After the school's bells rung to announce the start of lunch break, Ban walked through the mostly empty hallways of the building's second floor by himself, or so he thought as he ignored the two other males that were following him. They were known as the idiot duo, a pair of true brawns over brains students that just happened to be in the same class as him and who got impressed by how easy Ban had gotten into Eguchi's nerves, despite that not being his intention.

"Come on, Ban-san! Let's go have lunch together, we gotta praise you on telling that asshole Douchebag that he could go suck a fat one!" One of the guys said. He was as generic as a high school delinquent could get, sporting a shaved head and focused eyes, and even having a small scar in the corner of his right eyebrow. His uniform was just some basketball shirt he happened to remmeber to put and he only carried around the school jacket due to the school's policy.

"It won't be as bad as the others make it seem. We may be stupid, but at least were not some fake shits ready to ditch you whenever we don't need it anymore." The other said. Unlike his friend, this one wasn't the most delinquent-looking person. Not only did he had blonde hair, but also had it styled in a bowl cut that reached his jaw. He had slightly buck teeth, much smaller than Eguchi's, and wore a more formal version of the uniform, showing off a black shirt and white tie under his jacket. "Look, I'm Doujima, this guy's called Keiki, that puts the pleasentries out of the way. We just want to get to know you better."

"Just go somewhere else, I don't remember asking you here." Ban said in a failed attempt to drive the duo away from him.

The two ended up following Ban all the way into the school library, and even into the aisle where he was. While Ban looking for some studying books, Keiki was looking over at the library assistant, more like staring, while Doujima sighed.

"You're still at that? Why not just ask her out instead of look like a drooling dog whenever you see her?" Doujima asked.

"You don't get it man, the assistant chick is just too hot! She has that gorgeous long black hair, such smooth and soft looking skin, and I'm sure her boobs are the same size as the vice pres'! You know what that means?! It means they're bigger than the pres' or even Sachi's!" Keiki explained with a fastened breathing. "I'd totally let her look down on me with a smug."

"You've been here for a full year, it's clear she has no interest on you." Doujima deadpanned.

"Or maybe she's just shy... Ooooh, I'd totally go for the tsundere type!!"

"God you're a dumb fuck."

"I'm leaving." Ban said, walking past the two with a pair of books under his arm.

"H-hey hey, wait for us Ban-san!" Keiki exclaimed.

"I'd like to borrow these please." Ban said, placing down the two books on the front counter. "I'll return them quickly."

"Mhm." Kasumi nodded and placed a paper tag over the books after entering their barcode into the system. "Please delivered before thursday two weeks from now."

"Yeah, that's more than enough. Thanks."

"Let's go, Keiki. Get a move on." Doujima said, following Ban out of the library.

"H-hey Hata-chan, a-are you here alone or- No, o-of course she is, I-i don't see anyone else- What I mean is, huh, huh... A-are you waiting f-for some human being?" Keiki asked.

"Mhm." Kasumi nodded with a smile. "I'm waiting for a human being, but it just so happens that that human being isn't you."

"A-ahuh, o-of course it isn't..."

"I'm sorry for this idiot. We'll leave now, Hatanaka-san." Doujima said, dragging Keiki out of the library.

Even after ignoring their presence for the past ten or so minutes, the Doujima-Keki duo still followed Ban to the building's rooftop, where he sat by himself to have lunch. Giving them nothing more than his silence and ignorance still didn't lead them to leave him alone, they simply didn't get the hint.

"Damn, your bento's super good looking, Ban-san! You don't look like the cooking type!" Keiki exclaimed. In comparison to Ban's aesthetic pleasing bento, all he had was a store-bought yakisoba bun. "I wish I knew how to cook."

"I don't cook. It was my little sister who made it for me since it was the first day of school." Ban replied against his will.

"Seems like we finally managed to annoy you into talking to us." Doujima said. He was having some generic cup ramen. "Sorry if we were too annoying, and by we I mean just Keiki. We're genuinely trying to get to know you better."

"Well you don't have to. I don't have any particular interest in you two. I'm the guy who beat up a teacher, just keep living your lives knowing that and screw off."

"The bitch probably had it comin' or something." Keiki shrugged.

"No student going to a school like the one you were on would be dumb enough to beat up a teacher out of their own will. It's called considering the facts. You probably had a reason to do it and it's none of our business to know it." Doujima explained.

"You're not as dumb as you seem for an Eguchi-lookalike."

"I- It's the teeth, isn't it? I've heard that joke time and time again!"

"Because it's true, Doujima." Keiki laughed.

"Screw you, Keiki! That aside, why'd you go pick up those books anyway? You don't seem the studying type."

"It's because I don't look like it that I'm doing it. It's my first day here and I've already had it with all these dipshits just assuming I'm some woman beater or some shit." Ban explained. "It's none of their business why what happened happened so why can't they just drop it and move on with their lives? They weren't involved, they don't know the reality of the matter, so why can't those fuckers shut their mouths for once in their lifetime and go annoy someone else?"

"It's the human nature to jump to conclusions without any evidence on things. If you don't follow the rest of the sheep, then you're just singing your own death sentence. Hell, look at me and Keiki. Keiki looks like a delinquent but he's never raised his hand against anyone on his life. The dude even helps out at the local daycare on his free time and still finds time to study. And me? I've beaten more people during middle school than I can count and I don't seem like a delinquent at all, yet people think I'm some nice guy who's ready to help them at any time. You know what I say? The human being gets off of being an ignorant fuck. People rather live blind to the truth than scared by it. Their hearts don't have the strength to accept what is true and rumour, so all they'll do is believe whatever someone in a high place says. What was that thing the final boss of my little bro's game said..."

"Something something the fruit of knowledge, yeah?" Keiki asked.

"The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate. Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope." Doujima quoted. "In another words, he shouldn't have eaten that fucking apple, that's how we ended up with these judging monkeys calling themselves a society."

"Eh, I get where that line comes from." Ban chuckled. "And yeah, they're ain't nothing more than a bunch of monkeys who believe rumours over the truth. We live in the worst timeline."

"Yeah, fuck 'em monkeys. True people are always the shittier ones, just like us!" Keiki laughed, raising his can of coffee.

"Hear hear. I guess even you can say smart things when you want, Keiki." Doujima chuckled, lifting his can of strawberry soda.

"The arcana is the means by which all is revealed." Ban said, raising his can of cola. "I'll tell you two from where that comes from later. But for now, for better or worse, I guess you two aren't as bad as I thought."

"You know what they say." Doujima chuckled. "Honour among thieves."

"Honour among thieves, yo!" Keiki exclaimed.

"That's right. Honour among thieves."

With a loud ring late in the afternoon, the first day of the new school year came to a close. In the classroom of class 2-B, most students had already left, except for a few. Ban, in said few, was still packing his things to leave until he was approached by one of his classmates, the ever so popular Minami.

"Hi there, Katsuhito-kun!" Minami greeted with a large smile.

"Yeah I don't do that first name thing so don't do it either. It's Ban. Ignore the first name exists." Ban grunted, throwing his bag over his shoulder and walking past Minami.

"Meanie." Minami pouted and followed Ban out of the classroom. "Come on, let's just chat a bit! We're classmates now so we should get to know each a little better or something. I'm Sachi Minami!"

"And I'm he does not care. Leave me alone."

"Even meanier!" Minami pouted harder. "Eguchi-sensei was super mean to you without any reasons, what a jerk!"

"He had his reasons." 'Sheesh, can this girl get any more oblivious? Just take the hint and screw off.'

"And bad reasons at that! I believe no teacher should act like that to a student or in general."

"Good for you."

"Say... Is it true you applied to be the next King?"

Ban stopped and quickly looked around. In a quick motion, he grabbed Minami's wrist with a heavy grip and pulled her down the nearest stairway. Throwing her wrist away, he looked down on her with a glare.

"How do you know that?" Ban asked.

"You don't know? I thought you did. The rumours of you trying to apply for King have been making their way through school for hours now. Alot of people don't agree with it because of, well, you know."

"I don't care what those shitters think. It's not up to them to decide if I become King or not, that's up to the headmaster."

"Yeah but... Do you really think you'll make it?" Minami asked. "You have a giant tag on you because of why you left your old school, and not alot of people here like you so... But if your grades on your last school were good, I'm sure you'll become the King without any issue!"

"Hm..." Ban looked away.

"Oh, my bad..." Minami chuckled to lift the mood. "But hey, I'm sure that if the student council supports you as the next King, the headmaster will agree to it! The headmaster and the student council are super close to each other, he even let them return to office without any votes being done and all! If you get the council on your side, you're as good as King!"

"I guess that's not a bad idea..." Ban muttered. "Anyway, don't talk me again, I won't reply to you next time."

"Okay! Bye bye, Ban-kun!" Minami waved while Ban walked down the stairs. After she lost sight of him, a grin formed on her face. She took out a handkerchief from her pocket and began cleaning her wrist. "Can't believe that shit pig touched me, I won't get this stain of shit off me any day this week." She grunted. "Either way, he's now Sec-chan's problem. This is where things become interesting." Minami looked up at the top of the stairway leading to where she was and giggled. "Don't worry, I took care of it."