Kakegurui: Ten Consecutive Guaranteed Hits

Volume 1 Chapter 13: A Free System, Do You Want It or Not?

At the beginning of his time travel, Kiyohei didn't dismiss the idea that he might possess the "standard" system that many time travelers had. He had tried various methods to activate a system.

In some novels, the system only appeared when a person was on the verge of death. Kiyohei even attempted bungee jumping from a great height to trigger it.

As an eleven-year-old boy sneaking onto a bungee jumping platform, he scared the people around him to no end.

After numerous attempts, he eventually gave up, believing that he was just an ordinary reincarnated individual without the system as a standard item.

... He never thought that his system would require completing a gambling achievement to unlock.

In his previous life, apart from occasional small bets with his family during the Lunar New Year, he had never really been involved in gambling. However, he had enthusiastically engaged in a form of online gambling—card gacha, spending his pocket money on drawing virtual characters and weapons in games.

After his rebirth, he had also played gacha games, but unfortunately, he hadn't achieved this particular feat.

If it weren't for coming to this academy, he might have never unlocked the system in his entire life.

To unlock it through gambling, what kind of ridiculous system was this!

After waiting for five years, Kiyohei finally received the system, but he couldn't calm himself down.

He cleared his throat and said to Kuroki, "I'll go to the restroom. Let's continue when I come back."

After obtaining Kuroki's permission, he went to the restroom and randomly chose a cubicle, sitting on the toilet lid.

This kind of system was bound to the soul. With a thought, Kiyohei immersed his consciousness into the system.

Kiyohei was somewhat disappointed to find that the system he obtained was probably a defective item. This system had no name, no intelligent AI, no mission function, and no exchange shop...

It only had an achievement system and the newly unlocked card pool.

This achievement system was of the hidden achievement type, requiring him to explore what achievements he needed to complete by himself.

Kiyohei wanted to curse.

What kind of system was this? No missions, no exchange items, just giving you a card pool right off the bat? This was completely different from the systems he had read about in novels!

Was this some kind of card gacha simulator?

Complaining, Kiyohei clicked on the only accessible interface, the card pool.

Since this semi-defective system had no artificial AI, he could only click on the upper-left corner's "?" to check the card pool instructions.

The card pool allowed him to draw items of different levels, such as "N," "R," "SR," and "SSR."

Items at the "N" level were no different from those in real life, like chewing gum, bread, potato chips, pencils, and beds—things that could be bought with money.

Items at the "R" level belonged to a realm beyond reality. Although they were common items in daily life, they had special enhancement effects, such as "increased energy," "increased stamina," "enhanced memory," "indestructibility," and "rapid adrenaline secretion," among others.

Among the "SR" level items listed by the system, many were gadgets used by Doraemon, such as the "calculator pencil," "bamboo dragonfly," and "memory bread"...

Each of these items was highly useful, and Kiyohei's eyes lit up as he looked at them.

As for the "SSR" level items, the card pool didn't provide much information, as if it assumed Kiyohei would never draw them. However, it did mention two examples that made Kiyohei's heart race: the "phone booth" and the "anywhere door."

These items had transcended the laws of reality and were priceless treasures that money couldn't buy. If he could draw any "SSR" item, Kiyohei believed he could soar to the pinnacle of life.

It seemed that this card pool was not as useless as he had imagined.

Kiyohei became increasingly breathless as he continued to read, and he couldn't help but burst into expletives when he saw the card-drawing method and probabilities.

"Everything in this card pool is synchronized with reality. Every time a gambling game is played in reality, a card draw will also take place. Only when the host wins the current gambling round will a random item be drawn from the card pool. The probabilities of drawing each type of item vary.

The probability of drawing an N card item is 60%, an R card item is 35%, an SR card item is 4.9%, and an SSR card item is 0.1%."

"With every ten draws, there will be a guaranteed chance to obtain an item."

"After successfully drawing 30 items, there will be a guaranteed draw of an R card item. After successfully drawing 300 items, there will be a guaranteed draw of an SR card item."

Upon seeing the drop rates, Kiyohei was dumbfounded.

Let him gather his thoughts.

This card pool's drawing process was synchronized with reality. If he won a gambling game in reality, he would be able to draw an item.

If he failed, he would get nothing.

What kind of garbage card pool was this!? The odds of this game were beyond anything Kiyohei had experienced in any gacha game he had played. Even Fate/Grand Order, which had no pity system, seemed generous in comparison!

If a game had such a terrible card pool, regardless of how fun the game was, it would undoubtedly receive heavy criticism and be shut down for improvements within three days, right?

Of course, the "reality" game didn't count. It didn't even have customer support or a beginner's guide. It deserved its low rating.

...Damn it. Although he switched servers, the game he was playing was still this trashy "reality."

Kiyohei silently ridiculed and suddenly thought of a suitable metaphor.

The way this card-drawing works is more like the "Another Bottle" feature on beverage caps when you buy a drink. It's an additional chance to draw a card, rather than the main item you purchase.

When you think about it that way, the probabilities are somewhat acceptable. After all, when you buy a drink, you never really expect to win the legendary "first prize," right? Just getting a free "Another Bottle" makes you feel happy.

Kiyohei sighed and comforted himself.

After a while, he regained his composure.

After all, this world was similar to his previous life. It wasn't a world of swords and magic or cultivation. For him, he already had money, a house, and financial freedom. All he needed was to find a girlfriend and, after a few years, leave his cheap father behind. Then he could enjoy life like a free dragon, living comfortably in a place like "Iceland" or his old home, where his father couldn't find him. He could spend his life leisurely and content.

In modern society, money is the most important thing. This system could only be considered an added bonus.

It was a system given to him for free, so whether he wanted it or not was up to him.

Regardless of its functions, if it didn't bring in money, he would definitely decline it.

If he were to be picky and dissatisfied, who knows, maybe the system would feel humiliated and awaken its self-awareness, bringing both of them down together. Who could he reason with in such a situation?

Kiyohei mocked in his mind and walked out of the restroom stall.

Then... his vision blurred.

He saw a girl standing in front of him, wearing only her underwear on the upper half of her body, exposing her back.