The battle had already begun, but it did not end as quickly as the students of Class 3-E had imagined.
The fight between Karasuma Tadaomi and Kaede had actually fallen into a stalemate.
"Koro-sensei, do you know who has the upper hand?" The students of Class 3-E said they could only see that the fight was spectacular; they couldn't tell anything else. It seemed like they were evenly matched, or perhaps Kaede was even at a disadvantage.
"Them? They are currently in the heat of battle..." Koro-sensei watched the figures of Karasuma Tadaomi and Kaede. If his eyes weren't just simple dots, they would likely be filled with surprise.
Because he realized that if he were back in his former human body, he might not be able to defeat either of the people fighting in there.
Of course, if it came to killing, Koro-sensei indicated that he had many ways to kill Karasuma Tadaomi without getting hurt.
As for Kaede, Koro-sensei wasn't so sure; he currently felt that Kaede seemed to be hiding a great deal.
Karasuma Tadaomi worked for the Ministry of Defense and had served as an instructor for the Defense Force; his stamina and combat skills were incredibly formidable, to the point of being almost beyond human limits.
As for Kaede, although she rarely fought hand-to-hand, the countless battles in akame ga kill had long since allowed her to form her own combat style. Even if she rarely fought unarmed, she was definitely not weak; this was a strength born from combat experience.
What surprised Koro-sensei the most was actually Kaede's attack methods; almost every strike that landed would either kill or maim the opponent. It was extremely brutal.
Actually, this was also due to Kaede herself. She possessed those eyes that could see through weaknesses, so naturally, her combat style tended to support those eyes.
Her current fighting style unconsciously targeted the weak points she saw, and those weaknesses were often very critical areas.
As for Karasuma Tadaomi, although he also aimed to neutralize enemies in one blow, he focused more on grappling and suppressing the opponent.
However, Kaede didn't give Karasuma Tadaomi any chance at all, and even if there was an opportunity, it would come at the cost of being maimed.
It looked like Kaede had won this battle, and Koro-sensei could see it too. Although Kaede hadn't used strength exceeding Karasuma Tadaomi's, stamina was not something that could be conceded.
Karasuma Tadaomi's attacks and dodges had already begun to slow down, while Kaede was completely fine, not even breaking a sweat.
Sure enough, just as Karasuma Tadaomi let his guard down for a moment, Kaede rushed in front of him and threw him hard to the ground with a shoulder throw.
"Bang!"
"Oof, that looks painful." Sweat appeared on the foreheads of the Class 3-E students.
"Ah, I lost." Karasuma Tadaomi accepted the fact that he had lost quite calmly, and he also knew that this was even without Kaede using strength that exceeded his.
If Kaede had gone all out, he probably wouldn't have lasted long.
"Hmm, you were quite good too; I only had the advantage in terms of stamina." A look of admiration also appeared in Kaede's eyes. Although her hand-to-hand combat was many levels weaker than her sword skills, she still possessed combat instincts honed in a sea of blood and corpses.
That Karasuma Tadaomi could fight her to this extent had already surprised Kaede.
"Kaede is so strong." The students of Class 3-E, especially the few who had been easily subdued by Karasuma Tadaomi, had been defeated without even touching Karasuma Tadaomi's body.
But Kaede was able to defeat him.
At this moment, they finally realized just how strong Kaede was. Although Koro-sensei had said she was the world's third-ranked assassin, to these students, hearing such a title only caused a brief moment of surprise, and then they didn't have much of a reaction afterward.
Why? Because in their hearts, they had no real sense of what this ranking meant. Without a real sense of it, how could they keep it in mind?
However, from now on, it was estimated that everyone in Class 3-E would not forget Kaede's strength, because if they were thrown like that, they would probably be going straight to report to the King of Hell.
Come to think of it, Karasuma Tadaomi, who had already climbed up without showing too much pain on his face, was also a monster. After all, the throw had been so loud, yet now he was already fine...
"Now, should you all focus and practice properly?" Karasuma Tadaomi looked at the group of students with a very fierce gaze. At least, that's how it seemed to the students of Class 3-E, since they had just caused Karasuma Tadaomi to make a fool of himself.
In reality, Karasuma Tadaomi's gaze was always like that—always very serious. Saying it was fierce... didn't seem wrong either.
Although his body hadn't completely relaxed, it was much better than before.
Then Kaede ran into the classroom to continue her grand painting project.
However, what Kaede didn't know was that after she left, a student who had been on suspension arrived and cut off one of Koro-sensei's tentacles for the second time.
That's right, his name was Akabane Karma.
Soon, the physical education class ended, and the next class was a short quiz.
However, none of this mattered to Kaede; she wouldn't be participating in such a quiz anyway.
At this moment, Kaede was in a pretty good mood as she colored the painting she had made earlier.
At this time, Akabane Karma walked in front of her. Actually, Akabane Karma had been very interested in Kaede ever since he learned her identity from Shiota Nagisa.
So, the first thing he did when he arrived here was to see Kaede, yet he found Kaede here painting?
An assassin painting here; suddenly, Akabane Karma felt as if his worldview was collapsing a bit.
"Is there something you need?" Kaede raised her head and looked at Akabane Karma. Although she hadn't met him, she had no interest in asking who he was.
"Are you an assassin?" Akabane Karma asked.
"Yes."
"I heard you only cut off one of that teacher's tentacles, right?"
"Hmm."
"I also cut off one of Koro-sensei's tentacles~"
"Oh."
Kaede's attitude, which was so indifferent that she didn't even bother to engage with him, made Akabane Karma a bit annoyed. However, although he was a bit annoyed, he smiled—but it was that kind of annoying, punchable smile.
"So, it seems you're nothing special after all, right? Is that so, third-ranked assassin in the world?"
He had originally thought this would provoke Kaede, but Kaede's reaction disappointed him once again. He only saw Kaede calmly reply with an "Oh," and then she looked at the painting she had finished, a satisfied expression appearing on her face.
As for the person talking next to her, what were they saying? She didn't care about these reputations at all.
"Don't be like that, Karma-kun." Shiota Nagisa couldn't help but say to Akabane Karma upon seeing this scene.
However, Akabane Karma, feeling provoked, did not listen to Shiota Nagisa at this moment and instead chose the thing he should least have done.
He made a move toward that painting.
In Akabane Karma's view, since Kaede valued this painting so much, if he messed with this painting, would she still maintain that attitude?
Shiota Nagisa widened his eyes; he wanted to stop Akabane Karma, but how could he possibly stop him? He had seen the gentleness Kaede had shown at that moment—or rather, the gentleness toward a memory.
And undoubtedly, this painting was full of Kaede's memories. If Akabane Karma destroyed this painting, then Kaede would definitely be furious.
Although Shiota Nagisa felt that Kaede was a good person, if Kaede were to become furious...
However, Shiota Nagisa's actions were still a step too slow. Akabane Karma took out that soft dagger and was just a moment away from touching Kaede's painting.
However, Akabane Karma's hand couldn't move any further because his wrist had already been grabbed.
"Heh, it seems you finally couldn't sit still, right?" Akabane Karma saw that Kaede had finally moved and smiled.
Kaede was expressionless and slowly raised her head, her blood-red eyes meeting Akabane Karma's gaze.
The next moment, a loud noise erupted from the back of the Class 3-E classroom.
"Bang!"
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