you really were the Loyalist~"
Tozuka Yahiko's face flushed with rage, but he had already died and left the game. He couldn't speak during the match anymore.
This game had been so frustrating and painful. He, the Loyalist, hadn't even lasted until the next round, when he could revive!
(After a Loyalist loses three points of health and drops to one, this is called the first round after revival. If the Loyalist survives until the end of the second round after revival, he dies for good and his identity is revealed.)
Tozuka Yahiko glared at the Lord's seat. You killed me—the Loyalist—and took my actual third point of health! You Tyrant, you'd better be punished!
Hiyori was judged to have killed the Loyalist while playing as Lord. She lost one point of health and all her Dodges.
But she calmly nodded, even showing a faint smile.
Tozuka Yahiko: Huh???
Yukimura Teruhiko, in seat four, was practically grinning from ear to ear.
He couldn't attack the Lord this round, so he took Kanzaki Ryuji's apparent fourth point of health instead.
Yukimura Teruhiko: "Wang Meiyu, hurry and kill the Lord! Otherwise, the Traitor Kanzaki in seat two will revive in turn order next round, and everything could change."
Wang Meiyu nodded quickly. When her turn came in seat five, she chose to Slash the Lord to her left.
Hiyori said calmly, "I lost my Dodge just now, so I'm dead~"
Kanzaki sighed to himself. His little Traitor hadn't made it to the fake-death round, and the match was already over.
If Hiyori hadn't gone so easy on them, he'd have had a chance to take out a Rebel after reviving next round. Then there might still have been a chance... but now, forget it.
Yukimura Teruhiko: "Great! Class D won! A double-Rebel victory, too. What a landslide!"
The Room C match ended. Results:
1 (Class C): Shiina Hiyori (Lord) — Defeat +5 Class Points +50,000 PR
2 (Class B): Kanzaki Ryuji (Traitor) — Defeat +5 Class Points +50,000 PR
3 (Class A): Tozuka Yahiko (Loyalist) — Defeat +5 Class Points +50,000 PR
4 (Class D): Yukimura Teruhiko (Rebel) — Victory +15 Class Points +150,000 PR
5 (Class D): Wang Meiyu (Rebel) — Victory +20 Class Points +200,000 PR
First Year Class D.
Kanji Ike: "Am I seeing things? We won in both Room B and Room C!?"
Matsushita Chiaki, nearby, furrowed her brows but didn't respond this time.
Ken Sudō, behind them, said, "You're right, Ike. We've already won a full 55 Class Points."
Sato Maya: "Look at Room A! Hirata and the others are in danger!"
The Class A Lord's room.
Round 4:
The Lord in Room A, Kamuro Sumire, still had all five points of health?
Kamuro Sumire: "Hey, can one of you four 'Loyalists' attack me already? You're all playing your own games. I really don't know whom to attack."
The other four players all had fewer than three points of health and no Dodges left.
Kobashi Yume from Class B was in the worst shape, with only one point of health remaining.
Kaneda Satoru, the "Loyalist" in seat two from Class C, smiled faintly. "If I'm reading this right, the timing's perfect. Since you want to die, Lord, I'll Slash you."
The Lord had four points of health.
Kamuro Sumire: "So you're finally done pretending? Then I'll attack you next round."
Kaneda smiled faintly and passed.
Just then, Miyamoto Soshi, the "Loyalist" in seat three, also Slashed the Lord. Kamuro was a little surprised. Two people had turned Rebel in one round? They weren't even pretending anymore?
Kobashi Yume, the "Loyalist" in seat four, happened to have a distance of zero this round and couldn't Slash either player on her left or right.
Looking helpless, she sneaked a glance at the Lord and sighed before passing.
Hirata Yousuke, the "Loyalist" in seat five, was within attack range of both players beside him. Normally, with players in seats two and three turning Rebel, he had no reason to attack the players in seats one and four.
But Hirata still used Slash on the Lord in seat one, then passed.
Kamuro: "Huh? The Traitor's attacking me too?"
She hesitated, but in the end chose not to Dodge. Her health dropped to two.
Kamuro was getting a headache. She'd been at full health for so long, and now three people had ganged up on her in a single round. She had no idea what to do.
Had the two Rebels and the Traitor been working together all along?
Then Kobashi Yume... Oh no!
At the end of the round, the system announced that Kobashi Yume's revival period was over. The Loyalist had died.
She really had entered the second round after revival as the Loyalist!
The situation changed in an instant.
Round 5:
The three boys who had been claiming to be Loyalists were all claiming to be Rebels now?
Kaneda Satoru: "Miyamoto Soshi, Hirata Yousuke, one of you is the Traitor, right? There's no point pretending anymore.
"Class D wants the 35 weight in maximum point rewards. I can help the Traitor among you win."
Hirata Yousuke: "Sorry, Kaneda. I believe both of us from Class D are Rebels. We can still get the 35-weight reward that way."
Miyamoto nodded quickly.
Kaneda didn't explain himself. He just chuckled. "Take a look at the distance between you and the others."
Miyamoto: "What... Hirata, why are neither of us in range? But they can attack us!"
End of Round 6:
Kaneda Satoru revived after fake death, revealing his identity as the Traitor.
Hirata tearfully claimed Miyamoto's head, gaining one Dodge and a chance to deal +1 damage.
End of Round 7:
No one on the field had a Dodge. The Lord, Rebel, and Traitor all had one point of health left.
The outcome now depended on the final distance-draw in Round 8!
The Room A match ended. Results:
Class A Lord Group:
1 (Class A): Kamuro Sumire (Lord) — Defeat +5 Class Points +50,000 PR
2 (Class C): Kaneda Satoru (Traitor) — Defeat +5 Class Points +50,000 PR
3 (Class D): Miyamoto Soshi (Rebel) — Victory +15 Class Points +150,000 PR
4 (Class B): Kobashi Yume (Loyalist) — Defeat +5 Class Points +50,000 PR
5 (Class D): Hirata Yousuke (Rebel) — Victory +20 Class Points +200,000 PR
At this point, all three Class D groups in Rooms A, B, and C had won big.
Class D had now gained a total of 90 Class Points and 90 PR!!!
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