Top. (Reader x Various Kakegurui)

91: Can I Join

"Can I join... Can I join in this election battle, too?" Ryota asked you.

"Ooooh!" Yumeko smiled, happy at the extra competition.

"I'm not the one to decide." You shrugged. "That's up to Miyo and Miri. Will you allow that?"

"What do you think Inbami-san, Youbami-san? I want to get in on this too. Or would my involvement mess something up for you?" The face that Ryota had on was extremely appealing to both you and Yumeko. It was brave.

"You have a lot of courage... we don't mind."

"Suzui-san! This is so wonderful!! We finally get to compete together again! It's going to be so much fun for us!"

"Y-yeah..." Ryota gave Yumeko a strange look as she clung onto him, yet still refused to call him by his first name.

"Okay, fine! Four players it is!" Runa declared. "Now to keep this fair, we'll play a game that I've brought along, okay? Anyone have an issue with that?"

"No. None from me." Miyo flicked her hair back, causing you to drool a little bit. You had always found her especially beautiful, but women were not in her tastes at all.

"The game I have for the four of you is called Nim Type Zero!" Runa explained the rules; something akin to Black Jack.

And with that, you left to find Ririka. As much as you loved watching Yumeko gamble, there was something very interesting going on with the sister of the president and you would be at a loss to miss it.

YN: Wya

Ririka 🎭: My usual gambling room.

It was close by, so by the time you arrived, Meari was only just taking her seat.

"Ah, the Princess has arrived. Let's gamble." Ririka sat prissily on the sofa, where you also walked to sit down.

Leaning down, she lifted a box and slammed it on the coffee table in between her and Meari.

"I have one hundred votes here." Ririka showed little emotion in her covered face, but her voice held even less.

"Impressive, Riri." You smiled at her. "I'll have to tell Kira to watch out."

"Do not be foolhardy with your predictions, princess. I could easily lose it all in the next minute." Ririka took out a vote, flipped it in the air and caught it within one of her fast moving hands. "Saotome. Tell me which hand the vote is in. Get it right, and I'll give you one hundred votes. Get it wrong and I'll take one from you."

"Huh?!" You and Meari collectively wondered.

"I heard about you. You turned down Kirari's invite onto the council. Since then, I've been thinking... Was it some sense of justice? Cowardice? A lack of discretion? If those weren't the reasons you turned down a spot on the council... then it is simple. Saotome, you refuse to obey anyone. You don't want to be below anybody. And I do admire that quality in women..." Ririka gestured towards you. "And if so, then you could only be thinking one thing during this election-- 'I am the only one who deserves to be president!' I believe in that. And in taking my sister out of her position. A hundred votes should put you on your way. A little seed money to help you win this election."

"Ririka! You are just diabolical!" You laughed at the games your friends went through to obtain power and positions. It wasn't something that you understood well, having been born into ultimate power. But that wouldn't stop you from watching.