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Classroom of the Elite - Manipulation at its Finest

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"It's heartbreaking for me to announce this but... none of you will be leaving this school anytime soon ! Never ever, as a matter of fact !" Words that sounded like pure nonsense reached our ears. "Oh, actually ! There's one way for you to leave it... It's by killing another student here !" Ayanokouji expected a lot of things from his first ever school. What he did not expect, however, was to be thrown into a killing game consisting of himself and 15 other Ultimate Students // This book is a fanfiction inspired from both Classroom of the Elite and Danganronpa, and I'm the creator of none of them. I heavily advise having read Classroom of the Elite before reading this ; having played Danganronpa however is unnecessary, as I'm taking only characters from COTE. Thank you for reading this ! //

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"Honestly, arriving this early was a mistake."

"Oh yeah... That's true... It feels so cold, man."I rapidly opened my eyes as the chat that was happening a few meters away from me started once again.A futile discussion, but that still permitted me to stay awake. Truth be told, I barely had slept this night, but for a good reason, I promise.A day that, I hoped, would change my life was about to happen. I could simply not stop to think about the events that would soon unfold. Nope. Impossible.So, without any surprise, I was standing there, just a step away from falling into Morpheus' hands. The sun barely being out yet, my only solution to this problem was to listen to the awkward conversation two students were having.When one tried to direct the discussion towards a particular subject, the other would not notice it and would try to do the same as the former and discuss a subject he would rather talk about, but this time the poor one that tried first to escape the void that their conversation presented would not know how to continue on the subject the other was initiating.So much for trying to form connections.Welp, I better not think bad about them. After all, if I were to be in one of their positions, I doubt I would do a better job than them... If I would even be able to engage with someone one day.Surely I should not have such hopeless thoughts... right ?Today was the day I would finally find a friend. It was decided. The only thing that could stop this to happen was my mind. And maybe the fact that I surely looked like a creep. And maybe the fact that I almost never talked to someone of my age in all my lifetime...Maybe... Friends were just not made for me.. ?On this depressing conclusion, the buses that everyone waited for eventually arrived. To put it in simply, all the students here on the parking were waiting for the buses that would bring us to the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Ultimate Nurturing High School.This school had been created six years ago, with the sudden rise of Ultimate children in the world. Its original goal was to welcome one hundred sixty Ultimate Students by year. A colossal objective, one might have said back then.Wait- I haven't explained what were Ultimate persons yet, have I ?This all started around the start of the twenty-first century, when the Japan Government began to recruit and put under the spotlight the country's most talented people for their own interest. At first, they were only a few, having titles as the like of "Ultimate Commander", "Ultimate Scientist", and some others.But this changed five years later, as other countries started to do the same. At that moment, this concept became democratized around the world : what was called "Ultimate Talents" served the purpose of highlighting the elite in a discipline.Of course, it was not long before this... sort of degenerated.Ultimate Talents began to be assigned for everything and nothing, creating many funny titles in the way.Even if your talent did not allow you to do many "useful" things, it was not a problem. As long as you were one of the best in your field, you could obtain your Ultimate Title.Some may argue it's an issue, but in practice, no one is really willing to change things as they are. Competitiveness in every single field makes the world... more entertaining, perhaps, but also encourage everyone to give their best, something which had been lacking the years prior to that.Oh, I stated before that the Advanced Ultimate Nurturing High School was created six years ago, did I ? Sorry, this was a bit inaccurate.It previously was called "Advanced Nurturing High School", only welcoming the country's elite. Of course, with the "Ultimate" thing now being a lot more common, they had to adapt.It was hard for the first six years, not reaching their goal of having one hundred sixty Ultimate Students per year, but they finally succeeded.This year, they would receive in their school not more and not less than one hundred sixty Ultimate Students.The thing, that many thought was impossible to complete, would be achieved as soon as we entered the gates of this school.And I, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, would be able to say that I was part of this success.Waking up from my daydreaming, I walked towards one of the buses. Already being close to it, I guaranteed for myself a seat.'Maybe I will be able to sleep a little...' I innocently thought.The driver rapidly confirmed my identity, as I took one step forward to enter the bus.'Huh ?'At this particular moment, space around me seemed to violently distort. Sounds around me were slowly fading away, as if I was being disconnected from reality, and I could not do anything about it.This was the last thing I remembered before seemingly... passing out.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Still feeling dizzy, this was all I managed to get through my memory. Was I really supposed to believe I collapsed as I was entering the vehicle that would have later lead me to a new life ?I silently sighed as I inspected my surroundings.I woke up on a seat, and I apparently, before this, was sleeping on it. There was nothing wrong with my appearance, as I was dressed in the same clothes as before. The room I was in was equipped of a big table shaped in a "U", with chairs around it, as well as what looked like a projector...Where was I exactly ?If my earlier supposition was right, then I should have been placed in the infirmary, not an almost empty room like that. And why was there nobody to watch over me ? Weirder even, there was no trace of my phone, which previously was in my pocket.This made me ask myself : did I really pass out ?As far as I knew, there was nothing wrong with my body, except a slight lack of sleep the night before, but I did not deem it to be enough to cause damages to my health in any way...It truly was an incomprehensible situation.A bit distraught, I chose to take a look through the window at my right. It gave me the view on a rounded building, but there still was nobody in sight. But it at least gave me the information that there had been a few hours before I woke up, as the light the sun created was visible.Weird... If I was not mistaken, there should be more than four hundreds students on the campus, so why did it look like it was so... inactive ?Shaking my head, I decided to exit the room and look around to find people.Carefully, I opened the door and closed it behind me, looking at my right and left. Nobody was passing by. It legitimately was scary how close it seemed to be a phantom school.I quickly glanced over the door to see what room I woke up in. The sign simply indicated "Student Council Room", which confirmed that I really was inside the school.So I woke up in the Student Council Room, right ? No matter how I thought about it, it did not make any sense. But once again, nothing really made sense at the moment.Hesitantly, but having realized that I had not many other choices, I made my way in the seemingly endless hallway at my left.Nothing really seemed off about my environment, minus the fact that I was the only one walking in this enormously long corridor.My fantastic brain began to theorize about all the possibilities existing : maybe the student entrance ceremony was taking part at a distant place, and they just left me here as I was taking too long to wake up, or maybe I slept for numeral months, and they just let me sleep in the Student Council Room... No, cross that one, too unrealistic. Maybe I just had amnesia ? Sound pretty unrealistic, too, as I'm in a way too good state of health to suffer from stuff like that. Maybe I actually had been drugged ?As I was struggling to find a likely reason, I realized I came across a hallway, that was linking two buildings, and composed exclusively of windows.It was through them that I discovered a sight I craved to see since a long time."Wow."The breathtaking sunshine that covered the very green grass of a pitch, associated with the buildings of an impressive size was enough of an amazement for me to make me blink several times.Even if I had been off the grasp of my father for one year, I still had to respect his rules to not be more carefully monitored, which prevented me to visit anything.Even if something bothered me in it, this view alone was more than sufficient for me to fully appreciate the brief freedom that was given to me.I admired the sight for a few more seconds before taking a look at the opposite window.And the thing that bugged me became way more apparent.We found at the other extremity the same grass, as well as some constructions. But what was easily more distinguish was the immense wall that was bordering the limits of where we could go.No, actually, saying that it was immense might be an exaggeration. At best, I'd say it measured between fifteen and twenty meters.Well, on certain basis, it may be considered high, but it was not like they were designed to be insurmountable, as I first thought.However, it still worried me to some lengths. I tried to inform myself on this special school beforehand, but I never found something that mentioned it having walls.I absently stared at the wall in question from afar. Were the school's details impossible to find before you entered it ? ...Deciding to shrug off the topic for the moment, I resumed walking.'It's only my first minutes conscious in this school, yet I found myself founding so many things suspicious...'If anything, the fact that I had yet to find another person was the weirdest thing for the moment.I was engulfed in my thoughts, maybe too deeply, as I was surprised by the next thing that happened."U-Uh ?"As I was about to take a turn, a punch directed at my face was thrown at me. The person who did this must have patiently waited for me to reach this turn before attacking.Instinctively, I put my arms between the fist and the skin it was going to hit, blocking more or less successfully the attempt, but getting pushed back a little.At the same time, I recognized long and refined black hair, which made me understand that my aggressor was a girl."Wai-"My poor attempt at trying to reason her failed as she this time went for my abdomen.Not letting myself getting surprised a second time, I pushed back her assault using my right hand, deflecting her arm.Taking advantage of the brief break I was getting, I backed away and put my hands up as to show that I was not hostile.But it seemed that I took too many precautions, as the girl also had taken a step back, eying me warily, but still defiantly."U-Um..." I pathetically tried to initiate a discussion.I cursed myself in my thoughts. Why did I have to give such a bad impression ?!For my defense, I was still in shock for being attacked by a total stranger, added to the fact that this was one of my first attempts at conversing with someone of my age...Well, it's not like she herself did her best to give a good first impression too. Wait, did I get myself assaulted just now ?"Who are you ?"My internal comments suddenly stopped at the sound of her stern voice.She possessed long black hair with one braid tied, red eyes, as well as a look that could almost kill you by its intensity.Despite this, it would be a lie to say that she was not beautiful. Actually, if she was not piercing me with her eyes, I might have admired her a bit longer..."I'm Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. Nice to meet you." I responded.I went with the most basic way to introduce myself, and added a polite phrase at the end to not seem too uncivilized.My biggest worry was to be associated as a guy who could not interact with strangers... Yes, I had to do my absolute best to avoid this situation.... Wait. Did I mess up already ? No, no, no, I had to rectify the careless answer I just gave.As silence followed my answer, I chose to ask back."May I know yours ?""...Are you implying that you don't know it yet ?"She raised her fists a bit, putting herself in a fighting position again. Meanwhile, I was confused. How could I know about her name ?I tilted my head to the side, asking her silently to elaborate.The girl narrowed her eyes, but continued to talk nonetheless."So you're basically saying that you're not the one who kidnapped me. Still, I can't trust you."Suddenly, it felt like everything clicked in my head."Wait, wait, wait. It seems we're in the same situation. You're a student of the Advanced Ultimate Nurturing High School too, am I right ?"An expression of surprise made its way to her face before disappearing as fast as it arrived. It seemed that I hit the right spot.But even then, she did not let her guard down."... Your Ultimate. Tell me what is your Ultimate Talent." the untrusting woman requested, narrowing her eyes."Eh ? Ah, right." I scratched the back of my neck in embarrassment of having to state my talent."This may not be an impressive talent, but I'm the Ultimate Calligrapher... Once again, nice to meet you ... ?"Trying to change the subject from my pathetic talent, I poorly redirected the conversation at her.The girl in question stayed silent for a moment, thoroughly contemplating my face, surely to try to see if I could have possibly lied.Honestly, I rarely encountered such an awkward situation in my life. What was I supposed to do ? Just stand there ? Or maybe should I wave at her to see her reaction ?I really needed to improve my social skills if I did not want to fall into depression anytime soon.Before I could determine what to do, she must have decided that it did not matter if I lied or not, because she spoke up."Horikita Suzune." She first mumbled. "My name is Horikita Suzune, the Ultimate Competitor." She reaffirmed more clearly, finally putting her guard down, but still eying me suspiciously."The Ultimate Competitor ?" I repeated in a murmur.This title could have many meanings, so I was not exactly sure about how to interpret it.However, if I asked more questions about it, she could become even warier of me than she currently was.Understanding this, I decided to orient the conversation towards our problematic situation."Back to the original topic, can you confirm to me that you were kidnapped, Horikita ?""... I believe so, at the very least." Horikita affirmed, not with a bit of reticence. "The last thing I remember before waking up here is me entering the bus...""Really ? What a coincidence, me too." I sort of interrupted her.Things were getting weirder and weirder. First, this desert school. Second, the fact that both mine and Horikita's memories cut off at the exact same moment."Although I doubt it means anything, I woke up in the Student Council Room... What about you ?" I interrogated with precautions."... Next to the swimming pool, near this building."Silence took over. This situation was just overly illogical.There was little to no doubt that we actually were in the school we applied for, but this very same school almost looked empty of any forms of life.Was this a sort of test from the school to see if we could keep our composure in a seemingly desperate situation ?This was not impossible, but it still was unlikely. Putting us in a situation like this was dangerous, especially when one student may misunderstand the intentions of another, as Horikita did earlier. Had I been a little slower, she might have knocked me out. I shivered at the thought of what she may have done to my body.Then, could it be possible that we really have been kidnapped ? In that case, why were we free of our movements ? No, more importantly, why would we still be in this school ? It made no sense with the current information we had.As my brain wandered about all the possibilities, Horikita voiced another one of her concern."Those walls also worry me quite a bit..."My ears perked up at this. It seemed that I was not the only one that found it weird."This school forbids contact with the exterior... Although it may be excessive, could it be that they decided to build these walls to assure we could not run away ?" I tried to hypothesize.I grew nervous as Horikita was staring at my face with disdain."Is it your only suggestion ? It looks like a weak explanation to me. There never has been any notice about walls surrounding this school. Are you implying that in less than two weeks and without any announcement, the government made walls of this height built ? And to stop us from running away ? What for ? It is pure nonsense. If you want to voice up your thoughts, come up with something better next time.""Huh..." I found nothing back to say. How could I have after this ?Why did she feel the need to roast me that hard ?! I tried my best to found a possible explanation, at least !"Sorry, I can't hold back my comments when idiots try to sound smart." Horikita simply snickered in response.Ouch. My self-esteem definitively took a hit there."Anyway," she started to talk once again, running her hand through her hair, "making pointless guesses like that won't make us go anywhere. Perhaps we should move and see if there actually are others in our situation...""How about trying to find the gymnasium, then ?" I suggested, in a quiet voice, this time.If I got destroyed one more time, I doubt my heart would endure it...Horikita looked at me surprisingly, before nodding."You're right on that one, surprisingly, Ayanokouji-kun. Let's go."I suppressed a sigh of relief.I suggested that because we were told beforehand to reunite in the gymnasium for the student entrance ceremony. If another person woke up here in a weird place around here too, then it would make sense that he instinctively went there.Meanwhile, I was also slowly trying to analyze Horikita's personality.At first, when she believed I was her enemy, she put an unreadable mask on her face. I might be getting ahead of myself, but it did not seem too far stretched to assume she was merciless with her opponents and determined not to reveal any weaknesses.However, even when she realized I wasn't one, she remained hesitant about telling me information.And finally, when I seemed to make a mistake, she jumped right at me to drag me down.This might not look like anything major, yet it was.Once she had verbally beat me, she started to act much more confident. It's at this moment that I thought that it might be related to her Talent.After all, wouldn't it make sense for the Ultimate Competitor to want to be the best at everything ?If it was the case, then she might feel the need to prove she was not falling behind in anything.The fact that I countered her punches earlier surely had not helped too...Lost in my thoughts, I was late to notice that Horikita already had gone to look for the Gymnasium. I was falling ten steps behind."Hey, wait a minute... !"Desperately, I tried to catch up with her fast walking, while she simply ignored me.How could someone as cruel as her actually exist ?