Was something wrong?
The dull days of waiting passed in the blink of an eye.
To avoid any unnecessary complications, the Association had basically forbidden too many people from watching. They also tried to arrange the selection process as quickly as possible.
Yet even with the Association doing everything it could to keep things under wraps, quite a bit of information about the Gym Leader Assessment still leaked out through certain "insiders." Some unspeakable websites had even opened betting pools.
However, because of Heiduo's presence, even though his odds were absurdly low, plenty of people still bet on him.
Of course, quite a few people also believed there would be an upset.
Though people like that would probably lose terribly.
Heiduo had no interest in such things. He already had more than enough money to spend every day and night in luxury for the rest of his life.
Anything beyond that was just a number.
—It was a number to him, but not to someone else.
"Hmm... there's no value in betting on this match at all."
A certain black, fat rabbit who had found a gambling website through unknown channels spoke with a solemn expression.
Lugia swished her tail beside it. "Gambling? So this is one of the sources of your secret stash?"
"That's right! You have to know how to make money at all times." Umbreon sighed wistfully. Although its habit of hiding a secret stash basically never escaped Heiduo's notice, and the online banking account had even been opened under Heiduo's identity, he had never said anything about it.
By now, the number in its secret stash had become quite considerable.
But in a world where online shopping was still underdeveloped, there were very few opportunities to use that stash.
*I hope the age of high-speed information