King's Game

　　The car runs smoothly on the highway.

　　A small retractable table was in the middle, with cans of fresh drinks from the freezer on it, and the passengers sat around the table, looking nervously at each other.

　　"Who is the king?"

　　"I." Itsuki raised her hand, holding the joker card in, with satisfaction on her face.

　　"Tsk." Nino wanted to vent her anger, accidentally bumping into the shoulder of the man beside her.

　　Shinichi ignored her.

　　The specially enlarged rear seats are not cramped even when filled with six people, and the seats which are divided into two rows only leave enough room for three people on one side.

　　For the lone man in the car, this is gratitude.

　　Even though one would still bump into him when feeling unhappy, at least he didn't have to experience the feeling of being surrounded by girls.

　　As a virgin man who consciously keeps a proper distance from all women, it is not a kind of enjoyment, but a test of heart, integrity, and rationality.

　　To Shinichi's left was Nino, and to his right was Itsuki, both of them had long hair, and he could smell a similar but different scent every time they turned their heads.

　　Therefore, Shinichi is indifferent as he plays the game of kings. He maintained a calm and dignified demeanor within the bounds of not spoiling the atmosphere of the game.

　　"Then… What number do you wish to order…"

　　Itsuki was thinking, but her eyes stared dishonestly at the playing cards in Shinichi's hand.

　　Shinichi immediately put the card on the table and looked at Yotsuba in front of him.

　　Yotsuba stared at each other with Shinichi, and neither gave in to the other.

　　Seeing that Shinichi was not responding, and was even playing a staring game with Yotsuba, Itsuki looked away, the bases of her ears slightly red, perhaps because she was embarrassed by her behavior.

　　Continuing to stare at Yotsuba, Shinichi sighed softly.

　　According to British research, if there was only one man in the game of kings, the other women would try their best to tease him, embarrass him and panic, showing his shameful side.

　　Therefore, Shinichi had made mental preparations, absolutely not letting them know what number he had drawn.

　　As for why he didn't refuse to participate in the first place, or find a way to switch to other games, it was his masculine instincts that were to blame.

　　Playing a king game with five beautiful girls in a closed room, when encountering this seemingly dreamlike development, he reflexively agreed, and only realized that something was wrong after the game started, and found that he had no advantage in playing this game.

Their game is very simple, draw cards from the poker card deck with the numbers 1 to 5 and the joker card, what draws the joker card is the king. The king gets to pick a number first, and then decides what order to give it to him once he knows who it is.

　　This way, when the quintuplets draw a king, if they fail to select one, they can issue an order to speed up the progress of the game. When they finally chose him, they could think of a brilliant arrangement to humiliate him.

　　But Shinichi couldn't issue superfluous orders… This was the disadvantage of a single man facing many women. As long as he had integrity, he couldn't win against them mentally.

　　It wasn't like he had dark thoughts and only speculated about five people with negative thoughts. Ichika who suggested this game with a smirk, Nino who always wanted to peek at his number during the game, Miku who secretly peeked at him, Game who just wanted to play the game, and Itsuki who became more clingy for some reason.

　　The four of them targeted him intentionally or unintentionally, trying to make him lose his dignity and lose his attitude as chairman. How could Shinichi not be alert?

　　Fortunately, after playing for two or three rounds, even if he didn't draw a king, he was lucky enough not to be drawn, and he had survived without incident until now.

　　After he draws the king, he will find a way to end the game.

　　"Then... Number four!"

　　After hesitating for a while, Itsuki finally said a number.

　　Mika raised her hand and said flatly, "I'm number four."

　　"Then sing a song, and the chorus is good."

　　Shinichi rolled his eyes, it was still a perfunctory order.

　　If it was him, even if he were to sing, he would definitely be forced to sing a grandiose song or the kind that required an entire song.

　　"Sing? Okay."

　　Miku nodded and lowered her head.

　　The shadow in her hair hit her face, and slightly opened her lips, and she slowly sang.

　　A flat and slightly dull sound, coupled with this eerie and strange song, between the trembling and surging notes, the atmosphere in the car suddenly became cold.

　　Ebata adjusts the AC temperature in time, then readjusts it after Miku finishes singing.

　　"…S-Sings really well." Itsuki forcefully praised, placed the cards on the table, and let Ichika shuffle them.

　　Ichika took the cards one by one, shuffled them in her hands, and placed them on the table.

　　Shinichi stares at her the whole time, just to make sure he didn't do anything... If he had known, the game could have ended logically.

　　To avoid suspicion, Ichika did not take the lead in picking the cards, but winked at Shinichi.

　　Shinichi looked away, and stretched out his hand, ready to take the card.

　　Nino took the card he saw first.

　　Glancing at her, he was used to fighting her, so Shinichi didn't care, so he chose another one at random.

　　"Then who will be the king this time~" Ichika turned over the card.

　　As soon as an evil voice sounded in his ears, Shinichi felt guilty, and was about to raise his head to look at Ichika, but then, a voice came from beside him.

　　"it's me."

　　She smiled.

　　When Shinichi glanced at the card in his hand and Nino showed a bright smile.

　　 Nino looked at him haughtily, and she spoke like a queen.

　　"Number two, I give you thirty seconds to compliment me in the most respectful, sincere, and gracious manner!"