Nagisa stood in the P.E. yard of Class 3-E. He and the rest of the Attack team were meeting here to train and go over the plan Isogai had made with the other team leaders. It appears I'm the first to arrive...
Nagisa looked up at the sky. I wonder what Koro Sensei felt like when he flew... I guess I'll get the chance to ask him soon enough. Nagisa smiled. Then, he gulped. I'll get the chance to experience it soon enough.
Koro Sensei, The Reaper, Kayano, Itona. They tentacles asked them all what they wanted to be. But what do I want to be? My sanity will hinge on the answer...
Nagisa was shaken out of his thoughts by the approach of Isogai.
"Looks like you beat me here Nagisa! Since we're both here early, wanna spar? Rubber knives of course."
Nagisa nodded.
"Seems wise. Good practice and all."
Nagisa drew his knife, as did Isogai. They dropped their bags and walked away from the school building. Isogai lunged forward to strike and Nagisa dodged, attempting to counter with a jab to the back. Isogai leaned forward to avoid the strike and whirled around for another attack. Nagisa grabbed his wrist and flipped him onto his back. He attempted to end the fight, but Isogai rolled away. Nagisa threw his knife and used the nekodamashi, preventing Isogai from dodging.
"Haven't done that trick since the first day of school!"
"Nic- wait, you used that in a school?!"
"Yeah. Got much easier to take roll after that."
"You are terrifying."
Nagisa smiled and shrugged.
"Given the alternatives were calling in sick and giving them an all-day study hall or allowing that kid to kill me, I don't really regret it much."
Kayano came up the hill waving, with Fuwa and Kanzaki accompanying her.
"Don't tell me you guys started training without us!"
Isogai shook his head. "It's just a friendly spar between friends. Nothing to get worked up about."
"Class president to the end."
"Hazama, when did you get here!?"
"While you two were fighting."
"And you didn't say anything?"
"What was there to say? Anyway, we'll start once Okano, Kataoka, Maehara, and Hayami get here, right?"
Isogai nodded.
"When they get here we'll go over the plan with Ritsu and begin training targeted towards our specific roles. We took into account your strengths from eight years ago, so you should all find your roles fairly easy."
Over the course of the next ten minutes, the four remaining team members arrived. The team then entered the 3-E building to speak with Ritsu.
Isogai stepped forward to stand next to Ritsu, who displayed the schematics of the Ministry of Defense base.
"Ritsu, would you mind giving the team a walkthrough of the base layout?"
"Not at all."
Ritsu's image turned to face the team.
"The base holding the recovered tentacle cells is used exclusively for the storage of materials deemed dangerous by the Ministry. As such, the entire bunker is reinforced to the point of being able to withstand multiple nuclear strikes from both the inside and the outside. As such, there is no way in except by the designated point of entry: a single door you can't get near without clearance. Security is very tight near the entrance, but becomes much more lax the farther in you go. The tentacle cells are stored on the lowest level, about ten stories underground, and are protected by minimal security. That level is accessible both by the emergency exit stairwell and an elevator requiring a passkey to operate."
Isogai nodded. "The plan is for us to go in posing as architects and engineers planning to ensure both structural stability and proper containment of the many radioactive objects stored in the bunker. Once we reach the bottom level, we will grab all tentacle related equipment, along with the stem cells. We will then slip back out and return here to give the tentacle equipment to Okuda and Takebayashi, who will begin testing on Nagisa at their leisure. If everything goes according to plan, there should be no need for violence, but we'll have tranquilizer weapons and smoke bombs just in case."
The team nodded.
"Ritsu and Itona are making earpieces they will use to communicate with us from afar. It will connect us with each other and the Support team, who will quarterback us from here, along with Okuda and Takebayashi, who will advise us in the event something sciency happens and we don't know what to do. We will arrive at the base at noon, the time at which the Distraction Team will begin their mission. We will not begin the mission until the Distraction team confirms the Karasuma couple has arrived. We have two weeks to train for the mission. We'll go over our aliases, practice our acting, and refresh our assassination skills from eight years ago. Unfortunately, we'll be unable to train in marksmanship lest somebody from the main campus hear us and choose to investigate, but we should be able to make up for it in close-quarters combat training."
Hayami raised her hand. "I may be able to help with that."
Isogai raised an eyebrow.
