Walking through the grand halls of Hyakkaou Academy, Rinji imdiately drew attention.
Everyone wore red uniforms—except him in Shuchiin's black.
What puzzled him more was that he hadn't seen a single teacher since arriving. It was like this school didn't have faculty.
He'd explored most of the campus, and it was bigger than many colleges. Though it had elentary and middle divisions, the high school section alone was massive.
Facilities were top-notch—but not in the academic sense. No, they were built for gambling.
Slot machines, betting boards, poker tables, chip exchange counters—you na it. Even classrooms had gambling equipnt.
To Rinji, this was less a school and more a giant, legal casino. How had it lasted a hundred years in Japan without intervention?
Since he hadn't t any faculty, he didn't know which class he'd be assigned to—but that didn't matter. He'd just pick one at random.
"Huh? Isn't that Rinji-kun?"
"Huh?"
Rinji looked up at the familiar voice.
Long black hair, black stockings under the red uniform skirt, and a sweet smile.
"You're… Jabami Yuko?"
"I'm so glad you rember ~" she said cheerfully.
"Of course. You still owe money," Rinji said. "It's about ti, isn't it?"
"I was about to earn it, but sothing… unexpected happened."
Yuko smiled and pointed to a tag hanging around her neck.
On the tag was her na and her bottom-rank status. In the center were the characters "杂猫" (Stray Cat).
"What does that an?"
"Because I lost a match against the student council, I'm in a debt state now. I owe a total of 3.1 billion yen~"
"You sound oddly relaxed. Don't you feel even a little guilty about owing money?" Rinji frowned. "Your one-year deadline is almost up. I haven't charged you a single yen in interest all this ti—more generous than any bank. You could at least try paying faster."
"Of course~"
"Don't act so carefree. If the deadline cos and you haven't paid, I'll have to dig out your organs and sell them on the black market." Rinji said flatly. "I may not care much about the money, but it's a matter of pride. I can't allow soone who owes to live freely out in the world."
"Naturally. I'll repay what I owe you on ti."
Yuko still wore her innocent smile. She probably believed Rinji would kill her if she missed the deadline, but she didn't show the slightest sign of fear.
Maybe she was just that confident in her gambling skills.
"By the way, what brings you to Hyakkaou Academy, Rinji-kun? Don't tell you ca just to collect the debt?"
"No. Honestly, if I hadn't run into you, I might've forgotten you even owed ." Rinji glanced back the way he ca. "I got tricked into coming here by your student council president."
"Oh~ that student council president."
Yuko's expression twisted into sothing darker.
"I've always wanted to gamble with her."
"Pay back first. Otherwise, you won't live long enough to gamble with her."
"Got it~"
Then, looking curious, Yuko asked, "Since you're here, which class did you get assigned to?"
"No one assigned to any class. I figured I'd just pick a room at random."
"Why not join our class? We're in Year 2, Class Hana. I'm sure we'll have a great ti together."
"Just seeing your gambler face is enough to ruin my day. There's no way I'm joining your class."
Wearing a look of disdain, Rinji brushed past her, planning to pick a class at random.
He never intended to get along with anyone in this school.
Even though Rinji was technically a first-year, he had no intention of heading to a first-year classroom. If he was choosing at random, the year didn't matter.
Since Yuko was in Class Hana, he walked into the room next to hers—Year 2, Class Tsubaki.
Without knocking or announcing himself, Rinji opened the door and walked in.
The classroom was buzzing.
Not from chatter, but from gambling.
There weren't many elaborate setups. Most students had pushed two desks together to play poker—Texas Hold'em, blackjack, and others. Occasionally soone would slam the table or shout in excitent.
"Are these people really high school students?"
Rinji, holding his school bag, looked around at the uniford students who looked more like seasoned gamblers.
He spotted an empty desk in the back corner and placed his bag there.
The desk was vandalized with insults and scribbles, but Rinji didn't care.
"Hmm..."
Seeing that everyone was too engrossed in their gas to notice him, Rinji pulled out his phone.
mbers of his own student council were asking how he was doing at this new school, clearly worried.
Reading their ssages made Rinji smile. He typed:
[Thanks for your concern. Everything's fine here. No need to worry.]
After sending the ssage, Rinji thought it might be a good idea to show them the ugly side of this school, so he opened his cara app to take a photo of the classroom—basically a mini-casino.
The student council back ho would definitely be shocked by the sight.
Just as he aid his phone toward so of the gambling students, soone stepped in front of him.
Rinji lowered his phone. In front of him stood a petite girl with a timid expression.
She had the sa "Stray Cat" tag as Yuko.
"Sothing wrong?"
"Um… that's my seat."
She spoke in a quiet voice, as if scared of sothing.
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