The Heroines Want to Confess

The intense battle had begun.

Due to the limited board size, despite only four rounds passing, every piece of land had already been bought up.

Ishigami Yuu analyzed the situation.

The current land holdings of each player:

Shinomiya-senpai:

High-tier properties: 6 (valued over 3000)

Mid-tier properties: 4 (valued between 2000–3000)

Low-tier properties: 0 (valued under 2000)

As the heiress of the Shinomiya family, she never made losing investments.After calculating the most profitable strategy, she was clearly executing a one-hit kill plan—

Holding onto her Plunder Card, she focused on building houses on premium locations.

If anyone landed there later, it would result in either a massive financial loss or an instant bankruptcy!

Fujiwara-senpai:

High-tier properties: 1 (with two houses)

Mid-tier properties: 2

Low-tier properties: 12

As a politician's daughter, Fujiwara's approach seemed to be "catering to the masses."

Which meant…

Well, actually—never mind.

She was just playing randomly.

Ishigami mentally removed Fujiwara Chika from his calculations.

As for himself and Sakurai-senpai—

High-tier properties: 5

Mid-tier properties: 10

Low-tier properties: 12

The situation was already clear.

As long as they avoided landing on Fujiwara's two-house property, they wouldn't lose easily!

"Hehe! My hotel's at three stories now!"

…Okay, now it was three stories.

Ishigami flipped through the rulebook, checking the toll fee for a three-story high-tier property.

…8,900?!

That much?!

A player only received 4,000 per salary payout.

With everyone spending heavily on land and buildings, cash reserves were running low.

…Wait!

They had a Plunder Card!

They could steal this hotel outright!

"Sakurai-senpai—"

"No rush."

Sakurai wasn't concerned about Fujiwara Chika at all.

Shinomiya Kaguya was the real threat.

She still had two powerful items—

Teleport Card (move anywhere)

Demolition Card (downgrade a building by one level)

The battle was still shrouded in uncertainty.

Ten Minutes Later…

In his presidential seat, Shirogane Miyuki looked up at the four players.

…Sakurai and Fujiwara were way too into this.

This wasn't even an actual business war.

Why were they taking it so seriously?

"I'm using my Demolition Card to destroy Shinomiya-senpai's villa!" Ishigami shouted.

…Wow.

Shirogane smirked.

Having these guys in the student council really made things entertaining.

Even during his most tedious paperwork, it never got boring.

"Ishigami-kun! Why are you destroying Kaguya's villa?!"

"Fujiwara-senpai, then why did you use a Roadblock Card to mess with Sakurai-senpai earlier?! This is just a game! Why take it so seriously?!"

Shirogane laughed softly, shaking his head.

…They're so childish.

It's almost cute.

Another Ten Minutes Later…

"AHHH!!! FUJIWARA-SENPAI! YOU DESTROYED MY SKYSCRAPER!!!"

"Ehh? Ishigami-kun, didn't you just say— 'It's just a game~'? Hehe~"

…Playful bickering actually strengthened relationships.

It built teamwork and helped with future collaboration.

Shirogane convinced himself this wasn't them getting genuinely pissed off at each other.

…No, they just had a strong competitive spirit.

A Few More Turns Later…

"I'm using my Plunder Card—target: Shinomiya-san's America! Here's the payment for the property!"

Sakurai played his trump card.

"Then I'll use mine—target: Sakurai-kun's China! Property cost: 13,000!"

Kaguya countered immediately.

Sakurai reshuffled the Item Deck.

This way, there was no way to cheat.

…Especially with Fujiwara Chika constantly rigging shuffles.

She was too sneaky to underestimate.

No wonder people called her "The Swindler of the Fujiwara Clan."

Shirogane watched the escalating battle and sped up his paperwork.

Finally—

BAM!

"I'M FINISHED WITH WORK!"

"Oh." Kaguya didn't even look up.

"Good job, Shirogane." Sakurai was still calculating how to drain Kaguya's remaining item cards.

She still had two left.

"Shirogane-senpai, wanna join a round?" Ishigami rolled his die.

Four.

…Shit.

A landmine.

Fujiwara-senpai's landmine.

"Ara Ishigami-kun, you landed on my luxury villa~!"

Fujiwara smiled and stretched out her hand.

"Pay up! Lodging fees!"

"Tsk."

Ishigami reluctantly handed over 12,000.

His funds were now critically low.

"Ishigami, it's time."

Sakurai spoke calmly.

"I'm using my Negotiation Card. This allows me to buy a property from any player."

"And I have three of them."

Ishigami nodded and handed over three high-tier properties.

Once Sakurai reached 100,000 in assets, he could win by default.

Shirogane's already fearsome glare grew sharper.

He squinted at the board, analyzing the battle.

Due to his severe nearsightedness, his gaze looked downright terrifying.

…An even match?

No.

Shinomiya had the advantage.

All her high-tier properties were fortified with "two-story hotel defenses."

Wait—

In one corner of the board, Shirogane noticed something terrifying.

A four-plot zone:

Three mid-tier properties (owned by Shinomiya)

One mid-tier property (owned by Fujiwara)

If Fujiwara was eliminated, Shinomiya could take control of the entire block.

And owning an entire zone meant double rent collection!

Kaguya's expression turned ruthless.

Like a hidden final boss in a corporate war film.

"So hot."

Expressionless, she pulled out a folding fan.

Emblazoned on it—"Peerless Conqueror."

Sakurai immediately saw through her plan.

Against Shinomiya Kaguya's backstab strategy—

Sakurai chose a counter strategy:

"Fujiwara-senpai! Let's form an alliance! If we don't work together, none of us can win!"

"No! I would never betray Kaguya-chan!"

…She's already planning to betray you.

Some people just don't listen.

One turn later—

Ishigami landed on Fujiwara's hotel.

Bankrupt. Eliminated.

A few more turns—

Fujiwara landed on Kaguya's property.

Instant death.

"Uuu~ Kaguya-chan, avenge me!"

Fujiwara tearfully fanned Kaguya with the folding fan.

Kaguya's expression wavered slightly.

…Did she just feel guilty?

Did Fujiwara notice that Kaguya had been manipulating her dice rolls with the fan?

Sakurai watched Kaguya closely.

Then—he smiled.

"Shinomiya-san, looks like it's just the two of us now."