Cote: Anomaly

In April, during the entrance ceremony, a young man with disheveled black hair and dark blue eyes with dark circles under his eyes lids with a black Glasses on ,Yuta Takeru, could be seen in a bus headed towards the prestigious Advanced Nurturing High School(ANHS).

Looking around one could see that most of the passengers were students of ADHS judging by their Uniform.

"Don't you think the right thing to do would be to give up your seat?"Yuta was brought out of his musing by an attractive girl who was both curvy and slender with short brown hair who stood next to an old lady while addressing a muscular blonde.

"Why should I have to give up my seat? The problems of others are hardly my concern, so why should I hand over my seat?"

"But you're seated in the priority seating. It would make sense to leave those seats for those who need them."

"I think you're confused here. The concept of 'priority seating implies these seats are for those who can't find a seat elsewhere, offering a degree of comfort equal to that of others."The blond hair guy combed his hair, looking smug.

"What I am doing is merely seating myself in the best and only seats available, so if someone can't manage to secure a comfortable spot, that's their problem, not mine. I won't be inconvenienced just to cater to their will."

"That's just too cruel!"

Yuta looked beside him at the girl, who seemed to be about his age, with long black hair with one braid tied with a pink bow as well as sharp gradient red eyes with a slim but well-endowed body sitting beside him.The girl radiated a ' don't talk to me' and ' I am better than you aura'.

 He looked behind to see a tall and lean young man with brown hair, brown eyes, and a fair complexion wearing a standard school uniform sitting diagonally to him.

'Everyone one seems to minding their on business.'Yuta thought as he looked around the bus.

Yuta got up from his seat and went near the old lady.His action did drew the attention of the girl sitting next to him.Even the young man sitting diagonally to him seemed to be looking at him weirdly.

"Eh,Are you offering her your seat?"The short brown haired girl asked.

"The lady can have my seat."Yuta said softly as he nodded.

" Are you sure, young man?" the elderly woman asked me with a polite and somewhat relieved voice.

"There should be no problem. Please take this seat."

"Thank you very much!"The girl with brown hair exclaimed happily.

'I offered the seat the old lady, so why is she so excited?'Yuta sighed at the overly excited girl.'This is gonna be a pain.'

"You seem to be a student of ADHS too.I am Kikyo Kushida,What's you name?"

'Should I just ignore her?No, she seems to be a nosy type she won't give up.'

"Yuta."

"Yuta?Thats an interesting name."Kushida said with a bright smile."I can call you that right?"

Just before Yuta could say anything more the bus stopped at ADHS's front gate.Yuta taking the opportunity immediately exited the bus,not wanting to continue the conversation.

'Finally.It felt like an eternity.'Yuta sighed trying hard to forget about the girl.

Yuta looked ahead of him having finally arrived at this destination.

Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School was formed by the Japanese Government with the sole purpose of developing future leaders.Not to mention the exceptionally different rules and regulations alongside their unique teaching methods ensures mental and physical development of its students.

As Yuta looked around he saw the a guy and girl who sat diagonally and beside him, respectively, having a conversation.

"What are you looking at?" The girl asked soon after noticing my gaze.

"The campus." Yuta said blandly.'That's the girl who sat beside me.'

The girl in question didn't seem amused by the answer while the boy raised his brows.

"I saw you giving up your seat,Why did you do that?"The brown haired guy asked.The raven haired girl too looked at Yuta with a questioning gaze.

"If someone didn't give their the girl wouldn't have shut up."

"Yet you were having a conversation with the same girl."The raven haired girl retorted.

"It's not much of a conversation if all you did is say a single word."Yuta could see the brown hair guy nodding his head."What about you two?Why didn't you give the old lady you seat?"

"I just didn't want to attract too much attention."

"I just did see any point in giving her the seat."The raven haired girl bluntly said.Saying her part the girl, as if ignoring the 2 boys walked straight into the campus.

"Soo, what's her deal?"

The brown haired guy just shrugged as he extended his hand.

"Ayanokōji Kiyotaka"

Yuta just continued to look between the guy and his extended hand, not understanding the gesture.

"Uh,Am I supposed to do something?"Hearing this Ayanokōji couldn't help but raise his brows.

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Yuta POV

Sign 1 - D

Found it, I opened the door and walked in.

'It seems everyone is busy in their own talk,not that I mind.' I headed towards my designated seat, middle row last desk,to find two individual that I recognised.

"Truly an annoying twist of fate."The raven haired girl from before murmured.

I glanced at the nameplate on her desk, which read "Horikita Suzune."

"In the end, we're in the same class."Ayanokōji said in a flat tone from his seat.

'So, the three of us are in the same class,huh?'I thought as I took my place.I looked around to see most of the the students have already started to familiarize with others.'Though she seems different than the others.'

I looked at the Horikita beside me who had a "Dont talk with me" , "I am better than you." aura around her.

On my other side there a girl with waist-length pink hair tied in low twin pigtails and swept bangs on the left side with gradient blue eyes and a well-endowed figure,Sakura Airi is what the nameplate read, who seemed to want to try to hide herself when she noticed I am looking at her.

'Am I really that scary?' I thought to myself.

"Everyone, return to your seats."Suddenly a voice called out drawing everyone's attention.

Looking at the source, A woman with long brown hair that is tied in a ponytail with bangs swept to the left, brown eyes, a well-endowed voluptuous body  with a serious expression on her face enter's the classroom.

"Ahem, good morning new students. My name is Chabashira Sae and I am in charge of class D this year. I will be teaching Japanese history to all of you."The teacher introduced herself to us.

"This school doesn't rearrange the classes every year, so over the next three years, I hope I get to know all of you. Best regards. Although the entrance ceremony will be one hour from now in the gym, I will now distribute the list of special rules of this school and the matriculation guide."

'So ,she is our teacher.' I thought as I looked at her distributing the Guide.

In short, this school seemed to have many facilities here, like that Karaoke that I heard about, theatre rooms, cafes, even flower shops.

Almost every kind of facility that can be found on the outside makes this place like a small town. And the campus takes up more than 600,000 square metres, an impressive place.

"Next, those whose names I call, come up and receive your student ID terminal.This will be the most important thing for the duration of your stay in this school." Chabashira said.

"Now, the phone you have in your hands is the student ID terminal. It can be used for communication, sending emails, online shopping, and more, but only within this school. External contact will be completely intercepted. The school will also send you necessary notifications, announcements, and it's the only means of payment for using all the facilities within the school.Everyone should already have 100,000 points on their card. "

"Also, 1 point is worth 1 yen.However, be careful of how many points you use.Also remember this,There's nothing you can't buy at school. If there's something on school grounds, it's purchasable. Any more explanation is unnecessary." Chabashira said to the students."On the first day of every month,You will be given your allowance points automatically.You will receive your points equally."

' "There's nothing you can't buy at school" Does she really mean that? There has to be some limit to that.' I raised my eyebrows at her words.

"100,000!?" A student exclaimed as I glanced at him.

"For real!" The student beside him said in surprise.

And the two weren't the only ones, the other students in the classroom also got excited as they looked at their phones in fascination. Though they couldn't be blamed, this is most likely the first time they've seen this much money that they can use for themselves.

"That's too suspicious even for a school funded by the government."I muttered to myself as I looked at the points."There has to be a catch."

' There is no such thing as a free meal in this world.' I remember Gramps saying in his gruff tone.

"Were you guys surprised by the amount of points given? This school measures the abilities of students. Everyone here, who passed the entrance exam, has shown some level of merit and worth. The amount of money is a reflection of your skills. Use without holding back."Chabashira said causing me to focus on her words.

" After graduation, however, all the points will be taken back. Since it's impossible to change these points into cash, there's no point in saving up the points. How the points are used are up to you. Use it on things you like or need. If you feel that no use for some of your points, you can always transfer them to someone else. However, bullying other people for points is prohibited. The school is very strict on matters concerning bullying."

Chabashira looked around the classroom as the students were talking amongst themselves about the money that they have just been given. I could see almost all of their excited faces as ther talked with their new classmates.

"It seems like no one has questions. Well then, please lead a good student life." Chabashira said before he walked out of the class.

I looked at my classmates who were happily talking to eachother. The school boasts a 100% employment rate for all the students who pass it, which is its main selling point.

"It isn't as strict of a school as I thought it would be." I heard Ayanokoji say as I glanced at him.

"It certainly seems like a lax school."Horikita said to him as she had heard him."This much preferential treatment is a bit scary."

At least she is suspicious of what's happening.However...

I looked at the other classmates and they were already making plans of going to the facilities here.

I looked around the class observing the my classmates,just when I noticed something.I remembered Sensei's words too..

"This school measures the abilities of students." "The amount of money is a reflection of your skills."

'So that's the game here.' I thought as I looked at the CCTV camera in the classroom .'I thought something was strange with all this cameras.There had to be a catch.'

'The amount of Credit Points we get is probably directly proportional to our capabilities and how the school access us.' I thought as I remembered her words.'All these cameras must be here for that, judging us.That means we can either be rewarded or our points can be deducted.Though I am leaning more towards the latter.'

'She also didn't mention that we will receive 100,000 points.All she said was we will receive points.'I thought as I got up and proceeded to leave.

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Yuta having explored the campus and the Dorm room decided to go and buy the needed groceries.

As Yuta entered the Grocery Store, he immediately started to look for the things required and things that might be useful.

Yuta soon noticed something which he found odd.A whole section seemed to be made up of free stuff with a note that specified "Up to Three items per month."The items consisted of products like toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoos, bandages,etc.

'These should be for the student who wasted all their points on unnecessary things and can't buy anything.'Yuta wasn't surprised at the free products.

Yuta took out the toothpaste he intended to buy from the section it was in and compared it to the one in the free section.Yuta started comparing the ingredients used, net weight, Manufactured dates, etc.

'Every singlething is the same.Could the quality be the difference between the two?No,even if it was the school wouldn't take a risk of providing products that might be harmful to its students, so it's safe for use.' Yuta seeing the similarities between the two tooth paste.Soon checked the other products too.

'It's the same for everything,they just took a medium priced product and changed the label and everything.'

"You have 100,000 points yet why only choose free product?"A sudden voice from behind called Yuta.

Looking behind Yuta could see Ayanokōji and Horikita looking at him with curious gaze,well at least Horikita seemed to be.

"Ayanokōji and Horikita."

"How come you my name?I never introduced myself to you." Horikita asked with a raised eyebrow.

"The nameplate on your seat." Yuta replied still focusing on the Product in his hand.

'The nameplate? I don't remember him ever glancing towards my seat.' Horikita thought with a furrowed brow.

"You didn't answer my question?"Horikita once again asked.

Yuta instead glanced at Horikita's shopping crate and found just what he was looking for, he just took out the shampoo he recognised.

"Hey!!What are you-"Horikita was interrupted when Yuta threw a shampoo from the free section and the one from her crate at her."What's the meaning of this?"

"Read the label for both of them carefully."Yuta said completely bored.

"Both of them are perfectly the same?No the quality must be different for the two."Horikita said in a shocked tone.

"Do you really think a government sanctioned school of this magnitude will sell faulty products and bring students health into question?"Yuta raised his brows.

Walking to the check out section, the trio saw the red-haired boy,shouting at the cashier.

'That's the guy who sits on the right most corner,besides the pink-haired girl.'Yuta thought looking at the red-haired boy.

"I believe that's Ken Sudo, or that's what it showed on his nameplate in class." Ayanokoji commented.

"He seems to have forgotten his ID."Horikita said indifferently.

Ayanokoji nodded and decided to pay for Sudo who repeatedly thanked him. Shortly thereafter, Yuta and Horikita left towards their dorm.

"Why are you following me?"Horikita asked irritated as they reached their Dorm which happened to be the same albeit different floor.

"My room is also in this building,you know."Yuta showed his key card which had 701 written on it.

"How did you notice the similarity between the products?"Horikita asked not even turning towards Yuta.

"I just have a habit of checking what I buy and use.It also didn't help the free items seemed suspicious,so I decided to check it."

"So,I wasn't the only one who found them suspicious?"

"No one except your loved ones will give you something for granted or free, others will want something from you even if its just you attention."Horikita raised her brows at those words."Besides the whole school is suspicious, from the Points we got to the teacher.

"What's so suspicious of the points?"Horikita asked as if testing Yuta.

"Let me ask you,Do you really think that we will get 100,000 points next months?"

"I have my doubts about it."Yuta just nodded at her answer as the duo entered the elevator."My doubts doesn't mean anything, Sensei said we will receive the points first day of the new month."

"That's right she said we will receive the points,She never said we will receive 100,000 points, did she?"Horikita just started at Yuta.

A few minutes passed before the elevator stopped.Just as Yuta was about to leave, something caught his attention. 

"Horikita Suzune." She said as she extended her hand

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Note: This fic was originally written by my friend.I will be basically posting it and expanding it.