Classroom of the Elite - Revenge [Cote X OC]

Vol. 5 Chapter 1: Beginning

A/N: Quick question, but how much do you like this story currently?

Would be curious to hear that. 

Also, give me your take about Kurushima? 

Do you like him or not...? 

What do you think about him?

Well, I won't make these Author Notes too long, so I'll stop right here.

Expect this Chapter and the following ones to be very much different and enjoy the start of Vol. 5.

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Prologue

[Kurushima Pov]

Life and death, the ultimate dichotomy.

Two sides of the same coin, eternally spinning in the void, forever out of reach yet perpetually present.

What a quaint notion it is to fear death—to shudder at the mere thought of its icy embrace.

People cling to life as if it were a precious gem, a gift bestowed upon them by some benevolent deity.

But what is life, really?

A series of fleeting moments, a collection of experiences that fade into the ether as quickly as they arrive.

Since that day, it has always been like that for me.

My life had lost all its colors...

But when I figured out what really happened—that it wasn't a car incident—the screaming sound of hatred pierced through the fog of my confusion for my seven-year-old self.

The realization turned my world upside down, redefining my understanding of everything.

And it was the time when I found a single color emerging in my view from my black-and-white life that I had for a small amount of time.

A pitch-red one, which squeaks for the sound of revenge.

It was the only purpose that I had in life.

Ever since then... I've done some things I cannot forgive myself at all.

How strange...

I always thought the feeling I would have once I obtained my revenge on one of the responsible ones would be a fulfilling one, but instead I'm feeling even emptier than before.

That day, when I confronted him, Chairman Sakayanagi, I had so much hatred inside of me.

I couldn't control myself.

For a small period I felt joy, seeing his scared expression, the despair on his face, but after a while, the enjoyment relished out of my heart.

Revenge...

It was like that in the end...

How ironic...

But even so, despite the fact that I'm aware of this fact, I cannot stop now.

Justice...

I'm going to get justice for them.

Something this corrupt government... can't... and won't do for me...

And by doing so... I'll also make sure that Japan will be a long-lasting country, where everyone feels happy and satisfied to live at.

Perhaps this was my destiny all along...