Spy Kyoushitsu (Spy Classroom)

The world is awash in pain.

Now, wars are fought between spies over information -

in shadow wars.

We've got this.

The target's eyes haven't adjusted to the darkness yet!

Today is the day, Teach!

We're finally going to make you admit defeat!

It all started five days ago...

Defeat me.

Make me say, "I surrender."

You can use whatever methods you like.

Come up with plans as a group,

and take me down by the end of the month.

That concludes the lesson.

So, what was that about?

Ah, I see.

It will be a simulation of actual combat conditions.

We could dig up dirt.

Physically restrain him.

Take his friends or loved ones hostage.

In the world of espionage, spies are often asked to manipulate and cajole their targets.

I suspect that's what this training is about.

He said we could use whatever methods we liked, right?

That's what I heard too, yo!

That's all well and good, but...

It was Klaus, right?

Feels like that guy...

...thinks we're a fuckin' joke!

Like he can walk all over us, just 'cuz we're washouts!

Come on, everyone.

I'm sure that's not what he-

Well, I say we teach him a lesson and show him just how strong we are.

Yeah!

Seven against one will hardly make for decent training.

We can just win by sheer numbers!

Let's all go attack him together!

Are there any more complaints about my lesson plan?

No, sir.

Good.

Next time, make sure to actually use your heads.

That marked the start of our radical new Defeat Teach curriculum, but...

For the next five days, all we did was rack up one loss after another.

We've got this.

The target's eyes haven't adjusted to the darkness yet!

Today is the day, Teach!

We're finally going to make you admit defeat!

Hope you're-

Hope you're read-

Damn it, Lily!

Hey! Keep your hands to yourself!

I ain't touchin' shit!

It's not my fault your tits are so damn big. S-settle down. The target has no clothes, let alone a weapon.

Magnificent.

By my count, that makes thirteen attempts.

I applaud your tenacity.

That said, your plans still need work.

When you attack someone, you need to be as sharp as a wind racing through a valley.

At least put on a towel!

There's no need.

A first-rate spy thinks nothing of being seen in the nude.

I'm heading out.

I'll return tonight.

When I do, I expect you to launch another attack.

It was right there in front of my face!

He's toying with us.

Shit, and with that smug-ass look on his face, too.

At this rate, the month's gonna end before we know it.

And when it does, we're gonna go on that Impossible Mission...

...and get slaughtered.

Each and every one of us.

Monika...

At the same time, it's too late to go back to our academies.

We're boxed in.

That Klaus punk...

With skills like his, I bet he's never even been in a bind like ours.

I agree.

He probably can't empathize with the worries of washouts like us at all.

That's not true.

Not at all.

He might not show it, but I think Teach has burdens of his own he's carrying.

Lily?

We'll resume our lesson when he gets back.

Before that, though, I have a suggestion to make as your leader.

Leader, huh?

For the record, I don't remember ever signing off on that.

C'mon, don't be like that!

Here, have a financier with your tea.

What is that supposed to be, a bribe?

I'll have one, Leader.

Yeah, Leader, me too.

Sellouts, the lot of you.

Would you like some more tea, Monika?

There's new information regarding your Impossible Mission.

Understood.

How are the girls holding up?

I understand you've been having a hard time teaching them.

Nothing gets past you, does it, C?

I guess you're not in charge of the Cabinet Office's Foreign Intelligence Office for nothing.

You're a good spy, Klaus,

but your stubbornness causes headaches for the people around you.

You need to make sure you're doing everything you can to assuage the girls' fears.

I don't need you to tell me that-

Oh, I think I do.

I used to be able to count on your team to get through to you, but they're gone now.

How about this, Idiot Pupil?

If you make it back alive, I've got a new title for you:

The Greatest Spy in the World.

I'd say you will have earned it.

It's got a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Magnificent.

You don't want to flee?

Not in the slightest.

You took me in when I was an orphan and raised me to be a spy,

and I can never thank the boss enough for hiring me.

It would be no exaggeration for me to say that I love each and every person on this team.

I'm no expert on families, but that's what I think of you all as.

And nothing brings me more satisfaction than risking my life on behalf of my family.

When the hell'd you get so eloquent, Bonfire?

I'm back.

Everyone's here, I see.

Perfect.

There's something I want to talk to you all about regarding the mission.

First of all, Lamplight isn't the first team to attempt this Impossible Mission.

There was another one that went before us.

That team was called Inferno.

I know that name.

They're the best spy team in the Din Republic, right?

They're what every team in the nation aspires to be.

I heard that during the Great War, they stole intel on the Imperial army

and saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Wanting to join Inferno was the reason I became a spy!

Unfortunately, Inferno is gone.

It no longer exists.

How do you know that?

Because only one person on the team survived.

And he's standing in front of you.

One year ago, I, code name Bonfire,

split off from the group and went on a solo op per my mentor Guido's orders.

While I was gone, the rest of Inferno's members took on an Impossible Mission.

None of them made it back alive.

Inferno was like family to me.

I wanted us to change this world, awash in pain, together.

But now, that can never happen.

You can't be serious. They all got wiped out?

You're saying they were the best spy team in the nation...

...and they died on the very same mission we'll be attempting in a month?

I apologize for frightening you.

As your instructor, I make no excuses for my ineptitude.

That said, I had a very good reason for choosing the seven of you.

I want you to come.

However, I'm not going to force you.

It's up to each of you to decide

if you're coming on the Impossible Mission or not.

Teach...

If you wish to flee, that right is yours.

For me, this mission is one of personal revenge.

It's an important mission, and the fate of our nation hangs in the balance,

but that isn't reason enough for the seven of you to risk your lives.

I'm in.

You all...

Still, to think that you were actually a member of Inferno.

We had our suspicions, but it hits different actually hearing you say it.

You did?

Yeah.

Y'see, Lily had this idea, so we spent the afternoon...

...investigating Heat Haze Palace's old residents.

We found traces from a couple people of all sorts of ages and genders.

Then, after subtly asking around at Garmouth Seminary,

we obtained some testimonies that supported our hypothesis.

We figured that the people who lived here must have been really important to you.

You probably hit rock bottom when you lost the people you cared about.

Well, we were at rock bottom too.

We're not about to abandon a fellow bottom-dweller!

We're in the same hole here.

Let's climb out of it together!

But...

If I may, sir!

We all feel the same way!

You're gonna train us up real good before the mission.

Right, Bro?

Naturally.

Then let's do this!

We're all in?

I mean, hey, if the team leader says so.

Ooh! You finally signed off on it!

She was being sarcastic.

Wait, that's so mean, though!

It's okay, Leader, settle down.

Yeah, you're right.

A good leader can't let an eensy bit of sarcasm get to her.

I can see I made the right choice picking you as Lamplight's leader, Flower Garden Lily.

Well, yeah, obviously!

In twenty days,

we'll be heading to the Galgad Empire to begin the Impossible Mission.