"How exhilarating!" Long Aotian exclaimed as he returned to his dormitory and looked at the computer before him.
As for the packaging for the phone and computer, he had already disposed of them before returning to the dorm via Flying Thunder God. He hadn't chosen to throw them in the school trash cans; being foolproof was all that mattered.
He opened his laptop, tethered it to his phone's data, plugged the school-issued phone interface cable into the computer, and began hacking into the school system.
Long Aotian wasn't afraid of being discovered. The phone number wasn't his own, so even if it were tracked, if things looked dire, he could just use Flying Thunder God to reach the D Intersection, toss the computer into the sea, and teleport back. That would be the end of it.
First, he located the school system. Through hacking, Long Aotian obtained an administrator account. Logging into the backend, he found the accounts and point balances for the entire student body, noting that his own account displayed 11.75 million points.
Long Aotian fell silent...
Even if he justified it through system functions, if an investigation were launched, having over 10 million points just half a month into the first year would look suspicious no matter how you sliced it.
Long Aotian decided to manipulate the data. He first isolated his account, set it to private and hidden, then created a new "Long Aotian" account and transferred 50,000 points into it (using his own points).
[Points: 11.75 million points (Pseudo-account: 50,000 points)]
He looked at his handiwork with satisfaction. Next, he had to set up the point-laundering account; it was a bit complex, so he paid close attention.
He created an account named "a" and programmed the payment receiving settings for it.
Once someone sent money to it, the funds would rotate through various student accounts before finally reaching account "a."
For example: If 100,000 points were sent to account "a," the money would first go to Sakayanagi Arisu's account, then be deducted from her and transferred to another student, continuing in a circular loop.
First loop: 100,000 → Sakayanagi Arisu's account → Student X → Student X → Student X (99th) → Ayanokoji Kiyotaka → Sakayanagi Arisu's account...
At this point, one might ask, wouldn't the money just keep rotating forever without ever reaching account "a"?
Don't be impatient; that was just the first loop.
Second loop: 100,000 → Sakayanagi Arisu's account (-100,000) → Student X (99th) → Ayanokoji Kiyotaka...
The principle of the second loop was simple: the 100,000 points continued to rotate, but this time, it would deduct points from the next student to maintain the rotating amount. If the first student didn't have enough points, it would continue to deduct from the next until the quota was met.
Third loop: Original 100,000 → Sakayanagi Arisu → XXX (within 99) → Account "a," after 5 seconds.
New 100,000 → Sakayanagi Arisu → XXX (within 99) → Ayanokoji Kiyotaka...
The principle of the third loop was also simple: the initial 100,000 would be passed through the 99 students, with one being selected to pass it to account "a," while the new 100,000 would rotate just like the original.
Fourth loop: New 100,000 → Sakayanagi Arisu.
The principle of the fourth loop was very simple: return the collected points.
Next, let's look at what happens after the points reach account "a."
100,000 points → Account "a" → Account "b" → Long Aotian.
That's right, it still wasn't safe enough, so Long Aotian created an account "b." The points would only reach Long Aotian after passing through account "b."
It didn't end there; the entire program flow took about a minute.
Since transaction records would be displayed, he had to add another program.
The function of this program: it would follow the rotating points and delete the transaction records. With that, most of the work was done.
Account "a" would be hidden among the student accounts. If discovered and deleted, it wouldn't matter; the private, hidden account "b" would quietly take its place.
If account "b" were discovered, it also wouldn't matter. Since there would be no transaction records, if they deleted it, nobody would be able to play anymore—it would trigger a hidden program to reboot the system, resetting all accounts to 0 points (except for the private, hidden Long Aotian account).
"Done." Long Aotian clapped his hands, closed the laptop, and wore an evil grin. "Hehehe, from now on, I'll use this account 'a' to extort money."
As for why Sakayanagi Arisu was the first, that was because the Chairman was his "father," and as for the last one being Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he would just let the protagonist take the fall.
[Ding! Mission: Long Aotian's Redemption] [Ding! Mission Complete] [Reward: Buff increased to 50% point yield]
Emmm, he had almost forgotten about this mission, though the completion notification was a bit slow—lagging like 460ms.
He checked his phone; it was already past 7 o'clock. Not bad.
None of that mattered anymore. Lying back on his bed, Long Aotian decided to catch up on some sleep.
Half a month later~~
Time flew by. Since that day, Long Aotian attended classes, finished school, and tutored Sakura Airi. As Sakura Airi grew more accustomed to him, their feelings for each other rose rapidly, though things felt a bit strange.
However, there was one funny thing worth mentioning: the incident where Long Aotian watched the protagonist at the cafe. At the time, Long Aotian had secretly recorded a video.
A few days later, Long Aotian used this video to trade for points with Sakayanagi Arisu—after all, she was very interested in Ayanokoji Kiyotaka (she came to this school specifically to challenge him). He exchanged it for 20,000 points. Seeing Sakayanagi Arisu's expression at the time, he could guess that the image of a certain youth in the young girl's heart was crumbling.
[Points: Original 11.75 million → 11.78 million (Yield buff: 20,000 → 30,000) → Current 11.75 million (Pseudo-account: 50,000) (I'm too lazy to show the rest)]
Long Aotian was human too and had expenses, often bringing gifts to Sakura Airi (visiting with gifts and eating the meals she cooked for free).
The downside was that it made Sakayanagi Arisu feel that Long Aotian was dangerous. Over the latter half of the month, she had tried to win him over, but he had refused every time. Long Aotian knew exactly what she was thinking. Even though her father was the Chairman, he wasn't afraid of her targeting him (which was basically impossible).