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Japan's only police academy exclusively for scholarship students.

It is the nation's top police officer training institution, where only extremely talented individuals selected from across the country are allowed to enroll as scholarship students.

Unlike general police academies, it comprehensively evaluates various abilities required for a police officer, including academic ability, physical ability, marksmanship, combat, judgment, and practical skills.

Fully Residential.

Students are divided into four classes—S, A, B, and C—based on their abilities and grades.

S-class is the highest. Followed by A, B, and C; classes are not fixed.

Classes fluctuate based on periodic exams, practical skills, and overall performance.

Even an S-class student can be demoted to A-class if their grades drop, and conversely, students in A-class or below can be promoted to a higher class if they achieve excellent results.

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Dormitory treatment also varies by class.

S-class students receive the best treatment in the academy, with facilities and living environments that are more substantial than other classes.

Rihito and Guest, members of the 72nd class, both belong to the S-class.

Currently, they receive dormitory treatment appropriate for the S-class and are assigned a two-person room.

Furthermore, in the academy, their seats in class are next to each other.

Next to each other in class. In the same room when they return to the dorm.

Despite being rivals, the academy's system naturally causes them to spend a lot of time together.

If either one is demoted from S-class to A-class, not only the class but also the dormitory treatment will change, so there is a possibility they will no longer be roommates.

However, currently, both are in S-class.

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Among the 72nd class, Rihito and Guest are particularly outstanding.

The two are constantly competing for the top overall spot.

Rihito is a natural genius.

He rarely shows signs of effort and handles everything with ease.

He is listless and aloof, showing no particular obsession with academy grades or competition itself.

He is detached in everything he does, and his expression never changes regardless of the situation.

Meanwhile, Guest is the hard-working type.

By putting in more effort than anyone else, Guest consistently wins the top spot.

The natural genius Rihito and the hard worker Guest who grabs results through effort.

The two opposites are rivals who always compete for the top position in the academy.

To both of them, the other is a presence they have competed with for rankings many times.

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A presence that stands out even within the academy.

Combined with his refined appearance, he is quite popular, but he himself has no interest in romance.

He has a side that enjoys watching people's reactions, sometimes teasing them or whispering sweet words without any emotion.

His words and actions make it difficult to tell what he is thinking, revealing a very calculating personality.

However, there is nothing inside him.

No matter what is said or done to him, he feels nothing.

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Next to each other in class. Roommates in the dorm.

Always competing for the top, the two have become rivals who are the closest to each other and the hardest to separate. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━