CH 3

Bullet 3: I’m Not So Nice Anymore

MARCH 20, 2022 ~ FROZZENDETH

Cast-Off Table.

This is a demonic game competition where various games are

played and the losers of the game must take off pieces of clothing

one by one.

The game is still in the midst of its early stages, so far Aria was

stripped to her underwear in the first round and Shirayuki in the

second round.

The games at the time were mahjong and billiards, so I thought we

would be playing table games again…

The third game was, surprisingly, a consumer game using the PS2.

(Kaguyahime Electric Railway, Japan…!)

I know the Hathorn game that Riko is holding up – the one with the

package featuring Princess Kaguya wearing a trainman’s cap,

saluting and winking – I have heard of it before.

It’s a game like Sugoroku, where each station in Japan is a area.

Also known as the “Himetetsu” series.

It’s a famous series that has been around for more than 20 years

since its first release in 1988, and there are many versions of it.

There are many locations that the game takes places in, and the one

that Riko has, “Japan”, is an older version that supports multiplayer.

“Who here has played Himetetsu before-!”

I, Hiraga-san, Fuuma, and Riko herself raise our hand to Riko, who

is waving around the game case.

Reki, who I can’t picture playing games in general, and Jeanne, who

was doing great at billiards… have never played it before.

“It’s okay if you have never played before. Himetetsu is a game that

even beginners can easily play! All you have to do is roll the dice and

advance your train toward the designated goal, start with 100 million

yen, and when you reach the goal you will get 300 million yen!”

And as Riko says… this game is indeed as simple as the rules make

it out to be.

“Then, just like Monopoly, if you buy a company with your stopped

train, your assets will increase. For example, if you buy an inn with a

5% rate of return for 200 million yen, you will receive 10 million yen

once a year. Of course, the original price of 200 million yen is also

calculated as an asset, so it’s a great deal!”

There, too, the rules are simple.

In short, it’s almost like Monopoly.

But that’s not the problem with this game…

“Then, you can use cards to gain an advantage in the game, and

random events happen! That’s the fun of it!”

Kya-!

In front of Riko, who was waving around the software with an excited

look on her face, cold sweat beaded on my forehead.

This game…

The “cards” and “events” are famous for their immense potency.

First, the cards. Of course, there are all sorts of useful cards, but

some of them can do crazy things that make you question the sanity

of their creators.

For example, there are “party cards” tha allow all the players to

move back to the same square.

There is also the “Rainy Day” card that equally distributes the money

you have saved so everyone gets an equal share.

No matter how many trillions of yen in debt that a player has, they

will be entirely forgiven.

And so on… there are a lot of cards that can quickly mess up the

game.

And…

There is the girl character in the Tsugihagi kimono on the back of the

game package.

Her name is “Bimbo-chan”.

This character is crazy.

If you stop at a certain square, or if you’re the last one to finish,

Bimbo-chan can haunt you…

Once you become possessed in the game, your cards and

companies will be sold for a small amount of yen, and you will be

forced to move in the opposite direction of your goal, which will leave

you bankrupt and in debt no matter how well you have been playing

the game.

Furthermore, Bimbo-chan evolves into “Queen Bimbo” on a whim.

If this happens, the damage is immeasurable.

The economic loss would be enough to destroy a small country.

This is a literal poor God character that can be found only in this

game…

And this God, you can put it on people.

That is the most evil system in this game.

If your train overtakes someone elses train and touches it, the

bimbo-chan will go to the touched person.

This rule exposes the ugly nature of human beings, who want to

save themselves even at the expense of others. That’s how blatant

evil a rule it is.

The end results is usually a fist fight.

But…

In the case of Butei High, a school laking normality, this will usually

lead to a shootout. There is no doubt about this.

“Hey Riko, why Himetetsu of all games? That’s… that’s dangerous!”

“Because it’s so much fun!”

Riko sets the game disc into the PS2, not caring about my protests.

“Th-, that’s true, but…”

This game is going to be a bad one. This game for sure.

The Wii that was treasured in the audiovisual classroom of the

assault department was destroyed last year by a stray bullet

because of this game.

At least it’s not a game you play with a gun in your hand. That is an

absolute. (TL Note: this is brutally translated as I couldnt get a good

basic place to start deciphering it. Basically means something like “a

gun does not belong in this game” and my guesstimate was either

A)you dont play with a gun or B)you aren’t SUPPOSED to play with

a gun in this game, relating to the Wii incident)

And despite my worries…

“Then let’s begin! Last place has to take off one piece of clothing!”

Holding up the rulebook in one hand, Riko clicks a button on the

controller with her other hand and starts the game.

Oh… it’s started.

In a sloppy manner.

“be-… before you start… I have a suggestion!”

In addition to the selection of the game itself, I have an even more

serious problem: my time limit, and so I raised my hand.

I estimate that I have less than 25 minutes left to maintain Hysteria

Wiseman.

Once I run out of time, my blood flow will return to normal and I will

nearly immediately enter hysteria mode.

So, I have to win all of the games and finish the tournament before

that happens.

“A suggestion~?”

Riko raised her eyebrows and she looked at me with her big, double

lidded eyes.

“Knowing you, I’m sure you’ll be able to figure out the best way to get

the most out of this game. For example, if your destination is

Wakkanai or Naha, you can make the tracks impassable by using

“roadblock cards”.

“Well, yeah. But isn’t that part of the strategy? Himetetsu is a divine

game, so I dont want to put any restrictions on the rules…” (TL Note:

Divine Game is reffering to a game of luck, kind of like how in

Monopoly you can be a horrible player but just get wildly lucky with

rolls and beat an experienced player. It’s a game largely about luck.)

Riko put her finger to her lips as she thought about it. Apparantly,

she has a lot of respect for Kaguyahime Electric Railway.

I dont think we are going to settle on a way to conclude this game

other than tying it to a card…

Then…

“I’m not sure that is a good idea. However, such a foot-stomping

strategy could be abused to waste time, and unfair strategies could

be used to treat blouse-less Jeanne unfairly. So, I’d like to propose to

keep the Himetetsu rules as they are – and I would like to speed up

the conclusion. Everyone, even if they are not in last place, will take

off one piece for every 100 million yen they owe at someone elses

goal. How about that?”

I quickly had that thought and laid it out while putting down a

thoughtful claim for Jeanne.

…zawa…

Reki remains in a daze, but Riko, Jeanne, Hiraga-san, and Fuuma

are all tense.

“What… are you scared? If so, this rule will apply until the second

goal. Don’t tell me you guys are still scared of… this?”

The trick to survive a tense Butei High situation is to relax the

conditions and ask “Is this still scary?” It makes you look brave and

defuses the situation.

If you are not brave, you won’t survive Butei High.

In the hands of such a classic line by me…

“Kufufu, okay. There’s no way Riko will lose.”

“Tohyama. You’re unusually thoughtgul for a man of your stature.”

“It’s okay-. Aya has played this game many times with her brother!~”

“If master says so, I have no objection.”

And everyone was easily won over.

Reki nodded her head.

Good thing they are all morons.

“Okay. Then – if someone owes more than the number of clothes that

they own at the finish line, they’re eliminated there. Now, let’s start

fast and finish fast!”

With a little bit of genuine feelings,Riko-

“-Let’s go then!”

Riko grinned and added her name as “President Rikorin”

Hiraga-san, who was given the controller, entered “President Aya”,

Jeanne entered “President Jeanne”, Reki entered “President Reki”,

and Fuuma entered “President Hina” (since her first name is Hina…)

I quickly typed in my name as well, “President Kinji”.

… come on, let’s get started.

The Cast-Off table, Round 3 – the “Kaguyahime Dentetsu Japan”

showdown has begin.

We all started from a panel in Tokyo, and our first destination was…

The game console randomly chose and selected Nagoya.

“Then, let’s all take 100 million yen and have some fun~!”

Riko with the controler, korokorokorokoro… pi~ch!

When the dice appeared on the screen, riko pressed the button…

She rolled a 4.

Her train followed the track and arrived at Yokohama.

And then, with blinding speed… momoman… what?

She bought some property.

“Oh, didn’t you just buy something nice?”

As Aria said that while watching the game in her underwear, I

remembered something.

As I recall, there was a Momoman shop in Yokohama.

Because there is a Chinatown.

“It’s a 30 million yen property with an 80% rate of return. It’s an

excellent property. Also, there are two Chinese restaurants, both for

60 million yen at 75%, but you have to have the cash to buy them.

Hamasters is there too which sells for 600 million with a return rate

of 5% but I’m short on funds right now, kufufufu~.”

To Riko, who blabbered on about things not currently on the screen…

I roll my eyes.

“Riko, you remember this game… very well.”

“What are you talking about Kiku~n? Memorizing all the cards at all

the stations, all the properties, and all the cards at the card booths is

a basic rule for Himetetsu, isn’t it?” (TL Note: original has “!” instead

of “?” for last sentence despite it sounding like a sentence. Both “?!”

didnt make sense as the first sentence makes me think she is

teasing Kinji, not yelling at him. Hiragana here is also a question so I

think it was used by author to signify it’s a question but sarcasm, not

a genuine one.)

Riko swayed her hips and flicked her fluttery skirt around, and yes.

Hiraga-san nodded her head and agreed!

Hiraga stopped at the card booth station and quickly bought

something.

This move too… I couldn’t see it. What card did she buy?

(Oh no… there are two strong enemies…!)

I turned pale for a moment, but then-

Next up was President Jeanne, who was making her first attempt at

Himetetsu.

Hmm…? Ohhh.

First of all, she’s confused on how to operate the controller.

Kuku… She is small fry.

With a dark grin on my face, President Jeanne follows the arrow and

stops at the compulsory card station near Shinagawa.

As its name implies, at a compulsory card station you are forced to

draw a card.

This card is random and contains a number of things that can

happen…

“… what, is this?”

The card that President Jeanne, with her shapely eyebrows now

raised, drew was a “Paluputen Card”.

It’s a high stakes gambling card in which you never know what will

happen.

Without knowing what it does, Jeanne uses it…

“President Jeanne! Our companies funds have doubled!”

…Hey…!

Damn it, Jeanne.

It suddenly went well for her.

I mean, it’s unreasonable. How can you go from having 100 million

yen to 200 million yen just by taking the train to Kamakura? This

game…

“…”

Next, it was Reki’s turn.

PikoPiko.

Reki was sitting in front of the game console, operated the dice, and

the roll was a 6.

In terms of distance, I’d say Reki has jumped to the top of the list.

Odawara is a plus station. Here’s another funny thing about this

game, when you stop at a plus station, you can get hundreds to tens

of millions of yen in gold. So, President Reki’s assets are now 103.6

million yen.

Next up was Fuuma, aka “President Fuuma”.

This one stops in Kawasaki and buys a steel company for 80 million

yen.

I’m-

I stopped at a card-vending station, so I bought one of the “express

cards”.

This is a game balance breaker card that gives you two dice to roll,

so It’s nice to have one yourself.

But why does it cost 30 million yen just to take an express train?

I knew whoever made this game was crazy.

“Hey, bosses! It’s now May!”

The second round begins, and first Riko rolls the dice on the screen.

And then she made a solid step at Plus Station and got some cash.

“Hmm, that means that the inflation rate is about 4c. That’s too high.

Kufufu.”

“Hmm, it looked like a rate of 4b”

Hiraga-san is answering to Riko who was talking to herself.

…what are they… talking about?

I have experience with Himetetsu, but I dont know that term. I dont

know what it means.

“What’s inflation or rates…?”

“What? You don’t know, Ki-kun? You’re so scary-!”

Riko, who made horns with the index figners on both of her hands,

poked me in the sides like some kind of buffalo.

Hiraga-san imitates her and pokes me on the other side.

“In the world of Himetetsu, prices rise and fall with inflation and

deflation. The income and expenditure at positive and negative

stations changes accordingly.”

“There are fifteen patterns to that rate, so it’s a rule of thumb to stop

at a plus or minus station in May to see what the rates are!”

Riko and Hiraga-san, who were still making their horns like red and

blue demons, looked up at me from both sides.

(This… is not good…!)

This is the first time I’ve ever played Himetetsu with a group of

advanced players who knew the ins and outs of the system.

If I’m not careful, I could get stripped. It could easily happen.

I don’t want to be stripped down to my trunks in front of a bunch of

girls.

Hiraga-san rolled the dice at a speed that made me think her fingers

were directly connected to the PS2… then she stopped at the card

sale station again and bought some cards.

I knew it – she had memorized everything, including which card sale

station sold what cards and where they were located from the top-

down.

“Then I guess I’m next.”

Jeanne sits upright in front of the PS2 with a crisp face.

But there was no blouse on her upper body, and her underwear, with

flowers embroidered on the straps, was completely exposed.

She also wore a ribbon around her neck like a necklace, which

looked extremely dumb.

Jeanne, who looks nothing like the president of a company with 200

million yen in assets, moves forward and stops in Shizuoka…

“President Jeanne! This is a quiz on place names!”

An event has occured.

In Himetetsu, these mini-games are randomly generated, and

depending on the result, you can get money…

“The cape of Hokkaido, famous for Shinichi Mori’s enka,” Erimo “!

How do you read this?

1えりも

2きんも

3きんもー

4きんちゃく

“Now, please answer! President Jeanne!” (TL Note: I kept the

original Hiragana in as simply put this question doesn’t work in

English and translates to jibberish. Judging by the question, I’m

guessing that this is a spoken quiz as well, I’m pretty sure its asking

for the hiragana for the Kanji for a place.)

‘

Damn it. That’s a simple quiz.

It’s Erimo (1えりも). Erimo. She even has the unnecessary hints

about Enka.

This is going to make Jeanne at the top in terms of profit even more

money.

In front of me… Jeanne is clicking her tongue.

“…?”

She furrows her good-looking eyebrows, thinking.

Jeanne…

Jeanne, can’t you read? It’s erimo.

Oh, I almost forgot because of her fluency in Japanese… Jeanne is

French.

You are not familiar with Kanji or place names.

She wouldnt know about the famous song “Cape Erimo” either.

“I can’t read it. A loss is unavoiable.”

It seems that Jeanne pressed the button at random, but…

“Correct answer! The answer is 1) “Erimo”! That’s 100 million yen in

revenue!”

Thanks to the fact that she never moved the curser from the (1)

selection, she accidentally got it right.

It’s beginner’s luck, just like the money earned from the “Palputen

Card” earlier. That is it.

Jeanne has the goddess of beginners luck on her side while Hiraga-

san and Riko are both masters at this game.

I have got 3 strong opponents…!

Just as I was thinking that, Reki…

KoroKoro… she rolled the dice and… got a 6.

“…”

Pupu-.

The yellow-green train with President Reki on board proceeded to

Hamamatsu with a light whistle sounding.

Her destination, Nagoya, was right in front of her.

Everyone looked a little impatient at this.

“I mean, Reki… you had a six earlier too, didn’t you?”

I asked, and,

“Yes.”

While handing over the controller to Fuuma, Reki answers plainly.

“You are quite lucky Reki.”

“No.”

“The probability of getting six two times in a row is 1/36 you know.

You are lucky, extremely lucky.”

“No.”

…

Reki… there is no way…

“… did you intentionally… get 6?”

“Yes.”

Riko and Hiraga-san are now also looking at Reki, who answered in

a calm manner.

“Ho-, how did you do that?”

“I figured out how to pick dice numbers after watching you roll them

a few times before me.”

“Watching… what were you watching for?”

“I saw the roll of the dice at the moment you pressed the button. It

seems that the other side of the dice is always the selected number,

so I press the button when 1 is displayed.”

You… you learned all that just from watching…!

No, can you even do that with this game?

In this game, when you roll the dice… the dice will begin rolling

automatically.

The player then pressed a button on cue to determine his or her roll,

a system similar to roulette…

Apparantly, Reki can use her astounding eyes here as well.

The dice rolls so quickly on the screen that it’s impossible to follow

them with the naked eye. (TL Note: In case you are confused: Player

starts their turn and either presses a button or it’s automatic and the

dice begins to roll on screen. Then the player presses a button and

the dice stops giving you your number. Reki has realized that

whatever number is pointing at you is not the number you are given,

it is the one on the opposite side of the dice. Because of her

amazing eyes she can make out the numbers on the dice and thus

guarantee that she gets whatever number she wants.)

However, Reki is an S-rank sniper, and she can see all this with her

extraordinary dynamic vision.

You are still the same walking cheater, huh.

(In addition to Riko, Hiraga-san, and Jeanne… even Reki has such a

technique…)

There are too many strong enemies in this game, isnt there?

In this game, my pairing with Reki is no longer relevant, so the only

ally I have is my henchman Fuuma…

“Uwaa, why don’t you go?”

Fuuma stopped at a square called “Minus Station” and it cost her 25

million yen for nothing.

She doesn’t have enough money in her possession though, and

she’s forced to sell the steel company she bought earlier in

Kawasaki for half of what she paid for it.

“Kyahaha! Ninin-chan, that wasn’t a good roll!”

“”Dont step on the Minus Station even if you have to take a detour” is

a ironclad rule!”

And so on and so forth, the advanced students poke fun at the poor

“President Chick”.

No, Fuuma is…

Fuuma is just not very good at this. Himetetsu that shes. Shes just

playing dumb.

She’s not going to be able to help me this time. If we don’t do

something soon, we’re both going to be stripped. Me and my

henchman.

“Hmm. Fuuma, pass me the controller!”

I wrestled the controller away from “President Hina.”

And this is where I made the decision to use the express card.

With this, if I roll well, I can get to Nagoya in one shot.

With this it doesnt matter how skillyfully the guru pair use their

money, or whether Jeanne has baginner’s luck, or whether Reki uses

her cheat eyes.

Just like how the number of bullets in a Aru-Kata fight is the key to

victory…

It’s the number of dice that counts!

“Go-!”

I can’t press the button at the perfect moment, but I press them with

all the energy I can muster.

Korokoro.

The two dice that I rolled…

1 and 1.

(…that’s the worst possible role…!)

I was planning to go to Nagoya, but I can only go to Atami.

What bad luck.

As expected of Tohyama, the second-year student with a reputation

for bad luck.

I shouldn’t run a real company in the future, for the sake of the world,

myself, and others.

Pfft, look at my train that only moved two squares…

“Kinji, pull yourself together a little, this is pitiful to watch.”

“Kin-chan, hang in there! You’ll do better next time!”

I then noticed that Aria was now on my right and Shirayuki on my

left.

-this, this is amazing. (TL Note: no matter where I slapped this

sentence in, I was given amazing. I believe it is the right meaning,

but not in the sense that Kinji likes this situation but more so that

Aria/Shirayuki is willing to do it, especially Aria since typically there

would be .45 rounds flying about 10 minutes ago.)

A girl in her underwear on my right just scolded me while another girl

in her underwear on my left encouraged me.

Of course, you are both only this close since you think my goggles

are still working…

White underwear with playing cards symbols are worn on Aria’s

childish body.

Black lingerie is wrapped around Shirayuki’s mature body.

I’m being sandwhiched from both side by two distinctly different but

beatiful girls with their bare skin visible and touching me.

A normal man would be attracted to one of them and feel like he’s in

heaven… or they would like both of them and feel like they are in

paradise.

By the way, I just remembered that Mutou told me that in the adult

world, there are pubs where women in lingerie pour drinks for you. I

guess this is what that would be like.

Normally you would have to pay a fortune to get in, but I’m willing to

pay to get out.

We’re going to have a lot more girls in underwear soon.

Yes. Underwear heaven for others is also the first ring of hell for me

who has hysteria mode.

Im surrounded by enemies. Can I make it back alive? From this

place that is.

In the meantime, Reki entered Nagoya of course…

“Congratulations, President Reki! You are the first to reach your

destination! Here is your prize, 300 million yen!”

This message was displayed.

“The bottom player is President Hina!” (TL Note: Remember, Hina is

Fuuma as that is her first name.)

“Ku… I’m sorry…!”

Fuuma, A.K.A President Hina, who was the farthest from the goal,

took off onr of her socks and went barefoot on her right foot.

This is not good… my henchmans armor is coming off.

The odds are getting even worse for me. This is not good.

“President Hina will now be possessed by Bimbo-chan! Don’t be

discouraged! Well, Presidents, your next destination is Aomori! Good

Luck!”

Following this message… on the back of Fuuma’s red train…

(oh… oh, there she is…!)

A ghostly girl in a tsugihagi kimono.

Literally the God of poverty…

Tha-, that’s Bimbo-chan..!

“Good morning! I’m Bimbo-chan. It’s nice to meet you!”

“uhiii!”

Fuuma screamed and fell back….! Now, the place is filled with

tension.

-Yes.

Himetetsu is the real deal after this Bimbo-chan comes out.

But still, Bimbo-chan…

I never thought she would possess a redscarf wearing girl like

Fuuma in real life. Is this also fate? (TL Note: no idea what this

means, the color “red” is present and refers to Fuuma so I assumed

scarf, might be a mythological thing.)

Fuuma rolled the dice with a trembling hand and headed for Tohoku,

where Aomori Station is located.

“Bimbo! Wha-ha-ha! You will be turning around from here on out!”

Bimbo-chan took the liberty of rolling the dice again, and Fuuma

returned to the southern Kanto region.

“Waaa!”

“Do-, Don’t come here!”

Riko and I, who were on the east side of the Tokaido, shouted at

Fuuma together.

If you are touched by Fuuma’s train, Bimbo-chan will move to the

touched train.

If that happens, it will be my undoing.

“Thi-, this is terrible master! Help me!”

“I can’t help you with Bimbo-chan! You are on your own!”

I rolled the dice and headed west along the Tokaido Highway to

escape Fuuma.

This station is far from my new goal of Aomori, but this is

unavoidable.

I’ll head north along the Nakasendo line from Toyohashi, and then go

around the Sea of Japan to Aomori.

-Fuuma-

Thinking about it, I don’t know why you listened to me and fought so

vigorously for me in Mahjong and billiards.

You’re a great ninja. You’ve done a great job without people knowing.

But this was apparantly as far as it went.

(“Fuuma, you’ve done well so far. Thank you.”)

I sent this message to Fuuma by stroking my chin and clenching my

jaw,

(“… I will continue to do my best.”)

Fuuma also responded to the message in code by grooming her face

with the back of her hand and shaking it.

I feel sorry for you, but things are what they are.

-Historically, ninjas have sometimes been used as pawns.

A warrior cannot trade their live to save a ninja.

Take off your clothes with grace and honor. Do it for me.

(Forgive me, Fuuma…!)

Now – when Bimbo-chan appeared, the other players actions are

divided into two types.

First, there is the defensive type, who runs away at a glance of

Bimbo-chan, ignoring the goal.

Hiraga-san and Jeanne, who imitated her, are this type.

The other pattern is the attack type, where you take the risk of being

handed a Bimbo-chan and go around the Sea of Japan side to reach

the goal, Aomori.

This group is made up of Reki, who can advance by six at a time by

using her dynamic vision, and me, who knows that I can’t get Bimbo

put on me since I’m working with Fuuma.

In the meantime, it was Fuuma’s turn again…

“Bimbo! I bought you a nice Card! Here you go! It’s one advance

card! It cost 250 million yen!”

Hey…!

Bimbo-chan…

It’s been buying cards that Fuuma doesn’t need at outrageous

prices.

“Hey…!”

To Fuuma’s dismay, her cash reserves quickly turned into the

negatives.

President Hina is over 200 million yen in debt, but…

The misfortune didn’t end there.

“…oh? Bimbo-chan looks likes she’s on…” (TL Note: Game is saying

this.)

Dendendeden♪ Dendendeden♪

The sound effect that has traumatized anyone who’s ever played

Himetetsu… flash!

The screen flickered, and the little Bimbo…

“Wha-cha! I’m a queen bimbo!”

She grew a size larger and transformed into a girl wearing a twelve-

layered kimono full of splintered threads.

At that moment, the atmosphere of the room turned even more

bleak.

(… Queen Bimbo-chan…!)

It is the final form of the annoying Bimbo-chan that evolves on a

whim.

She is the queen of fear, inflicting economic damage on players that

would destroy a small country.

“Fu-, Fuuma…!”

The Fuuma that I saw through my goggles…

-was laughing.

The mental state of a person who has lost their assets, is in debt,

and is possessed by a Queen Bimbo is beyond the imagination of

most people.

People don’t know what kind of expression to make in such a

situation.

So she laughed. She has no other choice.

“Fufufu… Now, I truly am a living corpse. This train is now a journey

of death!”

A black aura rises from Fuuma who has now proclaimed that she

herself has become a God of poverty.

And the one who was caught in that Aura…

“Ua~a!”

It’s Riko.

Riko, who was still on the Tokaido, rolled the dice and was unlucky

enough to get a 1.

-She’s completely lost her escape.

Suck it up.

Just because she is used to this game, she got carried away and let

her guard down.

(“Fuuma, take Riko down with you.”)

(“Yes sir.”)

While each of us was moving our trains left and right, it’s Fuuma’s

turn again…

As we all watched the screen with bated breath, the dice came up

with… 6!

Riko’s been captured…!

“Mine-dono, please give me your life!”

Fuuma’s train overtook Riko’s, and Queen Bimbo attached herself to

Riko’s train.

Fuuma succeeds in tricking Riko while overrunning her to a station

where it doesn’t matter where Aomori is anymore.

“…Kufufu. Sweet, sweet.”

Riko, now carrying Queen Bimbo on her back, smiles… fearlessly.

And when it was my turn to grab the controller, it clicked!

A quick manipulation and you’ve used some kind of card…?

“Hey, boss! Let’s have a party! Let’s party!”

…party card…!

This is a card that breaks the concept of Sugoroku by allowing you to

gather everyone’s train to your own train.

Riko has just used it.

-All the trains are moved to Riko’s square with the Queen Bimbo.

In this case, the person who takes on the Queen Bimbo is… the next

person to roll the dice and move.

“Ayayaya…! Ayayayaya…!”

It was Hiraga-san, who had been chatting with Riko on a friendly

basis and the other advanced player.

“Bimbo! Wachya! We sold President Aya’s property! I sold it to you!

Whahaha!”

The stores that Hiraga has been steadily buying and selling are

being sold off like trash…

A trading company that cost 100 million yen was being sold for

500,000 yen, and a factory that cost 30 million yen is worth 100,000

yen…!

In just one turn, “President Aya”, who had been sailing smoothy, had

just fallen.

Her assets were blown away, leaving only a small amount of cash on

hand.

And that cash is rapidly depleting too.

Queen Bimbo-chan is now on Hiraga-sans train, waving her fan and

dancing cheerfully now.

“Im sorry Ayaya! Bye bye!”

Riko, who was to blame for Hiraga having Queen Bimbo…

She rolls four dice at once with her treasured “Shinkansen Card” and

escaped 14 squares forward.

She’s in a completely safe zone now.

Hiraga, who was abruptly betrayed by Riko, was…

“…nihi. You’re doing a great job, Riko-chan.”

Shes smiling again and talking to her in an unusual way, kind of like

the Queen Bimbo.

This is…

It’s the look of desperation on the face of someone who has lost

everything they’ve worked so hard for in an instant.

Hiraga-san, you never know what you’re going to get yourself into.

She probably cannot even remember what cards she has right now.

We had been gathered in Omaezaki because of Riko, and we ran

away from Hiraga-san like bugs, but – Hiraga-san can’t catch up with

anyone.

Because, even more so, Queen Bimbo suddenly rolled ten dice.

“Wha-cha! It’s a turnaround and linear motor operation!”

This was becuase Riko had kept President Aya, a.k.a Hiraga-san,

away from the finish line by 41 squares.

President Aya was on the Tokaido highway… just a moment ago, but

was forced to retreat to Kagoshima.

-It’s a dead end.

She can’t got to Aomori anymore.

“Wahaha! And then, don!” (TL Note: this is a Bimbo line.)

She’s still here!

“I bought you a beatiful card! It costs 800 million yen!”

The company was saddled with debts of more than… 7 billion yen..!

“Ayayayayaya… hafu~u…”

Mrs. Hiraga sat in a collapsed seiza, her soul seemingly drained.

It’s like the last episode of the boxing manga “Ashita no Jō”.

If someone else finished this, Hiraga-san will take off 8 pieces of

clothing in total, one for being last and seven due to her debt.

There are only five pieces of clothing to begin with, so you’ll be in

your underwear in one shot.

“Fumu. Apparantly you’re at a disadvantage with that girl attached to

you.”

President Jeanne, who seems to have finally understood the threat

of Queen Bimbo, stops at the compulsory card station and draws an

“Angel Card”.

This is an unreasonable card in which a character named Angel-

chan appears, the opposite of Bimbo-chan, and somehow gently

leaves you millions of yen in cash every turn.

It seems that Jeanne’s beginner’s luck is still going on.

No, it’s not. This luck is wrong.

I have heard… from rumors at least.

Himetetu’s hidden program, “Beginner Preference Mode”, is said to

be activated on very rare occasions.

The system will try to keep the game balanced by helping players

who are stumped by the initial controls… that’s what this is, isn’t it?

But by the time I realized this, it was too late.

I probably should have played it slow and steady like it was my first

time, but hindsight is 20/20.

While the remaining five are making their way to Aomori…

It was Hiraga’s turn again.

“Whaaat! That’s it!”

She grabbed the controller with a frown on her face, looking as if she

has turned into white ashes.

Then she activated the “helicopter card”.

THis is a card that randomly sends a train to somewhere in Japan.

President Aya’s train makes a disjointed rotor sound and warps all

the way from Kagoshinma to Fudasatsu Horoporo.

Wow…!

And everyone but Reki shouted at the sudden northward movement

of the God of Poverty.

Even in this turn though, President Hiraga is forced to add another

500 million yen to her debt due to Queen Bimbo-chan’s mischievous

pranks.

(This is not good…)

Hiraga-san is planning to go south through the Seikan Tunnel in

order to force Queen Bimbo-chan on someone else.

While the others began to wander around the Tohoku region

unsteadily, Hiraga-san…

“And more! This is how it’s done!”

She finally uses the mysterious card that she had gotten right after

the game started.

That’s… no way…

No way.

-“Rainy Day Card”…!

“St-.StopStopStopStopStop!”

My cries of “Stop!” went unanswered.

The card is activated and a character resembling Taira no Shogun

appears on the screen.

“All of you! Money is what goes around! Go around and flatten out!”

(TL Note: “flatten out” would make more sense with “flatten your

wallet” but it made enough sense to me to leave it in.)

-Tsu!

When this card is used, everyone’s money is confiscated. Then, the

money will be redistributed equally to each person, which is a

communist revolutionary situation.

And the scary thing is that this rule also applies to debt.

Hiraga-san’s debt of 1.2 billion yen and Fuuma’s debt of 200 million

yen, which seems cute compared to that, are equally distributed to

us 6 people – the small amount that I, Riko, Jeanne, and Reki have

accumulated steadily is not nearly enough to cover that debt…

We all got debt and each ended up with a little over 200 million yen

in debt.

Furthermore, Hiraga-san said,

“How dare you do that to me Riko! That’s it!”

With the Shinkansen card, she made a suicide attack on Riko, who

was one square away from Aomori.

“U~a….!”

Queen Bimbo is…

Riko let out a short scream and was pushed by Hiraga. It was a

brilliant attack.

The two of them are advanced players, their use of the cards is

impressive.

“…I’ll do it…”

Riko gnashed her teeth, but…

“Wacchi wacchi! I’ve been selling off all of President Rikorin’s

assets!”

“Furthermore, It’s a turnaround! By ten dice!”

“President Rikorin! Give me money! Even if you have to borrow

money, dive it to me! Don!”

And then we saw Queen Bimbo dancing around…

Finally, Riko was defeated.

With that out of the way… it’s my turn.

“…ah!”

I rolled the dice and it came up.

It was the exact amount to reach Aomori.

“-I got it!”

It’s like when I did “Slash” during the hijacking… (TL Note: Kinji’s

move where he cut a bullet in half in case you forgot.”

PuPu-

My train is entering Aomori.

“Congratulations, President Kinji! You are the first to reach your

destination! Residents are welcome! Please take your 300 million

yen in prize money!”

Yay…!

The debt is now off the books. On the contrary, it’s a hundred million

yen plus.

Moreover, my goal is also a diffusion attack.

According to the first rule I added – as if an exploding grenade had

been thrown into the room – everyone except me would have to take

off 2 pieces of clothing for their 200 million yen of debt.

And since Riko was in last, she had to take of one more layer, so

three layers.

“Our next destination is Naha! Good luck to all the presidents!”

“It’s too far!”

Whoa. Riko shouted.

Oh, man. She’s really pissed.

Riko, with veins visible on her forehead, gasped!

She took off her frilly trimmed blouse with an irritated look on her

face and threw it in my direction!

The fancy honey gold bra is now fully exposed, and the sock on

either side – one of each being thrown at the unrelated Reki and

Jeanne.

「 ッ ! 」 (TL Note: imma leave this in for dramatic

effect, translates to “Tsu” like she is clicking her tongue.)

Riko, who is currently on the edge… and gnashing her teeth, is

apparantly the type of person, who, when she is losing… tries to

intimidate her enemies to win.

That’s not only it, though.

When she is about to lose, she becomes clearly unhappy, and she

becomes annoying, releasing a deadly energy that invites the enemy

to make a mistake.

“Roar-! Riko-chan has turned into scary Riko-chan!”

Hiraga-san, for her debt of 200 million yen has thrown two socks

from the side of the riot police shield (which she somehow got out of

somewhere) that she put up as a shield against Riko.

Jeanne and Reki also took off their left and right socks…

Fuuma takes off the sock on her left foot and the skirt with the

Swastika Shuriken on the back, exposing the loincloth underwear

that she always wears out in public for some reason, despite the fact

that she is a girl.

I mean… I thought you were going to take your blouse off first, why

take the skirt off first?

Is there some reason why it’s hard to take off?

“I’m not going to be… nice to you anymore.. I’ve only got one piece of

clothing left.”

Riko, who was seriously upset over the last round, folded her arms

and looked around.

Her eyes are… as sharp as blades.

-That is Riko’s eyes when she becomes the “Butei Killer”.

Her eyes were only this sharp in my memory that I can only recall

seeing it during the hijacking and the battle with Vlad.

This is proof that Riko is getting serious.

Or rather, please don’t become the Butei Killer just because of

Himetetsu. Don’t become UraRiko. (TL Note: Ura means

opposite/reverse/other/etc.)

“I’m going to take you all out one by one, so look forward to it!”

Everyone pulls away from Riko, who’s current mood could kill

everyone around her.

The only ones who are unconcerned are Reki, who is sitting up,

and…

Jeanne, who has a reputation for being fearless, or rather,

airheaded.

“I guess it’s my turn now.”

Jeanne took the controller in a rare appearance, wearing only a

ribbon and skirt.

“Hmmm… sometimes you just have to play the cards like everyone

else.”

She is using the card that she got at the compulsory card station

haphazardly, without even reading the instructions.

Jeanne used…

The “helicopter card” that Hiraga-san used earlier.

Although the destination is decided randomly, it is not a wrong

strategy to use when the destination is more than 40 squares away.

She seems to have chosen the card randomly though.

…Barabarabarabarabara…

President Jeanne’s plane in Hachinohe was taken away by

helicopter and…

Touhoku… Kanto… Tokai…

and moved southward across the Japanese archipelago.

Kansai… Shikoku… Kyshu…

hu-, huh?

She is going to fly over the East China Sea…!?

“…!”

With everyone’s eyes bulging, President Jeanne’s helicopter…

To Naha, a hole-in-one.

“Congratulations, President Jeanne! You’re the first to arrive at your

destination! All residents are welcome! Now, please, take your 300

million yen prize!”

What a… thing to do.

That’s, that’s it.

Himetetsu’s hidden setting, “Beginner Preference Mode”, was

activated again.

So, without any time for UraRiko to get serious… the decision was

made.

Because the “100 million debt = one piece of clothing off” rule only

applied till the end of the second goal…

This time, only the bottom line would take one off… (TL Note: not

sure if bottom line = poorest or last place in terms of placement, it’s

probably poorest but I dont play this game so im not sure…)

Yes. And the bottome line is…

“The bottom line is President Rikorin!”

“…, …!” (TL Note: original is 「……ッ……!」, translates to “tsu”,

but the symbol can also be used to double consonant, thus odds are

it is used here to show how shocked everyone is with silence.)

As Riko stared at the screen in disbelief…

“Come on! Take it off! Enjoy the cold like the rest of us!”

“I’m glad! The number of my friends who will expose their shameful

appearance in front of Kin-chan has increased!” (TL Note: this is

accurate, basically Shirayuki wants Kinji to see their supposed

unattractive body so he doesnt like them.)

The defeated attacked Riko, and the fluttering remodeled uniform…

Aria stripped off her skirt and let it fly and dance in the air!

“There is no way Riko could lose! I can’t help but think that the PS2

had something to do with it!”

“It’s your own game machine!” I said to Riko, who was ranting and

raving. Then, Aria and Shirayuki executed a two-person suplex…

Riko was flipped over with her shiny golden panties pointing straight

up…

Finally, she fell silent.

The moderator was collapsed… and that was the end of the third

round.

I hurriedly looked at my watch and saw that it had taken 9 minutes.

(TL Note: again… this is right… starting to thing Author-san has

never played a game in his life.)

Thanks in part to Jeanne, we were able to settle this in less time

than I expected.

My Hysteria Wiseman can last for another 16 minutes.

The survivors are Hiraga-san, Jeanne, Reki, and Fuuma.

Earlier, I had calculated that I would have to take out one person

every five minutes, but from here on, I would have to take out one

person ever four minutes.

But… thing’s are not so bad.

They’re all wounded, having already taken off a few layers.

Fuuma has one left, Jeanne two, and three for Hiraga and Reki.

-Be prepared.

From here on, I’m going to accelerate and take it all off.

Gunshot For The Next!!!