Language Cheat Reincarnation – Young Girl VTuber Saves the World
Chapter 357-12

SS 29. [‘Bet’ Game ~ Final Round 2]

“Everyone, I’m back~.”

“............Iroha-sama, you’ve finally returned!”

“We’ve been waitin’ forever!”

“Seriously!”

“Iroha-chan, you’re so slow!”

“Sorry, sorry, I got caught up in a conversation.”

Apparently, I had cut off the conversation, because after a brief pause, everyone reacted.

Having finished my secret talk with Angu Ogu, I returned to the group voice channel.

“Iroha-han, there’s less than a minute left!”

“That’s right. Ogu, let’s place our bets too...”

“Wait just a moment! Before that, Ogu-san has to have a private chat with me!”

“At this timing!? I need to place my bet, or there won’t be any time!”

“No! I need to grill him about what he was doing with Iroha-sama until the very last minute!”

“No, no, nothing happened, so don’t worry!”

“But...!”

“Seriously――it’s all fine.”

“...I see. Understood.”

Unexpectedly, Ilyena withdrew her “weapon” with surprising ease.

What that exchange just now was about... I didn’t know, but it was probably that.

You know, like an unspoken understanding between people who are... well, kind of similar.

It felt like touching it might burn me, so I left it alone.

“Remaining time: 10 seconds.”

“Eh!?”

“Iroha, hurry up and place your bet!”

“O-okay!”

“5, 4, 3...”

“P-placed my bet!”

“I placed my bet too!”

“......Alright, all bets have been confirmed.”

“‘Safe!’”

With that, all the rounds finally came to an end. Laugh or cry, the loser would now be determined.

“We’ll begin tallying the results, so please wait a moment............”

“Ah, hold on. Before that, can I ask one question?”

“Hmm? Sure, I don’t mind... Oh. Ahem. I don’t mind, mwahaha!”

Her Highness awkwardly struck a villainous pose.

You definitely forgot until just now, didn’t you?

“What happens if everyone bets the same number of chips? Is there a tiebreaker for the punishment game?”

“Eh?”

I instinctively interrupted the question.

Why confirm something like that at this point? Besides...

“I don’t think that’s likely to happen, so it should be fine.”

“Yeah, probably not. It’s just in case.”

“Haah...”

Since we all placed different bets, this worry should be unnecessary.

But... well, it’s probably not worth overthinking. The ‘result’ won’t change anyway.

“Well, to answer your question... in that case, everyone would be treated as having lost. As stated in the initial rules, ‘the person with no chips left’ loses. Everyone will have to do the punishment game.”

That would also be better from a broadcast standpoint.

While I was agreeing in my head......

“Oh? By ‘everyone,’ you mean Her Highness is included, right?”

“Wha—WHAT!?”

Alchemist suddenly said something outrageous.

Her Highness panicked, trying to cover it up.

“No, no, no!? I meant ‘all players’! That’s all!”

“Oh? But leaving Her Highness out would be so mean. Let’s include you too~.”

“Ahaha! Yeah, if that happens, you’ll join us for the punishment game, won’t you?”

“Hey, cut it out! I absolutely won’t do it, okay!? I’ve already worked so hard to plan and manage this event!”

Her Highness had a point.

Honestly, thank you so much for organizing such an amazing broadcast!

However, that’s a separate matter.

There’s no way viewers would miss out on something so entertaining......

“I really don’t want to! No way! Stop holding a majority vote in the comment section!”

“Haha, just give up~.”

“Your Highness, sometimes you just have to accept things.”

“Ugh~!... Fine! If everyone really runs out of chips, then okay!? But otherwise, I won’t do it, got it!?”

“That works!”

“In that case, you’ll join us in punishment game hell, alright?”

Her Highness seemed resigned, yelling in defeat.

Haha, what bad luck.

Thus, an unplanned rule was added.

But it’s unfortunate... we won’t get to see her punishment game.

“......Phew~.”

After a while, Her Highness exhaled deeply.

It seemed the tallying was done.

“Thank you for waiting. Well then, once again. Thank you for participating in today’s death game. I’m glad this project went off without a hitch. I’d love to do it again if there’s another opportunity.”

Her Highness delivered an early closing statement.

She must have thought there’d be no time after the results and punishment game were announced.

“Everyone, are you ready? All set? Then... I’ll now announce the results!”

I swallowed nervously.

Finally, the results were revealed.

“We’ll reveal the bets in ascending order. First, the player who bet ‘1 chip’...”

“――There isn’t one.”

“‘!?!?!?’”

“What... what does this mean!?”

Angu Ogu shouted.

Every other team player had supposedly placed different bets.

That’s how it was supposed to be.

But the results said otherwise.

“...Heheheh, hahaha!”

I couldn’t hold back my laughter anymore.

The ‘strategy’ had worked.

“Sorry, everyone. The winner of this game is――me!”