Utopia-like Dystopia - Part 2

'The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.'

The five of us sat around a table. There was work strewn all around as the others studied vigorously. It seemed that the sight of other students slacking off motivated them to work harder. They wanted to get ahead whilst the other students were wasting their time.

"Kai, I don't really understand question six, b," said Itsuki.

"You just have to balance the oxygen by adding hydrogen to the right side."

"Oh, so like this?"

They were all working hard.

I didn't really have much to do. I was scrolling through the various different apps on the phone, looking at what each of them did. All of a sudden, the school sent a message to everyone.

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National High School

Students will have a meeting in the assembly hall at 11:15 am regarding the Preseqta System.

Attendance is optional.

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