A Liar's Truth [UNDER FINAL REVISION]

Ch 20: Top 50

Third person point of view

"I have multiplied my efforts even further. Now then, let's begin class."

Silence.

All twenty-seven students stared at Korosensei—not in awe, but with the shared look of disbelief. 

Korosensei wasn't kidding. Where there used to be one clone per student, now there were three buzzing around each desk. Chiba's eye twitched. Maehara slowly lowered his pencil like it was a white flag. It was chaos—but organized chaos. If you could ignore the way one clone kept glitching through the bookshelf.

Ginka leaned back in her seat, watching the scene unfold with a soft frown. "Okay.. this is kinda intense."

Even the usually cool-headed Chiba blinked in confusion.

"I think one of them just taught me the periodic table in French," he muttered.

Ginka gave a nervous laugh. "Um... Sensei~? Isn't this a bit overboard? You might wanna, y'know... not fry your own brain?"

"Not at all!" The original Korosensei chirped from the front of the room. "This is the pinnacle of multitasking! The more I divide myself, the more I can guide each of you individually."

Karma leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed, never missing an opportunity to tease. "Yeah, until one of them starts speaking ancient Latin and explodes."

Korosensei suddenly reappeared behind them. "Speaking of, Asano-san! I'm impressed with your performance in Japanese class. Those proverbs you used were quite complex! A fan of literature, perhaps?"

Ginka beamed, clasping her hands together. "Why yes~ I've been writing lyrics lately for our next album. Maybe that's helped boost my vocab!"

"Oh? Have you been writing your group's songs all this time?" Hara chimes in enthusiastically.

"Not exactly, let's just say I have only contributed to a few lines." Ginka places a hand behind her head, letting out an awkward chuckle. "But my recent work was approved to be the title track of our next comeback! So I guess that's something~"

"That's great news!" 

"Ah, artistic and diligent!" He nodded proudly. "Now, if only Karma-kun could apply the same enthusiasm to his Japanese.."

Karma smirked, "At least I don't cry when letters show up in math." 

She froze. 

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. 'Haikus are just broken tweets!'" Ginka shot back.

"I'll trade her a stack of kanji flashcards for an explanation on why she thinks thirty percent off a ¥4,000 outfit is ¥1,500."