"Guh...huh? Where... am I?"Yokoya groggily looked up. He was sitting in what seemed to be a school desk, and around him were his classmates, in similar desk. The room seemed to be a recreation of a classroom, though not a well maintained one. "What...is this?"Yokoya grabbed at his neck, feeling cold metal instead of skin. His blood ran cold. He looked to his sleeping classmates and then saw what he had on his neck. Every single student had a metal collar around their neck, each one fitting perfectly. He observed the other students slowly come to their senses, whispers of confusion filling the air. Yokoya overheard someone gasp. Yuu Nakanohara(Girl#10) was pointing to the front. There, in front of a standard teachers desk, stood Sakamoto-sensei. And behind and to the sides of him stood armed military soldiers. Sakamoto-sensei sighed. "All right kids. Now I know you're probably confused-" "Of course we're confused!"Ren Hayashi(Boy#10) stood up, slamming his hands on his desk. "You drug us, then take us to some weird-ass classroom, plus these collars on our necks. I expect an explanation!"Sakamoto-sensei just clicked his tongue. "Listen. I like all of you. Genuinely, I do. " "But what abou-" "Silence, Ren!" Suddenly, every gun was aimed at Ren. "I know I said I like all of you. But some I like less than others. Now even though I don't want to do this, you're gonna shut the hell up and let me explain what's going on."Ren was in tears, not from his teachers words, but from the guns aimed at him. He slowly sank back into his seat. Sakamoto-sensei continued, "Now then. In this country, our government is strict. They want the power they deserve. So they made a law to demonstrate their power. You all will be test subjects. That law is..."He pointed to the chalkboard behind him, which had the letters B and R written on it. "Battle Royale!"Everyone started talking among themselves."Battle Royale?" "What happened to Busan?" "This is a joke, right?" Sakamoto-sensei slammed his fist on the desk, getting gasps out of the students. "Now. This is an untested law, and you're not gonna like it. But that doesn't matter, now does it?" Sakamoto-sensei waved his arm, gesturing to all the students. "You all...are going to kill each other."Pure silence fell over the room. The blood drained from everyone's faces. "Haha...you're...you're joking, right?"Nao Ayoyama(Girl#2) stood up."You've got to be joking! We...we'd never kill each other!"Sakamoto-sensei gave Nao a look of pity."Alright. I guess you'll be a good enough example. If you won't kill...we will."He snapped his fingers, and with that, every gun pointed at Nao."Wha-" "Now." Then, Nao's body went into spasms, and the sound of a thousand firecrackers filled the air. Nao let out a gasp, then collapsed to the ground, blood pooling under her. Screams of terror filled the air, everyone trying to get as far away from body as possible. Sakamoto-sensei simply walked up to the body, turning it over with his foot. "A shame. She was a good kid." "Then why did you kill her?!" All eyes turned to the student who had stood up, Minoru Maki(Boy#10). "Nao didn't do anything wrong! All she did was state the damn truth! She didn't deserve to die!"Sakamoto-sensei strode across the room, until he was right in front of Minoru."I know she didn't deserve it. But Minoru, you see..."Yokoya caught a glint of a light flash in front of Sakamoto-sensei. He then recognized what it was. "Minoru, look out!" "Huh-" His confusion became a sharp inhale. Blood spilled from his mouth. A small dagger was lodged into his stomach, all the way to the hilt. Minoru looked up, meeting his teachers eyes. "Sensei...why...?"With that, he collapsed, his body landing about a foot away from Nao's. Sakamoto-sensei kneeled next to the body. "Because this law means kill or be killed. Deny it, and you're as good as dead."He stood back up."Do you all understand? With this law, there are no holds barred. We are unafraid to kill. And by the time this killing game starts, for your sake...I hope you aren't hesitant too."That was when reality set in. In under 5 minutes, two of their classmates were dead. And soon... the number of bodies would rise.

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