Motori Kabe

As they finished their conversation, Gray reached the main gate of University Z.

"Ok. Enjoy your first day of school." Gray said. "I will pick you up at 4.30pm."

"Huh? How did you know..."

"I got you into the school, remember?" Gray interrupted.

"Right..." Sato forgot. "Are you sure you can make it back here by then? Your conference ends at 4pm. Will it be too rushed?"

"It will be fine. I will reach here on time."

"Well, if you can't make it you can call my number." Back when Sato was doing his intern training, he had received Gray's number and vice versa.

As soon as Sato left the car and Gray drove off to work, he could hear chatter around the gate.

"Isn't that car the latest Porshe 987 that came out recently in Country I?"

"I heard that there are only 100 models released in the world. One of it is here right now!"

"This person must be very rich. The student that just come out, why haven't I heard of him before? Someone of that calibre should be know throughout the school."

Everyone was discussing about Gray's car and Sato could only walk away quickly in embarrassment. Talk about using a more discreet car... In the end, your lower end vehicle is still an expensive brand.

Once Sato reached a quieter area, he called up Ming.

"Hey Ming. I'm at the fountain outside Building A. Where are you?"

"Oh right! I forgot you were coming back to school today." Sato could hear the sound of Ming packing his notes. "I'm at the library right now. I pulled an all nighter studying for today's engineering test."

"Today? There's a test?"

"Oh shucks! I forgot to tell you about it!"

"Its okay. Just tell me what chapters are being tested on. I'll take a look now."

"Okay... Its chapters 4.2,4.3 and 4.4." Ming flipped through his notebook.

"Alright, meet me at the fountain outside building A. I'll be sitting around there." Sato ended the call and turned on his tablet and opened the textbook. He skimmed through the information and realised it was what Ming had given him to review when he was not in school. Seems like I will be fine, thought Sato.

" Sato! Sorry I'm late."Ming reached as he apologised to his friend.

"It's alright. Lets head to class and get ready for the test." Sato smiled as he didn't take any of it to heart.

Heading up the spiral staircase in building A, they went into the lecture theatre and sat down in the middle of the room. As time went by, more and more students entered the room.

" Hey isn't that Sato? Wasn't he kicked out of the school because he was too poor?" A commotion started as they noticed the number one student in their class back then was back.

"Yeah he was. It is weird that he is back here again. Maybe he came in secretly to study."

"Hey Sato!" A student dressed in a clean blue button-up shirt shouted loudly. "It's despicable of you to show up in our class when you are kicked out of the university already."

The boy was Motori Kabe. He was from the notorious Kabe family. His father is the acting Head Secretary Of Country Z, a position third, only losing to the president and prime minister. His grandfather was the previous holder of that position. Ever since Motori came into the university, the spoilt boy has abused his wealth to gain favours from others and bullied those that stood above him.

In the case of Sato, he was the number one student in mechanical engineering and computer science. His presence in the school makes Motori really jealous. Why couldn't the top student be him? Why must it be the poor country bumpkin that gets all the glory?

When Sato heard what Motori said, he simply continued to look through his notes, not caring a single bit about what he said. This just made Motori even angrier.

"Hey I'm talking to you! Answer me, bumpkin!" Motori walked up to the seat beside Sato as he stared down on him.

He then noticed the hoodie that Sato was wearing. It may look like a normal grey hoodie from afar, but when you are from the upper class, you tend to notice smaller details.

"Heh... Can't believe the country bumpkin bought and wore a fake Saint Laurent hoodie to class. How embarrassing." Motori smirked as he looked down on the youth. The people around that heard his comment also started to judge Sato secretly.

"What makes you say that it is fake?" Normally, Sato wouldn't care about the stupid comments made by Motori. However, this hoodie wasn't bought by him, but by his beloved boss. No one shall talk down on my boss.

"Oh is it not bumpkin? How else did you have the money to buy the limited edition Hazel Wear Hoodie that goes for a price of 2000 dollars and above?"

"2...2000 dollars???" Sato himself was stumped. Why did Gray put such expensive clothing in his wardrobe? It was like walking around with a bag of gold on his body.

"Hahaha! You don't even know the real price of your hoodie?" Motori continued to mock Sato. "There is a way to prove that your jacket is real. Inside the jacket, there is a sewed on tag that shows has a unique QR code that is impossible to mimic. If you dare, I shall scan it and show everyone here now."

"Sure." Sato looked at Motori in the eye. "Why not?"

The young man took off his hoodie, revealing his skinny pale arms. Sato turned his hoodie inside out, revealing a QR code on the side. He did not know that his hoodie had such a function.

Motori took out his phone as he scanned the code. He connect his phone to the projector screen, wanting to show everyone the information. Within 2 seconds, the information on Sato's hoodie popped up.

"Hazel Wear Hoodie #001

Material: Sea Island Cotton 100%

Designer: Ruben Alfonsi

Date of Release: 08.06.2100"

The information shown in everyone made the room silent. Fake? This goddamn hoodie was the first one ever produced! It's as real as it could get!

"Fir... First? How can this be? There must be something wrong!" Motori is in denial. "I could not even reserve and buy one of the 200 hoodies. How did you get the first one!"

"Give it up Motori. Just because you are rich doesn't mean anything." Ming stepped in. Everyone else had a new outlook of Sato now. The boy had the capabilities to wear a designer jacket. He must be very rich.

"Still, that doesn't change the fact that you are in this lecture room!" Motori retorted. "You have been kicked out of the University campus. Why are you back?!"

"Motori! Get to your seat now!" A voice came out from the main door that led into the room. It was Professor Clarence. "Sato has been reinstated back into the class and will be continuing school until he graduates. I want no more of your nonsense!"

"My apologies, professor." Motori contorted his face as he went back to his seat. Even though his father was a high ranking official in the country, this did not mean he could randomly abuse his power.