The Jack of Hearts | Chishiya Shuntaro

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Hello people! - If you are still there -

Sorry for posting it too late, but since my native language is not English, writing takes too much time.

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Trust?

Do I really need to trust someone to live?

I rubbed my face in frustration as I listened to the rules.

It is a powerful feeling, and I doubt that with the limited time, I will leave my life in the care of someone else. And probably that's why this game is Jack of Hearts.

So, I need a partner..?

Once again, I skim through people in the guardroom while thinking about how to find my symbol without depending on someone. The rules did not mention the randomness of the suits. Maybe, there is a way to guess what appears on my collar—some pattern, for example. But I still need someone to tell me my suit for the first rounds.

I put myself in the jack's shoes while I tried to read everyone in the room. I am sure they won't make a move in the beginning because that's what I would do if I were they. I would observe. Since people don't have time to rest, only one hour break between the guesses, I would wait for people to start getting paranoid. So they would not notice me.

However, that is my strategy. I am unsure if it is the correct way to play this game for the jack or if they will play as I planned.

I looked at the girl in a blue dress; she is gathering people for her group. This scene makes me think of another option. The jack could have been a part of a bigger group without getting unnoticed and somehow deceive everyone.

There are so many possibilities...

I understand that one way or another, I need a teammate that I can trust. Choosing a reliable partner is not easy. Although I can easily read people's emotions and feelings, this game is not suitable for someone with trust issues. There are already too many people playing the game. The odds of meeting the jack are very low for me. Yet, what if the person I teamed up with got paranoid and told my suit wrong on purpose?

The mutual trust.

That is what I need.

Yet, it is too hard to gain mutual trust within such a short time.

What should I do?

I just need to find someone I can get along well. Should I trust my instincts or my brain?

Go with your instincts, it is logical to use them to find a partner.

I instantly turn my head to the left and see the boy in the denim overalls talking to the boy in the white hoodie. The dark-haired one is friendful, but the blonde is still too unbothered in a situation like this. At first, he made me feel relaxed. Now I learned that there is a mole in the game. Could it be because he is the jack?

No, it wouldn't be so easy, right?

Before I could make a move, the blue-dress girl came before me with a big, warm smile. "Do you wanna join our team?" she says, her voice childlike. But her expression changed when I hesitated, friendly smile to a creepy smirk. "You still don't have a partner."

I looked at all the people she gathered, almost half of the players. The chance of jack being in this group is high. However, I hadn't chosen my partner yet, and I was a little scared that I would be alone, so I accepted her offer. This decision could have brought me to an end. In the battle of life, joining a large group doesn't make any sense, especially in this game.