"Attcho!" Basara sneezed as he entered the classroom; ten minutes later---alongside Tatsu, Kuzan, and Hyunda "Good morning again, retards!" Though it was only ten minutes, Basara greeted them yet again as he sat on his cold desk's chair "T-T-Teacher...." Akimiyashika trembled as she struggled to erupt her head in order to face Basara from afar "Hm? What's up, Akimiyashika? You coming down with the flu or something?" Basara sipped on his plastic coffee's cup and curiously looked at the weak Akimiyashika "Holy shit, please raise the temperature of the room or we're going to die, I swear!" Yukishiro, also trembling, begged Basara.
Basara simply sipped.
"Raise the temperature? No, I'm good." Basara looked at Tatsu, who still has a massive swelling on his right eye, on the third file from the left "Tatsu, are you cold or something?" Tatsu didn't think twice about answering "No, sir." Stoic, his answer was met with hatred from his classmates who had remained in the classroom as a way of punishing them from not playing the round of challenges "T-T-Teacher! T-T-That's not f-f-f-air...!! We didn't know t-t-t-t-" Rayazaki could not finish his sentence as he hugged himself; attempting to create some sort of heat spike to get him out of this cold atmosphere "We didn't know we would be punished like that teacher!" Hinagiku finished his sentence while trembling still.
Basara looked at Hinagiku with confused eyes.
"What the fuck did you think was going to happen? All this time, you just fail an exam and nothing happens. But now? Well, fuck around and find out!" Basara crushed his cup energetically and tossed it to the trashcan that is ten meters to his left "Prepare yourselves, abortions! The next round will begin in one minute!" This sparked strong interest in all the present students; the degrees varying---but now they looked at this notice with seriousness "The winners of the prior round are spared from the consequence of failing the round." Basara said as he collected more challenge sheets from a file on his desk "Huh." Hyunda remarked out loud, while hugging Arkalee, as she needed some body temperature "I'm no quitter!" Kuzan happily declared; his table partner Kanawari kept trembling as her brain felt frozen.
Naturally, Basara distributed all the challenge forms and then, once done, he looked over the trembling students who had to endure minus twenty degrees Celsius for ten minutes; the punishment ceasing to exist the moment those ten minutes passed---the temperature of the room slowly turning back to neutral; however extremely cold still.
"I'm feeling kind, so I'll motivate you idiots more. There are two main consequences for cold weather: Frostbite and Hypothermia." Basara began to explain the dangers of cold weather to them "Let's talk about frostbite. I want you all to look at your fingertips." Basara ordered.
They all did and noticed that their fingertips were no longer light skinned but instead entering the territory red; contrasting the color of their hands somewhat.
"M-My skin...!" Kanawari became nervous as she glanced at her frozen fingertips which were by now numb "Cold exposure to the skin will give your skin nightmares, Kanawari. Maybe you should've thought twice. Not feeling so smart right now, are you?" Basara mocked her as she despaired "In general, it's really just skin damage. So, if your priority isn't daily skin care like Kanawari here, you have nothing to worry about." This, of course, wasn't well received by the girls but Basara moved on "And now, Hypothermia. The average body temperature is around 37 degrees, so tell me, what's your body temperature now?" Basara asked with a smirk "Teacher, I will die at this rate...!" Tateyana said as she trembled; her table partner Sagasuga somehow was completely stable.
Dismissing Tateyana's rebook, however, Basara began to distribute the challenges.
"Five minutes to write them. Five minutes to attempt the challenge. Sink or swim!" Basara clapped to the class with his back turned against them as he went to his desk's seat.
Unlike the last time, the majority of the class had a determined aura to them as they became determined to at least perform their given challenge. With flame-passion, the majority wrote their given challenge that would be distributed at random.
"...." Lus, after finishing her challenge, decided to look to her left side; as she wasn't trembling as much as before "You're not going to do it?" She was genuinely surprised as she witnessed Daniel doing something else instead of writing the challenge "......" Daniel stopped writing in his usual school journal and cast his hollow black eyes on Lus "Give them hell." He simply said and resumed his writing; which was not the challenge "........" Lus couldn't comprehend his behavior and therefore decided to completely ignore Daniel for now.
Sana would occasionally place her eyesight on Daniel but she was also worried about writing her own challenge too.
As morning rose to six o'clock, the time for their challenges was consumed.
"Enough, stop writing." Basara got up from his chair and clapped once as he began to collect the challenge forms "Be aware that if your challenge is within the lines of absurdity, as I've explained on my own terms, it will have to be re-written. However, if this happens twice, that person will lose the round." Basara only said this after he was done collecting all of the challenges; now facing Lus and Daniel's table as he collected Lus' challenge; his eyes fell on Daniel who couldn't stop writing like a machine "Daniel, you didn't write anything." Basara's eyestare combined with his immense height over Daniel who was crooked forward while writing, would intimidate just about anyone "I know." Daniel didn't look at Basara and kept writing with impressive speed "Last time I checked, you weren't Russian." Basara collected the blank challenge form from Daniel and moved on to his desk.
For a moment, various eyes fell on Daniel as they found his behavior to not be in the line of someone rational; considering what they had to endure thanks to their prior reluctance.
Now onto the challenges, Basara analyzed them as he had to make sure that everything was alright.
"Tsudo, get your fucking ass in here!" Tsudo was instantly summoned and he became nervous as he had to walked, ashamed from all the stares, to Basara's desk "This isn't allowed; you can't attribute this challenge to a single person only. It has to be universally possible; if this challenge doesn't land on your target then it won't work." Basara explained "But doesn't that mean that whoever gets it won't be able to perform the challenge and fail?" Tsudo tried to reason "Retard, fucking listen to me one more time and get your ears out of the water, for fuck's sake." Basara sighed while dramatically waving Tsudo's challenge form back and forth at him with his right hand "Your challenge can be anything that is remotely achievable as long as it doesn't enter the outside boundaries of common sense. But if you design the challenge to a person only, then it's not ACHIEVABLE for anyone else! Did I make myself clear here?" Basara asked.
But Tsudo defended his point by pointing his ring hand's index finger to Hyunda.
"That logic is not valid, come on! Hyunda used the same method, why did you allow his challenge to go through last time but not this one?!" People around the room started to see things from Tsudo's perspective "It's not the same, Tsudo." Hyunda looked at Tsudo with calm eyes and defended himself "How not?" Tsudo confidently asked "My prior challenge was that you had to take off your bra and blazer for the whole day." Hyunda simply said "Exactly! A boy could never do that! Even you said so!" Tsudo laughed at Hyunda "I did, but was I right?" Tsudo became confused "What...?" All eyes fell on Hyunda "From my understanding, there's nothing stopping you from getting a girl's bra onto yourself and then perform the challenge, no?" Giving an unhinged analogy, Hyunda earned many girls' fiery attention "Dude, what the fuck?" Tateyana from behind, found Hyunda disgusting.
A chain of comments against him began.
"You're disgusting! Who would allow that?!" Hinagiku lashed out at Hyunda and he replied "She would." Hyunda hugged Arkalee "No, shut up! That's not true!" Tsudo became emotional as he looked at Arkalee, who was blushing immensely; feeling comfortable with Hyunda's warm hug "I... wouldn't mind, if that's what you wish for..." Arkalee looked at Hyunda as she said that; the class becoming baffled "Unbelievable! Teacher, come on! This isn't applicable to any other boy! Plus, the challenge said "YOUR" bra! Her bra isn't yours, dumbass!" Tsudo wasn't giving up as his voice grew in volume "Arkalee, do you agree with Tsudo?" Hyunda looked at Arkalee "No." Arkalee coldly replied "Excuse me?!" Tsudo was losing it "Everything that's mine is his~" Arkalee smiled back to Hyunda "Tsudo, stop digging your hole." Basara said to Tsudo "Fuck you and your girlfriend, this is bullshit!" Angrily, Tsudo took the challenge form from Basara, went to his table and rewrote the challenge; ultimately giving it back to Basara as it was now deemed acceptable.
After reviewing every challenge, Basara started to shuffle them just like before.
While doing so, he spoke to the class as a whole.
"You do realize the harder your challenges, the higher the chance you fail, right?" Basara asked as he looked over the students "So we should just write easy challenges?" Tateyana asked "I don't know. What do you think?" He made her think and then started to distribute the challenges, starting from the first table, where Gale seats in.
Naturally, the challenge forms were upside down and could only be flipped up whenever Basara gave the thumbs-up.
On the podium now, Basara spoke again.
"You have five minutes, BEGIN!" He clapped twice and then went to his seat; the students eagerly turned their challenge forms up.
Lus looked at her challenge with a perplexing response; her eyebrows became rigid as her patience was tested again.
"This---" The paper itself began to tremble as Lus had to face the challenge given to her "I'm sick of this..." She lowly said yet Daniel, who heard her words, didn't bat an eye on her---he simply kept writing "Lus, do you want to share?" Sana turned around and faced the angry Lus "I will pass." Passive-aggressive, Lus denied her request "...." Defeated, Sana turned forward now.
Without even five seconds passing, a first attempt was initiated by Kuzan, who was feeling confident from winning the prior round.
"Kana, are you alright?" He hid his challenge form inside his pants' left pocket and directed all of his attention to Kanawari, who is still trembling from the earlier circumstance "I don't think so..." Nervous, she trembled with her two arms crossed; her hands on her upper arms "Hm..." Kuzan decided to put his chair closer to her's, their distance shrank in an instance "Let's hug each other." Kuzan whispered to her ear "Kuzan, I'm not in the mood for jokes, you silly goose." A bit offended, Kanawari rejected Kuzan's approach.
Kuzan crooked his head to the left to the point where he could see Kanawari's pale skinned face from below and then spoke to her with sincerity in his voice.
"I can warm you up, Kana. I wasn't here, so I'm not actually cold. You know, the cold's gonna do you bad. You could, uh, get a hypothermia." Kuzan told her ".....But, that's---" Reluctant, she didn't know what to say; as she looked around but only saw people focused on their challenges, thus no one was paying attention to them, not Sana from behind, and not Tsudo and Shizuku up ahead "You don't mind, Kuzan? I'm freezing here..." Extremely serious, Kanawari was desperate for her body to receive more temperature "Come here!" Gladly, Kuzan opened his arms and then hugged each other with their arms wrapping each other "Oh God, you're definitely warmer than I am, Kuzan." Still trembling but getting warmer now, Kanawari stated.
Kuzan had a difficult expression on his face as he pondered deeply if it was worth it or not.
"Kuzan? What's your challenge?" She asked and Kuzan went silent for a bit "It's, uh..." Kuzan thought for two seconds and then replied "I have to perform a backflip..." He said, with a low laughter "Oh gosh, that's... Can you do it?" Her body was gradually growing less colder "Noooppppeeeee." Kuzan didn't try to hide it "And yours...?" Kuzan moved his right arm on her back to attempt to warm her up; accidentally feeling a part of her back that would make Kanawari a bit more self-conscious ".....I'm warm now, I think." Kanawari didn't move now "Oh, um..." Kuzan began to slowly disjoint himself from Kanawari and they resumed their usual stance; side by side "Thank you, Kuzan! I take back what I said earlier... That was mean, I'm sorry." Kanawari showed genuine regret.
Happy, Kuzan brushed his short blond hair and took her apology with a smile.
"You're so sweet, Kana." Kuzan's innocent smile at display momentarily managed to charm Kanawari for a short glance "...You too." Attempting to dodge further conversation in such topic, Kanawari brought forth her challenge form and turned it to Kuzan "Erm, here you go... Don't let anyone see it, please." She asked Kuzan with great care and thus, Kuzan took a small glance of it in a discrete way; he didn't raise the sheet at all and only slightly elevated it "Hm... This is a toughy. Can you do it?" He returned the form and looked at Kanawari "...I really don't want to do it, but if I don't, I'll just go through that again..." Her expression showed torment and nervosity "There's no way I'm enduring that again, Kuzan." With conviction, Kanawari allowed Kuzan to know her true intentions.
As such, Kuzan decided to propose a viable strategy for her challenge.
Their voices were lower than usual.
"This is easy, actually." Kuzan had an idea as his eyes widened "Eh? Really?!" Kanawari became delighted as Kuzan said that "It is. Your challenge demands you to eat something from the garbage can. It sounds disgusting at first and it really is, but can't we just put something there right now and have you eat it immediately?" Kuzan offered his solution to Kanawari "But Kuzan, that's still eating garbage! It doesn't fix the problem at all..." Kanawari became stressed "But, it can't be helped, can it...? Please, just endure this one, Kana. If you win this round, you basically get immunity in the next one if the challenge is too hard for you." He attempted to console her as she sulked "......." But she still harbored doubts "I have an idea, Kana." Kuzan began to dig deeper into his right pocket.
As his usual thief trademark, Kuzan showed something that he had stolen from the cafeteria.
"A bread...?" Kanawari glanced upon the plastic wrapped bread that Kuzan was hiding in his right pocket---though he put it below their table just so no one could see it "It's a cheese bread, it's nice." Kuzan began to complement his achievement "I don't like cheese, Kuzan." She coldly said "...Just take it off and eat it. Here, I'll give you this and you're gonna go to the trash can, pretend that you're choosing a trash item to eat, but you're really going to eat this bread that you're going to put in the can." Kuzan laid out his advice and strategy "B-But... Can't I just eat the bread without taking it to the garbage can...?!" Kanawari proposed something reasonable "Our teacher is watching us..." Kanawari looked at Basara, who was multi-tasking by watching all the students one by one undergo their challenge.
Noticing this, Kanawari became even more conflicted about the task.
"On second thought... Kuzan, it's fine, I----" Kuzan interrupted her "No, it's not! It only gets harder from here because everyone just wants to write absurd challenges! If you fail this round, then you can't escape the punishment, right? And what if you get hypothermia...? Kana, I don't want you to... die, you know?" Kuzan's words shook her core greatly "I'm not... going to die... right...?" Kanawari sounded certain at first but it turned into a question, asking for some certainty "We're disposable, Kana. Criminals like us don't have the luxury of thinking that we have rights. We have what we have." Kanawari was forced to make a choice "Come on, you won't even notice it." Kuzan tried to convince her "I just can't... Eat garbage...?! Ridiculous..." Their conversation was entering circles and Kuzan had to make up his mind about something too "Geez, Kana..." Kuzan sighed as he gave a defeated look to Kanawari.
Utilizing his right hand, Kuzan dove into her forehead to feel her forehead's temperature; but he then used his own forehead against her to feel the temperature.
"You're gonna die if you get another shot at it." Kanawari became bashful since Kuzan was very close to her "I know... I'm sorry, but I just... But, why do you care so much, Kuzan? We're just friends, aren't we?" She looked him in the eyes "Yes, yes, we are. Alright then." Kuzan distanced himself from Kanawari "I respect your decision." He scratched his back hair "...Thank you." Kanawari wasn't showing any signs of changing her attitude "..........." Now that there was silence between the two of them, Kanawari was rethinking her decision somehow ".........If I do this, then will you help me with the next challenges until this day is over...?" Seeing this as a one-time chance, Kanawari made a deal with Kuzan.
Kuzan, who had thought his entire endeavor was not going to happen, managed to lit up his hopes as Kanawari said that.
"Oh, I don't mind. I can't take on the challenge for you, but as you can see, I can offer some advice, so if you're fine with it, then I accept." Kuzan showed a calm judgment "...Okay, then I..." Kuzan had a last saying as Kanawari was struggling with the right words "You're pretty." He said, with a serious face "...What?" Stunned, she didn't know how to react "Sorry, I just----can't really---hide it. Every time I look at you it just hits me, haha..." Kuzan showed an elegant smirk, exhibiting his stark white teeth, only to Kanawari "Thanks..........." Slowly, as she processed the contents of Kuzan's words, Kanawari blushed "W-W-W-Wait, Kuzan...?! What are you...!" Trying to keep down the volume, Kanawari put her hands on her mouth as she looked at Kuzan back and forth, who had a serious expression "You're so cute when you get embarrassed, you know?" Kuzan did not hold back "What are you doing?! This isn't funny...!" Feeling toyed, Kanawari demanded Kuzan to stop.
However, Kuzan did the exact opposite.
"Weird question, but do you have a... boyfriend?" Kuzan asked a bit embarassed "Kuzan, you're... No, I----Wait, you really-----" She couldn't process it well "It kinda hit me on the island, but maybe you are the one for me? I think about you a lot, if that helps." Kanawari's face became red and she looked around in order to see if there was anyone catching what was happening "Kuzan, if this is a joke, please stop... You won't like me when I get mad-----" Kuzan placed his right hand on her left tight in her skirt's surface "I don't wanna be your friend, Kana. And----I think you also don't want to be my friend." Kuzan's touch made her heart quake slightly "...This is too sudden, I need time to think..." Aware of Kuzan's real feelings, Kanawari started to take them into consideration "Just say yes or no, Kana..." Kuzan demonstrated impatience "It's not that simple...! There's more time------" Kuzan interrupted her once again "It's not about the time, I just need to know. Yes, or no? It's fine if you don't like me..." Kuzan said to Kanawari.
Having avoided Kuzan's eyes for a while, Kanawari looked at Kuzan though, extremely flustered.
"I like you, dumbass! But----you picked the worst timing! God, you goofus! Give me the bread!" Displaying a more aggressive attitude, she demanded a shot at the challenge itself "I love you too! Here!" The bread was now handed over to her and thus, Kanawari got up from her seat and rapidly walked to the trash can located on the northeast corner of the room.
Reluctantly, she put the bread on the square-shaped metallic trash can which contained items such as a bloody nail, dirty napkins, multiple plastic coffee mini-cups, traces of saliva, boogers, dead cockroaches, and random plastics.
She almost throw up just from looking at the bottom of it, so she turned her head back to Kuzan and he looked at her with serious eyes; Kanawari resigning herself from her prior quitter's attitude.
"Oh God." Slowly, she dug the breath into the trash can as some eyes fell on her "Dive it deeper." Unexpectedly, Basara ordered Kanawari who was only putting the bread on the surface and now, many eyes were on her "I'll do it, okay?! Stop looking!" Kanawari became nervous as she dug it even further "All the way to the bottom until it touches it, Kanawari!" Basara enjoyed this "UGH, SHUT UP!!" Her powerful shout surprised many but in the end, she took the bread all the way to the bottom of the trash can "Up it goes!" Basara gave the order and so, Kanawari pulled it out.
Now, she glanced at the bread that was wrapped around stinky grease and buggers.
"Ten seconds left!" Basara said as the class began to finish their challenges; Kanawari looming over the disgusting bread she would have to take in "Tap your nose and eat it, come on." Kuzan got up from his seat and met up with Kanawari on the trash can's area "Kuzan, I---Oh God, I will throw up." Kanawari trembled and Kuzan grasped her right hand with gentleness "No, you won't. You're stronger and more committed than that, aren't you?" Kuzan followed his words "I have written the name in your challenge, I have a pretty good idea on who would create such a challenge." He reassured her "Do it. Don't think, do it." Kuzan demanded action from Kanawari's right hand.
Her eyes wavered and her expression became transiently filled with despair, but in a single instant, she put the bread in her open mouth; tapped her nose with her left hand---ultimately crunching the tiny bread that fit in her mouth.
A single swallow was made after a few crunches.
"ERRGHHH----" Attempting to vomit, Kanawari made a forcing sound, but Kuzan used his two hands to stop her from throwing up "You need to eat it otherwise it won't count, get through this!" Kuzan motivated Kanawari as her tears came out of her eyes "That's enough, STOP." Basara clapped once "Back to your seats, NOW!" Basara erupted from his chair and thus, Kuzan and Kanawari retreated back to their seats; Kanawari feelings extremely nauseous.
All eyes were on Basara again; as this would prove to be crucial.
"I will say this: Congratulations on waking the fuck up. I know it was hard for your tiny brains to process at first, but you finally did it!" Basara sarcastically clapped as many students felt ashamed "I will now collect all the challenges, so get your fucking hands OFF THEM!" His shout echoed through the room and Basara began to collect the challenges.
As Basara did so, Kuzan looked at his challenge once more while purposely making sure that Kanawari could not see it from any angle, and gulped.
He decided to pat her head with his right hand as Kanawari wasn't feeling well at all.
"There, there... Just hang on, once the round is over and you win, you can go to your dorm drink some water." Kuzan patted her gorgeous thin blonde hair "...What if the name is wrong, Kuzan... I..." She blocked her mouth as the urge to vomit came up "It's not." He simply said as Kanawari looked at him with glittering eyes "Alright, I trust you." She placed her vote of trust in Kuzan "Hm." Kuzan nodded.
But now, all attention turned to Basara as he silently emerged from his seat yet again; his destination the podium.
"Here we go again, let's start this off." Basara cracked his neck to the left "Gale Iris!" Basara's shout quaked her existence as Gale became nervous "You had the challenge of: Spin around until you vomit." Everyone looked at Gale who had traces of vomit dripping down from her mouth "Clean that fucking mess up Gale after I'm done." They all saw the pool of vomit in the corridor of the third file and looked at Gale with disgust as they saw her mouth dripping with vomit "Absolutely disgusting." Lus made herself be heard "HEY!" Basara shouted in Lus' direction "Slut." Gale giggled as she let that one slide in "Lus, back the fuck off." Basara pointed at Lus with his right hand "Why? Someone has to say it. Look at that damn monstrosity!" Lus pointed at the pool of vomit as she exulted herself from her chair "Do I fucking have to repeat myself?" Basara gave her the death stare.
Lus twitched her eyebrows and subsequently sat back on her seat; Basara's attention turning to the ill-looking Gale.
"Your guess was: Satou Rayazaki; and you nailed it, congrats!" Basara clapped to Gale and Rayazaki became confused "BULLSHIT, HOW?!" Rayazaki could not understand how his challenge was perceived "How did you guess it was me?!" Gale replied though she didn't look at him "Just luck." Forced to take that answer; Rayazaki was left confused "Rikishima Ikkiri!" Ikkiri replied with apathy "Yes." Basara gave out his judgment "Your challenge which was: Do the compass challenge with everyone in class, a reoccurring challenge, was not accomplished successfully." They all looked to Ikkiri's hands "Ahaha... I guess not..." Ikkiri laughed with her head down as her hands pierced in blood were on the table displayed "You stopped halfway, Ikkiri. You fail." Basara didn't torment Ikkiri any further as he judged that she already was suffering enough from the compass stabs.
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Ikkiri wasn't able to write down who she thought was the orchestrator behind the challenge, as well.
One particular eye glance from Hyunda to Ikkiri's hands was pierced onto the atmosphere as his expression became rigid.
"........." Hyunda's eyes starred intensively onto her trembling bleeding hands; his neck veins popped "Hirakibo Tatsu, your challenge: Make sure the person in front of you fails the challenge, was accomplished correctly, likewise your guess which was; Mayuraki Shizuku was also correct! You stabbed Ikkiri's hands so hard that she couldn't move them anymore, impressive." Tatsu remained stoic "TEACHER, THIS IS INSANE!" Akimiyashika stood up to Basara, who she thought was also at fault here "Look at her hands! What are you trying to accomplish by allowing this?! She can't even move them!" Akimiyashika desperately appealed in Ikkiri's defense "It's unfortunate, Akimiyashika, but that's just the nature of this exam. Ikkiri didn't need to do it and yet----" Hinagiku interrupted Basara "We don't have a choice, teacher! That malicious old man will set the room's temperature to negative degrees and it's all over for us! Please, can't you just allow challenges to be a bit more balanced?!" Hinagiku asked Basara with her emotions on her sleeve.
Basara starred into Hinagiku's soul for a second.
"Who the fuck do you think you are to come up with your own terms?" Once again, Basara forced her to resign from her position as Hinagiku began to create a furious silence "I'm done explaining how things work for you retards. I've done my fair share. You can bitch about it one time, as you are entitled to your own opinion, but that's it." Basara issued his warning "Kyoko Yukishiro!" All eyes were on the extremely angry Yukishiro who wore a demon's face "Your challenge: Sit on a boy's nose for four minutes, was thoroughly accomplished!" Her face was swimming in shame and humiliation "I'm always available." Rayazaki flashed a smirk to Yukishiro "You have no purpose, just kill yourself." Yukishiro gritted her teeth in rage "How vile you are, Rayazaki... I thought better of you but you are just like the rest." Hinagiku delivered a hard kick on Rayazaki's lower right calf which made him agonize in pain "Unfortunately for you, Yukishiro, your guess which was: Ryousuke Kawahara, was WRONG." Basara laughed in her face.
Instead of voluntarily getting angry, Yukishiro decided to listen to Basara, who was going to reveal the real culprit.
"Kanawari, congratulations on being allusive." Yukishiro immediately looked at the still-nauseous Kanawari on the first row "You made it to the list, garbage eater." Yukishiro decided to write down something on her journal "The selection is random, you're wasting your time..." Kanawari talked back to Yukishiro "Oh yeah? Keep believing that, garbage eater." Yukishiro smiled wickedly as she wrote her name down "Don't listen to her, Kana." Kuzan told Kanawari "Yeah..." She agreed and Basara decided to move on.
Onto the second file again, Basara started off with the couple.
"Kitsuya Arkalee, your challenge which was: Insult the living shit out of the person behind you, was accomplished with success." A lot of people looked to Sagasuga, who was behind Arkalee "Your guess which was: Kyoko Yukishiro, was right too. Well done." Basara didn't clap and Arkalee smiled while raising her left hand up "Yay! What a coincidence, haha!" Many watched how unphased Sagasuga was after being thoroughly insulted by Arkalee "Hajime Hyunda: Your challenge, which was: Write "I'm a waste of oxygen and I will end my life very shortly" on your forehead, was done perfectly." Many were surprised by this because Hyunda had to write it with his right hand on his forehead.
He hugged Arkalee tightly as he said the upcoming words with a wide smile on his face.
"I couldn't have done it without my angel, of course, who guided my hands, right?" Hyunda said as many people from the front rows saw the phrase written in his forehead with black ink "But Hyunda, you didn't write the name of who you thought it was that issued this challenge, so you fail, you fucking moron." Basara laughed in Hyunda's face and his face became stunned "Wait, huuuuuh?! I didn't write the name?!" Hyunda seemed genuinely shocked "Oh my God, why didn't you do it?!" Arkalee became nervous "I must've forgotten! Haha!" Hyunda just laughed it out and Basara moved on to the one on the list.
Kawahara, with a shackled expression, looked confidently at Basara, who had an abhorrent expression as he was about to tell Kawahara's challenge.
"Ryousuke Kawahara, your challenge of: Fit as many things as you can in your mouth until your mouth bleeds, was done successfully." Basara's disappointed voice came from the fact that Kawahara looked like a complete idiot with so many pens, papers, rubbers, and scissors "Akimiyashika, clean that damn mess for him, please." Basara ordered "Why do I have to do it?! It's his responsbi------" Basara gave her the death stare "Alright! Damn it, take them out already!" Akimiyashika demanded Kawahara, who was bleeding from the corners of his full mouth that had irregular outer shapes to spit the contents to the table.
Gladly, Kawahara did, but the disgusting saliva that came to Akimiyashika as a consequence, set her on fire.
"HOLY SHIT, YOU'RE DISGUSTING!!" Akimiyashika became bewildered from the saliva she got the moment Kawahara threw up all the sticky materials to the table "Shut up, this shit was painful!" Kawahara complained but the dripping saliva made Akimiyashika stressed "CLEAN YOURSELF, YOU SCUMBAG!! HERE!!" Akimiyashika took out a few napkins from her skirt's right pocket as she possesses a pack full of them "Oh..." Kawahara clean himself up first "Help me out here, clean up the materials!" They both started to clean the material full of saliva "Your guess, however, which was Toharoh Tsudo, was wrong." Kawahara and Tsudo exchanged serious glances "The fuck?" Tsudo became confused as well as partially insulted "Bitch." Kawahara gave him a stare.
However, uncaring, Basara moved on to Akimiyashika as she also had to be judged.
"Izayoi Akimiyashika, your challenge which was: Give your underwear to a person of the opposite gender; was not accomplished as you didn't even try it." Basara sighed and Akimiyashika defended herself "I'm not doing that, I'd rather die." Dead-serious, Akimiyashika stated her intentions "Then keep it up." Basara coldly moved onto to his next target.
Sagasuga positioned himself well with his fingers intertwined as he looked at Basara.
"Hiroyoshi Sagasuga, your challenge: Cut as much hair as you can with a scissor, was accomplished thoroughly." Basara's eyes widened as he saw Sagasuga's new haircut "I appreciate it." Many still couldn't process the new Sagasuga, visually speaking "You might as well shave at this point." Basara suggested to Sagasuga "It's a probability among the many." Sagasuga closed his eyes and took a heavy breath; Tateyana unable to hold her laughter along many others "Your guess which was: Tateyana, was right, so congratulations!" Basara clapped as Sagasuga sighed and complained to Tateyana "Your sense of humor needs an update just like your face." The insult was sufficiently loud for anyone close by to hear.
Naturally, Tateyana got upset over Sagasuga's remark.
"What the fuck?! That was out of nowhere!" She turned to Sagasuga with a sour expression "Keep your remarks to yourself, please." Sagasuga closed his eyes, refusing to face her "You could've asked me to cut your hair, idiot! Then it wouldn't have come out like this! HAHAH!" Tateyana once again laughed at Sagasuga's hair, which was arguably shorter than usual and was almost entirely bald; it looked like the cut of someone with no experience in the department "The challenge was to me, not to you." Sagasuga sighed and Basara moved on to Tateyana herself "Kaneta Tateyana!" Basara's shout made Tateyana nervously put her eyes on Basara.
Firstly, Basara laughed at the challenge itself and then spoke.
"Haha, what the hell----" He placed his left palm on his face "Your challenge---HAHA---" He was struggling to keep a straight face "Your challenge: Put your body upside down while balancing on your chair until the teacher calls you out, was accomplished rather nicely, HAHAH!" All the present ones already knew that Tateyana was flipped upside down on her chair while supporting herself with her two arms; somehow perfectly exhibiting acrobatics despite displaying her red panties as her skirt wasn't protecting it "Oh, I can do this all day! You thought I was ashamed?! HAHA!" Boldly, Tateyana laughed "She has no dignity, just move on to the next one, teacher." Akimiyashika, who is in front of her, commented as she found Tateyana's acting deplorable "Good grief. Your guess was right: Toharoh Tsudo." All eyes were on Tsudo, who wasn't happy that his challenge didn't land on his target.
Moving on, Basara went to the previous losers, Hinagiku and Rayazaki.
"Mayabashi Hinagiku! Your challenge which was: Walk on all fours with your knees only (Your feet can never touch the ground) across the classroom until the teacher stops the time, was done correctly." A lot of people looked at Hinagiku from behind, mainly to her knees which were purple "Jesus..." Basara moved on to the important part as many saw that Hinagiku's knees were damaged thoroughly "Your guess which was: Mayuraki Shizuku, is wrong." Basara cold said; Shizuku looked at Hinagiku from afar "You think lightly of me if you think I would just let you off the hook with something so simplistic." She giggled "Ah, sorry, you're so simple that it didn't cross my mind." Hinagiku had accepted her loss but she was adamant on letting Shizuku know her thoughts "So mediocre you are." Shizuku said as she turned around.
Basara judged Rayazaki next.
"Saito Rayazaki, your challenge, which was: Hit yourself on your right leg with your fist using your maximum strength until the teacher collects your challenge, was done accurately." Basara claimed "Get up." He immediately ordered Rayazaki "I-I can't!" Rayazaki didn't try to elevate himself from his chair "Try it, or else you fail this round." Basara spared no sympathy "......" With no choice, Rayazaki firstly placed his left hand on the table and with his right hand supported on the wall behind him, he elevated his posture "Good, now stand still." Basara said but Rayazaki immediately tumbled down to the right where Daniel is "Nice, so you really did the challenge accurately. Just wanted to confirm." Basara moved on to the other part as Rayazaki struggled to drag himself back to his chair.
After Rayazaki crawled, Basara delivered the good news.
"Your guess which was: Saito Rayazaki, was correct!" Basara once again laughed in his student's face "Holy shit, it's so fucking hilarious when you have to do your own challenge because you retards actually don't think about the small chance of your challenge landing on you HAHAHA!!" Rayazaki, tormented by his own challenge, felt emotional anguish accompanied by the tremendous physical pain from having to punch his leg for so long.
Onto the first row, where Tsudo and Shizuku are seated in the frontline, Basara continued.
"Toharoh Tsudo! Your challenge of: Pick a fight with the teacher, was not executed whatsoever!" Gossip circulated all over the classroom "I am abundantly disappointed, the fact that I alone approved this challenge should indicate that I am fine with you picking a fight with me..." Tsudo gulped "Yet you did not." Basara's cold but confident words left Tsudo speechless momentarily ".....There's no way I would've come out alright....." Tsudo said "Who knows? Either way, you fucking fail so congratulations on the second coming of hypothermia!" Basara laughed maniacally "Damn it...!!" Tsudo became severely ashamed of his fear.
Naturally, his next target for judgment was Shizuku.
"Mayuraki Shizuku, you had the challenge of: Make sure the person next to you doesn't complete his challenge-----" Immediately, Tsudo became mad "What the fuck?!" He erupted from his chair on spot "You lied to me when you said all those?!" Shizuku's mischievous smile was shown as she had to justify herself "It's the nature of the exam, Tsudo----but I don't think it would be wise to even go about it in the first place..." She looked at Basara "Bullshit, I was going to pick a fight with him but I listened to you like a fucking dumbass and look where that got me!" He argued "That's on you, is it not?!" She countered "The fuck DID YOU JUST S----" Basara slammed his right hand on the center of the table "Your challenge, Shizuku, which was for you to make sure the person next to you fails, was executed." Tsudo gritted his teeth though he got back on his seat "Your guess which was: Gale Iris, is also correct." Basara delivered the final words.
Shizuku celebrated as she looked at Gale from afar.
"Yay!! Thanks, Gale! Muaaaaah!" She sent a kiss with her right hand to the stoic Gale "...Wait a goddamn minute..." Rayazaki became skeptical and so did Tsudo.
Moving over to Kanawari and Kuzan, Basara continued.
"Gayakirima Kanawari." She gulped albeit she was somewhat more relaxed "You had the challenge of picking something up from the trash can and eat it. As witnessed, you did exactly that, so good work." Basara congratulated her though what she really wanted to know came after "Your guess which was: Hajime Hyunda, was correct, also." She became ecstatic "YES!!" They all saw her exultant attitude and how happy she was for getting the challenge right "Kuzan, I did it---thanks to y----" As she turned to her left side, Kanawari's lips intertwined with Kuzan's forcefully "...?!" A strong wave of reactions was created from that kiss alone.
Basara was slightly disappointed but couldn't help but laugh a bit from distance.
"Idiot, hah!!" Basara chuckled as he saw Kuzan kissing Kanawari with no hesitation "There's just no way----" Tsudo was dumbfounded and Shizuku covered her mouth in awe "What----" Kanawari removed Kuzan away from her with a push "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Mildly flustered but nervous, Kanawari demanded to know Kuzan's intentions "....Sorry... It really wasn't anything personal..." Kuzan averted his gaze from Kanawari and refused to look at her "...What?" Unable to understand Kuzan's actions, her eyes widened "Kuzan----what was that?" Her tone became monochromatic as she demanded an answer "Hey." She hit his right shoulder and caught a glimpse of Kuzan's guilty expression.
It dawned her, but Basara went all the way.
"Takeshi Kuzan!" All eyes were on him "Your challenge of: Kiss the person next to you on the lips after they're done being judged by the teacher in regard to their challenge, was achieved!!" Basara even clapped to Kuzan though he was being judged by many of the girls within the classroom "Piece of shit..." Lus became bitter "Disgraceful behavior, Kuzan, you don't do that!" Akimiyashika pierced him with a confrontation though Kuzan did not face it "Your guess which was: Kitsuya Arkalee, is correct too!! Everyone, a round of applause for Kuzan!!" Basara ordered.
Nevertheless, not a single person beside himself did that; as the tension grew bigger.
"Hah------" Her hollow laughter alarmed him "It was part of the---" Kuzan turned to the hectic Kanawari "So that means you get away with all those lies you told me earlier? Hm?" She pushed his right shoulder rather forcefully "I know it wasn't the right thing to do but it's not like you'd accept it if I just were to ask y------" As he attempted to justify himself, Kanawari slapped him across the face "FUCK YOU!!! YOU DON'T-----" She slapped his neck as he started to fall down from the unexpected impact on the floor "---KNOW THAT TO A CERTAINTY!! WHY WOULD YOU ASSUME SO, YOU FUCKING DUMBASS?!" Not only angry and bitter, she additionally started crying as she followed to Kuzan on the ground; utterly mounting him as she kept slapping him across the face---switching from slaps to punches though very meek in form.
Naturally, interference had to be made.
"Girls, get her off him!" Basara ordered "Otherwise, you all fail this round." Greatly concerned now, Gale, Yukishiro, Arkalee, Shizuku, and Tateyana got up from their seats and attempted to stop Kanawari who was conducting a physical onslaught onto Kuzan.
However, as they made their way, there was an interference in the form of a couple of girls that didn't necessarily agree with what they were about to do.
"Move out of the way, Lus, or we ALL lose this round!" Arkalee complained first as she saw Lus blocking their way from the central side "Not a fan of cold? No worries, I'll teach you a thing or two if you respectfully go back to hugging your boyfriend like you always do." Though rather confident in her words, Lus expression was stone cold to the mad Arkalee "Why you---She's going to kill him!" Arkalee mentioned as everyone was seeing the one-sided slaughter "It's deserved, he deserves it!" Akimiyashika stepped up and further blocked their way "Oh please, it was part of the challenge! She's literally overreacting, let us get through so we can get her off Kuzan ALREADY!" Yukishiro yelled at her "Get through me then, bitch." Up close and personal, Akimiyashika stared at Yukishiro right into her eyes.
A bad omen began to be felt as not even the boys were able to ignore.
"Uh oh..." Rayazaki blurted "Say that agai---" Yukishiro's facial expression turned rageful as she uttered those words though ultimately interrupted "BITCH." Akimiyashika clarified it "Oh you're so FUCKING DONE FOR!" Yukishiro grabbed Akimiyashika's red hair strands by force "GYAAAAAAA--OFF ME!!!" Likewise, she did the same "Hands off Aki, YOU!" Hinagiku immediately struck Yukishiro with low kick to her left calf "AGHH!!!" Naturally, she was struck down, but took Akimiyashika down on the floor by pulling her hair strands harder "AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!!!" Chaos broke lose.
Naturally, he had to intervene as he got up from his seat.
"Sagasuga, Hyunda, Kawahara, get in there AND FUCKING STOP THEM." He said as he went to where Kanawari was "Yes, sir." Sagasuga got up from his seat immediately "Arkalee, go back." Hyunda ordered her as he went to the center "Y-Yes!" Happily she backed off "Sucks, I wanted to see the whole thing..." Kawahara exhibited his displease "At three." Sagasuga spoke to Hyunda "And we go!" Hyunda and Sagasuga grabbed Yukishiro by her two arms and dismounted her from Akimiyashika "FUCKING LET GO OF ME, THIS BITCH'S GONNA PAY, SHE'S DEAD!!" Yukishiro showed resentment as she was dragged back "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA PAY FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, YUKISHIRO!! DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO BEHIND THE SCENES, FUCKING LIAR!!" Their screams became abundantly loud, though Kawahara pulled Akimiyashika back.
On the other hand, Basara halted both of Kanawari's wrists as she was brutally beating down the defenseless and unresponsive Kuzan.
"That's quite enough." Basara stopped Kanawari "Let go of me---he has to pay!" Her blond hair strands were all over her face; contrasting her usual balanced outlook "You're free to go on, if you insist----but unlike those two, I'm willing to allow you to remain in this room without having you go through what they will." Basara's serious words managed to infiltrate Kanawari's mind midst all the chaos "........" Unsure, she instilled silence "It's your best course of action. Also---" She replied immediately "Ok." Basara after two seconds released her wrists calmly "Sure, I too can play that game." Mysteriously enough, Kanawari got up from Kuzan's body and went back to her seat as she whipped her tears.
Simultaneously, two guards that the whole class had never seen before, arrived in the classroom.
Branded in pure black, their uniforms were fairly standard and they made their way to where Yukishiro and Akimiyashika are being held down by Sagasuga, Hyunda, and Kawahara.
"Good FUCKING GRIEF!" Basara slammed Akimiyashika and Kawahara's table at the very center "I told you FUCKING DRAMA QUEENS THERE WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES BUT YOU DIDN'T LISTEN!!" Unlike ever before, Basara demonstrated a high degree of emotion which got Yukishiro and Akimiyashika authentically alarmed "...What consequences...?" Yukishiro showed visible nervosity as all eyes were on the two guards "Teacher, I'm sorry I didn't mean to----" Uncaring, however, Basara rebuked Akmiyashika "Shut the fuck up, you had your chance. You too, fuckface." He indicated to Yukishiro "Take them away for the next hour, have them back at 8 am." Basara gave the orders to the silent guards.
And as such, Hyunda and Sagasuga let go of Yukishiro; Kawahara of Akimiyashika. Subsequently, they were forcefully dragged out of the classroom by the two guards.
"W-Where are you taking me?!" Yukishiro tried to get answers from the unresponsive guard "I really won't do it again, I SWEAR TEACHER!!" Still trying to appeal to Basara while crying, Akimiyashika was ignored "Off you go now." The doors were closed by Basara ultimately and a powerful silence hit the room.
As Basara went to the podium, a question out of curiosity was made by Shizuku.
"Teacher, where were they taken...?" She asked, showing a very vulnerable attitude "Did I give you the permission to talk?" Basara pierced her entirety with his death stare "No---" He continued despite her short answer "Then don't fucking talk. Anyone that complains is still within the time to go where they are going. And let me tell you; cold is FAR better." This didn't answer much but was sufficient for Shizuku and the others to know their place.
Taking a deep breath, Basara addressed the two individuals now on their dual table though they were far from amicable.
"I don't care if there's bad blood between you two, I've said what I said. You two will remain in the same place. Did I make myself understood?" Basara stared at Kuzan and Kanawari "Yes." Both of them replied very lowly in a hollow tone while looking down to their table's surface.
It resumed.
"Nasha Sana, you had the challenge of: Apply permanent glue to your lips and close them when the teacher calls your name up, and it was done successfully." Her lips were sealed "Your guess was: Kuzan Takeshi, was right too. Congratulations." Sana didn't nod, she simply took it and allowed Basara to move on to the remaining two others.
Leaving only two to go, Basara was quick to look at her, though her expression was that of a furious lion.
"Lus Sera, you had the challenge of: Cut your face on both of your cheeks two times from your eyes all the way to your chin as if you were crying." All eyes were on her except Daniel, who didn't neglect on his writing "It'll take way more than that to bring me down." She stood her ground "Your guess which was: Hirakibo Tatsu, is correct." Tatsu looked at Lus from afar with skepticism "...How...?!" It didn't add up whatsoever to him "....." Lus remained silent however "Good job." Basara nevertheless congratulated her as well as saying additional advice "Reach out to your dorm's guardian as soon as possible." However, Lus had a different opinion "Thank you, but I'm fine. I wouldn't want to think that the person who wrote this has gained some merit in validation so I'll keep it!" She confidently smiled, freaking Tatsu out from afar.
Basara didn't insist and as it was coming to an end, this second round that is, all eyes were on Daniel, who was adamantly writing.
Even Basara was somewhat at a loss of words for his behavior.
"Not only did you not write the challenge which immediately makes you lose the round, you also neglected the challenge which was given to you: Make all the girls fail their challenges." The challenge alone was enough to conjure the attention of all the girls present, however, they didn't want to interrupt Basara "First-hand generosity, you're welcome." Entertaining Basara as well as the class, Daniel let out that comment in a very apathetic voice tone "I was wrong." Basara facepalmed "You are from Russia." Many didn't understand this so he elaborated "Only a person from Russia would willingly welcome this much cold." He sighed "I will now announce the winners." Basara went to his desk and sat down.
Puzzled by Daniel's behavior, Lus attempted to understand what he was doing.
"You are going to die." She said "Great." He replied with apathy "...I can't understand you." Lus shortly gave up as she saw Daniel not stopping in his writing endeavor.
The annunciation began.
"The winners are: Gale, Tatsu, Arkalee, Sagasuga, Tateyana, Rayazaki, Shizuku, Kanawari, Kuzan, Sana, and Lus." Unlike the first round, a lot of winners emerged this time though some losers did remain "If this is your first time winning, you have ten minutes to be back here. If this is your second time winning, you have twenty." Basara introduced a new rule "Huh." Kawahara spoke out loud, despite being behind two loses "The losers are to stay in this room." Basara began to walk out and as such, so did most of the winners.
One by one, they followed Basara to the outside of the classroom as they had their own agendas on how to spend their time.
Inside the classroom, the students that would remain would be: Ikkiri, Kawahara, Hinagiku, Tsudo, and Daniel. Yukishiro and Akimiyashika admittedly lost this round too, they were however, somewhere else.
"I'll meet you in a second, go outside." As Basara was about to close the classroom's door, Hyunda spoke to Arkalee "But---" She attempted to rebuke, unwilling to let go of his arm "This is an order." He made her go with simply just that "...I love you!" Arkalee was saddened but went outside of the classroom, venturing down below the stairs "Ah wait, teach." The door was technically already closed but not locked "What? You have immunity this round, so you don't have to stay." Basara explained the obvious "I want to though. Is that against the rules?" He asked "It isn't. Is that what you want?" Basara looked into him seriously "Yeah, I'd like that a lot, actually." Opening the door again, which caused all the eyes from the remaining figures inside the room to land on him, Hyunda was back inside the classroom.
Ultimately, a loud shut was formed.
Ikkiri glanced at him and so did Hinagiku from afar as they were hugging each other in order to survive the cold. Tsudo also glanced at him though Hyunda did not, as he continued to advance to the north side of the classroom.
"Masochist much?" Kawahara asked as he trembled "......" He didn't reply, however, and simply took place in Lus' seat.
As of now, the temperature of the room is a gentle -25 degrees. Hyunda inhaled the cold air through his nostrils and sighed as he allowed his posture to break loose in the chair.
Arkalee's voice could be heard outside, but the immersion of the cold wave was fairly potent in sound, so her voice really wasn't that potent.
"Why?" He looked at Daniel, who was trembling; unable to resist the consequences of the glacial temperatures "You know why." Daniel continued to write "Great, so you don't get approved and you decide to go down this way? End of story?" Hyunda showed displease "I won't entertain this pointless charade. You should've gone ahead and stayed out of the classroom, as you can see, this temperature isn't as welcoming as you'd think." Daniel offered kind words "You really find this pointless, Daniel?" Hyunda looked to the ceiling that was shrouded in a dark glossy blue "If it was only this exam, then it would be fine. However, day by day, it'll show to be too problematic. Assuming that I do get through everything, to what end? I can't have Yulia back, so why should I bother. I want to die, and so, I will fail until I succumb to the temperatures." Daniel confessed.
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Hyunda took a deep inhale and was quickly found in a situation where he didn't have much room for options.
"Objectively speaking, if you wanted to conquer this exam, would you be able to?" Hyunda looked at Daniel, though he did not return the gaze "There are many loopholes. In all honesty, it's quite simple." He said "I see..." Hyunda asked another question "This cage, prison, or whatever you want to call it; do you think they'll remove it one day?" Daniel didn't stop writing "Absolutely not. We've gone too far in the island." Hyunda corrected him "We?" He mildly chuckled "My bad." Hyunda continued "I took a look at it in the prior interval, it's impossible to get out." Daniel took note "I see. Well, I did have an idea, but frankly, I gave up on it since I'm extremely committed to the current strategy." Daniel admitted.
Hyunda wasn't liking Daniel's approach.
"So there is a way out?" Hyunda got closer to Daniel as he took a peek at what he was writing "It's unsure. But the very nature of the place within this area indicates that there should be. So, it's very much a 50/50, if I'm optimistic, but realistically it's a 10/90." Hyunda's eyes widened slightly as he saw the content of his writing "...Let me see if I understood everything there is to know here." Hyunda gathered up his thoughts "Hm, ok." Daniel didn't mind that "You'll withdraw that suicidal stance of yours and work on winning the exam for your own sake, if you do get a place within the organization?" Hyunda asked him.
For the first time, Daniel halted his writing and placed his tired eyesight on Hyunda even though determination could be seen within his dark eyes.
"That shouldn't even be a fucking question. My reason for breathing is one. If I can get that goal, I will do whatever it takes. I think I've made this point quite a lot often." Daniel wasn't wrong "...I can't let you in. That's not how it works." Hyunda told the truth "Then why the fuck bother talking to me even? Were you hoping to get something from me despite knowing it wouldn't work? You're smarter than that." Daniel resumed his writing "There is, however, something that can be done to immensely alter your chances of entering the organization." Now fully stop writing as he tucked his pen away, Daniel placed his eyes on Hyunda "Go on." Not desperate, Daniel was patient "Frankly speaking, this situation is a bit tough. The organization is almighty but me and Sagasuga are just members in the end. It's not an omnipotent source of power at our disposal whenever we want. That's why I would like to use this situation to test out your potential." Daniel didn't speak out and allowed Hyunda to proceed.
As a matter of fact, Daniel closed his journal.
"They oppose our plans. Especially the old man. But it's important to know that this school is now against us more than ever. They are willing to let us undergo this lethal treatment. In other words, our lives haven't been as disposable as they are now. It should go without saying that it's possible to kill someone just by making them fail numerous times at this exam." Hyunda argued "It's one of the ways, I agree." Daniel share similar words "I want you to not only find a way out, but to unite as many members from the class so our results turn out to be victorious." Daniel was having trouble understanding Hyunda's last words "Are you suggesting that I unite the class and have us all magically triumph victorious? That's ridiculous, the nature of this exam alone goes against that entire ideology." Daniel was quick to tell the truth "There is no way to avoid collateral damage completely." He added.
But that was not what Hyunda meant.
"Find a selective number of people, put them under your command, and use them to fabricate more wins-----does that sound impossible to you?" Hyunda said "I see." Daniel looked around "I align, if my seat is guaranteed at this exact moment." Daniel listed his terms "That's not possible, Daniel." He was rejected "Then it's a n---" Hyunda added something else "I am able to provide you with the resources of a member, however." Daniel became interested "Elaborate." Hyunda closed his eyes and talked "To be a member of the organization, though at the lowest level, means that you essentially have the bare minimum of the resources that are provided from the organization at your disposal." He said "I'm not a member, but you are saying that if I align that I will be able to utilize the minimal resources that can theoretically be provided to the lowest tier member?" Daniel wanted to make sure.
Simply nodding, Hyunda gave the green light.
"I see." Daniel united his fingers and put up a thinking pose "I can't make everyone win. Only realistically decrease the loses. Success comes with sacrifice." Daniel added something else too "Furthermore, if I'm going to do this, then are you and Sagasuga going to be active?" Daniel asked "What do you mean by active?" Hyunda replied with a question of his own "I'm saying, do you have an agenda of your own which will collide against mine? Or are you completely and utterly free to be used at my disposal?" Hyunda chuckled "Ah, I see. I'll be very blunt, I'll only be useful if the situation truly is challenging and demands skill to be solved. Otherwise, count me out." Daniel acknowledged this "How about now? Are you?" He cut right to the chase "Fine. If I like what I see, I'll keep my interest, if not, then you are on your own." Hyunda told "Tell me more about what is available to me since in theory, I'm a low tier member, or rather, have the privileges of one." Daniel said and Hyunda began to tell him.
From the opposite side of the room, far to the left down south, Ikkiri and Hinagiku watched Daniel and Hyunda talk; likewise so did Kawahara and Tsudo though the overbearing cold made them not want to interact.
"Got it. And Sagasuga?" Daniel asked "Yeahhhhhh, good luck with that..." Hyunda was skeptical "Hmmm..." Daniel was forced to acknowledge that "Three minutes left, by the way." Hyunda informed him "Two and fifty seven, actually, but close enough." Daniel surprised Hyunda slightly.
But not more than his upcoming action.
Daniel momentarily erupted from his seat and clapped twice, earning the attention of the other people present.
"All of us except Hyunda are two losses behind. I can say with a high degree of confidence that if I am to endure this once again, I will die. I am not only famished, but I am not feeling well whatsoever." They still stared at Daniel nevertheless "There is not much time, but I would like to form a group with all of you." He cut right to the chase "A group...?" Ikkiri looked at Daniel and then Hyunda "Yes. I propose a group with the six of us and only us. If you are willing to accept this term, then I will not only provide a winning strategy for the next round, but exploitable loopholes that will further ensure our victory in the next rounds." Daniel started to walk the center where Kawahara's table is at and Hyunda started to adjoin the table that was behind and in front of his, so the six of them count sit.
Without much resistance, however, the six of them came to the center.
"Spill. If it's to win and survive the next round, I'm it, I don't care." Tsudo said as he sat on the right side of the central south table "I'm the same... I'm willing to put my emotions aside for now in order to recover this losing streak, but you better have a solid plan..." Hinagiku was suspicious "I have." Daniel reassured "Do you? You've been jacking off this past two rounds, so that's a lot of talking, do you have what it takes to back it up?" Kawahara interrogated "...I don't think we have much of a choice anyways..." Ikkiri meekly said "It's as she says, though I'm here only now under this temperature, it's evident this is a fatal recipe. Let's hear him out." No objections were made and instead, they placed their heavy gazes on Daniel, who had two minutes to convey his strategy.
The clock strikes.