Luck and Cheating
After all, none of the first-year students want to lose to Class A at the starting line.
It's like nuclear weapons; I may not use them, but I can't live without them.
Chapter 334 Luck and Cheating
As more and more people signed up for the treasure hunt, the Student Council members gradually left the fifth floor and went to various places to begin follow-up work, which involved recycling the QR codes.
Because QR codes are disposable, to avoid wasting time scanning them repeatedly, Student Council members will recycle used QR codes based on information sent back from the backend.
As the game progressed, it quickly became noon, more than an hour after the treasure hunt had officially begun.
"Sigh, I thought I'd finally get to enjoy making rules, but it turned out to be so boring."
Shuichi Kanda sighed helplessly on his way to the cafeteria.
It's like when you and your friends get together after school in elementary school and gather around a game console. Watching others play games is nothing compared to the thrill of playing them yourself!
However, since he is the organizer this time, he must abide by the organizer's rules.
"There's nothing I can do. After all, this is the game you proposed. If you were to participate, it would be unfair."
And Shuichi, you've already memorized the locations of all the QR codes, haven't you? Even if you went, you'd probably find it boring.
Ichinose, walking beside him, said this with a smile to Shuichi Kanda.
Well, that's true. Having a great memory isn't always a good thing; it can be quite annoying.
"I actually find it quite amusing to watch others act within the rules they set for themselves."
Shuichi Kanda glanced at Kushida, surprised that she had this kind of hobby.
From the time the rules were read out until all the students had registered, the exam had already been going on for over an hour.
Within just one hour, more than half of the stickers were found, but most of them were QR codes worth 5,000 or 10,000 points.
In addition, four Student Council union membership slots hidden in QR codes have already been discovered.
Two were found in second grade, one in third grade, and one in first grade.
All three clues have now been found. After all, apart from the one found by Kiryuin, the other two are just relatively conventional deductions and decryptions.
There are plenty of bright minds among the three grades, so Shuichi Kanda wasn't surprised by this.
Moreover, this group of people didn't hesitate at all when they found QR codes; they would scan them as soon as they saw them, just in case there were Student Council spots inside.
This is no longer just a fight between first-year students.
This treasure hunt will first be a competition between first graders and second and third graders, and then a competition between first graders themselves.
What's encouraging is that first-year students don't make up the majority of the participants, accounting for only about a quarter of the total.
On the contrary, almost all the second and third graders came.
This brings us to Takahashi Osamu's brilliance.
This treasure hunt actually benefits Class 1-A. Besides being able to get advance notice and mobilize students to participate, another advantage is that they are not afraid of losing their Student Council spots to the second and third graders.
For second and third-year students, joining the Student Council is pointless; even if third-year students join, they will soon leave.
In the second year, with Kanda around, most of the students who were willing to join and were approved by the Student Council are already in the Student Council.
Therefore, for them, these spots serve only one purpose: to sell them to first-year students to earn Private Points.
Unfortunately, among the first-year students, Class A had the most Private Points.
Therefore, although this exam seemed fair, it actually gave Class A huge advantage, while Class 1-D could only rely on luck to change their fate.
This made Takahashi Osamu realize a truth: although the rules in this school were supposed to be fair to all four classes, that was not actually the case.
At the same time, he also understood how extraordinary Shuichi Kanda was, the person who could lead Class D from zero to first place in Class 2-A... no, how extraordinary he was.
Since Hosen was expelled, the first-year students have been asking a lot about Shuichi Kanda, and the second-year students basically know all about these things.
So from that point on, the first-year students came to the conclusion that they should never provoke this great demon king unless absolutely necessary.
Didn't you see Hosen was expelled from school?
So during the Uninhabited Island Exam, Yagami suggested that they team up to take down Shuichi Kanda, but Takahashi Osamu immediately refused. In hindsight, that was the right thing to do.
I don't know what Yagami did wrong, but he's been expelled from school now.
Of course, Shuichi Kanda had no idea that he had caused such a great psychological trauma to his first-year juniors.
He simply wanted to liven things up, but it ended up putting so much psychological pressure on the first-graders, which is really inexcusable.
Okay, let's do it this way again next time.
After finishing his meal, Shuichi Kanda prepared to return to the fifth floor. Although he was bored, as the initiator of the activity, giving up halfway was not a good thing.
After having lunch at the restaurant on the second floor, Ayanokoji continued her sticker-hunting adventure.
In just over an hour, he found many QR codes, but most of them were found with others; he didn't find many on his own.
Except for one hidden under the sofa, the others are either behind the curtains or inside the decorative screen, making them relatively easy to spot.
However, Ayanokoji did not intend to read it directly, as there was still plenty of time.
Moreover, according to the data provided by OAA, the 500,000 and 1 million rewards are still available. As for the Student Council spot, he doesn't care, because he doesn't really interact with the first-year students.
Like Ayanokoji, there were quite a few students searching for treasure. Although many students were aiming for Student Council spots, many others didn't care about that. For example, Jingu Yuki and Amasawa Ichika from Class 1-A were currently eating in their room.
"Hey Yuki, are you really not going to keep looking? Even if we use up our qualifications, we can use someone else's. There are a lot of students in Class A who took the exam, you know. We can just get the other person to give us the points."
While having dinner in her room Amasawa Ichika looked at the calm girl opposite her and asked curiously.
As far as she knew, Jingu Yuki was incredibly extravagant with her money, and if she didn't find a way to earn some extra income, she would likely face bankruptcy at any time.
"No need, the one I found is definitely the best." Jingu took a sip of miso soup, then nodded. Not bad. "Besides, when I Uninhabited Island Exam, I used a combination of Free Ride Card and Additional Card to specifically request the second-year student, Kouenji. Now I have no shortage of points."
Speaking of this, Amasawa became curious again, because Jingu Yuki had bought these two cards from her classmates before the second-year students came to the first-year students to buy Free Ride Card.
Moreover, he didn't hesitate to designate Kouenji before the exam even started, as if he knew Kouenji would definitely get first place.
Jingu Yuki smiled without saying a word. It was fine that the Gourmet Tablecloth was exposed, but how could the Time TV be exposed? That would cause a big problem, even if the other party was Ichika.
As time went by, more and more QR codes were found, and Student Council slots began to appear one after another.
However, the final prize of one million yuan was still not discovered. Because of this last big prize, several students from all three grades did not scan the code.
Personal rewards earned by students during this event will be distributed directly to the corresponding students based on OAA's backend data. However, rewards such as Student Council membership must be confirmed by the student in person.
Furthermore, because this is something that can be transferred, a member of the Student Council must be present to ensure impartiality.
This function can actually be implemented in the background on the phone, but the preparation time is too short, and there are only a maximum of ten slots available. On-site witnessing is much more convenient.
As the time drew nearer, more and more students returned to the fifth floor where the rules were announced.
Besides the first-year students who are closely related to the future, several second- and third-year students also came here.
"Looks like you made quite a bit of money this time, Ryuen."
Judging from Ryuen's smug look, you can tell that this guy must have found a lot of QR codes, and most importantly, he didn't lose money.
"Hmph, maybe even the gods are on my side today."
As Ryuen said this, he found a place to sit down.
Behind him were several students from Class 2-D.
Haha, you're still pretending, you bastard. You really think I don't know anything?
Shuichi Kanda gave him a look of disdain.
As it drew closer to five o'clock, Shuichi Kanda simply projected the current treasure hunt progress onto the large screen in the room.
Half of the two hundred stickers, all worth five thousand points, have been found, including four Student Council admission tickets.
This is not surprising. Although statistically there should be five cards, it is random after all, and anything can happen.
Then the sticker with 10,000 points was also found; there were three Student Council admission tickets there.
These 150 QR codes are all easy to find; anyone with a little care can find them. They are mostly located in the restaurant and rest area, so you can find them if you look carefully.
Next up are the slightly bigger rewards. These stickers are a bit harder to find, but there are so many people!
Therefore, so far, only two prizes of 20,000, one prize of 50,000, and one prize of 1 million QR codes have not yet been found.
Among these is a spot for a Student Council membership.
Incidentally, the QR code Ayanokoji found under the sofa was worth 100,000 Private Points.
The QR codes that Jingu Yuki found were worth 500,000 yen, and neither of them included Student Council admission tickets.
The three locations indicated by the clues all contained QR codes worth 200,000. The recipients were Kiryuin from Class 3-B, Kouenji from Class 2-A, and Sakayanagi Arisu from Class 2-B.
"What does your Student Council plan to do if this final grand prize isn't found?"
This is something that not only Ryuen, but also the other first-grade students are very interested in.
"If it can't be found, it's naturally invalid. However, we will disclose the location of that QR code to prevent you from saying that we didn't put the grand prize in the first place."
"Hehe, as the organizers, you must be quite disappointed that no one found the grand prize you hid, right?" Ryuen grinned mischievously. "Why don't you secretly tell me, Kanda, and I'll go get it now, at least it'll save you face."
Ryuen didn't try to hide his voice, so everyone in the room could hear him.
Many people looked at Shuichi Kanda with curiosity, waiting for his reply.
However, it's obvious that this is impossible.
"You should save your breath," Shuichi Kanda. "At this hour, even if I told you the exact location, you still wouldn't be able to get the reward."
Then Shuichi Kanda looked at the others.
"You're in the same boat. Even if I told you, you still wouldn't be able to get this reward. This reward might really be something you have to..."
Before Shuichi Kanda could finish speaking, the situation on the screen changed.
"The million-dollar prize and the last Student Council admission spot have both vanished!"
The first-grade students who noticed this immediately exclaimed in surprise.
Upon hearing this, Shuichi Kanda quickly turned to look at the screen, and sure enough, the reward of one million yen and the last Student Council admission ticket had already been claimed.
The recipients were— Kanji Ike and Shinohara Satsuki from Class 2-A.
Shuichi Kanda's expression was somewhat strange as he looked at the two of them.
That guy Chi... I don't know if he's lucky or unlucky.
According to Shuichi Kanda's understanding, Ike was only participating in this event because he planned to go on a date with Shinohara.
He originally planned to just scan any QR code and end the game, but because Shinohara had registered late, by the time he and Shinohara left the fifth floor, many of the QR codes in prominent places had already been found.
Moreover, the two are currently in the throes of a passionate relationship, so they don't care about finding the QR code at all, and have even forgotten about it.
After lunch, the two explored the cabin for a while before heading to Chi's most anticipated activity of the day: private pool time.
That's right, it's the same one that Shuichi Kanda booked before.
Then, as he was about to leave, he found the QR code under a beach chair in the private pool.
Private swimming pools are certainly areas that students can visit, but the usage rights for this place were decided yesterday.
Therefore, the person who can find this QR code was already predetermined.
That's why Jingu Yuki didn't choose this QR code, because according to the rules, she wasn't allowed to enter here.
However, students who spend points to play in private pools are certainly not looking for treasure.
Therefore, in the end, this QR code benefited the lucky Kanji Ike.
"Kanji, is this the QR code for the treasure hunt game?"
Looking at the QR code under the beach chair, Shinohara said somewhat uncertainly.
"It definitely is! And the fact that it was hidden here gives me the feeling of winning a big prize!"
"I'll go get my phone; we haven't drawn the lottery results yet."
So the two of them scanned the QR code and each received a reward of one million Private Points and a spot in the Student Council.
"Next up is the trading of Student Council membership slots. Let me see... Hmm, Class A got one, and Class C got one. Not very lucky."
In second grade, there was one in Class A, one in Class C, and three in Class D. Pretty lucky, Ryuen!
For third grade, one student in Class B, one in Class C, and one in Class D.