The Quintuplet Alliance

Araragi Hideki's POV

I need some kind of plan to remove this guy from his winning streak. There are still questions in my mind for the purpose of the Discard Phase but I came up with a way to use it effectively.

After thinking for a while, I finally thought of a way to bring this bastard down. But It's still full of holes. I have to think about raising my chances. This Nejima Seikyou guy just got a 15 Million profit. Not bad if I say so myself.

But to start off things, negotiation should come first. I approached a certain guy who did nothing but to stand there like a statue. He didn't do anything special at all. He's perfect for my plan.

"Excuse me, can you spare just a little of your time?"

He nodded a little and I told all of my plans in a mild voice. After I told him about my plan, his face emotionless face started to glow up just a little. With this, the first step is done. He said that he's called Sanju Inami.

"The Discard Phase will now commence! Is someone going to discard?"

I told Sanju Inami that he should discard the weakest card in his hand and I will do the same. With that, we will move to the elimination corner. I just noticed that the elimination corner is quite far away from the showdown place. I'm going to use this elimination corner to have our meetings. They can't really hear us here so we can talk about the plan.

But we're only going to talk to each other if the showdown is still happening. If we're going to have a meeting while the showdown is still taking place, we can avoid the eyes of the players.

Now, this is my plan starts. The partnership I made with Sanju Inami is called Card Trading Alliance. The two of us had an alliance in the meantime.

The two of us will enter the elimination corner. While in the elimination corner, the two of us will exchange cards. I will give him cards to complete the hand that we're aiming for and he'll give me the trash cards the doesn't need anymore.

As a test run, I let Sanju Inami leave the elimination corner without changing his hand. Nothing actually changed and he can still come back here with no problems. That confirms my theory that you can go in and out in the elimination corner as long as you will discard a card.

To the 2rd Discard Phase, Sanju Inami's hand is a High Hand. With no pairs, or anything. It's a High Hand composed of 4 Of Spades, 9 Of Clubs, 10 Of Hearts, 2 Of Clubs and 7 Of Spades.

If I give my 3 Of Spades to him, he will have a 2, 3, 4 sequence but will not change anything at all. It's still a worthless hand. But while I'm racking my brain here, a miracle came.

"Nejima Seikyou stepped into a punishment tile. He can't play in the showdown for 2 Rounds."

Like I thought, my luck is still active! This extreme luck... still resides in me!

"Sanju Inami, we can't let this chance pass by. Change of plans. We're going to turn these two people alliance to a triple alliance! No! Even Quintuplet Alliance!"

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The plan is for Sanju Inami to convince 2 or 3 players to join our alliance. Where we'll trade cards so that one could win huge money and we'll all share it.

Luckily, Sanju Inami caught 3 more players. They don't have to go to the elimination corner anymore since all they have to do is to give their cards to Sanju Inami. They gave him his cards and It's enough to complete a Straights.

After that, enter the showdown while Nejima Seikyou is not around. He's going to win the showdown but what's good about this is the fact that we already know what tile It is. It's already a revealed tile. A tile contains 15 Million Yen! It's an easy win!

After that, go back to the Discard Phase again. Fetch the cards enough to get a Royal Straights then go for the 6 Steps. I don't know what tile It is, but having a 6 Steps hand will defeat Nejima Seikyou even if he's in the game or not.

After the 11th tile was revealed, another miracle actually came. We got double the amount this time, 30 Million Yen! That makes it 45 Million Yen!

In this alliance, I won't gain a cent. So the only ones going to share the 45 Million will be Sanju Inami and the 3 other people who gave their cards. My only benefit in this... is that I'll get a Royal Straights again!

I already told them that I won't get a cent of the profits, all I'll get is the Royal Straights hand. I'll take Sanju Inami's Royal Straights and give him my 3 Of A Kind.

They easily agreed with my condition. They came here so that they can have their Idol groups perform but they got money. At least, they've got funds now, all they have to do is to finish the 100th Tile.

That means I can go back in the game now since I already have 5 cards again and much better, I came back having my Royal Straights again. This is the best!

"All right! Time for the 11th Round's showdown! Since someone already got 5 cards again, he will go back to the game. For this 11th Round, Araragi Hideki will participate!"

If I'm just going back, I might as well go back as a King!

END OF CHAPTER 48