It was simply so boring. I came to Hope's Peak hoping to expand my skill set, but now, I'm stuck

in a gym with a group of strangers.

I brushed off my uniform and looked around. I saw a purple hedgehog playing on a switch, a

decaying rabbit arguing with a corpse, an angel air-guitaring. Then, I saw someone I recognized

someone, a demon in royal garments showing off his wealth to a robot.

"Candrin!" I called out as I ran over to my older brother. He immediately heard me and looked

excitedly over his shoulder.

"Dela! I didn't think I'd see you!" He said, pushing the robot to the side.

"We both signed up."

Candrin chuckled, "Guess I kinda forgot, I had a lot to do. What else can you expect from the

Ultimate Prince, amiright?" He grinned. For all his politeness, he never seems to give himself a

break. At that moment, three strangers stood at the center of the room and one of them fired a

gun to get everyone's attention.

"We got your attention?" asked one of them in a white lab coat. "Good. It's time we got some

answers. Who are you?" He and his two associates would look around at the confused crowd of

characters. "Oh, where are my manners? Unfortunately, my name doesn't make much sense

without context, so you can refer to me as The Doctor. (He would point at his two associates, an

unkempt man wearing a gas mask and a skinny man holding a gun and a burger) these two are

Clayton and Nolan. Collectively, we are the Ultimate Scientists."

I spoke up: "I didn't realize that three people could have the same Ultimate."

Clayton would step forward. "That's because, Doll, we are three of a kind! A package deal!" It

was hard to tell because of his gas mask, but I could tell that there was a notable ego about him

based on his tone of voice and body language.

The purple hedgehog would look up from his switch: "Oh? Are we introducing ourselves? Sick!

Listen up, you betas cucks! My name is Mephiles the Dark! Otherwise known as, The Ultimate

Gamer!"

I sighed: "I'm not going to like you, am I?"

Mephiles looked at me and slowly raised his middle finger: "Does that answer your question,

Madame?"

Candrin got up in preparation to attack him, but a yellow rabbit blocks him.

"Sorry, little prince, but no." The rabbit looks down at Candrin, which is enough to shock him into

backing up. "Since we're doing introductions, I am William Afton, the Ultimate Zombie."

Candrin questioned: "What makes you an Ultimate Zombie?" William proceeded to point to his

chest, which had glimpses of his corpse sticking out. "Most zombies parish after one shot, but

my usage of robotic enhancements allows for me to always come back, like a boomerang, but

Ultimate Boomerang was taken, believe it or not."

A black and red hedgehog would step forward: "I am Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform."

"Bah," A giant entity with one eye responded. "What he is is a pain in the ass that I hate being

related to."

"You aren't even my official dad, Doom!" Shadow responded, only for the entity to shrug it off.

"Doesn't matter, Shad, my species has very strong child payment laws, so I keep being forced

to pay money for you, Dick. Also, hi, everyone, I'm Black Doom, the Ultimate Demon-Alien

Thingy."

The angel would respond afterwards: "An alien, huh? That's pretty fucking sick! We don't get a

lot of those in Heaven."

"But we do get plenty in Hell." Responded a small man in a top hat. "Anyway, behold, I am

Lucifer, The Ultimate Dickmaster!"

The Angel immediately took offense to this: "Dumbass, that's my title! Your thing is the Ultimate

Duck Enthusiast!" He then proceeded to walk over to Lucifer and rip off his top hat, causing

dozens of rubber ducks to fall out, prompting him to respond: "Fuck you, Adam."

The corpse would walk forward. "My name is Mike… Schmidt. Yeah, that's it. I am the Ultimate

Nightguard, here to defend the building from disaster."

"Not very well, mind you." William responded with a taunting laugh, prompting Mike to glare at

him before walking off to the back of the gym. I'm guessing that they are already off to a bad

relationship.

Two smaller hedgehogs I hadn't noticed appeared. "It is I, Mana, with my twin brother, Everett

and we are the Ultimate Demigods!" Declared one of them while the other hid behind her. I

seemed to be the only person to acknowledge their existence prompting Mephiles to talk to me:

"Sorry, it was Bring-Your-Clones-To-School day and I told them not to make a scene. I mostly

blame Everett, though, the piece of shit."

"And yet, they are less annoying than you." I looked behind me and saw a jackal wearing a

white mask on his face and held his hand out to shake mine: "The name is Infinite and that's all

you need to know."

"Hello, Infinite." I gladly shook his hand. The robot had now finished scanning the gym: "It

seems that I, Cyn, the Ultimate Drone, am the only non-organic entity here. Is that good or

bad?"

The muscular elderly man promptly shouted: "Pathetic! A warrior like me doesn't deserve to be

locked in here!" This prompted Mike to respond: "Well, who even are you?"

"I am Conquest, the Ultimate Kids Book Author and the strongest of the Virtubrium Empire!"

I looked at him, surprised that his title was something so innocent. At this point, everyone had

been introduced and were now looking at each other awkwardly. "So…" Adam said, "What

now?"

"The acceptance letter said to meet in the gym." Mike holds up his letter. "Nothing seems to be

out of the ordinary so far." Shadow analyzed the gym.

At that moment, the lights went out and spotlights began turning on. "Oh shit," Mephiles stated

as Mana and Everett huddled behind him "It's bright lights. Shadow, quick, have a stroke!"

After a few seconds, the lights focused on the front of the gym, which now had a black and

white teddy bear. "What is that?" Candrin asked when the group took notice. Clayton answered:

"Maybe it's some rip off panda bear?"

Upon hearing this, the bear jumped up and snarled at Clayton: "How dare you? That is

incredibly racist for bears! I can bear-ly handle it."

Conquest was not impressed by the bear's joke: "I hate you already."

The bear then dusted himself off: "Anyway, hello students of the first ever Multiverse Program

for Hope's Peak. I am your headmaster, Monokuma, here to lay out the rules for your school

life."

William looked at the bear: "And why should we listen to you? I've known you for barely two

minutes and I already trust Mike more than you."

In response, Monokuma simply replied: "Because this isn't a normal school program. This is a

school program that can go on forever without any reason to end."

I was confused by this statement. "What do you mean by that?"

Monokuma laughed at my question. "I mean that you can't leave. The doors are bolted shut with

angelic bolts, windows are locked to the point where they can't be unlocked, and we have no

spoons you can dig out with. You pieces of garbage are stuck here!"

"Impossible! What's the meaning of this?!" Shadow prepared to step into a fighting stance

before Monokuma answered his question: "Why, with so many unique characters in one place,

the possibilities are enormous. We can't let the opportunity go to waste."

The Doctor straightened his glasses: "I'm assuming that there's more? You mentioned that there

are rules for this place."

Monokuma nodded: "Ah, yes. See, it is possible to leave, but first- you must kill somebody

here!" Before I can actually respond, Black Doom grabbed Cyn by the neck, Mephiles prepared

to blast Everett, William held a knife to Mike's throat, Shadow and Infinite started fighting and

the Scientists grabbed weapons.

"Wait, hold on! At least wait like, a day!" Monokuma pleaded, causing everyone to calm down.

"Anyway, what you will do is you will kill somebody discreetly and we will hold a trial. If the killer

is caught, they are punished, otherwise they will leave as everyone else dies. You are only

allowed to kill two at most."

I objected. "You can't be serious, I have a husband and kids to go to and we all have lives

outside."

Monokuma simply laughed it off. "Not my problem, you are all the grown adults who have to

pass high school. Anyone trying to leave or attack me will be punished and don't think your

powers are going to be of use, because the school is surrounded with a force field that is

restricting your abilities." Conquest would test this theory by punching Shadow: "He's right.

Normally, people would be a bloody mess after I punch them."

Monokuma laughed maniacally. "Well, happy hunting!" He giggled and ran off while we all

looked back and forth at each other. Candrin ran to my side to protect me as everyone else

looked at each other with a mix of terror, paranoia, and slight boredom.

This was the beginning of the Absolute Killing Game, patent pending.