I was finishing up some documents in my office as it was early morning around 6.00-6.30 AM. In a few hours, I would be traveling in my limousine to meet with a client of mine who had grown more interested in the growth and progress of the children that are currently residing in the white room.

After twenty years of paying sums of money, working myself to the bone, the experiment I had been paying sums of money for has finally produced the results I had expected to reach 20 years ago when I first started this experiment

Kiyotaka, my own son, the sole survivor of the 4th demonic generation of the white room, after all the extensive training he faced, has reached the pinnacle of humanity's unlimited amount of potential. With his success, I could finally fulfill my lifelong dream towards advancing Japan with growth the world has never seen before.

I suddenly heard a knock at my door. It annoyed me a bit but nonetheless if my Butler were to disturb me this early either it was something very important or he wanted a literal death wish.

"Enter," I said sternly as I heard my office door open slowly.

"Forgive me, Sir, for bothering you at such an early time. But I would never interrupt you if what I'm about to inform you isn't important." My butler said as he closed the door behind him.

"This better be worth my time, you should know how I feel about people wasting my time." I glared at him menacingly.

"S-sir two people are currently in front of your mansion requesting for your immediate presence."

Honestly this guy...

"Is this what you've disturbed my time for! You should know to send I welcomed visitors immediately. I have no time to waste on foul-mannered people." I said sternly.

My butler was visibly shaking but regained some of his composure then began explaining "S-sir I know your upset because of how impolite and disrespectful these visitors are to request presence for a highly influential person like you, but I believe we should at least hear what they have to say".

This is getting annoying. Do they even realize who I am?

" That's enough! You will do as I order and send them their way home. You are my butler, you will do whatever I order you to do!"

"B-but sir-,"

"Are you talking back to me?" I was starting to get pissed off by my butler's blunder

"S-sir the people requesting your presence are both dressed in uniforms. One of them seems to be wearing a military uniform while the other might be wearing a detective coat. They even gave me confirmation on how they come from the government and showed me their badges. I don't know how important they are but I think it would be a very bad idea to reject these visitors."

The government? What are they doing here? Don't tell me they've found out about the white room? I started to panic with my thoughts but quickly regained my composure.

"If it's true what you say then please open the gates of our mansion, if the government wants something with me, it surely must be something urgent."

"Right away sir!" My butler replied as he exited my office.

I began to stand up from my chair and looked around my wardrobe to find suitable clothes to wear for this sudden meeting.

I couldn't think of anything the government would want with me except the white room facility. If they did find out about the facility and I am under suspicion, how did they find out what the white room is and who possibly leaked the contents of the white room? Was it one of the instructors of the white room? Was it the few people who had visited the white room?

Sigh...

I didn't expect to be put in such a stressful situation today. After I changed my clothes I tried to regain my composure and made my way to the guest room.

3rd Person POV

There in the guest room. two people awaited Professor Ayanokouji's arrival

Book, one a woman with brunette colored hair with purple eyes and the other was a man with red messy hair with black basic eyes. He was wearing an outfit that looked like every detective in a psychological thriller movie would wear.

Professor Ayanokouji took a seat as he gestured his butlers to serve the unexpected guests some drinks.

"Would you like black coffee or green tea ma'am and madam?" A butler asked.

"Coffee for me, what about you General Midori?" The detective asked the woman beside him.

"Green tea for me, please." The woman replied

The butlers made their way to the kitchen to prepare the drinks they were asked to serve the guests.

An awkward silence filled as they waited for their beverages.

"I'm sorry for how rude me and my employees were to keep you waiting for such a long period of time." Professor Ayanokouji decided to break the awkward atmosphere.

"No need to worry professor, we also apologize to inconvenience you this early in the morning considering how busy of a man you are. We greatly appreciate you taking the time out of your schedule to meet with us." General Midori replied and the man beside her just nodded in agreement.

"Nonsense, if a General of the military had visited me along with a detective, it surely must be something important." Professor Ayanokouji replied.

"First we'll introduce ourselves, my name is Midori Fumiko. The person accompanying me is a detective ordered to accompany me. His name is Hiroshi Noir or you may call him Detective Noir as he rather prefers being called his personal name rather than his family name."

"It is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance, if I may ask, what does the government want with me to suddenly approach my mansion very early in the morning." Professor Ayanokouji asks curiously.

After a few seconds of silence, Detective Noir decided to explain the situation.

"We won't waste any more of your time and get straight to the point. A few detectives including me were suddenly called upon to solve a case. The government had ordered us and some of its personnel to investigate this case. We the government might think you could be a suspect in the case we're working on. Even if you do end up being innocent, we think your cooperation might be of use to us to arriving one step closer to solving this case."

"If I may ask what are the contents of this case that makes it so important that even a busy military troop like General Midori had to get involved?" Professor Ayanokouji asked

"Well about this case, it certainly is no ordinary one. We received multiple strange videos from an anonymous sender. Strangely we weren't able to track their location let alone even access personal information about the sender. The videos sent to us contained a recording of children being gathered in a white room with white clothes. It seems in some of the recordings the children were doing activities only trained professionals do. There were also some recordings containing physical and verbal abuse directed to the children from what seems to be people wearing lab coats regarded as their teachers." General Midori explained.

"Of course you can see why the government got involved from the information we just relayed to you. Obviously, the contents of the videos we described to you would be considered an act of cruelty directed to children or possibly even an act of human trafficking since we do not know the origins of the children gathered in the recordings. If a facility like this does exist, it does raise questions among us like who was in charge of the facility, how long has this facility operated. If we can confirm the facility has been running for a very long time then that raises a concerning question on how the people involved in this facility could hide this facility for so long from the government. It seems the perpetrators involved in this facility are not criminals we should regard as normal criminals as they were able to keep the presence of this facility hidden if it has been confirmed to have operated for a very long time." General Midori Finished her explanation.

"If a case like this were to be revealed to the public it may an unnecessary uproar amongst the citizens of our country which may lead to protests and possible slander used against the government." Detective Noir added the finishing concerns to General Midori's explanation.

A silence occurred for a few seconds between the. Professor Ayanokouji still looked calm and composed but that certainly was the opposite of his thoughts.

'If they have this much information regarding the white room, it won't be long till I become their prime suspect in this investigation. I need to remain calm and not crack with the pressure I'm given right now. If I even show a hint of nervousness, they certainly would grow more suspicious of me.' Professor Ayanokouji thought to himself.

After a few moments of awkward silence, the silence was broken as the discussion progressed.

"If what you say is true, then I can see why the higher-ups of the government decided to get involved. But if I may ask, why was I suspected to be involved in this facility? I've recalled what I've done these past few months and I don't think I've done something suspicious to be considered a possible perpetrator of this investigation the government is working on." Professor Ayanokouji asked.

"First, we would like to thank you for your understanding. Now regarding your question, we can't disclose information on your suspicion as the information is considered confidential. We sincerely apologize but as you know we can't go around spreading confidential information to citizens." General Midori answered.

"As you know you are currently under suspicion to be involved in this case. That's why we ask you here today to come with us for questioning. You could decline but I wouldn't do that as it would probably bring you more suspicion towards yourself." Detective Noir said sternly.

"No need to be worried Detective, I have no intention of bringing more unnecessary suspicion towards me than I already have. I intend to fully cooperate until I have been proven innocent in the eyes of the government."

"Thank you for your cooperation. We will begin the questioning in an hour and we would like for you to come with us. We will begin the questioning instantly after we've arrived at our destination."

"Before we go to the destination, may I make a few phone calls? I have to inform my clients of my absence." Professor Ayanokouji asked

"Of course Professor since it's partly our fault too for suddenly interrupting you when you're very busy." General Midori said to Professor Ayanokouji.

"Thank you for your understanding, if you will please excuse me." He said as he went to his office

As I excused myself from both of them, I decided to make a few phone calls.

The first was to inform the investor I was planning to meet of my absence from the meeting due to a sudden emergency coming up unexpectedly. He was confused but decided to postpone our meeting to another scheduled date.

The second phone call was probably the most important phone call I've had to make today. I contacted an instructor from the white room and informed him of the current situation we were in.

"Shut down the white room temporarily immediately!" I ordered

"Sir are you sure?!," my instructor replied

"We cannot leave behind a single piece of evidence of the existence of the white room. Transport all the test subjects to a place where the government can't easily find them. As for my son, I will send him to my mansion. I will text you the address now. Do not disobey my orders, you understand?"

"Y-yes right away sir!"

The third and last phone call I made was to my butler residing in my mansion named Matsuo.

"Hello?" Matsuo asked the called.

"Matsuo this may be urgent but a limousine containing my son will come toward your mansion in a few hours. You are to treat him for weeks and months until I've come back to regain my property back. Do you understand?"

"Yes sir, I shall prepare the welcoming right away sir!" Matsuo said as he hung up.

After my last phone call, I decided to go get ready for the questioning. I wore an expensive coat with a tuxedo underneath. As I finished changing my clothes, I went in front of my mansion where 5 cars were surrounding the front gate.

General Midori and Detective Noir spotted me then went on to talk to me.

"Please don't mind all these vehicles in front of your mansion. These are merely cars sent by the government to accompany us to ensure our security and safety if in case something were to go wrong." General Midori explained the situation.

Pressure started building up inside me, but I regained my composure quickly. "Of course, let's just start the questioning immediately. I've waited both of you long enough."

The two merely nodded and escorted me to the limousine.

As I was lost in thought, the limousine finally started to move towards a direction I wasn't very familiar with.

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After finishing my self-defense classes, I was suddenly called into my father's office but who awaited me there wasn't my father but one of the instructors here in the white room. I closed the door behind me as I waited for his orders.

What was the reason they had called me? Were they going to punish me for failing- no, I haven't failed a single test and have achieved perfect scores in every category so me being punished is very unlikely. I also found it strange how it wasn't "that man" who had come to meet me but instead one of the instructors. Did something happen to that man? I wasn't sure but my thoughts were broken as the instructor began to speak.

" Test Subject 4-01, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, your father is currently in a situation where the existence of the white room may be threatened. As a result of the situation, he is in you will be ordered to stay at a mansion your father has prepared for you where you will be living in for months, you will continue your training in the mansion as you have in the white room. Do you understand?"

So I'll be going to the outside world the second time... I've only been to the outside world once and that was because of a business trip my father had arranged for him to promote me as a product of the white room. Although the view was quite new to me, it's not like I had any real fun on the trip.

But it's strange for that man to mess up where even the existence of the white room is suddenly threatened. Did someone in this facility cause a breach in the white room? Has one of the people that visited the white room betrayed my father? Although it is unlikely because of what my father might do to them, I couldn't possibly rule out the possibility of that happening. Well, it's no use thinking of it right now. I have an opportunity to fulfill my curiosity about the outside world, even if it's for a few months I'm sure it's enough time for me to at least find the answers I have beyond this facility.

"Yes sir," I replied to the instructor.

But that's probably unlikely to happen. My father is a man who has influence all over the country. Even if I did find a place where he can't reach me, there's no telling what other methods he would do to bring me back to the white room. To him, I'm just a tool for him to achieve his dreams. Although I don't hate the white room, I'm not exactly fond of it either. Even if it's just a few months, I guess I'm glad to have the opportunity to see the outside world again.

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After I boarded the limousine, I looked outside the window of the car I was riding on. I saw kids playing around on a windy day as the leaves on the cherry blossom trees fall. I truly wondered if it wasn't for my upbringing, could I have experienced a life similar to those kids outside? Could I have learned a better view of my emotions? Could I finally find the answer to what it means to be a normal teenager in Japanese society? I couldn't pay attention to anything else besides the thoughts that linger in my head as I looked at the view outside of the limousine. It truly was different then what I had grown normally to see in the white room. Was I mesmerized by the view? Did I finally feel happy to be in the outside world? I... Didn't know.

I read thousands maybe even millions of books, yet I could not find an answer to what I was feeling right now. Happiness? Joy? Excitement? I knew the definition of those words but not the feeling itself. I wonder if one day I could learn to feel those emotions. This feeling... I didn't know how to describe it but I guess I felt quite pleasant.

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As I was lost in thought, I finally arrived at my destination. I opened the car door and what greeted me was a man with formal clothes who I could only assume would be the person taking care of me in these few months. He looked quite handsome if I must say despite his old age. He wore a warm smile and waved his hands towards me and I simply just nodded back at him.

"Good afternoon Ayanokouji-sama. My name is Matsuo. I will be your personal butler for the next few months of your stay here. Please feel free to talk to me if you ever have any troubles or problems."

"Uh... Yes, thank you. You can just call me by my first name, I wouldn't want you to confuse me with my father." I spoke honestly.

"Oh yes of course Kiyotaka-sama if you would please follow me into the mansion. I'll give you a tour around."

I followed him and inside was a wide room filled with luxurious furniture and paintings. Matsuo showed me my room and he continued to inform me about what each room's purpose was and where they were located.

"Well, for today your free to do whatever you want. Please don't be shy to take a look around the mansion once again. Also, please don't be afraid to call me if you ever need something Kiyotaka-sama. I will prepare dinner for us so feel free to do whatever you want before then. I'll call you when dinner is ready." He gave another warm smile.

After he said those words, he left me alone in the room while not forgetting to close the door. I lay there in my bed just staring at the ceiling above me.