"Oh my, oh my. Welcome, students. I am your Koro-sensei."
"What is this?" "An octopus?" "A table tennis spirit?" Rin and the others each gave their first impressions.
"How rude of you all! Hey!" The yellow octopus feigned anger, but judging by his color remaining yellow, he wasn't actually bothered at all.
At that moment, Meido introduced him to the group: "This is Koro-sensei, one of the Shinigami primarily responsible for new recruit education. He possesses extremely rich teaching experience and formidable power. He will be assisting you all with your training program from now on."
"Now then, Koro-sensei, I leave Lady Jean and her friends in your care. Please do not neglect them in any way."
"Yes, yes, yes, Lord Meido. Absolutely, absolutely." Two of his tentacles rubbed together as if he were wringing his hands, his expression full of flattery.
Noticing the disdainful gazes from Rin and the others, Koro-sensei quickly snapped back to attention and turned to face his new students.
"Ahem. Everyone, next, I will be testing your current abilities. Please, once you are prepared, attack me together with all your might. Of course, I imagine you have only recently acquired new powers and may be quite unfamiliar with them. If you experience energy blockages or loss of control, please stop immediately."
"You really want us to attack you together?" Sakura said, somewhat unconvinced.
"Just trust him. Even if we all attack together, we might not be able to harm him. This octopus is incredibly strong."
After all, in Jean's appraisal:
[Target Evaluation]
Name: Koro-sensei
Race: Deceased (Modified Octopus-Human)
Rating: God - Lower Rank
Description: Possibly a top-tier assassin with a thousand kills, possibly an antimatter tentacle monster, possibly a foolish cowardly octopus, but most likely the world's best teacher.
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"Your Highness Jean, while I appreciate you speaking up for me, could you please not call me an octopus!"
"Hahaha, you don't actually mind that much, do you? Alright, let's begin. I've been sitting all morning and my body feels stiff."
Her body feeling stiff was naturally impossible, but feeling mentally stiff was certainly true. No wonder 'D' hated work so much.
Drawing White Wind, she assumed a combat stance. The others also began their preparations.
Sakura released her shadow and dispersed it into a mist-like particulate. Although she couldn't solidify it well, with more than half dissipating, she still barely managed to form a scythe-shaped weapon.
Medea was much more skilled. With ice in one hand and fire in the other, it seemed low-level mage spells were child's play to her.
Rin was holding her breath and concentrating, trying to gather a piece of purple crystal in her hand. After several failures, a sparkling, translucent amethyst appeared in her palm. Then, accompanied by a cat's meow, a pink, leopard-like cat, half a person's height, appeared before Rin.
"Ah, kitty, meow meow meow." Koro-sensei acted like a total cat person, trying to attract the Amethyst Cat's attention, but was completely ignored.
Rin, meanwhile, looked at the Amethyst Cat she had summoned. This wasn't a familiar from the Type-Moon World she had studied; it was a constructed being with its own consciousness, mentally linked to her. She could even make it perform various actions without giving commands.
More importantly, this cat felt incredibly strong to her, possibly even at Servant-level strength.
And in Jean's eyes, that was indeed the case. Its strength was at the level of a mid-tier Servant, comparable to an average Servant.
A moment later, Rin put the cat away again. Then, she activated the power of this amethyst crystal in another way. After a brief attempt, her body became lighter. She took a short run, and her speed had at least doubled.
By the time Rin finished, everyone else was formally ready as well. The simplest among them was FrostNova. Although she wasn't very proficient at wielding the power of Trident Dragon, fighting with ice was second nature to her.
No matter how much she hated it, the ice of oripathy had accompanied her for most of her life.
Exchanging a glance with Jean and seeing her nod, FrostNova decisively took the first move, freezing the entire ground in front of her.
But the freezing lasted only an instant. With a *crack*, the several-centimeter-thick ice layer instantly shattered. Koro-sensei swayed his yellow tentacles, completely unaffected.
Sakura followed up immediately. The ground in front of her shadow transformed into spikes, attacking his tentacles. This was Sakura's old skill, one she had once used to attack Jean.
Back then, Jean had crushed it underfoot. But Koro-sensei was different. He precisely avoided all the shadow spikes. Then, almost instantaneously, he tied the tips of the shadow spikes together in pairs, making them into bows. He even found a bow to tie onto a lone leftover spike.
However, this was just a feint by Sakura. She also wanted to take this chance to confirm her new power. After all, she had learned this by going into debt to that awful woman. It would be a huge loss if it wasn't effective.
The scythe in her hand directly elongated, sweeping at high speed towards Koro-sensei's position in the center with a massive radius. Just before impact, she forcibly expanded the scythe head itself into a spiked form.
The tip of the scythe instantly turned into a hedgehog, countless spikes extending and thrusting out illogically. Although Sakura could command this black mist to form spikes and thrust, finer control was beyond her for now.
This method could counter opponents who predicted movements. However, Koro-sensei wasn't like that. He simply relied on his own multi-Mach super speed and hyper mobility to evade on the spot.
The result was, while it looked like he was pierced into a hedgehog, his soft body actually dodged everything completely. The attack hit nothing but air.
Although Sakura's assault ended there, Medea and FrostNova seized the chance to attack again. FrostNova froze, Medea deepened the freeze.
This wave of control was effective. The yellow octopus's feet were restrained on the ground, unable to move. Jean directly activated Burst Mode. Accompanied by blue propulsion light, she accelerated instantly, along with a fully charged scabbard.
[Draw Sword: Lion's Fang: Thought of the Beyond]
The ultimate sword-drawing technique blossomed upon him.
Unfortunately, no sensation of cutting through anything was transmitted. The blade was directly grasped by a yellow tentacle.
But Jean didn't hesitate for a moment.
[Shoot Him Dead: White Wind]
Even with the blade caught, the tip could still extend forward. Simultaneously, the scorching energy of Stardust Dragon's breath gathered upon the blade.
The instant searing heat seemed to burn him, making him instinctively loosen his grip on the blade slightly. Not missing this opportunity, Jean pushed forward with all her might, simultaneously straining to make White Wind lengthen.
Propelled by this force, the blade of White Wind pierced straight through the yellow octopus's body.
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