Kakegurui: Ten Consecutive Guaranteed Hits

Volume 1 Chapter 17: The True Mechanism of the Safety Net System

Kurume was scared away by Kiyohei's words.

Shortly after she left, Kiyohei also left the storage room. Before leaving, he dismantled the monitor from the router and put it in his pocket.

This monitor might still come in handy. It would be a waste to just throw it away.

When Kiyohei returned to the classroom, Kuroki was sitting with a group of male students, chatting with them. When he saw Kiyohei, his eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up and walked towards Kiyohei.

"Where did you go? I haven't seen you around." Kuroki saw Kiyohei coming back and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Kiyohei had run away after losing some money.

"Sorry, something came up suddenly," Kiyohei smiled and didn't mention anything related to Kurume.

"It's good that you're back. Let's continue," Kuroki said, wanting to pull Kiyohei back to gambling.

"By the way, it's almost time for class. Aren't we going to attend?" Kiyohei asked calmly.

It was almost time for class, but most of the students were still lingering in the gambling area. There were very few people staying in the classrooms, and the teachers had already arrived and were recording attendance at the front of the classroom.

"It's okay. In our school, gambling skills are more important than studying. So even if you don't attend classes, no one will care about attendance, and it doesn't matter if you fail exams miserably."

Kuroki shrugged and urged Kiyohei without concern, "Alright, let's go back to gambling."

Kiyohei was also not the type of student who insisted on attending class. Seeing the teacher, who seemed accustomed to the situation, Kiyohei cast aside his worries and followed Kuroki back to the gambling table.

The freshmen who came to the casino with Kiyohei were still there.

However, compared to their initial excitement, their eyes had gradually become tinged with madness. They were focused on the cards in their hands, trembling, as if nothing else mattered except for the cards.

Cheers and taunts filled the air, and Kiyohei could easily overhear their conversations.

Without exception, those freshmen had already lost hundreds of thousands of yen, but they still clung to the cards, deluding themselves that they could turn the tables.

"Kiyohei, are you going to draw another card or not?"

Coming back to his senses, Kiyohei noticed that Kuroki was already urging him.

In the newly dealt hand, Kiyohei had a hidden card, the 3 of diamonds, and an exposed card, just a 5 of spades. Such a hand was practically worthless.

Kiyohei asked Kumatani for another card and got lucky with a Queen of hearts.

With a total of 18 points, Kiyohei thought for a moment and said, "I'll raise by 50,000 yen."

"It seems like you have a good hand. I'm folding," Kuroki promptly discarded his cards without hesitation.

As Kumatani, the dealer, took away his cards, Kiyohei glanced at them. The total sum was 17, just one point below his own.

While Kuroki chose to fold, without Kiyohei having to think about how to draw a card, the system's card pool seemed to synchronize with Kiyohei's thoughts.

A white light flashed, revealing a white N card - "Chewing Gum."

Upon drawing this card, it transformed into a stream of light and stored itself in Kiyohei's system mailbox.

Kiyohei opened the mailbox, finding nothing inside except for the newly obtained N card.

Upon clicking "Claim," a prompt appeared in Kiyohei's mind, asking where he wanted to materialize the gift.

"Materialize the chewing gum in my pocket."

With a simple thought, Kiyohei felt something suddenly appear in the pocket of his red suit jacket, as if it had always been there.

It was a fully packaged chewing gum, a brand he commonly bought at convenience stores.

Kiyohei couldn't wait and tore it open, placing it in his mouth.

After chewing, Kiyohei's eyes lit up.

Truly worthy of being a "system product," the flavor of this chewing gum completely surpassed any he had tasted before. It seemed as if the taste wouldn't fade no matter how long he chewed. Even the most picky inspector wouldn't find any flaws in the quality of this gum.

However, the taste of the chewing gum was merely at the level of "reality," offering no additional benefits to Kiyohei.

If an N-grade item could satisfy his hunger, what about an R-grade?

Kiyohei was already looking forward to it.

In the following rounds, Kiyohei went on the offensive, never folding unless he busted. He thought that with the system's support, his luck would surely be excellent. However, the reality proved to be the opposite, as Kiyohei continued to lose more than he won.

What frustrated Kiyohei even more was that every time he won a round, it was when Kuroki chose to fold, and yet Kuroki managed to profit another 200,000 yen from him.

In the rounds he lost, the card pool in the system continued to draw cards. Unfortunately, all these cards were blank, just as the system described—empty and devoid of anything.

"Sticky note," "cola," "potato chips"... These were the N-grade items Kiyohei won in these rounds.

Unfortunately, due to their size, Kiyohei couldn't materialize them. Otherwise, he would have loved to examine them more closely.

In the newly dealt hand, Kiyohei saw that his cards were already good enough. Just as he was about to reveal his hand, suddenly, Kiyohei's mind seemed to hear a voice calling out— "Draw another card."

It was telling Kiyohei to draw another card.

Kiyohei's hand was already at 18, and drawing another card would likely result in a bust. However, instinctively, Kiyohei chose to trust the voice in his mind.

He drew another card and received a three of clubs.

Following the voice within, Kiyohei unexpectedly drew a "Blackjack" card.

This time, Kiyohei confidently raised his bet by 100,000 yen. Kuroki seemed to be very confident in his own hand and chose to call.

The outcome was evident, as Kiyohei effortlessly won 100,000 yen.

During the showdown, Kiyohei noticed that Kuroki, like himself, wore a stunned expression, seemingly unable to believe the result.

Kuroki had a hand of 20, just one point higher than Kiyohei's.

If Kiyohei hadn't followed that voice in his heart, he would have lost this round as well.

Kiyohei felt somewhat bewildered when he obtained the money.

What was that voice all about?

He focused his attention on the system and found a new N-grade card quietly lying in his mailbox, while the safety net counter below the card pool had reset to zero.

Could it be that he triggered the safety net just now?

Kiyohei glanced at his card draw records and indeed, that recent round was his tenth round.

So, that's what they meant by safety net...

A sudden realization struck Kiyohei.

Wait... Only when he wins a gambling round does he obtain card draw items. And during the "ten consecutive draws safety net," obtaining an item is guaranteed.

His real-world actions were constantly influencing the card pool.

Thinking from a different perspective, could it be... that every time he reaches the tenth gambling round, he is guaranteed to win?

Perhaps, compared to the items obtained from each card draw, this ten consecutive draws safety net opportunity was the most crucial!