KILL BLUE (キルアオ)

THE FIRST HITMAN SUMMIT SATURDAY, JUNE 20th

Okay, today we have a new transfer student.

Today? More like again.

This class gets a lot of transfer students.

This is Eiji Rindou. Everybody, make him feel welcome.

Goodbye, tranquility.

Hello again, assassin.

- Whoa, he's huge! - He's really a seventh-grader?

And what's that screw in his forehead?

A fashion thing?

Wow, another character with a lot going on!

Oh, what's wrong?

Oh, no.

He's totally my type.

No way. Seriously?

Seriously!

I feel like I've seen him somewhere before.

REPORT

Even one assassin in a middle school would be completely insane.

Nice to meet ya.

All right, Rindou, take your seat.

But now four have infiltrated the school.

We can officially call this situation extraordinary.

Sensing the danger, Ogami called them together...

and held the first Hitman Summit.

From Yugang, the second-biggest Chinese outfit in the industry, Shin Kohazame.

And from JARDIN, the biggest organization in the business, the Rindou brothers.

So, you finally showed up.

The boss and I belong to Z.O.O.,

the old-school outfit ranked third in the industry.

I can't believe...

the three biggest organizations are all here because of Noren.

What'd you call us here for out of the blue?

You all know about each other by now, right?

Despite it all, let's get along!

Don't start any trouble!

I'm begging you!

Why's it so important to you?

Not that you had to tell me. I'm not about to start killing people here.

The Mitsuoka duel's on hold for now, too.

Same here.

But there's one thing.

I can't get along with them.

Especially the little one.

Years ago, he stole one of my targets.

Ah, that time.

That only happened because you were dragging your feet.

Don't give me that!

Not after the dirty trick you pulled!

He was a special target! I had to be the one to take him down!

Is that so? Then all the more reason you should've killed him sooner, you half-wit!

Don't, Eiji.

This is between him and me.

Cut it out! When I said "get along," I meant everyone here!

Were you even listening to me?

This is exactly what I mean by "trouble"!

For the record...

I'm disappointed in you, too.

Huh?

I lost the duel...

so I backed off from Noren for the time being.

But I heard...

FIRE HYDRANT

she was abducted from under your nose the other day!

Sure, she made it through safely, but with a performance that pathetic...

I can't entrust the woman I love to you.

I won't mention who abducted her.

I'll protect Noren!

Oh! There you are, Ogami.

We don't have club today, so let's walk home together.

Why are you all here?

Let's adjourn for now.

Don't worry.

First-years and third-years...

usually don't cross paths unless they go out of their way.

Good grief.

Huh? My shoes are gone?

No way! Why?

Noren...

I took the liberty of warming them for you.

It's early summer!

Wait, no... Are you Toyotomi Hideyoshi?

No, that's not the point, either! What are you doing?

Look out!

A June beetle.

It's harmless!

You're walking home with us?

And you're way too close! What is your deal?

I want to protect you, my precious Noren!

From now on, I'll be with you at all times! I've made up my mind!

Huh?

"At all times"?

At all times!

While you eat, while you bathe...

even while you sleep!

Huh? Like I'd go along with that! Are you stupid?

Ogami! Shin is being weird!

Sorry.

This is all because I failed you.

You failing me turns Shin into an idiot?

THE FIRST HITMAN SUMMIT

The first Hitman Summit results.

One... Three out of four participants started fighting.

Two... Shin Kohazame became a stalker.

Will this report get approved?

What was that?

You can clearly see me, jerk!

Sorry, I was kidding.

Don't pat my head!

Did you make that yourself?

Also, your lunch box is tiny!

If it's any bigger, I can't finish it.

Even your voice is adorable!

Everybody, stop patting my head!

Hello. I'm Mei Tamada.

I'm a second-year in the home ec club, which makes me Ogami and Noren's senpai.

Huh? You don't know me?

Well, I guess until now...

I've mostly just been darting around in the corner of the screen.

ANPAN

Still, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance.

As for my height, it's a little...

So cute!

But wait a second.

Huh? She's a second-year?

Actually, yeah. To be blunt, I'm the smallest person in the club.

Which is why I'm here today for advice.

Ogami!

Huh?

Oh, Tamada-senpai?

What's wrong?

I wanna get ripped!

What?

Why?

You don't want people looking down on you?

I mean, we've never done that before or anything.

It's not the home ec club.

I'm sick of always being the class's target.

But you're plenty charming just the way you are.

Easy for tall, sleek Noren to say!

You don't know the heart of the vertically-challenged!

Everybody goes, "Aww, you're so cute!" and pats me on the head...

but I'm not somebody's pet!

I know!

I know nobody's doing it to be mean!

If anything, they're doting on me!

But doesn't that come with the implication that they don't see me as an equal?

So, if I can't get bigger vertically...

I'll get wider!

I bought dumbbells!

How'd you decide that "getting ripped" is the answer?

Whoa, they're adjustable ones, too!

If only my shoulders...

If only my shoulders were broader!

Shoulders have nothing to... Wait, that mental image is nightmare fuel!

But what about the sewing and crafts you love, Senpai?

I'm not quitting those or anything.

I just also want melon shoulders.

Melon shoulders?

Okay, I get the situation, but why come to me?

Sorry. Actually, it's not exactly you I need.

I want you to introduce me to Tenma Tendo.

Huh?

If I'm gonna ask someone how to train...

it should be the man with the ultimate physical body, right?

You went from getting ripped to asking him for help?

But there's a very real chance that guy doesn't even know I exist!

DELICIOUS MILK

So, I figured you could...

I mean, I don't know what you expect me to...

Please!

I wanna get huge!

Fine, I get it! Just stop doing shoulder presses for your delts!

Ogami and a home ec club member? What's up?

Huh? You know me?

Uh, I don't know your name, but I know your face.

The home ec club people have, I dunno, a special vibe.

So, what do you need?

Let's sit down first!

Your crotch is right there!

You wanna bulk up so people won't look down on you?

Sounds pointless. I'd quit.

I mean, I can give you workout advice, sure.

But getting a little bigger isn't gonna change anything.

If Ogami or I got serious...

either way, it'd be a one-punch KO.

So, the problem probably isn't really that. Oh?

Huh?

Could you say it any worse?

Um, Tamada-senpai...

The people who actually see you for who you are don't look down on you.

I know that.

It's just, both my parents are short, too...

so when I think that...

I might spend the rest of my life being treated like a small animal...

unless I constantly assert myself... it seems like such a pain in the ass.

In that case, after school...

would you maybe come with me to my uncle's, no, aunt's shop?

OPEN 24 HOURS

Welcome, Juzo!