The scene opened to show the old campus.
"That was one fun school trip." Nagisa said.
"But, now it's back to normal." Sugino said dejectedly as he and Nagisa walked to the old campus.
"You call this normal?" Nagisa asked rhetorically.
"My thoughts exactly." Mr. Terasaka said.
"At this point, normal isn't allowed in the classroom." Mr. Chiba said.
Mrs. Isogai coughed. "True."
"Yo!" Isogai called, catching up to them.
"Hey!" Sugino greeted with a smile.
"'Moring, Isogai." Nagisa greeted.
Mrs. Maehara turned to her friend. "Are you feeling well?"
Mrs. Isogai gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I think it was just some dust."
"Okay." The woman turned back to the screen, making a mental note to check on Mrs. Isogai every once in a while.
"Did you guys see that group email from Mr. Karasuma?" Isogai asked.
"Uh-huh." Nagisa nodded, watching as the class rep pulled out his phone.
"It was about a transfer student, was it?" Sugino asked.
The camera showed the email on Isogai's phone. "A transfer student will be joining you tomorrow. Their looks may surprise you, but try not to make a big deal out of it. –Karasuma"
"Yeah, try not to make a big deal about an assassin joining you." Mrs. Kimura said sarcastically.
"Hmm. Sure sounds like an assassin to me..." Sugino stated.
Mrs. Kataoka's eye twitched. "How is he calm about this?"
"Maybe they're just used to it by now." Mr. Sugino suggested.
Mrs. Hara sighed. 'This is way too much.'
"Then we better get used to it, too." Mrs. Akabane said. "It's already been nine episodes of crazy shit."
"True." Mrs. Hayami said. "Things aren't that shocking at this point."
"But it's still messed up." Mr. Okano said.
"Get used to it." Mrs. Akabane said again.
"So now they're bringing in student assassins?" Nagisa said uneasily.
"Nagisa-kun seems to be the only sane guy left." Mr. Okano commented.
"If they're a transfer student…" Isogai looked up thoughtfully.
An image of a laughing Irina appeared. "Middle-Aged" was written behind her.
"Maybe they'll be our age-not like Professor Bitch!"
Everyone chortled.
"Middle aged?!" Mr. Sugino clutched his sides. "She's just twenty!"
"Damn, now I feel old!" Mr. Yoshida chuckled.
"To be fair, she only told the girls her age." Mrs. Okano said after her chuckle subsided.
Okajima's face suddenly popped up. "About that!" His face was sweating.
The entire laughter suddenly vanished and was replaced by numerous yelps.
"When did he show up?!" Mr. Muramatsu jerked back in shock.
"Where'd you come from?!" Sugino yelped. Nagisa was also shocked.
"I was curious myself, so I asked Karasuma if he had a photo." He took out his phone and held it up for them to see. "This is what he sent back!"
It was a photo of Ritsu, but with red eyes.
Mrs. Takebayashi frowned. "Red eyes?"
The rest were also confused.
"Oh! She's a girl!" Sugino exclaimed.
"You made it your background?" Nagisa asked, completely unsurprised.
Mrs. Okajima let out a frustrated sigh while Mr. Okajima was amused.
"That's pretty creepy." Mr. Kataoka stated.
Mrs. Okajima heard him and felt embarrassed.
"She's pretty cute!" Isogai remarked.
"Right? Super cute!" Okajima agreed excitedly and held the phone to his chest like a love-sick boy. "Oh man, I sure hope we hit it off!"
He started dancing. "Suddenly, I'm so-so nervous!"
Mrs. Okajima face palmed while others laughed. 'Why….?'
"She doesn't look like an assassin." Isogai said.
"Nu uh." Nagisa shook his head.
"Well, looks can be deceiving." Mr. Hazama commented.
Kataoka and Kurahashi walked by, stopping at the sight of a hyped Okajima.
"Please, let us hit it off!"
"Turn it down a notch, Okajima." Sugino said worriedly.
Kataoka frowned and kept walking. Kurahashi smiled uncertainly and followed her.
"Yes, please stay away from him as far away as possible." Mrs. Kataoka said, narrowing her eyes at the pervert on screen.
"Is he Nagisa's friend?" Nagisa's father asked his wife.
"He never dropped by." Hiromi answered and frowned. 'Hopefully, they're not friends.'
'Assassin or not, any new student is always met with a mix of anticipation and unease. What is she like? What's her assassination style? We were brimming with curiosity.' Nagisa narrated as he and some students walked inside the campus.
"I like this kid's narration." Mr. Hazama nodded in approval.
"He really is talented." Mr. Horibe agreed.
Nagisa's father smiled at that, while Hiromi beamed.
The scene showed the "3-E" sign.
"I wonder if she's here yet?" Sugino wondered as he slid the door open. "The new girl?"
He, Nagisa, Okajima, and Isogai frowned, their mouths taking the shape of an O.
The next scene showed a large black box in class. Kataoka and Kurahashi were also staring at it in confusion.
"…"
No one spoke, their wide eyes remained fixated on the box.
The students gathered around it.
"The hell is that?" was all Sugino could say.
The black screen activated, startling the students. Ritsu appeared with red eyes and a neutral expression on her face.
"Good morning." She greeted them curtly, making them gasp. "Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery who will be joining your class. Nice to meet you." The screen then turned off.
"…that's Ritsu?" Mr. Sugino sweat dropped.
Nagisa, Okajima, and Sugino were at loss for words. 'So, it's come to this?'
"...What just happened?" Mr. Chiba asked after regaining his voice.
"Hey, Ritsu!" Mrs. Akabane called.
"Here!" Ritsu appeared on screen.
"Was that really you?"
Ritsu nodded, her cheerful smile never leaving her face. "Like I said, I wasn't very pleasant at first."
"Why were you a box?" Mrs. Hayami questioned.
"Oh, you'll find out soon." Ritsu then turned to Mrs. Hazama. "Close your eyes once my assassination attempt begins, alright?"
The woman started sweating.
"It's not scary." Ritsu clarified. "Just….there are a lot of gun noises, so just to be safe…"
She quickly turned to the whole audience. "Of course, your kids didn't get injured or anything."
The parents were still worried.
Episode 9: Transfer Student Time.
Karasuma angrily wrote Ritsu's full name on the board. "As I'm sure you know, this is your new classmate: the Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery from Norway."
"Norway?" Mrs. Fuwa asked. "She's a foreigner?"
"Guess so." Mr. Sugino said.
Ritsude appeared on screen. "Nice to meet you all."
'Must be rough on Mr. Karasuma.' Kayano thought warily.
'I would go crazy trying not to crack jokes at its expense.' Sugaya thought.
"Poor Karasuma." Mrs. Horibe smiled sympathetically.
Korosensei chuckled in his tentacles.
"Don't laugh! You're no better than her!" Karasuma snapped.
Mr. Akabane chuckled. "Guy can't catch a break."
"He's a saint for putting up with that octopus." Mr. Yada said.
"Just so you know, she's registered here as a full-fledged student. She'll be sitting there aiming her guns at you, but you can't fight back." Karasuma told him. "You're not permitted to harm any student. That's the deal, remember?"
"Nice loophole."Mr. Fuwa commented.
Mr. Kanzaki seemed interested as to what kind of contract the octopus had made. 'Was it a verbal or written agreement?'
Korosensei placed a tentacle on his chin. "Ah, so you're grasping at straws here, using creative readings of my teaching agreement to call a machine my student."
He glanced at the large box. "Very well. Welcome to the E Class, Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery."
"Thank you, Korosensei." Ritsu appeared on the screen.
The next scene showed the octopus teaching modern literature. "Now, of these three characters here…one of them is already dead."
"But how's it going to attack?" Kayano whispered to Nagisa.
"How's what?" The boy asked.
"They call it a fixed artillery, but then where are the guns?"
"She's makes a point." Mr. Terasaka said.
Mrs. Hazama gulped, and closed her eyes.
Nagisa hummed. "Hmm…maybe—"
"But is this really out of concern for Kaiji?" Korosenei's reflection was on machine.
The screen displayed some data before the sides opened to show its guns.
Many yelped and jerked back.
"What the…?!" Mr. Muramatsu paled.
"I knew it!" Nagisa said, eyes widening like his classmates'.
"Awesome!" Sugino yelled.
Ritsu fired, but Korosensei dodged.
The parents watched in horror.
"Four shotguns, two machine guns, and a veritable cascade of bullets, but for these students it's just a matter of course. Use of firearms during class is prohibited!"
"Four…Two...What?!" Mrs. Terasaka was horrified.
"This isn't a class anymore!" Mrs. Yada shrieked. "This is like some a shooting gallery!"
Mr. Kimura massaged his temples. "Just when you think things couldn't get any crazier!"
"I'll never get used to this." Mrs. Kataoka shook her head. "I can't! I can't!"
Mr. Hayami grimaced at the scene before him. 'Could things get crazier than this?'
A BB pellet flew to his head in slow motion, but Korosensei blocked it with the chalk.
Ristsu retracted her guns and appeared on her screen.
"I will be careful. Preparing for attack." A series of data flashed on her screen.
"Now we'll see what she's made of. She has the ability to evolve." Karasuma observed, hand on his chin. Irina was standing next to him.
Mr. Muramatsu gulped. "E-Evolve?"
"You mean…" Mrs. Sugino whimpered.
"There's more?" Her husband finished, sweating profoundly.
"Recalculating trajectory. Correcting angle," Ritsu stated as her whole 'body' began to glow. "Entering auto-evolution phase 5/28/02."
"Tsk, tsk..." A green stripped Korosensei waved the chalk. "Will you ever learn?"
"Shut it, ya damn octopus." Mrs. Maehara murmured through gritted teeth. "Don't tempt her."
Ritsu fired another hail of bullets. The students screamed while Korsensei dodged.
"For Pete's sake! Stop!" Mrs. Okano yelled, clutching a fistful of hair.
Mrs. Hazama whimpered, keeping her eyes closed and ears blocked.
"This attack is identical to the first! What do you expect from a machine?" He dodged.
The parents only focused on their kids.
"I don't like this." Mrs. Horibe tried to get her breathing normal. "This is insane, why did Itona transfer to this school?"
Her eyes widened. 'There were two transfer students. Itona transferred here…' She shook her head. 'No, they didn't say they only ever had two transfer students, right?'
"If this keeps up, I can use my chalk to—" A BB was fired at his head. Korosensei attempted to block with his chalk again, but then tentacle goo spluttered on the board.
"What just…?" Mr. Mimura asked.
"She hit him?" Mr. Akabane frowned.
The students watched in shock as the chalk fell in slow motion before them and broke in half once it hit the floor.
The parents watched the chalk fall as well.
"A blind spot!" Korosensei gazed at the machine.
"A hidden BB…" A flashback showed the BB flying to him as he raised his chalk to block it. "The second BB flew along the same trajectory as the one I blocked, putting it in a blind spot!"
"Wow…" Mr. Fuwa breathed. "Impressive and scary."
"That's a literal killing machine." Mr. Okajima whimpered.
"Left fingertip destroyed. The newly added secondary gun has proven effective." She put away the guns.
"How many guns does she have?!" Hiromi cried.
"It improves its weapons and program every time it learns it's target's defense patterns, gradually closing in on its foe." Karasuma noted.
Mr. Takebayashi was sweating profusely. 'Just what is this girl?'
"Probability of killing you with the next attack: less than 0.001 percent. Probability of killing you with the attack after that: less than 0.003 percent. Probability of killing you before graduation: at least 90 percent." Ritsu calculated then her face appeared on screen.
Korosensei was unnerved.
"There's something more powerful than him." Mr. Sugaya wiped the sweat from his brow. "That's pretty terrifying."
Suddenly, Ritsu appeared on screen, with her old, red eyes.
"Boo!" She said, causing many to jolt and yelp.
"Ritsu!" Mrs. Hara yelled, slightly irritated.
The AI chuckled, her eyes retaining their usual blue color. "Sorry, couldn't resist."
Many weren't amused.
"Was that seriously you?" Mrs. Terasaka asked.
"Unfortunately, yes." The girl replied with some guilt. "But as you'll see later on, that's no longer who I am." She then resumed the episode.
"Now, then Korosensei: Entering attack phase." She said with a smile.
"Again?!" Mrs. Sugino's eyes widened.
Mrs. Hazama quickly turned away and blocked her ears.
Mrs. Maehara glanced at Mrs. Isogai, then back at the screen.
The students tensed as she prepared for another shootout.
The parents got ready as well.
"Near misses: two. Confirmed hit. To calculate projected estimates, now adding four main guns and resuming attacks." She added four more guns and attacked.
The students yelled, keeping their heads low.
"Oh, come on!" Mr. Hayami clutched his head. "How long is this gonna last?!"
"She's just shooting BBs." Mr. Mimura reminded.
"They could still get hurt if they got his in the eyes, though." Mr. Okuda observed the screen warily.
'We sure underestimated her. No- we didn't see her for what she was.' Nagisa peaked over his shoulder nervously. 'There before our eyes was an honest-to-God killer!'
Mr. Yoshida's eyes bulged. "He's narrating?! In the middle of a shoot-out?!"
"Is that normal?" Mr. Yada questioned.
Nagisa's parents glanced at one another.
"A brief reminder that there's no such thing as normal anymore." Mr. Akabane said.
"An auto-evolving fixed artillery. Imagine that." Irina said as she observed the shooting.
"Creepy." Mrs. Kataoka remarked.
"She's shooting BB's now, but that's cutting-edge military tech in there." Karasuma said. "Surely this will do the trick."
Mrs. Kimura continuously hit her head. "Military tech in a junior-high classroom?! Damn government!"
Mr. Kanzaki looked like he was having migraine from this episode alone.
"Bye, bye, normal." Mrs. Akabane waved her hand mockingly. "Never liked you anyway."
Irina huffed, smirking. "You think it'll be that easy? If it classroom were that cut and dried, I wouldn't be teaching here." She walked away, flipping her hair.
"Why is she still around?" Mr. Kataoka asked irritably.
"Ask the damn government." Mrs. Kimura glared.
The next scene showed countless BBs on the floor.
"So…" Maehara was crouched down, frowning. "We have to clean all this up?"
"Sucks." Mrs. Akabane said.
"You wouldn't happen to come with a vacuum, eh, Miss Fixed Artillery?" Muramatsu asked, as he gently patted on the side of the machine.
Mrs. Nakamura chuckled. "What military tech comes with a vacuum?"
"Imagine that." Mrs. Fuwa laughed.
Ritsu didn't respond. He frowned. "Bah! Give me the cold shoulder…"
Mrs. Akabane snickered. "Rejected by a machine."
"Give it up. What's the point in teasing a machine?" Yoshida said.
The clock read 10 PM. 'Second Period.' Nagisa thought. Another shootout occurred and the students quickly took cover.
'Third period.' The same thing happened.
The parents were no longer scared or freaking out, but they were irritated.
The perspective shifted to outside the classroom 'The mechanized transfer student's attacks continued all day long.' Korosensei kept dodging before the scene turned black.
"I'm not even gonna say it." Mrs. Kataoka was leaning by her husband, looking drained. "I'm done with all this, I'm just done!"
Mrs. Kimura was mentally cussing the government. Others had similar thoughts.
'The next morning…'
|8:29 AM
"8:29 and 35 seconds AM. All systems go." Ritsu said. "Power-supply voltage: stable. Operating systems: normal. Recording disk: normal. Various devises: normal. No unnecessary elements found. Program start."
The parents watched curiously.
A series of data appeared on screen. "Verifying tasks: Today's plans: attack per 215 before sixth period; continue analyzing target's evasion patterns…" She turned on, but there was something blocking her view.
The scene showed tape wrapped around her. She tried and failed to take out her guns.
Some people laughed at the sight. Others sweat-dropped and were questioning reality.
"Korosensei, I cannot take out my guns like this. Please remove my restraints."
"Nope! Keep 'em." Mrs. Yoshida commented. "They look good on her."
The octopus hummed, scratching his head. "Well, I don't know..."
Mrs. Nakamura chuckled. "Troll."
"Is this your doing?" She asked. "Clearly, it is harming me, in violation of your agreement."
"Wrong!" A tape roll was thrown at her.
"It was me." Terasaka scowled in irritation. "You're a pain in the ass any way you look at it. Learn some common sense before you start firin' away, ya box of bolts."
"Huh." Mr. Terasaka remarked. "Smart."
"Machines don't know what common sense even is!" Sugaya smiled crookedly.
Mrs. Yada frowned. 'That's a little harsh.'
Hara turned to the machine. "We'll release you once class is over." She said reassuringly.
Mr. Muramatsu hummed. "How's she supposed to assassinate him, then?"
"Who cares?" Mr. Terasaka scoffed. "Just no more of that shoot-out. Kids need to focus on schoolwork."
"That's right." Mr. Kanzaki agreed.
Sugino turned to her with a gentle smile. "That's what you get. If we keep getting repeats of yesterday, we'll never learn anything."
Ritsu was silent as she listened to them.
It was now night time.
"Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery to master:" Ritsu's voice cut through. "Cannot execute expected tasks on day two due to unforeseen issues."
"Not good." Mr. Hazama mumbled.
The scene showed her in the dark classroom. "Probability of correcting the problem on my own: zero percent. Probability of assassination by given deadline of graduation may drop considerably." She was trying to connect to her masters. "Requesting immediate countermeasures."
A tentacle was placed on top of the machine. "Now, now- don't rely on your parents."
"Parents?" Mr. Hayami frowned. "Can they be called that?"
"Well, they did make her." Mr. Okajima said.
"Shut it, pervert!"
"I didn't mean anything perverted!" The man held his hands up defensively.
"I don't care, just keep quiet!"
Mr. Okajima crossed his arms. 'There really is no justice in the world.'
Ritsu appeared on the screen.
"I can't really say the tactics your parents thought up with are a good fit for this classroom…" Korosensei said. "Plus, you're a student and a transfer student at that. First, you've got to come up with a good way to get along with everyone."
"Get along?" She asked.
"Is this where she's gonna finally change to the Ritsu we know and love?" Mr. Kurahashi asked hopefully.
"Seems like it." His wife said.
"Do you know why the students are interfering with your assassination and I'm not?" Korosensei asked. "As they see it as, your attacks disrupt the class-"
Flashbacks of yesterday's attacks appeared. "And if you did happen to kill me, the prize money would probably all go to your parents. Your assassination has no upside for them at all."
"Now, I understand, Korosensei." Ritsu said emotionlessly. "I had not considered my classmates' interests."
"Or safety." Mr. Takebayashi added.
The octopus laughed. "You are a smart one." He pulled out something. "Here, I made this for you."
The camera zoomed on the object, which was a hard drive, "Some apps and some extra RAM. All virus-free of course, so please, take it."
Mr. Horibe furrowed his eyebrows. "What is he doing?"
"So, he's going to…upgrade her?" Mr. Hara asked.
Mr. Sugino hummed. "So that's how she changes."
From Ritsu's perspective, an image of the classroom in daylight appeared. Images of students were also displayed.
"What is this?"
"Simulation software for working with your classmates as you attack. You can see how it'd boost your assassination success rate." He explained.
"No objection."
The parents watched in fascination.
"I think you can see now how vital cooperation is to assassination." Korosensei was leaning close to her. "Well? Surely you'd like to get along with everyone."
"I do not know how."
The screen zoomed out to show the octopus holding a box of tools. "As you can see, I came prepared!"
Mr. Kataoka rolled his eyes. "Course he did."
"What is that?"
"All the software you need for cooperation...and more RAM. Harming you may be against the rules," He held up the tools, grinning widely. "But there's nothing in there about increasing your capabilities."
"Good morning..." He whispered as he opened the machine and started working on the upgrades.
"Why are you doing this? These upgrades will only shorten your life." She asked.
"Good question." Mr. Yoshida commented.
"I'm your teacher first, and your target second," he answered while working, occasionally reaching for more tools. "Yesterday was all it took for me to understand that both your ability and desire to learn are extremely high. Your parents gave you that gift, and it's my job as your teacher to develop it."
Mrs. Yada smiled. "That's so sweet of him."
"He really is a good teacher." Mr. Chiba nodded.
Mr. Yukimura smiled. 'Aguri was like that.' His mind went back to the flashback from episode 1. 'Did he learn from her?'
Mrs. Kanzaki smiled and turned to her husband. "If you overlook his flaws, he becomes a very good person."
The man briefly glanced at her and nodded. "Yes."
Ritsu listened carefully. "Learn to work with your classmates and develop your gifts even further."
"Korosensei," The AI said. "Is this World Sweets Checklist necessary for cooperation?" The checklist was displayed in her perspective.
The parents had unsurprised looks.
The octopus shrieked and sat up, blushing and fiddling with his tentacles nervously." I, uh... I thought you could maybe help me with that. Was I asking too much?"
"Okay, he's a good teacher." Mr. Fuwa began.
"But he's still an idiot." Mr. Kataoka remarked.
"Yeah."
Mr. Yukimura sighed. 'Aguri, what is this guy?'
Mr. Nakamura shrugged. "Well, he's still better than the principal."
"True." They all agreed.
The scene faded to black.
It was morning.
"Hey... you think she's still gonna be here today?" Sugino asked, standing in front of the classroom.
"Maybe…" Nagisa replied, walking over.
"We gotta complain to Mr. Karasuma. We can't have Class with that thing around!"
He opened the door and gasped softly.
Kataoka and Kurahashi were already inside, staring at Ritsu, who now had a larger screen.
Mr. Horibe was surprised. "He even got her a new screen?"
"Why?" Mr. Okuda raised an eyebrow.
"She seems bigger..." Sugino observed warily.
Ritsu appeared on screen, with blue eyes and a cheerful smile. "Good morning, everybody!"
The two boys' jaws dropped in disbelief.
Mrs. Okuda laughed at their reactions. "That's so funny."
"Poor kids." Mr. Fuwa chuckled.
"What beautiful weather we're having!" Ritsu's entire body was displayed on the larger screen; the background had changed into green scenery. "Oh, good morning, Korosensei!" She greeted when the octopus approached her.
"To foster feelings of closeness, I gave her a full-body LCD display and body- and uniform-modeling software." He explained.
"Here's to another fine day!" She cheered.
"Made it all myself, for six million, six thousand yen."
The parents' eyes bulged when they heard the amount.
"I'm so happy to be able to spend such a refreshing day with you all!" She tucked her hair as a gentle breeze was displayed.
"Rich expressions and cheerful conversation skills, plus the vast amount of software and memory to run it all:" He turned to his students. "Another eleven million, three thousand yen!"
Mr. Okajima repeatedly slapped himself.
"On a teacher's salary?!" Mr. Okano blanched.
"This guy doesn't mess around." Mr. Yoshida said, then paused. "Well, not all the time."
Mr. Hayami leaned closer to his wife. "All that money on one student?"
The woman nodded. "I'll admit, I'm starting to warm up to him."
"Me too." Mrs. Kimura said. "I trust him with the kids more than the government."
"And the entire school." Mrs. Okano added,to which the rest agreed with her.
Nagisa was at loss for words. 'The new girl's evolution has taken a strange turn.'
Korosensei lifted his head, looking like he had gone mad. "All I have left in my wallet…is five measly yen!" He held up the simple yen.
Mr. Kanzaki rolled his eyes, while others laughed.
"He didn't have to overspend." Mr. Sugaya sweat dropped.
"This guy seems to have poor budgeting skills." Mr. Akabane remarked.
Mrs. Kataoka smiled slightly. "He's an idiot, but he cares about our kids."
"Sure does." Mr. Yada said. "Come to think of it, Korosensei's the only good teacher around."
Everyone agreed with him.
"The plants in the garden sure are getting nice and green. Spring's over and the coming summer smells so pleasant!" Ritsu said with a bird resting on her finger.
"She got crazy cute just overnight!" Okajima exclaimed, blushing at the AI.
Mrs. Okajima was done with her son. 'I'm disowning him.'
Mr. Hayami rolled his eyes. 'Like father, like son.'
Mimura sweat dropped. "This is the fixed artillery...right?"
Terasaka scowled. "Don't be fooled! It's just some program that the octopus loaded up. It might act nice, but a machine's a machine. And that machine is gonna be totally clueless when it attacks, the dumb box o' bolts."
Hiromi hummed. "I don't like him, but he makes a valid point."
Nagisa's father turned to her. "You're not still thinking of…"
"No, no! I'm completely over it." She said with too much cheerfulness, which was why the man didn't believe her.
Ritsu turned to him sadly, the sky behind her turning grey. "I understand how you feel, Terasaka. I was like that. Until yesterday." She brough a hand to her mouth, her eyes brimming with tears. "Box of bolts...I-I don't know what to say." She started crying, causing the green scenery behind her to shift to a rainy weather.
"Aww….." Mrs. Kurahashi pouted and placed her hands on her chest.
"Poor baby." Mrs. Muramatsu had a similar expression.
Mrs. Akabane snickered.
"Aw! You made her cry." Kataoka chided.
"Terasaka made a 2D girl cry." Hara sounded disappointed.
"Cut it out! People'll take that the wrong way!" He snapped.
Nearly everyone laughed.
"I think it's wonderful!" Takebayashi smiled and adjusted his glasses. "2D...A woman's not a woman until she loses that third D."
"…"
Mrs. Takebayshi's eyes bulged, causing her glasses to fall. Mr. Takebayshi's own spectacles were about to follow suit, his jaw was hung open.
"…What did he mean by that?" was all Mr. Kanzaki could say.
"Third D?" Nagisa's father sweat dropped.
Mr. Takebayashi gritted his teeth. 'You damn disappointment!'
Isogai and Kimura suddenly appeared, looking enraged.
"Takebayash! That's your first line?!" Isogai snapped.
"Are you sure?!" Kimura snapped as well.
"What kind of line is that, anyway?!" Mr. Maehara snapped.
"Please don't tell me we have another pervert." Mrs. Okano pinched the bridge of her nose. "One's enough!"
Mr. Okajima was offended. He was about to give a speech in defense of perversion, but instead shrinked back in his seat when he saw his wife's fearsome glare.
"Aren't all the boys perverted?" Mr. Akabane asked. "You know, with the whole girls ranking and all?"
"W-We don't know if they all voted!" Mrs. Chiba said, trying to defend her son, whom she knew wasn't a pervert!
"By your logic, the girls are also perverted." Mr. Okajima spoke, much to his wife's fury. "You know, since we've seen-"
"Can you please hit him again?!" Mr. Kurahashi yelled to Mrs. Okajima.
The woman sighed and rolled up her sleeves.
"Okay! Okay! I'll shut up!" The man covered his mouth and sat back in his seat, but that didn't stop her from punching him. "Ow! Come on, woman!"
"But don't worry, everybody." Ritsu dried her tears, the sun shining in the background. She turned back to Korosensei. "Korosensei taught me the importance of working together." She smiled brightly, a rainbow was behind her. "I'll hold off on my own assassination attempts until I have your consent. That way you'll come to like me."
"Okay, that's good." Mrs. Mimura nodded.
"So please, be nice to her." Korosensei said and held up a tentacle. "Of course…though I may have given her certain upgrades, I didn't lay a tentacle on her bloodlust."
"Nope!" Hara and Kataoka jerked back in shock when the AI suddenly brought out her guns.
Mr. Fuwa sweat dropped. "Cute, but deadly, eh?"
"If you want to kill me, I imagine she'll prove a formidable ally." He grinned as tools emerged through his teeth.
Nagisa smiled at his teacher. 'Korosensei can do anything. Even make a proper student out of a machine.'
"Korosensei, the octopus of miracles." Mrs. Akabane said dramatically.
Korosensei was shown teaching. "Now the retina contains long, thin rods, and short fat...what?" He pointed a tentacle. "Sugaya?"
The boy lifted his face up, drooling slightly. "Huh? Me?"
"Answer without looking at your textbook."
"Yikes! Um…" The artist looked around, trying to remember. "Um..."
Sosuke's parents sighed.
Mr. Nakamura watched sympathetically. "Man, I hated it when that happened to me."
"Same with me." Mr. Mimura said. "Why are teachers like that?"
Mrs. Isogai hid a cough and smiled reassuringly at her friend. "I'm fine."
Mrs. Maehara didn't believe her, but she wasn't going to argue now. 'Maybe after we're done with this episode.'
He noticed that Ritsu, who had a mischievous smile and a finger on her mouth, had written the answer on her leg. "Er...cones."
Mr. Takebayashi face palmed while others burst out laughing.
"Life savior!" Mr. Mimura cried joyously.
"Why on her legs?" Mr. Okano snickered.
Mrs. Kanzaki giggled softly and turned to her husband. "It's pretty funny."
The man shrugged. "I suppose so."
"Now hang on, Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery! Don't be slipping him the answer!" The octopus yelled, raising his hands in the air.
Ritsu looked up in surprise. "But sir, you programmed me to give perks to my fellow students!"
"Oh!" Mr. Nakamura slapped his hands together. "She got him!"
Mr. Kanzaki chuckled slightly.
Mr. Yoshida snickered. "This is gold!"
"Koro Sensei Weak Point: Gets outsmarted by machines." Mr. Fuwa clutched his sides.
"Cheating is not a perk!" She bowed her head slightly when he scolded her.
The scene showed a sculpture.
The Sugayas and a number of other parents were astonished.
"Oh, wow!" Kurahashi exclaimed.
"Whoa, you can make this inside you?" Okano asked in astonishment.
Mr. Okano face palmed at his daughter's wording. "Please tell me she didn't mean anything dirty." He mumbled.
Many students had gathered around Rtisu. Some were admiring the sculpture, while others watched her play Shogi with Chiba.
"Yes! I can create freely using a special plastic inside me. I can make guns or anything at all, if I have the data."
Mr. Akabane raised an eyebrow. "Special plastic?"
"What a sculptor!" Sugaya admired the work of art.
"Cool! Now try making flowers!" Yada said excitedly.
"Understood, I will gather flower data." Ritsu smiled.
"Yay!" Yada returned the smile.
"Check, Chiba." She said as she moved her 'arm' and placed her piece on the board.
The boy was dumbfounded and dropped his head on the desk. "Three matches in and I already can't win."
The Chibas smiled sympathetically.
"She learns so fast!" Maehara said, placing a hand on his chin.
"Really amazing…" Fuwa gasped and turned to Ritsu. "Ooh! There was this manga where an Artificial intelligence controlled the world through electronic drugs!"
"Oh, I know that one!" Mr. Nakamura smiled. "It was so cool!"
"Is it?" Mr. Mimura turned to him. "Sounds pretty cliché."
"That's what I thought at first!" The other man beamed. "But it's really awesome and it has crazy plot twists and subverts a lot of tropes!"
"And the villains are interesting." Mr. Fuwa added. "One of them starts off as a generic bad guy, but as then later we learn that there's much more to him."
"Dude, he's my favorite character!" Mr. Nakamura beamed.
Mrs. Nakamura sighed when she saw her husband enter fanboy mode.
The rest of the parents watched the three men discuss the manga.
"I'm curious now." Mr. Hazama watched the men chat together.
"The super-popular detective manga serialized into a major magazine and made into an anime?" Ristu stated.
"Yet you have no data on flowers." Fuwa commented.
"Huh." The AI frowned.
"She's turned out to be really popular!" Sugino smiled as he, Korosensei, Nagisa, and Kayano watched them.
"And they all lived happily ever after." Mrs. Akabane said sarcastically.
"She can do lots of things at once and make whatever she wants!" Kayano stated.
"Rats!" The octopus suddenly yelled, grabbing his students' attention.
"What is it?" Nagisa asked.
He looked down, sweating. "Her character type is just like mine!"
"It's nothing like yours!" Nagisa said.
"What the hell is he talking about now?" Mr. Terasaka rested his head in his palms.
He stared sweating profoundly. "Here I upgraded her, and now she's eating into my popularity!"
"So ungrateful." Mrs. Kataoka said dramatically.
"This guy has some serious insecurity issues." Mr. Yada noted.
"True." Mr. Yukimura nodded. "Remember when he was jealous of Karasuma?"
"Well, that Karasuma is a hottie with fans." Mrs. Akabane turned to her husband and sighed dramatically. "I, on the other hand, have you."
Mr. Akabane turned to her with a challenging smirk. "Someone's being naughty again."
"Yeah," She leaned closer to his face, wearing a smirk identical to his. "And what're you gonna do about it?"
The man chuckled evilly and gripped her chin. "I'll keep it a surprise."
Mr. Yada coughed uncomfortably and turned away.
People either turned away in disgust while others were staring at the Akabanes, wondering just how shameless could they get.
Mr. Okajima was turned on and mentally taking notes for his love life.
"Look, class!" he yelled, catching their attention. "I can put on a human face, too, you know!" A grinning human face appeared on his face. "See? Change my skin color a little…"
Mrs. Hazama yelped.
"What the hell is that?!" Mr. Mimura back away.
"Creepy!" Mimura cut him off.
"And ugly!" Mrs. Maehara added.
Korosensei was now sulking on top of his desk. "Mimura...looked at my face...and called it…"creepy"!"
"Boo hoo." Mrs. Hayami commented.
"Seriously, how old is he?" Mr. Kimura sweat dropped.
"He's a good teacher, he's a good teacher." Mr. Kurahashi kept reminding himself.
"Hey, why don't we pick a name for her?" Kataoka turned back to the machine. "Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery is a mouthful."
Ritsu turned to them in surprise.
"Sure is." They agreed.
"Let' see..." Hara mused. "Maybe take part of that…"
"Autonomous… [Jiritsu]"
"How about "Ritsu"?" Fuwa suggested smiling.
"So that's how she got her name." Mrs. Sugino said. "That's pretty smart."
"Cop-out." Chiba said, lifting his face from the board and causing the piece stuck to his face to fall.
Fuwa turned to him in shock. "What? It's cute!"
"It is." Mrs. Kurahashi agreed.
"It's a little bland." Mr. Horibe commented.
"Ritsu..." The AI tried out her new name.
"You okay with that." The students stepped closer, causing their reflections to appear on screen.
Ritsu beamed. "Yes, very happy. Please: call me Ritsu!"
Nagisa walked over to Karma smiling. "This might just work out."
Karma hummed and looked down in thought. "I wonder. It's like Terasaka said: she's just following Korosensei's program." They looked over at her. "It's not like machines have free will."
Mr. Hara furrowed his brows. 'But she acts like a real person now.'
"He makes a valid point." Mr. Okuda said.
Ritsu displayed the Kanji for her name while Fuwa affectionately poked her cheek.
"Wherever she goes from here, it's up to the guys who built her."
The scene shifted to outside, where a group of men were standing at night.
"Who are they?" Hiromi frowned.
"Her 'parents' maybe?" Mrs. Sugino asked.
"Wh-What is this?" The scientist exclaimed.
"Oh, boy." Mr. Nakamura grimaced. "Not good."
Mr. Fuwa frowned. "The guy's Japanese is pretty good."
"And?" Mrs. Fuwa turned to him.
"Well, I thought they were Norwegian." He said.
Mr. Kataoka frowned. "Maybe they're Japanese based in Norway?"
The other man shrugged. "Maybe."
"Good evening, master." Ritsu smiled at the man, a bird in a hand. "I'm having a most enjoyable time at school, thanks to you."
"Inconceivable!" He yelled, cutting her off and causing the bird to fly away.
Mr. Yukimura and a number of other parents flinched at the loud voice.
"This is seriously not good." Mr. Fuwa sweated lightly.
"Not only has she been arbitrarily upgraded, there are things in here that have nothing to do with assassination. We overhaul her at once. Remove everything not necessary for assassination."
Ritsu's body was laid on the floor. She was glitching as they removed the upgrades and appeared to be in pain.
There was a collection of gasps.
Mrs. Akabane glared. "Assholes."
"This thing has its roots in the Aegis combat system AI. It can analyze a situation and can reach a comprehensive decision faster than any human, plus we use any weapon at all." The man stood over her and observed as she was downgraded. "If it can move its might, it'll change the face of war forever."
The parents looked sick.
"A machine like that in battle…" Mr. Sugino gulped.
Mr. Okuda shook his head. 'If only they used their knowledge for something beneficial to humanity.'
Mrs. Kurahashi shed a few tears. "Poor Ritsu."
"The ten billion reward is just a taste." Ritsu's glitches increased. "This classroom is the ultimate proving ground: kill that monster and we stand to gain trillions."
Mrs. Maehara growled, mentally cursing the scientist.
Mrs. Kimura gritted her teeth. "Proving ground my…" she held herself back from cussing.
Mr. Kanzaki was angry as well.
"Never mind the fact that there are students around the so-called proving ground." Mrs. Hayami crossed her arms.
Ritsu gasped when she felt her them remove her new screen.
Mrs. Hara and Mrs. Chiba gasped.
Mrs. Kurahashi cried harder. Mrs. Nakamura's eyes were already brimming with tears.
"That seems…painful." Mr. Horibe said warily.
His wife nodded, watching sadly.
Hiromi turned away from the screen. Somehow, this specific scene was a reminder of her past. 'They wouldn't let Ritsu be a normal girl, just like how my parents wouldn't let me.'
"Your master's orders are absolute." She saw him threw the glitches. "The only thing you need to think about is assassination."
"Yes, mast—" She was turned off.
"I'm sure Korosensei'll do something about it." Mr. Okajima spoke up, trying to cheer them up. "I mean just look at Ritsu now."
"Yes." Mrs. Kurahashi dried her tears.
Mr. Okajima smiled. "Then chin up, everyone! Everything'll work out!"
The others nodded and began to smile slightly.
Suddenly, they all blanched and slowly turned to Mr. Okajima.
The man blinked. "What?"
"…Did you just say something not perverted?" Mr. Yada asked in disbelief.
Even Mrs. Okajima was shocked.
Mr. Okajima huffed and crossed his arms. "As a matter of fact, yes, I did!"
The others didn't seem to believe him, or their ears for that matter.
"Are you pulling our legs?" Mr. Hayami asked.
"Did your wife hit you too hard?" Mr. Yada asked.
"Did you find religion?" Mr. Maehara asked as well.
Mr. Okajima scowled. "Just because I'm a pervert doesn't mean I can't say something decent!"
The others were had some trouble believing him.
"Good morning, everybody." Ritsu's red eyes and monotone voice were back.
"The deal is that you not harm your students," Karasuma explained as the students stared at the old Ritsu before turning to him.
"But now upgrades will be considered "harm."" He then turned to Terasaka. "The same goes for you."
Terasaka tensed.
"If you tie her up or break her, you'll be asked to pay damages."
The boy scowled and looked away.
Mrs. Akabane scowled. "Bastards."
"These are her owners' wishes. We have to comply."
"Owners? I don't know." The octopus scratched his head. "I'd like to put my student's feelings first, not her parents'."
Mrs. Akabane nodded. 'You should.'
"I really wish he'd stop calling them her parents." Mrs. Maehara frowned. "They don't deserve to be called that."
'Neither do you.' Mrs. Akabane glared at her.
Class resumed, but everyone was on edge.
'If she's been downgraded…?' Sugino glanced warily at the black box.
'Are we looking at another daylong assault?' Isogai and Nakamura were waiting for the expected assault.
Terasaka glared and gritted his teeth. 'That pain-in-the-ass attack…'
Ritsu's body glowed as she displayed data on her screen.
'Here it comes!' Nagisa braced himself.
The parents watched nervously.
The sides opened and Korosensei looked up. "Here we go."
The scene cut to the outside and shook.
Mrs. Hazama yelped.
Beads of sweat trailed down Mr. Kanzaki's forehead.
Nagisa and Sugino stared at the back in shock. Flower pellets suddenly fell down.
"Huh?" Hiromi's eyes widened slightly.
The scene showed flowers on the side of Ritsu's body. "I promised I'd make flowers."
"Whoa…" Mr. Fuwa was astonished.
The students were stunned. "Korosensei made 985 improvements to my body. My master judged most of them irrelevant to assassination and removed them, deleted them, and restored my factory defaults." She explained.
"But of what I have learned of the E Class, I myself decided that my ability to cooperate was essential to assassination so before it was deleted, I hid it in a corner of memory inside a related piece of software."
"She did?" Mr. Nakamura asked in surprise. "On her own?"
"This must mean…" Mr. Kataoka breathed.
Mrs. Chiba grinned happily.
"Wonderful!" Korosensei said joyously. "Ritsu, this must mean…"
Yes: I have defied my master of my own free will!" Ritsu appeared on screen with her blue eyes and green scenery.
Some people cheered.
Mrs. Akabane smiled proudly. 'Good girl.'
Nagisa and Kayano glanced at each other.
"Nice one!" Karma smiled as he touched a pellet.
"Korosensei, does this mean I'm in a rebellious phase?" She blushed and looked down with a nervous look. "Am I a bad girl?"
"Aww…." Mrs. Kurahashi, Mrs. Muramatsu, and Mrs. Hara gushed.
Mr. Okajima rubbed his chin. "That last line makes her sound like a girlfriend simulator."
The three women glared murderously at him.
"Looks like he's back to normal." Mr. Yada commented. "Is that a good thing?"
"Well, it's not confusing." Mr. Hayami said, watching as the three woman scolded the pervert.
"Not at all!" Korosennsei waved a tentacle. "You're a third-year junior-high student, and a fine one at that!" A red circle appeared on his face.
Mr. Kanzaki thought back to his daughter's rebellious phase.
Mrs. Maehara smiled in amusement. "Even machines have rebellious phases, huh?"
Mrs. Isogai giggled lightly.
"Does anyone remember what normal looked like?" Mrs. Kataoka said.
"Who cares? It's gone for good now." Mr. Hazama said. "From now on, expect things to get even crazier."
"Yippy." Mrs. Hayami twirled her index finger sarcastically.
'And so the E Class gained another ally. Now there are twenty-seven of us trying to kill Korosensei.'
"The more, the merrier." Mr. Okano said.
"Karasuma! Karasuma!" Irina called, opening the staff room's door.
Karasuma looked up at her.
Irina had a face drawn on her chest. She had an excited look on her face. "Is it true that adding a face will make me popular?"
The Akabanes laughed hard, while the rest of the parents staring blankly at the screen.
"Has she finally lost it?" Mrs. Kimura asked.
"Is this woman really a professional killer?" Mr. Terasaka questioned.
Karasuma had no words. "Boy, have you gotten off track!"
"She doesn't even know where the track is anymore!" Mr. Fuwa groaned and buried his face in his hands.
"I don't know who's a bigger clown." Mrs. Hayami said. "The bitch or the octopus?"
"Why not both?" Mr. Kurahashi suggested.
"The bitch." Mrs. Kataoka said. "We all agree Korosensei's the only good teacher around our kids, so he gets a pass."
Mr. Chiba hummed. "Sounds reasonable."
"Unlike reality." Mr. Hazama commented.
Lerche's logo suddenly appeared.
A city was shown. Suspense music was playing.
Mr. Nakamura's eyes were instantly glued to the screen.
"Uh…what is this?" Mr. Hazama asked.
Dark near future.
The Japanese subtitles were written down.
Someone was jumping from roof top to roof top.
Sonic Ninja
Mr. Akabane frowned. "Why are we suddenly watching Sonic Ninja?"
"Eh, I'm not complaining." His wife shrugged.
The hero placed his sword back into its sheath. The helicopter behind him was cut in half and blew up.
Here I am!
Mr. Kanzaki raised an eyebrow at the gleeful Mr. Nakamura.
He slowly stood up.
Suddenly, the music got intense.
Corruption!
The character, Ethan Brennette appeared on screen.
Betrayal
Maryann Cooper slapped him
Violence
Joness was shown calling for someone as two building collapsed.
Inducement.
Mafia "BAD" leader was smirking evilly
Nature of human being, it's evil
Future mafia "ZAP" leader was standing on over flames while Maryann aimed her gun at him.
Adam.
What is real Justice?
Two characters were kissing.
What is real love?
The title "Sonic Ninja" appeared.
"Wires should be cut in half." He said on top of a tall building.
The parents sweat dropped, unsure of what to do or say. Mr. Nakamura was giddy, much to his wife's amusement.
The video ended and the camera panned out to show it was being played on Ritsu while Kayano, Karma, and Nagisa watched.
"Sonic Ninja! I added the subtitles."
Nagisa was astonished.
"Nice!" Karma smiled.
"You sure are handy, Ritsu!" Kayano exclaimed.
The episode ended.
Mrs. Kataoka was bemused. "Was that really necessary?"
Yup!" Ritsu said, appearing on screen.
"Why?"
Ritsu smiled. "Well, it's not very important,"
"Correct." Mr. Takabayshi said, but was ignored by the AI.
"But we included it because the movie would be featured in the next episode."
Mr. Nakamura looked like he was in heaven.
"So, we thought we'd show you the trailer in case you didn't know about it."
"Um…How long have we been here?" Mr. Sugino asked.
Ritsu turned to him. "Which time zone are you referring to?"
"This one."
A digital clock appeared beside Ritsu, showing that it was 10:33 PM.
Mr. Okuda hummed. "That long, huh?"
"We should go to bed soon." Mrs. Yada said.
Mr. Mimura turned to her. "But we're adults."
"No, no, she's right." Mrs. Mimura placed a hand on his shoulder. "We can't just keep watching for long."
"How about you sleep after episode 11?" Ritsu suggested. "That way, you'll have finished half the first season."
"Sounds good." Nagia's father said.
"Yeah." Mr. Kataoka nodded.
Mr. Nakamura grinned widely. 'Sonic Ninja! Sonic Ninja!'
"Okay then." Ritsu played the next episode.
Then, Mrs. Isogai stared coughing.
Next chapter is going to take a while because it's going to have a very intense moment.
Godess Bubbles, if the parents are "kinda getting on your nerves" so far in this story, then next chapter may snap your nerves because someone's going to have a jerkass moment. As for the parents being judgmental, yeah, we'll see what happens with them as the story goes.