Chapter 232: The Forge of Wills
The month that followed the Selection Trials was not remembered by the students as a period of education. It was remembered as the "Month of Hell."
The Academy administration, terrified of losing face on the global stage and desperate to bridge the gap between the First and Second Years, suspended all standard classes for the twelve representatives.
We were moved to the Black Spire—a restricted training facility located on the northernmost cliff of the campus, battered by freezing winds and isolated from the rest of the student body.
Inside, the team was dismantled and rebuilt.
"You are not a team," Evelyn Whitehound told us on the first day, standing in the center of a gravity-enhanced training hall. "You are twelve individuals who happen to wear the same jersey. That changes today."
She pointed to the three doors lining the back of the hall.
