Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

Jabami Yumeko's snake eyes observed everyone in the Yi Nian Hua Group classroom.

"This gambling game is indeed strange. If it were just a game for entertainment, everyone's reaction wouldn't be strange."

'Everyone looks very comfortable and relaxed...'

'but...'

Jabami Yumeko glanced at Saotome and Suzui Ryota. Among the 27 people present, only these two did not exude any hostility.

The collective malice has surrounded her and Hikigaya Hachiman.

"Jabuchi-san!"

"Oh, I'm here." The dealer's voice interrupted Jabami Yumeko's thoughts. Her noble face showed a hazy and cute feeling because her thoughts were interrupted.

The dealer's voice came through the screen: "Get your answer sheet ready. We will need your test results later."

Upon hearing this, Jabami Yumeko's face suddenly turned red, and she subconsciously raised the test paper to cover her lower face to prevent others from noticing her shy expression.

"Hikigaya-kun is about to find out my score..."

'How shameful.'

Jabami Yumeko could no longer remain calm and fell into a trance.

Until Zhuangjia's head popped out from behind the screen, "Jabukuro-san, can you please hand me your answer sheet for World History?"

"Okay, okay." With trembling hands, Yumeko Jabami pulled out a test paper with an answer sheet from the test papers in front of her and handed it to the dealer.

"It's really embarrassing~"

After confirming, the dealer looked around again and said loudly: "So, where is the seat for the classmate who will be selling next month?"

"Here here!"

Ai Pu Xin clapped her hands to attract the dealer's voice, and patted the table under her with a smile.

"Which subject?"

"Guowen."

"Her seat is here, come and take it." Ai Pu Xin smiled at the people around her and made way.

"It's actually Chinese..." Jabami Yumeko looked towards the screen with a confused look.

Judging from the way my classmates at noon and next month sold their products, I'm afraid my world history...

"Hikigaya-kun, I'm sorry for getting you into trouble."

The dealer quickly took out the Chinese answer sheet from the drawer of the next month's sale and ran back to the screen. In front of the two of them, he slapped the answer sheets of both parties on the table.

"Please both players confirm your scores. I'll count to 3.2.1 and we'll announce them together~"

"twenty three..."

Hikigaya slowly turned over Jabami Yumeko's answer sheet.

The first thing that caught my eye was the beautiful handwriting, which really made him look very natural. Then I moved my eyes upwards...

Hikigaya let out an imperceptible sigh and closed his eyes helplessly. He really didn't think that his current score of 77 could beat his Chinese score next month.

"This score is not good..."

"1...Come on, the results of the first round of the exam game are about to be announced! Who has the higher score?"

"The answer will be revealed soon!"

"turn out--"

"77 points versus 69 points, the winner is Hikigaya Hachiman!"

Hikigaya Hachiman's pupils shrank, and there was no joy on his face when he saw the result.

After a long while, he stood up, put his hands in his pockets and walked away first, turning his back to Xia Yuemai and saying, "Thank you for letting me."

"Is it because I happened to pick a subject that I did poorly on?"

"That's impossible. I saw her physics score was 98 in the library, so the only possibility is that she deliberately lost the bet."

"So, the point now is, she deliberately failed the test. Or is it that Aiura Shin and the others are manipulating the answer sheet behind this screen?"

Walking out from behind the screen, he walked straight towards Jabami Yumeko.

"Congratulations, Hikigaya-kun." Jabami Yumeko extended her hand, gently greeting him, and said a little aggrievedly, "My score is so low... Hikigaya-kun must be under a lot of pressure."

"Well...it's okay."

Hikigaya shook his head. "But Jabaka, you really need to improve your studies... your highest score in World History is only 77 points."

After hearing this, Jabami Yumeko covered her face with her hands and could not speak. When she recovered, she opened her red lips and said, "Hikigaya-kun, have you noticed... This gambling game may..."

"Yeah, no matter how I explain it, the Chinese score I'll get next month will only be 69 points."

"There are only two possibilities. Either she was determined to deal with me during the exam and deliberately failed it. Or, Aiura Xin manipulated the scores behind the screen just now."

"And this afternoon, Xia Yuemai tried to befriend me."

"Then there is only one truth."

The surroundings were full of lively discussions. The children of the rich and powerful in the first year group formed their own small circles in twos and threes, boasting loudly or being overly modest about their scores. Hikigaya's victory just now did not cause any waves, as if everything was arranged by someone.

Jabami Yumeko's snake eyes revealed a dangerous color: "Hikigaya-kun, it seems that they are all in collusion."

"It's such a simple trick that it's not interesting at all."

45 Hikigaya Discovers the Truth

"Okay, let's continue the bet—"

"..."

"In the fourth round of the first round, Jabami-san vs. Suzui-san, eliminated."

"..."

"Round 2, first round, Saotome-san versus Aiura-san, elimination!"

The gambling game proceeded quickly.

Hikigaya Hachiman narrowed his eyes. Everything was going just as he expected.

In the gambling games he participated in, he could easily defeat his opponents even if he used what he thought were his worst subjects.

His cards were bad, and his opponent's cards were even worse. They were blatantly pushing him toward the championship position.

What's the point of doing this?

As long as he wins the last game, the 500,000 yen will be in Hikigaya Hachiman's pocket.

His next opponent is——

"Ai Pu Xin."

"Congratulations on making it to the finals, Hikigaya-san."

Aiura's skirt was flying, revealing her smooth and plump thighs, full of the youthful aura of a hot girl. However, after seeing Jabami's teasing so many times, Hikigaya was already immune to the appetizers like Aiura.

"You seem to be in good shape. How about it? Are you confident of winning the last round of gambling?"

"Nothing, just a lucky coincidence." Hikigaya replied indifferently.

"Hey, you don't have to be so modest. After all, you're Hikigaya-san. I can see your desire to survive when you gamble~"

"When he was gambling with Sumeragi, that look in his eyes almost scared me~"

"So this time, Hikigaya-san must really want to win."

"Yeah, I really want to win." Hikigaya followed her words, vaguely realizing what the other party's purpose was.

"After all, this is 300,000 yen at stake, so Hikigaya-san has to win! It must have been hard to get to this point after racking your brains!"

Ai Puxin's expression gradually became arrogant, his eyebrows raised, and his mouth opened like a catfish.

There was undisguised bitterness and sarcasm in his eyes. He spat out words without mercy for his classmates: "You poor bastard!"

"It must be exhausting to have racked your brains to get to this point, just for 300,000 yen. It's really not easy."

"Yeah, everyone thinks so."

As if the smashing of the cup was a signal, Aiura Shin sounded the clarion call for a general attack against Hikigaya Hachiman.

The words turned into blades and attacked Hikigaya Hachiman mercilessly. The higher Hikigaya had stood before, the harder he fell after he lost his position.

Hikigaya knew this very well. This is the psychology of people admiring the strong. When two strong forces collide, they will always stand on the stronger side regardless of right or wrong, so as to avoid being the next one to be attacked by the strong.

If she had not participated in Jabaku's gambling, she would not have been implicated in Jabaku's defeat and indirectly lost to the student council. If she had not offended Mibu Omi Aoi and chose to reconcile with her past self, if she had chosen to agree to Aiura Shin's conditions and participated in the bullying of Saotome... then she would not be facing the current situation.

It is because of all the above that Hikigaya Hachiman appears to be not that strong.

Since you are not strong enough, don't blame us for stepping on you.

"Yes, for a mere three hundred thousand, he tried his best to win and was willing to be the monitor."

"That is to say, if it were me, I would rather die than be the squad leader, Oda, you think so too."

"Yes, it really helps me a lot to have poor people in the class."

"Hehe, he won against Saotome-san and Sumeragi-san from the student council not long after transferring to this school. He must be so proud of himself. After all, he's a poor man!"

"Oh, this is really weird. Didn't he win 20 million yen from Saotome and Sumeragi before? Why is he working so hard for 300,000 yen now?"

The voice was sharp and piercing, but it suddenly quieted the noisy class. They all looked at Jabami Yumeko with disgust while she was wearing the cat tag.

"Needless to say? It must be to support Jabami Yumeko and pay off the debt to the student council for this bastard cat~"

"After all, this mixed cat has a nice figure and a pretty face. A poor person like Hikigaya will definitely treat her as a goddess and give her everything he has~"

When the boy next to him heard this, his eyes lit up and he shouted exaggeratedly: "Hey, is that really the case? Then we have a chance too!"

He looked at Yumeko Jabami and said sarcastically, "You'll do anything for money!"

The girl who had been making trouble earlier said, "Hikigaya-san, I'll give you 500,000 yen. Come and lick my shoes in front of Jabami Yumeko and I'll give it to you. Then you can pay off her debt!"

"Hahaha!"

The air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. Saotome Meia clenched her fists, her face showing anger. No matter what, what these guys said was too much.

She spoke up for Hikigaya and Jabaka Yumeko, but her voice was quickly drowned out by the collective momentum, and was swept away like a sharp sword and shot at Hikigaya and Jabaka. Suzui Ryota didn't dare to say anything, and could only hide in the corner in silence. He glanced at Jabaka Yumeko secretly, clenched his fists, and then loosened them powerlessly. In the end, he could only turn his head to the side with a gloomy expression and sighed weakly.

Shimotsuki Meiori still looked like a quiet literary girl, holding a book in front of her belly with both hands. Her cold eyes looked at Hikigaya Hachiman through her fine bangs. The dirty words in her ears made her feel both psychologically and physically uncomfortable. These guys were extremely dirty, but Hikigaya Hachiman, who insulted Senior Mibu Omi, undoubtedly deserved it.

Now, the chess game has been formed and Hikigaya Hachiman has entered the game.

No matter what the outcome of this exam battle and bet was, Hikigaya Hachiman had already died in the small society of the One Year Huagumi.

'Your reputation and innocence will be at the opposite extreme from that of Senior Mibu Omi.'

"You have stood against the embodiment of justice, Mibu Omi-senpai, and this is what you deserve!"

"Go to hell, Hikigaya!"

...

Hikigaya sat upright on the chair and slowly stood up, his eyes still as lazy as a drowned fish.

He was calm and just glanced at Jabami Yumeko. The only thing he cared about was Jabami's feelings. Indeed, these words were too dirty and most girls might not be able to bear it.

He was greeted by Jabami Yumeko's bright and brilliant smile, and Hikigaya's only concern disappeared.

"That was a good attack. I underestimated Aiura Shin."

Hikigaya couldn't help but praise Aiura Shin's methods. Although the cheating method was extremely boring, the ultimate goal of the gambling was something that Hikigaya Hachiman had not expected. It could be described as brilliant and unique.

"The final of the exam battle betting game was set up to make fun of me, Hikigaya Hachiman, as a laughing stock of the first-year Hua group."

46 Hikigaya Underestimates His Opponent

"Hyakkaou Academy is an aristocratic school, where the children of political and business leaders all study."

"In front of people like them who are born with superior status, you enthusiastically participate in gambling for a mere 300,000 yen, and you also want to be the squad leader that everyone despises..."