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Paradise Sixth: The Aptitude Trial
Paradise Sixth ―楽園適性試験―
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In the year 20XX of the Century Calendar, two hundred thousand second-year high school students across the nation face a virtual education exam known as the EDEN Program—a new-age sorting system that determines not just college admission and career paths, but even future social status. Waiting within are formidable bosses, cutthroat competition against fellow examinees, and truths about EDEN that no one has ever uncovered. Ichijo Rei, a cynical and slightly twisted second-year student, sets out to survive and conquer the program alongside his childhood friends, relying on his sharp intellect and keen observation. Why did humanity create EDEN? What does the AI truly want? And what exactly is this paradise trying to select for? This is not a story about being chosen by paradise. It is the story of a boy who refused to be the one selected—until he seized the future for himself.
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