Ashitaka had just gotten his stuff arranged where he wanted, so he decided to turn on the TV. He remembered something about there being an announcement for students coming on any minute now.. and there it was.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Cortexwave. The cutting edge technology to connect your mind with the virtual world.</span>Were the words which appeared first.<span style="font-style: italic">"Welcome to the special announcement for the Sports Festival. This year, a new competition has been added to the list. It is known as Arena ESP. It will be supported by ArcTech's Cortexwave technology and will take place in a virtual arena." The slide changed to show a short clip of the intended arena, a hexagon separated into two halves, orange and blue. "It has already been tested over the past year and has been deemed safe for public use. Teams are to be in groups of five and will compete against each other in the standard elimination format." There was a slight pause, "The preliminaries will be round robin, where the top sixteen schools will be selected. Teams are strongly advised to visit the Arena ESP facility located in district six for practice and calibration prior to the actual competition. The facility is open to the public from tomorrow onwards."</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Arena ESP? What does that even mean? Are they fighting with their minds? Or like...holograms of themselves? Who knows...maybe it is something I could do?</span>Regardless of what Arena ESP really was, Ashitaka wouldn't be doing anything about it until he finally went to school for the first time, and found out about these teams and the Sports Festival. There was only so much he was told before he came, so tomorrow would be his chance to learn. It may have only been one nine zero zero but Ashitaka decided to go ahead and sleep. Being sleepy on your first day of school was not an experience Ashitaka wanted to have, especially now that he has these powers.