On the stairway.
The students followed Murakami and a few teachers from the Gifted Academy as they quickly climbed up the Tower.
They set off early in the morning, but it was already noon. The group had been climbing up the Tower rapidly for half a day.
Even these elite students had already run out of stamina and were barely holding on.
"Look, look! That's the top, right?"
"We've finally reached the top. If we don't reach it now, I won't be able to hold on any longer."
"We're finally here, I'm so tired."
"Phew! We've finally made it to the end."
"..."
The students cheered as they continued their final sprint.
Under the lead of Murakami and a few teachers, the students finally reached the top of the stairway. They had arrived at the fourth level of the Tower.
Once they reached the fourth level of the Tower, the exhausted students fell to the ground without caring about anything else.
