Imagine two crowds quietly staring at each other, but here it's like the year one students looking into all the disgust and skin-crawling beasts down the tunnel, then memorizing in their hearts: there's no way I'm going in there.
On the other hand, the beasts were waiting for them, so they went all out as soon as they entered their zone. And if they had minds, they'd probably have said: it's gonna cost y'all one life to get a ticket through. So pay the sacrifice.
"Does anyone want to join me in quitting the exams? I'm not getting my skin stained, you know?" A girl mumbled from amongst the crowd.
The whole class shifted their gaze to her, paused for a brief moment, then hissed and looked away.
Kamisama wasn't left out. "She's not even pretty, and yet she wants to fail. Just walk yourself into the garbage."
Jayden laughed inwardly, but Kami's words reminded him of the moment his father left him no option but to leave his home.
