Queen of Diamonds | Shuntaro Chishiya

[Chapter 19]. Disasterous Start

I messed up the last chapter. It was King of Spades, not Clubs.
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"I got word that Arisū and some of his friends went to go find the King of Clubs venue." Ann walked back into the room after leaving for twenty minutes to meet up with a friend.

"The funky weird guy on television where you can clearly see he doesn't wear clothes?" Rū scoffed as she sat down on the couch.

Still no sign of Chishiya... this was disastrous as it is. First, a lunatic sniper trying to kill them, and her friend is nowhere to be found.

"What should we do in the meantime?" Rū asked turning to the three who sat down next to her. Her voice was dripping with sorrow. She felt nonchalant with the final games.

"We all have ten days left on our visas. I would say just wait it out?" Toro asked but Ann shook her head.

"We shouldn't rely on others, I'm sure Setsuna would agree to that." Ann looked at Setsuna so she could back her up.

"Well, we can take a day off. I want to go find somebody." Setsuna was ready to go for the door but Rū caught her wrist.

"You would get killed by that sniper guy!" She exclaimed but Setsuna pulled her arm back.

"Then let him... I'm not afraid. I'll be back, but if I don't return... don't come looking for me." she took off down the apartment building ignoring the three.

She had to find Chishiya, she didn't care what it took. Setsuna figured if he were to die, there was nothing else in the sojourns to even look forward to living. She should've never taken the deal to become a citizen to only grow attached to these players.

Her mind was rapidly moving and she didn't know what to do. Why does it pain me so much to see everyone turn on each other?!

She looked up outside, the air was cool and slightly breezy against her skin. There were no signs of life near her. So the King of Spades was certainly nowhere to be found.

"Now I'm alone..." she muttered while her feet trudged on the ground slowly. She could hear faint gunshots many blocks away from her. Her mind wasn't in the right moment to debate whether or not she was really herself.

"Huh?" She heard a woman groan in a nearby storage. Setsuna slowly opened the door and saw a tall black-haired woman with one foot missing lean against the shed fixing the piece of metal that was attached to her foot.

"Uh... do you need help?" Setsuna looked worried, all thoughts of her current plans diminished. This poor woman looked like she was in pain. Her clothes were ripped and dirtied.

"Pass me my water container." She croaked and Setsuna nodded handing her container that was nearly across the room on a wooden table. The storage was filled with useless tools, nothing would defeat the King of Spades with anything in this storage.

"May I know your name?" Setsuna asked while the woman struggled to get up, she wobbled but managed.

"Akira. Heiya Akira," her voice was stern but Setsuna nodded and her eyes fell upon a bow next to a storage closet.

"You won't be able to defend using that against a maniac using a rifle. Is there anything else useful around here?" Setsuna groaned placing two fingers on her forehead.

"What do you think? All those militants from the Beach raided the former military base. There's nothing useful unless you pick a rifle off of their dead bodies." Akane rolled her eyes, the woman was no more than the age of seventeen. A mere high school student at least.