Jack of all Trades, Master of None (Kakegurui Fanfiction)

Chapter 33: Onion Rings

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Tamara's eyes go wide upon hearing the Student Council Secretary call her with that surname.

"Totobami?"

"She's not American?"

"Is she related to the President?"

"But the President's surname is Momobami, not Totobami."

"How did you..." She stopped when realization hits her. She clenches her fists and glared at the Student Council President. "Onion Rings," she muttered under her breath.

"Did I make it clear or do you want me to repeat myself, Tamara Totobami?"

"Edwards-san!" Nanami called her and approached her. "You can still refuse an official match with her!"

"Your cards, Edwards-san," she suggested. "If you paid your debts now, you will no longer be a housepet! You can refuse her official match with you!"

"I-I lost my cards..." Tamara revealed this to everyone and looked down at her feet in defeat. She lost her cards when she needed them the most.

"There must be some other way..." Nanami implied. "Jabami-san! Sumeragi-san!"

"You won a lot of money from winning against the former Student Council Treasurer, right?"

"The Student Council is still processing the release of money won from that gamble, Tsubomi-san," the Student Council Secretary informed her. "With that being said, it can't be used to pay debts as of this moment."

"Which means," she faced Tamara with a smirk on her face. "Totobami-san can't do anything but accept my official match with her."

"If that's the case, then I would be happy to be the dealer," the Student Council President volunteered and smiled at her Secretary. "And I know just the perfect game for this exciting match."

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"I'll help you, Tammy-san. We can win this together," Yumeko reassured a distracted Tamara.

She was turning her head from left to right as if she was looking for something or someone that other people cannot see. Her hands are shaking and even Yumeko calming her down can't do anything about it.

Tamara feels that something is not right. Nothing is right. She's quite sure that this is all the Student Council President's plan. She knows that she's not mentally stable and uses this opportunity to use it against her.

Other than that, she feels that someone in the dark is watching them ever since they walk towards the place where the gambling will take place.

"We're here," the Student Council President announced. They were all in front of a tall tower that is surrounded by a field of flowers. "Let me welcome you to..."

"The Tower of Doors."

"The tower that symbolizes the beginning and end of the human journey," she added. "I wonder whose journey would end after this match."

"There are two ways to climb up to the top." The Student Council President uses her keycard to open two other doors. The ladder inside a small room... or the staircase without handrails."

"Which one would you choose?"

"I choose the staircase," Amane said.

"I choose the staircase too, Kaichou!" Sayaka followed.

"The ladder would be much more exhausting so I choose the staircase too!" Yumeko announced.

"And you?"