Whether it was dodging the bullets of an entire class or evading her blade, Koro-sensei had proven his speed to Kaede.
However, during the break, Koro-sensei had already bought everything Kaede wanted.
Kaede touched the drawing paper in her hand; the texture was excellent. However, Kaede didn't understand the differences between types of drawing paper, but it must be high-quality material nonetheless.
Then Kaede looked at the items to the side; those were paints, along with some books on painting, color mixing, and techniques.
These were things Kaede desperately needed. Although she could create works that made many people feel inferior, when it came to technique, she was quite poor; she relied solely on that pair of eyes capable of observing all things.
Furthermore, what she drew was actually just sketching; color mixing wasn't something that could be mastered so easily.
"Guhehehe~ I bought these for you while I was at it, since you seem to like drawing." These were the words on the note beside her, and incidentally, there was a self-portrait of an octopus after the text.
"Hmm." Kaede nodded. She stopped the urge to start drawing immediately, picked up a book, and began to read. Before long, she was engrossed in it.
Or rather, reading was quite a novel experience for Kaede. Speaking of which, Kaede remembered that she still had two magic books she hadn't read yet.
It seemed she really had things to do now.
"Guhehehe." Seeing this scene, Koro-sensei smiled with relief; in this way, he could consider himself to have fulfilled his duties as a teacher.
However, recalling the news about Withering, a solemn expression appeared on Koro-sensei's face. He had managed to uncover some information about Withering.
What surprised him was that Withering was an assassin who had only recently started operating. No one had seen her, but the missions she accepted were completed very quickly.
If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't taken many missions yet, perhaps Withering could have become the world's number one assassin in one fell swoop.
Recalling Kaede's silent movements, her strikes that always aimed for vital points without any hesitation, and her monstrous physical attributes, Koro-sensei knew that Kaede's strength had definitely reached that level.
However, even so, Koro-sensei still saw Kaede's weakness—a weakness that belonged only to Kaede. Teaching her how to overcome these weaknesses was his responsibility as a teacher.
In reality, Kaede didn't even know what she had done, because those things were all arranged by the system according to her personality, and they were the most perfect arrangements, with clear origins.
However, just as Kaede was immersed in'studying,' Shiota Nagisa walked toward Koro-sensei.
Although immersed in her studies, Kaede still maintained a basic level of vigilance regarding the surrounding atmosphere.
Undoubtedly, the knife in Shiota Nagisa's hand caused surprise among everyone. Shiota Nagisa was just holding a paper to hand to Koro-sensei, with the knife hidden behind it. Koro-sensei couldn't see it, but the students behind and beside him could; Shiota Nagisa was about to begin his assassination time.
Kaede also looked at Shiota Nagisa and naturally saw the knife in his hand, her eyes showing surprise.
The next moment, Shiota Nagisa swung the knife. Although the movement was still very immature in Kaede's eyes and the speed was slow to a certain degree—such blade speed could not possibly kill that Koro-sensei.
However, what shocked Kaede a little was not whether he could kill Koro-sensei, but his swing, and... there had been absolutely no indication of a swing before he did it, yet at that moment, Shiota Nagisa had swung that blade directly.
Impressive. No, should I say a natural-born assassin?
Kaede pondered, completely forgetting that in terms of assassination talent, she herself was the one who had maxed out the stats.
However, just when Kaede—or rather, Koro-sensei and Kaede—thought Shiota Nagisa's assassination attempt had ended, Shiota Nagisa 'threw himself' at Koro-sensei, the grenade around his neck appearing particularly conspicuous at that moment.
"BB grenade! Explode!" Seeing this scene, Terasaka Ryoma, who was nearby, pressed the remote control in his hand.
The next moment, the grenade between Shiota Nagisa and Koro-sensei... exploded.
"..." Kaede watched this scene, her eyes narrowing slightly, feeling a bit annoyed in her heart. It wasn't annoyance for Shiota Nagisa, but rather annoyance at the actions of those few guys.
Inadvertently, Kaede memorized the faces of those few elated boys, and then she picked up the book again and continued reading.
However, this time, Kaede didn't find it so easy to get into the zone.
Meanwhile, Koro-sensei seemed very angry as well, taking all the students' nameplates to the school within a few seconds.
According to the contract, he could not harm these students, but that didn't mean he couldn't touch their families. At this moment, Koro-sensei made all the students understand this point.
Of course, Kaede's was not among them. After all, Kaede had no fixed abode; even if Koro-sensei traveled the entire globe, it would be impossible for him to get Kaede's nameplate, because there wasn't one~
Unable to get into the zone, Kaede stood up, wanting to go outside for a walk. No one stopped her, including the certain octopus who had just been nicknamed Koro-sensei by the students.
"What's wrong? In a bad mood?" Actually, Koro-sensei was doing it on purpose. After all, Kaede's education could only be conducted separately; he couldn't teach those students how to be assassins, could he...
"Not really," Kaede didn't say much more, "It's just that seeing that scene, I couldn't possibly be in a good mood, could I?"
"That's true," Koro-sensei nodded, "By the way, how do you usually assassinate when you do it?"
Kaede looked at Koro-sensei, thought for a moment, and then said, "Just hide directly and finish it with one slash."
"Hmm, I thought as much," Koro-sensei nodded.
"This is the simplest way."
"Only you can do that, perfectly controlling your aura and making absolutely no sound when swinging the blade," Koro-sensei analyzed. "You possess almost everything an assassin could want. You could say you are a natural-born assassin, with talent strong to an unbelievable degree."
"You investigated me?" Kaede realized, but she wasn't overly agitated.
"Yes," Koro-sensei didn't deny it, "But you also have weaknesses."
"..." Hearing this, Kaede finally became serious and looked at Koro-sensei.
It could be said that Kaede's only goal right now was to become stronger, and beyond that, she didn't know. Becoming stronger was her initial goal, and it wasn't actually firm, yet at that time, the Dragon King's words had made Kaede firm in this belief: become stronger.
Not just for herself, but also for the Dragon King.
Hmm, it still seemed to be for herself. Kaede blinked. Distinguishing between her and the Dragon King was truly a bit difficult.
"Your weakness is that your assassination relies too much on your talent. Although your talent is indeed something countless assassins dream of, such talent has also given you a weakness that doesn't seem like a weakness."
"What?"
"You don't understand normal assassination: investigating target information, choosing the assassination environment, and testing. In other words, your assassination talent allowed you to stand at the highest level from the start, but you haven't experienced the low-level process. While achieving success in one step is something countless people dream of, it is not as solid as walking to that position step by step."
"In other words, is there a problem with my fundamentals?" Kaede thought for a while, not understanding how this could be considered her weakness.
"Guhehehe, do you want to try a normal assassination? Don't use your talent. Poisoning, shooting, seduction—all of these are fine. Perhaps it will take your assassination skills to the next level."
"...Alright." Kaede nodded and looked at the sky. Perhaps... she could really become stronger? In terms of assassination...
However, seduction or whatever... forget it...
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