Isolation.
I was sitting alone, reading through a novel in the empty classroom. It was several hours after the end of class, and no one hung around. It was nice. The only sound was the thodic ticking of the clock at the front of the class. The lights were still on, but the ambient sunlight was starting to die down, coating the class in a subtle greyish tint.
The door slid open.
"Ah, so this is what you do in the afternoon, Ayato."
I looked up at the girl.
"What is it, Hasegawa?"
She made her way over to . Hopping up onto the ledge at the back of the room, she pushed aside so stationery that was previously occupying the space.
"You know, I got a pretty threatening ssage from your sister~."
"So what do you want from ."
"Aha, nothing specifically, I guess. Would you have any hard feelings if I did so things to her?"
I closed my book.
"I don't really care."
Hasegawa suddenly hopped down.
"Hold on, have you even seen your sister since leaving the project?"
"No. I haven't."
"Isn't that sad? She's at this school too, you know? Don't you want to see her?"
I got out of the seat. The screech of the chair echoed through the room.
"Not particularly."
"Aw, even you should care about sothing like that. Don't worry. She'll be here soon~."
She'll be here?
I guess I was sowhat curious about what she was like.
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I was packing away my book when I heard soone else enter the room.
She still had the long, dark hair that I rember from when we used to live together. Despite the fact that I hadn't seen her in such a long ti, it didn't seem as if she had changed much. Maybe the truth was that I never knew her well enough to understand her intricacies.
We made eye contact, and she suddenly froze.
"Ayato..."
My sister uttered nothing but my na. The sa na she always called .
"How are you going, Sayaka."
There was a mont of silence as Sayaka stood at the doorway.
Hasegawa began to laugh.
"It seems that you weren't expecting to see Ayato here~."
...
My sister made her way over to .
"I guess this is how we et again. I would've preferred to see you a little later. I still haven't finished my preparations yet."
She had a solemn tone.
I wasn't sure what I was supposed to say.
"Sorry, Ayato. I want to talk with you about everything, but I can't do that just yet."
Walking past , she stood in front of Hasegawa.
"Oh? You don't want to have your family reunion?"
"I'll have plenty for that when you're expelled from the school."
She looked back over at before leaving the class.
...
Just like that. I t my sister again for the first ti in ten years. I guess she had things that she was hiding from . It didn't matter that much to . I'd eventually find out.
"Aw, I was expecting a much more heartfelt reunion~."
It was about what I expected.
"What was the point of that."
"You know, I'd feel bad if I got your sister expelled without her ever seeing you again."
I began making my way out of the class.
"I assu you have a plan to do so then."
She giggled.
"Not only . She has one to get expelled. One of us is going to go, Ayato~. Which one of us would you prefer?"
I walked through the hall.
"It doesn't matter to ."
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Later that night, whilst Kimura and I were resting on our beds, a notification ca through our phones. Ever since the end of the midterm exams, most students have been able to live a relatively comfortable life, enjoying what liberties the school provided. So were still struggling with points, but most had managed to adapt to the school's ways.
Well, the school wasn't one to let students be void of stress.
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Lottery Special Exam
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This special exam will test your decision-making ability, especially under circumstances where luck is involved. The exam will begin tomorrow morning; everyone must be seated in class by the ti it comnces.
All students will start with three lives at the beginning of the exam. During the exams, every student must spin five different lottery wheels. You will be shown them one by one, and you have a total of two skips.
After the five lottery wheels are spun, you will have to participate in a small ga, using whatever you gained from the lottery wheels.
If at any point your number of lives reaches zero, you will have to pay 100,000 points or expulsion.
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Further details will be given after the initial five spins have been completed.
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"It's that ti again, Mizuhara. This sounds pretty interesting, although they're hiding much more information in this brief."
"It seems so."
Kimura leaned back.
"I assu you're going to cruise through this exam as well, isn't that right?"
"What makes you say that?"
He laughed a little.
"You seem to be hiding sothing. No normal student would be able to stand up to all the school's challenges with such a relaxed deanour."
"I just seem that way."
"Haha, are you sure you only seem that way?"
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A few monts passed, and Kimura went to sleep.
The eting with my sister today made notice that my mory of that ti seed uncharacteristically foggy. I never forgot things after seeing them, yet it still seems that I don't fully rember what happened back then.
I assu that the Ideal Human Project did more than just take in. It was possible that they engaged in genetic engineering or other scientific thods, although that would undermine Tachibana Kohei's principle—so the likelihood is low.
For Hasegawa to have been previously acquainted with my sister, it was likely that my sister also had so part to play in the entire project, although I have no recollection of ever seeing her there
There are probably many things that were hidden from from that ti.
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