Gambit's Links
"The most fun I've had in ages~!"
Gambit enjoys Shigeki's presence immensely, while as of right now he isn't necessarily challenging them, they are fully aware that they get great entertainment from how he reacts to their various antics. They can tell that he has things going on in his life, that much is obvious (especially to someone with experience on the level they have with traumatised people) although they can't pin down what exactly is happening other than what Shigeki has outright stated. They do genuinely want to see Shigeki succeed in their competition though, because they want to lose once.
"why are you so insistent on bothering me?"
he doesn't really understand gambit's need to 'lose' as they put it - and what he understands even less is why he agreed to this pathetic game of cat and mouse. especially since thus far, that has resulted in not only getting handcuffed, but his cat getting catnapped as well. at the moment he isn't making many active efforts to challenge them - but he'll get there.