Random Ascension, A Plan With No Benefits

"Chie Hoshinomiya, that is a very harsh way to put it."

Hearing his teacher label his actions as fraud, Dokuho Kouya looked somewhat helpless. "At most, this can only be considered gambling."

The youthful-minded teacher lowered her brows slightly, her expression conflicted. "Is little Kouya's plan really going to succeed?"

The plan involved uniting third-year students to pool together 20 million private points, then randomly selecting one student to receive those points.

At Advanced Nurturing, transferring to Class A requires an expenditure of 20 million private points.

In other words, if one participated in this plan and was lucky enough to be chosen, they could ascend directly to Class A.

"The difficulty lies in obtaining the points and the trust of the third-years," Dokuho Kouya said with a smile. "However, with you as a guarantor, Teacher, gaining their trust shouldn't be a problem. The key is how to acquire the third-years' points."

Private points have immense utility.

They are not only used for daily living expenses but can also play a crucial role during special exams.

Third-year students undoubtedly have accumulated a large number of private points, but getting them to part with those points is certainly no simple matter.

"If 100 people participate in this plan, each person only needs to contribute 200,000 private points to reach the 20 million total."

Chie Hoshinomiya analyzed, "If I were a third-year student about to graduate, after hearing about such a plan, I might actually participate to fight for one last chance to ascend to Class A."

"Then, has anyone done this before?" Dokuho Kouya asked.

"No," Chie Hoshinomiya shook her head. "I cannot tell you the specific reason, little Kouya."

"Because on the eve of graduation, the school allows graduates to convert private points into cash, right?"

"Oh my, little Kouya even knows about that? You're a huge help." Chie Hoshinomiya nodded with a smile.

Exactly.

Before Dokuho Kouya, it wasn't as if no one had thought of using this method to ascend to Class A.

However, the school opened a channel for converting private points into cash at a 1:0.8 exchange rate.

On one hand, there is a lottery where you invest all your assets, with a high probability of working for someone else's benefit.

On the other hand, there is tangible cash.

Many graduates ultimately chose to convert their private points into cash, leaving them with no points to participate in the lottery.

And since gathering 20 million private points is inherently difficult, without the support of the majority of students, the plan to swap classes via lottery naturally could not be implemented.

"I heard that little Kouya wants to take the path of ascending to Class A individually," Chie Hoshinomiya revealed a playful smile. "That is not an easy thing to do, you know."

Even the third-years, who possess many private points, find it difficult to gather 20 million for a class transfer, let alone Dokuho Kouya, who hasn't been at the school for very long.

Chie Hoshinomiya's implication was that he shouldn't think about ascending alone and should instead work hard together with everyone in his class.

"Teacher Chie, after hearing what you said, I feel that now is the most suitable time to launch the plan," Dokuho Kouya said with a smile.

The reason those predecessors failed to complete the plan was mainly because they were blinded by the cash conversion, preventing them from gathering the 20 million needed for the transfer.

So, he would take advantage of the fact that the third-years cannot yet convert points into cash to launch this plan and collect the points in advance.

"Sigh."

The female teacher, Chie Hoshinomiya, let out a sigh. "Why is little Kouya so obsessed with pushing this plan? It doesn't benefit you at all."

She had carefully reviewed the contract earlier and found no way for little Kouya to profit from it.

Since that was the case, why be so proactive in pushing the third-year point-pooling plan?

"I just want to give everyone a surprise."

Dokuho Kouya said with a smile.

It was just that the target of the surprise wasn't his classmates, but the audience who would be watching the show later.

It was just like writing a resume.

Once Dokuho Kouya completed the plan, his resume would include the feat of helping third-year students complete a class transfer using 20 million private points.

He would rack up a massive amount of popularity.

"Little Kouya is really quite devious." Chie Hoshinomiya picked up a pen and signed her name on the contract. "Then I will act as your guarantor, but you must help the class after you're done playing around."

"I have already helped the class enough."

After school.

"Kouya-kun, Sayo-chan, shall we go check out the shopping mall?"

A purple-haired girl in a ponytail trotted over and asked the two of them excitedly.

"I'm sorry, I have to go to Volleyball Club practice later. I might not have time to hang out with you guys in the future," Sayo Ando said apologetically.

"I have to head to my club as well," Dokuho Kouya also declined the invitation.

"Eh? Doesn't Kouya-kun not belong to any club?" Mako Amikura looked puzzled, then realized, "Oh, Kouya-kun is going to tutor the seniors in the Shogi Club."

"That should be called teaching, shouldn't it?" Dokuho Kouya smiled helplessly.

"You could say that too, I suppose."

Mako Amikura waved her small hand with a smile, "Then let's hang out again next time, bye-bye."

After saying that, the purple-haired girl ran over to the other girls in her class, and after chatting with them for a while, they agreed to go shopping at the mall.

It seemed that Yume Kobashi and Yuki Himeno, whom I met at the club orientation yesterday, were going shopping with her.

Extroverted people never lack friends.

Even after being rejected by an old friend, she went off to hang out with new friends in the blink of an eye.

The Volleyball Club trained in the gymnasium, which was quite far from the club activity building.

After saying goodbye to Sayo Ando, Dokuho Kouya arrived at the club activity building, but instead of heading to the Shogi Club, he went to the Chess Club.

His agreement with the Shogi Club was not to provide instruction every day, but rather two to three times a week.

For one, this gave Dokuho Kouya more time to attend to other matters.

For another, it gave the members of the Shogi Club time to consolidate what they had learned, so they wouldn't just be passively absorbing the knowledge Dokuho Kouya instilled in them.

What Dokuho Kouya wanted to do upon arriving at the Chess Club was the same "pay-to-learn" model.

Although the seniors in the Chess Club had never played against Dokuho Kouya, after seeing his match against Arisu Sakayanagi, they knew he was a formidable player.

Considering the opportunity to potentially become professional players, the four members of the Chess Club agreed to pay 50,000 points each for a one-month trial.

Thus, Dokuho Kouya received another 200,000 private points.

After finishing his instruction for the seniors in the Chess Club, Dokuho Kouya found an opportunity to say, "Senior, could you do me a favor and contact the leader of your class?"

"I have something I'd like to discuss with him."