On Monday, August 17, everyone walked into the greenhouse to find a man standing at the table area. He had brown hair and eyes, he was wearing a suit and had a collar around his neck.
"Who are you?" asked Kei as he walked up to the man.
"My name is Ben Madison and I heard that two of you like competitions," said the man as he held his hand out and Kei shook it.
"Wait, I know that name, you're the owner of the Madison Oil Company," said Tadashi.
"So what's the challenge?" asked Hikari who was existed.
"Two against one chess, and if I win the S.A. will be disbanded," said Ben.
"Why would we agree to that?!" asked Akira as a fire from her rage burnt in her eyes.
"Because, I am currently ready to by this school and plan to destroy the entire school otherwise," said Ben with an evil smile.
"Alright then, I'll play you," said Kei as he stepped up.
"You and Hanazono Hikari," said Ben.
"I accept your challenge," said Hikari.
"Wait Hikari do you even know how to play chess?" asked Akira.
"Guess you're about to find out," said Hikari as she gave a thumbs up. A few minutes later at the table, a chess board was all set up.
"Alright, let's go over the rules a little more, the game will be you two against me, each player has to move a peace, and there is no collaborating with each other," said Ben.
"That's not fair, they're a team," said Jun.
"My game, my rules," said Ben.
"We accept those terms," said both Hikari and Kei.
"Now let's begin," said Ben as he moved a piece. A few minutes later Ben ended up in a bind.
"How can this be, I can't find a way out," thought Ben as he stared at the board with disbelief.
"I can't believe Hikari can play chess," said Megumi.
"I know, and you just talked again!" said Jun who was more surprised by his sister talking than he was about Hikari being good at chess.
"Well it's my move now and with this it's check mate," said Hikari as she moved her king.
"No way, I lost," said Ben with a trembling voice. Suddenly, a light on his collar turned from green to red and he fell over.
"What happened to him?!" asked Ryuu with a concerned voice as Kei checked for a pulse in his neck.
"Is he alive?" read Megumi's sign.
"Yeah he's alive, just unconscious," said Kei as he stud up.
"What's with that collar around his neck anyway?" asked Akira. When Kei looked at the collar he noticed a symbol on it.
"Biran," said Kei in a low voice.
"Who's Biran?" asked Hikari as she looked with him.
"He used to work for my family's company as a scientist," said Kei as he stood up to look at the others.
"Wait, do you mean Biran Castrul?" asked Akira with a surprised voice.
"That's him," said Kei.
"Last time I saw him was when he built the robot dog," said Akira.
"Yeah and when it went berserk my grandfather fired him, saying that he was a quack for building something like that," said Kei.
"Looks like he's trying to get revenge by getting rid of the S.A., something you like," said Jun.
"But why us, it was Kei's grandfather that fired him," said Hikari with a confused face.
"It must be because I'm the air to the company," said Kei.
"Then he's trying to hurt your family's company by coming after all of us," said Ryuu.
"Well we're not going to let him," said Hikari with a determined voice.