Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

Hikigaya explained calmly, "You want her to be your dog, and she will do so."

"Also, I hate gambling, so I won't agree to a bet unless I'm sure I'll win."

...

The ambiguous behavior between the two was seen by the dealer, Sado Mikura, and a dark flame burned in her eyes.

It was the fire of jealousy.

Saotome Meiari is the dog of Hikigaya Hachiman, and she wants to prove that Juraku-sama is invincible as her master. As long as Saotome Meiari loses, her master Hikigaya Hachiman will lose points in front of Juraku-sama, and as long as this happens, Juraku-sama's attention will return to her!

Juraku-sama can only have her as his dog, so she will do whatever it takes to eliminate potential rivals. Let Saotome show her weakness in front of Juraku-sama, so that Juraku-sama will only have her in his heart!

"Just watch, Master Jule! I will prove myself to be your best livestock!"

When Zuo Du fell into fantasy, Saotome picked up the thermos cup and took a sip of water to suppress the anxiety in her heart. After a long time, she finally wrote the card and handed it over. This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Hikigaya Hachiman.

Sado Meikura reluctantly withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the card in his hand.

Saotome’s is [UUD], and Togakushi Yukimi’s is... [UDD].

"Heh, this idiot, he wrote a combination that is countered by Saotome right off the bat."

"If I don't make a move, Saotome Meiari will probably win."

"But it doesn't matter. I will do it."

The corners of Sado Meikura's mouth curled up slightly, and the moment he put the card back, he squeezed out a card with [DUU] written on it from his sleeve to replace Togakushi Yukimi's [UDD].

'Haha, good, no one noticed.'

Then Sado Meikura started to roll the dice. The dice fell on the table with a crisp sound. The three people on the field stared at the table and didn't dare to breathe.

The continuously spinning dice connected the hearts of the three people together.

D, D, D, U...

The first four dice were rolled out one after another. Saotome Meiari stared at Togakushi Yukimi's facial expression and found that the other party's eyebrows were full of worries. In other words, the other party was neither [DUU] nor [DUD]. In this case, she had a great chance of winning!

Meiari Saotome was very excited, and the goddess of victory was waving at her.

"Idiot, you didn't realize your death was imminent." Sado Mikura secretly observed Saotome Meiari and found that she was actually happy... What a stupid cat.

'The next step is to kill you!'

"The fifth roll of the dice--" She threw the dice onto the table. One second, two seconds, the speed of the dice gradually slowed down... until it completely stopped moving.

"U!"

Sado Meikura flipped over the prediction cards filled out by both parties: "DUU prediction appears, the winner is Togakushi Yukimi!"

"According to the agreement, the right to use the second library belongs to Togakushi. And Saotome Meiari, your life has been taken away from you, and you will be forced to execute the contents of the life plan..."

How is this possible!

Meiari Saotome was shocked. She claimed that her gambling skills were better than those of normal people. The panic in Togakushi Yukimi's expression could not be fake, and the prediction she filled in could not be DUU...

What went wrong? No, that's not what we should be concerned about right now.

What should I do? What should I do? Is there really no way out?

It seems like he has fallen into a desperate situation.

But Saotome still did not give up hope of life. She subconsciously looked up at the expression of Togakushi Yukimi who was sitting opposite her.

'That's absolutely true. Even though she won, the panic in her eyes couldn't be fake.'

'Then there is only one possibility...'

She turned her eyes to Sado Meikura and clenched her teeth. If she had discovered it at the beginning, at least this bet could have become a fair one. But now that she had lost the bet, what else could she do...

Saotome was confused and looked at Hikigaya Hachiman for help.

She found that the other party did not feel any regret for his loss or any other emotions... He just stood there, not mourning for her, Saotome Meiari, for a moment, like an emotionless machine.

"Why didn't he tell me... He had agreed to support me beforehand..."

Saotome felt aggrieved. She had clearly made up her mind, but when failure came, she found that she did not really have the courage to face a future where her life was deprived.

However, humans will only unleash their power of life when they are faced with desperate situations.

Without any thought, Saotome panted and said:

"I want to play another round!"

"Huh? Are you kidding me? Are you thinking of breaking your bet?"

Without further ado, Meiari Saotome put on the collar that had been on the table since early morning and was prepared for someone unknown, and swung her right arm through the air, pointing her index finger at Sachiko Juraku: "If you lose, I'll be Sachiko Juraku's dog!"

"Why is this happening? I obviously won."

"you..."

Togakushi Yukimi and Sado Mikura spoke at the same time. They didn't want any more changes.

"Promise her." Sachiko Jura said with a smile, holding Hikigaya Hachiman's wrist.

27 Hikigaya Hachiman's winning method

"Ms. Zuo Du did it very covertly. Even I didn't catch her cheating moves. But the proportions of the cuffs on both sides are not consistent. If I guess correctly, there are cards with various combinations written on them, in order to manipulate the scales of victory to tilt in one direction or another."

"Of course, even so, there is no way to guarantee victory for one side. We can only increase the chance of victory to 70%. In a game where everything is at stake, the chance of winning is increased by 20%..."

"Senior Jule, you are as greedy as ever."

Sachiko Juraku shrugged in disbelief, without denying what Hikigaya Hachiman said.

"I still have a 30% chance of winning, which shows my respect for the word luck."

"Then Hikigaya Hachiman, how would you respond if it were you?"

"I don't have any other options. I won't gamble with Senior Jule."

Hikigaya Hachiman was very frank about this. In this situation, unless there is evidence of cheating by the dealer, the game can be forced to become a game of strategy and psychology.

In such a gambling game, if neither side cheats, it can only be a psychological warfare. However, even a psychological warfare master like Hikigaya is useless, because this thing is a chain of suspicion...

He has to guess what kind of cards the other party will play, and guess whether the other party has guessed what kind of cards he will play... It becomes an endless nesting doll, and then everything is left to 70% and 30% luck.

But if that happened, it would be no different from losing for Hikigaya.

Even if there is only a one percent risk of failure, the cautious Hikigaya Hachiman will never step into the abyss of crazy gambling.

What he wants is victory.

This time, it was Sachiko Jurakō's turn to be slightly surprised: "Even you said you had no way out, but you were so sure that Saotome Meiari would win? You said you didn't like gambling, but you gave the decision of victory or defeat to someone who is worse than you."

"I can't do it, but she can."

“This is her winning formula.”

"Then let's wait and see."

Sachiko Jura immediately agreed to Saotome Meiari's request, her pupils narrowed slightly. She could clearly feel the shadow of Hikigaya Hachiman from Saotome.

...

"Tsk...Juraku-sama is just soft-hearted, so he gave Saotome Meiari another chance."

"But don't even think about becoming Master Jule's dog. I just want you to win this time."

Sadomikura thought darkly in her heart that loyalty to Lord Juraku was important, but what was more important was to ensure that Lord Juraku's dog could only be her, Sadomikura.

However, she overlooked the owner's ability to control the pet's thoughts.

"Zuo Du, do what you should do."

Jule Xingzi saw through her thoughts, and a few words made Zuo Duliang Meijiu feel like she was in hell. Her little thoughts were discovered, and the unfaithful private favorite would be abandoned...

She looked at Saotome Meiari with hatred. Everything was this woman's fault. If she just followed Lord Juraku's orders and made Saotome lose, everything would be fine.

She took a deep breath and announced the start of the game:

[The final battle of three consecutive dice begins, and both players fill in their own prediction combinations! ]

This time, neither side hesitated and quickly wrote down their predictions.

One side knows that the dealer will help them, and the other side...

Sadari Meijiu glanced at the prediction written by Saotome and was delighted. What she wrote was [UUU], a nearly terrible prediction pattern. It was obvious that she had pinned her entire future on luck.

"This stupid-looking woman doesn't think luck will really favor her."

"What a pity! I have everything under my control in this bet. You have no chance of winning at all."

Zuo Duliang Meijiuyi performed the same operation as in the previous game. He put the cards behind his back in the palm of his hand. The moment he put the cards down, the cards that had been prepared in his sleeves flew out of his hand.

In this round, she prepared [DUU] for Togakushi Yukimi, which has a 70% chance of winning against [UUU].

A 70% winning rate almost means certain victory.

"There is no chance of winning, but I am still praying for victory. Lord Jule, I will prove that I am your smartest private pet!"

Zuo Du couldn't help but start imagining the scene after Saotome was defeated.

Lord Jurak smiled at her tenderly, pulled the chain on her collar, freed his feet from the high heels and stretched them out to her. Lord Jurak's love was condensed on them, and she, Satari Ryoumeku, would hold Lord Jurak's jade feet with both hands with a pious look on her face and offer the most loyal kiss.

Fantasy... Fantasy... Victory is getting closer and closer.

Always remember, there will be reverberations.

This time the dice appeared just as she expected.

D, D, U....

[DU] It appeared! Zuo Duliang Meijiu could no longer hold back her ecstasy, and the corners of her mouth curled up wildly. She had done the job so neatly, and Lord Jule would definitely reward her.

Come on, one last U, and give Saotome Meiari the fatal blow!

"Then let's continue, the fourth dice..."

Dang rang~

wow——

The crisp sound broke Zuo Du's fantasy. She subconsciously lowered her head, and the orange-yellow tea flowed out of Saotome Meiari's thermos cup, soaking the cards on the table and the floor.

"Wait, the cards are wet!" Sadaraka Meiku rushed out the wet cards, fearing that Saotome would take the opportunity to damage the cards.

"Oh? There's no need to shake it anymore, the bet is over." Saotome Meiari bent down to pick up the thermos and poured the remaining water into her mouth with some regret.

“Because DDU has appeared.”

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

Zuo Du looked at Saotome Meiari with disdain, thinking that she was bluffing.

"Please, Zuo Du-san, can you please read this carefully? What I wrote is DDU."

"Put away your little thoughts, Saotome Meiari, you clearly wrote UUU!"

Zuo Duliang Meijiu sneered, grabbed the wet card, and flipped it open mercilessly in front of everyone.

However, when he saw the combination written on the card again, Zuo Duliang Meijiu's pupils suddenly shrank, and a distorted, painful, and extremely frightened expression appeared on his face.

She looked at the scene in front of her in disbelief: "D...D...U!"

"Why, why, you clearly wrote UUU!" Zuo Duliang Meijiu screamed madly.

"Hehe, if you want to defeat someone who is slow, you have to be slower than her."

Meiari Saotome slowly took out a small item that every girl must have from her pocket - nail polish remover.

"Thank you for letting me win easily. Originally, our odds of winning were the same. That would have been too scary for me to even gamble."

...

"To be precise, it's the nail polish remover mixed with acetone that is used to remove nail polish."

“Acetone is colorless and transparent, but it turns dark when wet with water.”

Hikigaya looked at Saotome Meiari's "successful little girl" face and shook his head with amusement.