I, the spiritual mentor of beautiful girls from all over the world

(That's amazing...that's really amazing...Lynn...)

(You really are... a million times more interesting than I imagined!)

She grabbed her phone abruptly and dialed a number in an almost trembling voice.

……

The next afternoon, at 3:50.

Soubu High School, Service Department Activity Room.

The air was so tense it felt like you could wring water out of it.

Yui Yuigahama clasped her hands together, praying nervously and muttering incantations.

She even rubbed against the expressionless Qiong from time to time.

Hayato Hayama kept glancing at his watch, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead.

Only Hachiman Hikigaya remained surprisingly calm.

He quietly made himself a new cup of MAX coffee, then found a corner to sit down, ready to enjoy the show that was about to begin.

Yukino Yukinoshita sat upright in front of her computer, with something behind her—

It was a huge, blank online bidding page projected onto the wall using a projector.

Teacher Lynn...can she really succeed?

Although she wrote the proposal herself, she still feels like it was all a dream.

"Teacher...isn't he here yet?" Yui Yuigahama asked softly.

As the organizer of this "auction", Lynn was actually... late.

Just then, the door to the activity room was pushed open.

Lynn walked in yawning, carrying a bag of snacks and drinks she had just bought from the convenience store.

"Sorry, sorry, there was a bit of traffic on the way."

He casually placed the snacks on the table, showing absolutely no sense of tension that a major battle was about to begin.

"Is everything ready?" he asked.

“Yes…yes!” Yukino Yukinoshita answered immediately, like a soldier waiting for a general’s inspection.

"That's fine."

Lynn nodded, and then...

Amidst the shocked gazes of everyone who seemed to be asking, "Aren't you going to personally oversee things?", he walked straight to the most comfortable sofa, took out his phone again, and opened the elimination game.

"Let's start when it's time. I'll play some games first. Oh, and let me know when you're done."

"..."×4

The entire activity room fell silent once again.

If he was the Demon King yesterday...

Today, he's practically like... an irresponsible bastard who handed the button to detonate a nuclear bomb to his subordinates and then went on vacation to the beach!

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, clearing all her distracting thoughts from her mind.

She knew that her teacher was showing her through her actions that the stage was set and the script was written; all that was left was to go through the motions.

She glanced at the clock on the wall, and the instant the second hand aligned with "12," she pressed the "Start Bidding" button with a slightly trembling hand, almost as if on a pilgrimage.

The page refreshes.

A silence.

One second, two seconds, ten seconds...

Nothing happens.

Yui Yuigahama's heart jumped into her throat instantly.

(Could it be... a failure? Nobody came at all?)

Just as she was about to cry.

[Chiba Mirai Corporation offered 2500 million yen.]

The first number popped up!

"Here it comes!" Yui Yuigahama exclaimed excitedly.

This number is enough to cover all their deficits!

However, before they could even breathe a sigh of relief...

[Chitanda Modern Agriculture's bid: 3000 million yen.]

[Gulf International Trading offered 3500 million yen.]

The numbers started skyrocketing upwards in a crazy, completely irrational way!

Within just one minute, the bidding price exceeded fifty million!

The students in the activity room were completely dumbfounded.

They felt as if they were watching a top international art auction, not a school festival sponsorship bidding.

“Eighty...eighty million…” Yui Yuigahama’s voice was trembling.

Yukino Yukinoshita stared intently at the screen; she knew that the real battle had only just begun.

Sure enough, after the price climbed to 100 million yen, most of the bidders gave up, leaving only two companies fiercely battling it out.

One of them is "Chitanda Modern Agricultural Products".

The other one was a name they had never seen before – [SY Investment].

"SY... Which company is this?" Hayama Hayato frowned. In his knowledge, there was no such investment company in Chiba Prefecture.

[Chitanda Modern Agriculture's bid: 120 million yen.]

[SY Investments offered 130 million yen.]

[Chitanda Modern Agriculture's bid: 120 million yen.]

[SY Investments offered 130 million yen.]

Every time the price is increased, it's by ten million!

This is no longer a bidding process; it's blatant flaunting of wealth and a demonstration of power!

When the price was driven up to the astronomical figure of 150 million yen, "Chitanda Modern Agricultural Products" finally fell silent.

The countdown is over.

Finally, that glaring number, enough to make any normal person faint on the spot, was frozen in the center of the screen.

···Requesting flowers··· ···

150 million yen.

Successful bidder: SY Investment.

The room was so quiet you could hear your own heartbeat.

Yukino Yukinoshita stared at the number, her mind going completely blank.

She slowly turned her head and looked at the man who had been lying on the sofa the whole time, leisurely playing on his phone.

As if sensing her gaze, Lynn put down her phone and stretched.

"Oh? It's over?"

He stood up, walked to the screen, glanced at the final number, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Hmm, 150 million, not bad. The reserve fund should be enough."

His tone was as casual as if he were saying, "I'm having curry for dinner tonight," rather than commenting on a huge sum of money enough to buy a mansion.

"Alright, problem solved." He clapped his hands and picked up his coat.

"Don't bother me with this kind of thing again."

After saying that, he turned and left the activity room amidst the stunned, god-like gazes of the crowd.

The door is closed.

After a long while, Yui Yuigahama murmured in a sleepwalking voice:

"Xiaoxue...who exactly is that SY?"

Yukinoshita Yukino did not answer.

She just stared intently at that name, her usually cool eyes now churning with a violent storm due to the overload of her brain.

SY.

Her thoughts, initially shocked, descended into a chaotic and illogical puzzle.

Two unrelated letters, like two depth charges dropped into her sophisticated brain, instantly triggered countless chaotic and fragmented associations.

..... ... 0

Sato Yano?

No, it's... SmithYoung? A mysterious fund from Wall Street?

Or... some secret society hidden in the shadows that I know absolutely nothing about?

She shook her head violently, banishing these absurd thoughts born of excessive shock from her mind and forcing her logic back to normal.

Wait a moment……

SY... Yukinoshita Yano?

Damn it, it's still not right, because S doesn't match...

The next second, the most direct and dramatic explanation struck her mind like lightning.

S... is Sister! Y... is Yano! Yes... it must be Sister!

This thought, like a black lightning bolt, struck her mind instantly—

This name was never a business code name from the beginning!

Rather, it was her most direct and malicious declaration to me!

It's her, Yukinoshita Haruno!

The moment this conclusion took shape in her mind, an unprecedented shudder, a mixture of anger and morbid pleasure, surged through Yukino's entire body.

She wants to use her absolute financial power to regain control!

Little did they expect that this would fall right into Teacher Lynn's trap!

She was forced to pay an astronomical sum to buy the biggest joke she herself had ever made!

Yukino could almost see how her sister's face, which always wore a perfect mask, was twisted with anger and humiliation on the other end of the phone.

That man, with a scheme she couldn't comprehend at all...

Not only did they resolve the crisis, but they also made an astronomical sum of money...

It even... drove her arrogant older sister to...

He was publicly executed in the most humiliating and disgraceful way, in front of everyone!

This is no longer a victory.

This was... a complete, one-sided... crushing defeat!

A surge of unprecedented joy, like the satisfaction of revenge, welled up in Yukino's heart.

She finally utterly humiliated that wretched older sister!

however…

Just before this feeling of exhilaration was about to overwhelm her entire mind, a cold, rational voice resounded in her heart.

No…it’s not that simple…