𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑺 • Shuntaro Chishiya

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"Boom"

"Next up is... you!" Urumi shouted while pointing at a guy, who was part of her group. "Yours a heart!" She exclaimed after seeing the back of the man's collar.

Everyone nodded repeating her words.

The man thankfully bowed and stepped out of the circle again.

"Can you do mine next?" Another one asked shyly.

"Of course." Urumi smiled. "Looks like your symbol's a spade." She spoke calmly.

Lie

Everyone nodded confirming her words.

"Thank you very much." The man said joyfully.

Sitting next to Chishiya, Sayaka tilted her head while looking at the back of the man's collar. Heart. The man's actual suit.

To her, it was obvious that he wasn't the Jack but in the end it could be anyone... even Ippei.

"From now on, there'll be no round without any victims." The girl sighed and put her head on the table.

Chishiya simply nodded and instead of responding anything, he just continued to eat his cookies.

"Do you think Urumi could be the Jack?" She asked the guy.

"I definitely don't exclude that option. It could be literally anyone."

Sayaka leaned back with her hands pressing her blouse at the point where her wound was.

"Does it hurt?" Shuntaro turned his gaze to the girl's hands.

"What do you think?" The brown haired chuckled quietly. "Of course it does." She answered the question herself. "But I can handle it. It's just pain."

"Can I see it? You know, the wound." The guy leaned closer to Sayaka as she unzipped her blouse, revealing her brown bikini-top and the bandage right under it.

There was a small red stain visible on the bandage.

"It's leaking." The blonde guy stated with his head tilted and gaze focused on the spot. "Slowly, but it is. Did you find any bandages?"

Sayaka nodded and took a few bandages out of her pocket.

"We can only change your bandage twice." Chishiya said as he inspected the bandages. "It's better to wait a little longer."

"Okay. Thank you." Nakamura took back the bandages and zipped her blouse. "It's time to guess our suit." The girl got up and headed to the prison cells which the blonde guy following her.

Before entering one of the cells she looked at Chishiya and winked to him with a small smirk.

"Good luck." The guy let out a small laugh, as if this game was about luck.

"Clubs." Sayaka said calmly after hearing a familiar sound of the door closing behind her.

For the next few seconds it was completely quiet... no noise could be heard.

Boom.

One explosion.

One death.

However there was no announcement that the game was cleared, which could only mean that the Jack of Hearts was still alive.

"Round four begins now." An overenthusiastic female voice could be heard.

"What? I don't get it." A woman said in disbelief after almost everyone gathered in the "main room".

"I guess that guy wasn't the Jack of Hearts..." Another woman whispered, clearly feeling guilty.