Specimen T-04

Part 14~Midterms

"Well then, let's begin!" Koro-sensei buzzed about the classroom, different headbands on as the class stared in confusion and horror. "Midterms are coming up. That being the case, today, we'll have a high-speed study session. My visual clones will teach you one-on-one, focusing on your weakest subjects."

Terasaka scowled, leaning on his hand as he grumbled. "So stupid, and you made headbands too." He paused, seeing the headband on his Koro-clone. "How come I got Naruto!"

"Who doesn't like Naruto? Besides, you're in need of some ninja help."

The Koro-clones continued to fuss. He taught Nagisa science and Karma maths and had two working on Keiji's reading and writing skills, one in English and one in Japanese.

Screaming, the Koro-clones became deformed as Karma tried to stick a knife through their heads. "Whoa! Please hold off with your assassination attempts, Karma! Avoiding you is giving me a headache."

Karma stuck out his tongue, disappointed as he lowered his knife. Koro-sensei just continued to teach his weird babble of students.

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Nagisa smiled softly as Karma leaned over him. They were trying their best to cram more knowledge with Keiji's help, but he just groaned and lay down.

"I think you're fried." Nagisa chuckled as Keiji huffed.

"I don't think I have a single cell still working." He pouted, lifting his head as Nagisa shook his head softly, flicking Keiji's hair out of his eyes.

"How about we get something out?"

"Really? No terrible soup?" Keiji shot up excitedly as Nagisa crossed his arms hotly.

"My soup is amazing."

"If it's anything like what you used to make, I highly doubt that." Karma grinned innocently as Nagisa jabbed his side.

"You're both terrible."

Karma and Keiji shared a devilish look, leaning closer. "And yet you love us." Keiji tilted Nagisa's head, seeing the huge blush on Nagisa's cheeks and hearing his internal screaming without meaning to.

"Come on, I'll pay." Karma slung his bag on his shoulder as Nagisa shot up, grabbing his bag and rushing to the exit. Karma wasn't letting him go, wrapping an arm around Nagisa and pulling him back into a tight hug.

He gently placed a kiss on Nagisa's forehead as Keiji kissed his cheek. "Let's go, Nagi." They let Nagisa go as he grumbled about them having no right being so cute and stormed out. Keiji and Karma just laughed and followed behind.

Keiji froze, stopping halfway through a step as he looked at the door.

"Keiji?" Nagisa tilted his head as Keiji grabbed him and Karma, pulling them behind the door. He shushed them both, pointing to the room they almost walked past.

They could hear voices from inside.

"To put it bluntly, I need class E to stay as it is." They knew that voice. It was the principal in all his assholy glory.

"At the very bottom? So that everyone else can look down on them?" Koro-sensei clearly didn't approve.

"Exactly. I call it my worker ant theory. Like in an anthill, in my group, 20% barely work. 20% work over time, and the remaining 60% work just enough. My goal is to create an environment that guarantees that 95% work hard. 'We don't want to be like class E.' 'Class E students are losers.' I need a scapegoat, a 5% everyone hates, and no one wants to be."

"So you want your 5%, class E, to be weak and miserable."

"I received a complaint from class D's homeroom teacher today. 'A class E student gave my students a dirty look. He even threatened to kill them."