Ways to Earn Points

This school deliberately imitates the social environment.

Mu Tianchen had already become very clear on this point through his observations and understanding over this period of time.

Therefore, to quickly earn a large number of points in a short time, he absolutely could not use ordinary methods.

It was just like in society—relying solely on part-time work was stable, but unless it was a major company or large enterprise with particularly good treatment, it was impossible to buy a house or a luxury car with the money earned in a short period.

To buy quickly, one had no choice but to start their own business or take some more extreme approaches.

The method of starting a business was feasible, but after briefly considering it in his mind, Mu Tianchen rejected it.

Within this school, applying to open a shop on one's own was nearly impossible. Starting a business carried some risk, but for this school, the risk could be considered zero.

Under the special rule that students at Kodo Ikusei High School were not allowed to go outside for three years, opening a shop was essentially a monopoly. As long as the products weren't too outrageous, the income was generally very high, and going bankrupt was even more unlikely.

Because there was almost no shortage of consumers here, especially for necessities and the like.

Mu Tianchen didn't believe the school and the government would easily hand over shop management rights to him. Even if they did, the price would be extraordinary.

After all, as far as he knew, no student had ever operated a shop here before. He didn't believe no one had ever thought of this.

There must have been difficulties in the application process, or the conditions set by the school were too harsh. He didn't think he had that kind of ability, so it definitely wouldn't work.

Then the only option was to obtain a large number of points through more extreme methods.

Extreme methods were nothing more than exploiting loopholes in the rules or taking unconventional paths.

This had already been proven feasible when he successfully obtained a large number of points by threatening Ryuen using the conditions in his hands.

But that incident was still mostly a matter of chance. If he wanted to rely on this method continuously, it was possible in theory.

However, it was like waiting for a rabbit to hit a tree stump—who knew when the next opportunity would come? He had limited time and couldn't wait long, and more often than not, it would be a waste of effort.

So he had to find another method. Given the special nature of this school, the places that went against people's normal concepts were precisely where the loopholes lay.

The concepts despised and rejected by the world were inseparable from the three words: "gambling, sex, and drugs."

But this was a school after all, so drugs wouldn't appear.

As for the first one, with his strength, using force to threaten or luring with benefits was indeed feasible, but it still carried some risk.

Haha, that was just a joke in his head!

He didn't want to be caught and sent to juvenile detention so early!

So the most suitable option that wouldn't cross the line too much was none other than "gambling."

Using bets to quickly earn a large number of points!

As for the targets, he would definitely pick those fat sheep with plenty of points. And here, he had an inherent advantage—being a student of Class D.

This often gave opponents the illusion that he was weak during bets, making them careless and underestimating him, unable to bring out their full strength.

As for the fat sheep? Mu Tianchen had already thought of them. Earlier at the club recruitment fair, he had noticed the personal points promised by those clubs.

This showed that the school's subsidies for clubs were still quite generous.

He had also considered creating his own club—it was much easier than applying to the school for a shop license—but for now, it still wasn't feasible.

Mu Tianchen didn't want to attract too much attention yet, and the selection of club members was also a problem. He couldn't just find people whose backgrounds he didn't know; he wouldn't feel at ease.

Now, he could take advantage of this to fleece them a bit and let them see the harshness of society.

However, since it involved betting, there was definitely some risk.

What Mu Tianchen had to do was combine his actual situation to minimize the risk and not act recklessly.

For example, if he directly went to bet with the Soccer Club that Hirata was in, he didn't need to think to know he couldn't beat them.

Our representative team hadn't won a single match in years—how could he possibly beat them?

After thinking for a while, Mu Tianchen had preliminarily decided on the clubs to challenge: the Table Tennis Club and the Chess Club.

The reason he chose these two was that, based on his understanding, the level of table tennis in this island nation was very poor. But not only were they bad, they didn't realize it—they were bad but still loved to play, only using basic lobs and such.

He had already seen this at the previous club demonstration, and their level was worse than an elementary school student from his country.

Although Mu Tianchen wasn't a professional either, it was no challenge for him to basically crush them.

As for choosing chess, it was because he was very confident in it.

When he was a child visiting Uncle Itagaki's house, he would almost always play chess with Arisu.

That girl was extraordinary—it was said that even professional players had lost to her before.

She was only about nine years old at the time, practically a prodigy.

Mu Tianchen certainly couldn't beat her either, but she just loved to play, and he had no choice. After practicing with her and losing eighty-one times, his level had visibly improved.

Sometimes he could even tie with her. What did tying with her mean?

It meant he had at least reached the level of a professional player!

The people in that Chess Club couldn't all be better than professional players, right? That was unrealistic.

So Mu Tianchen was confident that as long as he didn't face Arisu, he could keep winning!

Given his strength, there were a few other clubs he could skim from too, but that would make him far too conspicuous.

Through these two clubs, he should be able to earn a full million points, maybe even more, so for now there was no need to court trouble.

And so, enduring the long lecture hours, school finally let out.

During this time, Mu Tianchen noticed that the teacher seemed to deliberately repeat several important points multiple times. He sensed this might be a small hint from the teacher.

Probably because exams were coming up—after all, it had been a while since the semester started. Since this was a school, exams were only natural.

Those who were observant might have noticed that Takagahara, unusually, hadn't slept through class either; he'd deliberately listened attentively for a while. As for those still slacking off, it didn't seem to affect them much.

After walking out of the classroom, Mu Tianchen didn't head to the library to pass the time reading with his good book companion as before. Instead, he made straight for the school's club building.