I, Izayoi Sakamaki, Join the Chat Group at the Start

Lines of text appeared before Izayoi Sakamaki's eyes.

"To the troubled boys and girls with extraordinary talents, If you seek to test your own gifts, Then cast your family, friends, wealth, and everything in the world behind you.

Come to our Hakoniwa—received by Izayoi Sakamaki."

As a brilliant flash of light swept over him, Izayoi Sakamaki vanished from this world.

After Izayoi Sakamaki left, a gentlemanly-looking man arrived at the place where he had been standing and tugged at his gentleman's hat. "It came in the end. But you're stronger than I am now, so there's no need for me to worry about your safety."

"Canary, is this really all right?"

High in the sky, Izayoi Sakamaki slowly opened his eyes. Before him were an endless lake and white clouds.

"What a familiar yet unfamiliar sight."

Izayoi Sakamaki had only just sighed when his thoughts were interrupted by a piercing scream from the soul.

"Aaaaaah—"

Two more girls appeared out of thin air in the sky, and after realizing what kind of situation they were in, they screamed aloud.

Immediately afterward, pulled by gravity, the three of them slowly began falling downward.

Just as the three were about to plunge into the lake, Izayoi Sakamaki stomped hard on empty air, creating a reactive force that held him up, then grabbed one problem child from an ordinary world in each hand.

Looking at the lake they had come within a hair's breadth of falling into, Izayoi Sakamaki's expression gradually turned teasing. "Looks like the owner here doesn't know how to treat guests."

"You're right. But from where I'm standing, shouldn't an ungentlemanly fellow like you put me down?"

The young lady whose collar was being held in Izayoi Sakamaki's left hand gave a light snort and glared at him with an unfriendly expression.

If her clothes hadn't been sturdy enough, he might already have torn them apart.

"Sure, no problem, young lady."

With a shrug, Izayoi Sakamaki let go, and with a splash, the arrogant young lady fell straight into the water.

"Hey, are you even a gentleman? How can you be so inconsiderate to a lady!"

Izayoi Sakamaki ignored her and instead looked toward his right hand. "So, would the lady holding the kitten like me to let go too?"

"No need. If you could throw me to the shore, I'd be grateful."

"Heh, no need to thank me!"

Izayoi Sakamaki swung his hand, and a white figure flew toward the shore.

When that white figure touched the ground, however, she was as light as a kitten. After a few hops across the ground, she steadied herself.

She even remembered to turn back and nod at Izayoi Sakamaki.

"Then, young lady, you can keep swimming for now. We'll wait for you on the shore."

Looking at the young lady still floating in the water, Izayoi Sakamaki did not wait for her to react. He stepped on empty air and shot toward the shore.

Leaving the young lady still standing there in a daze.

About ten minutes later, the young lady stood on the shore, soaked from head to toe, and snorted irritably at Izayoi Sakamaki.

It seemed she was dissatisfied with Izayoi Sakamaki's ungentlemanly behavior just now.

"I can't believe it. You actually threw me straight into the air. If I'd fallen onto the ground, I could have died!"

"But you didn't die, did you? I caught you properly."

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything. The moment he did, anger welled up in the young lady's heart, and she glared fiercely at this boy who looked extremely delinquent.

If not for her excellent upbringing preventing her from speaking crudely, perhaps this boy would already have been crippled by her special ability by now.

"Let me confirm this first. You people also received that strange letter, right?"

As a hobby actor, Izayoi Sakamaki now had the feeling of being truly immersed in the scene and began to improvise.

He began acting according to what was described in the script.

"That is correct. But you delinquent boy with the vicious eyes, please correct the way you address me as 'you people.'"

The young lady, who was wringing out her clothes, cast Izayoi Sakamaki a glance and proudly placed a hand to her chest. "My name is Hisato Asuka. Remember it. And the lady holding the kitten, what are you called?"

"Kasukabe Yō. The rest is the same as you."

"The same?"

Thinking of how this girl had been as nimble as a kitten earlier, Hisato Asuka nodded thoughtfully. "Then I look forward to your guidance from now on. And what about you, rough, inconsiderate delinquent mister?"

"How arrogant." Izayoi Sakamaki shook his head, then the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. "As you can see, I am Izayoi Sakamaki, a man who embodies the three essential elements of violence, utter wickedness, and hedonism."

"I'd appreciate it if young lady Hisato would choose her words a little more carefully when addressing this delinquent boy."

"Hehe. I'll think about it."

Hisato Asuka brushed back her still-damp long hair, while out of the corner of her eye she glanced toward a pair of blue rabbit ears emerging from the grass nearby.

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Wuu, wuu, wuu—

Why were all the people she invited so hard to get along with?

They had started clashing the moment they arrived. They looked so scary, and they all had so many little problems.

What should she do, Black Rabbit?

Hiding in the grass, Black Rabbit swallowed, then peered through the gaps at the people who had descended from the sky.

"No. Precisely because of that, Black Rabbit has to work even harder!"

"Then, the person hiding in the grass—aren't you going to come out and explain?"

Hearing that, Black Rabbit's drooping rabbit ears instantly shot straight up.

Haha, they had to be bluffing. How could they possibly have found her that easily?

"Yare, you noticed too?"

"Isn't that obvious? Never mind in the grass—even if he were hiding in the sun, I'd find him easily."

"Heh."

Hisato Asuka clearly didn't quite believe Izayoi Sakamaki. She turned her gaze toward Kasukabe Yō, who had been playing with the cat the whole time. "Kasukabe, did you notice too?"

"Of course. Staying upwind makes it hard not to be found." Kasukabe Yō also knew the small talk was over. Holding the kitten, she stood up and looked toward that patch of grass along with Izayoi Sakamaki and the other two.

"Still not coming out?"

Izayoi Sakamaki rolled his wrist. Just as he was about to destroy the obstruction outright, a panicked blue rabbit jumped out of the grass.

"W-wait, Black Rabbit is coming out now, isn't she? Haha... haha..."

Black Rabbit gave an awkward laugh and greeted the three of them, then looked at them somewhat stiffly. The lines she had rehearsed countless times vanished from her mind in an instant.

"What is this? Cosplay?"

"A rabbit?"

"Should be a bunny girl."

"It is not cosplay! Black Rabbit is a noble member of the Moon Rabbit clan!"

Hearing the three discuss her identity, Black Rabbit immediately refuted them in excitement.

It seemed she was rather proud of that identity.

But in the next instant, a fierce gust of wind rushed in. Black Rabbit hurriedly sprang away, and then saw that the place where she had just been had turned into a hundred-meter-deep pit.

"Hey, if that hit her, she'd definitely die, right?"

"Or maybe it'd be a dead rabbit."

Standing right in the center of the pit, Izayoi Sakamaki looked amusedly at Black Rabbit clinging to a tree. "Since when can rabbits climb trees? I don't remember rabbits being felines."

"Cat?"

Black Rabbit froze, but Kasukabe Yō did not. She moved nimbly through the trees and quickly arrived in front of Black Rabbit.

Faced with this unending chain of attacks, Black Rabbit had no choice but to keep dodging, using her incredible jumping power to leap into the air.

"Birds, seal off her movement."

Words like a command instantly gathered the birds in the area, and they closed in around Black Rabbit.

Black Rabbit, who had never intended to get serious from the start, was naturally stunned by this sudden turn and fell straight down from the air.

"Actually... Black Rabbit can explain..."

Seeing the three people surrounding her, Black Rabbit gave a strained smile and spoke.

"Rabbit ears." The pseudo-expressionless Kasukabe Yō adorably grabbed Black Rabbit's ears and began kneading them, revealing a surprised expression, as if saying the texture was just like the real thing.

"They're real." Izayoi Sakamaki naturally would not refuse such a good thing either, and pinched Black Rabbit's other ear.

"According to the rules of the underworld, this rabbit already counts as our trophy. In that case, I won't hold back on taking the most precious part of this rabbit."

Hisato Asuka stared fixedly at something he himself did not possess and threatened her.

"Then I won't hold back on these smooth, shapely thighs." Izayoi Sakamaki naturally understood what Hisato Asuka meant and immediately spoke.

"The rabbit ears are mine." This was Kasukabe Yō.

"Nooo! Black Rabbit doesn't want to be divided up!"

Whether the three's threats worked or for some other reason, this Black Rabbit told the three everything she knew.

That included the fact that she was the one who had summoned the three of them here.

"Ahem. Then, welcome, everyone, to the Hakoniwa world."

After turning around and straightening herself out, Black Rabbit flashed the three of them an almost perfect smile and spoke.

But how could the three Problem Children possibly listen to her seriously?

"The rabbit tail is real too, huh? Then I'll take the rabbit tail as well."

Seeing the rabbit tail constantly twitching behind Black Rabbit, Izayoi Sakamaki clicked his tongue in amazement and directly claimed half of Black Rabbit for himself.

"How tyrannical. But I'll let you have it this time. One day, I'll take everything of Black Rabbit's back."

"Could you at least let me finish talking?!"

Seeing her words being ignored, Black Rabbit finally could not hold back anymore and shouted.

Izayoi Sakamaki said indifferently, "Fine, then. Tell us what Hakoniwa is."

"That's more like it." Seeing that this group of Problem Children had finally settled down, Black Rabbit began explaining everything about Hakoniwa.

"Gift Games?"

Hearing those unfamiliar terms from Black Rabbit, Hisato Asuka and Kasukabe Yō both lowered their heads in thought. "A game where you can wager everything... sounds pretty interesting."

"If you don't understand, everyone, then let's play a Gift Game!"

Just then, Black Rabbit took out a deck of poker cards, then snapped her fingers, and a table specifically meant for gambling appeared before them.

"What are the rules?"

The meticulous Hisato Asuka looked at the somewhat smug Black Rabbit and asked.

"It's very simple. You win as long as you draw a face card."