Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

"Really? I encountered such trouble on my first day at school."

Hikigaya, with dead eyes and expressionless face, walked to the king's throne and sat down silently.

Then it was time for class. The classroom atmosphere was good and the teacher was good, worthy of the title of Japan's top private high school. Hikigaya Hachiman praised the teaching quality. However, the hot girl kept holding her head up and looked in her direction frequently.

As the bell rang for the end of get out of class.

The teacher stopped reading midway through, without any sign of delaying the class. He packed up his lesson plan and turned around and left.

As soon as he left, Hikigaya felt nervous.

In just ten minutes of spare time, he has a lot to do, such as collecting intelligence, assessing individuals, analyzing threats, establishing small groups...

He must go all out in his quest to become a winner in life.

"Hikigaya-san, my name is Saotome Meiari. Like you, I'm a special student at the academy."

The hot blonde with twin ponytails came to Hikigaya Hachiman with her hands behind her back, and leaned down, as if she wanted to see the panic expression on his face.

"You're trying to get close to me right away. What are you planning?" Hikigaya Hachiman narrowed his eyes, unmoved. "Oh, hello."

The girl sitting in front of Hikigaya Hachiman glanced at Saotome with fear, then lowered her head very consciously and left her seat.

After she left, Saotome Meiari sat down unscrupulously, with her legs on either side of the chair back, her left hand on Hikigaya's desk, her right elbow resting on her left forearm, her chin supported by her hand and her head tilted.

'It's almost as if I'm a bad person written on my forehead.'

Hikigaya Hachiman remained unmoved, wondering what the other party might do next.

"Want to blackmail me for protection money? Or is she attracted to me and wants me to be her boyfriend? No, no, no, with my face, it's too much to do that. There's too little information at the moment, let's observe for a while before making any decisions."

"Hey, Hikigaya-san, what have you been looking around for since the first moment you entered the classroom?"

"Because I want to get to know all my classmates as quickly as possible and integrate into this class." Hikigaya gave a very standard answer.

Saotome Meiari did not deny or laugh at Hikigaya Hachiman. Her fingers, placed flat on the table, tapped the surface regularly.

"Sure enough, Hikigaya-san is very interesting." Saotome Meiari licked the corner of her lips, her brown pupils filled with inexplicable twisted desires.

She waved her hand and called Suzui Ryota, who was assigned by the teacher to be Hikigaya's guide, to come in front of her.

With just a glance, Suzui Ryota knelt down with a plop and showed his not-so-broad back to Saotome.

And Saotome Meiari also raised her leg without any hesitation and stepped on Suzui Ryota's back, just like she was treating it as a stool.

This time, she finally noticed a look of surprise in Hikigaya's eyes.

"Saotome-san, are you joining a club like the Human Observation Club or the Simu Club?"

"Huh? What is that?"

Saotome stretched nonchalantly, exposing her thin curves. She kicked Suzui Ryota under her, "Hey, stupid dog, tell me what's going on."

Suzui Ryota lowered his head deeply, his hands firmly on the floor but he didn't dare to resist, and said in a frustrated voice: "I can't repay my debt because I lost to Saotome-sama, and now I am Saotome-sama's stupid dog."

'ha? ’

Hikigaya Hachiman was dumbfounded. He had never expected this to happen. He subconsciously asked, "What did I lose?"

Saotome smiled, stretched out her nail polished fingers to pinch Hikigaya Hachiman's chin, turned him towards her, and said in a very teasing tone: "Of course, it's a bet."

A silence.

But then, Saotome seemed to have changed into a different person. She put her hands together in front of her chest and looked at Hikigaya Hachiman with a longing look: "So, Hikigaya-san, can you play a game with me? If you win, you can do this to me~"

After saying that, she stepped on Suzui Ryota under her again.

"..."

Hikigaya Hachiman took a deep breath, and his lazy eyes gradually became sharp: "No gambling, boring."

From then on, he finally understood where the sense of disharmony at Hyakkaou Academy came from.

Yukinoshita Haruno's hidden smile, Jabami Yumeko's purse full of cash, the closed classroom and the insulting dog tag...all the clues were gradually connected into a line, outlining a complete puzzle that was placed in front of Hikigaya Hachiman waiting for inspection.

The corners of his mouth could not help but curl up. "Yukinoshita Haruno really knows me well. It seems that the system of this school is tailor-made for me."

He will reach the top of Hyakkaou Academy with his own will, but he won't accept Saotome's challenge so easily now.

"what?"

Meiari Saotome never thought that she would be rejected so easily, and her delicate facial features were distorted in an instant.

That is the anger that you cannot get.

5 Jabami Yumeko's urge to gamble

It was about to break out.

The school bell rang again, as if casting a seal on Saotome Meiari, and she turned back into the image of a cynical and free-spirited hot girl.

"It's okay, Hikigaya-san. Even if you don't play this time, you will definitely play with me next time~"

Meiari Saotome firmly believed that in this academy, no one could escape the vortex of gambling. It was just a matter of time.

She was looking forward to the day when she could turn Hikigaya Hachiman into her own plaything. Somehow, from the moment Hikigaya Hachiman entered the class, Saotome felt provoked, a mutual repulsion from the soul.

She couldn't help but think of the oath she made on her first day of school:

“Everyone is born at a different starting line.”

"Body strength, brains, looks, sensibility, and then money."

"I don't agree with simply categorizing people as winners or losers."

She wants to prove her worth as a special student! The disgust she feels from Hikigaya Hachiman is probably because he is contrary to her ideals! This is a collision of ideas, and she must make Hikigaya become her stupid dog.

The passerby female teacher walked into the classroom again.

"Quiet!"

Mengzi stood beside her, holding her exquisite leather bag in front of her straight legs to block the male creatures' prying eyes. Her delicate features and beautiful face, with an impeccable smile, meticulously groomed female uniform and neat princess cut, explained what a lady from a noble family is.

"Hello everyone, nice to meet you."

"I'm Yumeko Jabami. I'm not very talented, so I hope everyone will treat me as a classmate."

After saying that, she apologized slightly.

There were howls from the audience.

"How cute!"

"This lady's name is Jabami."

Even Suzui Ryota's previous depression was gone and his face turned red.

Facing a woman like Jabami Yumeko, even if he only looked at her once, he would feel like he was falling into a love whirlpool. Hikigaya Hachiman firmly believed this. Looking at Jabami Yumeko on the stage, Hikigaya Hachiman did not expect that she would be his classmate. This was really... the guidance of fate.

"Ahem...um, I want to ask a classmate to show Snake what classmate around the school, bell..."

"No need, teacher." Jabami Yumeko suddenly interrupted. She had already spotted Hikigaya sitting in the corner. A look of joy appeared on her face, and she waved to Hikigaya Hachiman, "I can just tour the school with Hikigaya-san."

"Oh? Do you know each other? That's fine too, then you two can explore the school on your own."

"Then, your seat...will be to the right of Hikigaya-san."

"Yes!"

Jabami Yumeko walked happily to Hikigaya Hachiman and said, "Hikigaya-san, please give me your guidance~"

"Ah... okay."

Hikigaya Hachiman recited the prime numbers again.

And in the blind spot where the two of them couldn't see, Saotome held her head, clenched her teeth, and stared at the two of them with a ferocious look.

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The two walked side by side in the corridor of the academy, admiring the central fountain that had been built at great expense.

Jabami Yumeko placed her hand on her chest, turned around and moved closer to Hikigaya Hachiman, raised her head and looked at him with a touching gaze: "What an outstanding school, it's great to transfer here. What do you think, Hikigaya-kun?"

"Well... I guess so." Hikigaya couldn't stand such killing power and took a step back helplessly. "But, Jabami-san, the excellent campus you mentioned probably doesn't just refer to the environment."

"Eh? Why do you say that?"

"Gambling, do you know how to do it?"

"Gambling...? Poker, mahjong, etc. I still understand the common rules."

Hikigaya Hachiman relied on his height advantage to stare down at Yumeko's snake eyes and uttered two cold words: "Lie."

Then he put his hands behind his head and said to himself, "In fact, Jabami-san, you knew from the beginning that this school has a tradition of 'gambling'. Although I don't know the specific rules, gambling, an activity that is illegal outside, does exist in Hyakkaou Academy."

"I think that someone like Jabami-san, who comes to school with a bag of cash and is good-looking, will probably receive gambling invitations soon."

"If I'm not mistaken, the loser will not be able to repay the debt, and the man will be given a stupid dog tag, and the woman will be called a stray cat."

Jabami Yumeko listened to Hikigaya Hachiman's reasoning with an uncontrollable blush on her face. She was so excited that she clamped her legs together, covered her mouth, and laughed creepily with an expression that showed she couldn't help herself.

Hikigaya Hachiman felt a chill down his spine when he heard this.

"But, gambling is something that I really look forward to."

After a while, Jabami Yumeko crossed her index fingers in front of her chest and asked curiously, "But how did Hikigaya-kunshi find out that there was cash in my purse?"

Hikigaya pointed at his ears and eyes expressionlessly: "When we were in the special car, I heard the sound of banknotes colliding in your bag, and the folding angle of the bag was not right."

Jabami Yumeko suddenly realized something and exclaimed sincerely, "Hikigaya-kun, your observation skills are really...exciting."

"In short, if you want to gamble, be careful."

Hikigaya Hachiman shrugged, a sincere warning to the fate between the two. It can be seen that Jabami Yumeko's acting and gambling skills are very good. The money she has and the tuition fees for admission are probably also obtained through gambling.

Nine out of ten times you will lose in gambling, and once you lose, there is no recovery. As someone who aspires to be a winner in life, Hikigaya certainly won't indulge in such a low-level game as gambling. He just sees it as a means to reach the top of the academy.

He plays with life.

The school rules of the King of Flowers apply to him so much.

"Well, Hikigaya-kun is too serious. I was just joking."

Jabami Yumeko waved her hand, "The get out of class is almost over, let's go back."

"Hey, I can walk by myself..."

Hikigaya Hachiman felt the delicate and warm touch of his hand at a loss. On the first day of school, he was walking around school holding the hand of a female classmate he just met?

No, no, no, what kind of development is this!

But her profile is so beautiful...

“2, 3, 5…”

...

As soon as the get out of class was over, Jabami Yumeko was quickly surrounded. Compared to the quiet place at Hikigaya, Jabami Yumeko's seat was surrounded by people.

"You're so cute, Jabami-san."

"Welcome to the first year Chinese team."

The noises around him gradually died down, and the girls consciously made way for him.

Saotome walked up to Yumeko in an overbearing manner, and swept her curvy figure with an aggressive gaze. Suddenly, she changed her expression and showed a friendly look:

"Nice to meet you. I'm Meiari Saotome. Please give me your guidance~"

"Please give me your guidance, Saotome-san."

After saying that, Saotome actually turned around and leaned down towards Hikigaya Hachiman.

"Hey, Hikigaya-san, are you free now? Can you play a round of gambling with me?"

6 Hikigaya Hachiman is not a small fish

"You saw that there was something special between Jabami Yumeko and me, and mistakenly thought that I liked her, so you wanted to arouse the aggressiveness in my male genes in front of her."