The strongest high school student in Japan

"You're finally here." Hyoudou Takako laughed coldly. "Very good, after all, you're someone I respect. It's great that you have the guts to do this!"

There was an excitement burning in her eyes, which was the anticipation for what was going to happen next. She had been waiting for this moment, she had been pursuing this moment, and this moment was also the most meaningful moment in her life.

Then she twisted her fingers and snapped them lightly.

Like puppets with a mechanism activated, the men in black next to them finally moved, walked forward, closed the door, and welcomed the boy and girl over.

"Since you are all here, I can confirm that you have indeed voluntarily participated in this gambling game—" Hyodo Takako stretched out his right hand, "Give it to me."

Of course, Jun Mogami understood what she meant, so he handed the suicide note he had just drafted to her.

With the help of the dim light, Hyoudou Takako glanced at the paper quickly and then threw the page on the desk.

Then she clapped her hands lightly on the table.

"Very good, let's get started!"

At the same moment, a man in black pulled open the curtain separating the room, and then a strong light suddenly appeared in the room. The light was so bright that Mogami Jun and Sagihara Shion were dazzled for a moment.

Then they found that the strong light was focused on a table, on which were two stacks of cash, a small box, and a small hourglass.

At this moment, the portrait of Fukuzawa Yukichi on the banknote is quietly looking at everyone present.

Right next to the table, there was a strange-looking machine with several glass test tubes and plastic catheters installed on it. The black shell looked a bit creepy. This should be a blood-drawing machine.

Takako Hyoudou left her seat, walked to one end of the table, took out a few unopened decks of playing cards from a small box, and quietly placed them on the table.

"Mogami Jun, I think Sagihara Shion should have explained the rules of this game to you in detail, right?"

"Yes, she has explained it clearly to me." Jun Mogami nodded and answered calmly.

"Very good, then let me make one thing clear before we begin—" Hyoudou Takako's eyes fell on the cash on the table, "I will use 200 million as the bet this time. As long as you can win all 200 million, you win, and I will fulfill the next wish you make. But at the same time, if you die before the end of the bet, or you are unconscious and can't continue the game, then even if you lose, I will take back all the bets."

After a pause, she added, "In order to save time and prevent you from maliciously delaying the time, the interval between each card play is no more than two minutes. If you want to deliberately play a hand of cards for an entire night, then you are admitting defeat."

She pointed to the hourglass next to her and said, "It will take exactly two minutes for the sand in this hourglass to run out. Whoever exceeds the time limit will lose the game. Do you understand?"

Mogami Jun looked at the hourglass and nodded, "I see."

There are many ways to tell time, but she has to use an hourglass. This must be her personal bad taste. She just wants to use the intuitive passage of time to psychologically torture her opponent.

But he's not afraid.

"Very good..." Takako smiled again and looked at Sagihara Shion.

"Sagihara Shion, since you insist, you will be the referee this time. I hope you won't cry when you see him bleeding profusely. You should perform your duties as a referee seriously. Can you do that?"

"I can do it without you reminding me." Sagihara Shion retorted sternly, "Jun-kun will never lose to you!"

"Well, I just hope you are so confident from the beginning, otherwise where is the fun..." Hyodo Takako was not angry at all, on the contrary, there was excitement in her eyes.

Then, she threw the unopened playing cards in front of Sagihara Shion. "I know you won't be relieved, so you can check carefully before dealing the cards, don't blame me for tampering with the cards when you lose..."

Sagihara Shion silently opened two decks of cards and then examined the cards carefully.

The material of these cards is very ordinary, and there is no problem with the printing. There is no sign of tampering on each card, and there is no pattern on the back of the cards, just a blank.

Sagihara Shion checked it carefully and found no problems.

"You should be satisfied now, right? I am going to beat you fair and square." Hyoudou Takako sneered, "In terms of props and rules, we are fair. From now on, it all depends on individual performance. Mogami Jun, do you have any other opinions?!"

Although Takashi keeps talking about fairness, Mogami Jun disagrees.

Others lost blood, but she lost only a tiny amount of money which was insignificant to her. The mentality was completely different. Moreover, as blood was lost, the body would become dizzy, and concentration and memory would decline accordingly. It would become increasingly difficult to support high-intensity battles, so the filial son had a great advantage in this regard.

But since Jun Mogami himself wants to realize a precious "wish", there is nothing to say. Paying such a small price is nothing at all.

Sagihara Shion and Mogami Jun looked at each other, and then Mogami Jun nodded.

"Nothing."

"Well... okay, let's get started!" There was an excitement in Hyoudou Takako's tone that she couldn't conceal.

Then she reached out her hand and gently fiddled with the hourglass, and it began to leak sand.

"Let Sagihara Shion shuffle and deal the cards for the first two minutes, and we just need to wait quietly."

Sagihara Shion looked at the cards, and her eyes swept over the strange-looking machine, and she suddenly felt dizzy.

A few years ago, it was here that she experienced the closest moment to death in her life, and the painful memories she left behind were too profound.

Now, seeing the things made her sad, and those memories flooded into her mind again, making it difficult for her to control herself.

Although she had changed from a duelist to a referee this time, one of the people participating in the duel was the person she valued the most! Even though she had great expectations for him, how could she not be upset?

"Senior, let's start." Mogami Jun spoke, and this calm voice finally calmed Sagihara Shion down.

Sagihara Shion picked up two decks of cards. Her hands were shaking slightly, but she still mixed the cards together and shuffled them several times until the cards were in a messy order.

Then she laid the cards out on the table.

"First round, place your bets." Hyoudou Takako looked at Mogami Jun coldly, "How much blood?"

"The minimum limit is 100cc." Jun Mogami answered without thinking.

"You're just as cautious as I thought. It seems that you have a very good understanding and got the hang of it right from the start." Hyoudou Takako laughed and gestured to Mogami Jun. "Please—"

Without even looking at them, Mogami Jun took out ten cards from the deck.

And Hyoudou Takako casually took out ten cards and put them in his hand.

This also means that the showdown has officially begun.

According to the rules, in games 1 to 5, Jun Mogami plays first, in games 6 to 10 it's Hyoudou Takako, in games 11 to 16 it's Jun Mogami, and so on until the winner is determined.

So the person who plays the first card is Jun Mogami, and the time limit is 2 minutes.

Mogami Jun looked at the cards in his hand.

A, two 3s, 5, 6, two 9s, J, Q, K, a total of ten cards.

Neither good nor bad luck at the beginning, thought Jun Mogami.

According to the rules, J, Q, and K only represent 123 points respectively (of course J can only eat J and not A), so the maximum number of points is 10. Therefore, the best case scenario is that you don't have any cards with high points in your hand, so you can't lose too many points. This time there is no 10 at the beginning, but there are two 9s, so it can only be said to be neither good nor bad.

There is not much sand left in the hourglass. It's time to play a card.

After listening to Sagihara Shion's detailed introduction, Mogami Jun already roughly understood how to play this game.

This kind of game is a matter of luck at the beginning, as no one knows the opponent's hand. But by the fourth and fifth rounds, as more and more cards have been played, the probability of the opponent's hand begins to become clear, and then it is time to test memory.

As long as you can remember all the cards you played previously in the fifth round, the player who goes first can be said to win.

Now it is the first round and no one has played any cards yet, so he must choose the safest and most cautious way to play the cards.

So, he directly took out the Ace of Clubs in his hand and threw it on the table.

"A".

"I can't afford to keep up." Almost at the same time, Hyoudou Takako answered simply, and then threw a 10 next to Sagihara Shion.

The first one won 10 points?

Jun Mogami almost found it unbelievable.

"Great!" Sagihara Shion had no awareness of being a referee and actually cheered for Mogami Jun.

Hyoudou Takako didn't take it too seriously and just smiled coldly.

“It’s down.”

Since the cautious strategy worked, Jun Mogami would certainly not be polite. He took out another J of Spades and threw it on the table.

"J".

"Follow." Hyoudou Takako responded immediately and threw a J on the table.

It's also a spade.

The J is 1 point, and because it is a flush it counts as triple, so you lose 3 points.

Not only did he fail to perform a combo, but he also lost 3 points, which made Mogami Jun a little depressed. However, this was within his expectations, so he was not panicked - after all, he still won 7 points overall.

Before the hourglass was reset, Hyoudou Takako suddenly played a card.

Square 8.

"Eh?" Jun Mogami was startled.

How dare she type 8 directly?

And it just hit my weak spot. So fierce...

"What's wrong, kid? You can't bear the first blow?" Looking at his solemn expression, Hyoudou Takako laughed coldly, "Seeing you were so confident before, I thought you should be very powerful. Don't let me down..."

Mogami Jun no longer had time to listen to what the other party said. He was now lost in panicked thoughts.

Why did Xiaozi suddenly hit an 8? It was as if she saw her own hand and hit it... Did she really do something with the cards? Or was it X-ray vision? Or some kind of mind-reading ability? !

what is going on……

At this moment, the corner of Mogami Jun's eye fell on Hyoudou Takako's face, and from her cruel and excited sneer, Mogami Jun understood something.

No, this is a sleight of hand!

She was just trying to attack with a big card in the first attack.

After all, she only lost money. The difference in mentality and status determined that Xiaozi could freely choose an offensive style of play and did not care about winning or losing one or two games. If the first attack could make her lose her composure, then she would win from the beginning!

Thinking of this, Mogami Jun made up his mind. After all, there was nothing to regret.

"Can't keep up." He kept his voice as calm as usual, then threw down a 9 of clubs, which was his losing card.

We just won by 7 points, but now we lose by two points. However, a two-point gap is nothing and we can definitely catch up.

"Ah, you're so weak in the first round." Seeing Mogami Jun lose points, Hyoudou Takako's sneer became more cruel, "Boy, you won't be finished before the tenth round, right?"

"If you can do it, why don't you try?" Mogami Jun responded without showing any weakness, "Please play your cards."

"Well... I like you guys like this. I'd be even angrier if you begged for mercy." Takako laughed and threw another card.

Another 9 of clubs.

As expected! Mogami Jun felt relieved.

Xiaozi didn't have any mind-reading ability or X-ray vision. She was just testing the first attack. After she was forced to hit 9, she wanted to continue attacking, betting that she didn't have 9 in her hand - and the probability of this happening was indeed very high.

Unfortunately... this time, the God of Destiny is on the side with a smaller probability.

"and."

Mogami Jun immediately played the 9 of Hearts in his hand.

Eating this 9 also means that he won 9 points, and the winning score became +7 points.

At this time, the right to play cards returned to his hands. After the previous turmoil, he had almost played all the big cards in his hand.

Keep attacking—he took a deep breath.

"boom!"

Accompanied by the roar of thunder, large groups of raindrops began to pour down from the sky, sweeping indiscriminately across all open-air corners, and this long night had just begun.

117, Showdown (Part )

It's a bad weather tonight.

It started out as a drizzle, but soon turned into a downpour. The heavy raindrops completely isolated this remote little attic from the outside world, and Jun Mogami, Takako Hyoudou and others became the only residents on this isolated island.

No one knows what they are doing and no one can interfere with them.

There were rumbling thunder and heavy winds outside the window, but Jun Mogami turned a deaf ear to them. All his attention was focused on the cards in his hand.

He currently has the score advantage, but a mere 7-point advantage is not enough for him to win this game, not to mention that there are still many games waiting for him.

The hourglass was still dripping sand relentlessly, silently forcing him to continue playing.

The good news is that the previous few rounds of confrontation have already consumed his big cards, so he won't lose too many points in the future anyway.

Now he still has two 3,5,6, , as well as Q and K in his hand.

There are two paths in front of him. One is more conservative and continues to play the smallest card 3; the other is more aggressive and plays the largest card 5 or 6 first. The advantage of the first one is that it is safe, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to lose the initiative. The advantage of the second one is that you can continue to consume cards with large points, but the disadvantage is that the risk is relatively high. If you are eaten rashly, the loss will be too great.

But judging from Xiaozi's playing style, as long as she gets the right to play a card, she will definitely play the big card first. If she is cautious, then she will follow, get the right to play a card and play a 7 or 8. She must follow with 6 and lose 6 points, which is very dangerous.

Time was running out, and Jun Mogami pondered for a moment before finally deciding to be safe first. After all, he was still in the exploratory stage and couldn't take too many risks.