The Pain of an Inferior: A Blistering Love Comedy That Begins After a Broken Heart - Chapter 51

“I didn’t know you were the kind of girl who opens her legs to anyone.”

“No! Haru-kun was just trying to comfort me… I was going crazy, and he just held me together…”

“You’ve only known each other for a short time, but you seem very close.”

“In the first place, Shuu-kun is always flirting with the seniors and juniors, too! Why are you putting yourself on the back burner and blaming only me?!”

“What…! I’m not having sex with them!”

Haruka and I eavesdropped on Madoka and Shuuichi’s conversation with a bitter look on our faces.

They were slandering each other in the classroom building a little distance away from the infirmary.

It was a clear scene.

Madoka clung to the jealous Shuuichi to regain his damaged self-esteem.

“Shouldn’t you two just calm down and talk about what you’re going to do from now on?”

Haruka, who was the cause of the situation, tried to quiet the two of them down.

Seeing Haruka’s face, Shuuichi clucked his tongue in disgust.

“Why don’t we split up and look for a black box or something so that we can calm down? We can find most of them in about 20 minutes.”

“Shut up, don’t tell me what to do!”

Shuuichi said without trying to hide his irritation and walked out of the classroom with rough steps.

Madoka did not follow him this time.

No, that’s not good.

“Aren’t you going after him?”

“If I go after him now, he’ll just complain anyway.”

Madoka turned her head away.

“Well then, let’s split up and look for them.”

At Haruka words, Madoka and I nodded our heads at the same time.

Then we both followed him.

Sensing our presence, Haruka turned around, a puzzled look on his face.

“No, we’re splitting up…”

“Haru-kun, because of you, I can’t walk well because my legs aren’t strong enough, please carry me.”

Madoka approached Haruka with a flirtatious and sweet attitude.

Is this girl crazy? I seriously thought.

“Eh? Uhh, what about Shuu-kun…”

Even Haruka was confused and unable to speak well.

“Just for the record, I’m not dating Shuu-kun. We’re just sort of stuck with each other.”

Madoka twines herself around Haruka’s left arm.

“In general, Shuu-kun always attracted our seniors and juniors. Instead of pulling them away, he just accepts them. He strung them along and started messing around with them, and to be honest, it kind of cooled me off.”

Madoka complained about Shuuichi quickly. She seemed to be really angry and was not sticking to Haruka just to be intimate.

“But I’m glad… Madoka-san, you’re back to your normal self.”

“Ehehe… To be honest, it’s still painful… But thanks to you, Haru-kun, I think I’ll be able to do my best.”

She beams with embarrassment and snuggled up to Haruka with a full female look on her face.

Seeing the two of them together, I was struck by an unexplainable irritation.

“Ah…”

“What’s wrong?”

Madoka suddenly stopped and Haruka and I looked at her suspiciously. Madoka’s face was bright red.

“…. I’m dripping.”

“……”

“Ouch?!”

I gave her a silent chop. She covered the area where I had hit her with her hand and stared at me.

“Let’s go, Haruka.”

“You can rest in the classroom there, Madoka-san… If you need me, just signal me with your gun and I’ll come running.”

I called out his name in the confusion, but it was successfully swept away. I’m pleased inside.

“No, I’ll go with you. I’m afraid of being alone.”

Madoka again followed closely to Haruka, and we walked together on his side. I countered by twining myself around Haruka’s right arm.

“Shirogane-san, what’s wrong?”

“I’m scared too.”

I responded to Haruka’s confusion in a casual manner.

In this game, Haruka has no memory of the first game.

Therefore, I would appear to him as a woman whose sense of distance is obviously strange, but I don’t care about that.

I was willing to be flirtatious in any way in order to be protected by him.

Under the pretense of making a rational choice, I can see that Madoka is subconsciously controlled by her survival instincts.

She felt that her life was in danger, and she instinctively knew which one she should follow, Shuuichi or Haruka, to survive.

Just like I did in the last game.

In this game, too, I want Haruka’s protection.

That is the reason why I am flirting…probably.

“By the way, what are your cards?”

“I’ll tell you if you tell me yours first.”

A casual smile. However, I turned pale when I noticed that Haruka was secretly reaching for the pistol hanging on his waist.

I already knew that Haruka is a man who would kill without hesitation to achieve his goal.

I wonder if I should lie. But I might die if my numbers are shared by Madoka or any of the other players I’ve met so far.

“… 10 of Spades.”

My dry lips quiver as I answered. I pull out of my card from skirt pocket and showed it to him.

I watched as his hand returns to its original position, and I breathe a sigh of relief.

“I have the king. Madoka-san has the Jack of Spades.”

The conditions for the K of Spades are [Survival of Q, death of the initial holder of Ace, or possession of the joker, whichever two conditions are met].

In other words, if I were the Ace, I would have been killed here and now.

And with the Ace, Madoka’s clear condition is also satisfied.

I’m so glad.

“My card is yours. I don’t need it.”

Haruka said and offered me the K of Spades.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I don’t mind.”

It doesn’t matter if the players don’t have their initial card as long as they meet their clear conditions.

Nevertheless, I don’t like it if he just gives it to me unconditionally.

“What do you want?”

“I don’t want anything.”

He narrowed his eyes and smiled brightly.

I grabbed and pulled Haruka’s collar, and forcefully took his surprised lips with mine.

“Eh? Wai-”

Seeing Madoka’s black-and-white eyes and her back turned, I smiled.

“Shirogane-san was this kind of character?”

“Yes. I am this kind of character.”

I smiled once more and held Haruka’s right arm to my chest again.

?

Including Shuuichi, we had gathered in the classroom.

Shuuichi was completely unresponsive and did not speak.

There were a total of three black boxes in the school.

We got several bottled sports drinks, a lunch box which can be warmed by pulling the string, a sweet bun, a snack, and the three of hearts. We also got an automatic rifle and three sets of ammunition magazines.

The automatic rifle was to be carried by Haruka.

The gun is as light as a feather, so it’s easy even for women like Madoka and me to handle it, but we still wanted to left the powerful weapon to Haruka

The alarms sounded, indicating that some areas turned into restricted areas.

Since this school is located near the center of the island, we may be able to relax until the end of the day as long as no enemies come.

We had obtained a mod that detects cards of any suit except spades, which no one owns, in a small area. From now on, we would collect cards using this mod.

Madoka and I would not have to kill anyone as long as we could collect cards.

However, I need a total of 50, so even with my 10 and the K that Haruka gave me, I still have 23. I need 27 more numbers.

“I was wondering, all the cards in the restricted area are reallocated, aren’t they?”

“Probably.”

“This school is almost the center of the map, don’t you think we can make it if we search for it desperately in the last ten hours or so?”

“Well, you have a point.”

Every six hours, a restricted area is designated from the outside of the island, and cards left in it are reallocated to the area where they can be obtained, according to the rule fragment.

It would be a good strategy to wait for the enemies to destroy each other here, and then use the mod to find and collect the cards at the end.

Although we should take more time to search for the cards, since our lives are at stake.

“Anyway, it’s almost night, let’s take a rest now.”

“I guess so. How about a bath?”

“Let’s just go to a private house like yesterday.”

Since we are almost unprotected while taking a bath, we should probably endure it. However, taking a bath is important at any time and in any environment.

I want to take a bath too.

As the three of us, excluding Shuuichi, were talking like this, I suddenly see a small red light outside the window in the dimmed night sky.

I had no idea what it was. I had goosebumps and shivered with fear.

“Madoka!”

Haruka shouted, and took Madoka, who was standing beside him, into his arms.

The sound of gunshots and the breaking of window panes echoed through the classroom.

Outside was a drone with a gun attached.

It’s aim was surprisingly precise, and a bullet hit Haruka in the back, who was protecting Madoka.

“Haruka!!”

I call out his name, perhaps louder than I did before in my life.

I pulled out the gun on my waist and fired several shots at the drone.

The bullets hit the edge of the drone and fell down, spinning vigorously.

Suppressing my shaking hands, I turn my attention back to Haruka.

“Haru, ka….”

Madoka seemed to be okay, though she didn’t move an inch.

Haruka was gone without leaving a word.

“Are you kidding me…”

Shuuichi’s eyes widened and he froze.

Haruka was dead.

Will I survive again and carry over my memories to the next game?

(I’m tired.)

I turn my head and approach Shuuichi. I raise my gun and shoot him in the head without hesitation, giving him no time to react. Then, I shoot Madoka, who is still in a daze.

Nonchalantly, I collect their cards and tuck them into my pocket.

Picking up the automatic rifle on the desk besides Haruka, I went downstairs and ran toward the city.

And then-