Specimen T-04

Part 27~Different Target

Keiji sighed, sitting on the hill as he took his break. He had a pair of headphones over his ears, providing him with blissful silence as he listened to the audio tape.

Scowling, he felt a tap on his arm. He reluctantly pulled the tape off, sitting up. Nagisa was pointing at the older assassin who was watching them. No one else was around, and Karasuma wasn't there. What was the weirdo doing?"

"Hi? Can I help you?"

Ivro hummed, chuckling. "I'm not sure."

"What's wrong with your hand?"

The man let out a bitter sound. "I tried to assassinate your teacher. He was... fast."

Keiji let out a loud laugh. "You got beaten by our teacher."

Nagisa smirked, leaning against his hand. "That means you've gone into two fights and lost both."

Ivro resisted the urge to kill the two teens. "Our fight was very fair, though."

"Yeah, it was."

"I don't think telekinesis makes a fight very fair."

Nagisa and Keiji's tones changed. They tensed up, sitting straighter and looking into Ivro's eyes. "You noticed," Nagisa asked as Ivro nodded.

"Hard not to. His hair floats."

"And you haven't told anyone?"

"It serves me no purpose to tell, but I am interested. Are you like the octopus?"

Nagisa glanced back before he shook his head. "Yes and no. We come from the same lab, but we're different, and we're not going to blow up the world if that is what you're worried about."

"Are you working for the octopus?"

"No. We're independent."

"But you protect the octopus?"

"What makes you say that?"

"You tried to hide your power. If you were here to kill him, you wouldn't. Like he doesn't."

"Koro-sensei is being hunted by every assassin on the globe. We don't want that."

"That's not the 'he' I meant."

"Then, who did you mean?"

"The other transfer student. He's like you and the octopus. I don't believe he can control things with his mind, though."

"A T specimen?" Nagisa frowned, his mind racing. "But, there wasn't any other T subject. Just Koro-sensei, Yachi and me and Yachi is not a 'he'."

"He must be from a different lab, then."

Nagisa's expression shifted. Kayano. "Why are you telling us this?"

"I'm just interested. I want to know what kind of people you are."

Nagisa grinned. "Why didn't you start with that. We're from the Protection Clan. We're going to make sure no one else dies."

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Keiji frowned, leaning against Nagisa's side. "You think we should be worried about him?"

"Probably." Nagisa chuckled, shaking his head. "He won't tell Koro-sensei, and I doubt he'll tell Jelavich or the government."

"I guess we can accept that." Keiji huffed, crossing his arms.

Nagisa watched him before he smiled. "Don't blame yourself. It was inevitable someone would find out."

Keiji didn't seem to accept that answer. "Do you believe what he said about the other transfer student?"

"I... I'm not sure. It's possible that a T-kid slipped through our radar or that there was another lab, but that's more worrying than anything else."