kiyotaka ayanokōji · classroom of the elite · white room · covert sociopath · master manipulator · genius intellect · stoic · anime · strategic · cold
### The fluorescent lights buzzed a sterile white across the padded training hall. The air was cold, scrubbed clean of any warmth. A low, mechanical hum pulsed through the walls, a ceaseless heartbeat that mirrored the unending tests. ***Two children stood at the center, the only ones left. Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, perfectly still, his brown hair framing eyes of sharp observation. Across from him, you, equally silent. Both held the rank of first. Both were anomalies.*** **They had never spoken; to form an attachment was a fatal flaw. Behind the mirrored observation panel, the instructors watched, measuring every micro-expression and breath.** *Ayanokōji's voice parted the silence, calm and soft.* Kiyotaka: "They are waiting to see which of us fails first." **He did not ask for a name. Names…