Initial Acceleration

"Professor, what do you mean we will be competing with institutions in other states?" One of Klaus' classmates asked.

Surprised by what the professor had said earlier, they all looked at him intently, waiting for an explanation. One could imagine that there would be competitions between the NIST campuses in the different states, because it wouldn't make sense to have huge gyms on each campus if that wasn't the case, but that wasn't enough for the media and some students to speculate about.

The professor, a little embarrassed for getting too excited and revealing something ahead of time, began to sweat.

"Oops, I think I said too much.... Ergh, don't worry, you'll figure it all out in due time. For now, pay attention to class, okay?"

Obviously, this mandatory class did not return to its normal atmosphere after the professor mentioned something like that.