Paradise of Infinity: 330

Title: The Holy Grail

What is assassination? It’s an act of committing murder by sudden or secretive means that don’t often leave traces except for the target’s corpse. Nik followed such rules by surprising Korosensei the first time they met, injuring the moving Natural Disaster twice.

“Such handicap means nothing in the face of my speed! Nyufu!”

“Damn it! Stop moving!”

“Hey! Aren’t you two Pros? Do something, Hansel!”

“Let’s strip Korosensei and skin him!” Gretel trills with a vengeful look. She hated the assignment from yesterday!

“Those two are cute,” Nik smiles at Ray. The latter is dressed in a pure-white nurse uniform that shows off her slender and petite body. The duo aren’t alone. Even Revy watches the situation unfold with twitching lips as Tadaomi enters the scene after a few minutes, surprised.

“What is going on?” He blinks before scowling at Ray. “I told you to not wear these outfits around students!”

“Beh!” Ray sticks her tongue out. “I like it. It’s cute.”

“It is,” Nik mutters, earning him an elbow to the ribs from Revy since the latter still hasn’t forgotten how exhausted Nik was after his ‘adventure’ with Ray. The youth glances at her quizically before shrugging, clearing Tadaomi’s doubts. “The students tried assassinating Korosensei when he replaced all their knives and guns with stalks of flowers from the flowerbed. It angered other students, and Koro quickly apologized, reseeding the flowerbed and offering a handicap to the students to try and kill him.”

“I liked those flowers!” Hansel scowls, jumping after lift-off from Gretel, almost getting Koro in the head as he squeaks in surprise.

“Is this… still an assassination?” Tadaomi mutters. “Oh, and I’m the classroom’s new P.E. teacher.” He glances at Revy. “Your request for building a shooting range is approved by the Ministry. But the Class’ Homeroom teacher says he wants to build it himself.”

Clearly unbothered by the students, Korosensei offers into the teachers’ discussion. “Exactly! The shooting range approved by the Government will be unintuitive. Now that we have a clearance, I can design a good training course!”

Revy shrugs. “Kay,” she looks as unenthusiastic as her morning concoction of coffee and whiskey with a dash of cigarette. “It doesn’t matter if the kids learn from me or not. All I’m interested in is the bounty.”

Yet, Revy admits her interest in money is slowly waning after her recent trips within Nik’s personal space. Instead, her desire to somehow magically conjure fire like one bitch of a princess is growing by the day.

Oh, she doesn’t hate Azula and her perfectly smackable smirk. Revy wanting to fill someone’s head with her lead is a sign of respect, right?

It’s not that Revy thinks that her guns are any less capable than those elemental freaks.

However, what stupid cunt won’t want to learn how to shoot AND be able to bend some element if the chance presents itself?

So, the four individuals watch as Korosensei moves his body dangling from a tree’s branch, avoiding the makeshift spears with anti-sensei knives on sticks wielded by the students of Class 3-E. His yellow, round head soon displays green stripes as his grin widens.

“Isn’t this enough? You cannot assassinate me even if I allow you to hit me!”

Yet, as Koro avoids Gretel’s leap, she grins and cuts the rope holding Koro from the branch.

“No more assignments!” Hansel grins, slashing with his knife spear, aiming for the spot where Korosensei will fall. Time seems to slow down as everyone, including Nik and other teachers, feels Korosensei’s end will be anticlimactic when Koro suddenly screams.

“Free imported ice creams for you two for the next week and no homework!”

*Broing*

Koro safely lands on the ground as Hansel stays in his position while Gretel lands beside him. They both drop their spear before grinning in tandem.

“Yay~!” They lean onto each other, holding hands and interlocking their fingers while mushing their cheeks together.

“You idiots!” One of the boys barks, hurriedly pouncing on Korosensei!

“Damn! Almost had him!” Another girl mourns.

Like a suffocating fish, Koro rolls around on the ground, shouting, “Wait! Wait!” Bullet-sized sweat runs down his round face as he entangles his tentacles further while trying to slip out of the rope.

Nagisa takes note of it, comparing the situation with his journal.

—Weakness No. 2: Korosensei is easy to panic.—

Koro shivers when almost half the students skewer him before he disappears from the spot, reappearing on the building’s roof, gasping and panting for breath!

“Aw, we were so close.”

“Hey, Hansel!” Meg frowns. “You can’t let Korosensei bribe you. You could buy so many ice creams with the bounty!”

Hansel gapes.

Well, she wasn’t good at maths, right?

Oh, yes.

Hansel and Gretel are both women. Nik realized it the second he saw them. Nik can’t imagine why they pretend to be brother and sister. But he understands that the story behind this decision wasn’t pretty at all.

As Koro regains his bearing, he suddenly utters with a blank expression.

“Homework will be doubled from tomorrow.”

“So petty!”

—Weakness No. 3: He is petty.—

“What about us?” Gretel instantly frowns as Koro grins.

“Nyufufufu! You two won’t have any homework from the classroom. But I never promised anything about assignments from personal tuition!”

The twins stagger with a shocked expression while other students glance at them with a look—What else did you expect?

“Tuition?” Nik queries as Korosensei replies bluntly. “I’m tutoring Hansel and Gretel to help them learn their basics. They have years of material to catch up on. Fortunately, I have a personalized space to teach them, and those two are quite sharp, too.”

[Nut-Cracking-Messiah: Is he talking about…]

[Smexy-succu-succu: Yup, my personal space. I decided to help the twins. Can’t stint out on them now, can I?]

Nik is quite… impressed.

Heck!

If he gets to understand Koro further, he might invite the yellow goofball into his personal space to help tutor his friends and family about English and Japanese languages!

“Well,” Tadaomi clears his throat. “Back to your classes, everyone.”

<<<>>>

Her hair no longer sticks out but instead flows down straight, a pair of lenses removes her need for glasses, and slight, tasteful make-up makes her stand out in her classroom. Deep down, Saki expected things to change. She might say she’s happy being a loner, but would Saki put in such effort to attract attention if she thought otherwise? Saki stands the second the classes end, glancing at her classmates planning their evenings. Even if they glance at her, the girls suddenly look away.

From indifference to sudden hatred—that’s Saki’s experience.

Nobody wants to talk with her, and some girls stare at her disapprovingly, too.

Saki lowers her head, almost about to tear up, when two boys, her classmates, approach her.

“W-would you mind teaching us this formula, Yoshida-San?”

Saki immediately glances at the notebook before shaking her head in embarrassment. She wishes she could teach them, but she is struggling with that, too. Her lack of social interaction becomes clear when her words sound rude, even to her—“Can you ask someone else?”

The boys scoff at once while Saki hears the girls whisper, “Look at her! Tch. First, she tries to look good and then acts cold. What’s so good about her? I told Hiru-Kun I can teach him that formula later.”

Saki purses her lips. She promptly leaves, unable to bear the scrutinizing gazes of her classmates.

Enduring a wave of nausea, she ignores pointed looks from other students who think she’s a transfer student before leaving the school grounds in a hurry, wanting to quickly catch her bus and return home.

*Thump*

Her head was low, and her vision was slightly blurry with the build-up of tears when she ran into someone.

She quickly steps back, glancing up and apologizing, “Ah! I-I’m sorry!”

Her eyes widen in surprise when she matches the annoyed glance of the tan-skinned brunette. Saki remembers her, and her gaze shifts slightly to find a curious, tall, olive-skinned youth staring at her.

If Saki’s practice in English didn’t fail her, the brunette cautions her to watch where she is going. Meanwhile, the youth breaks into a warm smirk.

“I’m Nik,” he introduces himself. “We meet again.”

Her glassy eyes and sour heart instantly forget how much of an ass her entire day was as she stammers, her heart beating rapidly. “S-Saki Yoshida! P-p-pleased to meet you!”

He nods at her, offering, “Nice to make your acquaintance, Yoshida-San.”

He sidesteps, letting her a way to pass as Saki quickly nods, shuffling away. Her ears feel hot, and she bites the flesh behind her lips to avoid breaking into a weird smile. It’s only after fifteen minutes Saki blinks. ‘I should have tried asking his number!’

She almost groans, ignoring another blond-haired youth who tries approaching her as she steps onto the bus—her mind thoroughly occupied by the thought of the guy who didn’t even take a second to recognize her despite her changes.

Meanwhile…

“Saki Yoshida?” Ray blinks rapidly, no longer annoyed that she was thoroughly ignored by the strangely familiar girl. She suddenly gasps!

“THAT Saki Yoshida?!”

“What’s going on?” Nik and Revy glance at Ray as the woman gulps and shakes her head.

‘Why does my duty never end? First Hansel and Gretel, then Yukio, and now the Holy Grail of all Hentai Characters—Saki Yoshida. Wait… the secret end showed Jojo's characters. This isn’t a Jojo world, right? They say a Stand User can be anyone, kek!’

Ray couldn’t help herself thinking of the last remark. Yet, her expression grows serious.

‘I’m like a Hentai Vigilante at this point,’ she sighs.

Revy and Nik glance at each other before shrugging.

“I’m going to make some phone calls and see how things are in Roanapur,” Revy huffs. “Things are bound to be fucked up now that even Triad is in trouble.”

‘That’s four ‘chairs’ of the Hight Table down,’ Ray muses.

<<<>>>

The Next Day.

“Keep going! Step in during your eighth strike!” Tadaomi encourages the class as students in their gym uniforms wield anti-sensei knives, slashing at the air. Their expressions don’t falter despite the practice’s duration as they slowly perspire. The Kunugigaoka High’s gym uniform is themed in blue color. Boys wear dark, navy-blue tracksuits. Meanwhile, the girls wear navy blue shorts over black tights.

The once simple field now looks heavily modified. Koro took a few minutes to alter the woods around the field, creating an interactive shooting and knife-throwing range. Revy admits it's good enough to keep her busy. The brunette still doesn’t know if she regrets following Nik despite his secrets revealed during their short stay. However, the call back ‘home’ revealed how much the recent One-Man campaign against the Underworld’s mightiest by the ‘Herd’ affected their work! It’s almost as if one of the most bustling and profitable trade points for the underworld no longer holds any meaning!

And it’s partially due to the yellow blob who built this incredible shooting course.

‘Tch!’ she scowls at the thought of Nik. Oh. He didn’t do anything. Just that the warm reception from Kya, Michi, Ursa, Poppy, and several others ‘annoys’ her. Not that Revy is a cunt to say that to their faces when they brought several piping-hot dishes after their workout. She rather likes girls like Mai…

‘Still can’t believe those four are mothers! Damn, they know how to take care of themselves,’ Revy continues popping anti-sensei pellets in the woods, keeping her aim ready.

Unlike Revy, Nik and Ray join the knife-training session.

“Whoa,” one of the boys secretly gulp. A few others sneak glances at Ray, who practices with the knife in an oversized brown hoodie almost covering the ends of her creamy shorts, her deceptively plush thighs exposed to others as fluffy socks cover her calves, capping off with slim boots.

Meanwhile, dressed minimally like Tadaomi in an off-white shirt and slim black trousers, Nik wields his knife with a contemplative look. Ignoring the evident looks from other girls, Nik will sometimes execute his movements in near perfection or absurdly crudely.

“Not like this!”

“Like this!”

Hansel and Gretel, in the female gym uniforms, skip around, showing the same movements for others to practice better.

Tadaomi doesn’t stop them as he notices how the twins are helping others understand the basic movement of wrists better.

‘Hmm.’ He observes. ‘Ray isn’t good with knives. However, her skills with guns are unknown. It’s clear she’s used to employing her charms for her benefits. Nik is clearly well-versed with blades. But he keeps trying to mix the basic step movements with something else. Nik and Revy, alongside Hansel and Gretel, must be Ray’s employer’s ‘muscle.’ We have yet to find concrete information on these two. However, the ministry transferred the information they got about Revy, Hansel, and Gretel.’

“Sensei!” A loud voice snaps Tadaomi from his thoughts. “Why do we have to learn all this? It’s not like we can match Korosensei’s speed and stab him.”

Tadaomi glances at Koro, who’s in an elementary student’s gym uniform with hat and all, sitting in a sandbox with an intricate Japanese Sand Castle. The Agent grinds his teeth. He cannot let Koro destroy the children’s courage towards basic training.

“With anything in life, practice makes perfect,” Tadaomi clears his throat. “You cannot use human speed to measure against this monster. However, without basic training, you won’t have the ability to carry out the simplest of assassination plans. “Isogai, Sugino. Step forward. Try hitting me.”

Tadaomi takes his coat off, calling two students out as they nod and try to hit Tadaomi after the latter clears their hesitation about using the anti-sensei knife against him. Everyone watches how Tadaomi effortlessly evades the duo despite the boys attacking simultaneously.

“Hitting your homeroom teacher is out of the question when you cannot even come close to me.” Tadaomi explains after the short bout, adding, “Hansel, Gretel, step out. Observe how these two use their knives, everyone.”

“Together?” Gretel blinks in surprise as Tadaomi nods somberly.

“Well,” Hansel drawls. “It’s not like Anti-sensei knives will kill you—”

Her body charges at Tadaomi before she finishes speaking as Gretel follows after her twin. A crazed glint flickers in their exotic grey hues as they stab at Tadaomi’s thighs, using their short stature to their advantage.

Even Ray and Nik watch the spar with intrigue. The former truly isn’t well-versed with blades and knives. Seeing someone her size use them so brilliantly allows Ray to understand her advantage. Meanwhile, Nik is more interested in knowing how this world’s training differs from Mai’s knife technique and Suki’s swordsmanship.

Tadaomi slaps their hands away, displaying his superior physical might as the twins’ momentum carries them sideways. Stopping their fall, they twist their waists and aim to catch the back of Tadaomi’s knees when they find him disappearing from his former location. Their gazes flicker, and they locate Tadaomi indifferently standing a few steps to the side.

“You all are still children with smaller bodies. Learn how Hansel and Gretel use their physical frames to their advantage. You two,” he glances at the twin. “Now, only use the technique taught in today’s class.”

Nobody will expect the twins to be bloodthirsty murderers with how they cutely nod and rush Tadaomi, offering a fierce display of the same technique others learned, leaving them wondering if it’s the same thing! After all, Hansel and Gretel possess immense experience in the field. While they limit the movements of their knives, they still use their terrain to their advantage as Hansel runs up half a tree before pouncing at Tadaomi, forcing the man to defend himself with his arm and knocking the knife out of Hansel’s grip. Meanwhile, he narrowly avoids Gretel stabbing at his family jewels as others cry out in shock.

“Good,” Tadaomi nods at the twins appreciatively after the spar. He doesn’t look exhausted despite the twins’ great efforts. He addresses the classroom. “Remember, using cheap tactics against your target is nothing to scoff at. While you may learn the basics, how you use it depends on experience. You may aim at your target’s eyes, ears, crotch, or any other obvious disability. If Korosensei cannot move one day and needs a wheelchair, it’s perfectly acceptable to toss him out of the wheelchair!”

“Nyo?!” Korosensei sweats. Why? Why did Tadaomi suddenly pull him into the conversation? He was merely reconstructing one of the grand Japanese wars in the sandbox!

“Can we practice with partners?” A girl questions with a soft blush as Tadaomi inclines his head. “Not now,” he replies. “I will pick your partners after a week.”

“Can you add me?” Ray blinks before questioning.

“No.”

“Pretty please?” Ray bats her eyelashes as Tadaomi Karasuma stares at her. He suddenly shocks the classroom by saying, “Turn around for me.”

Ray smirks, giving herself a spin on her toes before puffing her chest.

“Can I practice with the students now?” Ray grins.

‘Tch,’ A few girls click their tongues. ‘I can’t believe Karasuma-Sensei will fall for her.’

‘Well,’ other boys think, ‘It’s understandable—’

“No.”

Tadaomi Karasuma wears his jacket, displaying superhuman willpower to a succubus’ base charm.

“Heh!” Hansel and Gretel snicker at once while Ray’s smile dims.

[Nut-Cracking-Messiah: If it’s any consolation—you will have an easier time landing Koro.]

Ray shoots Nik a menacing glare as his shoulders shiver to control his laugh.

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Alternate Title: Petty Koro; Almost Dead?; Acclimating Assassins; No Homework; Bribed; The Twins Shock; Koro Lies; The All-New Saki; Isolation; Envy; Socially Awkward; Infatuation; Running Into Each Other Again; Ignored Ray; News From Home; The Holy Grail of Hentai Characters; Saki Avoiding Bad Ends Like Never Before!; A Random Fuckboy Appears… Saki Uses ‘Dreamy Nik State’ and Avoids The Battle!; A Stand User Can Be Anyone! *Le Stand User: WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY*; A Bizzare Hentai Adventure?; Ray Eventually Donning The Bat Mask Cause She’s Protecting Hentai Gotham!; Knife Training; Changing Ecosystem in Minutes; Sparring; Anything Goes; Tadaomi is Better Than Pro; Roasted Ray; It isn’t Ray’s and Koro’s Day; Tadaomi: Professional Roaster; Revy Can’t Handle Mommies!; Mai: Welcome To The Club; The Mommies Assemble; Annoyed Revy… is a Happy Revy; Regret?; Learning Differences in Techniques

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