Chapter 305

"Kakegurui" is a manga that only recently began serialization. Uesugi Muneyuki quite liked it and bought two volumes, but Watanabe Minami noticed, and after she and Ikeda Erena put their heads together, they decided to give Uesugi Muneyuki a little treat.

Because this manga is very new, it was impossible to buy specialized cosplay outfits, but that didn't stump Miss Minami; she went straight to a tailor and had two sets custom-made.

Watanabe Minami cosplayed as the female lead, the transfer student Jabami Yumeko—a crazy beauty and gambling-addicted goddess. She is usually a black-haired, straight-maned Yamato Nadeshiko who always wears Uesugi Muneyuki's favorite thick black Silk Stockings, but the moment she encounters gambling, she goes wild with all sorts of facial expressions, regardless of the consequences. Because of her reckless gambling, she falls to the status of "livestock," which then leads to the series of stories that follow.

Ikeda Erena cosplayed as the student council president Momobami Kirari, the early-stage big boss. She is also a gambling fanatic but is much calmer than Jabami Yumeko, and she is very skilled at using various techniques to strengthen her presence and her control over the gambling table. She has a silver-gray hairstyle with two braids.

Watanabe Minami's crazy-beauty temperament, hidden beneath her Yamato Nadeshiko facade, was imitated quite skillfully, as she is naturally a beauty who appears cold on the outside but is lively on the inside; once familiar, Minami is actually quite uninhibited in private.

However, the Momobami Kirari that Erena cosplayed always gave Uesugi Muneyuki the feeling that something was missing.

"How is it? Muneyuki, do you like it?" Miss Minami said with a smile.

Her jet-black, straight hair hung over the shoulders of her deep red uniform jacket. The pleated skirt hem and the black Silk Stockings formed a perfectly placed "absolute territory." Those legs, wrapped in 60D thick black velvet stockings, shimmered with a mother-of-pearl luster only at the knees and ankles. The toe area used a seamless reinforced process to fit the curve of the arch, presenting a matte texture under indoor light. The subtle wrinkles at the back of the knees caused by her sitting posture were like ink washes, and the fine wrinkles from the instep to the ankle were just like the art of negative space.

"That... Minami said you would like it, so..." Ikeda Erena was also full of anticipation, wanting to hear words of affirmation from Uesugi Muneyuki. However, unlike Minami, this was Erena's first time wearing a cosplay outfit, and she had even worn a wig, making her appear very nervous.

Erena's Private Hyakkaou Academy uniform was almost identical to the one Minami wore, only two sizes larger. The 60D lace jacquard Silk Stockings wrapping her legs revealed faint golden snake-shaped patterns when she walked. The tops of the stockings were adorned with hand-embroidered thorn totems symbolizing the student council's power. The specially made double-layered compression weave at the ankles outlined a very powerful line, creating a material contrast with Miss Minami's relatively simple black matte stockings. When she moved, the transparency was precisely controlled, and the faint, translucent toe area revealed the color of the polish on her toenails, like rubies sealed in amber. Moreover, because Erena's legs were more muscular and longer, even with the same denier thickness, Erena's skin tone would faintly show through the thin black gauze.

"It looks great, I like it very much." Uesugi Muneyuki stretched out his arms and pulled both the large and small beauties into his embrace at the same time.

Minami and Erena both obediently threw themselves onto Uesugi Muneyuki. Erena's face carried a flush of abnormal redness; although Uesugi Muneyuki had asked her to do this many times, she still felt that the sensation of the stockings wrapping around her bottom was strange. She always felt a chill and couldn't help but want to press down her skirt and clench her legs together.

Minami, however, seemed to think it felt great and even explained to Erena that some ways of wearing Silk Stockings meant you didn't need to wear extra clothing underneath.

Really?

Erena's brain couldn't keep up.

Are these two conspiring to trick me?

Erena was dazed, feeling that she might have been tricked, but also feeling that it didn't matter if she was tricked. She was willing to be tricked by Uesugi Muneyuki anyway, and it wasn't the first time she had worn them like this.

"Master~ You're disqualified!" Just then, Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly laughed: "Master, that expression of yours, the cosplay isn't right. The president should have a smarter and calmer expression, not look a bit silly like you."

"Eh? Is, is that so?" Erena looked blank and a bit aggrieved: "But I haven't read the manga, and I don't know how it should be."

"Hee hee~ It's okay." Miss Minami, who was cosplaying as Jabami Yumeko, was ten-tenths accurate. She smirked and performed her own facial expressions: "You don't need to act like the confident president; you just need to act like the president who lost the gamble and became Muneyuki-kun's livestock! La la la la la la~ Ho ho~"

"Come, let's perform facial expressions together! Just do as I taught you." The Yumeko played by Miss Minami gave a big, ferocious, joyful smile and held up two "V" signs with her hands.

Erena followed suit, but her not-so-smart appearance caused Minami and Uesugi Muneyuki to burst into laughter.

"Ah ah ah ah! I'm not playing anymore!" Erena felt aggrieved, thinking that they were both ganging up to bully her!

"You can't stop playing; the real showdown is only just beginning!" Miss Minami's face was flushed red. She leaned against Uesugi Muneyuki's chest and said with some lack of confidence: "I'm ready!"

Hm?

Erena looked at Minami's "bad at it but loves to play" attitude and felt all her confidence return: "Are you serious?"

"Of course! I've rested enough." Miss Minami clenched her fists: "The weak me of the past is dead!"

"Good, Master Erena, since Minami is so confident, let us test her." Uesugi Muneyuki held the two beauties—one large and one small—in his arms and said with a smile.

"Pfft~" Erena really couldn't help but laugh again.

She naturally knew how gentle and considerate Uesugi Muneyuki had been last night, fearing he would hurt Minami.

The weak Minami of the past was indeed dead.

What remained now was an even weaker Minami!

————Omitted below————

The next day, the three-day, two-night Hakone hot spring trip finally came to an end.

Originally, Minami had planned to go to the Narukawa Art Museum in the morning to continue strolling, but the exhausted Minami couldn't get out of bed or stand up. So, in the morning, Uesugi Muneyuki and Ikeda Erena had to leave her in the room. The two of them went out for a walk, visited the ruins of Odawara Castle by train, and then went to the Gotemba Premium Outlets to do some shopping.

This time, Uesugi Muneyuki paid. Since "Hakone Ginyu" waived the room fees for the three of them, Uesugi Muneyuki simply took that money to buy a set of clothes for Minami, Erena, Mikoto—who was struggling with the secondary forensics—and Asuka—who was struggling with school. Naturally, they were bought according to Uesugi Muneyuki's preferences.

At noon, on the car ride back, Uesugi Muneyuki, sitting in the back seat, held Minami on his lap with great affection and said to Erena, who was driving, with a smile: "Master, how does it feel?"

"Her? She must have been thrilled to death." Miss Minami, in his arms, rolled her eyes. She leaned tightly against Uesugi Muneyuki's chest, feeling her heart surging, with an indescribable sense of comfort and ease.

I'm so sorry, I was too weak and couldn't satisfy Muneyuki-kun.

Minami thought with some embarrassment; she was indeed too delicate. If it weren't for Erena, she would definitely have broken!

If it feels this good, in the future, I will also become like Erena and be completely unable to leave Muneyuki-kun.

"Me? It was alright..." Erena, driving in front, said somewhat insincerely, but judging by her expression, it was clear that she was also very satisfied and happy with this Hakone trip: "As long as you and Minami are happy, that's fine."

"I'm certainly very happy," Uesugi Muneyuki said mischievously.

"Shut up!" *2 Minami and Erena signaled that they weren't asking you.

Do you even need to ask? Two great beauties accompanied you for three days; what else is there to say?

"Ha Ha Ha~" Uesugi Muneyuki laughed triumphantly. He tightened his hold on Minami in his arms and cast his gaze toward the sky outside the Kanagawa coast: "I wonder how things are over at the Metropolitan Police Department."

"The department must be dealing with the backlog of cases. Your Mikoto-nee and those brothers in the Forensics Division have their hands full." Miss Minami answered casually: "But we don't need to worry about these things... By the way, what happened to that case yesterday?"

"It followed the Normal Procedure." Uesugi Muneyuki nodded.

Yesterday, after the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters arrived, hearing that Uesugi Muneyuki had made the judgment on the scene, they couldn't be bothered to investigate further. They directly wrote the report and closed the case entirely according to his words. That same day, they inquired at the Keio University Hospital as Uesugi Muneyuki requested, and sure enough, they received a report that Mrs. Kamikawa indeed had cardiovascular disease. Then, they sent the body for an autopsy, and it was indeed as Uesugi Muneyuki described: there were no other external injuries, just death by a blunt object, and there were no fingerprints of Kamikawa Kiyoshi at the scene other than those of Mrs. Kamikawa.

Therefore, the Kanagawa District Public Prosecutors Office decided not to prosecute Kamikawa Kiyoshi.

At the same time, "Hakone Ginyu" was not affected by the murder in the hotel; on the contrary, it became famous because Uesugi Muneyuki had conducted a forensic examination on the spot. They even launched a "Hakone three-day, two-night tour: Solve cases like Uesugi Muneyuki" package, with a total price of 388,000 yen, and the reservation phone line was blown up that very day.

By the time the three of them returned to Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon on the third day.

"Oh my, I'm exhausted~" Miss Minami collapsed onto the sofa, rubbing her waist, her beautiful legs in black Silk Stockings dangling in slippers, half-complaining and half-coquettishly saying: "Anyway, I've completely given myself to you, Muneyuki-kun. You mustn't abandon me!"

"How could I?" Uesugi Muneyuki said concisely: "I swear in the name of my ancestor, Lord Kenshin, as long as you don't abandon me, I will never leave you."

"Hee hee, you have such assets, even if I wanted to leave, I couldn't bear to~" After Miss Minami received Uesugi Muneyuki's guarantee, she turned to Erena and said: "You worked hard this time too, Erena."

"…………" Erena, who was still taking off her shoes at the door, shook her head slightly, thinking, what kind of hard work is this? I was purely enjoying myself, and I didn't even have to spend money.

Next time there's an activity like this, you must call me!

The tall beauty's face was flushed red; she wanted to say it but couldn't get the words out.

Actually, the Section Chief is quite a good person~

After this Hakone trip, Erena's view of Minami had completely changed.

"Considering your position, I have a reward for you, hee hee." Young Lady Minami signaled for Uesugi Muneyuki to bring that thing over: "Muneyuki?"

"Hm?!" Uesugi Muneyuki thought for a moment, understood, returned to his bedroom, and took out an owl-shaped jar.

"Starting from today, cancel the lease on your apartment in Setagaya." Young Lady Minami smiled as she took something out from inside the jar: "Although it's far, it must cost tens of thousands in monthly rent, right? Saving that bit of money can be used for other things."

In the palm of Young Lady Minami's hand was a shiny key!

The key to 1802 of the Sakata Bridge Tower!

"I acknowledge you, Eirina!" Young Lady Minami smilingly placed the key into Eirina's hand: "Please treat me well from now on~"

The moment Eirina saw this key, she held her breath; the tall beauty's legs went weak, and she nearly shed tears.

Finally obtained the key!

Finally obtained the key to Uesugi Muneyuki's home, and can officially move into Sakata Bridge!

"You live in the second bedroom, I live in the master bedroom, and Asuka lives in the room by the entrance." Young Lady Minami officially arranged the household hierarchy: "We must form a strong alliance as soon as possible!"

"And then, stand united against outsiders!"

(End of this chapter)