Easy to earn points

That day after school, Hikigaya didn't go to the library to kill time as usual, but went to a room in the clubhouse.

The practice room of the shogi club.

"Sorry."

Hikigaya knocked on the door and waited for permission to enter.

The room was the size of an ordinary classroom, there were a few shogi boards on the table, except for a few reading in the corner of the room, the rest either played chess or stood nearby and watched the game.

Among them, a boy who did not participate in the chess game approached Hikigaya.

"There is a problem?"

"Hello, I'm Hikigaya Hachiman since my first year," Hikigaya bowed his head and greeted, "Well, I heard that you can bet to compete. It's true?"

As soon as the voice dropped, the atmosphere in the room instantly changed.

Most of the members stopped their movements and looked at Hikigaya with curious eyes, as if judging, while Hikigaya silently watched them, recording each one's reactions one by one.

- Where did you hear it? the boy asked.

"Last night I happened to see a post on the school forum saying that some clubs can bet on points, so I wanted to ask."

"What post?"

"No, it disappeared soon and I can't find it after I update" - Hikigaya rubbed his head and said in an apologetic tone, "Well, did I make a mistake? Sorry.."

"No mistake, it's really possible."

The boy immediately stopped Hikigaya and then smiled in interest.

"By the way, I don't know what class you are in. I've been in class C for three years."

"I'm class D."

"Oh, everyone, then I'll play with you."

Hearing Hikigaya's answer, the third year's attitude immediately turned a little cold, with a hint of contempt in his eyes, and the rest of the members no longer paid attention to this side and continued to play in their own way.

How should I put it... Such a reaction is too understandable, isn't it?

It feels like I caught a herd of fat sheep.

Hikigaya suppressed a smile as he walked over to an empty table under the guidance of a senior and both of them sat down.

"So, how much do you want to bet?"

"Well… only fifty thousand.

"Oh? Is it really okay to bet that much at once?"

"Nothing, they will give it out next month anyway, but I have nowhere to spend the money."

Hikigaya said it on purpose, which naturally caused an outburst of disdain from the upperclassmen.

However, the other side seems to mistakenly think that he is good at hiding, which really makes people look forward to his next reaction.

"Then I accept it and bet fifty thousand."

The upperclassman immediately agreed, as if he was afraid that Hikigaya would refuse.

"You're a first grader, let you take the lead."

"Okay, welcome."

Hikigaya nodded and began to move the pieces.

Then, half an hour later...

— Ah! Damn it, I was just being careful with this step!

The senior student yelped in annoyance: in his opinion, he lost due to inattention.

In fact, Hikigaya is seriously draining water. Seriously, you can get him in 15 minutes, but then other fat sheep will be... No, he will scare away other elders, and you won't have to play.

"Hehe, by the way, it's just an accident, that's my number."

Bikigaya's mouth was very modest, but he was completely incapable of being polite, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and showed it to the elders.

The latter, although he looked reluctant, nevertheless obediently transferred points. After all, there were surveillance cameras and other people, so forgive him that he did not dare to default.

- You just got lucky, dare you play again? the senior student asked reluctantly.

"Yes, yes," Hikigaya didn't object, "but, senior, do you still have glasses?" If there are too few of them, I won't do it, it's pointless.

Hearing this, the upperclassman lowered his head with a bitter expression, it seemed that he had lost everything.

"Get out of the way, Fuji, let me play with him."

At this time, another older girl joined them, who fought all the time.

"Hey, be careful, he's not a rookie."

"Of course I know this, but that's all, just silently watch me next to you to avenge you."

Oh, another confident high school student.

Hikigaya suppressed a smile, made a cautious gesture, and began another chess game.

Then, twenty minutes later...

"Aaah! You shouldn't have taken that step just now!"

The familiar words resounded in my ears again, this time Hikigaya got another 50,000.

After winning twice in a row, he finally caught the attention of those around him.

It's a pity that people are stupid creatures. If you don't experience it for yourself, you won't admit your incompetence. Also, Hikigaya has been covering well since he walked in the door and he's got three victories in a row. .

However, there is a limit to this.

After defeating the Deputy Minister and reaching 100,000 points, these guys finally realized that something was wrong.

"Hey, I told you that you... shouldn't you be pretending?"

The Deputy Minister looked at him suspiciously, but Hikigaya only smiled.

"Is it because the high school students themselves are not good? Who told you to look down on me when you heard I was in class D."

"...What?"

After a moment of silence, everyone in the room screamed in unison.

"You're in first grade, you've seen right through it!"

"It's only been a week since school started."

"Why is this guy in class D?"

Second and third grade seniors were banned from gagging, but now they don't care.

The Deputy Minister shook his head helplessly and laughed at himself, "Ha ha... That's it, I am convinced in every sense of the word."

"Sorry," Hikigaya was also a little embarrassed, "After all, I'm in Class D and my financial situation in the future worries me a lot, so I want to earn as many points as possible."

"It doesn't matter if you lose, you lose, but you see it to that extent… Then you want to join the shogi club? As long as you perform well in official competitions, the school will reward you with more points." Deputy Minister Make an invitation.

"Personally, this is not very convenient for me, so please forgive me for refusing."

"Really, then there's no way."

The Deputy Minister also did not force, but only welcomed Hikigaya to come and play at any time.

Having said that, hikigaya has no plans to visit again anytime soon. This time he won a total of 300,000 yuan, which exceeded all expectations, but the price is such that other fat sheep are not easily fooled.

If we continue to challenge, we will have to face several other elders who seem to be very powerful.

While losing isn't inevitable, Hikigaya doesn't think he has much of a chance of winning, as he nearly lost when he played with the Deputy Minister and had no intention of continuing to improve his chess skills.

With his talent, he cannot be the Dragon King, there is no condemnation in this short day.

And even if his power is the strongest in the shogi club, don't forget that the main goal is to earn points. Being strong does not mean that he will earn more.

Betting is different from gambling, the latter can cause people to lose quickly, mistakenly think that they are just unlucky, and ultimately fall into a bottomless abyss.

But if you play chess a few more times, you will soon be able to understand the difference in levels between the two sides, if you lose too much, you will naturally stop coming.

That's why Hikigaya dared to decide that he had no chance at all, because no matter how high Sakayanagi's level was, the number of points she could win was still limited, because others were not fools and always handed out money. Never.

Now it's up to him and Sakayanagi who will move faster.