𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑺 • Shuntaro Chishiya

• 3 •

"Spades"

"Karube and I will go with you, but Chota is hurt, as you probably saw." Arisu said to Sayaka.
She just nodded.

"Let's go find a gaming arena." She suggested right after that.

They didn't really talk while walking and searching an arena. Most of the time Karube complained about the terrible weather in the strange world.

"There's an arena here." Sayaka said.

The girl stopped in front of the Toei Sendaya Apartment. They went up the stairs to the apartment and heard some kind of bell ringing, which meant that they were registered for the game. Everyone took a phone.

"Please wait until the game commences. There are currently 11 participants. One minute until registration closes."

Sayaka noticed two girls that were clearly new in this world, because they were wearing short skirts and high heels.
"You won't get far like that." she laughed quietly.

There were also two men in suits, two guys that looked experienced and a quiet guy in a white hoodie.

"Do you know where everyone disappeared? And what game do we have to play?" A guy Sayaka's age approached the girl.
"You'll see soon." she answered quickly and leaned against the wall.

"Registration has closed. There are a total of 14 participants. The game will now commence."

"Can you please explain to me, what all this means?" The young guy was still asking questions.

Sayaka looked at Arisu and Karube and shook her had.

"Difficulty: Five of Spades. Game is 'Tag'. Rule: Avoid whoever is 'it'."
Most participants started murmuring. One of the 'experienced' guys seemed quite happy.

"Clear condition: Discover and though the symbol hidden in one of the building's rooms within the time limit. You clear the game when this objective is fulfilled. Time limit: 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the time bomb hidden in the building will explode."

One teenage girl started crying right after the explanation.

"The game will commence in two minutes."

Everyone went inside the building and started choosing 'hiding spots'. Most people stayed on the ground floor or took the elevator to go to one of the first floors.

However Sayaka took the stairs and instead of going of the balcony, she stayed on the stairs between the sixth and seventh floor.

"The game will now commence. The time limit is 20 minutes. Commence now. The tagger is on the move."

After these words Fanfare and extremely annoying music started playing.

The quite guy in the white hoodie leaned against the barrier and watched everything, as if the could wait to see the tagger.
Sayaka heard how the doors of the elevator opened nearby.

She immediately got up and carefully went to the seventh floor. For the next few seconds there was nothing to hear except heavy and slow footsteps on the sixth floor. Until now nothing extraordinary happened, now one died and no one screamed.

"Three minutes have passed."

Suddenly gunshots could be heard on the sixth floor. Sayaka quickly ran to the end of the balcony of the seventh floor, to really see everything. She noticed the quite guy standing there and leaning against the barrier. The girl could also see the tagger on the sixth floor.

He was wearing a horse mask, which made Sayaka chuckle quietly. On the fifth floor there was a girl with short hear, who was jumping down from one barrier to the other on the floor beneath it.