Okay allow me to throw Tadashi in here too, because I can’t leave him out. This isn’t much but Adam getting swept up by the promise of Kojiro being good to him in the unfortunate case that he’d lose. But Tadashi absolutely not letting him take the fall
Maybe they don’t bet money, cause I imagine Adam’s family has enough to pay off any debt he might acquire. But Kojiro takes the hierarchy system into consideration and thinks Adam as his house pet would be good for his “robbing the rich” plan. But Tadashi is concerned about what this could lead to so he sets the rules vague enough to where he can jerk Adam safe
Ahhh Adam wanting to just be done with the pressure already and being at least sorta close enough to Kojiro that he is willing to lose if it means being rid of some of the pressure on him.
Adam (and definitely Kaoru too) being the wealthiest at the school so having him brought down would be a big win for Kojiro, but Tadashi is the one over seeing their match and he makes a slight change so when Kojiro does win (in this case at least lol) Tadashi ends up as a house pet instead through some changes in the paperwork.
This keeps Kaoru and Adam in their places (they definitely have mixed feelings about that 😒), and Adam is pissed. Kojiro is amused though and promises to take good care of Tadashi.












