She is like a woman rising from the tomb.

She is like a woman who is dead.

"Kaguya, reading books in the car is not good."

Kaguya responded obediently to her father's voice beside her. Indeed, she also felt a bit dizzy so she immediately closed the book. Her fingers tapped on the cover of the book, her eyes turned to the scenery outside the car, with more and more trees.

Kaguya suddenly felt a bit doubtful, was she going to school or camping?

Even though it's been two days since she returned home from Kyoto, she still hasn't been able to fully adapt to the seven-hour time difference and the quick difference between day and night. Usually at this time she begins to sleep at night, combined with insomnia, making her mind even more drowsy, making it difficult to concentrate.

She dropped the book on the chair next to her, her eyes briefly glanced at the title.

Salomé

She was just looking for something to pass the time, but unexpectedly she stumbled upon this book.

Even though she was not conscious, the words kept haunting her, repeating over and over in her head.

It's really unfortunate, as she was already dizzy...

Anyway, it reminded Kaguya of many not-so-happy memories from her past. But she had nothing else to do, her hand picked up the book again and tapped randomly on the cover.

"Brighten your face, don't be so gloomy forever."

Kaguya reluctantly smiled at her father, who was sitting beside her, seemingly compromising with his request. Anyway, she can't meet new friends or teachers with a funeral face or even an expressionless face like this.

Kaguya used her eyes to evaluate the campus from top to bottom. This building is quite large but has only one floor. It looks old and degraded, it seems to have been built no less than fifteen years ago, the materials are cheap, not very durable and it seems to have been repaired many times.

"Nurufufufu... Welcome to Kunugigaoka Academy!"

At that moment, a pile of confetti appeared from out of nowhere and flew down into her hair. Her father was just calm, slowly taking down the pile of papers in an elegant and polite manner. Kaguya looked around skeptically, the ground was clean with no scraps of paper left.

In her hand was a pile of confetti stuck in her hair that she had just removed. She stared at her palm, as if this was proof that she was not hallucinating.

Out of nowhere, a strange yellow creature stood in front of her. He looks like an octopus, not human at all.

"Greetings! I'm your homeroom teacher! You can call me Koro-sensei!"

Kaguya hesitantly shook the stranger's hand - a hand that looked like an octopus' tentacle.

The creature named Koro-sensei walked in front. Meanwhile, Kaguya, her father, and her maid followed behind.

"Father, is this the gift you said before?" Kaguya asked quietly.

"Oh, who knows? Sometimes there's more."

The father just only answered in a mysterious way, and she did not want to ask any more. Even if she asked, she wouldn't know anything more.

In the staff room there was a spiky black-haired man, looked like a special agent. Kaguya and her maid bowed their heads to greet the man.

"Seems like we've bothered you to come here a long way, Mr. Shinomiya."

Gan'an Shinomiya clasped his hands together, looked at Koro-sensei who was making tea and drinks and arranged sweets at super fast speed, then looked at the person in front of him with eyes of sympathy, or rather pity.

"The Ministry of Defense has really made things difficult for you, Karasuma-kun."

Tadaomi Karasuma's mouth twitched slightly. Not long ago, he was blackmailed by Gakuhou Asano, the Chairman of this academy's board of directors for a hush fee, accompanied by a look of pity. Now, one of the big investors of this assassination also looked at him with the same eyes.

"This is my job after all, sir. Please, have a seat."

Karasuma still maintained a serious attitude when working, in contrast to a certain octopus that was still wandering around using super fast speed to wipe tables and chairs and separate himself to eat cakes and drink tea.

Kaguya secretly thought, at this insane speed he could explode the moon. No wonder why the defense ministries of other countries and the assassin organizations could not capture him even if they joined forces to capture him.

Recently, there has been no shortage of rumors surrounding the culprit who destroyed 70% of the moon, but seeing it with your own eyes is still unbelievable.

His words and actions are both human, but his appearance is like an alien or some kind of artificial hybrid product... What is this teacher of hers made of?

Although Kaguya was not very focused, she still knew that her father was about to discuss something with Karasuma, so she opened her mouth and prepared to leave.

"There's still some stuff in the car, let me go get it."

Seeing the two of them talking like that, it seemed like Koro-sensei didn't mind knowing, or if he knew, he wouldn't do any harm. But her strange-looking teacher was also a very considerate person, as he also went out with her and her maid, Hayasaka.

Holding books and phone in hand, Kaguya locked the car door. For a moment, she felt like she was hallucinating again. The car, which was already clean, became even more shiny and sparkling.

"Did you just do it?"

Since she had just witnessed his teacher's super speed not long ago, Kaguya was no longer surprised. However, she also did not understand the meaning of washing the car of someone she had just met not long ago. Surely there was nothing else besides free time.

"Nurufufufu... Of course, as this is the care service that anyone who comes here for the first time will experience."

Kaguya raised her eyebrows slightly at the teacher who was still giggling. Didn't this sound no different from multi-level marketing or travel services?

"Whoa, is that a Bugatti Veyron?! Guys, did Karasuma-san just get a new car?!"

"No, his BMW is still visible there."

From a far, there was the faint sound of a few students. Kaguya just stared at them and went straight inside with Hayasaka. Koro-sensei walked with the two girls and introduced the other guys.

"Ah, those two kids are Okajima-kun and Maehara-kun. Later, I will introduce to you two girls the whole class."

"Thank you very much, sensei."

Kaguya smiled slightly, and soon, the smile disappeared and the polite but cold features were left on her face.

Passing through the window, the morning sunlight shone on her face, highlighting her beautiful, sharp features like a porcelain doll. The morning sun is not harsh, but it is enough to make her black hair more shiny and her ruby red eyes as bright as two stars.

"Sensei, let me go to the staff room to say hello to my father, then I'll get to know the whole class later." The girl softly said.

Koro-sensei also thought it's right, so he immediately let her go. The teacher also came to class and introduced the two new students to help the children feel less confused.

"What are you talking about so happily?"

"Ah, there's a gift for you. If you're surprised, tell me."

Gan'an looked at his watch and smiled at her, as soon as he left the room.

"Maybe it's time for me to come home. See you later."

"Goodbye, father."

Kaguya said goodbye to him and carried her books back to class.

What's the mysterious surprise waiting for her?

One day, her father told her that there was something for her to do. There is a creature that explodes the moon and threatens to destroy the earth. Governments of different countries and underground organizations are working together, offering a reward of ten billion yen to whoever can kill him.

Kaguya did some rough calculations, probably more than seventy million dollars.

Wow, that money is enough for the whole family to eat and drink for a hundred years or more.

There was one thing that she didn't expect, her assassination target was the homeroom teacher, and she also didn't expect that there was a school in this godforsaken place, and she also didn't expect that she would have to find a way to do it, and she also have to group work with a bunch of people she'd never met before in this school.

Well, even though this task is really difficult...

... There is nothing that this Kaguya Shinomiya can't do.

And since she does exceed at everything she does, Kaguya takes this assassination mission as a challenge to kill the so-called unkillable creature named Koro-sensei.

But, enough talking and thinking.

Time to play the game.

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"Whoa, is that a Bugatti Veyron?! Guys, did Karasuma-san just get a new car?!"

"No, his BMW is still visible there."

"You're right. Then whose car is this?"

"Maybe there will be a new member for our class?"

Inside the classroom of Class E, many students were talking and discussing so enthusiastically. Earlier before, Maehara and Okajima saw through the windows an unfamiliar car parked right below the mountain, which attracted the attentions of some students.

"Hey guys, what's going on? What are you talking about?"

Nagisa Shiota, who just entered the class, asked his classmates while looking at them confusingly.

"Ah, Nagisa!" His seatmate, Kaede Kayano replied "Maehara-kun and Okajima-kun have discovered a new car right below the mountain. We thought there would be someone joining our class."

"Hmmm... Is that so? Then may I take a look of it?"

The blue-haired boy walked towards the window where some students standing at there and looked through it.

"Right there! It's the new car!"

Kayano exclaimed while pointing at a direction, which his blue azure eyes would follow right after.

What Kayano said to him was true. There was indeed a new car right below the mountain, parked next to Karasuma's BMW.

A Bugatti Veyron, to be exact.

But... To Nagisa, there was something wrong with that... As he felt something... Familiar, right from this car.

Now that he suddenly realized, why does this car look familiar to him?

As Nagisa looked closer from the window, he saw Koro-sensei, without his disguise, standing next to the car while talking to two girls.

Must be the new students of Class E.

The first girl was a blonde with blue eyes, dressing like a maid, standing next to her mistress as if waiting for orders.

And there he saw the other person... A girl with black hair and ruby red eyes, looked quite pretty...

Wait, hold on... Black hair and ruby red eyes?

Nagisa looked at the black-haired girl one more time, as he suddenly felt something familiar from the girl, and he also got sent shiver down his spines for unknown reasons.

It can't be her, right?

"Nagisa, are you okay? Is there something wrong?"

The words from Sugino had made Nagisa snap out of his thoughts, as his friend looked at him with a concern look.

"Ah, nothing..." The blue-haired boy answered back "Why did you suddenly ask that, Sugino-kun?"

"It's just, when you looked through the window, you seemed pale, and shocked."

"Oh, I see. But rest assured, Sugino-kun, everything is fine now. Now if you excuse me, I have to go back to my seat."

With that, Nagisa returned to his seat immediately, waiting for the arrival of Koro-sensei.

While waiting, Nagisa had a feeling that today would be interesting and would be a waste to pass up.

Several minutes later, the yellow octopus had arrived, with his signature smile on his face. However, it wasn't just Koro-sensei, as Karasuma walked into the classroom right after.

"Good morning class." Koro-sensei spoke first "Today, there's something I have to tell you all: We have two new transfer students joining our class today."

Murmurs began to break out as Karasuma announced.

"Wait! Did he say, transfer students?!"

"Are you kidding us?!"

"Who's gonna be? Are those two assassins?"

"I hope at least one student is a girl!"

Okay, forget about the last line. That was definitely come from Okajima. Only him, the most typical pervert in this class, would breath that line.

"Originally, the two students were actually not supposed to be put into this class but due to their background, the Principal had no choice but to put them into Class E."

Karasuma explained as there were more murmurs than earlier.

"Principal Asano had no choice for those two?!"

"Must be through money then!"

"How else could someone like that have the background bigger than the Principal himself?"

"Please be quiet." Karasuma raised his voice, immediately silencing the class, "As such, we are using the first period to brief her of the task."

"Would you please come in?" Koro-sensei asked towards the direction of the door.

The door slowly slid open and in came a girl. She has blue eyes and long blonde hair, which was tied to her left.

Nagisa realized, it was the girl dressing like a maid earlier before. If she was one of the transfer students, then the other one must be her mistress.

She moved gracefully and elegantly to the front of the class where Karasuma was. She turned to face the class with a smile.

"Good morning, my name is Ai Hayasaka! It's a pleasure to meet you!" The girl introduced herself in a cheerful manner as she curtsied.

Some girls looked at Hayasaka with interest, while most guys also took interest in her and began whispering how cute she is.

Nagisa just hoped that this girl won't attract anyone troublesome.

"Okay, thank you Hayasaka-san for the nice self-introduction." Koro-sensei exclaimed "Now then, move on to the next student."

The noisy laughter gradually subsided and then stopped. Koro-sensei used his tentacle to point at the other girl standing at the door, introducing herself to the students sitting quietly below.

"Shinomiya-san, don't be shy, please come in quickly."

Wait... Shinomiya?

Nagisa was slightly taken aback as he heard that name.

Everyone silently watched the beautiful black-haired girl with ruby red eyes, dressing in a white dress step onto the podium.

The girl was quite pretty... But her cold gaze seemed to guarantee death to anyone who looked at her.

Now, with this girl appeared, everything had become clear to Nagisa, as he realized why he did sense something familiar to him.

From the Bugatti Veyron car his classmates had looked earlier, to the appearance of the mysterious girl whom he had looked through the window.

And the final nail in the coffin was the name he was familiar with: Shinomiya.

There's no doubt about it.

She is here, right in this Class 3-E.

"My name is Kaguya Shinomiya. It's a pleasure to meet you."

The girl introduced herself with a small smile and bowed her head politely

All the guys began whispering how cute the new girl was except for Nagisa whose eyes had widened drastically as he looked at her in pure shock, surprise, and horror.

After that, there would be a loud applause. Really loud, if you ask Nagisa.

"Hey, hey, you said "Shinomiya", maybe you're from the Shinomiya Group?"

"Yes, I am the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Group."

"Of course she is. Her family is rich, after all." Nagisa thought that internally while looking blankly at her.

In fact, Nagisa wouldn't be surprised as if her family invested money in this assassination. After all, the Shinomiya Family is one of the biggest, richest, most famous and most influential family in this Japan.

As for the class, they started to make a fuss after hearing those words.

"She was a young lady after all!"

"It felt like it had great quality!"

"Amazing! I'm in the same class as that young lady from the Shinomiya Group! Let's brag about it later!"

Oh my god. For God's sake, please, don't do that... Doing that is tantamount to revealing confidential information about this assassination mission.

Beside, you don't want to defame the reputation of the Shinomiya Family. Doing that and your life will be done.

Whoever said that would be completely uncaring idiots. And maybe Okajima is now one of the people fit perfectly in this section, as he would definitely say that.

Karasuma cleared his throat to grab the class's attention.

"Well, it's time to get to business. We are supposed to brief you on the situation but it seems you know quite a lot already. If you have any questions, you can approach me for the details." Karasuma said as Hayasaka and Shinomiya nodded in response.

"And since you kids have a lot of questions to ask these two new girls, for now, first period shall be free period. I will return for the second period though. Don't make a ruckus." Koro-sensei warned as he and Karasuma left the class to do their own business.

Both Hayasaka and Shinomiya slowly walked back to their seat. Shinomiya sat in front of Nagisa while Hayasaka sat next to her mistress.

As they sat, many students would come to them and ask so many questions.

Meanwhile, Nagisa stared at Shinomiya with complicated eyes but said nothing.

Inside his mind, there's only one question: Why?

Why did she and her maid have to transfer from Shuchiin Academy into here, the Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Academy?

The blue-haired boy would sweep those thoughts. He would confront the girl and ask her those question later.

As for her part, Kaguya didn't pay any attention to the boy behind her and began answering the questions from her new classmates.

"Turns out this was the surprise father said." She contemplated in her mind.

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"Hayasaka-san is quite approachable, right? It's only been a few days and everyone in our class is in love with it."

A beautiful girl that can make guys fall in love is normal, but a beautiful girl that makes girls fall in love is another level.

Nagisa remembered Kayano saying that. He didn't really understand the world of girls, but it seemed like these new girls really couldn't be underestimated.

"Shinomiya-san... How can I say about her? She is really cold, I guess?"

"Really cold" wasn't the right word that would describe Shinomiya's personality, Kayano. Rather, "Extremely cold" and "Ice Queen" would be the right words to say that.

"Let's go, the movie is about to start."

"Ah, yes. Wait for me, Nagisa!"

Nagisa just shrugged, leisurely carrying his bag and walking away. Even though he looked like that, his stride made Kayano have to run a few more steps to catch up.

"That's right, Nagisa! Have you tried talking to Shinomiya-san or Hayasaka-san? What kind of person are they?"

Nagisa suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Kayano. His blue azure eyes narrowed slightly, his lips still had the same gentle smile as usual, but for some reason, Kayano felt a bit creepy.

"Well, who knows?"

Only responding with a meaningless sentence like that, he walked straight ahead, ignoring Kayano who was still calling after him.

That's right, who knows?

Nagisa still kept his face calm to the point of expressionlessness, or other than that, he didn't know what else to do.

After all, it was obvious to him that Shinomiya won't dare to talk with him, not even just one sentence.

Even though they had been engaged.

"As if that cold girl would like to talk with me. The first time I met her, she had looked at me with contempt and hatred, and I'm pretty sure that she would look at me like that in the future."

That's right, the reason why Nagisa Shiota knew Kaguya Shinomiya and thought about her like that... Was because they had been engaged.

06/02/2024