The Battle Queen They Blindly Kicked Out (Joanna) novel Chapter 145

Chapter 145 Her Game

There were a total of 33 members in the group now, which meant 33 points. Free points. Of course Keith was happy to take them.

“Everyone, Joanna picked me herself. If I win, don’t say I cheated,” Keith said loudly.

The others immediately started jeering. “Joanna, you said you’d bet all your points. You’re not backing out now, right? You’ve got 72 points. If you lose everything, you won’t even be able to stay in the apartments tomorrow. You’ll be eliminated.”

In truth, plenty of people here weren’t trying to become Joanna’s boyfriend at all. They just wanted to win her points.

Seventy-two points was a significant amount.

Joanna sneered, “I keep my word. But the one who fails might not be me.”

After that, Joanna called up the system.

The arena worked much like a public duel, except this was a targeted match. Both sides quickly finished setting the terms.

Arena Red Side: Joanna Lane. Wager: 72,281 credits.

Arena Blue Side: Keith Fisher. Wager: 40,294 credits.

After both sides confirmed, they were instantly teleported to the arena entrance, and a separate combat zone opened up.

In the spectator stands, a tall, carefree girl with a bow on her back shouted loudly.

“Hey everyone, weren’t we betting on who’d be the first to win Joanna over? Same deal now. Whoever wins gets to be Joanna’s boyfriend. Place your bets. I’m the dealer. Let’s see if Keith can win. Don’t worry, we’re just having some fun. We’re betting Starcoins. Joanna’s odds are 1 to 10. Keith’s odds are one to 0.1. Place your bets, place your bets.”

Everyone’s attention was immediately drawn to her. With the help of the intelligent system, a betting board appeared in front of the crowd.

“Aren’t you just asking to lose money? I’m betting 10,000 on Keith. Easy profit of a thousand Starcoins,” someone laughed.

The girl with the bow made an exaggerated face.

“What? We’re all SSS-rank talents here, and you’re only betting 10,000? Aren’t you

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embarrassed? Don’t even show up without at least a hundred million Starcoins. I’ll start. I’m betting on Joanna. Ten billion.”

She slammed down a full 10 billion.

That single move made everyone watching feel tempted.

Based on the earlier odds, betting one hundred million could earn 10 million Starcoins.

But after Katherine dropped 10 billion, the odds immediately changed.

Now, betting on Keith meant that a one-hundred-million bet could return 10 billion, a one-to- one-hundred ratio.

Of course, that was only in theory.

Because the girl with the bow was running a head-to-head betting pool.

This girl was Katherine.

After seeing the post, Joanna went along with it and immediately came up with a chain of schemes.

The first plan was simple. She used provocation to lure people into arena matches.

Even just one match could earn her 50 points.

The real focus, however, was the second plan.

She handed all 69.5 billion she had to Katherine and told her to open the betting pool. No matter how much people wanted to bet, she’d take it, as long as they were betting on Joanna to

win.

But what if, by the end, everyone realized how strong Joanna really was and all bets were on her?

Wouldn’t the dealer go bankrupt?

The solution was simple.

In this head-to-head pool, the winners split all the losers’ wagers evenly, and the dealer took a

cut.

The dealer’s cut was five percent.

So even if everyone bet on Joanna, as long as at least one person bet on the other side and lost, the winners would still split 95 million from that one hundred million bet.

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As for whether someone who bet one hundred million ended up getting a few million or just a few hundred Starcoins, that had nothing to do with Katherine.

Katherine never lost a bet.

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