High-Yield Lottery, Only Profit and No Loss

"Would you like to learn about the Kouiku Sports Lottery? It's a sure win, no losses."

Having found a business opportunity, Ying began recommending the Kouiku Sports Lottery to the upperclassmen watching the chess match. To ensure the fairness of the lottery, he even asked the gentle upperclassman to call over the club's faculty advisor to act as a witness.

"We offer bets on the winner, the number of winning and losing games, or both. Let me explain the current situation: the odds for Sakayanagi to win are as high as 31, while Miyamura's odds are 1.033. I suggest betting 10,000 on Sakayanagi and 100,000 on Miyamura for a steady profit. The game-count bets are more complex; I suggest focusing on 3:2 or 3:1..."

After some brainwashing, that upperclassman joined the betting pool. The members of the Chess Club firmly believed that their vice-president, Miyamura, would win. Therefore, only Ying and a few cautious upperclassmen bet on Sakayanagi. Almost every upperclassman present participated in the gamble.

Currently, Miyamura's prize pool had reached a staggering 4 million private points, while Sakayanagi's side had only 450,000. Incidentally, Ying had bet 200,000 points on Sakayanagi winning 3:0. Thinking of the astronomical profit he was about to make, Ying couldn't help but giggle.

"Junior, what did you bet on?" The gentle upperclassman returned after finishing his sales pitch and asked what Ying had chosen.

"Upperclassman, I don't understand chess, so I can't tell who is stronger. In the end, I just played it safe and bet 10,000 on Sakayanagi and 90,000 on you," Ying said with a laugh.

"Junior, you don't get it. The odds for buying Sakayanagi are as high as 9.89. If you bet like that, you won't win much money in the end," the upperclassman said with a smile.

"At least I won't lose, right? Small bets, small gains," Ying replied with a smile.

"You're too conservative. You don't sound like the person who would propose this gambling activity at all. Hahaha!"

"Upperclassman, please don't mock me. Haha..." Ying thought to himself, You won't be laughing for long, heh heh heh.

Three games later, everyone in the club was left heartbroken upon learning that Sakayanagi had defeated Miyamura 3:0.

"Ah, damn it! I bet 300,000 points. How am I supposed to survive this month?" one upperclassman cried, clutching his head.

"Don't even mention it, I bet 500,000," another upperclassman said, his eyes dull and lifeless, making one wonder if he might do something desperate.

"Um, small bets hurt the body, big bets hurt the spirit. Don't worry, I still have some points left. I can lend you some later, don't do anything rash," the upperclassman who had bet 300,000 comforted the one who had bet 500,000.

"I didn't expect Sakayanagi to win. This is a total loss! You're doing better than us, Junior Ying," the gentle upperclassman said, approaching Ying with a mournful face.

"Upperclassman, don't bring it up. The way I bet, I could never win big, just lose less and less. But gambling is just for the atmosphere, anyway," Ying said, the corners of his mouth curling upward uncontrollably.

"Junior Ying is the most sensible one here."

"Hehehe, it seems everyone here still doesn't quite understand my strength. Have you learned a bloody lesson now? It's a pity; if the participants were allowed to bet, I would have bet everything on myself. With 200,000 points, I could have made a net profit of 4.25 million," Sakayanagi said with ease, as if she didn't take the Chess Club members seriously at all.

"Let me spar with her," a mature and steady voice came from the club entrance.

"It's the president! The president is finally here!" a club member exclaimed in surprise.

"I heard from afar that a first-year student came to challenge us. You've defeated several of our club's top players; it seems your strength is quite good. Have you considered joining our Chess Club?" the president said to Sakayanagi with a smile, clearly very confident in his own abilities.

"Heh, I wonder where this little kitten came from, barking so casually," Sakayanagi said, provoking him with a smile.

"Hey! First-year. I advise you to show some respect. Even if you are strong, you shouldn't look down on the president," Yamada said.

The president raised his hand to stop Yamada from continuing. He looked up, his previous composure gone, and said with a slightly displeased expression, "Fine, let's have a match. If I win, you will join the Chess Club and apologize to everyone you've provoked. If you win, then I—and all of us—will apologize to you."

"Heh, interesting. I don't need apologies from the weak. You just need to transfer the private points to me."

"Fine. If you win, I will transfer 1 million private points to you on behalf of the Chess Club."

"Deal."

As the match began, Ying started promoting his Kouiku Sports Lottery again. However, having learned from the previous lesson, although the upperclassmen felt the president would win, they no longer bet hundreds of thousands of points like before. In the end, the president's prize pool only reached 800,000 private points, while Sakayanagi's side only had the 100,000 Ying had bet. Eventually, someone even started questioning who it was that didn't believe in the president and bet on Sakayanagi instead. This made Ying break into a cold sweat; had these fanatics not learned their lesson yet?

The match ended quickly. Needless to say, Sakayanagi easily defeated the president.

After receiving her points, Sakayanagi slowly walked out of the club, supported by her classmates from Class A. Ying also hurried out of the gloomy Chess Club after receiving his points from the faculty advisor. On the way, he could hear people discussing how a chess genius had appeared among the first-years, beating everyone in the Chess Club until they were lost. He also heard someone mention a student who kept betting on the first-year to win and ended up making a fortune. Ying could only keep his head down and walk quickly, fearing someone might notice him.

Back in the dormitory, Ying opened his terminal and burst into laughter. I really am a genius at making money!

The terminal showed that Ying held a total of 6.05 million private points.

Ayanokoji, who had just returned to the dormitory, heard private laughter coming from 402. He decided he would report the poor soundproofing of the dormitory to the dorm manager later.

Having acquired a large number of private points, how would Ying decide to spend them? Clearly, our brother Ying didn't know either. So, within a week, he bought everything he liked in the shopping mall. Things like automatic floor-cleaning robots, rice cookers that could double as microwaves, shoes with automatic covers...

"Hey, Byakuya, what are you spacing out for? Hurry up and change your clothes." Kanzaki, wearing swimming trunks, looked at Ying with a speechless expression.

Ying was still thinking about how to use the washing machine he bought yesterday that could also be used for bathing.

"We're having a swimming class, didn't you know?" Kanzaki reminded Ying, who hadn't come back to his senses yet.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, I know." After saying that, Ying began to change his clothes.

"Ying, I just heard from some people in our soccer club from other classes that there's going to be a competition during swimming class later. Do you want to battle? Battle?" Shibata said, looking excited.

"A competition!?" Ying was slightly surprised. Right, how could he have forgotten about this?

"Hmph, hehehe..."

"Byakuya? Why are you making such a sinister laugh? Don't tell me you're thinking about Ichinose in a swimsuit?" Hamaguchi said.

"Hamaguchi, don't just say what's on your mind," Beppu teased.

"I am not!" Hamaguchi's face turned red.

"Wait, everyone," Ying interrupted their idle chatter, holding his forehead and acting mysterious. "I have a proposal. Do you want to hear it?"

Kanzaki sensed something was wrong and said, "No."

"Come buy the Kouiku Sports Lottery. It's a sure win, no losses."