Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"Yagami-kun, it's so great that you're willing to come."

The class monitor of Class 5 was a quiet girl who was not very tall. She bowed to Hoshino Hideyuki and said, "Actually, Kondo asked me to ask you to come and talk tonight, saying that he wants to ease the tension."

“You two have been having a fight lately, and the atmosphere in class has been really bad. I was thinking that it would be great if everyone could become friends again, so I agreed to her request…”

Hoshino Hideyuki tapped the table, interrupting the class president with a smile:

"Becoming friends is easy!"

The class monitor's eyes widened: "Is that so?"

"My dear class monitor, have you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"I haven't finished reading it, but I know the general story."

"Don't you think the bond between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in the story is incredibly touching? They became sworn brothers after only three days of meeting. If you want to be friends with someone, you can refer to their experience; that's the wisdom of the ancients!"

"Really, really?"

Hoshino Hideyuki spoke so seriously that the class monitor was momentarily confused and subconsciously began to think along with the fox's words.

"How do we learn from them? By drinking together? But we're minors..."

"No, no, no." Hoshino Hideyuki interlaced his fingers in front of his eyes, striking a pose like Commander Ikari, and said in a deep voice, "The first step is very simple, and that is..."

"that is?"

"Go to Thailand for gender reassignment surgery."

Class monitor: ?!

"Only men can sleep side-by-side and become sworn brothers, right?"

After finishing speaking, Hoshino Hideyuki whistled towards the door: "Kondo-kun, you've been eavesdropping for so long, it's about time you came out, isn't it? The class president is about to run out of things to say."

"Ha, so impatient?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kondo Nozomi entered the room. She gave the class president a look, and the latter lowered his head and left in silence.

She sat down opposite Hoshino Hideyuki and waved her hand impatiently, saying:

"Let's stop talking nonsense. This time I genuinely want to improve our relationship."

“I admit I did some bad things yesterday, but in the end you didn’t suffer any losses, did you? On the contrary, my friends all made a fool of themselves, and if this continues, I’ll lose all face too…”

"Stop for a moment."

Hoshino Hideyuki straightened his back slightly and said seriously:

"Kondo-kun, from beginning to end, I have not done anything to you. I was just attending school normally, that's all."

"If you really want to improve your relationship, all you need to do is do nothing, just like I did."

Although the fox will still take action against Kondo Nozomi later.

But we haven't done it yet, so his words can be considered honest.

however……

Kondo Nozomi just sneered.

"You don't need to teach me."

The admonishment in Hoshino Hideyuki's eyes completely disappeared, and he returned to his carefree, smiling state.

"So, Kondo-kun, how exactly do you plan to improve our relationship?"

Kondo Nozomi pulled out a stack of oddly shaped playing cards slightly larger than her palm from behind her back and said with a smile, "My great-grandfather used to be a fisherman. Once, he was caught in a typhoon and drifted to Australia with nothing. He earned his way home by playing cards with the locals."

"From then on, our family had a tradition of using cards to communicate and build relationships."

"So, let's play cards today."

"If you win, I will stop bothering you. If you lose, you only need to buy me drinks for a month to make outsiders think that you have bowed down to me. Isn't that a generous condition?"

Magnanimity?

Your words, translated, clearly mean, "Okay, I'll admit I was wrong, alright?"

Hoshino Hideyuki managed to keep from laughing out loud thanks to his excellent facial expression control.

Kondo Nozomi thought he was worried, so she added, "If you're afraid I'll play tricks on you, you can take out your phone and record a video. I'll repeat what I just said."

forget it.

What did my photo album do wrong to have to keep your video? If outsiders see it, they'll think I'm indiscriminate in my desires.

Hoshino Hideyuki shook his head, pointed to the playing card in Kondo Nozomi's hand, and asked:

"This isn't a playing card, is it?"

"No, this is the E card, also known as the King card."

Kondo Nozomi spread out the cards, a total of ten cards, all with identical backs and three different portraits on the front. Eight of them were people dressed in ordinary clothes, one was a person wearing a crown, and the last one was a person wearing shackles.

Kondo Nozomi explained:

"These three cards are the King, the Citizen, and the Slave. The King beats the Citizen, the Citizen beats the Slave, but conversely, the Slave beats the King. As the saying goes, only the one who has nothing can overthrow the one who lacks everything."

"Before the game, choose one person to be the king and take the king card, and one person to be the slave and take the slave card. The remaining citizen cards are split equally between the two."

"During the game, at the beginning of each round, each player puts one card face down and then reveals it simultaneously."

"If it is a slave against a citizen or a citizen against the king, the king wins; if it is a slave against the king, the slave wins."

"When two citizens are tied, they proceed to the next round. Since each person has five cards, there can be a maximum of five rounds in a game."

Hoshino Hideyuki interjected:

"This kind of game is overwhelmingly disadvantageous to slaves; it's too difficult for them to win."

“Indeed, so we can take turns being the slave or the king, and play ten rounds in total. I'll take a loss, and you only need to win five rounds to win, how about that?”

After a moment's thought, Hoshino Hideyuki smiled and nodded.

"Then it's settled!"

Kondo Nozomi dealt the cards, and during the process, her right hand seemed to be holding something, and she casually waved it three times.

Hideyuki Hoshino blinked but said nothing.

The first game begins.

Kondo Nozomi hesitated for only a few seconds before drawing a card and placing it face down on the table. Then she stared intently at Hoshino Hideyuki.

Hideyuki Hoshino met her gaze.

Yes, this game is not only about luck, but also about momentum and performance.

More important than the strategy of playing cards is making your opponent misjudge your hand.

The fox then relaxed and folded the card.

The two revealed the truth together: the king versus the citizens, and Hideyuki Hoshino won.

Kondo Nozomi's eye twitched.

"You're going to play the King in the first round? That's impulsive of you."

"If the king doesn't step forward, how can the citizens be expected to follow him?"

"?"

"Haha, I've seen this line in anime before, and I've wanted to try it out for ages. I just can't help but say it!"

Hideyuki Hoshino put away his cards, indicating that the next round could begin.

This time it's King Kondo Kidan.

When the cards were revealed, it turned out that Kondo Nozomi, like Hoshino Hideyuki, played the King in the first round.

Unfortunately, the fox was on guard against this move and played a slave first, winning again, 2-0.

Kondo Nozomi's expression twisted slightly.

Then came the third game, the fourth game, the fifth game...

Both men won the game when they were kings—ultimately, the probability of a slave winning this game is low.

The score reached 4-1. Hoshino Hideyuki was in high spirits and beaming with joy, while Kondo Nozomi looked as if she had lost her parents.

however……

The situation changed at the start of the sixth inning.

First, Kondo took over as king and unsurprisingly won the game.

In the seventh round, Hoshino Hideyuki felt he had the advantage and played his cards haphazardly without even looking at them. Kondo Nozomi, however, remained calm and composed despite being covered in sweat, and in the fourth round, he captured his king with a slave.

In the eighth game, Kondo easily won the game as king.

In the ninth game, Hoshino Hideyuki used the same trick again, playing the King as his first card, and Kondo Nozomi once again figured out his intentions.

Thus, the Foxes lost four consecutive games, bringing the score to 4-5.

The tenth game thus became the deciding game.

And coincidentally, he was on the disadvantaged slave side!

"Why am I so unlucky...?"

Hoshino Hideyuki's forehead began to sweat.

Across from her, Kondo Nozomi looked down, seemingly playing on her phone.

But from an angle that Hoshino Hideyuki couldn't see, her laughter grew more and more unrestrained, first at the corners of her mouth, then at the corners of her eyes, and finally every inch of her face was distorted into an exaggeratedly frightening deep V shape!

Country bumpkin!

Now you know how powerful I am!

You're doomed. I've already used a sure-win strategy, and the probability of winning is 100%!

soon……

The good fortune you possess will also be mine!

Then, I will make you kneel obediently in front of me, right in front of that woman Amamiya!