5 minutes earlier
Standing by the road where Alice's vehicle just left.
The guard that had his normal confident stature, was the same, but his image had been broken. Because of this, he was inwardly stirring on the inside and his mind felt like he was gonna blow a fuse.
His name was Horun Wotanbe, a second-year student at GMCAU and also a descendant of the main Wotanbe family.
"Who the hell does she think he is. Blatantly disrespecting me like that in front of everyone, does she not know who I am? No that's impossible, It might be the first time coming to school, but how could she disregard someone from a family like mine."
Horun could only stand and tremble in anger at the blatant disrespect he just endured.
'She must have known who I am, as a mobster who has gone roaming before coming here, there is no way she never did any research about the students attending here.'
Seeing his reddened face, the guard could only assume what a blow like that could do in his composure.
"Mister Horun, I think we should continue on with the other cars. The Trial will start in a few minutes."
Even though they were peers, because of Horun's status, it was hard to refer to him without the proper honorifics.
The words of his classmate allowed him to realize that another car had pulled up beside them. Seeing their shocked faces upon seeing him he could finally think clearly.
'I shouldn't be so hard-pressed about something like that. She simply forgot who's really at the top.'
"Did you see the student that came out of the car?" Horun turned to the guard and demanded more than asked.
"Yes, they quickly walked away from the car after falling out embarrassingly, they will participate in the test"
"Very well, make sure to point them out to me when you see them".
The guard's face looked pitiful after noticing the grin on his face, it wasn't hard to tell what Horun was after.
***
In the car, Alice was on the last stretch toward the school.
She was relaxed in a comfortable position drumming her fingers on her chin. Silently peering out the window while wandering in thought.
The driver looking through his rear-view mirror could see that something was on Alice's mind.
"I don't think you went overboard mam, maybe you could have handled it differently but its nothing for you to think so hard about"
"You act like a coward but your a smart little rat," Alice scoffed without giving him a look. "I just hope that he doesn't think that I'm doing this to spite him or anything. He just needs to be better than everyone else, by any means necessary"
"You are going to be a big figure in his life, but what will he see you as if you keep putting him in situations like this. How will his opinion on you change."
"I don't care about that. If that's what it takes for him to be the best then I don't mind."
The driver shrugged, "He won't see you as a motherly figure if all you do is put him through pain. What use is having a son that just despises you". The driver closed off by saying, "I think being hard on him is good, but how far can you push him without him growing some form of malice. What would you think being in his situation."
Alice scowled under her breath and ignored the driver's question. He only smiled and continued his journey.
***
Junya strolled around the area, using his time to see if he could find out anything else about the fitness test. Sadly, everyone was engrossed in their own conversations.
He was doing his own reconnaissance to figure out anything that might help him win. There was also a trend he would see in every group having the main person they would all gather around and talk to.
'They must be forming teams with capable people but that should matter if this is just a simple race. Is attacking allowed or not? Is there some other reason people are forming groups? They shouldn't even know each other, this is the first day of school.'
This lit his fire to continue gathering information.
"Get away from me you creep!"
A loud distasteful cry followed by a loud thud entered Junya's mind. Quickly looking to his left he could see the aftermath of someone punched in the face.
"Get away from my girlfriend you creep, do you wanna die!". The student cursed while allowing his girlfriend to stand behind his back.
The boy's face still being planted on the ground was finally able to look up. "I just need her measurements, it's for important research! And if you have a phone with good reception too, I would like to borrow that as well"
"Hmph!" The boyfriend coldly snorted, kicking the boy in the face repeatedly, After seeing his nose broken and not resisting, he finally stopped.
"Don't let me see you around here again, tch!".
The commotion drew more eyes to look at the boy beaten up on the ground. Mocking his stupidity, before going back to their original conversation.
He took a last look at the boy before planning to walk away when he saw the guy on the ground break out into a fit of coughs.
"Damn that guy purposefully aimed for my nose, what a dickhead". He cursed trying to put his broken nose in place.
Junya stood there quite surprised that he was able to get up that quickly. At that moment both their eyes locked.
When the eye contact became a little too lightly Junya started to walk away. "Wait, I need a favour from you! Where are you going!"
'Goddamn, I should really stop paying attention to weirdos.'
Junya started power walking, but the boy ran full sprint to catch up with him.
"I just need a second of your time." The boy placed a hand on Junya's shoulder making him reluctantly turn around.
"What do you want." Junya coldly grunted that was until he saw the boy's face again and saw that it was perfectly healed. Not a single tooth missing and his broken nose was realigned and fixed.
He chuckled weirdly before catching his breath. "If you have a phone I need to borrow it. It's for important research."
The boy forced his best smile to persuade Junya. Junya stared for a while trying to make sense of his perfectly fixed face, yet he couldn't.
"I don't have one, try someone else."
"Please, it is something very important, you have to believe me. I wouldn't be harassing you for no reason. Trust me." The boy pleaded, his face looking even more desperate.
Realised it was getting harder to get himself out of the situation without drawing attention. He gave him the phone Alice gave him to contact her.
"Thank you, I give you a tribute when I collect my Nobel prize". The boy took the phone and a book from his side and plopped on the ground.
"Her breasts are perkier and her ass is a little flat, but they're still some curves to observe. If I could touch it I could make a better assessment of how I could recreate her figure."
A lecherous grin formed on his face while smiling at the girl's photos on social media.
"What the hell are you doing!" Junya cursed.
The boy jumped up wiping away his nosebleed.
"It's not what it looks like, I'm really doing research. It's not my fault the nature of the researdch9 is a sensitive topic and appeals to the male gender."
"I don't care what you're doing, stop searching that shit up on my phone fuck your research." Junya grabbed the phone from his hands, but the boy held strong on pleading.
"Wait, I need to calculate her measurements!"
"Use your own phone!"
"I'm being watched by the B.M.A, I can't search anything that shows a female on my phone or I will be locked in a dungeon forever, please, you couldn't possibly understand the struggles of a scientist." He muttered nervously, suspiciously looking behind his back.
"Even better, I'll call them right now." Junya bluffed, knowing that he would be the only person they wouldn't be in a hurry to help. However, it was effective.
"I…"
His words fell, then he looked glum as if he had given up.
"Sigh, I can tell your body is experiencing intense fatigue. I never lifted weights in my life and yet you still can't get the phone away from me. Whatever training you did must have been hard… Oh well, I guess you're just gonna have to hope that you can pass the fitness test with your body feeling a few pounds heavier."
The boy let go of the phone and walked away, hiding a devious smile under his glum pretense.
"Wait…"
The words he predicted would come, felt like a blessing seeing the situation took a complete 180.