Meeting The Gruesome(?) Monster For The First Time (1)

Hey, Shun here!

I've seen an octopus multiple times, as well as the mythical version of it called the Kraken in some games. It's really quite fascinating how they could kind of change their body's shape at will.

The most unique octopus that I've seen was probably the blue ringed octopus. The rings on its body really left a lasting impression on me.

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(Shun's POV)

While dusting off my hands, I used [Body Flicker] to enter inside without making any noise. Then, I immediately used my speed to hide at an obscure spot near the girls who seems to be quite alright by the looks of things.

While I was investigating my whole surroundings and figuring out how to go through this whole situation, the high schoolers gathered in front of the two distressed girls.

"I already called our buddies. All thing's ready for a little commemorative photo shoot, too…"

Hmm… So he really is the leader.

"You can scream as much as you want… No one'll hear you here." Man, this guy's speech is a little too unpleasant in my ears somehow. He sounds like those ugly bastards from those h-mangas.

Good thing I didn't bring the girls with me.

"You, I thought I saw you before but… this is you, right? At a Tokyo arcade last summer?" The guy said while showing a photo to the girl with black hair.

"I told my buddy to let me know if he found the right girl. I had plans to kidnap you, but then I lost sight of you… Who knew that you were a student at the famous junior high?" Okay, so it is confirmed that this dude is a plague in this world huh… Good to know.

"But look, I get it, the higher you are, the deeper you wanna fall…" The guy suddenly squatted down and, while looking at the black haired girl up close, he said.

"From now until nightfall, the Professor of Ruin will teach you alllll about it~…" Wait wait wait wait wait! What is this guy saying?

Professor of Ruin!? Really!? Even Pochi and Tama could think up of better names!

To me, that nickname was so ridiculous I couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

"Pfft!"

"Who's there!? Who fuckin' laughed just now, ah!? Show yourself!" I ignored the guy's moronic shouting altogether as I took a look at the group that's all gathered here.

Let's see here… One, two, three… nevermind. It doesn't really matter how many they are here anyway.

While stretching my body slightly, I came out of the shadows.

"Well, I was wondering whether I'll get the information I wanted or not but, I got it finally…" I was trying to act cool but, as expected, I couldn't help but let out a chuckle once again.

"I was wondering which coward it was who gathered all of his buddies just to gang up on a group of six junior high school students like me but… Who knew that it was sir Professor of Ruin!? Pfft! Your name's fantastic by the way!"

The girls was visibly surprised to see someone else who's present inside the building. They probably thought that they were saved at first but, when they saw that it was only me, their excitement dwindled down.

"What's your deal, you punk! You wanna fight, ah!?"

"Nah, I actually came all the way here to talk about world peace with you, you see… Or not. It's obvious that I came here for a fight, moron. Are you not only someone who have such an idiotic and embarrassing nickname such as 'Professor of Ruin' but is also someone dumb?"

The guy was already fuming but I decided to keep on going.

"Oh, that's right! I forgot that you're only a unicellular organism. Your sole brain cell couldn't probably keep up with what's happening, that's why your brain is visibly lagging. Tsk tsk, what a waste of resources for you to still be living… Ah, right, I forgot, unicellular organisms don't have brains, don't they? Like you, for example."

"You…"

"Ahh? You what? You're admitting that you're a huge piece of human garbage? Come on man, don't be so disrespectful to the garbage. Garbage is atleast more useful than all of you. You're all just a glorified, living and breathing filth, aren't you?" Ah, it felt good to have that out of my system. I feel a lot better now.

However, that's not what everyone else besides the two girls and me are thinking. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that they're going batsh*t insane right now.

"*"You piece of dumb f*cking sh******t!!!!"""

"Ah, did that hurt your fragile hearts? Aren't you high schoolers? Geez, what a snowflake…"

"You're acting like you're so smart when you're f*cking wearing a scarf during a sunny day you dumb f*ck!"

"You know nothing about being stealthy Mr. Professor of Ruin…" I replied condescendingly.

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"Kanzaki-san… Do you know who this is?"

"I don't know. If I remember correctly, it's the person that Okuda-san was looking at before we went inside the cafe."

"Ah! I remember now! Wasn't he with a group of four girls? Why is he here?"

"Who knows?"

"So… Kanzaki-san, what was that picture all about?"

I could here the two whisper to each other but I decided to ignore them for now. Either way, it's good that they're still level headed enough to stay calm in such a situation.

"You goddamn punk. What's your deal, huh!? You really wanna die early!?"

"Oh come on. Don't give me that. Don't act so tough when you clearly haven't killed anyone, okay?" I said after running towards the guy and lifting him up the ground by his collar.

Since I was really a little annoyed at this guy's face, I decided to show him a little bit of my bloodlust.

"You know, I thought of this since earlier this morning when I saw you guys tailing them but, you really have a kickable face don't you?"

"Hiii!?"

"Oi! Unhand him you f*cker!"

Even though I really wanted to give them a nice and thorough beating, I'm really starting to get annoyed by all their yelling.

"You want him? Here…"

The guy visibly panicked when I threw their leader, the guy I was lifting with one hand, towards them but, before he could catch the guy, I dropped a hammer kick on their leader's face, making him drop onto the ground while screaming in agony. After that, I spun around using the previous foot that I used just now as a pivot before kicking the face of this bald guy who's got a really crookedly arranged set of teeth.

The moment my kick landed on his face, a few of his teeth fell onto the ground while he was still clutching his now red face.

"I taught the younger girls that bullying is not something that should be tolerated so, what kind of teacher am I if I wouldn't be following my own words as well?"

And so, I made short work of the hooligans. It was such an easy battle that I was kinda disappointed by the end of it all.

Heck, these guys don't even know how to properly throw a punch! I approached them one by one when I was taking them all down but I could've done the same even if I just stood at my initial position.

I just wanted to end it fast, that's why I approached all of them myself.

"*Sigh*… What a disappointment. And here I was, thinking that they'll be able to take a beating. You guys are bullying and were planning to touch two girls who are younger than you, but when you matched against someone your size, you couldn't even put up a fight. How embarrassing, really…"

Since I already managed to beat them all up, I was feeling a lot better than earlier.

"Now then…" As I'm already done with those guys, I changed gears and decided to strike up a conversation with the two girls.

The moment I turned around to face them, the two immediately tensed up. Thus, to show that I mean no harm, I raised my hands up in the air and, while showing the most reassuring smile I could muster, I said.

"Sorry if you had to see that you girls. I get a little worked up when I'm dealing with people like these guys you see…"

"A-Ah! T-There's no problem um!" The black haired girl said.

"Yeah! You saved us big time mister!" Mister? Oh, right, I forgot that I covered the lower half of my face using a scarf that resembles the scarf that I have in my [OSO] avatar to sort of add the feel of being more stealthy than usual.

It's not about actually being stealthy but feeling like you are being stealthy. Besides, on hindsight, I don't think I needed to be stealthy at all.

I'm definitely not just trying to hide the fact that I forgot that I was covering my face with a scarf when I tried to reassure them with a smile. Yep.

"It's Shun, Shirakami Shun. It might not be the best way to give such a first impression but, I'm pleased to meet you guys." As a sign of greeting, I bowed my head slightly.

"Also, I'm not a mister. I'm just around the same age as you guys."

Since it's really starting to feel a little hot, I unwrapped the scarf on my face before putting it at my back pocket.

"Eh? Eeeeeehhh!? Aren't you really good looking! I totally thought you were an adult because of how you speak and your height. Ah, I'm Kayano Kaede by the way! Nice to meet you!" Hm? I don't know what it is but this girl… Now that I took a closer look and talked with her, something feels off about her somehow.

"Nice to meet you too, Kayano-san." I set aside my thoughts for now.

"Umm… It's nice to make your acquaintance. My name is Kanzaki Yukiko…" This girl, Kanzaki-san, unlike her energetic friend, is very refined in how she acts. Personally, I think that, if she's a little more outgoing like Kayano-san here, she'd be more popular than she already is.

Setting aside my own personal thoughts, I smiled. This time, there's no scarf that could hide it. I'm really not bothered by the scarf thing, okay?

"It's very nice to meet you as well, Kanzaki-san."

Since we now have the leisure to, the three of us engaged in a conversation, primarily about how I met the girl with dark purple colored eyes — who's apparently named Okuda Manami — when she was running away from the hooligans. After that, they talked about how they got surrounded by those high schoolers and how they got caught.

Whilst we were talking though, I suddenly heard the door that leads to this abandoned building's entrance open up.

"I was wondering if it was Koro-sensei who stole our thunder and beat up these guys, but it looks like someone else arrived here before us. So? Who are you, Nii-chan?"

The one who entered inside was the three guys, along with the dark purple eyed girl Okuda-san. According to Kayano-san; the red haired guy is called Akabane Karma, the blue haired one is called Shiota Nagisa, and the average looking guy is called Sugino Tomohito.

The one who talked first while carrying a pretty beat up dude — who I'm pretty sure is the first one I beat up outside — is Akabane Karma. Did the guy I first beat up woke up and got beaten up by these guys?

"Nii-chan? I'm just around your age man. Also, can you tell me if the Koro-sensei you're talking about is that yellow colored disgusting octopus hanging upside down that ceiling?"

"Nyu-huhuhu… Looks like you're not only strong but perceptive as well. I would like to first thank you for saving my students but…" The octopus guy, Koro-sensei, trailed off his words before looking at the pile of bodies on a certain corner of the room.

"How dare you guys touch my students with you filthy hands…!"

Ah, it looks like those guys I beat up earlier also woke up. Well, now that I've seen this guy, he really is on a different level, isn't he?

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※~To be continued~※

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Author's Remarks:

※ I managed to finish two chapters for today! XD. The unholy amount of times I had to watch episode 7 was really something. Anyway, now that we've established how Shun, Koro-sensei, and some his students met, I'll proceed while keeping in mind the pacing.