Fault Line (Joe Tazuna x GN!Reader)

Let's Hold A Vote II - Part Two

"We need to reason out who the Sacrifice is."

"Nothing here is reasonable. Nothing makes sense, and the fact that Sou isn't willing to cooperate with us isn't making anything easier."

"The Sacrifice would probably be someone with a low amount of tokens, right? So they couldn't trade it away."

"No, I was with Joe when he got traded with. It must've been someone who had more tokens than us, since we never had enough in the first place."

"So it's likely that Sou really does have the Sacrifice, since he'd had at least 50 tokens left over after trading between Joe and Q-Taro."

Everything was so confusing. No one knew who or where to start with, and time was slipping away.

"Well it's also possible, again, that someone had forced two others to trade with each other. Which means it really... could be anyone..."

"Nao probably has the least likelihood of possessing the Sacrifice. She hasn't been suspicious, and she couldn't have traded the card to herself."

"Y-You're gonna kill me with that reasoning?!" She shrieked, "Seriously... think again! Keep discussing, please..!"

Back and forth, it always ended with Nao. She was... being strange.

"She could've taken the tokens from Reko's dead body." Sou said, staring right at her.

"I already said Reko didn't have any." Joe dismissed.

"Was that before or after Nao had left the room? She could've taken them."

"We need to talk about what we were doing during the trade then," Joe stressed, "What happened before... doesn't matter right now. Where was everyone after our failed attempt at escaping?"

"...Our what?" Q-Taro asked quietly, but no one heard him.

Nao explained first, "I was sitting on the stairs. Y/N and Joe can vouch for me! S-Same with Gin... They saw me. We didn't talk, but..."

"Yeah. We saw Nao on the stairs. And like she said, the three of us were also there..." Joe confirmed.

"Obviously... I was working on the laptop." Sou said.

Kanna stuttered as she forced out... an excuse? "Kanna was ju-ust... wandering absentmindedly... y-yeah..."

"Kanna, where were you?" Joe asked. "I don't remember seeing you at all."

Kanna fidgeted with her hands, "Kanna... was looking for something she'd dropped."

"...I think Gin had found it for you." He said. "Was it, uhm..." He dug in his pockets and pulled out the smartphone from earlier, "This? The phone that... Kugie left for you?"

"Y-Yeah... Can I have that back please..?" Kanna's voice broke as she spoke. Sad? Or intimidated.

"Surely she must've dropped it on her way up." Sou rolled his eyes. "It really doesn't matter."

"Surely someone would've noticed," Joe mocked Sou's tone of voice. "You guys were in the front of everyone. Not only would we have heard it, but someone probably would've seen it. She had to have dropped it while going down the stairs. ...But why would she be going downstairs?"

"Can I have it back please..?!" She asked a bit louder. "S-Sorry... I just... want it."

"...Right." Joe glanced at the screen, expecting to see nothing important but his eyes were glued to the screen. "...Kanna what is this?"

"Just... Give it back please."

"...Kanna did you take my Sacrifice?" Joe asked quietly.

"U-Uhm..."