Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

If the benefits are ten times greater than the cost, a refiner like Hikigaya will send himself to the guillotine!

He wanted to improve so badly.

This is the step for Hikigaya Hachiman to make progress!

You're a very nice person...Jun Kiwatari, Hikigaya thanked him silently in his heart, without hesitation, he started moving.

His well-trained muscles allowed his body to keep up with his thoughts. Almost at the moment when his mind gave orders to his body, he appeared in front of Momobami Kirari as if he had teleported.

In a split second, Hikigaya didn't have time to make any further moves. He could only spread out his hands and overlapped his palms in front of his chest to block Kidari Jun's attack.

As expected, the sharp butterfly knife pierced Hikigaya's palm.

A sharp pain came from the palm of my hand.

Blood splattered everywhere.

But Hikigaya Hachiman didn't have time to feel the pain, or perhaps his subjective will helped him block the pain.

Without even a moment of mourning for the blood he had shed, he gritted his teeth, pulled out his right palm that had been pierced less deeply, and clenched it into a fist.

He tensed his muscles, bent down to lower his center of gravity, and shot out like a cannonball. There were flaws all over Kiwa Jun's body, but Hikigaya only chose the most vulnerable part.

Temple!

boom--

A loud noise was accompanied by a reaction force, and Hikigaya's fist, which had been bony from long-term writing, hit Kidari Jun's temple hard.

The bloated body that was bursting with ferocious murderous aura just a moment ago now fell to the ground limply like a robot that had lost power.

It all happened too suddenly.

Everyone stared in amazement at the scene of polar reversal before their eyes.

Momobami Kirari looked at the man standing in front of her with confused eyes. No matter how mature or powerful she was, she was just a 17-year-old girl after all. This was the first time in her life that she experienced the feeling of death.

But when she reacted, the one who threatened her life, Kido Jun, had already fallen to the ground and her life or death was unknown.

"Hachiman!"

"younger sister!"

"President!"

"god!"

The small room was in chaos, and the first person to react was Jabami Yumeko.

She pushed aside the table and chair in front of her and ran to Hikigaya. She looked at his bleeding hand with a pair of cold eyes. She said to Igarashi Seika in an almost commanding tone, "Bandage!"

Igarashi Qinghua's heart trembled. What kind of pupils were those? From Jabami's pupils, she could only feel the feeling of being looked down upon by her life level.

This is the woman at the top of the food chain.

"Qinghua, go get a bandage immediately."

After all, it was Momobami Kirari, who quickly recovered from the fear of death and leaned against the dealer's baffle with the support of Vice President Lilika.

For the first time, she spoke to a man in a caring tone: "Hikigaya-kun...you..."

"I'm fine." Although his heart was shaking with pain and he felt dizzy when he saw the blood flowing from his hands, Hikigaya could only force himself to recite prime numbers to overcome his negative reaction in order to show more of his value in front of the queen of Hyakkaou Academy.

Now, he has to perform the Hikigaya Hachiman in front of people, instead of being his own Hikigaya Hachiman.

Although it's a bit awkward, anyway...

Just pretend.

Fortunately, Igarashi Seika quickly brought a bandage to Yumeko, and after Yumeko's skillful work, the bright and dazzling color on Hikigaya's hand finally stopped coming out.

Seeing that Hikigaya Hachiman was fine, everyone present felt a little relieved.

Momobaku turned his gaze to Kidari Jun, who was lying on the ground like a corpse, and the coldness in his eyes almost condensed into ice and overflowed.

"Qinghua, go check if Kiwa Jun is dead."

"I held back at the end, and he didn't die."

The effect of adrenaline began to fade, and Hikigaya felt the piercing pain in his palm. He took a deep breath and contributed to the cause of global warming.

He endured the severe pain and said, "It's better to call an ambulance for him now. If we wait too long, he might really die."

After saying this, Hikigaya covered the wound on his hand and felt weak all over.

Perhaps because he was already hungry, coupled with the stimulation of bleeding, Hikigaya Hachiman felt his eyelids becoming heavier and heavier, and finally his eyes went black and he fell backwards.

'So soft...'

This was his last thought after he blacked out.

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The other side of Hundred Flower King Academy.

Saotome felt cold all over, as if she had fallen into an abyss. She stared at the dice in front of her and was completely confused.

She raised her head stiffly and looked at the handsome and friendly man in front of her.

The minister of Rensheng is Kui.

At this moment, the Second Library Casino was full of people, watching this [Three dice comparison game]

【桌上总共三个不同的骰子，每个骰子相对的两面数字都相同，每个骰子投掷都只会有三种结果。红骰子上面是2/6/7点，白骰子上面是1/5/9点，黑骰子上面是3/佨4/8点】

And just now, they witnessed with their own eyes that Mibu Omi Aoi lost the first round of gambling.

Mibu Aoi chose the white dice first, while Saotome Meiari chose the red dice second.

Theoretically, the probability of Maya Saotome winning is 5/9, and the fact is just as the probability shows, Maya Saotome won.

Just as she was briskly taking one million yen in cash from Mibu Omi Aoi, her movements froze as she suddenly remembered the warning Hikigaya Hachiman gave her before he left.

"Martingale Strategy".

Mibu Aoi's next gambling method is to double the bet each time. If he loses one million, he will bet two million again. If he loses two million, he will bet four million again. As long as he wins one round, he will win. And she, Saotome Meiari, will lose everything and become a livestock again.

If the bet is the same each time, the money lost will only increase linearly with the number of games. If the doubling strategy is used, the money lost will increase exponentially with the number of games, and enough games can make Saotome Meiari rich quickly.

but--

The crisis that Saotome Meia faces is that Mibu Omi Aoi has enough gambling capital. It can be understood more simply that the gambling capital each time is all the gambling capital of the dealer Meia, so Saotome will go bankrupt if she loses once, and Mibu Omi Aoi can lose many times, so the probability of Saotome going bankrupt will increase exponentially with the number of games.

In regular casinos outside, dealers usually use high-tech dice or dealer manipulation to counter the Martingale strategy. What they fear is the possibility that the guests will get extremely lucky and win in one go. As long as they don't win in one go, they can make the ever-approaching chance of winning become a reality that can never be achieved.

But Meiari Saotome was doing long-term business like Nishitoin, and had no preparation for countering the Martingale strategy.

The only restriction is that this gambling game will only last for three rounds. All we have to do is pray that Mibu Omi Aoi doesn't win once in these three rounds!

"Oh my god, Mibu Omi-senpai actually lost to Saotome."

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, this kind of gambling is purely based on luck."

"We were just playing around with 10,000 yen or 20,000 yen for fun, but I didn't expect Senior Mibu Omi to spend 1 million yen!"

"Oh my god, look, Senior Mibu Omi is making another move."

Seeing Mibu Omi Aoi taking the money, Saotome's heart sank. The thing she was most worried about had happened.

'Why didn't I listen to Hikigaya?'

But now, it's too late to regret.

Mibu Omi Aoi smiled, took two million yen from the boy carrying the bag beside him, gently slapped it on the table and pushed it in the direction of Saotome.

"Then let's start the second round, Saotome-san."

There was discussion again around.

"Eh!? Why did Senior Mibu Omi double his bets in the second round even though he lost the first round?"

"That is to say, if it were me, I would definitely think that I was unlucky and gamble less and wait until I had better luck next time."

Saotome narrowed her eyes, blocking out the noise of the idiots around her, and calculated her chances of winning the game in her mind.

'My chance of going bankrupt after one round is 44.4%, after two rounds it is 69.1%, after three rounds it is 82.9%. The more rounds I play, the more likely I am to go bankrupt...'

‘That’s not good. ’

"What's wrong, Saotome-san?"

"nothing."

Saotome Meiari shook her head with a cold face, not understanding why the other party would come to her and try to bring her down when she had no grudge against her.

"You choose first."

"I'm still the white dice."

As soon as the words fell, Saotome Meiari felt tons of pressure.

The guy in front of her came with the intention of bringing her down. He wanted to use three wheels of dice to defeat her head-on... If she did that, even the group of idiots around her who didn't understand gambling would learn to gamble with her in this way.

In this case, the [Three Lives Dice] gambling game that I designed would be ruined.

damn it!

Saotome's face began to twist and she clenched her teeth, but she couldn't choose another dice. Although doing so would prevent the idiots around her from seeing the truth, it would increase her chances of losing.

The sunny face of Mibu Omi Aoi in front of her gradually became vicious in Saotome's eyes.

"Hypocrite!" Saotome cursed in her heart, but she had no choice but to continue using the red dice.

Ignoring the criticisms around him, he threw down the dice at the same time as Mibu Omi Aoi.

Under the gaze of the crowd, the rapidly spinning dice gradually slowed down, and the numbers in the afterimages gradually became clear to people.

"7 points to 1 point, Saotome wins again!"

People exclaimed, and their eyes turned full of envy when they looked at Saotome Meiari.

So far, she has won 300 million yen from Mibu Omi Aoi. This is the legendary undefeated Mibu Omi, is he going to lose to the unknown first-year Saotome today?

"Well, Saotome-san, you are really lucky."

Mibu Omi Aoi held his head with one hand, admiring Saotome's nervous expression.

"Stop talking!"

Saotome is not a nymphomaniac. She has no affection for the man who wants to steal her money. The man in front of her is even worse than Hikigaya!

"Next is the final inning, the third inning."

Mibu Omi Aoi smiled and reached into his pocket to pull out a bank card. He crossed his arms and analyzed, "There's 10 million yen in it. Hmm... This gambling game is really well designed, Saotome-san."

"Especially when giving guests priority to choose the dice, it seems to give guests a greater chance of winning, making them feel they have an advantage and a sense of fairness, but that is just an illusion."

"This is the three opposing forces, red versus white, white versus black, black versus red. The former is more likely to defeat the latter. In other words, the chances of winning for the second player are greater than for the first player."

Completely exposed!

Meiari Saotome held the dice tightly between her fingers. No matter whether she won or lost, no one would come to her to gamble after the gambling game she designed was exposed.

Just like magic, before the trick is revealed, people are always full of curiosity. But after it is revealed, many people turn their curiosity into shame and anger at being deceived. The problem faced by magicians is also the same for scammers like Saotome.

Saotomi looked gloomy and rolled the last dice resignedly.

If she loses this round, she will not only lose all the money she has earned since the opening of the casino, but will also have to pay a large sum of money and become a stray cat again.

As the dice fell, she lost without surprise, given an 8% chance of losing the bet.

"Then I won't be polite, Saotome-san." Mibu Omi Aoi smiled and moved the cash in front of Saotome back to himself.

Mibu Omi Aoi put away her smile and pressed Saotome Meiari with great pressure: "Now, you still owe me 700 million yen. How are you going to repay me?"

"....I" Saotome's face was pale. She bit her lower lip tightly and pressed her knees with her fingers, forcing herself not to show her vulnerable side in front of others.

This was her way of survival as a special student; she would never let anyone see her weak side.

"Not yet."

"You can't pay it back? That's not right." Mibu Omi looked at her disdainfully, his eyes seemed to be swaying with dark flames to burn Saotome's heart, and he showed his fangs in a bewitching tone: "From what I heard, Hikigaya Hachiman gave you 3 million yen."

"If it's just embezzling 700 million, it should be easy~"

"Perhaps, you can take full possession of this money. Saotome, you have nowhere to go now. Why don't you take Hikigaya Hachiman's money and join my Zensaki-kai..."