Chapter 5: Mission Time

AN: To answer one question from the reviews here, I am slowly introducing all the characters over time, trying to give them proper introductions and give them plenty of time, to make everything easier and make it a better story! Enjoy!

From the confines of a dark lair, hidden in shadows, The Director continued to monitor everything. Between the monitoring devices he had placed, the devices he had hacked into to become monitoring devices, and the bracelets themselves which had a whole number of monitoring devices, he was aware of everything going on around Class E. He had also gathered plenty of data about them, but not just them. He was also gathering data from multiple other sources.

So far, everything was going the way he wanted it to. Pieces were falling into place, information was flowing, and his goals were being furthered. That said...an interesting notification appeared suddenly on his screen.

"Well now, it looks like that is finally in the open. I guess its showtime".

He said that to himself, as he opened up a program and began to go to work...

Toko started to wake up suddenly as he felt this weird rush or buzz coming over his body. Dressed only in an oversized shirt that almost went down to his knees, he was starting to come to his senses when he realized two things. First of all, it was still pretty dark outside. And second, the thing that woke him up was a non-harmful but annoying electrical buzz coming from the bracelet near his ankle. Shota was still asleep, and it looked like it was only his.

That was when he heard a noise come from his phone, which was on the nightstand next to him on his side, and charging. He groggily grabbed it, and saw the message.

"Mission Time. Get dressed quickly and meet the others. No one else".

It appeared that whatever was going on, seemed to involve those "secondary objectives" they were told they would get on day one. As he didn't want to antagonize the person who could kill them all with a button press, he decided to follow orders. He quickly pulled on some underwear and shorts, as well as some socks. He also got a bag he prepared with some supplies in it, just in case.

With that done, he quickly snuck out and went downstairs. Once he did, he found everyone else who appeared to have been summoned. Leo Smith, Ryouske Kazama, Hiroki Hirose, and Faye Maekawa. Faye was the only girl among them, and everyone looked confused by the situation just as much as Toko was.

"So, is this everyone?" Ryouske questioned as he looked around.

"Looks like it" Hiroki confirmed.

"So what do you think this is about?" Toko asked. Whatever this was, it seemed like a weird group to assemble. For one thing, Hiroki and Faye had pretty much opposite personalities, and Toko doubted that Ryouske even knew what the word indirect meant. Of all the students who attempted direct assassinations and one on one fights with Koro-sensei at the start, he did it the most. And as a result, he once had all his nails painted pink.

"Glad you asked!" a weird voice replied, from their bracelets. "Welcome everyone, to your first mission as Assassins! Oh, but dont worry, you dont have to kill anyone this time. No no, you see...today is a simple, easy one. Cant get too difficult this early after all! Anyways, I just sent a message to all your phones!"

Surely enough, from an encrypted number, two images and a location were sent. The images were of a man and a flash drive, and the location was a nearby bath house.

"So, here are the details. That man is coming into town this morning, surrounded by an escort of armed guards with a flash drive. The location marked is the only time the flash drive will be away from his person, stored inside a locker instead of being kept in his jacket while he is surrounded by security. Your goal is very simple: obtain the flash drive. He travels in an armored car also, so no Leo, sniping out the driver is not an option".

"It is if I had that new, sweet sniper rifle..."

"Actually, it wouldn't. Its been triple reinforced".

Leo tilted his head at that.

"Who is this guy?"

"Reiji Tachibani. CEO of one of the biggest Science Conglomerates in the world. His security will be expecting thugs, assassins, seductresses. But not children. So, go and succeed...unless you want the alternative".

"Fine..." Toko said, a bit relieved it was only a heist. "But I would like to know why us specifically?"

"Well, even if it shouldn't be overly difficult, I figured having some backup just in case would be good. As for the rest of you, experience never hurts right?"

"...can we at least leave a note for the others when they finally wake up?"

"Eh. Sure. I already excused you from classes today anyways. And also, to help give you some experience...its up to you to figure out everyone's role in this, Toko".

"Eh?"

"You were the one who asked 'why us', so I figured that would make you a good leader. Anyways, have fun!"

And just like that, the communications turned off.

"So...I guess we dont have to take a bath before we go then?"

"Alright! This seems like fun!" Faye announced, being the Adreniline Junky that she is. It seemed she had not yet realized though that given the situation, there was only one real role she could take.

"Toko? Anyone?" Shota asked as he came down the stairs, looking around. It was still morning, but Toko had disappeared, and it seemed he was the first awake. That was when he noticed the note on the fridge. "Weird Director guy gave us a mission. Had to go ourselves. Don't panic, breakfast was superspecially ordered in".

Shota processed that for a moment, as he twitched a little.

"IN WHAT WORLD IS THAT SOMETHING YOU LEAVE SUCH A CASUAL NOTE FOR?! AND WHAT IS WITH SUPERSPECIALLY?!"

Meanwhile, across town, a very luxurious and high end car approached the bath house. However, it was by no means the first of its enterouge to arrive.

"Are you sure I have to be the lookout?" Faye asked through their ear comms, a bit annoyed she was outside and away from the main action.

"Yes. For one thing, you are a girl" Toko said quietly, getting a coffee milk from the vending machine while with just a towel wrapped around his waist. "Though, I still dont quite get why he would put the flash drive in a locker, and not keep it in that armored car he has".

"Its because a car can be towed" Leo whispered as he enjoyed the nice warm bath. "Ahhh...Japanese knew their stuff when it came to baths. Right, anyways...it would be easy to steal if they could tow the whole car, take it to an isolated location, and take their time ripping into it. A lot of the security forces will come in and secure the baths. They are liable to hassle anyone, except children. That said, Toko...what is with that scar?"

"An old surgery from an old injury. Lets just drop it at that" Toko replied. The scar was acutally pretty old so not many noticed it, but Leo did have exceptional eyesight.

"Anyways, then why am I not in there?" Ryouske asked, sitting on a bench and looking at his phone while waiting.

"Because your an exception, you large muscle filled martial arts maniac" Faye replied, making a bit of fun. "Toko and Leo look totally unthreatening. And somehow, despite everything, Hiroki seems even more unthreatening".

The one armed Hiroki Hirose sighed at the comment, as he was enjoying the baths with Leo. "Really? Is it because of the one armed thing?"

"No, that actually makes you look a bit more threatening" Faye replied, to his surprise. "What makes you look unthreatening is your slim physique and round brown eyes. Totally makes you look like a softy".

Hiroki couldn't help but be both a bit stunned, and humored by Faye's words. However, before he could respond...

"Target is out of the car. He patted the upper right pocket, suspected flash drive location".

"Toko, join me in the baths" Leo mentioned. "Intel suggests that he has undercover spotters at this place, and also, you are on your third coffee milk".

"But its really good".

"Yeah, but...no one wants you that hyped up on caffine Toko, even if its diluted with milk" Faye told him.

Toko sighed, and went towards the baths. Even then, he couldn't help but notice how his mind set had changed in just a few weeks. He was looking out for ways to assassinate, and looking for things to take advantage of. And he was pretty sure he had spotted at least two undercover security agents.

"He just entered the baths...lets go with that plan then".

"Damnit...I am trouble prone enough as it is" Toko muttered. The man quickly came into the locker area, and began to change. At the same time, the suspicious people...one changed his movements, while the other showed little to no change. He also had vision over the locker he was using.

Leo got out of the water, grabbing his towel and slinging it over his shoulder. He ended up accidentally splashing Hiroki, which made him move over and get out to properly get the water out of his face. The man had just finished getting undressed, and put something else with his clothes in the locker as he wrapped the towel around his waist.

And then, right as he made it into the baths, as Toko was walking up for his role...he slipped and fell, landing on his back.

"Ow!"

Hiroki quickly changed directions and went over with a loud, worried voice. "Hey, are you okay?"

In this moment, Hiroki ended up tossing his towel to the side to use both his hands to help Toko...and it was right into the head of the lookout. In this instant, Leo moved over to the locker and opened the lock as if it was unlocked, using the master key they had obtained earlier. Without wasting any time, he reached in and felt around, and then managed to find a flash drive. He quickly pulled it out and put it into his mouth, or rather, the small plastic case inside his mouth that he then snapped shut afterwards, closing the locker and then walking away all in a few seconds. By the time that the lookout wiped the water out of his eyes and threw the towel away from him, it was already over.

"Alright everyone" Leo whispered quietly. "Time to dry off and get out of here. Gotta say, not bad given it gave us the day off".

Hiroki pretended to help Toko up, who pretended that his fall was real and hurt a bit as they walked away towards their own lockers. Leo opened his, and using the open locker door as cover, snuck the case out of his mouth and into his pants pocket. The three of them then got dressed, and headed out of the bathhouse.

"We got it? There wasn't multiples right?" Toko asked as they got clear of the public.

"Not that I found" Leo mentioned, taking out the case and opening it. Right there was the flash drive they had seen in the image. It looked rather unique though. "Anyways, it seems we got out clean".

"Literally" Hiroki mentioned, considering three of them had just bathed. "So, what now?"

"We deliver the flash drive to the pre-approved point...then go to the arcade?"

Faye and Ryouske managed to meet up, and the five were now fairly far away from the area.

"Looks like it might not be so simple" Leo mentioned. "We have a tail behind us".

"Could be government".

"And the sniper on the roof of that office building, tailing us?"

"Not sure about him" Toko replied, looking around. "So what do..."

Before Toko could finish his statement, Ryouske turned around to engage the man tailing them. He immediately pulled out a silenced handgun, but Ryouske was too fast, snatching it out of his arm and then taking him down with some form of martial arts. Notably, the sniper seemed to have no reaction at all to what was going on, and something caught Leo's eye.

"Huh..."

"What is it?"

"Well, its just occured to me...I think the sniper was aiming at the guy tailing us".

"...wait, hold on..." Toko said, contemplating something. Now that he thought about it, the discussion the other day about Leo, along with Ritsu, there were two other gun experts, the snipers of the original E-Class... "...I think we should just proceed. If the sniper isn't going to shoot us, then thats good, since we really dont have any means to hit him at this range".

"Yeah, even I cant hit him with the handguns I have on me at this time" Leo mentioned. As fantastic as his aim and prediction abilities were, even he could not accurately target a sniper far away with a handgun. His own sniper rifle, that might be another story, but there was no way he could deal with him in this situation. It wasn't like he had superpowers after all. "...I wonder if we could find a way to develop superpowers..."

"Now, that might just even the playing field a little" Toko replied, patting his own chest. "Like...super height".

That joke made everyone laugh a little.

"So, thats why they are not here huh?" Koro-sensei asked, after being told why several students were not around that day. "Very well then".

Koro-sensei decided to accept this as he usually does with things, casually with hints of comedic laugh, although in truth he was deeply concerned for his students. However, it was not like they had much choice in the matter, since they would all get blown up, as well as the earth, if they didn't.

"I still cant believe they got picked for something like that".

"I hope they are okay".

"Don't worry. If something went wrong, I would just assign a rescue mission" The Director said through the intercoms, being an annoying ass and eavesdropping as usual. He so rarely communicated, they kinda kept forgetting he was doing that.

"...anyways, I suppose today we will just have to continue with class".

And so, that was what happened. That said, a few of the girls were on edge, though granted for somewhat different reasons.

Aria and Fumiko was worried about Toko, and wondering if he was okay. Maybe because he was always getting hurt, but many of the girls were sympathetic towards him. Also, they admired his loyalty and intelligence.

The Class Rep, Jiro Yamata, was worried about the disappearance of some of the classes greatest assets. Toko was their main force in the intelligence area, while Leo was their greatest marksman and fire support.

Haruyo Machida meanwhile, was worried for a different reason. After going over Toko's notes with him, and such, they had concluded a new plan of attack. And that was why she was nervous. Still, it was now or never. His guard was clearly down from the missing students, not to mention distracted by his worry for them. Which meant...

She quickly got to her feet as she took out a rifle, pressing against her skirt as she fired several rounds at Koro-sensei. Naturally, he reacted and deflected those first few, but then his tentacle was exploded all of a sudden. However...it was only a single tentacle, and he delfected the remaining BBs that came from both sides.

"Ohohohohohohoh. Nice try, Haruyo-chan" he said with his smug face. "I must admit, having that second gun setup in the woods far over there was good, making sure to press the button at the same time you fired to mask the sound. Unfortunately, once one notices, it is an unmovable placement that is easy to dodge or block. That said, it was a wonderful approach to try and tackle a problem from both sides. Make sure to remember that for midterms".

Haruyo just sighed. She had hoped that by making it simple, her attempt would have more success. Aria had taken too long, so she didn't want that either...but it seemed that it still failed for her.

Meanwhile, Nagisa seemed a bit more absent then usual...as he was outside the building, on his phone.

"Chiba-kun, how is it going?"

Meanwhile, across town, Chiba was looking down the scope of his sniper rifle at the group.

"So far so good. They were being followed by someone, but one of the students handled it. Not sure what they got for this Director guy, I couldn't risk entering the building and being discovered, but they have it in some sort of plastic case" Chiba told him, as he watched the group head forwards. "Will continue to monitor and keep them safe".

"Alright, good" Nagisa mentioned, as he then opened the App that gave him a connection to Ritsu. "And, how is your end going?"

"Whoever did this, they did a great job hiding their trail. I cant access the bracelets at all. They should be sending and recieving signals, and they are, but...I think the bracelets are being operated on some form of intelligence. Not pure AI like me, something menial...but, I think the Operating System was self written and designed. The guy who made this, he isn't just good with technology, or has good resources. They are a cyber savant. Which likely means any trace of him online has already been eradicated".

"So, no leads there then. And the components?"

"Custom forged, but I cant find anyone who would put in the work. Which makes me wonder..."

"You think he built the things from scratch as well? So he self coded them, self built them, from raw components?"

"Yes. Thats why we are having so much trouble tracking him or identifying him. This guy must have an insane IQ level. But what troubles me the most is..."

"Yeah. It was pretty clear he knew I killed Koro-sensei. And that itself is an issue. No one ever told anyone who was the one that killed Koro-sensei, and the only people who should have known were there with us. In other words...someone who was there, at that exact moment, had to be involved somehow..."

Nagisa looked back on all his classmates, all his teachers. As much as he hated it, there was a serious issue. Every single one of them could be a suspect. Only Ritsu could really be excluded, as she had no physical form that would have been needed to abduct everyone and put those bands on them. However, no one knew he was the one who did it, other then them. Not even their children knew. And yet, The Director knew about it too.

So unless one of them got tricked somehow, or accidentally leaked it, it would mean someone betrayed them. And Nagisa could only hope that was not the case. Unless...someone else was there as well...

"Oh, Nagisa...I know you will end up discovering the truth some day" the Director mentioned, watching him on a hidden camera from the shadows, his voice disguised as usual in case he needs to make an emergency announcement. "...but when you discover who is really behind this, you wont be able to comprehend any of it..."

As he said that, he looked over towards the group. They had finally arrived at the destination they had been sent to, which they learned was a laundromat. And so, he sent the next instructions...to go to the place next door, which was an internet cafe, and plug it into computer station one. They followed directions to the letter, and entered the internet cafe. After that, Leo plugged in the device, and surely all the information appeared on his screen. It was encrypted, but he had already obtained the encryption key.

"Well then, I suppose its about time" he said, as he put in a call to two people at once. Both of them were very quick to respond.

"Hello Nagisa, Chiba-kun. I do believe I said they had to do this on their own" he told them, as he sent another mail. "By the way, I am curious...how do you think Itona-kun is doing? Maybe you should rush over, you never know when someone might get hurt".

"What? Hold on!"

"Damnit! Don't do this!"

"Already done. Be happy. Since you only watched, and didn't interfere, I told the person I hired to make sure it wasn't lethal, though...you never know what might happen".

With that said, he hung up. He ended up finding a bit, although there were still some files that had an extra level of encrpytion.

But it was still a lead.

"...so I was right. Very well then. I suppose the timing is a bit convienent, so lets roll with that".

And so, he continued on his own little protect...his Assassination Classroom.

AN: The Director makes an appearance, as well as a few others! The class is slowly but surely getting introduced! Hope you had fun, and tell me what you think so far! Also, make sure you send "Get Well" Cards to Itona!