Its currently the 3rd week , I was currently looking outside the window from my seat , my classmates was chatting as usual , and my neighbour was being loner like always. Ive been chatting quite a bit with some of karuizawa's friends these couple days. Sayou was very nice to me , Matsushita like always being skeptical of me during our conversation.
The bell rang and chab-sensei entered the classroom
"Alright everybody sit down, were gonna have a test." She said
"E-eh, sensei we didn't hear anything about a test?" ike asked her in panicked
"don't worry these test will not be included in your academic report also they will not affect your evaluation in the school, so theres no punishment for this test. Although if you were to get caught cheating , you would be immediately expelled" Then sensei started explaining about the test and distributed the test papers
I cant help but finding this test quite suspicious, the test started and everyone start working on their papers. I looked into all the questions and its surprisingly very easy. Theres a lot of questions that even middle schoolers can answer. But.... The last three questions is definitely on a level that's atleast 2nd or 3rd year in highschool. This is truly a unique test.
I finished it around 15 minutes and then I waited while quietly observing the class. I saw Matsushita managed to answer one of the hard questions but immediately erased it. Hmmm is she holding back? It seems she is smarter the she let on. I raised my hand 30 minutes after the test started
"sensei , I would like to turn in my test?"
"don't be dumb ayanokouji , you cant possibly finish the test within 30 minutes." Chab replied, ofc the time limit for the test is 2 hours , its completely understandable why chab sensei
"hahaha he probably couldn't understand the test and gave up." Yamauchi mocking and laughing at me. Soon after a couple boys followed.
I stand up , walk towards chab-sensei and turned in my test and continued to ignore the class insults. My neighbour seems to look at me with disgust thinking how ridiculous my actions were. The class became quiet soon and continue the test.
After school is over, while everybody was thinking about what their gonna do to spend their time and have fun. I was in deep thoughts. Although there are people who listens to me most of my classmates which is mostly boys cant seem to accept the facts that im telling them to behave and save their points. They just think im some arrogant and annoying boy.
On my way home I saw Sudou who on the verge of a brawl with some guys from another class. From their looks , I remember seeing those guys from class C. I thought things were about to get interesting but unfortunately a Blonde-pink haired girl stopped them before they actually got to fight. Her name is Ichinose Honami , I met her the other day when I was on my way to school with kushida. She is the leader of class B and just like Kushida she is the most famous and likeable girl in the first year.
I also learned from kushida about the rankings for boys. There was the ikemen ranking , and boys who should die ranking and some other ranking. Hirata made it on 2nd place on the ikemen ranking while I got my place on the 4th fortunately. That's a good start , that means despite my attitude some girls still see me in a good light.
After the the class c boys and sudou went on their separate ways . I approach Ichinose.
"Yo. thanks for stopping the fight Ichinose, you were so brave"
"oh Ayanokouji-kun yahallo , nah im pretty sure you would have done the same." She replied
"nope , I would probably pissed my pants." I said with joking tone and she just smiled innocently. I saw sudou walking futher away so I gotta take this chance. I messaged a certain number.
"ok well it was nice talking to you Ichinose but I gotta go now , see ya later."
"bye-bye ayanokouji-kun." She sent me off with another smile. I can see why She is the top of our year.
I ran and catch up to sudo
"oi sudo can we talk?"
"eh what do u want ayanokouji?"
"I need to tell you something , I saw the fight earlier."
"tch , fine but make it quick."
"cool , follow me."
I led him to an alley where and to a corner where there is no cameras , I can see sudo is somewhat suspicious but he probably doesn't care since his body is bigger then me. He probably thinks im weak and doesn't even consider me as a threat.
"anyway sudou , from now on im going to need you to control that bad temper of yours , its gonna drag the class down in the future." I told him
"What the hell , did you really just lead me here to tell me this shit? Sorry ayanokouji but I cant do that." He barked
"don't you understand what im saying? Its an order you have no right to refuse."
"The hell you trying to start some shit right here. Don't just think because your smart you can order me around you punk" He grabbed my collar with his right hand
"if that's what you want sudou then I guess I'll show you your place." I grab his wrist that is holding my collar with my left hand, slowly I added more pressure . I can see he is starting to feel some pain. He tried to let go of my collar but still is not able to free his right hand from me. He went and tried to punch my face with his other hand which I caught with my right hand. I also added more and more pressure on that hand. He is now using his strength to break free but its futile.
"arghh fuckkk , let me go bastarrrdddd."
"sure"
I let go his hands and directly punch his solar plexus , he fell on his kness coughing blood and seem to have a hard time to breath. I can see that sudou is now filled with pain and anger. Also it seems she has arrived .
"alright Sudog can you show me what your made off? Or are you just all talk?"
"bastardddd." He charged at me and throw a barrage of punches which I dodge easily. I can tell that while sudou may have experienced with some fights , he doesn't have any proper techniques to execute with his strong physique.
This farce continues for over 10 minutes and I can see sudou is running out of breaths. I stopped and spread open my arms like im about to receive a hug to provocate this dog. Sudou exploded and punch me straight in the my left cheek.
Now I can see the Fear and shocked clearly from sudou's face. Is he scared because I took his blow head on and did not faze or is it because I showed him my true eyes? Well no matter , its all over now.
"hehe, Play time is over now Sudou." I looked at him and showed a genuine smile .
Then I charged at sudou and punch him on his right abdomen , sudou while bearing the pain send another punch to my side , I easily dodged it and spun using the momentum to deliver a kick to his other abdomen. Sudou fell on the ground clutching on his abdomen. Im avoiding on injuring anywhere that is visible on his body. I grab his shoulder and kneed him in the stomach multiple times . Knocking him unconscious will be easy but that's not the goal here. The goal here is to keep sending blows until I finally broke him ,slowly. I need to make sure not to use too much of my power or it will render him unconscious .
Sudou fell on the ground , I signalled the other person to come forward. And appearing from behind the wall was my partner karuizawa kei . I can see the confusion on sudous face probably questioning why she is here. He probably is trying to think but failed because of the pain all over his body. Karuizawa sent me the recording of the fight and deleted the one on her phone.
" Good Work , you can leave now."
" what are you gonna do to him? He is obviously in a very bad shape."
" I guess you will just have to find out later, please leave now you don't want to see whats coming next."
" ugh you're the worst you know that , just make sure you don't overdo it."
"ill take that a compliment." And with that karuizawa left the alley leaving me and the weak sudou behind.
I went on top of sudou and ask him
"will you defy me or obey me ?"
"grrhhh ill never obey you bastard."
"I see" I punched sudou's bisep whiles covering his mouth so he cant scream in pain. Sudou was trying hard to break me but is futile , he already lost all his strength. I punched it again and again and again until he finally stop fighting back. I showed him the recording of our fight.
"sudou in here you were trying to attack me for 10 minutes and finally hit me which I fought back as self defense." I showed him my true eyes and the darkness within while my hand is still holding covering his mouth and continued "im sure with something like this you will be suspended and your basketball career in this school will end"
He stared deeply with wide eyes into my darkness
Yes I see it now on his face , despair , fear , the feeling of powerlessness. His body is trembling slightly. The Hot-headed Sudou that everybody knows is nowhere to be seen now. Even though sudou is not very smart, he can still understand the position he is in right now . completely overpowered physically , I crushed him like he was nothing. He probably felt that as well. There wasn't even a fight it was just a 1 side beat down. And now im holding his future in this school in the palm of my hands. His dream...... is at my mercy.
I let go of my arm that was covering his mouth, and he finally started to speak meekly
"w-what do you want ayanokouji." He asked
I stopped showing him my darkness and showed a very bright smile
"so your finally willing to listen to me huh?" I said and continued
"Sudou I know just how much you love basketball , I saw how passionately you played in the club, honestly I was moved. But at this rate you well not only you but a lot of our classmates are gonna get expelled soon." And then I proceeded to explain to him about the S system that I know the same that I explain to karuizawa. Though for sudou I need to explain it in a way that is more easier for him to understand.
After done explaining I didn't continue futher and let him think in silence and process everything I just told him. He probably still couldn't believe that the school will expel students that easily. After a couple minutes I continued
"Well sudou what I want from you is to assist me in the future , to do everything I ask you to for the sake of the class and yourself of course. Follow me Sudou and I will make sure you can graduate from class A and fulfil your dreams of playing basketball." I slowly got up and extended my hand, I can still see he is struggling to get up.
"Can I? can I really achieve my dream?"
"of course we can, well why don't we make a deal then. Since ur finding it hard to believe me . if next month it turns out that everything I said is true , you will dedicate yourself 100% to serve me."
"its not like I don't trust you , I mean after what you just showed me theres no way I can doubt your ability now , but a school like this just doesn't seem real."
"its real alright , I mean no normal school would give every student 100.000 yen / month right?"
"I guess that's true , seems like ive been pretty dumb huh?"
"don't worry you have to potential to become smarter."
"alright then ayanokouji , If next month what u said is true I will serve you for the next years."
"great now look." I showed him my phone screen and deleted the video recording. He was shocked yet again.
" why did you deleted that?."
"because I know im right , and you are also a man of your words, beside if you betray me I can always crush you in the future." I said while looking up to the sky.
"damn, just what kind of a monster are you. I always have confidence in my strength but after fighting you, I feel like im still in elementary school." He said while showing me a wry laugh.
"everybody can become like me , with the proper training." I told him, and with that I can confirm I have tamed sudou. His physical Prowess will be essential in the future. Also now I can keep a close eye on him while helping his progression. And maybe in the future sudou can become my friend.
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