Chapter 3 : Questions

As the first bell rang, the door of the room opened and a young woman with dark brown hair walked inside of the room. In Kiyotaka's eyes, she was extremely beautiful though the boy felt no sense of attraction towards her. It's not just her. He, at the moment felt no attraction towards any person of the opposite sex. 

He is like a caterpillar who still has not evolved into a full fledged butterfly. An unevolved species lacking basic human abilities like emotions and social interactions. 

Anyways, the woman was extremely beautiful. Her black hair was tied in a ponytail, and paired with her suit and delicate features, she looked like someone who firmly believed in discipline.

Just like his seatmate, her face also kept a stern mask as every step of her heels creating a small clacking noise. She stood on the podium and looked around the whole Class, surveying them.



" Good morning to you, students. I'm the instructor for Class D. My name is Chabashira Sae. I usually teach Japanese History. However, at this school, we do not change classrooms for each grade. For the next three years, I will be acting as your homeroom teacher, so I hope to get to know all of you. It's a pleasure to meet you. The entrance ceremony will be in the gymnasium one hour from now, but first, I will distribute written materials with information about this school's special rules. I will also hand out the admission guide. "

Her voice was monotone throughout the whole speech as if she was reading a script for her introduction. Though no one made fun of it since they were astonished by how gorgeous their homeroom teacher was.

'Being beautiful definitely has it's advantages. Someone could commit a heinous crime and get away with it just because they are beautiful. If I had that perk, then life would've been way easier. I blame that man for not giving me good genes."

The students in the front seats passed the familiar documents to the students behind them. As the documents reached Kiyotaka's hands, he started reading every single word written on it.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School differed from other Japanese high schools in a few key ways. All students are required to live in dormitories located within the school's premises. Also, except for special cases, like inter school events, students were forbidden to contact anyone outside the school. Even then, one is only permitted to come in contact with other participants during the event. In addition to this; contact with one's family was forbidden without authorization. Naturally, leaving the school grounds without permission was also strictly forbidden.On the other hand, the campus is equipped with many excellent facilities. With its own karaoke spot, theatre, cafe, boutique, and more, one could easily compare this school to a small city, being more than 600,000 square metres in size. The school also broaded another unique feature: The S-System.

I would love to go to the cafe. I know that I'm here to fulfil a mission, but there's no way I'll leave without tasting what actual food from the outside world feels like. Even in today's breakfast, the chefs in the WhiteRoom served plain Oatmeal with different kinds of healthy fruits. It's not that they were bad, but I want to see if food outside the White Room is different or not.'

"I will now hand out your student ID cards. By using your ID cards, you can access any of the facilities on campus, purchase goods from the store, and so on. As you can already infer, it acts like a credit card. However, it is imperative that you pay attention to the points that you spend. At this school, you can use your points to buy anything. Anything located in the school premises is available for purchase."

'So points will act as currency…how fascinating.Points acting as currency, instead of physical money would definitely aid a lot of students to prevent financial troubles.

Also buy anything...I wonder what classifies the word 'anything'. Can I buy the rights to let's say, have the prime minister of the country be my slave? Or can I buy the rights to fire a teacher or expel another student? Maybe there are some limitations…Eh,I'll clear all my doubts later on.'

"Your student cards can be used simply by swiping them through the machine scanner. The method is simple, so you shouldn't get confused. Points are automatically deposited into your account on the first of every month. You should all have received 100,000 points already. Keep in mind that one point is worth one yen. No further explanation should be necessary." The classroom immediately erupted in surprise and shock.

"100,000 yen every month."

"Dude we are rich."

Kiyotaka looked towards his side and noticed Horikita frowning in confusion as she muttered to herself.

" 100,000 yen every month? Isn't the school being too lenient? "

"I doubt that. Maybe there is some hidden  rules that the school is refraining the teachers from informing the students.Doesn't 100,000 yen a month sound too big of an amount to give a student? Then, again it's nothing but a baseless assumption of mine."

Kiyotaka with a low voice interrupted her thoughts as he gave the girl his own opinion.

'Revealing my doubts to her may be a gamble but this would give me a little knowledge of how her mind works...Will she agree with my logic or will she look past it just because I ended my sentence saying that it's an assumption.'

Horikita looked at the brown haired boy's face for a couple seconds before nodding to herself.

"I can see where you are coming from. There's no way the school will give their students a guaranteed amount of 100,000 yen every month. That seems way too far fetched in my opinion.But let's suppose they don't give the students a guaranteed amount, so how will the amount of points differ?"

'She's good. It seems that she is not looking past my words and actually analysing them.'

Chabashira-Sensei slammed her book on the podium, causing the chatter around the whole class to die down.A small smirk then formed on her face.

"Shocked by the amount of points you've been given? This school evaluates its students' talents. Everyone here has passed the entrance examination, which itself speaks to your value and potential. The amount you've received reflects the evaluation of your worth. You can use your points without restraint. After graduation, however, all of your points return to the school. Because it's impossible to exchange your points for cash, there's no advantage to saving them. Once points have been deposited into your account, it's up to you on how to spend them. Do as you like. In the event that you don't want to spend your points, you may transfer them to someone else. However, extorting money from your peers is not allowed. This school monitors bullying very carefully."

'I see.Worth huh…. I wonder how they evaluate it..'.

Kiyotaka looked at Horikita who had her eyebrows scrunched up as she was thinking something deeply. 

After discussing all the information, Chabashira looked towards the whole class with a scrutinising expression before sighing softly to herself.

Nobody was paying attention to her words. Most of them were chattering about how incredible it was to get 100,000 yen every month while some were talking about what they are planning to buy after class.

" Well, it appears no one has any questions. I hope that you enjoy your time here as students of Class-D." Her voice towards the end had a sarcastic tone which no one other than a couple students including his seatmate noticed.

" Excuse Me."

All the chatter died down as the students looked towards the source of the voice.There stood Kiyotaka with his hands rising slightly.

"I would like to ask you some questions please."

"Oh!? Ayanokouji Kiyotaka right? Ask me whatever you want..I can answer them if they are within my capabilities."

Her sharp and sarcastic tone immediately was replaced by a slightly pleased tone as she gave him a small smirk as if she was expecting something.



Horikita opened one of her empty notebooks and looked at the brown haired boy curiously.

"You said that this school determines the Value of the Students based on their 'worth' am I correct?"

"Yes.Your worth has already been decided based on your results in the entrance exam.I believe I already clarified the matter."

In Spite of her words, Chabashira-Sensei didn't look a least bit bothered and even seemed a little amused.

"Can you please clarify whether this 'worth' of ours will  fluctuate throughout the whole school year or would it remain constant?"

A lot of the other students,not understanding the meaning behind his words, looked away and didn't bother paying any attention to it.Whereas a couple of attentive students whom Kiyotaka can describe as future assets looked at him with interest in their eyes.

The homeroom teacher of Class-D gave him a smirk of satisfaction as she crossed both of her arms under her bust.

"I'm sorry but I cannot do that."

Instead of looking apologetic, she just gave him that challenging smile of hers.

"Well then, can you please answer me this question. Will our 'worth' be determined with the CCTV cameras over there?"

Immediately the students who were paying close attention, looked towards the place the brown haired boy pointed at and gasped in surprise. The students who were not paying attention, followed their gaze and looked at the four CCTV cameras recording them.

"I didn't even see that."

"They are so high up."

Chabashira gave him a nonchalant smile, though Kiyotaka could feel the little amount of excitement her face was showing.

"Once again I'm sorry but I cannot do that.Any other questions?"

"Just one last question.You said that we can buy 'anything' in this school.Are there any limitations to that 'anything' ?"

"Umm I don't understand your words,Ayanokouji-kun."

The short haired girl who was already at the top of the social ladder said that in her innocent voice, causing a lot of murmers of 'yeah's. Kiyotaka heard Horikita sigh in displeasure while slightly glaring at the girl in front.After a couple seconds, she 'tched' at the annoying mutters of 'the brown haired boy trying to act smart' and glared at all of the idiots,who were vocal in their displeasure.

"I don't think Ayanokouji-kun was talking to any of you.He was talking to the teacher.So would you mind giving your baseless opinions somewhere else?"

Horikita nonchalantly dissed their whole existence in an ice cold tone, way differently than how she addressed Kiyotaka, all the while sitting on her seat, causing a lot of the vocal students to frown at her words.Just as they were about to retort to her words-

Chabashira slowly clapped her hands one time and smirked at her students.

"It's just the first day and you are already acting like this?Not even letting a teacher have a conversation?I'm impressed."

Her condescending tone immediately shut them up.After that she gave Kiyotaka a smile mixed with satisfaction and challenge as she gave her reply.

"Can you elaborate what falls into that 'anything' of yours Ayanokouji?"

"Let's suppose hypothetically, I don't like someone or I'm getting bullied.If I want to,then can I buy the rights to kill that person without facing any consequences?"

The whole room went silent as soon as they heard the brown haired boy talking about murdering someone with a nonchalant tone.

They looked at his face to see if he was joking or not, but that emotionless expression of his proved them that this was a genuine question os his.....

Both Chabashira's and Horikita's eyes widened a little, but the former composed herself first.

"Even if you can buy 'anything' there is still some limits to it.For example,you can't buy the rights to kill someone,Ayanokouji or you can't buy the rights to expel someone.Any other questions?"

"No, that's all from me Sensei.Thank you for indulging yourself in this curiosity of mine.I appreciate it."

Kiyotaka sat down on his seat quietly while a couple students, who understood the meaning behind his questions, looked at him with a little awe and those who just looked at it from the base perspective, looked at him with fear in their eyes,mostly remembering the last question of his.

"The pleasure was mine,Ayanokouji.Your questions were definitely.....interesting to say the least.Just heed one advice from me:

Be Careful….."