"That's just ridiculous." Daniel was the first to complain as he put the challenge down on the table; Hyunda taking a hold of it subsequently "I'll endure the heat alright." Kawahara snatched the challenge by force as he got a good read on it "Tch, usually I would be down to take the victory, but yeah, not much of a choice here. Tough luck." He surrendered.
The challenge sheet which was allocated randomly by another group, landed on their group. Group B is made of Daniel Lead, Hajime Hyunda, Ryousuke Kawahara, and Kyoko Yukishiro.
Yukishiro, the one who still had yet to say something, started her endeavor, as she sat next to Kawahara.
"I don't think it's impossible." She started with that "It's not about being impossible." Daniel quickly countered "Hold on---" Yukishiro tried to make her voice resonate "It's about being ridiculous, I'm not doing it." Daniel started to strip his shirt's buttons as he braced for the consequence "Wait a goddamn second, you----" However, Yukishiro wasn't having it "It doesn't have to be like this, we can definitely do it---" She felt a light tap on her left shoulder "Give it up, this requires collective effort." Kawahara allowed her to know the true outcome "It's as he says, Yukishiro." Hyunda added "There's a limit to just how much we can abide to a challenge, especially when it's asking all of us to slice our earlobes with a pair of scissors. I don't mind damaging myself temporarily, but I'm not accepting permanent damage like that." Hyunda concluded his reasoning.
It goes without saying but if asked to willingly cut off their own earlobes with a pair of scissors, in a situation of life or death, it would be preferable to cut off the earlobes.
However, this was clearly not such a situation. Losing this round means that the losing group would have to endure extremely high temperatures yet that would be about it.
Nevertheless, Yukishiro was demonstrating a tremendously agitated expression as she knew that this wasn't all there was to it.
Eventually, the round came to an end and the results were declared by the homeroom teacher, Tenma Basara.
"The winners of this round are: Group A, C, and D! The losers on the other hand, are the remaining: Group B and E!" The twenty upcoming minutes for the winners meant quite a lot although it wouldn't stack anymore, where as in, the losers would have to spend the upcoming twenty minutes in the heated classroom.
Naturally, the winning groups were forced to leave the classroom, and as such, eight people remained in the classroom as the temperatures began to increase.
"Shit, I didn't miss this a fucking bit..." Kawahara let out the complaint as he started to strip his white uniform shirt, allowing his ripped physique to be exposed "Honeyyyy~" Arkalee was very quick to move to their table to meet Hyunda "Oh, Arkalee? Come here, we should talk!" Hyunda, was beyond enthusiastic to have a conversation, as Yukishiro decided to sneak in to another table where she would meet a member from group E.
Located on the south side of the classroom, Yukishiro and Shizuku had a conversation, the two of them beyond alerted.
"Hey, what the hell are you going to do about it?!" Shizuku whispered to Yukishiro "Shut up, I'm thinking about it...." Yukishiro bit her right nail "Their strategy is to make you fail every time and make you die by the heat... Usually, this wouldn't work but since Daniel got the entire boys to side with him, it means that he has all of them at his disposal." Shizuku further reasoned as Yukishiro delved deeper into her thought process "They will write absurd challenges every time and if it requires collective effort, which most likely will be the case, the boys in your group will simply not cooperate." That was the gist of Daniel's simple strategy at first glance "...The only scenario in which you can escape this is by having a group which is not made of boys..." Shizuku proposed the only realistic scenario for Yukishiro.
The numbers of boys currently is 9. The numbers of girls, on the other hand, 11. In theory, Yukishiro has a higher likelihood of containing a group with more female individuals than male ones.
"That's relying on luck and assuming that the girls in my group will ACTUALLY try and get the challenge rolling. The only real scenario where that happens would be if my group was made of me, you, Gale, and Arkalee. And even then..." Yukishiro looked at Arkalee fawning over Hyunda far away "...I wouldn't put by bet on Arkalee... Hyunda agreed with Daniel's plan, which means he will most likely..." Shizuku's guess was something that Yukishiro instantly agreed to "That's just too risky..." She was continuously stomping on the ground "It's no good... The strategy is..." Yukishiro was giving in to the negativity.
Shizuku tried to offer an alternative way of thinking, on the other hand.
"....Hey..." She didn't want to say those words because she knew just how badly it would hurt her pride "...?" Yukishiro looked at her frail eyes "I'm not saying you have to do this, but if worse comes to worse and you're in a position where you were like in the last round, surrounded by a lot of boys who won't even start the challenge no matter what then..." Shizuku whispered her alternative to Yukishiro "Are you fucking with me----" Shizuku briefly interrupted Yukishiro "What other choice do you have?! You heard his plan, you know he plans on killing you, there's no other choice!" Yukishiro felt like screaming and slapping Shizuku.
But unfortunately, the truth was, there was no other choice.
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Twenty minutes later, the new round began and the temperatures of the room went back to normal even though a lot of people were sweating as well as suffering from dehydration.
As for the new groups this round, it would be this bracket:
Group A: Kuzan, Daniel, Yukishiro, Stratos.
Group B: Gale, Kanawari, Tsudo, Kawahara.
Group C: Tateyana, Shizuku, Rayazaki, Arkalee.
Group D: Hinagiku, Akimiyashika, Sagasuga, Hyunda.
Group E: Lus, Tatsu, Ikkiri, Sana.
This spelled bad news for Yukishiro as she was forced into a group that could only be labelled as disastrous.
"No way." Daniel instantly threw the towel the moment he saw the challenge and then looked to Kuzan "...Yeah, I'm not doing it." Kuzan rejected the challenge with a visible reluctance "Uh..." Stratos couldn't understand why they were instantly rejecting "It's possible, right?!" Yukishiro quickly hugged Stratos' left arm as she was next to him "Yeah, it is, but it requires every member of the group to do it..." He placed his eyes on Daniel and Kuzan mainly "No is no." Daniel was not changing his ways "I'm not entirely comfortable with the challenge... I don't mind taking the loss this round." Kuzan, the previous winner, didn't mind this.
Something to note about these challenges is that they all had the very same essence; the demanding malicious nature but the necessity for a collective effort and teamwork to be presented.
If collective effort cannot be presented, then the challenge can't naturally be toppled.
"That's... That's just unreasonable, NO?!" Yukishiro spoke to the two of them, although mainly Daniel "The challenge? I agree. Sucks that I'll have to endure more heat..." Daniel lamented as many others watched the ongoing argument "Why YOU----" She turned around and looked to Basara "Hey teacher!! Shouldn't there be a rule that punishes inactivity?!" Basara was in deep thought "You know what, that's not a bad thought." To her surprise, he actually agreed "Then---" Her smile was short-lived "But that's just not the case at all. You can't force someone into taking a challenge when the very fact that not taking a challenge means that you are putting yourself in a terrible position. Not to mention that the challenges are probably worth skipping over, no?" Basara argued "Daniel here skipped the prior challenge and now he's about to do the fucking same! Isn't it unfair how I'm taking the collateral damage here?!" She appealed to her side.
Many saw her point.
"Isn't he also inviting himself to die with that stance though?" Basara reasoned "It's true." Daniel, much to Yukishiro's surprise, agreed "I have the most experience when it comes to the limits here, so let me just say that if I stay here for more than three times, then I will absolutely drop dead. I'm just really reluctant, that's all, Yukishiro." He looked at Yukishiro with dead hollow black eyes "It's still bullshit how others have to suffer from his attitude though!" She argued "It is what it is." Basara closed the argument and Yukishiro was fuming.
She thought of utilizing the strategy but reasoned to herself that the presence of Daniel alone would affect the strategy in the long run and as such, group A forfeited this round by not taking the challenge.
Eventually, the results were announced.
"The winners of this round are: Group B, D, and E! The losers are: Group A and C!" Basara exited the classroom instantly and so did the winners.
Yukishiro, Shizuku, and Arkalee held another conversation in a faraway table.
"There's just no fucking way that I'm somehow getting placed with Daniel in the next round, RIGHT?!" Yukishiro tried to be as silent as possible as she was the furthest she could be from Daniel "I've thought about that and there's just no way, I'm sorry. It's decided via RNG through a spinning wheel, it's just unfortunate..." However, this wasn't enough to calm Yukishiro down "But what if he's in control of that?!" She proposed "How?" Arkalee asked "I don't fucking know, but he's too confident! And besides he might just be trying to-----" Yukishiro accidentally placed her eyesight on the table where her group was prior.
In that table, Daniel was taking out mini water bottles from his backpack and giving it out to the individuals that were thirsty.
This included not only the members from his group, Kuzan and Stratos, but the other people from group C, Tateyana and Rayazaki.
"Hold the fuck up..." Yukishiro became severely skeptical as she saw the four boys indulge without restraint "This has to be bait, no matter how you look at it!" Yukishiro reasoned.
A loud shout out to the three of them came from Tateyana, who was at the central table, happily drinking the water that Daniel had given to her.
"Hey you stupid goofballs, wanna drink some?! Daniel has a fuckton!" Tateyana's water bottle was spilling water all over her white blouse "I got a few if you guys wanna drink it. There's really no rule that doesn't allow me to bring water bottles. It's great to survive the heat waves since the cause of death is mostly dehydration, so if you keep yourself hydrated it helps." Daniel gulped and gulped as he intook the water.
Shizuku unconsciously tried getting up, but was stopped by Yukishiro who kicked her left calf.
"You won't." Yukishiro ordered "Don't fall for his tricks... How do you think those three died, damn it?!" She remembered her of the previous tragedy "But they're drinking just fine?!" Shizuku argued "Daniel drank from the same bottle as those three and survived, he must be pulling the same trick, you're better than this, come on, Shizuku!!" Yukishiro adamantly tried to make her point "Heeeey, it's not poisoned." Daniel talked from afar.
Yukishiro glared at Daniel with hate and spite and managed to convince Shizuku and Arkalee to not fall into Daniel's ploy, despite not falling into what Daniel had said in the meeting with the boys from the class earlier.
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The new round groups are:
Group A: Sagasuga, Kuzan, Tateyana, Kanawari.
Group B: Hyunda, Kawahara, Sana, Tatsu.
Group C: Akimiyashika, Arkalee, Rayazaki, Daniel.
Group D: Yukishiro, Tsudo, Gale, Hinagiku.
Group E: Lus, Stratos, Shizuku, Ikkiri.
This new bracket confirmed something new to Yukishiro: Daniel was not manufacturing the groups in some way and that they were in fact random.
However, there was a boy in her group and as such, the moment Basara was done distributing the challenges----Tsudo forcefully took a glance at it, toss it to the center of the table whilst crossing his arms, ultimately saying a line that Yukishiro had predicted it.
"Not doing it." Tsudo caught the immediate attention of Hinagiku and Gale; Yukishiro opted to let them argue and see how things developed from there "What---why not?!" Gale became disturbed as she was next to Hinagiku "For fuck's sake, can't you read it?" She had read it and so did Hinagiku and Yukishiro "All it's asking us to do is kick each other five times in the genital area..." Hinagiku showed a visible displeased attitude "And you're comfortable with doing that? What if I kick you so hard you never recover?" Tsudo reasoned "...It's still better than enduring the heat, I feel like..." Hinagiku countered somewhat reluctantly.
But Tsudo completely begged to differ.
"Hinagiku, you haven't lost a round ever since lunch. Just endure this one and win the other one. You can't tell me that you truly find this necessary." Tsudo was right and Hinagiku went silent "What about you, Gale?" Tsudo asked her "I don't mind and as a matter of fact, I want to do it." She was thorough "Well shit, too bad." Tsudo was not changing his stance and just like that, the group found itself with a member that refused to cooperate.
Yukishiro figured that now was the better time to execute her strategy.
Thus, she began to whisper a few lines into Tsudo's right ear, to which he was not expecting.
Hinagiku and Gale saw a clear excitement as Tsudo gulped, for some reason.
"....." Tsudo analyzed correctly what Yukishiro was offering him and looked around and tried to see if Daniel was looking at him, to which, he was not.
Feeling as though Tsudo wasn't entirely convinced, Yukishiro whispered something in addition, which made his eyes widened.
It took him twenty seconds to have a shift in attitude.
"Uh, hey..." Hinagiku and Gale looked at Tsudo as he had something to say "If we do the challenge, do you promise to not kick my dick too hard and I won't kick your pussies too hard or hard at all, for that matter?" Tsudo phrased it in such a vulgar way that the girls were beyond repulsed "...Yeah, that's fine..." Hinagiku was disgusted "I would prefer that, if you don't mind." Gale didn't bother to deny it "Gently, please~" Daringly, Yukishiro spoke to Tsudo as his breath got heavier.
Basara would announce the winners a few minutes after.
"The winners this round are: Group A, B, C, D, and E! In other words, all of you fucks get to enjoy free twenty minutes! Everybody OUT!" Basara's words were imperial and as such, everyone vacuumed the classroom, although Yukishiro and Tsudo took a different destination than all the others.
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Back and forth, Tsudo guided her head with his two hands as he forced her to suck it.
"OHHH---HOLY SHIT!!" In that dark and lowly illuminated male bathroom within block F, Tsudo couldn't contain his ecstasy as Yukishiro proved to be very efficient "You'll swallow it, bitch." Tsudo kept guiding her head back and forth in a violent motion as she struggled to breathe "Load incoming, one, two and FUCK!!" He unleashed it as Yukishiro showed a tremendous disgust towards this act as a whole.
Once done, Yukishiro's corners were dripping with his semen yet she made sure to lick it.
"Satisfied now...?" She asked with a degree of fury "No, you said I could fuck you." He reminded her "Under one condition..." She also reminded him as she got up "Yeah, he's planning to kill you." Tsudo confessed "How?" Her eyes became focused "He made every boy in the class come to his side and promised a way out if we cooperated." This was something she already knew "Yeah, but how does he intend to kill me, that's my question." Tsudo had some thought but opted for the logical course "Well, by making you die from the heat wave. If you're paired with a boy in a group, you will fail. That's why, this shit must be kept a secret, otherwise..." Yukishiro began to strip her clothes "Oh looks like you fucking get it alright." Their intercourse began.
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Tsudo passing through the corridor indicated Shizuku, who was hiding behind the parallel hallway, that it was alright for Shizuku to come through, to which she did---without letting Tsudo notice her.
The sight of Yukishiro trembling while dressing her clothes up gave Shizuku a heavy sorrow.
"I shouldn't have... I'm sorry..." Shizuku lamented "Hey, at least I got out of the loop, hahah!" Yukishiro laughed in dismay "At what cost though..." Shizuku massaged Yukishiro's left shoulder "He's just the first. Men are naturally slaves to their instincts. That fucking motherfucker wants to kill me? Go ahead, Daniel." Slowly, she erupted from the ground "If you really think that I'll just surrender to the hopelessness of the situation, then you really don't know me at all." Her motivation rose to full height.
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By the end of the next round, Yukishiro and Tatsu went to the bathroom alone; Lus and Hinagiku not failing to notice this whatsoever.
Instead of exiting the building, Lus and Hinagiku stalked the two of them and hid behind a hallway just so they could hear the sexual noises that Yukishiro and Tatsu were conducting.
"She's sucking dick to win over the boys..." Hinagiku was bewildered "I must confess that I didn't expect her to stoop this low... But handing out blowjobs and sex in exchange for a favor is something that I could see her doing, so I guess there's that." Lus reasoned "We should tell Daniel that he's going to get backstabbed." Hinagiku proposed "Agreed, let's go to the male dorm." Seeing as they were wasting their time there, the two of them quickly exited the block as they had an entirely new destination in mind.
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"I ain't letting you bitches in, fuck off." Eating another chicken sandwich, the male dorm's supervisor, George Kentucky, denied Lus and Hinagiku the passage that they wanted "We just want to talk with Daniel, getting in is very subjective here." Lus phrased it in a way that George didn't take a liking "Erm, we just would like to talk with Daniel! There's not much time left, could you call him for us?!" Hinagiku took a different approach "So fucking annoying! I'll call him once and if his ass doesn't come here, then it's on him, not on me, ya hear?!" George proceeded to shout Daniel's name to the point where they had to cover up their ears.
They could take a sneak peek into the linear hallway of the dorm since the frontal gate door was open yet they could not go through it, obviously.
It proved to be sufficient as they saw Daniel come from the higher section of the dorm, although...
"Why is he wearing a white coat and glasses?" Hinagiku instantly questioned as she saw him from far away "...." Lus opted to keep her opinion to herself yet Daniel rapidly stuffed away the glasses and the white coat "Four minutes left, right?" He asked the two of them as he stationed himself near George "Yes, but I think you should know something... Can't you come with us?" Daniel didn't deny this and went with the two of them this time around.
The place they went was the west edge of the male dorm where the sun would be most absent.
"Hm, that could be problematic." Daniel remarked as he crossed his arms "Be careful, she will try to get the boys to her side by... well, being a whore!" Lus exulted herself "That's true." Daniel didn't deny it, which made Hinagiku think that this was somehow in his calculations "Why are you not worried about this? The fact that she's just going to keep doing this over and over means that she might prove to be hard to deal with, no?!" Daniel agreed though he didn't understand where she was coming from.
Even though he had an assumption as to why Hinagiku was arguing like that.
"I failed, I think." He confessed, which shocked the two of them "What...?" Lus let that out "I wanted to kill Yukishiro by making her succumb to the heat, since it would prove to be advantageous but that was under the impression that every boy would just not cooperate. So far, Tsudo and Tatsu have fallen into her trap and really, there's not much I can do about it." Daniel added something else "Maybe I should go for it too." Lus and Hinagiku became disgusted "What the fuck!" Lus' expression was thoroughly repelled "Men, I swear!" Hinagiku started to leave the scene alongside Lus.
Seeing how the two of them were disappointed, he let them know something else.
"Hey!" They looked back at him transiently "Around 5 pm, we'll be holding a banquet full of food and drinks." He would say his upcoming sentence in a way colder tone "Make sure to spread the rumor." They acknowledged and moved on.
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By now, it was 4:30 pm.
Groups would intertwine between doing challenges and not doing them as they saw that enduring the heat every now and then was fine if it meant escaping the hellish challenges. In other words, there was already a thorough understanding of how the game worked.
Which, in turn, made the viewers slightly upset due to the lack of friction.
"It's been two hours! Why hasn't anyone died yet?!" Seok let out that complaint in the room full of computers with loads of staff members allocated "Daniel Lead managed to kill them in less time than that and yet you mean to tell me that he's having trouble doing it now?! The views are decreasing, for fuck's sake..." He kept analyzing the view charts over and over.
Throughout the day, the views peaked when Elijah, Ellie, and Samantha died. A strong wave of views additionally emerged when the new rule was announced but due to the suspense, many people simply decided to leave; despite the sudden growth.
"Hmm..." The doctor sipped on his tea on that couch as he watched the stream from the central plasma TV "There can't be a trace left, that's how it works, Seok." Doctor Hwan's reasoning didn't appeal Seok at all "Technically, there wasn't any trace to Daniel Lead when he supposedly killed them off, so what's the difference here? The dorms have been checked over and over and there wasn't any substantial evidence found. This is bullshit..." Unfortunately, the doctor couldn't help but agree deep down "...Indeed..." The doctor had to make his move "Seok, what's the viewership right now?" Seok replied quickly "214643 viewers. It's not bad by any means, it surpasses our initial margin, but the comments..." Seok's main worry were the reactions.
Accordingly, if the goal is to get more views, then the crowd must be entertained at all times and this goes without saying.
"A bummer, truly..." The doctor lamented as he was looking forward to it "I wanted to see what exactly you were planning but I suppose that I will have to rush things here, so please----do keep us entertained." The doctor made the call as he judged it was now or never.
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The beginning of the new round during 4:50 pm was halted as Basara had a new announcement.
"A new update---" He got the attention of everyone present without fail "The newest rule of: The death of a participant will terminate all the activity for today, but it won't work if the orchestrator is caught or has any conclusive evidence linked to them, will expire in exactly one hour from now." This news had mixed reactions yet the students dared not to manifest their emotions as they allowed Basara to continue "This means that if it's not done within an hour... Yeah, you'll spend the rest of the day here until 10 pm." Basara wasn't showing much enthusiasm as his attitude was akin to the one when he announced this uncanny new rule.
Seok, on the other side, was the first one to criticize this new decision as he navigated around the couch where the bright lights from the television would aim at.
"Are you crazy, gramps?! If this doesn't work, then our views will die!" Truthfully, Seok's take was on point "Hmpf, so what?" However, the doctor didn't seem to agree "So what?! It's 4:51 pm right now, why are you forcing this when we could have waited for the upcoming hours?! Sure, the viewership has been steadily declining but that doesn't mean it will----" Seok was brutally interrupted "Who is in charge here, Seok?" His penetrating glaze landed on Seok from behind "........" Seok cowered "That's what I thought. Listen here, my stupid grandson---your father didn't have the knack to teach you common sense, so I'll do it in his place-----in situations like these, only those who commit the most absurd actions for their own gain will remain supreme in the end. And now...." His vision was twisted to the stream "Now we see whether or not this is common sense." The round began.
The groups chosen are:
Group A: Shizuku, Lus, Yukishiro, Daniel.
Group B: Stratos, Kawahara, Tateyana, Arkalee.
Group C: Gale, Hyunda, Kuzan, Sana.
Group D: Sagasuga, Tatsu, Hinagiku, Rayazaki.
Group E: Akimiyashika, Tsudo, Kanawari, Ikkiri.
After shuffling the challenges, Basara distributed the five challenges across the classroom.
"Start." The main order allowed the groups to envision their challenges immediately "......" Yukishiro felt doubt but nevertheless tried it as she whispered something to Daniel's right ear; earning Lus' utter disgust though she did not object "I'll think about it." Daniel said, but he was very quick to correct himself "Actually---if I do the challenge and cooperate, then could you do me a favor, Yukishiro?" Daniel asked "Oh? Yes, ask away." She didn't deny it "You see, we're going to hold a banquet near the male dorm and I was wondering if you could come? I asked some of the girls to tell the others, but I wasn't sure if you'd come." He openly confessed to her while letting Lus and Shizuku know this too.
Granted, Yukishiro already knew about this "banquet" as the rumors spread like wildfire.
"Sure!" Yukishiro put on a smile "What's the banquet for though? Are you planning on poisoning us?!" Yukishiro said sarcastically "Oh yeah, I am. I'm going to make you drink moonshine with poison without you noticing it, and you will die!" Daniel lowly laughed and made Yukishiro, Lus, and Shizuku stunned "Huh? Hey, it's a joke, what the hell?" Daniel fired his middle finger to Yukishiro's forehead jokingly "Ha... Haha!" Yukishiro laughed too though late "You're funny!" She replied in the manner "I try." Daniel concluded and as such, Daniel didn't hesitate to cooperate in this challenge.
By the time the challenges were done, Basara declared the victors and the losers.
"To conclude this round, every single group won and not a single one lost. How boring, let's get the fuck out then." As they all got up, Yukishiro was quick to go in Basara's direction seemingly seeking a refugee.
On the outside of the classroom, as Basara closed the classroom, he saw Yukishiro simply standing there on his right.
"What is it?" He questioned her as he took out the master key from the lock "Huh? Uh, nothing." She didn't say anything else "No, don't give me that. What do you want?" Basara wasn't convinced as he found her attitude strange "Huh? I really meant what I said, it's nothing. Can't I be around you?" Yukishiro posed a question that bewildered Basara.
On the other hand, as he hadn't left the building yet, Daniel approached the two of them but spoke in Yukishiro's direction.
"Hey, Yukishiro. What are you doing? The banquet's gonna start. You said that if I did the challenge that you'd come." Daniel's apathetic tone was thoroughly showing "...Oh sorry, I'll skip. I'm just not hungry nor thirsty..." Yukishiro closed her eyes as she made that excuse "What? But you said you would." Daniel insisted as Basara watched this conversation "And I said that I'm not in the mood for it, Daniel. Sorry, maybe some other time." She was hoping he would quit "But that's not what you said, Yukishiro. When I asked if you'd come to the banquet you replied with "Sure", therefore affirming that you would. So why are you showing an attitude that's the opposite of what you said a while ago?" Daniel's voice rose in height.
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Seeing as she wasn't getting her point across, she relied on Basara instead.
"Teacher, he's kinda bothering me..." She grew closer to him "Daniel, you can't force people to come to that "banquet", you know? She's probably suspicious of you and frankly, anyone should be." Basara went against Daniel "Oh I understand that. But what I don't understand is the value of lying in this situation. You could have just said no, yet you lied instead. Why, Yukishiro?" Daniel felt instigated "I-I just said that on the spot, what the fuck?! Do you actually think I'm going to go down there and have food and drinks when I could die at any second?! Are you crazy, you motherfucker?! Oh wait, you are!" She hugged Basara tightly; going as far as wrapping around his left arm ".......I see..." Daniel completely understood her gameplan.
Basara, by contrast, felt the need to execute this circumstance quickly.
"Daniel, I'll have to call in the guards if you continue to harass her-----" Basara explained "Fine." Displeased, Daniel turned his back on them; but not before giving Yukishiro a death glare "Your word against mine." This particular sentence sent a chill down her spine "Huh...?" She felt haunted as she saw Daniel walk away.
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"I promise it won't hurt." Behind the female dorm, where a small fraction of light can sneak in, a bright fire was formed through the lighter as Hyunda got on his knees; mainly his right one with his left leg supporting the weight "......." Sana sat on the small three-degree staircase in front of the door that would additionally connect to the back of the dorm "I'll just burn the glue around the corners of your lips but it won't damage your skin." Despite saying that with caring, Sana didn't fully trust him.
With his lighter, Hyunda started to burn the hard rubber around her lips due to the permanent glue that had been infused with her lips.
"And that should do it." Slowly, he removed the rubber from her mouth and Sana tried to move her lips albeit it came out as awkward "Ashhulee..." Her words came out in a fuzzy way which made Hyunda laugh "HAHA!! Sorry about that! Truth is, I wanted to do this earlier but my girlfriend just wouldn't leave my side, you see." He was bashful to an awful degree; Sana meanwhile got up from the staircase as she smocked her lips again and again.
Hyunda began to walk to the left side where his destination would lay.
"Where are you going...?" Somehow able to speak more fluently but still lagging in speed, Sana asked "The banquet! Come on now, you weren't able to eat, so you could definitely go for a dish or two, no?" Hyunda reasoned with a stark smile.
Although he was right, there was something else on his mind.
"I'm not going unless you tell me the truth, Hyunda..." Hyunda halted as he approached the brighter edge of the corner "Truth?" He simply asked "Yeah... About what's going on... What is this banquet for? Is someone going to..." She gulped "---Die?" Though reluctant, she asked "Hmm... Probably. I'm not entirely sure, if I'm honest. The main idea would be a yes, but I'm not the planner here." Hyunda told her "Who is then?" Hyunda started to grow closer to her direction "The main star, of course. He's been gaining popularity as of lately and it should have been that way since the start. I frankly find it offensive that the public is only recognizing him now, but I believe that today marks the stone-age for the testament." Vaguely, Hyunda delivered those mysterious words.
Annoyed at this, Sana began to complain.
"You always do this; I ask for the truth and you go on this vague conversation always. It's so annoying." She sighed "It's Daniel, isn't it? God---he's not ok..." Worried, she started to confess her feelings about him "Yulia's death tore him apart and he hasn't been the same ever since and now it feels like he's going down hill..." This created a smile on Hyunda's face "I know and I love it." She became very angry "Why do you?! He's your friend, and he probably killed those three guys, didn't he? I won't question how but you helped him... I'm sure... Why do you keep doing this? You're instigating this, Hyunda. Way too much." Hyunda fell silent "...Ah well. I have my reasons. He and I go way back." This sparkled Sana "Huh...? You two----knew each other before...?" She asked.
However, not in the mood for an interrogation, Hyunda snatched Sana's hands and hugged her tightly, much to her surprise.
"H-Hyunda?!" Elated yet confused, Sana felt nervous "So many questions, but why bother answering them when you can just discover them slowly and surely?!" He dislocated from her after giving a tight hug "Come on now, it'll be huge, everyone in the class will be there!" He guided her to the main attraction.
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"A banquet, you say?" Doctor Hwan caught the attention of several staff members, student council members, as well as his grandson, Seok "Say what now?!" Seok immediately rushed over to the couch "Understood... I'll send a team to record it then. Thank you." He hung up the call.
Elevating from his seat after pausing his old fashioned tea cup on the silver-glass table in front of him, doctor Hwan gave his decree.
"I want a team to record and stream the public area outside the male dorm where there is a banquet going on NOW!!" With haste, a team of staff members with cameras ready to record at any given moment started to exit the area "Oi, what?! A banquet?! Explain yourself, gramps!" Impatient, Seok demanded "Shut your trap, fool! That bastard thought he could avoid the spotlight and execute his task without anyone noticing... HAHA, THE FOOL!!" In sheer ecstasy, doctor Hwan took a grand seat once again in the couch as he watched the upcoming spectacle.
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The afternoon sun shun in a peculiar way through the huge cradle covering the entirety of block F as well as its two adjacent dorms.
Driven by hours of preparation, there were four separate long rectangular-sized tables allocated near the male dorm just in front. Two of those tables contained food that varied from chicken wings, breasts, shrimp, stake, skewers, salad, fries; practically anything that one would like to see in a banquet. Likewise, in the other two tables, there is a variety of drinks as well as junk food/snacks.
Regarding the drinks, they are mainly soda and water; no alcohol.
The current members allocated in the area is mainly the entirety of the body of class F, with all the boys present and some of the girls present.
Daniel took the initiative and started to strike the chicken wings like a mad man.
"God---" He chunked on them over and over with his two hands; making some of the present girls be disgusted by his behavior "It's just so fucking GOOD!!" Gruesome, Daniel didn't care, but soon enough, he started to choke due to eating too fast "GAHH---" One person immediately came to his rescue.
Taking a giant glass cup of water, Kawahara slapped Daniel's back and delivered it to him.
"What the fuck, don't die HAHA!!" Daniel gulped down the water as he seriously struggled; ultimately placing his right hand on his chest out of worry "Holy shit... I really thought I was a goner..." Daniel drank more and more water "Ahhhh---" Rejoicing, Daniel went to the adjacent table where he could refill his water.
Every boy was either eating or drinking, yet no girl was actually touching anything.
Sensing as a waste of opportunity, Sagasuga approached the crowd of girls who were observing far away with two glasses of water in his two hands.
"I have a pretty good guess as to why you are all reluctant, so I figured that I should dispel those worries as soon as possible." He extended the two glasses of water to the crowd of girls who were with their backs against the pillar walls "Oh forget it. You must think we're dumb or something hahah." Shizuku remarked, feeling utterly annoyed "I don't understand." Sagasuga showed genuine concern "It's poisoned, we all know it's bait. We saw how those three died, they had their water poisoned, Sagasuga." That was her reasoning "....." Sagasuga still couldn't understand "So, you think this water is poisoned?" Sagasuga asked Shizuku "Yes, I do." She was quick to reply as well "I see." Sagasuga acknowledged the depth of their worries.
Sagasuga then proceeded to drink the two glasses of water right in front of them.
"So, by your theory, I should die soon, just like them now?" Sagasuga asked "In theory, yes." Shizuku was not giving up "You bitches are crazy, we are literally all drinking and eating the same food, that's just paranoia." Rayazaki presented himself as he ate a skew "We lose nothing by skipping out on this, I hope you realize that. If one of you has the plan to kill anyone here through food or water, it's a complete waste of time." Shizuku stated "Ok, enjoy missing out then!" Midst this, Daniel approached Lus, as she was somewhat disgusted by his manners "Ew, don't get near me." She felt like vomiting.
He licked his fingers and then explained the difficulty at hand here.
"I'm going to need you to step up; nothing is harmful." Daniel added something else too "Unless a chain is started, it won't work. Besides, we're being watched---look to the right side----" Daniel cast a glance at two people who were trying to remain hidden for the sake of not letting anyone know that they were being recorded "What the..." Daniel closed in on Lus as he spoke "Do it. Nothing is poisoned. Not a single thing. This is not it, this is just bait." Lus wasn't skeptical so she decided to go with the flow as she sighed "If I die, I will haunt you and kill you in whatever life is after, again and again." Seriously, Lus said such a thing.
With absolute confidence, Lus dirtied her hands and took a bite out of a chicken wing as well as a large sip of cola with Daniel.
"YUMMY!!" She felt exulted as the remaining girls admired her bravery and stupidity "Atta girl, you finally realized just what the hell you're missing out on, eh?!" Kawahara was the first one to complement her as she quickly gathered a crowd of attention by the boys "I don't believe the lunch meal was sufficient, was it now?" Sagasuga remarked "Absolutely NOT!!" Lus charmed most of the boys with her newborn enthusiastic attitude "Anyways, where did you guys get all this stuff from?!" Some girls started to draw near as they didn't want to miss out on the conversation "King George----our supervisor, actually has a shit ton of food stacked up so we asked him if we could create a banquet for the class since we would all be starved out and then we could eat in the breaks from the rounds; he said yes!" Kuzan eagerly explained "Pretty simple, right? Though, we're really lucky that he said yes." Tatsu took a step forward.
On the other hand, indulging deeply into the food which is available for just about anyone, George approached the scenery.
"The fuck are ya clowns yapping at?! YA THINK THIS SHIT IS POISONED?! BRATS I SPENT THE WHOLE MORNING COOKING, SHUT YO BITCHES ASSES UP AND EAT BEFORE I FUCKING SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROATS YA WHORES!!" Admittedly, George freaked a lot of girls out, but managed to erupt a festive spirit within the boys "YES SIR, YES SIR!" The boys happily began to indulge "Hey Arkalee, come here and eat!" Though not eating due to suspicion, this was utterly shattered as Hyunda's words were like religion to her "I'm on my way~" Shizuku was in dismay "What---!! Don't go you stupid---AHHH!!" Realizing she as too late, Shizuku gave up on reaching out to Arkalee and only Gale stood next to her.
By now, the only two girls who weren't actually eating and drinking were Shizuku and Gale.
While it is true that they lose nothing by not eating or drinking, they were left with some five minutes on the clock for the upcoming round.
"So, unless I'm missing something, this is all an elaborated plot to kill Yukishiro, yes?" Gale tried to reason with Shizuku "Yuki is the main target, yes." She didn't deny it "So, by that logic, his target is simply her and not anyone else, right?" Shizuku became annoyed "...Yes... Where are you going with this? You're not actually thinking of going along with their stupid acts, right? Reminder that you don't know why those three randomly dropped dead and Daniel is 100% the route cause of this. You would have to be FUCKING stupid to try to eat anything." Shizuku gave a reasoning full of flaws to which Gale didn't hesitate on exploiting "Then how come literally every single one of them is eating? I can't believe I'm agreeing with that dickhead Rayazaki, but this is pure paranoia." Shizuku was stunned at Gale's audacity.
Gale's eyes were fully on Lus, who was basking at the center of attention.
"...It also shows a tremendous lack of confidence. I'm done, I'm eating, if something bad happens I can't possibly be the only target since they will all take collateral damage." Gale's logic was one that Shizuku couldn't approve "So you'd actually take the risk and die?!" Shizuku became angry "Oh pleaseeee! He's after Yukishiro, you even heard his plan! This was NOT included! Get over yourself, gosh you're so lame to be around sometimes, I swear!" Brushing Shizuku off, Gale decided to become one with the party as she went on to eat.
Gale distanced herself as much as she could from the crowd although she would occasionally cast a glance or two at Lus.
A boy that is usually carried by his girlfriend around, was seen this time, however, alone.
"Oh hey---" His mere voice startled her as she struggled to pick up her salad in a small plate; Gale falling backwards "Woah, don't fall now, princess." Hyunda was fast to save her fall with his two hands "Hyunda..." His upper tall structure was visible to her as she felt embraced by his two hands though she quickly composed herself "I was about to ask you if you saw Arkalee, haha, she suddenly ghosted me out of nowhere!" He laughed childishly "Um, no." She paused her plate on the table and looked around but couldn't catch the glimpse of Arkalee "That's weird, she's just---always around you... Huh." Gale found it strange.
Around ten minutes remained until they had to go back.
"Oh well, doesn't really matter." Hyunda just shrugged it off and grabbed a plate in order to pick some vegetables "How do you fancy some onion?" He asked her as he picked up onion slices with a utensil "I like onions, but mainly tomatoes. Not really a big fan of lettuce, if I'm really honest..." She confessed "Yeah same, yuck." Hyunda served a plate full of onion slices and a wide variety of tomato slices as well "For the miss." He showed courtesy as he gave her the plate "And now, for me~" She felt flattered by his manners as he took her unfinished plate and started to dive into the contents.
Hyunda decided to talk about something else.
"Do you know where Yukishiro is? I haven't seen her ever since the last round, it's strange because everyone else is here." Hyunda looked around yet couldn't see Yukishiro "I don't really know but if----no, I do actually know where she is..." Gale picked those words precisely "Oh?" Hyunda was very much intrigued "She is clinging to teacher Basara as she is afraid that she'll become a target." Hyunda showed a confused expression "Why though? A target? What does she think it's going to happen to her? A massive food poisoning? If that's the case, then everybody here will also die, that's just stupid." Gale couldn't be happier "That's exactly what I was saying to Shizuku but she's really hung up on a conspiracy theory, I swear to God!" Hyunda didn't interrupt her and allowed her to go on "They're all saying that Daniel killed those three but it couldn't have been through the water because Daniel also drank it. He couldn't have avoided it, that just doesn't make any sense, right?" She sought confirmation from him.
But first, after seeing just how much Gale had spoken out and how her voice was running out, Hyunda offered her a glass of water.
She knew not what to make of this as a glass of water in this occasion felt highly suspicious.
"Oh----" Hyunda realized it "I'll drink half; if you die, I die, vice-versa, heh." Hyunda started to gulp until it was halfway "There you go, shouldn't be an issue now, right?" Seeing as it wasn't a problem, Gale decided to take a sip.
Daniel was approached by Kanawari as she whispered something to his ear whilst he ate some waffles.
"Pour it into two bottles and bring the rest here with Olivia. Place them on the furthest and start promoting interest." Kanawari trembled "Please..." She couldn't look at Daniel; her voice authentically lacking in strength "Let this be the last... I am not comfortable with this type of work...!!" She started to weep "Then do your job. If it all goes well, you did enough, so make sure to pour your heart out on this one!" Daniel said with a cryptic enthusiasm as Kanawari began to walk back to the female dorm in order to execute her task which was crucial to the plan.
Against all expectations, however, came Yukishiro who was adjoined by Basara like a leech.
"Oh?!" Kawahara couldn't hide his surprise as he took a bite out of a chicken leg while simultaneously drinking soda "Bitch queen is back, let's fucking goooooooo!!!" Rayazaki chuckled while pouring down some coke "What the hell is all of this?" Basara looked around to the banquet and Sagasuga intercepted him with haste "Given that nothing forbids us from eating in our free time, in order to compensate for the hours we didn't eat at all as well as the awful conditions, we decided to hold a banquet that can be used by all of us throughout the day." Precise, Sagasuga delivered "Quite bold to hold a banquet like this after just witnessing three deaths a few hours ago, no?" Basara was still not convinced "This is a bit heartless and overjoyous, maybe I should forbid this from now on." Basara's words captured the attention of everyone.
To Basara, Daniel simply extended a chicken wing and a glass of water.
"Please, teacher. These are the absolute best, don't doubt King George's cooking." Daniel was utterly serious; his conviction unclouded "Daniel, put that back. I didn't say I wanted it." Coldly, Daniel's attempt was rejected "....." And thus, he put it back "He----" Yukishiro began to form a speech "HE'S TRICKING YOU ALL! HE WANTS TO KILL ME!! HE OPENLY CONFESSED TO ALL THE BOYS THAT HE WANTED TO KILL ME, DAMN IT!! HE TRIED TO FORCE ME TO COME HERE JUST SO HE COULD KILL ME, THIS SON OF A BITCH!!" Portraying a victim act, Yukishiro began to cry "How am I going to kill you?" Daniel sighed "I'm sick and tired of being accused as the killer, give me some concrete proof, will you?" Oddly calm, Daniel began to fight the allegations "Food poisoning! You can't trick me, you bitch! I know that you have poisoned at least one of these foods!!" Yukishiro kept up with her claims "You keep on lacking the evidence. And just where the hell would I get this poison from anyways? You're not making sense, shut the fuck up." Violently, Daniel tossed the water to Yukishiro's face from his cup of glass.
Obviously, this outraged her very fast.
"HOW DARE YOU!!! I KNOW YOUR PLAN, YOU DUMBFUCK!! I'M NOT DYING TODAY, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!! FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!" Totally emotional and lacking in control, Yukishiro's loud shouts warranted her to be allocated away from the scene "Shut up ALREADY!" Not Daniel, but Lus, took a step forward and decided to fight back "You're so damn ANNOYING, why do you have to make it all about you?! You're not the only one stressed about this!" Lus confessed "DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?! I SAID HE'S PLOTTING AGAINST ME!! UGH, FINE, I'LL GET THE EVI----" Shizuku interrupted Yukishiro before she could make the crucial mistake "NO, NO, STOP. YOU KNOW THIS DOESN'T END WELL, PLEASE THINK RATIONALLY!" She begged as she got closer to the scene.
On the other side of the picture, Seok and the staff members were rejoicing.
"Holy shit... A death hasn't even happened and yet the views are going up and up, the chat is LOVING IT!!" Seok was jumping back and forth, unable to control his enthusiasm "They are absolutely great content to farm over; and to think that this is only the first day..." Doctor Hwan chuckled.
Basara was naturally forced to intervene.
"ALRIGHT, ENOUGH!!" His loud shout brought the attention of everyone present "Fucking childs, I swear to God! You have five minutes left, fuck!" Basara reminded them as he took Yukishiro away via brute force "And you---you need some stability, what the hell was that?!" Weeping while glaring with hatred to Daniel, Yukishiro was taken back to block F.
It goes without saying that the mood would naturally get awkward now.
Except that was not the case.
"God, I HATE THIS BITCH!" Lus started the entire movement "I know right?! All she does is whine and will try to gaslight you, FUCK!!" Akimiyashika, unable to settle control over her emotions, also spoke out loud too "I don't think a single person likes her at this point, but fuck, she knows how to suck..." Tsudo made the remark "On God." Kawahara agreed "What a vulgar conversation, honestly." Sagasuga said as he drank the half-full glass of water.
Midst this, two figures emerged from the female dorm.
Carrying 20 water bottles; 10 on each silver plate, Kanawari and the female supervisor, Olivia, delivered the good news.
"Hi dears!!" Enthusiastic and wholesome, Olivia showed herself to the public in a white coat "Hi Olivia!" Hinagiku happily replied while waving "Um, so since we will have to endure heat most likely given that we can't win most of the challenges or some are better to ignore, Olivia and I filled water bottles up for everyone!" With a bright smile, Kanawari announced "I'll be putting them here in this table with Olivia, if you don't mind." Kanawari gently said as she, alongside Olivia, started to form a line with water bottles.
Most were not skeptical whatsoever since Olivia and Kanawari were the ones who filled up the bottles.
"Goddamn it's pretty large!" Kawahara took the initiative and stole the first bottle, which provoked a large chain "Could definitely come in handy." Tateyana agreed as she snatched hers "I wonder if it's allowed to bring some of the food to the classroom..." Kuzan pondered as he took his' "Just don't let him know and you should be good." Hyunda reasoned as he did the same; which ultimately, after the present people, which are about 18, left two bottles left.
The total number of people would be 20, but there are two people absent; Yukishiro and Shizuku.
"Oh my where is Yukishiro and Shizuku, my darlings?" Worried, Olivia tried to get an access to the situation "Ehhh, they had a strange conversation with us and went back to block F." Tateyana replied "Oh but that's no good. I wouldn't want them to endure the heat, like Kanawari said, without water... Can any of you sweethearts deliver the bottles to her...?" Although good-intended, this proved to be rather tasking for a particular reason "That's gonna be impossible, grandma. They're under the stupid delusion that drinking or eating anything from this banquet WILL KILL YOU. BAHAHAHA!!!" Kawahara laughed out loud along with some other boys "Why?" Olivia simply asked.
Midst this, while eating a hot wing, George dropped by.
"Gotta give it to someone the bitch can trust, don't cha think?" His munching was supreme "And who would that be...?" Slowly but surely, all eyes turned to Gale, as she was the one who was the closest to the two of them; albeit there was some confusion between her or Arkalee in this case "There's no guarantee they'll accept it, but I can try..." Gale said "Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't accept it honestly." Rayazaki argued "Even so, please try. It's been three hours since they last had a drink or food. They cannot survive for long without water, especially if they have to endure the heat." Sagasuga appealed to Gale "If we consider the fact that no one is dying over this hour and that the new rule will expire, it means that those idiots will at least need water." Hyunda reasoned.
Daniel felt like offering an additional advice to Gale while drinking from his water bottle.
"Drink some from yours first and then drink from hers. This way she'll be entirely convinced since nothing will actually happen. It's just water that Olivia and Kanawari deposited into the bottles. Knock some sense into their brains, will you?" Daniel tapped Gale's shoulders "Alright, guess I'll try!" Somewhat enthusiastic, Gale reaffirmed.
Due to the low time on the clock, Daniel called all the boys back into the dorm as he would lay out the final act to them.
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Now at 5:20 pm, this would mark the last ten minutes of the rule. Five minutes are not needed to form a group as it's randomly chosen, but five minutes could be held to form a challenge. Likewise, the additional five minutes would be spent attempting such said challenge.
In other words, to make something happen within the upcoming ten minutes, would be of best interest; if the reality can allow it, that is.
"Gramps....!!! Our viewership is peaking right now!!! 400,000!!! But what if it fails?! Like, how is someone going to DIE in the next ten minutes?! They don't even have guns, just HOW?!" Seok was beyond hooked as the climax was seemingly approaching "Remember how there wasn't anything like that in the first place and yet those three died? It's just a matter of trying to replicate either the same scenario or..." The doctor sipped "A completely new one." The students would now enter the room.
However, before getting in, Gale would attempt to deliver the water bottles.
Carefully, Gale approached Shizuku and Yukishiro from behind.
"Hey guys, here." She was scorned immediately with skepticism instantly "You're fucking retarded if you think I'm drinking that." Yukishiro coldly told her "I'll agree here, you would have to be retarded." Feeling as though she was being belittled, Gale decided to open her water bottle and took multiple sips of it "Ahh---See?!" Nothing truly happened "That proves nothing, stop." Yukishiro ignored Gale and so did Shizuku, without taking the water bottles.
By this point, Yukishiro and Shizuku had made it evidently clear that drinking or eating would be out of the question.
They were not taking chances whatsoever.
"Uh, teacher, I have a request before we start, do you mind? It has to do with the challenges and I think it's something that has to be addressed." Daniel summoned the attention of the classroom and got Yukishiro in particular, extremely nervous "T-Teacher! Come on now! Can't you listen to his request some other round?! Why this one in specific?!" Yukishiro's fragile state was beyond apparent to anyone "Hm... Daniel, speak." Denying Yukishiro's appeal, Basara allowed Basara to speak.
Yukishiro clench her teeth in a feat of rage as Daniel was allowed to proceed.
"There aren't sufficient rewards for winning. Having free twenty minutes feels too little in comparison in comparison to what we have to suffer should we lose. Not to mention that the challenges are incredibly hard due to the malicious self-implemented rule which doesn't allow us to write compassionate challenges by contrast." He got up from his seat and truly made his point now "I propose that the winning groups should have the right to have a reward that really feels like one." Daniel didn't specify but on the other hand, gathered the attention of everyone present; including the partial kind mostly "Go on." Basara could not deny this development.
A wicked smile was born from his lips.
"Sovereignty over the group that we rightfully guess; of course, if we topple the challenge firstly----that is." Many didn't understand what Daniel meant by "sovereignty" yet they wanted to know "Explain." Basara demanded "It's simple; for example----if my group gets the challenge, does it correctly, and guesses the group correctly, then that means that my reward will be complete control over that such said group. In other words, I get to order them to do one simple thing and they are not allowed to disobey. If they do, they must drop out of the program; or rather---be executed like our good old friends." He concluded his insane take "So----everyone..." Daniel didn't look at his classmates but instead at the four cameras spread throughout the room "What do you say?" Manically, he extended his two arms sideways.
This was instantly met with negative opinions though.
"That is ABSURD! Teacher, don't even think about it! 20 minutes is ENOUGH compensation for fuck's sake! This is just greed and also because he CLEARLY has an agenda which indicates that he wants to kill me!" Yukishiro's last part wasn't that well acknowledged by the masses, but many agreed with her first point "I don't see why we need to go down this path, Daniel. Complete control over the other group and if they don't obey they get expelled via the program which leads to execution? What if you order something absurd, what then?" Sagasuga reasoned "Then we simply forbid absurd takes. Just simple ones will do. Basically, just like a challenge, no? What's the harm?" Daniel countered "I just don't agree with this at all..." Shizuku complained "......" Basara, on the other hand, was simply waiting.
Naturally, this was spiraling out of control on the other side of the board.
"Holy fucking shit, the pool results are in..." Seok announced as all the staff members instantly checked it; doctor Hwan instantly rushed over to Seok's side just so he could see the results as well "Goodness gracious..." The doctor began to sweat as he saw the overwhelming difference in the votes "A 99,7% in favor of him and 0,03% against it WHAT THE FUCK!!" Seok lost his mind "But wait, they're also demanding a time extension because not only is this taking almost five minutes but because they really want to see it happening and realistically, it's impossible by now since by the time they start doing the challenges they might--------" The staff member that spoke was interrupted by the sour doctor Hwan "YA THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT BRAT?! QUIET AND GO BACK TO WORK!!" Cowering, the staff member did exactly that.
The decisive phone call to Basara was dealt amidst the arguments within the classroom.
"I see." Basara hung up and instantly got up; meanwhile Daniel sat down.
An announcement was made, for the final curtain.
"First of all, your proposal has been accepted, Daniel---" Controversy sparked all across the classroom yet no one dared to interrupt Basara directly "However, it will only be applicable for this round and not afterwards. Secondly, there will be a time extension for the rule; given that it's 5:24 pm right now, it's been decided that it will end on 5:40 pm--" Yukishiro couldn't hold back this time around "THAT IS SUCH BULLSH----" A shout as loud as thunder quaked her entire existence "SHUT THE FUCK YOU INSIGNIFICANT WASTE OF OXYGEN INTERRUPT ME ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL BE THE ONE ACTUALLY DOING THE KILLING." Unhinged yet thorough, Basara managed to shut her up "With that said, let's get this shit started." Basara looked extremely forward to this, just like many others.
For this special round where anticipation lay the most, the groups are:
Group A: Stratos, Akimiyashika, Hinagiku, Tateyana.
Group B: Yukishiro, Sagasuga, Ikkiri, Tatsu.
Group C: Hyunda, Shizuku, Tsudo, Daniel.
Group D: Sana, Rayazaki, Kuzan, Lus.
Group E: Gale, Kawahara, Arkalee, Kanawari.
"Begin!" Tasked with writing the challenges, the five groups didn't waste time around whatsoever.
Unable to disobey the malicious nature of the exam, each group was forced to write down an utterly despicable challenge; yet the core strategy here was to gather who wrote which challenge.
"Stop." After five minutes had passed, which marked 5:30 pm, Basara gave the halt and collected the challenge sheets one by one.
After thoroughly examining their contents, Basara decided that it was alright for the exam to proceed.
"Not pulling any punches, eh?" Basara shuffled the challenges and then started to distribute them table by table "BEGIN!" On the clock, every person in the room flipped their main challenge without fail "...." Daniel immediately got up and so did many other boys as they started to circulate the classroom "What the fuck---Oh no, no!" Yukishiro got upset instantly "Teacher, come on! This can't be allowed!! They are just going to trade information, for fuck's sake!!" Basara shrugged "At this point you're complaining about something that you previous took advantage of in the past. Use your brain and find a way out." But there was no way out in this situation.
The theory was always simple: As long as you tell what challenge you wrote to the person who has yours, they will tell which one their group did. If it's the one you received, then you trust that information. Naturally, you can be lied to in these situations, but in this case it's slightly different since it's being exchanged from boy to boy.
In other words, Yukishiro had absolutely no way to combat this strategy whatsoever and even if she tried to get the favor from a boy in her group, it would be pointless as what matters right now is what happens now.
"Hey Sagasuga, who did this challenge...?" Unable to recognize the handwriting, Yukishiro sought help from the balanced and rational member of the group "I have an idea, yes." He didn't deny it "Who?" Yukishiro asked "Group A, no doubt." Sagasuga reaffirmed "Ok, got it. Now let's do the challenge..." She glared at Sagasuga "Absolutely not. What a hideous task." Sagasuga glanced at the challenge with abhorrence "All it's fucking asking for each member to rip out a damn TOOTH and give it to a person of your group to eat it. Just take out one of your back ones FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" Sagasuga begged to differ, however "I am not alright with permanent self-mutilation, Yukishiro. I won't budge." Pissed off by his adamant attitude, Yukishiro clicked her tongue and tried her luck with Ikkiri instead.
However, before Yukishiro could even speak, Ikkiri did instead.
"...No, you don't deserve it." Blatantly, Ikkiri glared at Yukishiro with hate "Why you-----" Seeing as there was no other choice, Yukishiro looked at Tatsu "H-Hey, if you convince them to partake this challenge, then I'll do anything for you! Anything, ANYTHING. I mean------" She snuck her right hand into his genital area "-----it." While trying to sound as erotic as possible "Yeah no." Utterly obliterated, Yukishiro was turned down instantly.
Left with a sense of dread and hopelessness, Yukishiro felt at complete loss.
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It was now 5:35 pm and the timing for the challenges ceased.
Yukishiro's dread felt impending. Yet at the same time, she thought of countermeasures in case something went brutally wrong for her.
"The winners for this round are: Groups A, C, D, and E! And that leaves, of course, the one and only losing group... GROUP B!" No one in the group except for Yukishiro felt brutally terrorized "This is UNFAIR, TEACHER! They refused to do the challenge and I couldn't do anything because the challenges require collective effort!" She whined but Basara was not done "And now... For the group that received group B's challenge and guessed it correctly..." Basara declared the winner in a loud manner "GROUP C!!" Yukishiro's eyes widened as she began to tremble in fear "No..." Her head shook in horror as Daniel's eyes lay on her.
Doctor Hwan and Seok, alongside the other staff members, saw their numbers skyrocket like never before.
"My God, there's no way the principal is complaining about this..." Seok remarked "They are hyping him like crazy... But like, won't this just fuck Daniel up though?! If he really tries to kill Yukishiro here, somehow, all the suspicion will be on him! He would have to be crazy, no, gramps?!" Seok had a point "Oh it's true alright. We weren't able to find concrete evidence but at this point, if someone dies due to this new rule then Daniel is the suspect. The problem lies in finding evidence though. Unless there is a terminal link to the source; just like how we couldn't find a trace of poisonous substances within the male dorm, it won't matter. But... That won't work well for him." The doctor reasoned.
The decree of the new rule was given to Daniel's group and after consulting with his group, he gave the call to Basara.
"Alright, we've decided on what we are going to do." Daniel spoke with supreme confidence "Say the word then." Going towards the central table of the room, after taking something of importance from his backpack, Daniel directed to Yukishiro, Sagasuga, Ikkiri, and Tatsu------all of which, except for Yukishiro, looked at Daniel with an easygoing expression "You four will all drink water from these bottles." He presented the same water bottles that had been distributed in the past "Teacher, I have a question!" Yukishiro instantly sought assistance "What?" Mildly annoyed still, Basara nevertheless intercepted Yukishiro's question "If I die here, I want there to be NO DOUBT that it was all Daniel's fault and that he must get executed for it." Yukishiro continued "The authorities must know that what's about to happen is not a coincidence and that I was thoroughly set up by everyone in this GODDAMN FUCKING ROOM!!" Weeping, she concluded.
Though unreasonable, Basara considered the scale of her words and decided that it would be fair to accept what she just said if it should happen.
"He will no doubt be placed under massive suspicion. I will do whatever it takes to make sure, if you die right here and now, after drinking the water or later, that Daniel is sent to execution." Those words rang deep to Daniel in an alarming way "Alright, fucking fine then. I die, you die with me. I'll spend eternity killing you, if that's what it takes." Such a line was just produced "Great, so, pick your bottle." Daniel ordered "Pick the one with the poison." Yukishiro taunted him "There is no such thing. It's just natural water, I don't even have ways to poison the water..." Daniel made a confused expression "I don't think he does too." Sagasuga reaffirmed as he sipped on the water.
Tatsu did the same and so did Ikkiri, erasing any doubts albeit Yukishiro remained skeptical still.
"If you don't do it, you will actually die through execution and that's not on me-----that's on you." Daniel said to Yukishiro, who was in a corner "Teacher, you better keep your word. EVERYONE!" Yukishiro gave a speech to everyone present "If I die, you VERY WELL COULD BE NEXT!! DON'T BE FOOLED BY THIS PRETENTIOUS DOUCHEBAG WHO ACTS ALL INNOCENT WHEN HE HAS SAID ON RECORD THAT HE WANTS TO KILL ME!!" She took a few deep breaths and then, out of paranoia mixed with fear, she trembled as she tried to drink water "......." Her body absorbed the water nutrients for the first time in a while "So, does it taste good?" Daniel asked her ".........." Yukishiro tried to see if she was feeling something out of the ordinary.
Seeing as there was nothing more to be done except to announce the time, Basara gave a quick rundown as he judged this situation to be brutally time-wasting.
"It's 5:37 pm right now, so unless something magical happens in the next three minutes, the new rule has expired. Round is over; the winners get out and the losers stay!" Given Basara's decree, only group B remained inside the classroom.
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Outside of the classroom, Daniel whispered something to Hyunda.
"Wow, holy shit." Hyunda couldn't hide his surprise as Daniel told him about the mixture "No, no way, I gotta see it, hold up." Enthusiastic, Hyunda took a step forward and talked with Gale, who was walking alongside Shizuku; starting to descend the long staircase that would lead to the first floor of block F "Hey!" Hyunda called out and Gale immediately looked back; so did Shizuku "Hyunda? Oh hey, I----" Hyunda interrupted Gale's sentence before she could say anything else "This is gonna sound like such a strange question, but do you remember exactly which one was your bottle?" This peculiar question was something that neither Gale nor Shizuku knew the answer to.
Primarily because the designs look exactly the same, there is no way to differentiate.
"Uh, let me see..." Gale went to her backpack and took out the three water bottles that she had accumulated "Oh." She noticed that there was one that had slightly less water as she had taken a few sips from it earlier while trying to convince Yukishiro and Shizuku to drink it "This is definitely mine, but why...?" Even Shizuku was curious as to why "I lost mine and wanted a new one, so I figured that I could ask you to lend me yours since it's somewhat half-full while you could enjoy your other one. Uh, would that be fine?" Gale was quick to give the positive answer "...Sure..." She felt bashful suddenly; Shizuku additionally took out the water bottle that was meant to her "Oh right, you still have Yukishiro's so there's that! See you at the banquet!" Said Hyunda as he made haste down below where Daniel was.
As they took a step down the staircase, Shizuku and Gale took a sip on their water bottles.
Their glands tried to remember the natural scent of water----how organic and refined it can be.
Which by no means should ever indicate a searing sensation that starts to burn your throat down like a summer fire adjoined with an endlessness of dread of miasma corrupting your lungs like a plague.
"AGHHHH-----!!!" Not only feeling weak, but facing head on tremendous brain damage at sudden, Gale and Shizuku began to see things twisted without being able to tell where things are-----their sights were barely functional "Whaaaaaaat theeeeeee---------" Tilting over and over, their throats felt severed and their voices sealed.
Shizuku tried to take a step forward and support herself on the handrail on the left side but her body felt so limp that she allowed her back to flow into the pit that is in-between the staircases; naturally letting her fall ten meters below with her body landing on the cold ground----ultimately splattering her face as well as bending her skull backwards.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!" Tateyana let out that shout as she saw Shizuku's body crumble down from above "W-What the fuck! Shizuku!?" Tsudo was beyond shocked and frankly agitated "Wait... Wait, wait..." Kawahara, nearby the first floor, almost on the way out, noticed Shizuku's dead body and additionally, checked what time it was "HEY TEACHER!!!" Shouting as loud as possible, Kawahara exited the building and ran to Basara who was on the border of block F.
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"You have GOT to be kidding me. HOW?!" Seok was in disbelief as he watched the footage alongside the staff members "We saw so many of them drink water from bottles, and yet you mean to tell me that somehow those two got the bad spectrum?!" It truly didn't add up "That's not even the most mind-blowing part... It's the fact that there were thirty-seven seconds left until the rule expired and whoever managed to get them killed, got rewarded for it big time..." One of the staff members included.
Doctor Hwan saw the steady decline in viewership now as the day was officially over for now, due to the prominence of the rule. Even though it brought forth an elevated streak of views, it also meant that their avenue would cease for the day.
"I understand, I will be ordering the team to make all the due preparations for tomorrow, sir." Doctor Hwan affirmed as he sipped on his tea "Oh? I see. No, that's fine, I'll see to it. Yes, thank you, sir." The call ended and Seok ran to his grandfather's side "So, any news for tomorrow?! Do we already know what new game we'll be putting them through?! It's gotta make the numbers go up and uppppppp!!" Seok was bubbly "Quite the contradiction compared to their class' numbers. Do you know how many people from that classroom died today?" Seok answered quickly "Five!" He added something else too "And we didn't find a single damn clue to who killed them!" Even though the first act mainly points at Daniel.
As for the second act, it mainly points to Hyunda, but the evidence is as great as the first one.
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A loud emotional cry could be heard throughout the entire building as Lus and Daniel met on the back side of block F, during that afternoon, where the sun was starting to set.
"I asked for Gale, not Shizuku..." Lus was somewhat shaken as she glanced at Daniel with his arms crossed "Collateral damage, actually. Gale was supposed to give the bottle to Yukishiro and sooner or later, Yukishiro would drink it too." Daniel reasoned "Alright, what did it contain?" She was beyond curious "I doubt you have the precise knowledge to know just exactly what I'm talking about but it's a mixture of Moonshine, Spirytus Stawski, and a paralyzing agent." Lus became bewildered "What the FUCK!" She couldn't control herself "Moonshine?! Seriously, where do you get this stuff?!" She demanded to know but Daniel wasn't just about to reveal it.
Instead, Daniel changed the subject.
"So, since Gale is dead, I have access to this undying loyalty of yours now?" He took a glance at Lus, who was reluctant to confirm right away but nevertheless did it after a long breath "Yes... It's an agreement." These words were really good for him "That's great! I already want a favor from you, Lus." He took no time at all "And what would that be now?" She didn't sound annoyed but rather just curious and eager to learn what he had planned for her "Deliver this to Yukishiro's room without delay, that will be all. Oh, preferably don't let her know that it was you." Daniel gave Lus a paper sheet, a box with something inside, and a wrapped letter.
Lus definitely wanted to take a peek at the contents inside.
"Don't check it, simply deliver it to her front door." Daniel began to walk away "......" Lus tucked in the contents into her backpack "Thanks!" She thanked with a smile though Daniel didn't reply back and instead, went to the one direction where the multitude would await them.
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The male dorm had an immense concentration onto one side in particular.
Given the circumstance at hand, Basara was alerted that Mayuraki Shizuku, who was found with her body splattered on the first floor; as well as Gale Iris, whose body fell down the stairs yet would never recover again-----were in fact dead. The causes are still being discovered but what mattered for all of the boys and admittedly some of the girls was that the day was over.
Although initially set to end on 10 pm, it ended around 5 pm, closer to 6 pm. That would be about four hours in addition.
"Spill it, bitch." Tsudo, somewhat angry and bitter at Daniel, demanded to know the truth "Spill what?" There was a degree of confusion here, in the cafeteria area where every male would seat across in tables "How the fuck we are getting OUT. That's literally the only reason we agreed in the first place." Tsudo made a good point "Motherfucker... You didn't have to kill her!" Tsudo couldn't control his emotions quite well.
Hyunda decided to intervene as he figured he had a way to create a more logical avenue here.
"Dude, you got to fuck Yukishiro like three times today, stop crying just because you're never going to fuck Shizuku now that she's dead." Hyunda hit the spot "I fucking know, shut UP!" Tsudo agreed on another aspect though "But holy shit, she does suck good, what the fuck? Like, am I the only one?" Many shared his opinion, in contrast to what Tsudo was thinking "Nah dude, she has been at it since young I just fucking know!" Kawahara agreed "We should never kill her..." Tatsu remarked.
The real topic at hand, however, had to be discussed, and so, Rayazaki was the one who sparked interest again.
"Daniel, the way out. Explain that." Far too serious, Rayazaki paid undivided attention to Daniel "Fair enough..." Daniel acknowledged it and looked at Kawahara for a brief second "What're you looking at me for?" Kawahara was genuinely clueless "Kawahara, it's time." Daniel continued "The way out is through the Hideout." Kawahara became dumbfounded "Show us the way and I'll show you the way as well." Daniel bargained.
Class F students remaining: 18.