OLD CAMPUS
All right, everyone.
Let's begin.
Begin with what?
Midterms are around the corner.
That's right! So for this lesson,
we're going to do our revision in a high-speed mode.
I'll split myself to conduct thorough,
one-on-one revision sessions with each of you on your weakest subjects.
This is ridiculous.
He'd even customized different headbands for different subjects.
Why did you put on a Naruto headband just for me?
I feel that Mr. Koro is getting faster.
Six students on Japanese. Eight students on mathematics.
Three students on Social Studies. Four students on science.
Four students on English. One student on Naruto.
He's now able to split up for every student in class.
Previously, he was only able to split up to a maximum of five.
Karma, no surprise assassinations.
All my images are distorted when I tried to dodge your attack.
These splits are so vulnerable.
But Mr. Koro,
is your body able to handle so many splits at one time?
Don't you worry about it.
I have one resting outside.
Isn't that more tiring?
Is this enhanced strength
trained in preparation to destroy Earth a year later?
Nevertheless, he's definitely a troublesome target for all assassins.
So do you understand them now, Nagisa?
Yes.
For students who are preparing for the exams,
he's certainly a reliable teacher.
EPISODE 6
Let's say you want to solve this puzzle
in a fast and simple method.
Bye, Mr. Koro!
How will you guys accomplish it?
-I hope you manage to kill me tomorrow. -Teachers,
the answer is very easy.
You take it apart and put it back together again.
This is a very logical approach.
Nice to meet you, Mr. Koro.
He's the chairman of this school.
In other words, he's our boss.
Sorry for troubling you. I'll offer you a massage.
Can you consider increasing my pay?
I'm able to split up to assist you, Mr. Chairman...
I should be the one to apologize.
I always wished to visit all of you.
For your matter,
I've heard from the Ministry of Defense and Mr. Karasuma.
But due to the limited knowledge I have, I don't quite understand the whole story.
Even so, I feel sorry for you.
You planned to be the savior of this world,
but you ended up becoming the demon that will destroy it.
Savior?
Destroy?
No.
I'm not criticizing you.
A small man like me will never be able
to save the world no matter how hard I try.
Unless it's under special circumstances,
I'll never interfere with your assassination.
After all, I've received a large sum of hush money.
Thank you for your cooperation.
You're indeed rational.
I wouldn't mind a man like that.
I'm honored.
However,
as the chairman of the school, I'll need to consider one thing.
That is if the school manages to survive after a year.
In other words,
if someone managed to kill you,
I would need to consider the future of this school.
To be honest,
Class E must remain as it is or I'll be very troubled.
To remain as it is?
Do you mean with poor results and the bad treatment they're receiving?
That's right.
Are you familiar with worker policing in ants?
It says that in any group, 20% of the workers are lazy.
The other 20% are hardworking.
The remaining 60% are average workers.
My goal is to make
five percent of them lazy
while the remaining 95% be hardworking.
"I never want to be like Class E students.
I never want to enter Class E."
If 95% of the students were instilled with a determination this strong,
I'll be able to achieve my goal.
I see. This is indeed reasonable.
So, if this five percent
doesn't appear miserable, you'll be troubled.
A teacher for Class D came to complain today.
He said that a student from Class E glared at his students
and even threatened to kill them.
Because of the assassination mission,
it's logical for them to behave in such a way.
This is fine.
The problem is
that a student with poor grades
has the courage to go against normal students.
This is totally against my teaching ethics.
Please be strict with your students and ask them to behave.
Also, Mr. Koro.
Please solve this puzzle in a second.
Why so sudden?
AFTER ONE SECOND
What is this?
MR. KORO'S WEAKNESS, NUMBER 7, PANICS WITH RING PUZZLES
You are indeed as fast as they say.
There's no doubt that you can dodge any type of assassination.
But Mr. Koro,
in this world,
there are problems that can't be resolved with speed alone.
That's all. I'll take my leave now.
Hey. I'm looking forward to the midterms.
All the best to you.
That hypocritical "all the best to you"
at that moment
pulled me from being an assassin back to the dumping ground, Class E.
As a target, he's almost invincible.
The assassination is totally within his control.
Yet as a teacher,
there's someone who is more powerful in this school.
Chairman of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, Gakuho Asano.
He's an intelligent businessman
who turned this newly established school into the nation's top school in ten years.
In this school, no one can go against the policies he established.
Same goes for you.
THE FOLLOWING DAY
Good morning, everyone!
Today, I'll do my best to split up into more images.
That's too many!
Now, let's begin!
The images are getting messier.
They seem to be totally different people.
Mr. Koro, what happened to you?
Aren't you working a little too hard?
Not at all.
Class E needs to remain as it is or we all will be in trouble.
He really is exhausted.
Maybe we can kill him now.
Why does he even need to work so hard as a teacher?
These are all to improve your examination results.
As long as I do this...
Mr. Koro.
Thanks to you, I achieved excellent results.
I can never miss any of Mr. Koro's classes.
Nor can I kill you.
Sir, can you teach us as well?
I'll be spared from being assassinated.
It just benefits me.
It's okay. I don't really care about the results.
Yes. After all, I can get ten billion yen if I manage to assassinate him.
With that much money,
my future will be filled with colors, even if I get poor results.
Is that what all of you are thinking?
Mr. Koro, we are in Class E, the dumping ground.
Compared to the exams,
assassination is much more practical for us.
I see.
I understand.
What do you mean?
As of now, all of you are not qualified to be assassins.
Everyone, meet me at the field.
Why are we asked to gather at the field?
What's wrong with Mr. Koro?
Who knows? He seems upset.
The clever thing about this Class E system
lies in the remedial measure it has provided.
If any of you make it into top 50 of the 186 students list in the midterms
and get the homeroom teacher's approval, you can return to your original class.
That's when you can rid yourself of the humiliation of being in Class E.
However,
since your results are already very bad
and with such a poor learning environment,
it would be tough for you to meet the criteria.
Almost every Class E student
is feeling helpless and hopeless with the situation
even if they are faced with discrimination.
What is this sudden gathering for?
Mr. Koro asked me to call you.
Ms. Irina.
As a professional assassin, can you answer my question?
Why so sudden?
Every time you're out on a mission,
do you only have one plan in mind?
Of course not.
The first plan rarely ever works smoothly.
In case of unexpected situations,
I'll always have detailed contingency plans.
It's a basic rule for assassins.
Then, allow me to ask Mr. Karasuma the next question.
When you teach the students to attack with knives,
is the first strike the only important one?
The first strike is indeed important,
but the follow-up strikes are vital as well.
When faced with a strong opponent,
the first strike will always be dodged.
Hence, the key to victory
is to accurately launch the second and third strikes.
So, what are you trying to say?
Just like what the two teachers have said,
because they're confident in their contingency plans,
they can become confident assassins.
But how about you guys?
All of you only focus on assassination,
but neglected your studies and results.
This is the same as escaping from the source of your inferiority.
What if I escape from this classroom?
What if other assassins kill me first?
Once your target is gone,
you guys are only left with the inferiority of being in Class E.
To all of you who are trapped in this crisis,
I'd like to offer you a piece of advice.
A person who does not have a contingency plan,
is not qualified to be an assassin!
What is happening?
A giant hurricane has appeared at Class E!
What a commotion.
That's because the field is filled with weeds and holes,
I was just trying to maintain it.
I'm a super organism who can destroy the earth.
Evening out this area is a piece of cake for me.
Should you guys fail
to prepare contingency plans that you are confident of,
then I'm certain that there's no one in this class that deserves my time.
By then, I would even out this old campus and leave this place.
A contingency plan?
What's the deadline?
Obviously, it's tomorrow.
For tomorrow's midterms, every one of you must get into the top 50 list.
What?
I've already helped all of you to prepare your second blade.
My way of teaching is never a slipshod
and I'm sure I'm better than those teachers in the main campus.
You guys just need to be confident and wield your second blade.
Once you've accomplished your mission, do not feel embarrassed.
Smile, raise your head and stick your chest out.
Be proud of being an assassin and a member of Class E.
Finally,
it is time for the midterms.
Midterms for class 3-E, First period, mathematics
The school sets the rule that all students must take the exam in the main campus.
In other words,
only Class E students take their examination in the guest room.
Having just a knife is insufficient!
How do we solve the fourth question?
It's expected
that our school's examination is very difficult.
This is bad.
I have no idea how to do this.
If this continues, this question
will be the death of me.
Are you serious?
If the students don't make it into the top 50 list, will you leave?
Yes.
How is that even possible?
Their results are always the lowest.
That's hard to say.
I may not be certain about it in the past, but they're my students now.
They're capable of protecting themselves in the face of crisis.
This is the weapon
I've given them.
I'm sure I've taught you this before.
This monster is not of unknown origins.
Observe the monster's fin.
Judging by the way it looks, it might just be a normal fin.
You have to look at its details carefully before seeing it as a whole.
See?
The opponent is not scary at all.
Now, use your knife to prepare it.
I understand it now.
The core of the question is the key to solving it.
Everything is the same as what Mr. Koro taught us.
If they are such simple questions,
I can solve them.
The same goes for the next one,
the one after
and the one after that!
QUESTION 11
In a split second, every single one of us
were massacred by the final question.
What is happening?
I feel that this examination is obviously unfair.
That's strange. All of us were notified.
Was there a miscommunication?
Maybe it's because none of you came to the main campus.
I don't think there was a miscommunication.
In fact, I believe something is wrong.
Who would broaden the scope of all subjects two days prior to the exam?
You really are a blockhead, aren't you, Mr. Karasuma?
We are the top prep school.
Testing whether our students are up to standard before the examination
is also one of our teaching policies.
In the main campus,
the chairman himself made a speech on stage in front of all classes
that the school will prepare all students for the revised examination scope.
Would that chairman
do anything in the name of his own doctrine?
This is too much of an interference.
If he chooses to leave Class E, my efforts will go to waste.
I'm responsible for all this.
It seems like I've belittled the school system.
I'm too ashamed to face you all.
Isn't that good?
If you can't face us,
then you won't know I'm going to kill you.
Karma, I'm very upset now...
ANSWER SHEET
Changing the scope will not affect me at all.
Awesome!
You've obtained full marks for mathematics?
To match my intelligence,
you've taught me things out of the scope.
Hence, even with the change in scope, I'm able to handle them with ease.
However, I won't leave this class.
Compared to my original class,
the assassination mission is much more interesting.
So, what are you going to do?
Are you going to use the excuse that the whole class is not in the top 50 list
and leave this place?
In the end,
you're just afraid that we'll kill you, aren't you?
What is this? So, Mr. Koro is afraid?
Just be honest with us.
Are you running away because you're scared of us?
Who says I'm running away?
Then, what are you going to do?
In your final exams, we'll have our revenge and show them.
What's so funny? I'm being serious!
So, we hit a wall in our midterms.
A hard, thick wall that surrounded Class E.
However, in my heart,
I left that feeling of inferiority behind.
Repeat after me...
Be proud of who you are and as a member of Class E!
Subtitle translation by Esther Neo