The Fastest Person in the School to Get Rich

Baiye Ying could only swallow his bitterness; he never expected those seniors to come up with such tricky questions. Besides the locals in the second year, who could possibly know the answer to that?

But Baiye Ying had to fight for his bottom line. There were 40 students in a class, 160 across four classes. There was at least one special exam per semester, two major exams, and special exams during the holidays—all of which could lead to expulsions. Considering it was Nagumo Miyabi...

Seeing Baiye Ying deep in thought, the three seniors knew the 30,000 private points were in the bag and couldn't help but reveal knowing smiles.

"150 students..." Baiye Ying said, trembling.

"Hahaha! Wrong! It's 151 students!" the lead senior declared.

Damn it, did I fail after all?

"Boss, isn't it just 150?" the senior on the left asked, confused.

"Huh? Isn't it 149?" the senior on the right added.

Then, the three of them began a heated debate over the total number of second-year students.

"Stop!" Baiye Ying suddenly interjected. "It was already agreed that you seniors would know the answer beforehand, so why are you asking without even being sure? This question is invalid; ask another one."

"How can you say that! We'll have the correct answer in a second, just wait!" the senior in the middle insisted stubbornly, clearly unwilling to back down.

"If that counts, then I'm adding another rule: you can only ask questions regarding the first-year students. If you can accept that, I'll concede that I didn't answer this question. How about it?"

After pretending to deliberate, the seniors agreed to the additional rule. Baiye Ying breathed a sigh of relief; if they hadn't agreed, he would have been finished if they came up with more absurd questions.

"Then... the second question: what is the criteria for point deductions in the first month?"

"I know this one. It's classroom discipline and whether school rules are followed. In short, it's about whether you've fulfilled your duties as a student."

All three seniors were shocked. Over the next five questions, every single one was answered correctly. Their faces darkened, and they wanted to run away right then and there.

"Oh my, seniors, don't go yet. My student terminal has been recording this whole time. You wouldn't want to be expelled, would you? Hehehe, let's keep playing the game."

In the end, excluding the first question, Baiye Ying answered the remaining nine perfectly. After the school teachers confirmed the value of the information, Baiye Ying received a total of 1.17 million private points. The seniors were green with envy; not only were they being squeezed by Nagumo Miyabi, but now they were being squeezed by a first-year junior. The humiliation was so great that they unanimously decided not to tell anyone about this. Baiye Ying, meanwhile, took his newly acquired points and went back to the store to pick out daily necessities.

Is this what they call the tables turning? Baiye Ying absolutely loved it.

Arriving at the dormitory to organize his daily supplies, Baiye Ying felt that the single room was quite luxurious; it was essentially missing nothing. This made him want to remain a student at Kouiku forever.

"Kanzaki said they were going to have a party at the KTV in Keyaki Mall. There's still some time, so why not go check it out?" Baiye Ying decided it would be better to show his face to his classmates—and it was definitely not because he wanted to see Ichinose.

Baiye Ying opened his dorm door, and coincidentally, the door to 401 across the hall opened as well. Ayanokoji stepped out, and their eyes met once again.

Baiye Ying: ...

Ayanokoji: ...

"Aya... classmate, hello. It seems we'll be neighbors from now on. We should get along well. Hahaha..." Baiye Ying greeted him first.

"Yeah, I didn't expect us to be assigned to the same dorm building."

"Would you mind if we got to know each other? I'm Baiye Ying, Class 1-B."

"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, Class 1-D."

"Oh, this is a bit embarrassing to say, but I actually walked into the wrong class when I first arrived. Could you please keep that a secret? Onegai!"

After saying this, Baiye Ying pressed his palms together in a pleading gesture.

"I haven't told anyone about that, though I think someone in our class already knows." Ayanokoji recalled the conversation between Ike and Yamauchi.

"Eh? Really?" Baiye Ying felt like his world was ending.

Ayanokoji, having never encountered someone like Baiye Ying, wanted to observe him more, so he decided... he would tell Ike later that the black-haired student lived across from him.

"Ahem... it doesn't matter if it's found out. Most importantly, Ayanokoji, you fully understood what I meant this morning, right?"

Ayanokoji: ? That expulsion declaration from this morning? Could there have been another meaning?

"No, I have no idea why you said that." After thinking it over, Ayanokoji still felt that without information, he couldn't deduce any other meaning.

"Heh, you're joking, right? A powerhouse like you must have already grasped the deeper meaning. It seems we'll be comrades-in-arms from now on! I have an appointment, so I'm off. Kano."

Ayanokoji: ? This guy is definitely a nutcase.

At Keyaki Mall, Baiye Ying saw Kanzaki waiting for him and sighed in relief that they had added each other as friends earlier. He had been wandering around for a while without finding the place and only then remembered he could use his terminal to contact him.

"Baiye, over here!" Kanzaki saw Baiye Ying and waved at him.

"Ichinose was very grateful for your contribution to the class after learning it was your idea. If you hadn't come today, she might have held a private victory banquet for you tomorrow," Kanzaki said while leading the way.

"Ah? There's no need to be that dramatic..." Baiye Ying couldn't help but feel a bit scared. Would he have to attend social functions every day like his previous jobs, or write work reports?

"The whole class is grateful to you, too. Although I do think large gatherings like this shouldn't be held too often, rewarding you is the right thing to do. Especially since you contributed all your private points to the class."

"Ah... you guys don't need to worry about that, I've already..."

"Baiye-kun! You're here."

Before Baiye Ying could say he was no longer broke, he was interrupted by Ichinose, who was greeting them at the entrance of the KTV.

"Hurry, everyone is waiting for you. You're the guest of honor at today's party!" Ichinose pulled a bewildered Baiye Ying into the KTV room.

Inside the room were all his classmates from Class B; not a single person was absent. Upon seeing Baiye Ying enter, they all scrambled to talk to him.

"Hello, Baiye-kun, I'm Shibata Sou. I hope we can be friends in the future."

"And me, and me! I'm Hamaguchi Tetsuya. Let's exchange contact info later."

Ying was a bit overwhelmed by the enthusiastic Class B students and could only respond to them one by one with a "Sure."

"Alright, everyone. Byakuya-kun is starting to get bothered, so let's chat with him slowly later. Now, I will act as the class representative to reward Byakuya-kun. Does anyone have any objections?" As soon as Ichinose spoke up, the lively crowd quieted down slightly, waiting for her to continue.

"Good. Then let me, on behalf of Class B, thank Byakuya-kun for bringing us such vital information. This will give our class a certain advantage in future class competitions. To ensure Byakuya-kun doesn't have to eat free meals for a month, I propose that everyone transfers 2,500 points to him as a collective purchase of the information. Does anyone have any objections?"

"It's fine, it's fine. We all just agreed to store our points with Honami, so just transfer them to Byakuya-kun directly from your account," said Kobashi Yume.

"That's right, that's right," Amikura Mako chimed in.

The other students agreed as well. Seeing this, Ichinose said to Ying, "I'll transfer the points to you later. For now, please just enjoy yourself with everyone, Byakuya-kun."

"I really don't need it. I'm not short on..."

"Byakuya, you're the star of the show, come sing a song!" Shibata handed him a microphone. By the time Ying wanted to talk to Ichinose about the points again, she was already surrounded by people.

"Yeah, sing one! I'll pick a song for you," Hamaguchi echoed.

Ying had no choice but to agree and show off his singing voice. With the beginner's reward from the system, he was practically omnipotent now; a mere song was a piece of cake.

Ying skillfully entered the song title into the console and cleared his throat into the microphone. Under the expectant gazes of the entire class, he grinned—let me show you all my magnificent singing voice!

"Hajimi-to, nanami-ru-to, ashiga hayaku naru, hajimi-to, nanami-ru-to, ashiga, manbo manbo, oma-gi manbo..."

Everyone: ...