Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

"In the final analysis, you want to get something for nothing. You said that I don't need to do anything, but you are betting on my mind, betting that I don't want to make a wasted trip, and at the critical moment I will still point out the other party's tricks for you. Even teach you how to cheat."

Hikigaya Hachiman took out a thermos from his backpack and poured out the wolfberry water inside to moisten his mouth: "That's a good point, but I refuse..."

Snapped--

Saotome slammed a piece of white paper on the table, on which were densely written various terms.

"Oh? This is..."

"Life planner. I have already mortgaged my life to the student union."

Saotome's amber eyes flickered with dark flames, the fire of will burning with the determination to risk everything.

"So, can you help me, Hikigaya-san?"

21 Hikigaya Hachiman is being flattered

"Life Plan, using your own life as collateral, based on the student union's criteria for judging people—"

"The value of a person is measured by brains, appearance, and family background, and exchanged for a lot of money."

"She was chosen as the congressman's mistress because of her good looks, and her estimated value is 20 million yen..."

"This practice of valuing people as commodities is so bad that it is difficult to comment on."

Hikigaya Hachiman put his hands behind his head and expressed his views.

The specific clauses of Saotome Meiari's life plan came to mind.

There was one thing that particularly concerned him: the money would not be transferred to Saotome Mayari's account immediately. He would only transfer 500 million yen to her as gambling money for the first time, and the rest of the money would be transferred to Saotome Mayari's account after she lost.

Hikigaya narrowed his eyes.

Isn't it strange?

Given the student council's practice of treating people as commodities and wanting to take advantage of them, why would they go to the trouble of giving Saotome Mayari a chance to turn things around? If it were him, he would definitely not give Saotome Mayari even the slightest chance to breathe, and directly pushing her into the abyss to maximize his benefits would be the best choice.

There is only one possibility, the student council's target is not Saotome Meiari, but him, Hikigaya Hachiman.

I knew that I would help Saotome. After all, if Saotome lost, her life would be taken away by the student council, and the 1000 million yen she owed me would be gone. So no matter what, if I still wanted the million yen, I had to help Saotome.

"It's been a long time since I felt like I was being plotted against." "Qianxun" 2555.95300

"Who could it be? Is there someone in the student union who understands me? Someone from junior high school, or... elementary school?"

"Hachiman-kun, aren't you going to help Saotome-san?" Yumeko Jabami, who was walking beside them, asked curiously.

The two inseparable people have become a beautiful landscape in the first grade group.

At first, people just thought that Jabami Yumeko's face was too noble and lovely, and she looked naturally beautiful just walking there. But after winning two consecutive bets, people noticed the plain-looking boy walking next to Jabami Yumeko.

The lazy eyes, the slightly hunched back with his hands in his pockets, the rumored amazing gambling skills... and the status of a special student.

Many girls' eyes sparkled along the way, and they gathered in the corridors in groups of three or four to talk about Hikigaya Hachiman. This kind of background and strength like the protagonist of a novel had a fatal attraction to these high school girls.

"Let's talk about it later. It's not worth it to fall into someone else's trap just for 10 million yen. Anyway, I'll go find Sumeru Itsuki and get the 100 million yen first."

"Ah, here we are."

Hikigaya Hachiman raised his eyes and stopped at the door number of his class.

"咚咚-"

"Hello, classmate. We are here to look for classmate Huang."

Then the person who opened the door led Hikigaya and Jabami Yumeko to the center of the last row of the classroom.

Huang Yiyue was sitting in a daze.

Seeing that it was Snake and the other two who had arrived, he hurriedly stood up from his seat, took out a bank card with a gold border from his pocket, and bowed 90 degrees to Hikigaya Hachiman.

When she returned home that day, her father somehow heard about her defeat and gave her a severe lesson. After the people from Hikigaya and the people from the mall completed the connection, Huang Yiyue's father's attitude became intriguing and he said something meaningful.

"Go and please that young man. He is a rare talent."

To please?

A rare talent?

Emperor Itsuki acknowledges Hikigaya Hachiman's strength in gambling, but does he really have the ability to make his father take him so seriously?

What exactly does he want her family’s sales channels to sell?

Recalling his father's serious attitude, although Huang Yiyue still had some doubts in his heart, he did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and bowed respectfully to Hikigaya Hachiman.

In an instant, the originally noisy crowd of spectators dropped their jaws in shock, and the class became silent.

Is this still the wealthy lady Huang Yiyue that they know?

Hikigaya understood, but didn't react too much. He reached out and took the bank card handed to him by Huang Yiyue.

He turned around and was about to leave with Jabami Yumeko.

"Please, please wait a moment, Hikigaya-san, Jabami-san..."

Huang Yiyue gritted her teeth, her heart in a state of conflict. On the one hand, she had always wanted to fully integrate into the student union, and on the other hand, there were the stern instructions from her old father at home. From her personal feelings, she wanted to continue to work for the student union, where she had people she followed.

But, the royal family is a traditional family.

Don’t be lazy when it comes to your parents’ orders.

She gritted her teeth and made the decision to betray the student council: "Hikigaya-san, Jabami-san, if you defeat me, you will be targeted by the student council."

"You should also want to know who is in the student union."

In the private Hundred Flower King Academy, the information of the student council members is not open to the public, and the only way for people to know about them is through word of mouth or by witnessing their gambling games. However, this requires connections.

For Hikigaya, who has just arrived, connections, or socializing with people, happen to be his weakest point. Now he may not be afraid of interpersonal communication, but it is difficult by nature.

Hikigaya Hachiman had no intention of rejecting Emperor Itsuki's attempt to show goodwill.

"Tell me about Nishidoin Yuriko."

He wanted to hear different people's opinions on the initiator of the "bet that can't be cheated."

He took the bait. Fortunately, he was not the arrogant and arrogant person. Somehow, Huang Yiyue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss Nishidouin, she is the president of the Traditional Culture Research Society... and she is the host of 'Dead or Alive'..."

Hikigaya Hachiman interrupted, "I already know this. Here's some information that ordinary students don't know."

"This..." Huang Yiyue looked thoughtful and stammered, "I heard from another student council member, Dou Shengtian, that Miss Nishidouin is a woman who looks gentle but is vicious at heart. She will do anything to win. Someone saw her men being rescued from the casino by an ambulance."

"If you meet her, don't be deceived by her appearance."

"Using her own men as bargaining chips in gambling, this Nishidouin-senpai is really wicked."

Mengzi tapped her chin with her finger and said in a daze.

"Does the student union have someone specifically responsible for managing the casino?" Hikigaya Hachiman asked abruptly.

"Yes, her name is Sachiko Juraku."

Upon hearing this name, Hikigaya Hachiman's pupils suddenly shrank.

22 Hikigaya Hachiman was born with wings

"Sachiko Juraku...it's her..." Hikigaya Hachiman murmured, looking a little dazed.

Jabami Yumeko noticed something was wrong and asked with concern: "Hikigaya-kun, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I just met an old friend." Hikigaya Hachiman waved his hand, his eyes sharpened: "Go on."

"Okay..." Huang Yiyue swallowed stiffly and avoided Hikigaya's eyes.

It was that look again. This guy was getting serious. As for the disastrous defeat that day, Huang Yiyue still remembered it vividly. It was after Hikigaya Hachiman showed that look that he played her into his hands, sinking her into the abyss and unable to extricate herself.

"Ms. Jule is the most mysterious person in the student union besides the vice president. She is a senior in the third year and will graduate this year. But even the seniors in the second and third years have rarely seen her take action, and even if they have seen her, few dare to reveal it to others."

"Oh? Why?" Hikigaya was curious.

Huang Yiyue said with a somewhat fearful look on her face: "Because Miss Jule likes to treat others like dogs, real dogs!"

Afraid that Hikigaya might not understand what he said, Huang Itsuki acted like a puppy wagging its tail to beg for mercy.

"Girls will become her personal pets, wearing collars around their necks and becoming her exclusive playthings. They may even be ordered to lick her shoes in public and lose themselves. Only by spending high school life in a daze as her bitches can they be freed."

"Boys...will be forced to have their valuations assessed by her, and will be forced to sell their lives directly according to what is written in their life plans, and they will never be able to turn their lives around."

"She is just as dangerous as the president. According to seniors, she had the opportunity to become the student union president, but refused for some reason."

"In short, she is an extremely dangerous person."

Happy Sachiko...

After listening to Huang Yiyue's statement, Hikigaya fell into deep memory. When was that? Three years ago? Or was it the fourth grade?

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At that time, even though Hikigaya had an inexplicable memory in his mind, he was still a gentle person who believed that "a world where no one gets hurt except me" was achieved.

I don't know how to plunder, I don't dare to resist...

From Hikigaya's current perspective, he is just a fool who only knows how to be gentle.

In order to integrate into the boys' group, she happily cleaned the classroom for that group of boys just because someone said, "We are friends, right?"

Because he is not popular, his teacher calls him: Hikigaya-kun, who is hated by everyone.

I attended a classmate's birthday party. I used my lucky money to buy precious gifts, but I didn't even get a piece of cake.

During cooking class, the class bully splashed curry soup all over him, and his classmates called him: curry-flavored Hikigaya...

...

It was a sunny afternoon during the drawing class.

Influenced by his memories, Hikigaya not only has an amazing talent in writing, but also has the ability to apply what he has learned to other areas, and he also has good performance in art.

That happened while I was painting the scenery outside the window.

Young Hikigaya used colorful colors and painted the ordinary scenery outside the window from a child's perspective into colorful colors.

"Like the candy Komachi gave me." He smiled.

However, several dark shadows blocked his vision.

"really?"

"It seems so. Look, his painting doesn't look like it was painted with paint at all!" another person agreed with a smile.

The leading man roughly pushed Hikigaya away, pulled out a paintbrush and smeared Hikigaya's painting at random, then turned around and came to Hikigaya with the paintbrush.

He looked down at Hikigaya from a high position, his words without any warmth:

"Hurry up and lick it. If it's candy, it must be very sweet."

"Who knows? Maybe it smells like curry." The girl who was accompanying them covered her mouth and let out a shrill laugh, not hiding the desperate coldness in her eyes.

Ridicule and fear roared towards Hikigaya like a raging black sea.

Boundless fear surrounded him, and he could only huddle in the corner of the classroom with his knees hugged as usual.

"It's better to obey than to resist, and you won't be bullied any more." That was what Hikigaya thought at the time. After all, if he resisted, the teacher would only say that Hikigaya was unpopular, and that was it.

What greeted him afterwards was even more unbearable bullying.

Just be patient. As long as I don't resist, they will let me go after they have had their fun.

'I know, I know, I swear to be strong, I swear I will never be bullied again...'

'But they all have good relationships with other students...but no one spoke up for me.'

"If they represent justice, then I will be the enemy of the whole world. Who is wrong? Is it me...?"

Hikigaya is trapped in an endless cycle of self-doubt and becoming strong.

At that time, he buried his head deeply in his arms, allowing several people to paint on him with brushes.

He has no hope for anyone. What does love in his memory taste like? What does friendship look like? These memories haunt Hikigaya every day, like the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, which he cannot look at directly.

The colorful candies became fragmented and dull, just like the paint that had been used up.