Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

Hikigaya-kun, mentioned by Jabami, sat quietly by the side, listening to Jabami Yumeko's casual conversation in silence.

A strange feeling arose in his heart. It seemed that he was getting further and further away from his original goal?

In the end, sex took over.

Hikigaya Hachiman sighed secretly.

...

At the strong request of Hikigaya Hachiman.

The next day he successfully removed the plaster and set out for school with Jabami Yumeko for the first time in the hospital.

On the way, Hikigaya looked down at his bandaged hands. He moved his fingers a little awkwardly and suddenly found that the shape of his hands was quite similar to that of Rimmet Lee in Naruto.

Arriving at the gate, Hikigaya saw an unexpected person.

Wood crossing run.

His body was locked tightly to the stone pillar beside the gate, his face was bruised and purple, his mouth was wrapped in tape and he could only roar. His school uniform was tattered, and the image of the bully in the past was no longer there.

What was hanging around his neck was no longer a dog tag, but a tape recorder playing a looped recording.

"I am Kiwa Jun, I am a stupid dog, I am guilty, I deserve to die."

Students passing by stopped to watch, took photos and checked in. Those who had grudges against Kiwa Jun came up to him and said insulting things to him, and left only after they lost interest.

"This is really... a unique welcome ceremony from Momobaku."

How could Hikigaya not understand that, probably in order to welcome the return of Hikigaya Hachiman, Momobami Kirari specially transferred Kidari Jun out of prison and humiliated him in public.

Unfortunately, Momobami misjudged Hikigaya. No matter how much he humiliated such a small person, he would not feel any joy.

If it was Mibu Omi Aoi who was tied up there, perhaps Hikigaya would have laughed out loud.

But now, that day is not far away.

When Kidari Jun saw Hikigaya Hachiman in the crowd, his dark eyes were filled with anger.

There were all kinds of emotions in his eyes: anger, resentment, pleading... But Hikigaya couldn't see them. His back was getting farther and farther away under Kidari Jun's gaze.

However, Kidari Jun could only look in horror at the open door of the police car in the distance and the two prison guards getting out of it.

He didn't want to go back to that hell. If he had known that President Momobaku could send him to prison without trial, and even order the police and prison guards around at will, he swore that he would never dare to raise a knife in his life... Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

He was deprived of everything, even the right to talk to his family and apply for a lawyer.

From the moment he offended Momobami Kirari, he said goodbye to modern civilized society completely.

Soon, he would return to the five-person cell, where four strong men who were much bigger than him were waiting for him. Thinking of this, Kiwa Jun shed tears of pain and regret, and finally, he was pushed back into the police car by two prison guards.

Go ahead and go.

...

Hikigaya was walking on the road, and many people pointed at him along the way.

"Eh!? Isn't that the person who was carried out with Kiwa Jun the day before yesterday?"

"His name is Hikigaya Hachiman. It is said that Kidari Jun lost the gambling game and became so angry that he wanted to kill Hikigaya Hachiman."

"This broke the rules, and the president sent him to jail that same day."

"I testified that I was in charge of cleaning the auditorium that day. I saw a pool of blood on the floor of a room. It was really scary."

There was a lot of discussion, but Hikigaya still discovered a more important point.

None of these word-of-mouth reports seemed to mention that he was injured because he blocked the knife for Momobami Kirari.

In other words, the news was artificially controlled by Kirori.

Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes flickered. Momobami Kirari really didn't want to miss a chance to have fun.

What are the consequences of doing this?

First of all, Mibu Omi Aoi would only be angry that Kidari Jun was a fool who was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything, and would not be horrified that his target of assassination was Momobami Kirari.

The nature of the two is completely different.

If this happened in ancient times, even if two actors were performing in front of the emperor and had a dispute and stabbed each other with knives, the emperor would blame the subjective decision of the person who was responsible for recruiting the actors, but would not impose actual penalties.

But the target of this actor's assassination was the emperor, which was a capital crime.

There are no rules at all. All the order that the King of Flowers has had so far will be overturned by Momobami Kirari. All the efforts of Mibu Omi Aoi so far will be in vain, and the Zensaki Society will become a toy for playing house...

Momobami is trying to retain the courage of Mibu Omi Aoi to rebel against his superiors!

Hikigaya saw through everything. She was such a wicked woman, an observer from high above. She had clearly sentenced the struggling ants below to death, but she had to watch them burn their last dance with their lives.

"Hikigaya-kun, have you thought of something happy?" Jabaka beside him keenly noticed that the usually serious Hikigaya Hachiman seemed a little too excited today.

"Because, it feels really good to have a trump card~"

Hikigaya Hachiman smiled and shook his head, and soon the two of them arrived at the gate of the First Year Hua Group.

Meiari Saotome was seen hugging her chest, and she had a cat tag around her neck again. She had a gloomy face, and only raised her eyes and walked quickly when she saw Hikigaya coming.

She said in a muffled voice: "Hikigaya, come with me."

"Ok?"

Hikigaya was a little surprised to see her like this, and after handing his bag to Jabami, he followed her to an empty corner.

Saotome Meiari took a deep breath, took out a crumpled check from her pocket with a grim look and threw it in front of Hikigaya.

"Your check for 3 million is yours." After saying this, Saotome seemed to have lost all her energy and became listless and depressed.

Hikizuya accepted the check silently, thinking that he had not trusted the wrong person.

"I'll call you after school today for your 500 million reward."

"Yeah." Saotome waved her hand lacking interest, and was about to leave with a somewhat lonely back.

Hikigaya thought about it and decided to say, "Is there something wrong with your casino? Your cat cards..."

"Yes, it's all thanks to you!" At this point, Saotome's voice rose a few notes. Soon she covered her face and shook her head: "Forget it, it's meaningless to say all this now. It's also my fault that I didn't listen to your warning."

"Now I have become a livestock again."

Hikigaya Hachiman frowned at his self-pitying look.

But looking at her appearance, Hikigaya had a rough idea.

"Did Mibumi come to you?"

"Yes, you used the doubling strategy I mentioned, and I lost everything in the last round. Even though I received your 5 million reward, I still had a debt of 2 million yen in the end. I am a real worthless cat."

"Because my gambling scheme was exposed in front of me, I have become a laughing stock and a liar..."

She paused, then said in self-abandonment, "I accept my fate and will just be a stray cat. When your five million arrives, I will send it back home, and then sell myself to Senior Jule."

She walked further and further away.

"Saotome Meiari, do you want to take revenge?"

71 Hikigaya's Invitation to Join

Hikigaya could understand Saotome Meiari's feelings at this moment.

Gambling is similar to magic, after all.

A gambling game like Saotome's, which relies on probability rather than tricks to win, will indeed cause people to get angry and embarrassed when it is exposed.

The loser will think: If I do some more calculations, I will know that this gamble is a scam where I am at a disadvantage first, so why should I gamble?

This transfers the anger caused by one's own stupidity onto the initiator of the gambling.

This is the dilemma faced by Meiari Saotome.

Hikigaya could well imagine the scene of Mibu Omi Aoi ruthlessly exposing Saotome Meiari's gambling plan in public, and what kind of blow it would bring to her reputation, so that the Second Library would once again become a deserted casino.

He could also imagine how Mibu Omi Aoi, who had done all this, would bewitch Saotome.

Looking at the wrinkles on the check, Hikigaya could sense how heavy the test was that Saotome had endured at the time.

It was nothing more than that, through the connections in the student council, he found out that his check of 3 million yen was in Saotome's possession, and while causing her to fall into the abyss, he also showed her a way out.

That was Hikigaya Hachiman who betrayed him.

As long as Saotome wants to swallow this check, Hikigaya Hachiman will have no way to stop her. Moreover, Saotome can join his Zensaki-kai, and with the help of Mibu Omi, the popular king, the lost reputation can be compensated to a great extent.

Apart from the condemnation of her conscience, Meiari Saotome would have nothing to lose.

On the contrary, she can use this failure to reach a higher peak in her life. But the premise of all this is that Hikigaya Hachiman will not retaliate against her.

Fortunately, Saotome adhered to the moral bottom line.

Hikigaya Hachiman is not a good person in the traditional sense, but he is not a bad person either.

Since Saotome was thrown into the abyss while holding her bottom line in the face of the temptation of her enemy, how could Hikigaya Hachiman remain indifferent?

So he extended an invitation:

"Being killed like an ant, can you accept this outcome?"

"Do you accept Mibu Omi's attitude towards you, or do you long to be Juraku's dog?"

"Don't irritate me! I know nothing..." Saotome Meiari clenched her fists, then loosened them helplessly: "How can an ordinary student like me take revenge? You don't know how it feels to lose to Mibu Omi."

"Obviously I have the advantage, but he just has money, and he can crush me with a stake that I can't shake. Do you know how that feels?!"

"I have done my best, but I still lost to his family."

"Everyone is born at a different starting line. I can't catch up anymore!"

Meiari Saotome choked up, and crystal tears filled her eyes.

"You did your best? Oh, stop being funny, Saotome."

"If you can't defeat Mibumi Omi, you can attack his subordinates. He is a towering tree, you can dig up all his roots. Let him feel your anger and your fear of people. Only by fighting to death can you have the right to say that you have tried your best!"

“Courage is the anthem of mankind.”

Hikigaya Hachiman took a deep breath and said, "If you still don't have the courage to vent your anger, then forget it."

"I'll give you an extra two million to free you from being a livestock."

After saying this, Hikigaya turned around and was about to leave, not giving Saotome Meiari any chance to continue being pretentious.

Fortunately, he was not wrong about the person in the end.

"You said to take revenge on his subordinates, how do we do that?!"

Ah--

The corners of Hikigaya's mouth curled up in satisfaction.

When he looked at Saotome again, he could feel the red light flickering in her golden eyes, just like Jabami's. The purest anger in Saotome Meiari's heart was ignited by Hikigaya himself, and it was becoming more and more vigorous.

He spoke, three words uttered slowly from his mouth: "Zen Saki Association."

Saotome frowned, "He invited me to join the Zensaki Society that day, but I don't know the situation inside. How can we start?"

"I don't know either." Hikigaya said frankly.

"Huh? How can we retaliate if we don't even know who his subordinates are?"

"I don't know, but that doesn't mean others don't know." Hikigaya smiled meaningfully: "Your mortal enemy will tell us the answer."

enemy?

Saotome frowned and asked tentatively, "You mean... Aiura-san? But why would she help us?"

"Even if you beat her in the exam bet...shouldn't she hate you?"

"I had a conflict with her when I first entered school. After I defeated her, she has been thinking about revenge on me..."

Hikigaya understood the meaning of her words and concluded that Aiura Shin was not a good person and could not be trusted.

"She will agree." Hikigaya was confident.

Seeing Hikigaya so confident, Saotome stopped worrying and after a moment's hesitation, she asked, "Hikigaya, do you...also have a grudge against Mibu Omi?"

"I heard that there was a conflict between you and him when he came to class that day."

"If it's just for me, then..."