Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

The conversation between the two girls was not known to anyone else.

After dinner.

"——If everyone is interested, would you like to come and play cards together?"

Maybe he just wanted to kill time, or maybe he wanted to lighten the mood after something like that happened during the day, Kanoko Hasumi suggested.

In short, when faced with this proposal, people all nodded in agreement.

Because of this, everyone came to the room of Hasumi Kanoko and Sagara Mayu, and sat in a circle on the floor.

Mayu Sagara was very active and was the first to raise her hand.

"So, so, what are we going to play? Texas hold'em? Blackjack poker? Or ordinary ghost-catching cards? By the way, I can do anything~~!"

Shiyu, who was sitting on the right side of Kato Yusuke, spoke somehow.

"Since it's a dormitory, why don't you play some games with more atmosphere? How about a game of kings, for example?"

"Xiaoxiang, what is the king's game?"

With a confused expression, Serizawa Yu looked to Shinjoka beside her for answers.

"It is a game in which the person who plays the role of the king gives instructions and can appoint two numbers to do anything at will. The person who is drawn the number must not disobey."

"Eh-huh——!? Anything? Is it really okay to play at a game scale like that?"

"The king's order is absolute, and participants must obey it unconditionally. This is the rule of the game~"

Shinjoka explained with a sneer, just like a parent bird taking care of its fledglings.

Looking at this scene, Mayu Sagara asked curiously: "Hasn't Ms. Serizawa ever played the King's Game before?"

"Ah, well~ Our school has very strict management, and anything unrelated to study is not allowed to enter the campus, so there is no chance."

"Really? Do you want to come and have some fun~?"

"Is it really possible?"

"Anyway, this is a rare opportunity to experience something new. I think it's great~"

Seeing the two people discussing the matter enthusiastically, Hui had to apply the brakes appropriately.

"That...is talking about the King's Game or something. Wouldn't it be too exciting? What should you do if you encounter that kind of embarrassing order?"

Serizawa Yu: "A difficult order..."

Shinjoka: "For example, if you want to play Pocky with the opposite sex present, it's the kind of game where each other eats the same chocolate bar."

The conversation between Yu Serizawa and Shinjoka caused a strong reaction from another person, and Eiri cried out in surprise:

"P-Pocky game or something... Do you want to play that kind of game with Mr. Yoshida? I can't, I can't help it...!"

"Ugh...hey! I don't want to play that kind of game with a group of female high school students either!"

"Let's not talk about Mr. Yoshida's matters~"

Shinjoka ignored the shocked Yoshida and raised her lips teasingly, "On the other hand, maybe we can play Pocky with the president~?"

""Huh? With Yusuke (Brother Yu)...""

Eiri and Serizawa murmured, unconsciously looking at someone, and fell silent at the same time with their pretty faces blushing.

The too understanding reaction made Hasumi Kanoko smile and make a decision.

"Well - let's play the king's game, but obscene orders like that are strictly prohibited. This is just a game. If you really don't want to, just refuse."

The speech was reasonable and reasonable, and successfully dispelled Hui's concerns.

"...Hmm~~If that's the case, I think it's okay."

Shiyu glanced at her meaningfully, then turned to the boy on the left, "What do you think, Yu-chan?"

"Well...if it's a healthy game like what Kano-chan said, then it's okay."

"Does that mean ok~? Others should have no objections, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Yoshida sighed on the side: "...I would rather go back to the room and drink beer than play King's Game with a group of high school students."

Kato Yusuke smiled and asked: "Wouldn't it just be like drinking alone?"

"Well... Then I'll be the referee and I won't participate in the game."

"……referee?"

"Ah, that's right."

Yoshida patted his shoulder and stood up, taking the can of beer he brought and walking to the balcony alone.

"Whenever one of you is about to go too far, I will immediately call it quits, that's it."

Seeing that Yoshida had made up his mind, no one tried to persuade him. In fact, some people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there was no one present who would give random orders, there were also idiots, so having a referee could be a temporary insurance policy.

Ever since——

"Okay, then then~the first Heartbeat King game begins! Yeah~~~!"

"...snap bang bang."

Faced with Sagara Mayu's enthusiastic slogan, everyone responded with unmotivated applause in twos and threes.

The person involved didn't mind this, and quickly shuffled the playing cards from 1 to 7 plus a ghost card, and placed them on the tatami in the middle for everyone to draw.

"Come on, have you all got your cards? You're ready to go, get ready-"

""Who - is the king?""

After a brief silence, Shinjoka revealed the ghost card.

"Looks like it's me~"

"Wow, that's amazing ~ Xiaoxiang." Serizawa Yu felt sincerely happy for her, "What order are you going to give?"

"Well..."

Shinjoka thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Then let No. 6 and No. 7 tell us their favorite people respectively~"

"Huh?" Mayu Xiangra asked in surprise, "That won't do you any good at all, is it okay?"

"Well, it doesn't matter, just think of it as an example to Xiao Xi. Who are No. 6 and No. 7?"

"Ah, I'm number six!"

Serizawa Yu hurriedly raised her hand, and the person following her was Hui.

"I'm number seven."

The two looked at each other and decided to talk in order.

Serizawa Yuu, who was playing the king's game for the first time, had a tight little face, her eyes passed around the faces of everyone present, and finally landed on Kato Yusuke's face.

The girl smiled softly and shyly: "...Well, my favorite person is Brother You..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she lowered her head shyly, causing everyone to smile knowingly.

"Thank you, Xiao Xi, I like you too."

"Ah ah... um, yes! Thank you Brother Yu... eh hehe."

Kato Yusuke nodded with gentle eyes, and then focused on the other person's face.

Hui didn't look at him and spoke directly.

"Well~~well, what I like most is my family."

"Ah——!" Mayu Sagara cried out dissatisfied: "Miss Kato, you are cheating. This shouldn't be said here, right?"

"Eh~ Even if you say so, I should have followed Shinjo-san's orders properly, right?"

"So... you just take it at face value. This is too cunning. Ms. Serizawa is obviously doing a good job."

"Hmm~~?"

Megumi did not cooperate with Mayu Sagara, but blinked her eyes in confusion and did not answer the question.

"But Serizawa-san and Yusuke are family members, right? Is there any difference between our two answers?"

"--OK OK."

Hasumi Kanoko interrupted them with a smile.

"There is no need to worry about this kind of thing. After all, everyone has their own interpretation. Kato-san has completed the order. Let's continue with the next round."

"Uh-ok then..."

Sagara May reluctantly muttered, "It would be nice if Shinjo-san had limited the scope to "the opposite sex in this room." "

Shinjoka smiled slightly and gave Serizawa Yu a look that meant - "Do you understand the loophole in the game~?"

The game continues.

"Come on, let's continue playing, get ready-"

""Who - is the king?""

The person who spoke this time was Hasumi Kanoko.

"Well, it seems to be me. Then... how about No. 1 telling No. 2 love words? Just pretend."

Yoshida on the balcony cast his gaze here, and then relaxed his brows after hearing Mayu Sagara's self-questions and answers.

"Eh? Is this okay!? But then again...it's all pretending after all. As expected of Hasumi-san, she can skillfully find a compromise between going too far and not going too far~ It's amazing."

Hassan saw Kanoko smiling and said nothing, while the person who was slapped reacted.

Kato Yusuke: "I am number two."

Shiyu: "Oh~? This is fate. I am number one."

"Uh... isn't this going the other way?"

"Haha~ It's not bad to do this sometimes."

Ignoring Kato Yusuke's discomfort, Shiyu hugged his arm with a smile and chanted his name in a seductive voice.

"...Hey, Yuu-chan."

"...Uh, huh?"

Kato Yusuke responded, his arms stuck in the mud and unable to extricate himself.

During this period, Shiyu put her lips a few centimeters away from his right ear and asked charmingly: "Do you still remember my birthday?"

"Uh-huh."

"Obviously I didn't understand anything at the time, but Yuu-chan would penetrate me well, very gently."

"S-little poem——!?"

The boy's expression changed drastically, showing a terrible expression.

The girl's eyes were full of aftertaste, her smile was charming, her beautiful eyes were full of hope, and she murmured in a voice that made people excited:

"...You poured a lot into me back then, and I haven't forgotten it even now."

"——Here, give, give, give me a moment!!"

Eiri screamed at a super fast speed: "Kasumi, Kasumi Kasugaoka Shiyu, what on earth are you talking about——!?"

The others were also shocked, blushing but listening attentively.

Shiyu, who was interrupted by Yinglili, turned around with a smile and asked strangely:

"...Huh? Because Yuu-chan didn't know what to say about my teasing that day, and he also poured me a lot of lemon sparkling water. Is there any problem?"

Mayu Sagara seemed to suddenly react and shouted loudly:

"Ah! Is this a play on the homophones of "complaint" and "insertion"? so funny--! ! "

("Tucao" and "insert" in Japanese are homophones.)

"""……What?"""

Everyone looked at each other dumbfounded, and after a second, they lowered their shoulders speechlessly, and cast condemning glances at Shiyu.

Yinglili even cursed rudely: "Damn it, this guy did it on purpose! Guilty——!"

Ren saw Kanoko sighing helplessly, half-smiling.

Serizawa Yu pressed her chest with lingering fear and whispered: "Scared...scared me."

Kato Yusuke rubbed his face, composed himself and stood up.

"Sorry, I have to go to the toilet for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly left the room as if running away, not making eye contact with anyone else.

Ying Lili looked at his back, feeling irritated and simply stood up.

"Then I'll go back to the room and get some snacks. My mother helped prepare a lot. Let's eat together."

Unexpectedly, Shiyu also stood up.

"In that case, I'll go with you. I happen to be a little thirsty, so I'll go buy some drinks and come back."

Yinglili didn't want to go with her at all, so she walked out with a cold face, only to be caught up by her outside the corridor.

"Sawamura-san, I have something to tell you."

"What are you doing?"

"Huh~? You seem to be in a bad mood?"

"It's not all your fault! Can you stop following me?"

The two of them walked side by side towards their room.

Shiyu smiled playfully, not caring about her bad attitude.

"I mean, your resentment is really big. I obviously want to give you a gift."

"I don't need your false kindness!"

"Oh? Don't you want to become intimate with Yuu-chan?"

"...Huh?" Ying Lili paused in her steps and turned her face quickly, "What do you mean??"

"Well~ I just think you should see my sincerity before you make a choice. In fact, it's like this..."

Shiyu said, leaning into her ear and whispering.

…

When they returned to everyone's side, everyone including Kato Yusuke was ready.

Mayu Sagara looked impatient and said loudly: "You two, you are so slow~!"

Shiyu raised the plastic bag in his hand and answered:

"Well, since we bought drinks for everyone, we took a detour to the front desk and asked for bags, otherwise we wouldn't be able to fit them in."

Yinglili sat down in her seat without saying a word, and poured the snacks in another plastic bag into the middle.

"...I brought all the snacks, everyone can choose what you like."

"Wow~!"

Mayu Sagara stared at the snacks on the tatami with a curious look on her face, and said excitedly: "There are a lot of unfamiliar snacks, and they all look so high-end!"

Yingli nodded and glanced at Shiyu opposite.

"...My father brought these back from abroad. You're welcome to eat them."

"""Thanks!"""

Everyone thanked her one after another, each picked their favorite snacks and drinks, and then——

"Okay, now that teachers Kashiwagi Eri and Kasumi Shiko are back, let's continue~! Get ready-"

""Who - is the king?""

"Oh~ I didn't expect to draw the king as soon as I came back."

Shiyu revealed his ghost card unexpectedly and leaned towards Kato Yusuke, "Then~ What should I ask you to do, Yu-chan?"

Hearing her meaningful tone, Yoshida on the balcony reminded: "If it goes too far than the one just now, I will stop it in time, right?"

"...Tsk."

Shiyu lowered his lips as if dissatisfied, held his chin with his right hand as if thinking, and scanned the faces of the members present one by one.

When it was almost her turn, Yinglili's body tensed up unconsciously.

She turned her gaze to the side so as not to meet Shiyu's gaze, and stretched out the five fingers of her right hand as if unintentionally, stroking her ponytail.

The next second, the king's order sounded.

"Then...let No. 1 and No. 5 play Pocky."

"""……Huh?"""

So everyone reacted at the same time.

Sagara Mayu: "Wow... As expected of Kasumi Shiko-sensei, she's so fierce."

Serizawa Yu: "...It's strange, didn't Ms. Kasumigaoka directly appoint Brother Yu?"

Hasumi Kanoko: "Xiao Shi, is this okay?"

Facing everyone's inquiries, Shiyu sighed artificially and spread his hands.

"Well, although I want to do it, some people can't stand the stimulation."

She glanced at Hui's face as she spoke, and then said with a smile:

"So~ instead of letting others disturb my enjoyment at critical moments, it would be nice to be an audience and have fun occasionally."

This approach is indeed very her style, and people can't help but smile bitterly.

Shinjoka glanced at Eiri, who was unusually quiet next to her, with some strangeness, and asked casually: "So, who are No. 1 and No. 5?"

"Well...I'm number one."

After Kato Yusuke, Eiri raised a hand coyly, "I, I am number five..."

"Wow...it's actually this pair!"

Led by Mayu Sagara, who was suddenly in high spirits, everyone looked back and forth at the two parties involved in surprise.

Shinjoka first looked at Shiyu who looked calm across from him, and then looked at Eirili on her left who lowered her head and said nothing, and slightly raised the corners of her lips calmly.

After a while of silence.

Kato Yusuke hesitated and spoke: "...I mean, Eiriri, if you don't want to, you can refuse..."

"Okay, okay, Pocky game, right? I-I'll just do it."

"No, you don't have to force yourself."

"This is also... something that can't be helped! After all, it's a game rule."

As Yinglili said, she picked up the strawberry-flavored Pocky on the ground, crawled in front of him, and began to unpack it.

"Hey, Mr. Yoshida! It's time for you to show off your old-fashioned ways."

After hearing what Yusuke Kato said, Yoshida snorted from his nose as if it had nothing to do with himself.

"Hmph, things like Pocky games were common enough even in my time. I'm not that old-fashioned yet."

"Damn it, Xiao-Xiao Shi? Don't you say something?"

Kato Yusuke looked to the side tremblingly.

Shiyu showed an extremely beautiful smile and said softly in a gentle tone.

"Come on~ Yuu-chan, if you and Sawamura-san touch lips..."

"If you touch...?"

"I will physically destroy you~"

"Isn't this completely inconsistent!?"

"As the king, I hereby order you to finish this quickly before I get angry."

"——Even the name is gone!?"

At the same time, Eiriri also prepared chocolate bars and said coquettishly: "Well, because I'm so embarrassed... Yusuke, close your eyes!"

"No, what are you talking about? Then I don't know when to stop."

"Hey, that's nonsense! I will stop by myself! I don't want you to see my face."

Kato Yusuke showed an expression as big as an ox, and finally closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate.

"...Ah, I understand, please use your discretion and don't create a situation that will cause our social death."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Open your mouth quickly!"

Kato Yusuke looked humiliated and unwilling to open his mouth, like a warrior about to generously serve for justice.

Ying Lili glanced aside, and what caught her eye was Shi Yu's eyes full of meaning - "Don't forget our agreement."

"...Wu——"

She quickly calmed down, stuffed a chocolate bar into Kato Yusuke's mouth, and bit the other end.

"Let's start..."

"oh oh."

The young man responded vaguely, and the breath he blew made people's hearts tremble.

(It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter… Anyway, we’ve kissed you a long time ago, right… I’m sure, it’ll be okay.)

Yinglili comforted herself in this way, suppressing the shyness in her heart, and shook her heart——

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.

As the two of them ate at the same time, the chocolate bar connecting them began to gradually shorten.

The weak force coming from the mouth made the little deer bump into each other. Yinglili couldn't help but close her eyes and carefully feel the temperature getting closer and closer.

"Oh oh oh--!?"

"Liar, we're about to kiss you, right? Why don't you stop?"

"Wow...!"

The exclamations of companions came from all around, sounding inexplicably distant.

In Yinglili's perception, the boy opposite seemed to be the only focus in the center of the world, attracting her to keep moving forward, forward, and forward...

The next second——

A soft touch hits the lips, with a subtle scent of cedar hand cream.

"Uh-huh...?"

"Okay, that's it. If you continue, I, the palace official, will be angry."

Yinglili's eyes narrowed a little, and then she saw two slender fingers pinching the middle of the chocolate bar, forming a strong barrier.

"...I can't stand it."

Shiyu threw the chocolate bar, which was almost half a knuckle long, into his mouth and said with an unhappy look:

"I mean, if you two close your eyes, are you really planning to kiss me in front of me?"

Kato Yusuke and Eiri looked at each other and looked away awkwardly at the same time.

The audience, who were originally watching the excitement, saw that the situation ended in time, and they all let out a sigh of relief.

"Huh~ Fortunately, Teacher Kasumi Shiko stopped it at the last minute. I'm so nervous."

"Me, me too, my heart is beating a little faster."

Sagara Mayu and Serizawa Yuu explained in sequence, both of them looking frightened.

The old god Yoshida on the balcony was drinking beer and enjoying himself.

Hui Qianqian frowned, looked at Shiyu and Yinglili thoughtfully, pursed her lips unconsciously, then picked up a chocolate bar and ate it.

Seeing Kanoko observing this scene calmly, Hassan pursed her lips and smiled.

…

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