Hyesook pointed out something unusual to me on the subway we were riding.
"What do you mean?"
"You see his men in the back, they don't inspire my confidence, I have the impression that he is planning something"
"We'll see, let's stay calm for now"
CHAPTER 85
Our little moment of relaxation was abruptly interrupted by a group of people.
"Listen to me all! There are going to be some small changes from now on!"
Who are these people who won't stop yelling? They disturbed my nap.
"Yume, these are the guys I told you about!"
Hyesook says to me while shaking me awake.
"What do they want?" I replied while yawning.
"Two of you will have to participate in a game!"
"What kind of game?" Answered a passenger.
"A card game!"
I was getting intrigued so I walked over to see what was going on.
"The rules are simple:
- We deal the 52 cards to the 4 players.
- Each player receives their deck face down.
- When it's their turn, they put a card in the middle. If it's a face card, Jack, Queen, King or Ace, the next person must put down one, two, three or four more cards. One by one.
- If no trick is played, the person who laid down the trick pockets the pile. If a trick is played, the person who played the cards stops and the next person must play as many more cards as required.
- If two identical cards appear, the first person to tap the deck wins.
- If there are more than two, the person who has no cards left loses.
- Victory goes to the one who wins all the cards in the deck."
"Simply put, it's the game of Corsican battle."
"Do you know this game, Toshiko?"
"Of course I do. I've played it once."
"And why should we play this game?" Asked a passenger.
"Simply because if you refuse, we will blow up this subway!"
I sighed, then moved closer to them.
"Anyway, you were planning to blow up this subway even if we play, right?"
"Only if you lose."
"Really?"
"Well pick who will play against my group. Only two people are allowed to play, and will represent the victims!"
Everyone began to discuss among themselves. The choice of the two people was quite complicated to take, but Hyesook spoke out loud.
"It's obvious. The two players must be Yume Kawashima and myself."
I rubbed my hair so as not to show my anxiety.
I had expected that answer.
To be continued...