Kakegurui: Ten Consecutive Guaranteed Hits

Volume 1 Chapter 58: The Hidden Challenger

Unlike the students in the class of Saotome Mary and her friends, who formed a tight-knit community, Kiyohei's class was more individualistic. Each student played their own game, fighting their own battles.

Kiyohei's words didn't provoke any group conflicts. Getting caught cheating in a gamble was embarrassing, and though the school's punishment for gambling wasn't severe, being caught cheating still invited mockery.

After Kiyohei left the gambling den, laughter erupted inside as people mocked those caught cheating.

"Kiyohei, you really don't show mercy..."

Kuroki also emerged from the gambling den, sighing, "It seems choosing you as my opponent back then was a mistake."

Although Kuroki had cheated in front of Kiyohei before, he had apologized that same day, and Kiyohei was willing to associate with him.

"I just don't like people cheating in front of me," Kiyohei teased, "By the way, have you accumulated enough money to pay your dues? Want to gamble a few rounds with me again?"

Kuroki quickly refused, "Forget it, if I went gambling with you again, I'd end up losing even my underwear."

He chuckled, "I found a big fish recently, a newcomer with a wealthy family and terrible card skills. A few friends and I partnered with him, took a million from him, and he didn't mind. We might be able to take a few more million from him. I'm not short on money now."

"What about Kumagai?"

"He's doing well. He joined the Zenshoukai, got some attention because of his gambling skills."

"The Zenshoukai?" Kiyohei heard this name for the first time, showing some interest, "What kind of organization is that?"

"It seems to be a group where students who can't pay their dues help each other. They give money to those skilled in gambling and have them represent them in bets. The money won goes mostly to the representative."

Kuroki shrugged, "I'm not too sure. Kumagai didn't say much."

"I see..."

Kiyohei nodded thoughtfully and suddenly asked, "By the way, do you think anyone can challenge the Student Council President?"

"Challenge the Student Council President?"

Kuroki was amused by Kiyohei's question. He patted Kiyohei's shoulder, laughing for a while before responding.

"If someone could really defeat the Student Council President, the system of paying dues would have been abolished long ago. Why would it still be around?"

"...You're right," Kiyohei agreed with Kuroki's words.

If someone wanted to challenge the Student Council President, they could just gamble against Momobami Kirari. It wasn't about having more people; it was about winning in gambling. Once they beat her, the new challenger would become the Student Council President, with all the power that came with it. What student at the bottom of the school hierarchy wouldn't want that?

Who was the person in the Student Council secretly wanting to challenge the President?

Oh well... it had nothing to do with Kiyohei, and there was no need to care.

Kiyohei didn't think much more about it. After chatting with Kuroki for a while, he soon reached lunchtime.

"Ayanokōji-san, can you come out for a moment?"

Suddenly, Kiyohei heard a girl's voice calling him from the doorway. He looked up and saw Hanatemari Tsuzura there.

"Kiyohei, not bad, huh? Just two days in school, and you've already got two girls hooked on you..."

Kuroki wore a sly smile, "I didn't expect you to like the petite and delicate type. What about Mary? I thought you preferred her style."

Yesterday, Mary and Kiyohei had crossed paths.

"What are you talking about? She's friends with Mary."

Kiyohei rolled his eyes, stood up, and just as he was about to go over, Kuroki grabbed his arm.

"Hey, don't forget one thing." Kurokiya's expression turned serious, "That girl is from 'Stray Cat,' so be careful."

Tsuzura had a 'Stray Cat' tag hanging from her chest, quite conspicuous.

Kurokiya's implication was clear: be cautious not to get scammed.

Tsuzura wasn't that kind of person—Kiyohei was about to say that when he closed his mouth.

His interaction with Tsuzura wasn't deep, and his understanding of her was limited to being Mary's friend. Although she hadn't shown any abnormalities so far, it was still necessary to be vigilant.

"...I got it." Kiyohei bid farewell to Kuroki, picked up his backpack, and headed towards the door.

Apart from Tsuzura, Mary was also waiting at the door.

Kiyohei walked over and greeted Mary, "Mary, are you feeling okay?"

After all, she had lost quite miserably yesterday, and even if she couldn't recover completely, it was within Kiyohei's expectations.

"I'm fine." Mary shook her head, though her expression still seemed a bit gloomy, her spirits were noticeably better than when she had just lost yesterday.

"Kiyohei, if you don't mind, I want to go to the gambling den now."

"Don't you want to eat?"

"I bought some bread, and I got you one too."

Mary handed Kiyohei a pineapple bun, "If you're not hungry, you can go to the restaurant. Give me the key to the gambling den. I'll go check it out first."

Mary seemed to be in a hurry. Perhaps she had already thought of a way to make money at the gambling den?

She recovered so quickly... Kiyohei thought she would be down for a couple of days.

"I'm not that hungry either. Since you say so, let's go to the gambling den."

Kiyohei had obtained the key to the gambling den from Togakushi Yukimi the day after winning ownership of the gambling den.

The three of them arrived at the club building, found the first literature room located in a secluded corner on the third floor, which was the location of the Literary Arts Club.

However, to their surprise, the door to the room was wide open.

"Huh? Why is the door to the gambling den open? I remember closing it when I left," Mary said in surprise.

Even if she hadn't closed it, there were teachers who patrolled and would close the door every night.

Who was inside now?

Mary pushed the door open and froze on the spot. Kiyohei walked in from behind her and also saw the person.

A girl with black hair and glasses, the president of the Literary Arts Club, Togakushi Yukimi.

At the moment, she was holding a cloth, cleaning the gambling table.

"Hey, why are you still here?" Kiyohei greeted her, "This is already my territory. Are you here to gamble? I welcome you."

"I'm not here to gamble."

She vigorously shook her head, showing a pleasing smile to Kiyohei and the others, "As you can see, I'm cleaning the room. I thought this room might be forcibly taken by the Student Council, so I didn't care much about cleaning it before."