A Place of Aristocracy

*Kiyoko Sasaki's POV*

//April 13, 2040//Friday//

The students were shocked after I told those things to everybody. Ichi looked me in the eye and began laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Just what I expected from you, Kiyoko Sasaki!"

"Kiyoko Sasaki? Never heard of her."

Looking at the reaction of these students, this again proved another one of my theories to be correct.

These people dedicated their whole lives to their talents so they do not have much time using social media or reading the news to know about other people. That is why they didn't know who I was.

"Ok, let me introduce myself once again. I am Ichi, and I am the creator of Saitei University. Dear students, WELCOME TO THIS PLACE, A PLACE OF ARISTOCRACY!!"

"What happened to Kenji Takizawa, our School Director?" The nice girl asked.

"Kenji Takizawa? Never heard of him."

"That is impossible! Kenji Takizawa is the School Director of Saitei University!" I pointed out.

"Shut up, like I said, I do not know this person you are talking about."

Why is he acting weird? But still, this doesn't make any sense at all. If Ichi was the creator of Saitei University just like what he said, then who is Kenji Takizawa?

"But what do you mean by a place of aristocracy?"

"That is right, a place only for the highest class. The reason why those dipshits you were with died is to test your skills, and abilities if you really are a student who is one of the best in this society."

"You killed them just to test our skills?" The girl with blue hair asked.

"That's right! You are all lucky to be alive for proving to me that all of you are the best!"

"But that doesn't give you the reason to kill those people!" The girl with her hair tied in a ponytail said.

"Then what do you want me to do? Kill all of you as well?"

Everyone started shivering when we felt Ichi's bloodlust when he threatened us. If we make another stupid mistake here right now, it might cost our lives.

"Speaking of those students, for some reason, I was late when I entered the class even if the message that was sent told me that class starts at 9:30 am."

Fortunately, the green-haired boy changed the topic, and he asked Ichi about one of our concerns about the first day here in this school.

"Hey, I also got late for my class! Those people even gave me glares, and tried to beat the shit out of me after our professor checked our tests!"

Thinking about it, the student with the blonde hair was right, I also got the same schedule. So that means, every one of us who are here inside the gym got the same time, and were late for our class?

"Well about that. It was intentional to give you people messages that classes start exactly at 9:30 am. I also made a condition with those students, and the professors before all of you arrived in your classrooms."

"What conditions?" I asked.

"School starts at 7:30 am for those students, and they know that they will be taking a diagnostic test. They had more time to memorize all of the answer keys that were on the test of their chosen field. The condition is, if one of them got a higher score than one of you who are in here right now, they get to live. But, if you manage to get the highest score in the class, they will die."

"No way…"

"You've got to be shitting me! So does that mean I am the one who killed all of them?" The hot-headed guy asked furiously.

Everyone is terrified right now even me, and these students who kept asking questions began to panic.

"Is it wrong to kill someone who is inferior to you? People who see someone higher than them tend to become jealous. As a result, weaklings gather to destroy the one who has power. But in the end, all of them are still weaklings. They are still trash that needs to perish in this world."

"But still, we do not want to kill people." The nice girl said.

These people began losing their minds, the athletic guy started to lose it, and the three girls here inside are crying. They can not believe that this is happening to them right now.

As for myself, my head started to hurt, and I began to remember my dream again where people blame me for their tragedies.

"Now, as for why you are all here. All of you are going to be living here inside from now on, isolated from the outside world where help is futile."

"What do we need to do?" I asked.

"Since you have proven to the inferior people that you are the best. What if the people who are gifted, the talented, what do you think if they are the ones who will compete? Who do you think will win?"

"That means…"

The girl with Rabbit Ears finally talked. She was shaking and crying while she muttered those words.

Ichi suddenly grinned.

"YES!! THAT IS RIGHT!! To prove who is the strongest one here. Everyone will kill each other to see who really is the superior one! The student we can call, the best of the best!"

"No way…"

"OH YES WAY! You all have the skills, world-level skills to be exact! Use your knowledge, your strength. Show me who really is the number one here at Saitei University!"

The students were panicking, and crying much worse. I couldn't breathe as well because of what Ichi told us. My heart was racing, my sight began fading, and I also started to tremble like everyone else. It feels like I am losing my mind.

Is this a nightmare? I don't want to die, I want to go home.

"I think what you did is a mistake."

Even with all of the panic, The black-haired student who has been busy using his laptop all along began to speak and walked in front of Ichi.

"Hooo, me? I made a mistake?"

******** TO BE CONTINUED ********