Anna Karenina

Don't do it!

Too late!

My mission's complete!

No way...

Kae's...

dead?

Why would Hana Sensei attack Miss Kae?

She was the assassin targeting Kae.

That can't be!

You saw it didn't you?

Hana was deceiving us this entire time.

No way... I don't want to believe it!

What happened?

What happened?

We heard something very loud!

Are you okay?

How's Miss Kae?!

Where's Hana Sensei?!

Kae...

...was killed by Hana.

What?

What are you saying?

Hana Sensei killed Miss Kae?

Kawaki, could you please stop joking around?

It's not... a joke?

Himawari, is this true?

Students Unite!

You're kidding...

You're kidding...

Hana Sensei did that?

It must be some sort of mistake.

Nothing's happened that would lead up to something like that!

A teacher that kind would never attack Miss Kae.

But if it's true...

It means we were all deceived by Hana Sensei, right?

I can't believe it!

I couldn't do anything again...

I'm sorry, Miss Kae.

I wasn't able to do anything, either.

Hana outmaneuvered us.

I'm going after Hana.

Going after her?

Without the suspension bridge, how are you going to do that?

We can't use a Ninja Hound or a drone,

so we have no way of searching.

Everything was carefully planned out

by this professional assassin.

What?!

What's going on?!

This island is dangerous.

You guys need to get out of here immediately.

I can't believe Hana Sensei is an assassin.

There's not much we can do in this situation.

Is calling for help the most sensible thing to do?

They're just Academy students...

They're no match against Hana.

There's no time to take a detour,

and jumping that distance would be impossible.

Wait!

Miss Kae could still be alive!

Hana was targeting Kae.

There's no reason to keep her alive.

Also, you saw her die.

About that...

Why would Hana Sensei go through the trouble of doing that

right in front of us?

If she's an assassin,

she had lots of opportunities to kill her on this island.

And yet, she went out of her way to injure Mimi's Ninja Hound

and destroy Neon's drone

to take away any means of searching for her...

That means she was trying to prevent us

from going after her, right?

So, that means stabbing Kae in front of us was a fake out?

To make us think she's dead?

A reason not to kill her is if she wanted to use her as a hostage.

That's right!

I'm sure that Miss Kae is still alive!

I want to save Miss Kae!

What are you doing?

You don't have much stamina left after that battle with Hana.

Himawari...

There must be something we can do, right?

Even if we're weak and clumsy,

if we work hard, we'll figure something out!

Those are all things that Hana Sensei taught us.

We need to find Miss Kae, quick!

There must be some way to do that.

Yeah!

That's right!

This isn't a training session, you know!

We want to save Miss Kae.

Me too!

Me too!

Fine.

Let's go and save Kae.

Kawaki!

Hana Sensei!

Why are you doing this?!

Hana Sensei!

You're so loud.

I'm meeting up with my associates, so be quiet.

Sensei would never do something like this!

The outdoor training, the flower viewing,

and the play were so much fun!

We can still go back.

Let's go back to everyone...

Hana Sensei!

I find being called Hana Sensei...

so revolting.

What?!

Don't you get it already?

The Hana you all once knew is not here anymore.

Sensei's not here anymore?

What do you mean?

Who am I looking at?

This is the real Hana...

I only exist to fulfill my mission.

What?

I've been embedded in the village,

awaiting orders to eliminate nuisances like you.

That's me... the real Hana.

You're lying!

Sensei! What happened to you?!

Hana Sensei!

You're so annoying.

Hana Sensei's not here anymore.

That woman is sobbing again.

I wonder if she's sad that I'm tormenting one of her students.

She's trapped within me, but she's still a coward.

Hana Sensei's within you?

That woman is my other self.

She's outlived her usefulness, so I sealed her inside.

She'll never be able to come out again,

so it's like she's not here at all!

You and Hana Sensei are the same person...

and you're the one who was trying to kill me?

Don't worry, I won't kill you.

One of the minister's subordinates will be arriving soon.

The minister's subordinate?

Once his ship arrives,

we'll escape and head to the Land of Bamboo

to free the jailed minister.

You'll be a valuable hostage.

I'm the hostage?

I won't allow a deal like that to happen!

Kawaki and the others are going to save me!

Your plan isn't going to go your way!

Save you?

How are they going to find us in this forest?

There's no way those brats will get here before the ship arrives.

Kawaki...

We'll need to cross the ravine

to access the forest Hana disappeared into.

Jumping across this is totally impossible.

In that case...

Found it!

You're amazing, Kura!

I figured it would be useful for camping,

so I brought it just in case.

We can now reach the other side with it!

All right!

Hana and I might have totally underestimated these guys

as being just Academy students.

Hey!

Where are you?!

Hey!

How'd it go?!

No good!

I can't find any trace of her.

Nothing here, either.

In a forest this big,

just searching for traces of Hana and Kae

is going to eat up a lot of time.

If we just had some more info about the island,

that could give us a lead...

Can't you use your insects to investigate, like Shino?

I'll give it a try.

I guess I still can't control them over a wide range.

Sorry.

Don't worry about it!

But we have no other means to gather information, do we?

Damn it!

Oh, I got it! The Exposé Newspaper!

How will that thing help us?

Don't you remember?

There was a man and a woman from the village