What is Delos Academy City?

An academy that employs a ranking system, where students work hard every day to reach the top.

Well, none of that really matters. The Delos Festival—it will surely be a frenzy. You are free to be a student, a spectator, or one of those who acts with a clear hidden agenda behind the scenes. Why?

Because that is Delos Academy.

Because that is youth.

And because this is your story.

Monologue The harsh sunlight has weakened, and ice cream has almost vanished from the shops. It is the students' job to focus on their studies. Now that the pool season is over, it's a problem if you don't study. Especially that blue-haired girl... Oh, you don't know her? Okay. ...Wait, you seriously don't know her?

Well, never mind for now.

Strange, the sound of construction can be heard everywhere...

In every corner of the school building that was supposed to have regained its silence, the sound of hammers and the hum of machinery echo, and giant materials fly through the air. Students are working busily, carrying signs that say "Delos Festival." Among them, students wearing blue or red armbands run around frantically, and a massive banner is raised toward the clear sky.

Of course. Delos Academy is huge. It's 5,000 times larger than you can imagine. As if mocking the ordinary daily life of the track club's

studies, the footsteps of a new frenzy were already fast approaching.

The decorated Snake Hunt floating in the sky.

The enlarged Pandemonium. You step off the train. Though swallowed by the crowds, you will surely move forward.

Now, enjoy.

Now, laugh.

Now, live your youth.

With a heavy metallic hiss, steam vents out, and the doors of the Academy City Loop Train slide open slowly.

The moment you step onto the platform, you are hit by a tremendous heat and an overwhelming clamor that seems to shake the school buildings. The somewhat lonely cold wind that signals the end of summer cannot be felt here at all.

"Hey, move! These are construction materials for the Purchasing Committee's special 'Ultra-Heavyweight Gold Bar Frankfurter'! If this collapses, you're gonna pay!" "Disciplinary Committee! You there on the Snake Hunt, why are you decorating with levitation magic circles?! That's a violation of aviation laws and academy agreements! Take it down immediately!" "Shut up! The poster said 'Everyone is a Protagonist!' Don't get in the way of the radiance of our youth!"

Shouts, laughter, and the mysterious sound of a drill echoing from somewhere. Looking up, the giant snake-shaped airship "Snake Hunt," excessively decorated and glittering, circles gracefully (?) high in the blue sky. Deep in the school grounds, the "Pandemonium"—perhaps expanded overnight—stands with an overwhelming presence, adorned with eerie sculptures and neon signs.

It feels like a lifetime ago when everyone was splashing around in the pool that suddenly appeared during that heatwave. What is unfolding before your eyes now isn't academics or anything of the sort; it's just pure madness where over 20,000 ability users and monsters throw their utterly wasted passion into everything they do.

You push through the crowd, taking one step forward at a time while being jostled. The vibration of the asphalt through your soles, the smell of sweet treats and savory sauce tickling your nose, and the heated cheers of students piercing your ears. It's ridiculous, it's life-threatening, but it's dazzling beyond measure.

"...Hehe. I see you, too, have stepped into this vortex."

Now, enjoy. Now, laugh. Now—in this crazy academy, begin your youth, and the youth of Delos.