Pointless Death Game 10

A few hours later, at the hotel reserved for the ES idols

Koga: Hey, what the hell’s goin’ on here, Adonis?!

Adonis: I still don’t understand why you’re asking me.

I can only make guesses. In the image of the desert we were sent earlier, Hakaze-senpai appeared to be all alone and at a loss.

There was also an image where he looked like he was at one of the safety zones—the lodging facilities Hakaze-senpai and Hinata have been staying at—but he couldn’t enter due to a lack of funds.

Koga: That’s why I’m asking what the hell’s goin’ on?! He’s been able to go in n’ out this whole time, and he’s been sleepin’ at those ryokan-like things at night, ain’t he?

We haven’t been real worried about him ‘cause we thought he could just fall back on one of them.

So how come that dumbass is all of a sudden havin’ the door slammed in his face?!

Adonis: As I said, it looks like he didn’t have enough money.

This is just a guess, but it seems that Desert Coin—the currency we’ve been exchanging our SSL$ for and sending to them—is the currency used in the desert.

If he can’t use the supposedly safe facilities, then it would stand to reason that Hakaze-senpai has lost his Desert Coins.

Koga: So why now? We got a pic of Hinata earlier too, but he was just cruisin’ around in some kinda buggy with a bunch of treasure in it.

You think Hakaze-senpai got lost and he was on his way to rescue him?

Adonis: I don’t know. They’ve always been together up to this point, so I’m not sure why they seem to be in two different places now.

I’m just repeating myself, but it’s difficult to grasp their current situation because we’re only being sent still images with no audio. We have no idea what’s going on.

Koga: Fuck—! I can’t take it anymore! I’ve had enough of this shit, I’m gonna make a raft or somethin’ and get us the hell outta here! Then we can meet up with Hakaze-senpai and—

Adonis: What you’re thinking is not realistic. We don’t even know where we are, let alone where Hakaze-senpai is.

Calm down, Oogami. We should at least ask Sakuma-senpai for advice before—

Koga: The hell’re you sayin’? He’s too busy playin’ dress-up with his eboy mask to do anything for us!

We gotta do this ourselves, Adonis! We can’t just be gettin’ piggyback rides from our senpais forever, right?!

Adonis: There hasn’t been a single time where you said that and everything went smoothly, Oogami.

Koga: Huh?! You sayin’ we’re shitty little babies who can’t do anything without holdin’ onto our senpais’ hands?

Adonis: That is not what I meant.

Pf... Fufu ♪

Koga: ? What’s so funny?

Adonis: No, it just feels like how we were in the past. Our senpais who wouldn’t do anything to help us, Oogami who went on hot-blooded rampages, and me who was unable to stop you.

I’m well aware this is not the time to be laughing. But it was so nostalgic that I couldn’t help myself.

I’m sorry. It was very imprudent of me—Was that the correct word to use there?

Koga: Gah! It’s been so long since I heard ya say somethin’ like that, I’m gettin’ all caught up in my memories, ya son of a bitch!

Yuuta: —What’re you guys making all that fuss about?

Koga: ?! Yuuta! You bastard...?

What the hell’re you doin’?

Yuuta: What, can’t you tell?

Koga: Playin’ horsey or some shit? Looks like you got Sakuma-senpai on his hands n’ knees while you ride him around.

Yuuta: Well, we’re not exactly playing.

Koga: Then what is it? Who the hell do you think we are?

Yuuta: You guys? Oh, let’s see—I’d say you’re, like, pure-hearted idiots who got completely duped by us.

Adonis: What do you mean by that, Yuuta?

Yuuta: Haha. You seriously didn’t suspect us at all, did you.

Don’t you guys think you’re looking down on 2wink just a bit too much?

Koga: ......

Yuuta: Otogari-senpai. You and Sakuma-senpai have been using sign language, right? I noticed you’ve been communicating with each other somehow without speaking.

Adonis: ......

Yuuta: Hinata-kun and I always talk to each other in a language only we can understand. A subtle glance here and there, the twitch of a finger, you get the point.

It’s a little party trick for people who think we can use some kind of magical twin telepathy.

We’re twins, so we can communicate how we feel without ever saying a word—

It makes people happy when it looks like we’re in each other’s heads like that, you know?

It’s pretty stupid, though. If you can talk without actually talking, then you’ve got to be using some other kind of language, one that doesn’t use a voice... right?

I was able to keep contact with Hinata-kun through our videos using that very same nonverbal communication.

The videos are reviewed and edited by the Administration, though. It was super frustrating at first, since I couldn’t say exactly what I wanted to say.

On top of that, there’s a time lag, and it’s essentially a one-way street from me to Hinata-kun...

But now I can get all of my messages through to him, generally speaking.

So I told Hinata-kun what I wanted, and he did exactly that.

Hakaze-senpai and all those other idols who were tossed into the desert basically had to go at it alone.

But the two of us were fighting together as a team, so none of them even stood a chance.

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