COTE: YEAR 2 REACTION

Chapter 14: Godzilla vs King Kong

A young man of exceptional size and stature among all the students in school ran through the woods at a breakneck pace. He had but one goal: defeating Ayanokouji Kiyotaka from Class 2-D.

"WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!" Hosen shouted. He stood tall, arms wide, a grin spreading across his face as he relished seeing himself on the big screen for the first time.

"Hosen vs. Ayanokouji, part two?" Kanzaki curiously said.

"Hopefully, Ayanokouji-kun gets stabbed somewhere else this time," Amikura considered darkly, recalling the previous encounter.

"Hopefully, Ayanokouji-kun doesn't get stabbed at all," Ichinose calmly corrected her friend.

"Hopefully Ayanokouji stabs Hosen!" Himeno said gleefully.

Kei couldn't contain her frustration. "As if Kiyotaka needs anything more than a pair of tweezers to beat that chimpanzee!" she exclaimed.

Acts of violence were not recommended in this uninhabited island exam. Well, they weren't exactly endorsed in terms of what was acceptable behaviour. However, unlike at school where students were monitored via surveillance cameras, there were no eyes on the students on this uninhabited island.

"You'd think the school almost encourages violence, the way they turn a blind eye to all the crap that goes down," one of the first-year students remarked.

"Seriously. Ayanokouji-senpai being the biggest victim of it and all, and the school just shrugs it off like it's nothing," another chimed in.

"As much as I get that they need 'proof' and all that jazz," a third student added, air-quoting sarcastically, "the whole Hosen-Ayanokouji thing still pisses me off. No way in hell the school didn't notice what went down, but did they do anything? Nope. Just business as usual. What a joke."

"Right? They should just ban all this violent crap altogether. The whole 'preparing us for the real world' spiel is such a load of bullshit. Let's see if anyone could actually get away with pulling that kind of stunt out there."

"Bet." came a low, cackling voice from behind them. Hosen sent a sly grin.

"Great. And now we've got to deal with this bleached monkey for three more years?" a student groaned, their frustration evident. "This is gonna be a long haul."

"He's a Class D defect. A wannabe like him ain't worth shit." A class-A student sneered.

"I'm better off starting a betting pool on how long before Hosen pulls the plug and gets himself expelled," another student suggested with a twisted smile. "Could make some serious points off that. Hell, I'd bet he doesn't last the year."

"Only problem is, the school seems more likely to give him a medal than kick him out. They'd probably call it 'character building' or some other bullshit."

Hosen's laughter only grew louder, clearly unfazed by the snide remarks. "Keep talkin', ya nameless extras. Ya might make it through three years without pissin' yourselves if yer lucky!"

It would've been possible to figure out what was happening by examining a single student's wristwatch. Tsubaki had come up with and proposed the idea of surrounding and attacking Ayanokouji. But, even from the very beginning, this certain student was uninterested in being involved. It wasn't easy to find a specific person on a vast, uninhabited island like this.

Tsubaki sighed, "Good to know that the oaf is as untrustworthy as his intelligence."

Hosen snorted, "Bitch, don't overestimate yerself. Bet it was a stupid ass plan anyway."

Yagami nonchalantly asked, "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?"

"No, but I kiss yours!" Hosen snarked.