After Hoshinomiya Chie explained the school's special rules, Ichinose Honami organized the class for self-introductions, and attending the entrance ceremony, Takada Hikaru finally had free ti.
"Takada-san!"
A short brown-haired girl called his na and approached Takada Hikaru.
Andō Sayo blinked and asked with a smile, "So people in our class are organizing a trip to karaoke. Would you like to join?"
Before the entrance ceremony, there was so free ti for students to socialize. It was probably during that ti that soone arranged to go to karaoke together. It goes without saying that the only person with such charisma right after the start of school was Ichinose Honami.
"I have sothing to do later, so I can't join you," Takada Hikaru shook his head.
"That's a sha." Andō Sayo's brows drooped in regret upon hearing his words. "I was actually here to invite you. If you were willing to co, the other girls would definitely be very happy."
Takada Hikaru had a face that appealed to the opposite sex. The girls in his class had shown great interest in him after seeing his face and wanted to get to know him better through karaoke. Unfortunately, he didn't have ti.
"Have fun." Takada Hikaru turned around and waved with his back to Andō Sayo.
Watching his retreating figure, Andō Sayo stood frozen in place. She had to admit, Hikaru's farewell gesture, imitating a movie character, had chard her.
...
After bidding farewell to Andō Sayo and the other Class B students, Takada Hikaru went to the club building and found the location of the Shogi Club.
Standing outside the Shogi Club's door, he didn't rush in. He opened the system mall and looked at the skill he was about to buy and his current popularity points.
[Popularity Points: 28260]
[Item: God on the Board (Price: 20000 Popularity Points)]
On the bus, his popularity points were around 13,000. After the entrance ceremony, they had already reached 28,000.
As he expected, not everyone watched the ani imdiately. Later, there would definitely be more viewers watching the ani and then developing a good impression of Takada Hikaru because of his actions on the bus.
'It's ti to exchange for a skill.'
With a thought, Takada Hikaru spent 20,000 Popularity Points to purchase the skill "God on the Board."
The mont the purchase was complete, a wealth of board ga-related knowledge flooded his mind, and he simultaneously gained an invincible level of skill in board gas like shogi, chess, etc. Even if AlphaZero were thrown at him, he was confident he would win every single match.
'Now, I can go in.'
The empowered Takada Hikaru entered the Shogi Club's activity room, quickly drawing the attention of the mbers inside.
"Student, is there sothing you need?" A Shogi Club mber asked curiously.
"I'm a new student."
Takada Hikaru took out his terminal, displaying his 100,000 points that he hadn't yet spent and said, "I want to use 100,000 points as a wager to compete with you seniors."
In his impression, apart from the students in Class D in the original series, students in other classes had a habit of saving money.
Especially the students in Class A, who, despite having to give Ryūen Kakeru 20,000 individual points every month, each saved nearly a million points by their second year.
While students in other classes weren't as good at saving, they should have saved at least 500,000 points, enough to put up 100,000 for a match with him.
"Are you sure you want to bet 100,000 points against us?"
Hearing that Takada Hikaru was here to challenge them, the Shogi Club mbers' expressions turned displeased.
"Your teacher should have told you that the school will only deposit points again on the 1st of next month. If you lose to us, you won't have any points to spend for the next month."
Takada Hikaru curved his lips into a slight smile. "You senpais don't need to worry about that. If I really lose, I'll just borrow from my classmates. I believe those with 100,000 points wouldn't mind lending 5,000. If I borrow from ten people, I'll have 50,000 points to spend, which is enough to last until next month."
Takada Hikaru continued, "When the school deposits another 100,000 points next month, I'll return the borrowed points to them. There's no problem with that."
When Hikaru ntioned that the school would deposit another 100,000 points next month, he clearly noticed a subtle change in the expressions of the Shogi Club mbers.
Having been at this school for at least a year, they naturally knew that the school wouldn't issue 100,000 points every month, and that the school was deliberately concealing and deceiving the first-year students.
In their eyes, Hikaru, still a freshman, was an ignorant fool about the school, and they subconsciously developed a condescending attitude. This was exactly what Takada Hikaru wanted.
"Since you say so, then we have no problem either."
A Shogi Club mber grinned, smiling triumphantly. "But to prevent you from reneging, we'll first need to find a teacher and then sign a contract guaranteed by the school, alright?"
"No problem."
...
Soon, the Shogi Club found their advisor, and with him as a guarantor, Takada Hikaru signed a match contract worth 100,000 points with the Shogi Club students.
If Takada Hikaru won, he would receive 100,000 points from his opponent. Conversely, if he lost, he would have to give his 100,000 points to his opponent.
"Kōhai-kun, don't bla for being heartless."
After signing the contract, the Shogi Club mber showed a confident smile.
"Don't let the fact that our Shogi Club only has three mbers fool you, we are all national-level high school players. The outco of this match was decided from the start."
Advanced Nurturing High School's selection process is nationwide. Students who can enter this school based on their special talents have generally reached the peak level for their age in their area of expertise.
This is precisely why the Shogi Club mber so readily accepted Takada Hikaru's challenge. He was confident in his abilities, believing he wouldn't be easily defeated by a newly enrolled kid.
If it were an ordinary Shogi enthusiast, they would certainly be utterly crushed. Unfortunately, Takada Hikaru was cheating.
"Checkmate."
"What?!"
The Shogi Club mber's eyes widened in disbelief.
How did he lose so inexplicably?
"Senpai, you can put your surprise aside for now, you need to transfer the points to first." Takada Hikaru said with a light chuckle, taking out his terminal.
"Damn it."
The Shogi Club mber reluctantly transferred the points, then said, "Junior, how about another ga? We'll still bet 100,000 points."
"That won't do." Takada Hikaru held up two fingers, making a peace sign. "Next, I'm betting 200,000 points."
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