"Well, it looks like you are our group's target. Kei is also a target in her group." Shinji said to Kikyo, as he finished naming all of the targets

"Really?" asked a surprised Kikyo

"That is if the pattern is true. If it is, it makes it a lot easier. All we need to do is to see if you and Kei truly are the targets of your groups once they decide on the targets. You'll tell me if you are, and Kei will probably as well since she'll be nervous if that will happen, so we won't need to ask our other classmates if they're a target or not"

"It's almost too convenient. I bet that you somehow knew it from the start of the year, and that's why you befriended us" said Kikyo jokingly

"What can I say? The school also wants me to win!" Shinji said with a chuckle.

Kikyo looked at her phone, saw that the hour was already 20:25, and said:

"We need to get going. We wouldn't want to be late"

"You're right!" Shinji said, and both headed out


~~~ Time Skip ~~~

When they arrived at the room, it was 20:30. They entered the room and saw Yosuke and Suzune already waiting inside, and Tomonari was sitting in front of them.

There were four seats, for each one of them, with Yosuke and Suzune sitting on the seats at the sides. Shinji guessed that Yosuke arrived first, and Suzune arrived after him, saw him sitting at the side, and chose the seat that was the farthest from him.

With this thought, Shinji had an amused smirk, as he chose to sit next to Suzune, receiving a cold glare from her.

"It's good to see you both. Shinji-Kun! Kushida-San!" said Yosuke

"Good to see you too! Looks like we're together in this test!" said Kikyo

"We meet again, Horikita-San" said Shinji with his amused smirk

"It was obvious since we're in the same group" Suzune said with a cold tone

"It seems that all of you have arrived early than instructed. If no one has any problem with that, I would like to start and explain the test" said Tomonari

Seeing that no one has raised any objection, Tomonari started to explain:

"In this test, all of the first-year students will be divided into groups based on their zodiac signs. Because of this, the members of your group will consist of students from other classes as well. The group you all have assigned to is the Dragon group. Here's the list of the members of your group. You're required to return it before you leave this room, so make sure you memorize it" said Tomonari, and handed them the list.

Shinji looked at the list he once already saw, but he needed to act like he didn't see it already, in front of Yosuke, Suzune, and Tomonari.

Dragon Group:

Class A: Kohei Katsuragi, Ryoko Nishikawa, Koharu Yano

Class B: Ryuji Kanzaki, Sayo Ando, Hitomi Tsukabe

Class C: Kakeru Ryuen, Takumi Oda, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Masashi Sonoda

Class D: Kikyo Kushida, Yosuke Hirata, Suzune Horikita, Shinji Ayanokoji

"In this test, it will be better for you to disregard the differences between your classes. If you will, it will be easier for you to clear this test. You now belong to the Dragon group, rather than class D. I will now explain the rules further:

The test will start at 8:00 AM tomorrow. At this hour, an email will be sent to all of the students, to inform you whether you're the target or not.

The test itself will mostly take place between 1:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Twice in a day, for about an hour, the groups will need to gather and discuss, each group by itself. The content of the discussion will be left to the discretion of each group.

At the end of the test, the target student must be identified. This will be done between 9:30 PM and 10:00 PM. Only one answer can be submitted by each group.

The identity of the target student of the group you are assigned to is the only answer you can send. Any other answer will be marked as invalid.

Details of the results of the test will be sent to the students by 11:00 PM on the final day.

I will now hand you a list of possible results. You're required to hand it back before you leave the room" said Tomonari, and handed them the list.

Possible End Results:

1. Share the identity of the target and clear the test together:

If the answer of all the group members are all correct and sent during the allocated time, they will all receive private points.

2. Answer incorrectly and the group loses, but the target still receives points:

If there are incorrect answers by people other than the target student, only the target student will receive 500,000 private points.

After half a minute, Tomonari stated:

"The list continues on the other side of the paper"

Hearing her, the other three, including Shinji, looked at the other side of the paper, and read:

3. A traitor uncovers the identity of the target:

In the case that someone other than the target answers the question before waiting for the allocated time and answers correctly, the class that the answerer belongs to will receive 50 class points, and the answerer themselves will receive 500,000 private points for themselves. On the other hand, the class who the target belongs to will receive a penalty of -50 class points.

Once this has been achieved, the test will be over for that group.

However, if the traitor is a member that belongs to the class of the target, and he answers correctly, the previous result will be made invalid and the test for that group will continue.

4. The traitor is wrong about the identity of the target:

In the case that someone other than the target answers before waiting for the allocated time and answers incorrectly, the class the answerer belongs to will receive a penalty of -50 class points, and the target will receive 500,000 private points. The class in which the target belongs to, obtains 50 class points.

In a case like this, the group's test will end.

However, if a member belonging to the class of the target is the one who answered incorrectly, the answer will be considered invalid, and the test for that group will continue.

Seeing that everyone finished reading, Tomonari said:

"You are free to stay in this room for half an hour from now, in order to discuss within yourselves, if you wish to do so. After half an hour, you are required to leave. I won't answer to any question, and neither will interfere with your conversation" he said

After hearing Tomonari, Shinji asked:

"What do you think about this test?" he asked the other three

"Well, I think that we need to aim for the first result. It's the best among them. Don't you think so?" asked Yosuke

"How can you trust the other students to not betray us? If one of us will be the target, and we decide to aim for the first result, we'll have to tell the other students about it before the allocated time we need to send the answer. There are students like Ryuen in our group, who won't hesitate to betray you, the moment he confirms that you're the target" said Suzune

"Well..." Yosuke said, hesitating what to say

"I think Horikita-San is right. We can't risk losing cp by trusting the other students, considering Ryuen's past actions" said Shinji

"But if no one among us is the target, what else can we do? If no one will confess the identity of the target, only the target themselves will earn from it" said Kikyo

"If we want to aim to get to class A, we need as many cp as we can. It means that we have to find out the identity of the target if he's not among us. If he is, then the target will tell us, and we figure out how to hide his identity" said Suzune

"I agree. While Mashima-Sensei said to disregard the differences between classes, it doesn't mean we can disregard our class completely. We need to do the best thing for our class, and only then to think about the other students of the group" said Shinji

"I also think we need to do what's best for our class" stated Kikyo

"I see... while I don't like the fact that we won't cooperate with the other members of the group as I wanted, you're right when you say that we can't risk our class points since it will hurt our classmates..." said Yosuke with a sad smile.

"In order to succeed in this test, we have to work together among ourselves. Because of that, I believe it will be the best that in the case that someone among us will be chosen as the target, he will tell the others, or else we won't be able to cooperate properly" Shinji said and received a nod of approval from the other three

"Let's agree to meet before the first discussion, and we'll have a strategy meeting, in order to assess our situation, regardless if one of us is the target or not" said Suzune

"Well, I'll see you all tomorrow!" said Shinji, and walked out of the room


"Did you finished the meeting already?" asked Kei, as Shinji called her after he exited room 204

"Yes, but I think it'll be better if we'll meet tomorrow morning. It's quite late already, so my and your roommates probably already in our rooms, so we can't meet up. Let's meet in the morning, and maybe we'll go to a cafe, and have a little date" Shinji said

"O-Okay!" said Kei, and Shinji could tell she was blushing, even if he didn't see her

"Good night, Kei-Chan~"

"Good night, Shinji-Kun..." said Kei, and hang up. After Shinji saw that Kei hanged up, he smirked and sent a message for a certain someone to meet with him


~~~ Time Skip ~~~

When Shinji arrived at the place he was supposed to meet the person he messaged to, the person was already there.

"Were you that eager to meet me, Ibuki-San?" said Shinji with a teasing smirk

"What do you want? It's already late, you know" said Mio with an irritated expression

"But you still came, didn't you? Did you like my surprise? I'm sure that Ryuen didn't like it"

"How did you do it? I was certain I took the leader card from Kushida, and you were supposed to lose all of your bonus points, and we were supposed to win!"

"I told you already. No matter how much you'll struggle to counter me, you won't be able to beat me. It's valid for this test as well. You can go against me together with Ryuen, but it won't change the fact that you'll demote to class D by the end of this test.

And if you'll continue to go against me even after this test, I'll make sure to crush your class completely, and leave you with 0 cp, broken to pieces" Shinji said, as he moved closer to her, until he was inches away of her, looking down on her with a cold gaze, as he was taller than her.

"Y-You..." Mio started to say, fear visible in her face, as she took a step back

"The offer I gave you will be available until the start of the next semester. I'm sure that even after you'll demote in this test, Ryuen will continue to pursue me. The question is, will he fall alone, or will you and your whole class will fall together with him"

"Why me?"

"Because I believe that you can be a better leader than Ryuen. While you're not very intelligent, you have the drive and determination to rise to a higher class, but you're not as reckless as Ryuen.

Besides, if you'll decide to ally with me, I'll introduce you to someone who can help you in your class, so you won't have to lead alone since you definitely aren't capable of that"

"Do you think that I'll join you if you insult me?" said Mio with a frown

"I'm only stating the truth. Your grades are showing that you're not very intelligent, and without intelligence, it'll be hard for you to lead your class alone"

"If you'll manage to demote us in this test, maybe I'll consider this offer"

"You're saying it like I'm the one who wants it. I am fine with crushing your class if that's what you want. However, I rather not to, since I have friends even within class C, so it'll be bad for them if I were to crush your class"

"Whatever. As if a monster like you have friends" Mio said and walked away

'A monster, huh?... It's been a while since someone called me that...' Shinji thought with an evil smirk, as he made his way back to his room

(Warning! This is a torture and rape scene! If you don't wish to read, skip to the end of the flashback)


~~~ Flashback ~~~

"Who the hell are you!? Why would a kid like you do that!?" asked a man.

The man was tied to a chair, as he asked a boy, who had black hair and blood-red eyes and looked around 13 years old. He wore a black T-shirt, and matching pants, and wore a pair of black leather gloves. The kid held the man's six years old daughter's head in his hands and played with it like it was a ball.

"You see, mister. I knew your wife, and she did a very bad thing to me before she died, so you and your family have to pay the price for your wife's actions" the boy said with a smile, and then turned to look at the man's older daughter, who was 15 years old.

The daughter was tied to her bed, with a gag in her mouth as the boy smirked evilly at her, and suddenly took off his pants and underwear, revealing his semi-erect member. The daughter widened her eyes in terror, as she tried to free herself from the ropes tying her with all of her power, but with no succession.

Horrified, the man shouted:

"Please don't do it! You can do whatever you want to me, so please don't do it to her!"

"No can do, mister. Your wife did the worst thing she could've done" the boy said as he laid over the girl, positioning his member to penetrate her. Then, he pulled a syringe out of his pocket and injected the liquid that was inside of the syringe into her arm. Then, the boy turned his head to look at the man in the eyes, and dropped the smirk, and said with a dark expression

"She betrayed me" he said, and penetrated the girl with one powerful thrust, tearing her hymen in the process, and the girl screamed in pain, or at least tried, as the gag blocked almost all of the noise.

The man watched in horror, as the boy thrust into her daughter back and forth, roughly as the girl cried, and he was crying as well, as he watched his daughter getting raped. As he continuously thrust roughly, the boy suddenly smirked darkly, and looked into the girl's eyes, and said:

"What is this? Are you getting wet? Are you a pervert who gets turned on by getting raped in front of her father? What a perverted slut you are" he said, and then gripped her breasts roughly, and started to grope them, eliciting another moan from the girl. As he continued, the girl slowly started to stop crying, and the life disappeared from her eyes, and she even started to move her body to meet his thrusts.

The man then shouted in horror:

"You drugged her! What did you give her!?"

"It's just something to make your daughter a little bit more honest. Here, you can hear it from her" the boy said with an evil smirk and then proceeded to remove the gag, and the girl immediately moaned loudly, but not in pain, but in pleasure

"It's so good! More! Harder! Deeper! Treat me like the slut I am!"

The man watched in horror, as the boy asked the girl:

"Tell your father the truth. Tell him that you're a perverted slut who's getting turned on by getting raped, and being watched by her father doing it"

"Yes! I'm a perverted slut who likes getting raped, and likes being watched by others while doing it!"

"Tell him how many times you masturbate in a day!"

"I masturbate twice a day! I have a collection of porn with rape, and I imagine getting raped by strangers!"

"You're a crazy slut! Just like..." the boy said, and then turned to look at the man with a sinister smirk

"Your mother was..." the boy said, and when the man heard it, he said:

"Y-You're a monster... a demon..."

The boy merely smirked, and then turned to the daughter

"Well, it's been fun, but we need to finish up!" the boy said, and then put both of his hands on the girl's neck, and started to choke her, as he sped up his thrusts. The girl's head violently shook, as he choked her, and continued to roughly penetrate her, and after a minute, he finally came, shooting his semen straight into her womb. Then, the boy choked her for a few more seconds, until he felt the girl's pulse stop. Then, he got off the bed and approached the man

"Now, would you like me to cut off your fingers in your hands, or your feet? Maybe, you want me to take out your internal organs, one by one? So many punishments, but not enough time. What shall I do to you?" the boy said with a sinister smirk as he got closer to the man

"No! Get away from me, you monster! Demon!"

"I know! I'll start with that annoying tongue of yours" said the boy, as he went to the other room, where he left the knife after he killed the six-year-old girl

Meanwhile, the man thought:

'What can happen to someone, that transforms him into a monster like that!?'

"I'm back~~~" the boy said, holding a blood-covered knife in his hands

"No! Get away from me! Monster! Monster-" the man was in the middle of shouting when the boy caught his tongue with his hand and held the knife against it with his other hand

"I told you that I'll cut off your tongue, didn't I?" the boy said with an evil smirk and watched as the man's eyes widen even more in horror

"I'm going to enjoy it..." the boy said, and the man's screams were heard by animals, as all of this happened in a small hut in the middle of a forest

~~~ End Flashback ~~~


Shinji woked up the next day and thought:

'Another memory... am I feeling nostalgic?'

Then, he heard his phone vibrating, indicating he received a message. He opened his phone and saw three messages. One from the school, one from Kikyo, and one from Kei

First, he opened the text from the school, which said:

"After concluding, you haven't been chosen as the target"

Then, he read Kikyo's message:

"As you said, I've been chosen as the target. I'll drop by to show you the message, and decide our next step"

Lastly, he read Kei's message:

"I've been chosen as the target! What should I do?"

Shinji looked at his phone with a smirk, as he thought:

'Phase 2 has begun...'