PLAYING DEATH GAMES TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE LIGHT NOVEL VOL. 6

Reeling from the events of Royal Palace, Yuki comes face to face with another version of herself standing outside her apartment, a hallucination created from her extraordinary skills of perception. The encounter spurs memories of her first game, Maiden’s Race, where her younger and more foolish past self sailed to victory. But the other Yuki isn’t content with taking her on a trip down memory lane; she’s dead set on seizing control of Yuki’s body and relentlessly attacks her in pursuit of that end. Unable to strike back against her spectral foe, Yuki attempts to level the playing field by asking Rinrin to set up a mock game for her and her doppelganger to compete in: Snow Room. Yuki has overcome countless foes in her career as a death game player…but does she have any hope of defeating her very self?

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