At Yusaku Kudo's words, Alice's expression immediately darkened.
Seeing this, the fat Richard beside them let out a sigh of relief and gave an indifferent snort.
"Y-you're in charge of dealing the cards? In that case... in that case... right, something as important as dealing cards obviously shouldn't be left to you alone. There are twenty-two cards here now. We should pick three people to take some each, then deal them among everyone together. Um... Mr. Aizen, Miss Julia, you're participants in the game too. What do you think?"
Julia nodded. "I agree."
Aizen smiled gently. "That is indeed reasonable."
Alice gave a light snort and cast a provocative glance at Yusaku Kudo. With remarkable decisiveness, she distributed the fourteen cards between the other two, then placed the remaining eight into Yusaku Kudo's hands.
"Hehe, who would've thought that, at the final moment, even touching the cards would make everyone so worked up? By the way, Mrs. Kudo and Mr. Ronte didn't get any tasks. Do you two have any objections?"
Ronte, the man with the ponytail, waved a hand and said he had no objections.
As long as Yusaku Kudo had cards in his hands, Yukiko Kudo had no objections either.
"Since that's settled, let's begin."
Yusaku Kudo, Aizen, and Julia began placing the cards in their hands according to the previously established numbers.
Julia received one card.
Ronte, Richard, and Yukiko Kudo each received two cards.
Alice received three cards.
Yusaku Kudo and Aizen each received five cards.
In the end, after all the cards had been dealt, two remained.
Yusaku Kudo and Aizen exchanged a look. Using fireplace tongs, they picked up the two cards and placed them into the fireplace.
After a sharp crack, the two returned and sat back down.
"All right, now... the cards