Luckily, Karube witnessed this and beat the two bullies. Moreover, the drunkards want to extort money from the two high school boys.
Arisu and Chōta got into a fight with some drunks, but the two young men lose in the ugly brawl. Arisu recalls how he and Chōta met Karube.
The 3 exchanges friendly banter, in which Chōta praises him for already owning a bar even though he only went to primary school, to which Karube responds that he wants to make a living in Australia chasing lambs and that’s what he’s saving up for. But they don't want to, consequently pissing Karube off. Even though Arisu and Chōta are friends, Karube expects them to pay for the foods and drinks they consume. But instead of continuing to study, Arisu calls his friend and bar owner Daikichi Karube to meet him at his bar. He says the dad wants to see him to talk, but Arisu ignores the prompt as his younger brother continued to subtly brag about his grades. He immediately attempts to act like he was studying, to little success. At home, Arisu is drifting off when suddenly his young brother walks in. He got mad at Chōta, who laughed at Arisu for falling for his prank. When 2 girls approach them, Arisu perks at the puddle, only to realize that nothing can be seen since Chōta hasn’t stopped the water. Arisu then asks him why he’s making the puddle, to which Chōta responds that it can be used to peep under the skirts of girls passing by. He and his friend Chōta Segawa, who is using a hose to make a puddle, talk about their less than stellar future that awaits them because they've accepted that they will be losers, and that unfortunately people like them don’t have the best of brains. If life was a video game, he was just “Commoner A”. After taking the National mock exams and bubbling in the same answer for all the questions, he thought about how he one day realized that he wasn’t special at all. He wants to play video games and read adult magazines instead. Even his future or failing his own exams. School or anything other than video games doesn't interest him. Ryōhei Arisu wants to escape from his boring life. Chapters and Volumes Alice in Borderland is the first chapter of Alice in Borderland manga series.