"Alright then. We just need enough tentacle cells for Nagisa and experimentation. Of course, if Nagisa fails to maintain mental stability with a single tentacle, we'll need to abort the whole thing. For that reason, I suggest we infiltrate the Ministry of Defense first, and save the exotic matter lab for after preliminary tentacle testing."

The class nodded.

Yada raised her hand.

"Yes Yada?"

"Quick question: what happens if we run into Mr. Karasuma or Professor Bitch? They do work at the Ministry."

"That could complicate things..."

Hara joined in the conversation.

"Why don't we have a team dedicated to keeping them occupied? I meet with them for lunch every once and a while. Maybe I and a few other ladies could keep them in Tokyo for a few hours."

"That sounds good. You'll take point on that Hara; whatever date you set up to meet will be our infiltration date."

Okuda's eyes swept over the class.

"Who else wants to go with Hara?"

Yada, Kurahashi, and Kataoka raised their hands.

"Yada, you're definitely going. Kurahashi and Kataoka: you already said you'd be happy to go on the infiltration mission. You're going to have to choose between that and the distraction team."

Kataoka nodded. "I'll keep my place on the attack squad."

Kurahashi smiled. "I think I'll go on the distraction team. I don't think you guys will have any problems without me on attack duty."

Okuda nodded.

Kimura raised his hand.

"You mind if I sit out of the infiltration as well? Being in the force raises the stakes considerably when it comes to being caught or ID'd."

Okuda nodded. "Makes sense. I assume you'd prefer a more back-end job?"

Kimura nodded back. "If that's okay with everybody else."

"Alright. I propose we divide everybody into four teams: Attack, Distraction, Support, and Prep. Attack will do the actual infiltration and theft, Distraction will keep Karasuma and Professor Bitch away, Support will quarterback the missions via Ritsu, and Prep will help prepare for the mission by way of disguises and weapons. We already have Attack and Distraction teams selected, so that leaves Support and Prep."

Karma raised his hand. "I'll gladly join the Prep team. I can provide large amounts of wasabi."

"Karma, this is your only warning."

"Point taken. Chili paste."

Okuda sighed, resigned to her fate. I shouldn't have discarded my ace over a group text... but c'est la vie. I'll need to install more explosives next time I'm in Karma's apartment...

"I'll be on the Prep team as well."

"Alright Takebayashi. I'll be on Prep team as well."

"I'll join too."

"And me!"

"Ok. That means the Prep team consists of myself, Sugaya, Kimura, Karma, and Takebayashi. Anybody else?"

Nakamura and Yoshida raised their hands, promising weaponry and vehicles, respectively.

"Good. That's seven on Prep. Anybody for Support? Aside from Ritsu, that is."

Itona stood up.

"I'll stick around here to help Ritsu."

"And I can help with the security cameras!"

Everybody stared at Okajima.

"What? I'm a professional photographer for god's sake! I can edit the attack team out."

"Err, alright. Who else?"

"I can help with security cameras too."

"Perfect. Mimura and Okajima will manipulate the security camera footage."

Muramatsu stood up.

"You mind if I join the Distraction team? If they meet at my ramen place I can slow down their orders and keep them there longer."

"Good thinking. Alright, final team divisions are as follows: Nagisa, Kayano, Fuwa, Okano, Kataoka, Isogai, Maehara, Hayami, Kanzaki, and Hazama on Attack. Hara, Yada, Kurahashi, Muramatsu, and Sugino on Distraction. Ritsu, Itona, Okajima, and Mimura on Support. And last but not least, Sugaya, Kimura, Karma, Takebayashi, Nakamura, Terasaka, Yoshida, Chiba, and myself on Prep. Any questions or transfer requests?"

Nobody spoke.

"Alright. Separate into your teams and elect a leader, then have your team leader meet with the other leaders and Ritsu to form a plan."

The class nodded and separated into clumps. Isogai was chosen to lead the Attack team with Kataoka as his second-in-command. Hara took charge of the Distraction team and Ritsu was put in charge of Support. Neither of them chose seconds due to small team size and minimal risks. Okuda took the lead for the Prep team, with Karma as her second (Fine, but if you mention wasabi once I will throttle you and give your position to Takebayashi!).

After brief individual team meetings, the team leaders got together to strategize. Hara spoke first.

"I've already invited the Karasumas to lunch on the fifth of May. That gives us a little under a month to prepare. That should work, right?"

Okuda, Isogai, and Ritsu nodded.

"Keeping them distracted should be pretty straightforward. I can promise you two hours, maybe more."

Isogai spoke.

"That should be plenty of time. We'll make sure to be in position when you first see them, then start a one-hour clock. That'll allow plenty of breathing room for you, and plenty of time for us to get out of there."

Ritsu smiled and switched her screen image to that of a traffic cop.

"I can hack the traffic lights when they leave to give you even more time."

Okuda's eyes narrowed.

"They might find that suspicious. Let's use that as a last resort."

Ritsu nodded.

"Only as a last resort then. While the Attack team is completing the op, my team will hack into the security system and direct the security cameras away, editing out any appearances. We'll also help direct the members of the team."

"Good." Okuda spoke with authority in her voice, surprising her classmates yet again. "My team can provide explosives, vehicles, disguises, and tranquilizer weapons."

Isogai's face twisted into confusion.

"Where are you going to get tranquilizer weapons?"

"Karma."

"Oh..."