White Room

The White Room (ホワイトルーム) is an educational institution where the early upbringing of Kiyotaka Ayanokōji took place. It was headed by Kiyotaka's father and was the main cause of the talents that he had developed which would help him in his later years.

History
The White Room was established 20 years ago, founded and headed by Kiyotaka's father, Professor Ayanokōji. It is an educational institution to raise a human and removing unnecessary things from their education. However, the institution was temporarily shut down for one year. This gave Kiyotaka a chance to escape to the Advanced Nurturing High School.

The room appeared in anime flashbacks when Kiyotaka, as a young child, and other children were lined up before one of them suddenly collapses as the other children are worried but he simply looks on unfazed.

At some point in the past, a man who was later revealed to be his father appeared, told him that those who waste their talents are fools, which is probably the reason as to why he prefers to keep his talents hidden from others as to discard that man's ideals. Sometime after that, due to being suffered from the arduous training, a majority of the children dropped out leaving Kiyotaka as the only known remaining survivor, that led him to regard all humans as mere tools.

According to Kiyotaka, during a meeting between him and his father, he had said that the White Room was perhaps the most efficient place in the whole world to raise a human. However, not everything could be taught there as it was an institution that threw away anything unnecessary to the extremes.

In Volume 11.5 of the light novel, in a discussion between Kiyotaka and Tsukishiro, it has been stated that the White Room has had 19 generations of students in total, with each generation forming annually. Kiyotaka is from the "Demonic 4th Generation", which had the hardest and most cruel course of all generations. Kiyotaka has also confidently stated that, when it comes to the White Room, he is the best student to ever come out of it.

As a result of his success, the faculty has been using Kiyotaka as the benchmark for future generations' students, including telling them to "exceed him" as their goal.

Furthermore, the White Room is a special kind of facility whose ultimate goal is to raise all people unto equivalent superiority. It is a place where they seek to prove that the limits of humanity are decided not by one's own genetics, but by their environment in which one is raised in. In other words, they want all people to harbor and develop outstanding talent, not just those blessed with excellent genes like Ichika Amasawa.

Trivia

 * Although the place makes minor appearances in the anime, its name was only first mentioned by Arisu Sakayanagi in Light Novel Volume 5.
 * Arisu is also the only known student so far of the Advanced Nurturing High School, other than Kiyotaka, to have visited the facility.
 * While the White Room is the most “efficient” place to raise a human, it does not teach the necessary social skills for everyday life as shown is Volume 8 during the Mixed Training Camp.