"We don't have any problems with the rules, but isn't there a bit too many players? If we're unlucky, this could go on for a long time," Ryuen Kakeru said.
Aside from Ayanokoji, whom he didn't know very well, everyone else had better grades than him. If he could understand the rules, the others surely could, too.
Sakayanagi Arisu had already prepared an answer to that question.
She'd been waiting for someone to ask, so she could show off her cleverness.
If she'd brought it up from the start, there wouldn't have been the same satisfying contrast.
"Ryuen, don't worry about that. We'll arrange the seats based on the players' hands.
The people watching from outside the game will check everyone's cards and assign seats. We'll try to ensure that the player one or two seats after each person has a card that can pair with one in the previous player's hand, making the game easier.
Also, players from the same class will have to sit apart, so the Joker can circulate normally and no one can cheat.
As the game goes on and the number of players decreases, if players from the same class end up next to each other, and the Joker is in the next player's hand, then the two players will switch seats. After switching, the player whose turn it was will automatically be skipped."
After explaining the additional rules, Sakayanagi Arisu smiled at everyone.
The rules were simple, and no one had any questions. Everyone seemed satisfied with the arrangement.
The people outside the game would act as referees, so cheating was unlikely.
Once the rules were settled, the game began.
Uesugi Hara looked at the seven unmatched cards and the Joker in his hand. A string of question marks flashed through his mind.
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