Third's Point of View

10 years ago

THE WHITE ROOM  is an educational program facility created to mass produce geniuses, and is characterized by its white interior. White Room is a unique educational program, the reality of the students, and the purpose for which the White Room was created, with some discussion of the facility's unique educational program.

The white room literally refers to an inorganic space that is all white. In the White Room, the various children are educated in all fields of study in order to develop their abilities beyond genius. The White Room also features a thoroughly segregated environment, with one group per grade level and no contact with the outside world, let alone with other groups.

The education offered in the white rooms is not only academic, but also athletic, artistic, and cultural, and is taught directly by professionals who are top-notch in their fields. The athletic side includes self-defense and martial arts, while the artistic side ranges from brain games such as chess to piano and calligraphy, all of which require a keen sense of style.

The White Room, a facility for training people to excel in all fields, was created by Professor Ayanokoji and began operating 20 years ago. The White Room was created by Professor Ayanokoji, who wanted his son to grow up to be more than a genius; he himself was confined to the White Room from birth and raised under a unique curriculum.

And, many of the children in the White Room were institutionalized at an early age by parents who share the same views as Professor Ayanokoji, and their academic abilities are estimated to be at the university level, even though they are in the early grades of elementary school. From the outside, the students of the White Room can be called a group of geniuses with outstanding brains, but inside, they are given advanced education every day in order to reach their ideal numbers.

But there is a single child who doesn't have parents, Professor Ayanokoji sees the child outside his own house. He asked the child what happened to him, the child said that his parents died in an accident. The child cried in front of him, a smirk formed in his lips then he picked up the child.

"Do you want to come with me? I'll make sure you will be the perfect person." he said to the child. The child just nodded.

"What's your name?"

"Ax-Axel A-Arison."

"Nice name. Now let's go to my world." the child smiled and nodded. 

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Kiyotaka's Point of View

Present

I DON'T LIKE THE ENTRANCE ceremony. A lot of first years think the same way.

"Dang that Ceremony is boring." Axel said, I nod. I was thinking, did Axel and I have the same mind? Ohh maybe?

The principal and the students are all thanking each other annoyingly, there's way too much standing, and it's a pain in the butt because there are too many troublesome things.

But that's not all I want to say.

The entrance ceremony for the elementary, middle, and high school marks the start of one major trial for students.

For the first few days after the entrance ceremony, students must make friends in order to enjoy the rest of their school life.

If someone fails at this task, it is said that a miserable three years awaits them.

Following my principle of avoiding trouble, I think it would be best to make some friends and establish decent human relationships.

The day before, I tried to practice making friends because I was inexperienced. Axel laughed at me because of that. I just ignore him, besides I have him so I don't need to worry about it.

But, I still want to try it. Let me imagine some scenarios.

First scenario was bursting into the classroom and then talking excitedly.

Second scenario was secretly passing a note with my email address on it. then becoming friends afterwards.

In my case, I had to practice because this is a completely different environment than I had been used to my whole life. I am completely alone. I entered the fierce battleground all by myself.

Overlooking the classroom, I walked over to the seat with my nameplate on it. I looked at Axel. His table is in front of mine. He smiled at me and gave me a thumbs up.

A seat towards the back of the room and near the window. Generally a good spot to get.

"Wow your seat is like a Main Character in the Anime, what do you think?" Axel teases me, I look at him and give him a nod.

"Ugh Kiyo you're no fun, look if I tease you, you should be embarrassing or stuttering." he said to me. I blink my eyes twice then he rolled his eyes.

"I'm not giving up - kidding I'm tired, I'm sleeping okay. Can you wake me up if the teacher is here?" I nod.

"Use your mouth baka." Then he sliced his hand on my head. I let out a silent 'Ouch' he chuckled and he put his head to sleep. Later on I heard him snoring.

Wow, that's fast.

I looked around. The classroom was only about half full.

Students were either looking at their class materials by themselves or were talking to acquaintances and friends.

Now, what should I do? Should I get to know people during this free time? Sitting a few seats in front of Axel, a boy seemed lonely all by himself (my selfish imagination).

He gave off an aura of that screamed, "Someone talk to me and be my friend!" (again, my selfish imagination)

However... if you suddenly walked up to someone and talked to them they would probably feel bothered.

Do you wait for the right time then? No, by then, he would probably be surrounded by enemies, and there's a high chance I'll become friendless.

As I expected, I should talk...

Wait, wait, don't be hasty.

If I carelessly jump in and talk to the unknown student, I might be beaten by someone else.

This is useless, a negative spiral...

I should ask Axel for help, wait no! He will laugh at me and he will start teasing me over and over again, though I don't mind him doing that to me, it's quite cute.

In the end, I couldn't talk to anybody, and with the way things were going, I would soon be left all alone, well still I have Axel on my side.

I wonder what friends are. Where on earth do friends come from? Do people become friends after they eat with each other? Or do you become friends after going to the bathroom together? Should I ask Axel? Did he know this kind of thing?

The more I think about it, the more I don't understand it. Is it something deep? I should think about it more.

Trying to make new friends except Axel is really troublesome and tiring. In the first place, should I be trying to make friends like this? Furthermore, don't friendships form naturally over time? My mind is in complete disarray like a chaotic summer festival.

While my mind is still hazy and confused, the classroom quickly fills up as other students enter the classroom.

Oh well, I have no choice but to try.

After a long internal struggle, I started to get up from my seat. However...

As I got up, I noticed that the boy wearing glasses was talking to another classmate.

With a bitter smile, I realized that there was no friendship to be made here.

Good for you, glasses-kun...

You made your first friend───

"You, from before...!"

Feeling perplexed, I was doing some serious soul-searching.

Involuntary, I let out a deep sigh from the bottom of my lungs. My high school life seems very bleak.

I noticed that the classroom was nearly full, and then I heard someone putting down their bag on the seat next to me.

"That's a heavy sigh, even though the school semester hasn't even started yet. I feel like sighing after meeting you again."

The person who sat next to me was the girl I argued with after getting off the bus.

"... So we were in the same class, huh." After all, there are only 4 first-year classes. It's not like it's probabilistically impossible that we were put in the same class.

"I am Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. Nice to meet you."

"A sudden self-introduction?"

"Even if you call it sudden, it's our second time talking to each other. Isn't an introduction fine?"

Anyway, I previously had no way to introduce myself to anyone. Even to this cheeky girl. Although, in order to become familiar with the class, I wanted to learn my neighbor's name at least.

"Do you mind if I reject your greeting?"

"I think it would be awkward if we didn't know each other's names, even though we sit next to each other."

"I think it would be perfectly fine."

After glancing at me, she put her bag on the desk. It seems like she won't even tell me her name.

The girl showed no interest in the rest of the classroom, and sat down in her seat like a model.

"Is your friend in another class? Or are you coming to this high school alone?"

"You're a curious one, aren't you. You shouldn't talk to me, since you won't find me interesting anyway."

"If I'm being a bother to you, just tell me to shut up."

She looked at Axel who was sleeping, her eyebrow raised.

"Who is that? If my memory is right he is the one beside you on the bus." she asked.

I stay quiet. She gave me an irritated look. "Don't ignore me, I'm asking who that person is?" she asked again, I sighed.

"Who knows, you don't tell me your name then ask my friend's name?" She was taken back and stayed silent.

I thought that the conversation was over, but after a sudden change of heart, she sighed and looked at me.

"My name is Horikita Suzune."

I didn't expect to receive an answer, but she... no, Horikita, introduced herself.

For the first time I saw her face.

... Wow, she's cute.

I mean, she's a beauty.

Suddenly a chibi Axel appeared in my mind and punched Horikita.. Oh. Okay.

Back to our topic.

Even though she was in the same grade, she could probably pass as a second or third year student.

She looked like a mature woman.

"Let me start off by telling you a bit about myself. I have no particular hobbies, but I have an interest in everything. I don't have too many friends, I only have him as my friend. His name is Axel Arison , but I think it would be good to have some friends. Well, that's the kind of person I am."

"Sounds like a reply from someone who avoids troublesome situations. I don't think I'll ever like someone who thinks like that."

"It feels like my whole existence has been denied in a single second..."

"I pray that no more misfortune befalls me."

"I sympathize with you, but I don't think that'll come true."

I pointed at the door to the classroom. The one standing there was───

"The equipment in this classroom seems to be in order! The classroom looks just like what the rumors say!"

It was the boy who argued with the girl on the bus.

"...... I see. Certainly bad luck."

It seems like not only us, but that problem child is also in the D class.

Without noticing us at all, he sat down at the seat marked "Koenji". I wonder if he knows what the term "friendship" means. Let's try observing him for a bit.

Koenji then propped his legs onto the desk, took out a pair of nail clippers, and started doing maintenance on his fingernails. He acted as if he was the only one there and ignored all of his surroundings.

His remarks on the bus seem to have come from his true thoughts.

In less than ten seconds, more than half the class backed away from Koenji. Even here, his self-important attitude penetrated the classroom.

Looking next to me, I noticed that Horikita was looking down at her desk, reading one of her own books.

Oops, I forgot that talking back and forth was one of the basics of holding a conversation.

One of my chances to become friends with Horikita was crushed.

Peeking at the title of the book, I saw that she was reading "Crime and Punishment".

That's interesting. Whether there is any reason to kill a person or not, it advocates killing. Maybe Horikita's hobbies are similar to the ones in the book.

Anyway, since self-introductions are finished, it seems like we won't be interacting very often.

After a few minutes, the first bell rang. Oh, I looked at Axel who is still sleeping, I poked his back and suddenly he raised his head and turned to me. He started talking to me but at the same time, a woman wearing a suit walked into the classroom.

On first impression, she seems like a teacher who finds strict classroom discipline important. She looks about 30 years old. Her long hair was tied back into a ponytail.

"Ahem, good morning new students. My name is Chabashira Sae and I am in charge of class D this year. I teach Japanese history. This school doesn't rearrange the classes every year, so over the next three years, I hope I get to know all of you. Best regards. Although the entrance ceremony will be one hour from now in the gym, I will now distribute the list of special rules of this school and the matriculation guide."

From the front, the handouts were passed around.

At this school, there are special rules that make it different from every other high school. All students are required to live on campus, and are forbidden from contacting anyone outside the school.

Even contacting immediate family is impossible without the permission of the school.

Leaving school grounds is also forbidden.

However, there are also many other facilities so that students don't suffer from being restricted. There are karaokes, theater rooms, cafes, and even boutiques—you can say it made up a small town. And in the middle of the big city, the huge campus took up more than 600,000 square meters.

There's one more special characteristic of this school, though. The introduction of the S system.

"I will now hand out student ID cards. With this card, you can buy anything from any of the shops and facilities around campus. It works like a credit card. However, be careful of how many points you use. There's nothing you can't buy at school. If there's something on school grounds, it's purchasable."

This point system associated with the student card essentially replaced money.

This way, every student would start off with the same amount of money and would be forced to check their consumption habits. In any case, all of the points are provided at no charge from the school.

"Student cards can be used by swiping them on the machines. Using the machines is really easy, so you won't have any trouble with them. The points will be automatically credited on the first day of the month. Everyone should already have 100,000 points on their card. Also, 1 point is worth 1 yen. Any more explanation is unnecessary."

For a moment, the classroom got loud. I look at Axel who seems in deep thought.

In other words, for being admitted to this school, we got a 100,000 yen monthly allowance from the school. As expected from a school created by the Japanese government.

100,000 yen is a considerable amount of money given to students as a monthly allowance.

"Were you guys surprised by the amount of points given? This school measures the abilities of students. Everyone here, who passed the entrance exam, has shown some level of merit and worth. The amount of money is a reflection of your skills. Use without holding back. After graduation, however, all the points will be taken back. Since it's impossible to change these points into cash, there's no point in saving up the points. How the points are used are up to you. Use it on things you like or need. If you feel that there is no use for some of your points, you can always transfer them to someone else. However, bullying other people for points is prohibited. The school is very strict on matters concerning bullying."

Chiyabashira-sensei looked around the room.

"It seems like no one has questions. Well then, please lead a good student life."

Before she left the room Axel raised his hand. Chabashira smirks and then goes back to herself.

"Yes Mr. Arison?" she ask Axel, Axel stand up.

"Well I'm just quite surprised by the amount but can I ask a question about how many points we can get next month?" Chabashira took back a slight shock but she kept to herself.

Students in the classroom start talking about Axel's question.

"I'm sorry but I cannot answer your question."

Axel nods. "It's okay Sensei, thank you."

"Well then, please lead a good student life."

A lot of the classmates can't hide their surprise at the size of the allowance.

"It isn't as strict of a school as I thought it would be."

I thought I was talking to myself, but Horikita was looking in my direction and thought that I was talking to her.

"It certainly seems like a lax school." Axel added to our conversation, he looked at Horikita and gave her a nod.

Although they force us to live in dorms, forbid us from going off campus, and prohibit us from contacting anyone on the outside, they give us a lot of points for free usable anywhere on campus.

It could be said that the students are put in paradise with preferential treatment.

And the biggest merit to Koudo Ikusei High School is their 100% employment rate.

Under the thorough guidance of the government, the school works towards a better future with all of its resources. In fact, many of this widely publicized school's alumni are famous people. Usually, no matter how famous and good a school is, its area of specialization is narrow. A school might specialize in sports, or specialize in music. Or maybe it specializes in computer related topics. But this school fulfills any wish in any genre that someone may wish to study. This is a school that has that kind of system and value.

That's why I thought the class atmosphere would be more competitive and bloodthirsty, but the majority of my classmates seemed like ordinary students you could find anywhere else.

No, maybe that's why everyone's so normal. We were already recognized as students who passed the entrance exam. Can we graduate peacefully and without incident...? I wonder if it's even possible.

"This much preferential treatment is a bit scary."

After listening to Horikita say that, We also felt the same way.

I think it would be better to stay ignorant of the details about this school.

Because they are able to fulfill any wish, I think there would be some risks associated with the school.

"Ne ne~, don't you want to go see those shops? Let's go shopping!"

"Un. With this much money, we can buy anything. It's great that I got into this school~"

After the teacher left the room, the students who received the large amount of money were restless.

"Uhmm Arison, Can I ask you about what you ask - " Horikita got cut off when a certain person suddenly talked in front of the class.

"Everyone, can you guys listen to me for a bit?"