Part-Time Witch Higurashi
Chapter 31
After receiving Akashiji's call, the Midori, who was resting in the infirmary, quickly rushed to the Teiguang basketball stadium. He looked at Akashiji coldly and said, "Let me make it clear, I have no interest in this game."
"… But since it's your request, Akashiji, and it's a matter of life and death, I'm just here to participate. It's definitely not for any other boring reason."
The tall, green-haired teenager pushed up his glasses and handed a board game box with the words "Truth or Dare" written on it to Akashiji. "Coincidentally, my lucky item today is a board game, so I brought this over."
Akashiji glanced at the Midori and nodded with a faint smile.
On the other side, Kanai, who was sitting next to Huang Se and teaching Huang Se how to control her spiritual power, lowered her head when she saw the Midori coming over.
(Huang Se: … _ (: з 」 ∠) _)
"Kanai?
Is the game ready to start? "
Huang Se didn't seem to notice the girl's avoidance and guilt towards the Midori at all. He laughed heartlessly as he pulled the girl to the center of the basketball stadium.
At the same time, Peach Well and Sunspot, who knew the cause and effect of the matter, also desperately pulled Qingfeng, whose legs were weak, towards Akashiji's direction.
"… I'm so stupid, really."
Daigetsu Aofeng, who desperately grabbed the leg of the chair and refused to get close to the group of demons and monsters, almost cried. "Why did I feel that I wouldn't encounter any more demons if I followed Miko-sama? Why didn't I run home just now?"
"Ada, you bastard!"
Peach Well grabbed Qingfeng's pants and dragged her out. She was tired and sweaty. "How can you leave?
Now Akashiji, Miko-sama, and Xiaohuang's lives are in the hands of that demon. Fortunately, everyone is here. It's just a game. Let go of the chair! "
"Qing Feng-kun, pull yourself together." Kuroko grabbed Qing Feng-san's arms that were wrapped around the legs of the stool and forcefully pried them apart. "Mr. Ibaraki and Miss Hongye are only Spirit-branded Shikigami, and they just saved your life."
Isn't it just a game?
"Go ahead if you want to go!
Don't be a good person for me. "
Qingfeng grabbed the chair's leg with one hand and pulled his pants that was almost pulled down by May. "I want to go home!
Don't stop me! "
"It's just a game!"
Peach Well made a huge cross sign on her forehead. She said fiercely, "If you make a fuss again, I'll tell Auntie that you have a sex magazine under your bed!"
"Go ahead, go ahead. If you run out of linen clothes, you can always buy new ones. Hahaha." Qingfeng stuck out his tongue, which made Peach Well furious.
"Lord Qingfeng!"
Sunspot stopped pulling the strong man next to him and said calmly, "This game concerns Hyuga's life. If something goes wrong because of you, how do you think Mr. Ibaraki and Red Leaf will treat you?"
Qingfeng was speechless.
He jumped up from the ground like a carp and pulled Momojing away. "Why are you still loitering around here?
Akashiji and Huang Se are about to die, aren't they? "
Peach Well was speechless.
…
"Little Akashiji, Little Akashiji, Little Akashiji?
Shall we begin? "Huang Ase pulled Kanna over to a large table that had been prepared beforehand." Is there anything else you need to prepare? "
Midori put the board game box in the middle of the wooden table and explained to everyone, "This is a board game that has been popular recently. It has three card slots and a turntable."
"Card slot A has a total of 200 cards, which are the commoner card, the king card, and the slave card. The person who draws the commoner card will pass the round unscathed. The person who draws the king card can choose anyone to punish, and the person who draws the slave card will receive the punishment."
"The person who receives the punishment will be chosen by the turntable. On the turntable, there will be Truth or Dare, or Punishment Exemption."
"As for the remaining B and C card slots, they are the punishment items for Truth or Dare. You can draw cards freely."
"Then the rules of the game are as follows: ten people take turns to draw the cards in card slot A in a clockwise order, and play the game according to the content of the card. Each person draws a card once, and after that, the game is over.
The person who draws the king card can choose to immediately choose a slave to punish, or choose to keep the king card for three rounds. If you are unlucky enough to draw the slave card within these three rounds, the king card will come into effect and choose someone to take the punishment. If you don't draw the slave card within three rounds, the king card will be invalid. "
Midori explained the rules of the game in an orderly manner. Without looking at Kanai, she chose to sit in the seat furthest away from Kanai.
"Sounds like an interesting game."
Ghost Lantern was the first to ask, "But I personally feel that there are some problems with this game."
Akashiji: "Ghost Lantern -san, what do you mean?"
"If there's something impossible to complete in the punishment card slot, shouldn't there be a card slot that says' if you can't complete the punishment, you have to accept an even harsher punishment '?" The serious Archon of Hell asked with a serious expression.
"For games like this, the focus is basically on the self-esteem and soul of the player. However, in board game gatherings in real life, there are often people who say 'Yada, yada, I really can't do it' to bluff their way out of it. It greatly damages the fairness and playability of the game.
So, we still need a D card slot that says, 'If you don't dare to abandon your dignity, go to hell'. "
What a big grudge!
It's just a game!
On the other hand, Kanai, who was more familiar with Ghost Lantern, could only helplessly laugh.
To Kanai's surprise, Red Leaf, who was originally sitting on her left, agreed, "Indeed, and this is also leaving a way out for Kanai and the others."
Her meaning was obvious. If the game required absolute authenticity and no deception, Gui Nu Red Leaf couldn't guarantee that she could complete all the punishment options before she saw all the Truth or Dare cards.
For example, if she drew a dare card that required a dwarf to kiss a specific male, not only would Gui Nu Red Leaf be very resistant, but even if she was willing, what if she suddenly chose Ibaraki?
Just thinking about it made her want to vomit.
Another example would be if she chose an ordinary human teenager. With just one bite, that person's vitality would be completely absorbed, and he would quickly turn into a corpse.
Akashiji immediately understood Red Leaf's meaning, but it would take too much time to make a D card slot. Moreover, Ghost Lantern from hell seemed eager to give it a try, so he didn't want to let him do it. The red-haired boy pondered for a moment and quickly said,
"How about this? If there's no way to complete the punishment, the Teiguang students, regardless of gender, will have to shave their hair and run 20 laps around the Teiguang campus. If it's Hyuga's shikigami or Ghost Lantern -san, they will have to wear their karaoke uniforms and dance in front of the Ise Shrine."
Everyone: …!!!!
They couldn't help but look at Akashiji with resentment.
No matter what, this was too much!!
Let's not talk about the Teiguang people, does the Sunset Shrine not care about their reputation?
Does Ibaraki Doji not care about his reputation?
The Ise Shrine still wants to live, so don't make things difficult for them for no reason!!
Of course, Akashiji didn't want to do this voluntarily. After all, he still wanted to play this game!
But he had a strong intuition that if the punishment for the D card slot was too light, the Ghost Lantern guy would find out, and the consequences would be worse than having to shave their hair and run around the campus for a whole day.
Thanks to Akashiji Seijuro's keen sixth sense, Ghost Lantern considered the shame that this punishment might bring. He clicked his tongue and reluctantly agreed.
In contrast, Ibaraki and Red Leaf weren't as anxious as the Teiguang kids. They had lived for so many years that they had nothing to fear. At worst, they would wash the Ise Shrine with blood after the dance. (Ise Shrine: …) Because they tacitly agreed with Akashiji Seijuro's suggestion.
After officially setting the rules, Akashiji ignored Qingfeng and Huang Se's crying faces and said to Ghost Lantern, who was sitting at 12 o 'clock, "Now, the game officially begins. Mr. Ghost Lantern, please draw the first card."
The game had officially begun. No matter how much the main players protested, it was useless. They could only cheer themselves up and prepare to play the game.
Currently, there were ten people sitting around the table. In clockwise order, they were Ghost Lantern, Ibaraki Doji, Gui Nu Red Leaf, Kanna Hyuga, Ryota Hwang Se, Sunspot Tetsuya, Peach Well May, Daigetsu Aofeng, Midori Shintaro, and Akashiji Seijuro.
Ghost Lantern's first card was a civilian card. He didn't react and threw the card in the recycling area.
Next, Ibaraki and Red Leaf also drew civilian cards. Akashiji, who was secretly watching from the back, couldn't help but frown slightly.
To everyone's surprise, Kanai, who was unusually unlucky, immediately drew the slave card. Huang Se, who was sitting behind Kanai, couldn't help but let out a small sigh of relief.
According to common sense, it was impossible to put two slave cards together.
"I got it." Miko-sama raised the card for everyone to see and then stood up to spin the wheel.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the slowly spinning wheel slowly moved the needle to the left column of the "Punishment Exemption" column. Dare.
Kanna Hyuga: …
"I've always wanted to say … Hyuga's luck doesn't seem to be very good." Huang Se, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but complain.
"Yeah." Kanai was speechless as she chose a card from the "Dare" card slot. "I also think I'm very unlucky."
She finally chose a "Dare" card. As soon as she flipped the card over, the content written on it made everyone's face darken.
[Dare]: Hug the first male on your left and hold the hug for 30 seconds.
Kanai:????
Huang Se: … (*////mouth///*)??
"…" Ibaraki sneered and secretly clenched his fists. He decided that after this game was over, he would find out which company created this game.
"Hug?"
Red Leaf was stunned, but she was relieved. "Thank goodness it's Huang Se. If it's someone else, I won't even be able to hug him."
As soon as the outspoken beautiful female monster said this, Midori Shintaro, who was sitting a little further away, was expressionless. His hands were clenched into fists under the table.
"… That seems to be the case."
Huang Se scratched his head and generously opened his arms to Kanai. "Come on, let's finish the game as soon as possible."
"… Xiaohuang's expression …" Peach Well, who was sitting next to them, whispered to Qingfeng, "I think something's wrong."
Daigetsu Aofeng, who felt the Midori's gloomy aura, broke out in a cold sweat.
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Kanai reached out her arms and hugged Huang Se. She waited silently for 30 seconds under the gazes of the other eight people at the table, and easily completed the punishment.
Since the actions and expressions of the two parties were very natural, Ibaraki just glanced at Huang Se and gloomily said, "Next one."
Since Kanai had already drawn the slave card, Huang Se was not too worried. He reached out and took the next card in his hand. When he saw the word 'slave' on it, he could not help but scream, "How can this be?!"
"What the hell!
How can two slave cards be next to each other?! "
"Pfft — Hahaha, Huang Se, you're the epitome of bad luck!" Qingfeng sneered, trying not to laugh.
"Hurry up and turn the wheel." Midori snorted impatiently. "I've already said that the card in the A slot is completely random. Who asked you to be clever?"
Huang Se wanted to cry but had no tears. He turned the wheel and ended up in the Truth column.
"… This game is very malicious to me." Huang Se held the Truth penalty card in his hand. He wanted to cry but had no tears.
[Truth]: Tell the person you first kissed, the scene at the time, and your feelings.
"Sure enough, it's an ordinary party tabletop game."
Akashiji nodded and gently said to Huang Se, "Since you've already drawn it, answer honestly. After all, if you hide it, you might die."
"I don't have a first kiss!
I've never kissed anyone! "Huang Se could not help but feel wronged.
"What?"
Peach Well opened her eyes wide and revealed a gossipy look, "But I heard that a girl almost got into a fight because of you …" You've been in Teiguang since the first year of high school!
"Don't joke around. Why should I accept someone who likes me and confesses to me?" Huang Se was annoyed. "No one says that I have to respond to someone who likes me, right?
It's their business to like me. What does it have to do with me? "
Qingfeng could not help but retort to such arrogant words, "I really want those girls who said you were handsome to see your cold-blooded and heartless appearance right now …"
"It's cold-blooded if I show them mercy, right?
And … "Huang Se paused and said seriously," It's cold-blooded if I casually accept the love of someone I don't love. "
"Oh?
Does Xiaohuang have someone he likes now? "Peach Well rolled her eyes and giggled.
"… This question is not on the card anymore." Huang Se curled his lips. "Little Peach Well is so mean. I refuse to answer."
After Huang Se answered the question, no one else drew the slave card in the next round. At the beginning of the second round, Ghost Lantern drew the king card.
The moment the cold-looking consul drew the King's card, he raised the card and pointed it at Ibaraki beside him. "This time the slave will be you, Ibaraki Boy."
Kanai was speechless.
The timid little girl tried to smooth things over. "Aren't you going to keep the king card to save your life?
Ghost Lantern -sama? "
"No, there's nothing that I can't say or do." Ghost Lantern placed the card in front of Ibaraki. "Now I'm curious about The Demon Of Rashomon's tolerance. After all, he's a great demon who can make the judgment that a MOBA game is better than a Studio Ghibli anime."
— — How vengeful is this guy!!
Ibaraki could not help but glare at Ghost Lantern fiercely. He gritted his teeth and said with a fake smile, "Of course."
He slammed the table fiercely, and the turntable in the middle spun rapidly. It finally stopped at the Truth column. Then, he casually drew a punishment card and placed it on the table.
[Truth] Among the ten people here, tell us who you like the most and hate the most, and the reason.
Ibaraki pondered for a moment before saying, "Among the ten people here, the person I like the most is Kanna Hyuga …" He paused, turned his head, and scolded the little girl. "Kanna Hyuga, why are you looking at me with that disgusting look?"
"Eh?
I'm sorry! "
Little Witch was stunned when Ibaraki said this sentence. Her face was red, and she stared quietly at Ibaraki with her wet eyes like a deer. She stammered, "Is … is it true?"
She was like a child who had received a huge gift and could not believe it. She was afraid that she was still dreaming.
"Among the ten people here."
Ibaraki glared at the little girl and said exasperatedly, "If I have to say one, it would be you, the stupid master."
Kanai: "… Oh."
"As for the person I hate the most …"
Just as Kanai, Huang Se, and Akashiji thought that he was going to spit at Ghost Lantern, Ibaraki did not hesitate to point at Gui Nu Red Leaf, who was sitting next to him, and said, "The person I hate the most is this woman."
"The reason is that she seduced my best friend, Shutendoji."
So you're still holding a grudge over this?
So Ghost Lantern was not the only one who held a grudge?!
Kanna Hyuga was speechless. The corner of her mouth twitched, and she did not dare to turn around to look at Red Leaf's expression.
She thinks too much. For the ghost girl Ibaraki Douji, the accusation of a monster like Ibaraki Douji is not painful at all. Ibaraki Douji's heart is not affected at all. Instead, Ibaraki Douji shows an arrogant and contemptuous smile:
"Well, it can't be helped. She's so good-looking, of course she's popular. It's better than someone who claims to be his best friend, but in the end, his best friend doesn't even take him seriously."
A stab, a stab to the heart!
Ibaraki's strong body swayed. He forced himself to hold back the urge to vomit blood and began to release murderous intent at Red Leaf. Fortunately, Kanai stopped him before he could start, and forced him to sit down and play the game.
Red Leaf did not care about Ibaraki's murderous glare. She took out a card, and after seeing that it was a commoner card, she showed a gorgeous smile, "Aiya, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm beautiful, strong, and lucky. How can you blame me?"
Ibaraki was speechless.
Qingfeng, who was sitting opposite them, could clearly see the veins on Ibaraki Doji's forehead and the expression on his face. He could not help but tremble as he grabbed Peach Well, "May, is it too late for us to run now?"
What f * cking truth or dare? Who wants to play this kind of Asura game between big shots?!
"…" Peach Well looked at Qingfeng for the first time, and said with tears in her eyes, "I don't think we can run away … Please don't win …"
Not long after she said this, Qingfeng flipped over the card he had drawn, and the words' Slave Card 'were revealed.
Qingfeng: Ugh.
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and got up to choose a punishment card.
[Dare]: Kneel down and propose to the first person on your left (regardless of gender). Say more than 200 words of proposal lines.
Midori Shintaro, who was sitting on Qingfeng's left, glared coldly at Daigetsu Aofeng.
"What kind of trashy game is this?!
Why is he so hostile towards me?! "Daigetsu Aofeng could not help but roar," Who would want to do this kind of Dare! "
"Oh?"
For some reason, Akashiji, who was in a bad mood, inexplicably took out a pair of scissors. He said in a tone that did not match his gentle expression, "I didn't expect the punishment to start so soon.
Daigetsu? "
Qingfeng: "… I choose to propose."
Midori: "I refuse.
Being proposed to by you will make me sick for three years. "
"… It's good to have some compassion, Midori Shintaro!
Don't think that I won't dare to cut you in front of your childhood sweetheart! "Qing Feng's face flushed red. He stood up and began to pull Lu Jian." Hey, get up, you rascal. "
"What childhood sweetheart?
Ridiculous. "
Lu Jian couldn't help but close his eyes and clench his fists. He squeezed out a cold threat from between his teeth. "If you want me to cooperate with you, you'd better swallow the words' childhood sweetheart 'into your stomach."
Kanai, who was sitting on the opposite side of Midori, suddenly lowered her head, and her long bangs covered her eyes.
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Daigetsu Aofeng muttered and knelt down on one knee in front of Midori. He hesitantly took Midori's hand, and his tanned face flushed. "You, you … I can't say it."
Peach Well and Huang Se had already turned on their phones and began to record a video. Sunspot pretended to be serious. If one did not see that he was trying to hold back his laughter, he would have said, "Lord Qingfeng, don't waste time. There are only two hundred words, and you will be free after you finish."
"Go to hell!
Come at me if you have the ability! "The angry power forward roared at his partner.
"Are you going to say it or not?" Midori impatiently tried to pull his hand back, "Why don't you go get a shave?"
"I'll say it, I'll say it!"
"Midori Shintaro, you f * cking, marry, marry, marry me!"
Qingfeng's face turned red. He gritted his teeth and began to count, "Since the first time I saw you, I, I, I, I, I thought you were a good kid.
Your grades are pretty good, and your mouth is pretty good. Although you're not as good as me at basketball, you're still pretty good. Well, you're barely qualified to team up with me. "
(At this time, Midori began to shoot death rays at Qingfeng.)
"I, I think you're quite pleasing to the eye. Why don't we go to high school and college together?
Then I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, how many words?
I'm going to throw up. "
(Peach Well: There's still half left.)
"… Damn, why is there still half left?"
Qingfeng's face turned red. He cursed and said a lot of mushy words. After getting Akashiji's nod, he shook off Midori's hand, jumped up, and spat desperately.
"Bah!
I'm so disgusted. "
"No, I'm even more disgusted."
Midori took out a pack of wet wipes from his pocket and began to carefully wipe Qingfeng's hand back and forth. He had a look of suppressed disgust on his face, "Let's play faster. I can't stand it."
Akashiji nodded understandingly. Looking at the remaining cards, everyone tacitly sped up.
In the second round, starting with Qingfeng, they were all commoner cards. In the third round, Sunspot and Akashiji were also drawn.
Sunspot: "Truth be told, I'll choose sex.
sex
before
Marriage?
… Although I'm not religious, out of respect for my future wife, I won't. "
Akashiji: "Dare, invite a member of the opposite sex to sing." He smiled politely at Peach Well. "… It seems that I'll have to trouble Peach Well."
(Qingfeng: I $#% $#, why is it so easy for them!)
After Peach Well sang a song happily, the fourth round began. Ibaraki got the King card at the start of the game, and he chose Ghost Lantern to be punished based on the principle of "revenge is a bastard".
Ghost Lantern, who drew the Dare card and had to walk out of the basketball stadium to strike up a conversation with the first member of the opposite sex he met, transformed into a handsome young man in a suit. Unfortunately, the first member of the opposite sex he met after walking out of the stadium was a cleaning lady.
Just when everyone thought that it was over, Ghost Lantern cleverly asked for the cleaning lady's contact information under the guise of a worker in charge of repairing fire hydrants and water pipes, and successfully completed the Dare card.
After completing the mission, Ghost Lantern turned on Ibaraki in his deathly, hellish vengeance mode. Ibaraki didn't care at all, but the Teiguang friends were frightened by Ghost Lantern's ferocious gaze.
In the fifth round, Kanai won again, and this time she got the Truth card.
"Truth, what do you think is the scariest thing to lose?"
The Miko read the question on the card and said without hesitation, "In my opinion, losing the meaning of existence is the scariest thing."
"The meaning of existence?" Daigetsu Aofeng was probably the only one who didn't know how to ask such a question.
"Well, if I lose the meaning of existence and am no longer needed, I don't know what to do," Kanna Hyuga replied.
"How can —"
"Daigetsu Aofeng!" Peach Well, who noticed the tense atmosphere, pinched Qingfeng. "Shut up!"
Then Peach Well got the King card. Fortunately and cautiously, she decided to keep the card as an amulet.
However, in the sixth and seventh rounds, Huang Se was unlucky enough to get the Slave card. He cried and got two Truth cards.
[Truth] One: Do you think it's better to have a crush or to confess?
"Crush …" Huang Se hesitated. "After all, if it's a crush, at least I can stay by that person's side and not be afraid of being rejected."
"Eh?
Xiaohuang is obviously the aggressive type on the basketball court, but he's the opposite type in love? "
"That, that's different." Huang Se pursed his lips. "I won't lose on the basketball court.
But when it comes to love, who isn't inferior? "
"Huang Se, you think too much." Qingfeng casually put his hands behind his head. "A man has to take the initiative. No matter what, confess to her first. Learn from Huang Se."
"… Little Qingfeng is an idiot. It's different!"
[Truth] Two: What's the saddest time you cried?
"This question … How can I remember!"
Huang Se was speechless. "Speaking of which, I rarely cry. The saddest time I cried was when I quarreled with my sister when I was young. In the end, my mother sided with my sister, and I hid in the toilet to cry."
"Pfff —"
"Don't laugh, Little Peach Well, Little Qingfeng!
Wow, even Little Sunspot? "
In the eighth round, the game finally let go of Huang Se. Peach Well and Midori drew the slave card.
"Hahaha, you're so smart." Peach Well immediately threw the King card to Qingfeng. "Ada, it's up to you!"
"… May, you bastard!"
Fortunately, Qingfeng switched to the Truth.
"… Tell me the image of your ideal lover?"
"Big breasts, at least bigger than Wuyue's, good skin, looks like Little Linyi's," Qing Feng answered decisively.
"… This kind of question instantly becomes dirty when I give it to you."
"Shut up, May."
Midori, on the other hand, switched to the Penalty Exempt section.
"… You're so lucky, Little Midori." Huang Se, who had switched to the Truth twice, said enviously.
"That's my lucky card."
Midori quietly looked at Huang Se … and the girl next to him. "Of course, I'm the lucky one."
However, in the next round, he was instantly slapped in the face.
Midori, who drew the slave card and switched to the Truth section, was speechless.
He only felt that his face was a little swollen from the slap, and it was burning with pain.
"Have you ever been abandoned by someone?
Will you hate them? "
Kanna Hyuga, who had been silent, couldn't help but lower her head. She felt that her ears were slowly becoming hot and red, and she only felt a wave of bitterness in her stomach.
Midori Shintaro, who saw this question, pursed his lips and fell silent. He slowly threw the card back to the trash section, took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on.
"Yes."
He said.
"As for hate, it doesn't exist." The green-haired boy shook his head. "It's too ridiculous to be angry because of this."




