Hikigaya Challenges Kakegurui

Chiba.

There is no light in the sky, but the moon is bright.

Yukinoshita Yukino put down her phone in disappointment, placed Mr. Pan on her thighs and chest, wrapped her arms around her knees, and curled up on the chair with her thin body. Her clean and white heels stepped on the edge of the chair, and her crystal-clear toes poked out of the edge of the chair, as shaky as her mood at the moment.

After all, I didn't get a reply from Hikigaya Hachiman. It was already too much for him to leave without saying goodbye.

With nowhere to entertain herself, Yukinoshita Yukino turned on the night light. The soft reading light shone on the "Mystery of Japanese Astrology" in her hand. At the end of the page, it said "Challenge the Readers". This was the challenge that Hachiman Hikigaya, as a mystery novelist, must leave behind for every work.

[All information has been made public, dear readers, can you analyze the truth? ]

All of Hachiman's madness and talent are condensed in this sentence.

In Yukinoshita Yukino's opinion, Hikigaya Hachiman is really a very special boy. He is talented and calm, and although he is just a junior high school student, he gives her the same feeling as her god-like mother.

It is bottomless and high above.

In the activities of the service club, he always silently supports her from the perspective of an observer. In the communication between teachers and students, he is always called the most proud student by teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Recalling the time when Hikigaya was severely criticized by Shizuka Hiratsuka during the junior high school graduation exam for writing the following sentence in her composition: "Without expectations there is no disappointment, without fetters there is no hurt, I only win for myself and will keep winning." Yukino can still reveal an uncontrollable smile.

She wanted to improve, she wanted to catch up with Hikigaya Hachiman.

But Hikigaya is a rather self-centered loner who never interacts with others outside of school. And Yukino is not someone who takes the initiative, so their interactions are limited to the weird requests from junior high school students.

But reading a good book is like talking to an excellent person.

Yukinoshita discovered Hikigaya Hachiman's secret early on. He is a best-selling writer of social mystery novels. Every word he says points directly to the dark side of Japanese society, and he even wrote the famous saying that only the sun and human heart cannot be looked at directly.

She tried to understand Hikigaya Hachiman.

From "White Night Walk" to "Malice" and now to his current work which changes his style, the Guoming series "The Mystery of Japanese Astrology".

The puzzle is difficult and Yukinoshita Yukino is very persistent.

She raised her head again and looked at the various mind maps on the wall. She seemed to have an epiphany. Her thoughts about Hachiman Kigaya turned into the power of writing at this moment, and she drew her own conjectures on the table.

"I untied it, Hikigaya-san."

"Underneath the complex mystery lies the most insane method, Hikigaya, just like you."

Staring at the sketch in her hand, Yukinoshita Yukino muttered to herself at the miraculous method of turning five corpses into six corpses.

She was so excited that she picked up the sketch and hurried out of the boudoir, looking at the uninvited guest on the sofa in the apartment.

"Sister~" she called softly.

"Hey, Yukino, are you still awake so late?" Yukinoshita Haruno was wearing a silky purple nightgown, revealing her dazzling white skin, and she was lying on the sofa with her head propped up lazily. She was holding a thick stack of manuscripts in her hands, reading with great interest.

"I solved it, Hikigaya-san's challenge reader."

"Oh?"

Yukinoshita Haruno raised her eyebrows and sat up straight. The strap on her right shoulder slipped off quietly under her rough movements, revealing her snow-white shoulders. Fortunately, there were only two sisters in the empty single apartment. Apart from Hikigaya Hachiman's manuscript, no one could appreciate this blood-swelling scene.

"Let me see." Yukinoshita Haruno took the sketch from her sister and muttered to herself, "He successfully used the cruel and outrageous murder methods in the diary to create a preconceived horror impression on everyone. He dismembered his sisters and pieced together his own body to achieve the purpose of escaping."

"As expected of Hikigaya Hachiman... Is he really a high school student? Such sinister and sinister human hearts cannot be looked at directly."

After a long time, Yukinoshita Haruno slowly put down the sketch.

"Sister, I will submit this answer to the publishing house tomorrow." Yukinoshita Yukino hesitated for a while, but continued: "Sister, can you use the company's connections to help Hikigaya-san expand his sales channels?"

Then he explained to himself: "I don't mean anything else, I just think his works should be read by more people. He is now in the transition period of writing. If you help him, he may..."

"Ridiculous!" Yukinoshita Haruno looked at her useless sister and shook her head in disappointment: "Let's not talk about the fact that we are a real estate company. Even if we use all our channels, it won't be of much help to him."

"Also, Yukino, look at you now, do you dare to say that you don't have other intentions?!"

"I...."

Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes flickered and she didn't dare to look directly at Haruno.

Realizing that his tone might be too harsh, Yang Noi restrained himself a little: "You have read about his malicious intentions, don't you understand what kind of person he is?"

"Great favors are like great hatreds. Although he is not that kind of person, he has a strong sense of self-esteem. He never asks for anything from others, but only makes exchanges. You won't get any benefit from giving away things blindly like this." Yang Nai said bluntly: "Besides, with his ability, he may soon find a way to deal with it in the new school."

"A new school? Where did he go? Do you know, sister?"

"Of course, but I can't tell you now." Yang No tapped Yukino's brow with her finger, "Yukino, you need to calm down more now, otherwise you will never catch up with Hikigaya."

"I see.

"You just understand."

Yukinoshita Haruno nodded with satisfaction: "Of course, we still have to do what we have to do, but we can't let that guy get away with it for nothing. I will go talk to him about the sales channels for the novel."

"Then please leave it to my sister."

Yang No once again lay on the sofa, watching Yukino's back as she returned to the room, and whispered, "If you can't take the first step, all your efforts will just be in vain and you will end up losing everything. Let me help you."

12 Hikigaya Hachiman looked at him with awe

"Good morning, Hachiman-san!"

"Well...Jabakuchi-san, good morning."

It was a rainy day. Hikigaya just got off the bus and opened his umbrella. He found a girl with a princess cut on her face waving at him with a smile on her face below the platform. Her bright smile seemed to dispel some of the gloom of the rain.

'Judging from the way her little leather boots were soaked by the rain, she must have been waiting for me for more than ten minutes.'

Hikigaya pretended nothing had happened and walked over to her side by side.

"Oh, that's annoying." Mengzi said that she hated it, but the smile on her face was so strong that it seemed to be overflowing, "We are already friends, right?"

"Just call me Yumeko~"

Hikigaya Hachiman could even see the white breath coming out of Yumeko's pink lips, as sweet as the fragrance of nectar and as misty as fairy air.

His face turned red.

"Well, uh, well... whatever you like."

"So, Yumeko-san, you've been waiting for me at the station for more than ten minutes. Is there anything you want to tell me on the way?"

"No, no, if we're just friends, isn't it normal for us to go to school together?"

"..."

"Come to think of it, Hikigaya-san, I was so excited last night that I couldn't sleep. I wonder if I can play a more interesting game today?"

When they arrived at the classroom door, they stopped.

Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the scene inside with a rare look of surprise.

Meiari Saotome's desk was covered with colorful graffiti, marked with dirty and humiliating words.

[Go to hell, idiot]

【You deserve it wryyyyy! 】

【Mixed cat! 】

【The washboard is short, poor and ugly! 】

[A rubbish student! The bottom line for life! ]

There was even a doll that could be identified as Saotome at a glance, which was stripped of its clothes and had its limbs broken, and thrown on the table as if to crush Saotome's self-esteem.

Saotome lowered her head, letting her hair hide her expression.

Behind her, those pairs of malicious eyes made the whole classroom look even gloomier than the weather. They stared at Saotome from behind with a gloating look, their glasses glowing white, their mouths wide open, ready to laugh.

"The only things you cannot look directly at are the sun and the human heart. The human heart is hell, and other people are hell."

Hikigaya felt a chill in his heart and sighed slightly, realizing that he still had a long way to go.

He was wrong.

He claimed to be an observer of human beings, but he could not see through people's hearts. He knew that Saotome's defeat would inevitably bring about terrible backlash, but he did not expect it to be so serious.

He looked around and saw a group of people who had previously feared Saotome, who had bared their deadly fangs and were ready to deal a fatal blow to Saotome.

Twisted, crazy... Everyone has been trapped in an artificially created hell, unable to extricate themselves from the abyss of crazy gambling.

But somehow, Hikigaya Hachiman did not feel fear or have any desire to escape.

His long-silent heart began beating faintly yet powerfully at this moment.

He is excited.

"Ah."

"Saotome-san, what on earth is this——"

Jabami Yumeko trotted over to Saotome Meiari, her face full of anxiety and concern, "What happened? This is bullying..."

"I'm sick!"

Before he could finish his words, he was rudely interrupted by Saotome growling in a low voice.

wow-

The sound of chains, a symbol of humiliation, echoed in the air. Saotome Meiari clenched her "stray cat" identity card tightly in her fist and stared at Jabami Yumeko with a ferocious face.

"It's because I lost to you that things turned out like this!"

The feast has begun——

"Hey, hey, hey, Saotome, put it on quickly!"

"Hurry up, put on the badge quickly~"

"If you break the rules, your debt will increase!"

"A mixed cat! A mixed cat! A mixed cat!"

The uniform slogans echoed, trampling on Saotome's heart that had fallen into the abyss. She raised her cat ID card with trembling body, and her twin ponytails flicked up and were hung around her neck.

"Hahaha! She put it on!"

"Saotome-sama, please kneel down and use it as a stool! Isn't this my favorite thing?!"

As soon as she put on the dog tags, the three girls who barked the loudest rushed up and surrounded Saotome, spitting at her and pushing her back and forth with their hands.

Seeing that she still refused to kneel, he got angry and issued a final ultimatum: "Hey, Saotome, do you want to break the rules set by the student council?"

"I..."

Saotome's tightly clenched fists showed signs of loosening, revealing her fingernails that had turned white from being clenched.

But resistance is meaningless. In the private Hyakkaou Academy, the winner goes up and the loser goes down. Saotome Meiari knows this better than anyone else, because before she lost the bet with Hikigaya Hachiman, she had always been the beneficiary of this system.

There is a class system in this famous academy, and what determines class is not academic, sports, or family background, but only the strength of gambling ability.

It is precisely because of this system that she, a student from an ordinary family, can dominate the rich and powerful. Outside, her parents are only willing to give her 10,000 yen to buy gifts for her rich girl friend's birthday party. But here, she can call the shots and plunder millions of dollars from the children of the rich and powerful with just a flick of her finger.

Of course, this world is fair.

She can only fail once, and if she fails once she will fall into the abyss of gambling from which there is no escape.

She has made up her mind.

Hikigaya watched the scene calmly and had no intention of taking any action.

No matter what kind of bad consequences Saotome has to endure, they are all the seeds she sowed. She has already fulfilled the spirit of playing chess as a chess player.

Respect your opponent's fate and give up the desire to help others.

At this point, if it were an ordinary Asian protagonist, he might jump out and shout to the classmates who bullied Saotome Meiari: "Enough, you bully her, so I'm going to bully you!" Such a cliché and boring story.

But Hikigaya is not an ordinary person, and his life is never smooth sailing. He helped Saotome Meiari by breaking the rules of this small society. And breaking the rules? Is he, Hikigaya Hachiman, worthy of it? Obviously, he is not worthy at the moment. Besides, breaking the rules does not bring any benefit to him. What he needs to do is to use the rules here to help his life.

Gentleness that is brave enough to do something right? Too boring.

He watched as Meiari Saotome clenched her fists and never gave up, but slowly lowered her noble head in front of the three girls, lying down, using her back as a tripod for them. His eyes showed admiration.

Meiari Saotome might be the same type of person as him.

She never loosened her fists, and the breath in her heart had not yet dissipated. As long as a person is still alive, there is a possibility of survival.

After this defeat, it may evolve into a more terrifying existence.

Come on, you are called Saotome Meiari, I recognize you.