Editing Kakegurui Trip Fulltext (section)

==Chapter 5, part 1==

The way you see the world depends on the state you are in. For a time, I was someone else and saw the world differently. The girl that was pressured by her classmates to gamble and rake up a huge debt, that is not the Kifune Izayoi that is today.
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I remember becoming detached form myself. In order to deal with the misery of being a housepet, I started distancing myself from my own emotions. It was as if I was helping someone else deal with their suffering, rather than myself.
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I never gave up, though.
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Now I am the real me. I am one of the most respected and powerful students with a bright future to look forward to. I see the world in raw colors, not in shades of gray like before.<br>
The old me is dead and burred. The new me does not tolerate being belittled. I will do better for myself than any of the idiots who were looking down on me. I'll push them out of my way to make that happen, if needed.
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Successfully completing this tournament will be a milestone on my path upward. The government and the investment world are watching. Their future decisions will be based on my ability. I will be a well respected alumna of Hyakkaou, ready to keep ascending as an adult. 
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Joining the student council would have been a logical goal for me, but I deliberately chose not to get involved with it. Being a subordinate of Kirari Momobami was not on the list of things I wanted for myself. Serving her was definitely not my life's passion.
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"''Soon, everything you have dedicated your life to will come to fruition. Don't worry, Kifune. Your casino business will flourish and you will be a winner"'', I said to myself.
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<blockquote>Translator's note: I translated the title of his chapter as 'the reason for living'. What the writer actually had in mind is more like the French 'raison d'être'. It means the same, but is more passionate and can be used more whimsically. Someone could consider raising their children as their actual reason for living but exotic fruit ice cream as their raison d'être.</blockquote>