Red Assassination

Chapter 23 ~ The Hotel (Part 2)

The man immediately reached for Karma but he dodged the man. They were both lightning quick. The man's hands were his best and only weapon. His grip could crush a skull.

Karma's self-defense moves were basically a replica of Mr. Karasuma's. I knew Karma was good and all, but he's acting like a pro assassin.

Finally Karma went in for punches and kicks, but the man was able to dodge them. Well, most of them. The man stumbled to the ground as he received a harsh kick to the groin.

Karma took the opportunity to attack him more, but the man unleashed a familiar purple gas on him. Karma dropped to his knees as the man held him by the hair. I tried to run to him, but a couple of the guys held me back.

"He wanted to fight you like a man!" Yoshida yelled at the man.

"You can't get hung up on ethics." The man picked Karma up by his head. "I'm an assassin. The job doesn't reward those who play by the rules-" He was cut off as Karma's hand slowly came up and unleashed purple gas from a canister.

The man dropped Karma as he breathed in the gas. He then grabbed a pocket knife and charged at Karma, but Karma easily grabbed him and threw him to the ground.

"Come on, Terasaka. I need some duck-tape and free hands." Karma smiled in triumph. The boys joined Karma and successfully tied him up. I then jogged over to Karma and hugged him tightly, my heart still racing. "Hey, I'm fine." He chuckled and rubbed my back.

"How did you get the gas?" I asked.

"I got it from the other guy earlier." He looked back to the man.

"How did you not breath in the gas?" The man asked.

"I was on guard of everything, not just your hands." Karma sat down in front of him.

"Hats off to ya." The man congratulated Karma sincerely. "It was a pleasure-"

"Oh, we're not done." Karma smiled. Uh oh. I know that smile- "I'm just getting started." He held up two packets of hot mustard and wasabi. "I had to play nice while keeping my guard up, but now I can let loose." He said and stuck the packets up the man's nose. He emptied out the rest of his bag to reveal various peppers, jalapeños, etc. Who carries that stuff around with them?!

Nonetheless, Karma proceeded to squirt the spicy foods up the man's nose while we all stood there, not knowing what to do, if we should do anything. "You're dating this sadist?" Kataoka asked beside me.

"I sure am." I answered, just as dumbfounded as everyone else.

Eventually when Karma had his fill of torture, we continued walking to the top of the hotel. Unfortunately, it was the club floor. This was probably going to be the trickiest.

We couldn't go through the closest door, so we'll have to detour and unlock it from the inside. It was bound to be tricky, but we weren't regular teenagers. We were assassins.

Time Skip

"Keep your voices down." Mr. Karasuma said as we continued our way through the hotel after we passed through the club. We were finally making it to the final phase of our plan, but we had to clear two more guards. "We'll have to take them both down at once to prevent them from calling for back-up."

Karma somehow convinced Kimura to go insult the guards, making them chase after him. Terasaka and Yoshida then attacked the guards with stun-guns. They then looked through the guards' pockets. Real guns?!

"Chiba, Hayami, I think you two should take them." Koro-sensei said. "Mr. Karasuma hasn't recovered enough to handle a gun." The two students reluctantly picked up the guns. "No killing, but don't underestimate your skill."

The last place to get to is the VIP staircase. We'll have to go through a concert hall, though.

We all hid behind the seats as we heard someone approaching, and sounded like they too had a real gun.