Chapter 9: Chika-chan's Aeroplane Chess
[Aeroplane Chess, a four-player game, roll the dice, fly your plane around the board once and into the central base to score a point. When all your planes are in the base, you win. Aiyaya~ such a brutal game!]
Aeroplane Chess, brutal? You've got to be kidding me.
Sakurai picked up the blue pieces.
The four of them sat neatly on the sofa, a game board of Aeroplane Chess set up on the coffee table.
Sakurai Saki and Fujiwara Chika sat together. Ishigami Yuu and Shirogane Miyuki sat together.
"Sakurai-senpai, you seriously play this old-fashioned Aeroplane Chess stuff? We should be playing something more modern, like a MOBA game or something." Ishigami said with a bored look, then placed two of his pieces on the starting point.
The student council room had a TV.
They could use it to play games.
"Traditional games are the most fun!" Fujiwara Chika was a loyal fan of old-school games.
"Huh? Fujiwara-senpai, are you serious? What's fun about this? Roll the dice and move step by step, puh... yeah, so fun." Ishigami Yuu had zero affection for the girl who came every day to bother Shirogane-senpai and ruin Sakurai-senpai's break time.
"( – ⌓ – )
"Ishigami!" Shirogane Miyuki called his name.
"Tch~" Ishigami Yuu picked up the red pieces.
[Uuuu~ Chika-chan just got dissed, hurry! Hurry up and help her! Sakurai-chan, why are you just sitting there watching?!]
( •̀⤙•́ )
"It's fine, just treat it as a break. Everyone's tired from studying anyway." Sakurai Saki's voice was gentle.
Hearing that he took her side, Fujiwara Chika immediately perked back up.
"That's right, that's right~ Sakurai-kun said it himself~ just treat it as a break! Aeroplane Chess is super fun!"
Shirogane Miyuki and Ishigami Yuu both fell into silent resignation.
What the hell is this girl so smug about!
The only person who'll play games with her for no reason is Sakurai!
From last year until now.
Every lunch break, Fujiwara would drag Sakurai to play games, and he still put up with it.
Shirogane thought, if it were him, he would've had enough ages ago.
[Narrator-chan totally loves Chika-chan's smile, unbearably cute~]
As long as it's a bishoujo smiling, you'd love it anyway, wouldn't you?
[Exactly! Narrator-chan super loves bishoujo! The biggest bishoujo lover in the whole world! Because this lady is a bishoujo too~]
[Super! Invincible! Ultra cute!]
(ง❀ ❛ ֊ ❛„)ว
Super! Ultra stupid! Big dumbass!
"This time, I'm definitely gonna win!" Fujiwara Chika folded her arms and rested her chin on her hands.
She looked exactly like Ikari Gendou.
A secretary Fujiwara completely possessed by the desire to win, two guys resigned to their fate, just playing to get it over with, and a psychic fighting the ability inside his head.
Those were the participants in this game.
All were hidden talents, and if you could win over even one of them, you could win the world.
"I'll go first, okay!" Fujiwara Chika said as she glanced around.
No reaction from anyone.
( ╹ -╹)??
Did no one want to play?
Fujiwara Chika felt the game wasn't exciting enough.
So she decided to bring out a prize——
"I've got two movie tickets~ whoever wins can invite someone else to go with them!"
Ishigami Yuu snarked: "Fujiwara-senpai, you're seriously giving yourself first turn advantage too?"
There was an anime movie out in theaters this week. Ishigami Yuu really wanted to see it.
Shirogane Miyuki casually said: "I think we should do rock-paper-scissors to decide the order."
If he got the tickets, he could let Kei-chan and her friend go see the movie.
"Whatever." Sakurai Saki wasn't interested in movies.
The Fujiwara family's upbringing was strict—no way she could go to a movie with someone.
[If you throw "paper" you can get first turn, throw "rock" and Chika-chan can go first, but Sakurai-chan, you're only gonna get the fourth spot to roll the dice!]
"Rock! Paper! Scissors!" ×4
Ishigami Yuu threw rock, Shirogane also threw rock, Sakurai threw rock too.
Weirdly synchronized.
As expected, in the second round,
Sakurai lost to the two guys.
Currently, the turn order is: first position — Fujiwara Chika, second — Ishigami Yuu, third — Shirogane Miyuki, fourth — Sakurai Saki.
"Hehe! In the end, I'm still first!" Fujiwara Chika cheerfully tossed the dice.
( ๑‾̀◡‾́)
And then...
Three points.
In this game, you can only take off when you roll a six — no doubt, a completely meaningless roll.
Ishigami Yuu picked up the dice: "In Aeroplane Chess, going first doesn't really give you much of an advantage. Only getting a plane to take off in the first round counts as a real edge!"
The dice rolled in Ishigami's hand, then he lightly tossed it.
"Five points, miscalculation."
Next, it was Shirogane Miyuki's turn.
He picked up the dice.
Weight confirmed.
Light roll.
No stuffing inside, very balanced.
He placed the six face-up on top, calculated exactly how much force to use, and then threw it.
[It's here! The Sure-Shot Technique! This is a skill only possessed by professional board game players! At any given turn, they can roll whatever number they want! By the way, if Sakurai-chan wants to roll a six, you has to wait three seconds first!]
Can you shut up with the commentary for a second?
It's just a board game. Don't make it so intense.
Three seconds later.
Sakurai casually tossed the dice.
Sorry, I'm not really in the mood to lose.
"Six!"
He called it out.
In the first round, both Shirogane Miyuki and Sakurai Saki launched a plane.
Sakurai glanced at his three opponents.
To the left, Fujiwara Chika was studying the board, title—Earth's Cancer!
Across from him, Shirogane Miyuki with a confident expression of certain victory, title—Evil-Eyed Tiger of Japan!
To the side, Ishigami Yuu tucked his hair back and switched into serious mode, title—Melancholy Destruction Dragon!
Heh, this game just got interesting.
This is truly a battlefield!
This battle! Is only just beginning!
( ◞•̀д•́)◞◟(•̀д•́◟ )
...
Twenty minutes later, just as the four of them were completely absorbed in the fight—
The student council room door burst open.
Shinomiya Kaguya entered with a blank expression.
As the vice president, it was important for her to show her face in the student council regularly.
Whether it was to build prestige or win people's hearts, lowering oneself slightly was an extremely effective tactic.
Shirogane Miyuki really was someone worth winning over.
This, Kaguya couldn't deny.
But what the hell is this madness behind the door?
"Hahaha!!! Secretary Fujiwara! Your plane is way too weak!!! Get back to the hangar immediately!!" Shirogane Miyuki was so into the game he was high on it.
"Six points, same-color space, jump one tile." Sakurai Saki wasn't particularly concerned with winning or losing.
[Yes! Perfect! Take it down for me! The next dice roll better follow Narrator-chan's instructions too!]
This game! I Would Win!
Just a tiny Shirogane dares to go up against me?
The match had entered its final phase, and all four players had already landed two planes.
Leading the race were Shirogane Miyuki and Sakurai Saki.
One relied on calculations, the other on a cheat — both with a bright future ahead!
The fighting spirit of the four was overwhelming.
So much so that Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't even bear to look.
She covered her face.
(っ- ‸ - ς)
This student council... might as well be destroyed already!