Gambling Instinct

Gambling Instinct, huh? If what she's saying is true, then... multiple paths are now going to open for me! I could enter underground gambling society, make money, and be the boss of the underworld!

Well, joking aside, It's not like I can easily believe her words.

"First of all, why do you think that I have this gambling instinct that you're talking about."

"Like I said, I've been scouting you since your match with Ryota Kaneshiro. Why did you clung to hope even though Ryota Kaneshiro could win by a huge margin? That's because you know it. You know what's going to happen. In addition, that dice game earlier. You immediately found out that you're going to be framed."

Wait, she knows about that!? What the hell?! If she knows about that, I think she noticed the double sided tape beside the platform. The only position where you can see it clearly is in the front!

"You've got gambling talent and you're managing an Idol group so I figured that I should scout you. You can only enter the the preliminaries if you have a scout accompanying you so I think It's not a really a bad deal. So... do you accept?"

She stretched her arm towards me, as a handshake. So... is accepting it... the correct answer? Before accepting her offer, I asked her one last question...

"So what's your benefit if I won, huh?"

She just smiled at me, not replying anything. After smiling at me for approximately 10 seconds, she finally gave me a reply.

"For now, It's still a secret."

"I see."

After hearing her response, I immediately took her hand and gave her a handshake. Starting from now, we're partners. I will participate on the preliminary round, win, and achieve the Tokyo Dome.

If we managed to perform at the Tokyo Dome, hell, we don't even need the league anymore! Our popularity will sky-rocket just by performing once at The Tokyo Dome! In front of this opportunity, there's no way I could just pass it up!

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"So... when's the preliminary round going to happen?"

I fired a question to her just before leaving the cafe. I need to learn the time and place so I can be prepared in advance.

"It's Tonight, and here's the address."

Huh? It's tonight!? Hell, I don't even have any preparations?! I immediately checked the address and saw that It's extremely far away! We need to leave now to reach it tonight! I said those words to her and the two of us immediately rode the train.

Good thing, we reached the train in time. Now that you think about it, I'm going to gamble, right? I need money as war funds, right? I asked Hanamaru Kyouka about that and she said...

"Oh? About that? Before the preliminaries, the participants will be sorted to people who has money and people who don't. The people who don't have money will participate in... The Stock Wars."

Stock Wars? What's that? If I derive it from It's meaning. It should be something like they'll invest on us, right?

"Well, if you want to know what Stock Wars is... you'll know about that when we get there."

Hey, hey, hey, what's with the cliffhangers? If you don't tell it to me now, I won't be able to prepare for the unexpected! I just released a sigh and didn't nagged her any further.

I waited for almost 5 hours and finally reached our destination. By the time, we got here, It's already nighttime. It's a really huge building, by the way. I still have so many questions regarding this preliminary round but... It could wait for later.

More importantly, I know that this building would be place... more harsher and more devilish compared to that league. My luck is basically shit but I'm gambling? What a joke!

I just stared at the building and not really doing anything.

"So, are you ready?"

Hanamaru Kyouka asked me. I just gave him a grin and said...

"I'm more than ready!"

With that, I entered the building with head up high and prepared for anything devilish that could happen. I swear that... no matter what kind of harsh thing that could happen here at this building... I won't back down! I will face it head on!

END OF CHAPTER 39