The Queen of Spades (promise this is good)

Chapter 21-Unraveled secrets

You headed to the lobby of the beach, hoping that your Ferrari was not brunt by the ember flames that was demolishing the beach to ashes. You combed around the area, checking around for the Ferrari. It was important that you had a convenient mode of transport to easily escape games or danger quickly when needed.

"Here!" Akira raised his hand. You headed towards him, taking out your keys from his bag and unlocking the car. "Get in before the fire melts us!" You pulled his hoodie into the car. You started the car, not bothering to put on your seatbelt at that point. You stepped on the accelerator and starting driving outside. 

There was some burning wooden boards on the ground, but you just braced yourselves and busted through them bravely. You lowered the window at the rooftop, pulling out a grenade. You twisted the safety pin and pulled it off the grenade. You stuck your head out of the window and tossed the grenade behind you into the beach to finish off anybody else who was in there, Aguni and Niraigi included.

You drove faster, not wanting to receive the impact of the grenade. After a few seconds, the grenade went off, blowing the whole beach up. The rooftop fell off the beach, falling right behind the car you two were in. "Woohoo! We're out of the beach!" You were enjoying yourself for once.

Slowly, the car came to a stop and you found Chishiya and Kuina standing outside of the beach, awaiting for your expected arrival. Opening the door, you came out of the car and greeted them. 

"Alright! So, where's the face card games? Must we do something to trigger them or do we wait for the day out visas expire?" You played with your machine gun. "Also, Chishiya, have you pinpointed what exactly that drawing could mean from the five of spades game? I suggest that it's a map of somewhere in Tokyo we need to go to encounter the face card games, but it's just a hypothesis."

"For now, I still don't know what it is yet, but now that we're out of the beach's control, we have much more freedom to explore around the area." Chishiya replied. Kuina had a confused look on her face, not knowing what drawing you were referring to. After some explanation, she gave you a determined nod and agreed to help in decoding it.

"Okay, okay. Before we get burnt to ashes, let's leave this place and find somewhere to stay for now before we embark on our adventure!" You invited them into your Ferrari. "Geez, you really are extra. Going back into the beach and not saving anyone, but instead getting back your expensive car and blowing up the beach, you're so cool, Yuki-chan!" Kuina had a good laugh.

You got the engines ready and headed off, leaving all the other people outside the beach to mourn about all the other people's deaths. "Sis, you're not going back for Tatta? Or Arisu and Usagi? Not even Ann?" Akira turned his head to you with concern on his face.

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(Meanwhile, on the other side of the beach...)

Arisu received a wave of shock when he saw a small grenade blow the entire beach up, making the then torn down walls burst into mere shreds. 

"That explosion..." Ann skeptically squinted her eyes and shaded them with her hand, trying to get a closer look at the scene. 

"...is Yuki's bomb!" Usagi exclaimed, exasperated after the long and by far the most intense battle of wits against everybody in the beach. 

Arisu stood up from his seat on a patch of grass, saying, "This means that she's still alive! She wasn't burnt down by the fire!" 

He could hear several people applauding, and some sighs of relief around the area. Some people were even cheering and whistling for you, previously afraid that the fire would have been the cause of your unknown death.