Kiana's awkward appearance successfully caused a burst of laughter. Shu, mixed in with the laughter, followed suit and pulled the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't laugh out loud.
Sirin seemed to have achieved her goal, and ended her turn with a wave of her hand.
And unlike the previous clockwise order, after Sirin's turn ended, Siegfried suddenly turned around and pointed at Mei.
"Mei, it's your turn now!"
"Mei! You're not going to attack me too, are you!" Kiana suddenly leaned weakly against Mei on her side. Her clear, sky-blue eyes stared straight at Mei, giving Shu on the other side goosebumps all over.
Kiana, did you even give up your initiative to win? What are you pretending to be?
"..." Mei's lips were pressed into a thin line. She just stared at her hand, turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to Kiana, who was leaning against her and acting cute.
?
A look of disbelief suddenly burst out of Shu's eyes. He turned his head abruptly and stared blankly at the two of them, who were acting out of character. His brain "boomed" and exploded.
Could it be... that this is also a part of the game?!
"Mei" Kiana used her physical talent. Her powerful body flexibility allowed her to twist her body into a wave. "Please, please"
The thin line of Mei's lips finally turned into a sigh. The icy mountain that she had just built collapsed so quickly, as fragile as a piece of paper.
"Alright..."
Is this Kiana's special attack against Mei?!
"Yay!" The moment Mei's silence turned into a sigh, Kiana raised her hands and cheered. She changed her previous weak appearance and excitedly gave Mei a big hug.
"Judgment successful! Kiana, you can now draw a card from Mei's hand!" After hugging Mei, Kiana's eyes immediately lit up as she looked at Siegfried. Siegfried also immediately announced the result of their confrontation.
There was a trick!
Shu took a sharp breath without anyone noticing. He only felt a chill rise from his back and rush to his head.
What was this? Why could she draw someone else's card just by acting cute? What was the judgment based on? That sigh? Or was it that as long as one's heart softened, the judgment would be successful?
Although the previous judgments used various methods such as slot machines, large turntables, and twenty-sided dice, they were still traceable. And it was Siegfried who took the initiative to take out the props for the judgment.
This time was different! Shu didn't see any prerequisites for Kiana to launch an "offensive"! In Shu's eyes, Kiana just suddenly...
Wait! Could it be—being "attacked"?
It was as if an old, classical gate was suddenly pushed open amidst a burst of passionate music. The decaying door let out a piercing shriek as it moved, but it strangely blended perfectly with the passionate music.
That's right! It was "being attacked"!
Kiana launched her "offensive" after "being attacked," at the moment Siegfried announced the start of the next person's turn.
And the reason for launching it was also very clear. According to the logic of the previous "recharge" items, it was likely that every person who was attacked could activate this ability and ask for mercy or help from others.
Of course, this was just the most likely and most consistent speculation in Shu's opinion. The truth could also be that "this is Kiana's unique skill" or "this is Mei's unique skill."
It might even be a strange situation like "in fact, you don't need to be attacked. As long as the two of them can make cute jokes in real life, they can ask for a card at any time, and the other person will have to give up a card as long as they can't pretend to be unfamiliar."
Shu was silent. He silently glanced at Kiana, who was smugly holding six cards in her hand. For a moment, he was only left with double the silence.
Logically speaking, this kind of speculation should be the first to be ruled out, and for good reason. But logically speaking, this matter itself was not very likely.
This game has no logic.
Kiana was not very satisfied with her new hand. But it was Mei's hand! Kiana was excited for a long time before she decided to continue her "reinforcement plan."
So she turned her next target to Shu. According to her numerous experiences of sneaking food and slacking off, Shu was a person who was easier to soften up than Mei.
She even had to pester Mei, but for Shu, she could make him do anything she wanted just by blinking her eyes. So far, her biggest request to Shu was the afternoon when she had just mastered the Key of Genesis.
It was just kneeling down and hugging his thigh. She was very familiar with this!
Full of confidence, Kiana turned her head and looked at Shu beside her.
But the words that had already been brewing in her mouth were suddenly choked back the moment her eyes caught Shu.
Completely different from the laughter and relaxation of the others, Shu was sitting beside her like a Buddha!
He was so dignified, but he was not as kind-looking as a Buddha. Instead, he was like an angry vajra, staring at something.
Kiana's mouth snapped shut. Her pupils trembled as she retracted her presumptuous thoughts. Her lips were even pressed thinner than Mei's just now, for fear that if she uttered a single syllable, Shu would take out his sacred vajra and smash her into "Kiana-chan."
Oh my god, so Shu's desire to win is so strong? In order to pretend not to know me and avoid the rule of 'you don't need to be attacked, as long as the two of them can make cute jokes in real life, they can ask for a card at any time, and the other person will have to give up a card as long as they can't pretend to be unfamiliar,' he even put on a Buddha-like expression!
Could it be... that Shu's hand is actually very good, so he has to put on this look just to protect his hand?
Thinking of this, Kiana couldn't help but secretly glance at Shu, only to see his face darken even more.
I'd better forget about it!
Looking at Shu's battle face, which looked like he was about to shout "Iron, come here! Do you want a fair samurai duel with me?" Kiana sheepishly withdrew her gaze.
Then she silently made a note in her heart: Super, super strong desire to win. Winning a game can make him happy for a long, long time.
And Mei's turn began. She looked at her hand, which had only four cards left, with some helplessness. Mei also chose to take a different action this turn.
"I want to activate an action," Mei slowly pushed out a card that looked like it was filled with bad reviews.
"It's here! It's 'Redistribute'!"
"Collect everyone's hands, and then let everyone draw back the corresponding number of cards according to the number of cards they paid!"
Shu's heart suddenly trembled.
I'm done for!