The Clumsy Assassin

Chapter 13: Second Blade

Yasuko Pov

Today Koro-sensei was giving us a study session for our midterms that were coming up very soon. Everything's going fine but...he literally went as far as to make copy's of himself for each student. It's more than a little weird but I mean I sometimes forget he's an octopus with destructive power teaching junior high kids, I don't think you can get any weirder than that. "Miss Nanase, please pay attention! You may be a trained assassin but I really insist that you still focus on your studies! Especially social studies because that's your weakest suit," Koro-sensei said all the while suddenly popping up right in my face almost scaring me out my chair. "Y-yes, sir!" I said preparing myself for a headache I knew was coming soon.
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Time skip
By now It was already time to go home and I was becoming more than exhausted from all the studying Korosensei had us doing all day. Boy, he's serious about all this, isn't he? I thought to myself with a sigh as I walked towards the door with Nagisa who just got done with cleaning. We were walking down the hallway when I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine. What was that? My eyes quickly glanced towards the teacher's lounge and heard a voice that was new but vaguely familiar. Without realizing It I stealthily walked near the room and peeked through the ajar door with Nagisa quietly behind me wondering what I was doing. Through the gap, I noticed there was a man with dark brownish-red hair. My gaze fixed on the man instantly and I watched him with eyes of a predator, the first thing I realized was that his eyes closely reminded me of the boy yesterday near the vending machine. His eyes are like a paler version compared to his...are they somehow related? I get...a strange vibe from him, I thought to myself. Nagisa probably saw my confusion and whispered to me, "In case you're wondering, that man is Gakuhoe Asano, the Principal of this school. I'm not sure what he's here for, though," Nagisa said quietly. "Hmmm, I wonder what the Principal wants with E-class, " I whispered back to Nagisa. I turned my attention back to what the Principal was saying to Koro-sensei specifically, "However, I will say this if I may be so bold, you seem to be torn between embracing the role of savior or, villain," he said while looking straight at Koro-sensei. What are they talking about? Savior? Villain? They're not making sense. Well...this is getting kinda suspicious...oh crap we should leave before we get caught eavesdropping. The principal was just about to leave the room before he suddenly tossed what looked like a weird keychain puzzle at Koro-sensei and told him to solve it within a second. Not even time to blink, Koro-sensei trapped himself in the thing instead of solving it. WHOA, WHAT THE HELL?!?! I thought shock in place. Nagisa gasped and then pulled me from behind and got both of us up before we could get completely exposed. The principal opened the door and saw us standing there like idiots. When his stern gaze landed on me Instead of feeling helpless I instinctually gave the stare right back looking dead into his eyes. Why I did this? I had no clue actually but...I felt the weird need that I had to stand my ground against this man. Just as I blinked I could have sworn, I saw the slightest hint of amusement glinting in his eyes right before he plastered on that fake smile and said, "Oh Hi Yasuko, I hope you do good on the midterms," and then proceeded to walk away like nothing happened, leaving both Nagisa and I more confused than ever. *Sigh* Ok, well...that scared me. I wonder why the principal would know my name? But...I feel like I remember him from somewhere.

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The Next Day~
Alright...yesterday was bad but this is ridiculous...his copies now have copies. I'm starting to think this is getting out of hand. I wonder if it's because of what the principal said yesterday? I thought as I twirled my mechanical pencil in my hand. I glanced down at my completed worksheet and began to grin. Welp my plan still hasn't changed~ All those A-Class idiots better watch their backs, I thought sinisterly. Once we were finally done studying, Koro-sensei was the one that looked exhausted the most. A few students including myself went up and got closer to him. "Wow, he looks so exhausted he might pass out," I said looking a bit concerned. "How about we try to take advantage of this and try to kill him while he's down?" said Nakamura. "Not that I don't appreciate it, but why is he teaching us so bad?" asked Okijima. "To push up your test grades, of course," Koro-Sensei said sounding out of breath. "If I do that then...I'll never have to worry about you kids trying to kill me again...it will be such bliss." Jeez, what's going on inside his head right now...he's turning bright pink over here. We all looked at each other. "Um, yeah not gonna lie you helping us study is great!" "Then again the reward money is nothing to sneeze at," two students said. "Money isn't everything, you know!!!" A few other students debated. While the class began to bicker among themselves it was crystal clear that the class had hidden doubts that the chance of getting good grades on midterms was incredibly low. Honestly, it's a bit sad that just because we're in E-class, many of these guys think they don't have a chance at passing. Koro-sensei must have already noticed this long ago...I wonder how he's gonna step up his game. Just as I finished my thought Koro-sensei began to speak, "Everyone go out to the school yard now!" he suddenly instructed. We all fled outside to the school yard, I walked over next to Fuwa and Nakamura while Koro-Sensei stood directly in the middle of the school yard. What's he planning on doing out here? "Alright children, imagine placing within the top 50 of 186 students on midterms. If you make that a reality along with securing a former teacher's permission then that's all an E-Class student needs in order to return back to the class they were rejected from. However, given the conditions we're forced to work under, the personal setback that landed on each of you here are difficult to fix." Koro-sensei started moving stuff towards the edge of the schoolyard as he continued, "That's why most E-Class students are convinced that going back to the main campus is then more than a pipe dream." Alright then, I sorta get why he brought us out here but...will lecturing us or giving Pep talk do any good for us on the midterms? I thought as Karasuma brought out a complaining Irina outside. "Hey, I was doing something! Why do I have to be here anyway?" Sister Irina said whispering loudly to Karasuma. We all can hear you, I thought with a long sigh. When she finally calmed down, Koro-sensei then asked her something, "Ms. Jelavic, I'd like your opinion as a Professional Assassin." Irina looked up and replied, "Sure, what do you want to know?" "Well, let's say you were given an assignment, would you only have one plan going into it? The same question applies to you too, Yasuko." Huh?! Me too? I stepped backward as more than a few eyes landed in my direction. Crap...what do I say?? Think Yasuko!!!

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