"Remind me again who we're waiting for?" Isaac asked Chiaki as they stood in front of the Reserve Course building. After being chosen as class representatives, Chisa suggested that the two of them, in her own words, 'get to know each other some more'. Chiaki was leaning against a pillar attached to the gate while Isaac sat on top of it crossed-legged.

"Just a new friend I made. He'll be here." Chiaki replied without looking up from her game.

Isaac gave the Reserve Course building a glance before narrowing his eyes. The Reserve Course Department. A hollow hope for everyday people to go to Hopes Peak. Paying enormous amounts of money to help pay for the needs of the Main Course. Isaac knew that the facilities that were given to them were pricey, but with over 2,000 students paying that amount, it is easy to slip something through the cracks. Before he could ponder more, a school bell rang, and soon the courtyard was filled with students. Instead of the brown uniforms the Main Course wore, they all wore black uniforms, almost suits. As many teens walked past both him and Chiaki, they both got a mixture of looks. Some looked at them with amazement, whispering about how cool and talented they were, while others looked at them with disdain and envy.

There was one brave group of 3 boys who approached Chiaki, not noticing Isaac above her.

"Hey, your that 'Ultimate Gamer', right?" The boy in the middle, the leader, asked with a sneer.

"Yeah," Chiaki replied without taking her eyes off her Game Girl Advance.

"What?" The boy on the left said in a mocked tone, "They let talents as useless as that into the school? Pathetic."

"What the hell do we need gamers for anyway?" The one on the right said.

"You guys are too closed-minded." Chiaki still doesn't look from her game."Games bring people together and let them have fun. Is having fun useless?"

The middle boy looks enraged as he steps up to Chiaki but stops as he hears a strange sound. It was a grinding sound that itched the back of their ears. The boys begin to look around for the source of the sound before they realized it was coming from above. The middle boy looks up and sees Isaac, who is giving him the darkest look that could make a grown man pee his pants, all the while sharpening a knife, explaining the grinding sound. The bully's face pales as he runs off, followed by his confused cronies.

"Isaac, you didn't have to do that," Chiaki says, but Isaac could hear the smile in her voice.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

A full minute passes by as the two sit in silence.

"Hey."

Isaac looks down and sees another boy stop in front of Chiaki, having spiky brown hair with a styled ahoge on top. Chiaki looks up from her game with a smile on her face. "Hey, Hinata." She then turns to face him fully, "A new fighting game just hit the arcades"

"Huh?

"You wanna come with us to check it out?"

Hinata looks flustered for a moment before replying, "I would, but I really suck at games like that."

Chiaki takes the opportunity to grabs Hinata's hand and pulls him forward, "That's okay." Hinata's face becomes a bit flushed as he's pulled.

"Woah, hey, what's the big idea?"

Chiaki gives him a bright smile, "It doesn't matter if you're good when you play with friends."

Hinata returns a nervous smile, "Um, okay." His face soon morphs into one of confusion, "Wait, you said 'us'." Hinata looks around as if he's looking for someone. "Who else is coming?" Isaac then decides to make himself known, "Up here." Hinata looks up and is slightly startled seeing a boy sitting on a pillar. Isaac jumps down, landing himself right in front of Hinata. Isaac then turns his head to Chiaki before asking, "So how do you know this guy?" Chiaki just shrugs before walking ahead to the two, leaving them alone.

"Um, so who are you exactly?" Hinata asks the hunter as both of them closely follow Chiaki.

Isaac sticks out his gloved hand to a handshake, "Isaac Takashi, Ultimate Bounty Hunter at your service."

Hinata accepts the handshake as they start to follow Chiaki, "Hajime Hinata. So you're an Ultimate too?"

"Yeah. So how do you know our resident game addict?" Isaac asks jerking his thumb at the girl ahead of them. Before Hajime could respond, Chiaki lets out a, "I heard that.", but still had her eyes glued to the screen.

Hajime laughs lightly at her reaction before answering, "She kinda bumped into me in the park one day."

Isaac hears no lies as he gives a light smile to the boy, "Well any friend of Chiaki is a friend of mine. She kinda has a habit of pushing people to play games."

The trio walks quietly for some time before Hajime broke the silence. "So what's it like to be an Ultimate? Being great at something?" he says rather quietly.

Isaac raises an eyebrow before answering, "Well it kinda sucks." Hajime seems surprised at his answer. "What? You have this amazing talent and you're saying that it sucks?" Chiaki decides to put in her two cents, "Remember that we have no freedom in what we choose to pursue."

"Huh?"

Isaac then replies, "Laozi once said, "A bowl is most useful when it is empty". Sometimes being good at one thing can limit you in everything else. Being great at something is great, but seeing yourself as a one-trick pony isn't a good thing."

"I-I see."

Chiaki then lightly punches Haijime's side as she says, "No more philosophy, we're here to play games." They soon stopped at the arcade and Chiaki turns to the two with a smile on her face, "So who wants to play me first?" As soon as the words leave her mouth both Hajime and Isaac point to the opposite boy saying, "Not me." before looking at each other's actions and laughing before heading inside the arcade.