The Author's POV

"Ah! Here he is, the contestant that got first place in his group. Ren Dover"

"Hm?"

A reporter suddenly approached me. With a tablet in his hand, the reporter shoved a microphone to my face.

"If you would spare us a minute, would you mind telling us what you were feeling during the match, and how will you continue moving forward?"

"W-well, I'm naturally happy about my result..."

Caught off guard by the reporter, I became slightly flustered.

Though I had expected such a situation to happen, I was still recovering from my previous stunt.

Before I could even calm down, I was thrown into another troublesome situation.

"Is that so, then what are your predictions for the games? Do you think you will make it to the top fifty, or is that a bit too high at the moment?"

"Top fifty?"

My brow raised. My nervousness instantly vanished. What did he just say?

"Yes, although hard, given your qualifications, it should be possible. Given some of the other contestant's scores, although your score is quite high, enough to get you first in the group, there are over a hundred other scores that are higher than yours. Do you think you can beat them?"

"Ha."

The edges of my lips pulled upwards, and a small chuckle escaped from my lips.

'To think that I am being looked down upon this much...'

They probably assumed that my timing was the best I could achieve. That I went all out.

"I might regret saying this, but..."

"Excuse me, is there something fu'”"

"Win"

A soft yet audible voice escaped from my mouth.

"Excuse me?"

"I'm going to win, no'”", I shook my head. This didn't sound right, "let me rephrase my words..."

Lifting my head, I looked straight into the cameras pointing at me.

"...I will win the dummy massacre games and crush every competitor that stands in my way"

Without waiting for the reporters to ask any more questions, I turned around and left. Behind me, the sound of intense scribbling rang out.

Although it was mainly my fault. I was tired of people looking down on me.

Now that I no longer needed to hide as much as before, it was about time I showed the world a little bit of what I could do.

This was my statement.

***

[...I will win the dummy massacre games and crush every competitor that stands in my way]

Inside a waiting room, a male's voice echoed from the speakers of a TV screen. On the opposite side of the TV screen was a large black sofa where a platinum-haired youth sat.

'”Click!

Raising his hand, the platinumed hair youth turned off the TV. A faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Who would've thought he was like that?"

Turning his head to the right, a beautiful platinum hair girl appeared by his side. A solemn expression appeared on her face.

looked closely; they'd be able to notice the striking resemblance the male and female students had. Had it not been for their different gender, they

your chances of beating him

"I'm not sure"

girl, Aerin,

had just returned from her game, and this was what she had

Nicholas, Aerin's brother, crossed his legs

we need to get first place here...", musing for a bit, Nicholas looked at

It's

and

and checked the scores of

one second, that's a lot

sure he didn't go

eyes away from her brother's

she believe that Ren had gone all out.

really matter right now since the

not the best representation of

the

"Well, we are twins..."

slight

spent most of their

he didn't go all out. Then

"Yes, no problem"

up and looked at the TV screen in front of her. Her eyes were

masked as she touched

"That's my sister"

stood up and lightly

that you

count on

compliment, a blossoming smile appeared on Aerin's face. Now, more than ever, she swore to

***

At the same time.

"What a peculiar child..."

of a quiet and cozy office, an elderly man muttered as he sat behind a large wooden desk. An expensive nameplate was placed on top of

words [Douglas R. Barker]

desk was a white leather sofa and a coffee table that could be used to greet the

indeed

in front of the elderly man, gave a reply

look of reminiscence appeared on

I saw it was around five decades ago when Grandmaster Keiki fought against one of the top executives of the Monolith. Those days were much darker as order had still not

seventy years to

total chaos. Demon and beast attacks were a common sight, and skirmishes amongst fellow humans

was already built, it was still a new

far more dangerous. The security measures weren't as advanced as they were now. Committing

that stood out from the

lived in. If not for them, humanity would've taken a

was

still far from reaching his level back then, everything just sort of felt

back on his chair, he

demons and villains without even moving. To this day, I have never forgotten that moment. It truly shocked my younger self to the

the side, Donna attentively listened to the headmaster's words. To her, Douglas was like

were something that she would deeply engrave into

not being rude, how long do you have left,

Douglas smiled. He then proceeded to raise his hands in front of him. If only looked closely, they'd be able to notice that the hands were becoming

head around, Douglas looked at Donna. "I should still be able to hold on for another day. I'm currently inside of a safe location so I don't have to worry about overexerting myself. I should

you to tell me more about the students that you have been speaking so

"As you wish"

head slightly and shared everything with the headmaster. She talked about Kevin, Ren, Amanda and everyone that she thought were good

a few things from her statement.

enormous amounts of respect for the person before her, she had

she got their explicit permission, she wouldn't

***

[Lock private waiting area]

11 A.M.

rang out in