Himawari!!

So they came...

What a great feeling.

With the heart of a fish, a ninja entrusts his body to water.

With the heart of a bird, he entrusts his body to the wind.

The Shinobis, 18th installment:

"The Zoo which Creeps in the Darkness."

That's what Denzou-san said, but...

leaving it to the wind like this,

it's like I've really become a bird.

Huh?

But birds...

Stay away!

Himawari?

Just like always, huh?

Quite magnificent skill, even if I do say so myself.

I'm falling...

That's pretty careless.

Oh my...

That girl. How many times does she have to do this?

Geez...

They'll say she just can't learn.

A kite these days?

Even among ninjas they aren't popular.

She really needs looking after.

Himawari?

Hinata Himawari

makes her appearance!

That girl...

Your entrance has become more fitting for a student of Shinobi High.

Even I won't repeat the same mistake twice.

Fixing this is going to be a lot of trouble.

Hayato already said it, but kites aren't popular these days.

I agree with you on that.

Something terrible has happened!

What is it? You're not even wearing your uniform.

According to my information...

Actually, I've seen it with my own eyes.

The boy's school went up in flames and has burned down!

Calm down.

What do you mean?

Even I don't really know what's going on.

So, how many injuries?

As for that, no matter how hard I've looked, there wasn't anyone there.

They are excellent reserve ninjas.

There's no way they were too slow and got trapped.

When I heard the sound of an explosion I went to investigate right away.

There wasn't even the shadow of one person. It doesn't make sense.

An explosion?

Even more so...

I was supposed to be at the boy's dormitory last night.

"Show your face for the opening of the new student's welcome party."

This letter came directly from Kouchou-sensei.

I completely forgot about it.

When I rushed over there at dawn...

You said you heard the sound of an explosion and went straight there to investigate, right?

Yeah.

If that's the case, the male students must have already gone before the explosion happened.

That's what I think.

Amazing. This is really amazing.

This was a timed explosion, huh?

I wish I could have seen the moment of the explosion.

Himeji, you joke too much.

Joke?

My favorite thing is blowing things into smithereens!

Nasu-2?!

What's he doing?

Does he intend to destroy it even more?

Let's crush him.

Stop it! Hey!

I give in! I give in!

That's...

Hayato-dono.

That idiot.

Hayato-dono, why were you doing that?

I was asked by Principal Yatsugashira.

By Principal Yatsugashira?!

What does that mean?

The boy's school has been closed down.

I was told to come down afterwards.

I haven't heard about the school being shut down.

There is no way that we can tell you high school girls every little thing, right?

I'm a student from the boy's school too!

Oh, so you are a guy.

Anyway, I thought I was helping out.

Tempted by money, right?

13,000 yen daily.

Hayato-dono.

Looks like it would be faster to hear about this from the principal directly.

It's as Marikouji-sensei says.

See?

Even though they disappeared suddenly,

the boy's school students have returned to where they're supposed to be.

That's all there is to it.

But why did they suddenly close it down?

There's no need for me to tell you that.

The boy's school has been abolished,

that truth alone is enough.

But if the boy's school has been shut down, that means

the girl's school is going to be shut down eventually too, right?

That means it has something to do with us, right?

Just when I was finally able to become a student of this school...

and I'm finally getting used to this school's ninja training.

If this school is closed down too, I-

We understand, sorry for making a fuss.

But Shikimi-san!

It's fine, let's go Himawari.

W-Why? Why?

Don't make a big fuss, just go.

The discussion still hasn't finished yet!

Sorry for intruding.

But... Everyone... Wait... I'm not done yet!

Everyone, are you okay with that?

Are you going to give up that easily?

There was a wiretap.

But, there's no way that Principal Yatsugashira wouldn't notice such a thing, right?

That means...

She might be one of them, right?

It seems we've been noticed.

As expected of the reserve ninjas your people raised.

It appears those girls could hinder our plan.

I'll leave it to your judgment.

As intended, carrying out the plan.

Yeah, yeah. I heard you.

I'll proceed with the plan as intended.

My own plan that is.

Now...

Spider web it is?

All right, let's start with the yellow one.

This will be your treat!

Sponging off your students in spite of being a teacher.

Don't say bad things like "sponging off," please.

That's right, you said you won't forgive me if I destroy the school.

But it's part of my job,

so I can't help it if it bothers you.

But we might be able to grasp some kind of clue from the ruins of the fire.

Oh, this looks like it's fried just right.

After all, you can never fool the principal.

Is my seafood mix ready yet?

Mine was pork, egg, and cheese.

Coming right now.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

This is the seafood mix.

This is the pork, egg, and cheese.

Yay! It's pork, egg, and cheese.

Wait.

I don't recognize your face.

I'm only here part time, got a problem with that?

This kind of customer service isn't appreciated.

What an irritating guy.

Now, now. Once you eat, you'll feel better.

First off, you need to eat some of the okonomiyaki.

It's odd for Nanafushi and Komurasaki to disappear so quietly in the first place.

They didn't even say goodbye to the ones they like.

There's nothing really between Nanafushi and me.

It'd be a different thing if this time he disappeared against his own will.

It's fried, Hayato-dono.

Let's eat!

Let's see, that big one over there...

From here to here is mine.

Stingy!

What?

That food you just gave me had poison in it.

Hey, now I'm really pissed.