Job

[1 Day Ago – Inside an Abandoned Building]
Three figures stood beneath the dim, flickering lights, their skin pallid as if drained of life. Their glossy, oversized black eyes reflected the unsteady glow, void of emotion. Though their hands mimicked human form, the serpentine tendrils beside them betrayed their true nature—writhing, twitching, and pulsing like living things of their own.


"You understand your assignment, Salphuthrite 102 – Type 3?"
In response, the other nodded. "Yes. I understand." Its voice was hollow
A second figure leaned in, "Good. This is critical. The new student we've been observing has finally enrolled. Despite multiple attempts, our Type 2 units have failed to capture him." It paused. "That is why you will infiltrate the school—undercover."
The third being, silent until now, hissed. "Failure is not an option."
Salphuthrite 102 didn’t hesitate. "Put your trust in me."
Then, with an unnatural fluidity, its form twisted—flesh rippling like liquid, bones snapping and realigning with sickening precision. In mere seconds, the grotesque contortions ceased, leaving behind not a monster, but a flawless replica of Kanue’s teacher.


It smiled.

[Several Hours Later – Japanese Military Outpost, Eastern District]
The bunker was in chaos. Alarms blared, red emergency lights casting twisting shadows on the reinforced steel walls. Soldiers sprinted through the halls, their faces carved with unease.
“Sector 5 breached! We’ve lost contact with the second squad—”
The radio transmission cut off
Captain Ryo Tanaka tightens his grip on his rifle, his pulse steady despite the chaos around him. He moves carefully, leading his unit down the ruined corridor, their boots squelching against the slick, tar-like blood smeared across the floor. The air is thick with an acrid stench—burnt metal, rotting flesh, something worse.
Ahead, the bulkhead door hangs open, its reinforced steel bent and twisted, not by explosives, but by something far stronger—something that tore through as if it were nothing.
Ryo raises a fist, and the unit halts instantly. His voice is low, controlled. “Stay sharp. No mistakes.”


A deep silence followed. Then, a voice—faint, distorted—echoed from the darkness beyond the doorway.
“Is this the best humanity can offer?”
The soldiers turned their guns toward the sound.
Then it stepped forward.
A Salphuthrite Type 3.
At first glance, it almost resembled a human. But the details were all wrong. Its flesh was deathly pale, its pitch-black eyes too large, its mouth stretched into an unnatural grin. And emerging from its back were four writhing tendrils, each tipped with something that glistened like razors.
The soldiers opened fire.
Bullets tore through its body.
For a moment, it stood still, motionless. Then, with a slow tilt of its head, it laughed.
And then it moved.
It lunged, its tendrils slicing through the air.
The first soldier barely had time to scream before he was split in half.
Ryo fired point-blank into its head, but the creature didn’t stop—it simply morphed, its wounds closing as if they had never existed.
“Retreat! Now!” Ryo shouted.
But it was already too late.
One by one, his men were ripped apart, their bodies collapsing in pools of blood
The last thing Ryo saw before his vision blurred was the grinning face of the monster, its black eyes reflecting his own dying expression.
Then everything went black 
[Current day in Sakura High] "Well thank you for the introduce" Kanue teacher smiled. "You can sit next to Ryder that tall boy with dark hair over there" 
"Thank you " he said his voice devoid of emotion and his face expressionless. He walked to the seat nearby Ryder and took his seat 
"Hmmm this guy is extremely calm and composed for his first day especially in a school like this, it's unnatural" Ryder thought to himself as he glared at Kanue. 
Kanue even though he wasn't looking picked up on Ryder's glaze and looked back at him , Ryder immediately turned his face not wanting to look weird 
[At Cafe] "Hmmm since i came here i haven't noticed any unusual people or settings, but there was no doubt about it , before i came here there were multiple Salphuthrite trying to capture me, so i came here into this school and surely at least one must follow, so that's why i know no doubt about it , there's a Salphuthrite in this school disguised" Kanue thought. 
Ryder and his friends were walking down the cafe looking for were to sit because most chairs were occupied but then they noticed a boy sitting down alone in the cafe thinking about himself 
"That's that Kanue guy isn't he" one of Ryder's friend asked . "Yeah it's him, Etsuko" . "Let's find somewhere else to sit i don't really like that Kanue guy he's too expressionless and moody i don't even feel any sort of emotion's coming from him" Another of Ryder friend said.
"How will you get to know people, Junko " Ryder smiled at her. " Are you really gonna give me that crap " Junko stared at him . "Just give him a try " Ryder asked politely.
"Fine but i still don't like him though" she said in a voice of defeat . The 5 friends walked over to where Kanue was sitting .
Ryder looked at him "could we sit here" , Kanue looked at them "sure i don't mind " 
[After eating] " So ummm Kanue is it could you tell us more about yourself " Etsuko asked. 
"Well i don't really have much to say then you already know honestly " Kanue admitted expressionless 
"Oh umm my mistake for being intrusive " Etsuko apologized 
"Not really a problem, I'm the new guy after all have to make sure no one is a Salphuthrite after all " Kanue voice devoid of emotion. 
All of them were a bit taken aback by the way he just casually said that. 
"What's wrong did i say anything unsettling?" He asked 
"Ummm no well we were just a bit shocked, by the way you just said it, that's all "one of Ryder friends said. 
"Oh i see , but tell me something do you fear Salphuthrite's " 
"Well of course we do their dangerous after all " Etsuko replied curious 
"And how do you know that ? Have you ever seen one " none of them replied "As i thought, you fear what you haven't seen or what you don't know, if humanity was to fear everything they don't know we wouldn't be where we are today , we have to look further and beyond to move further, that's how we are where we are" Kanue stated . Everyone was taken a back by Kanue words they didn't think he was the philosophical type 
[ Later that day after school] Kanue is seen still in school leaning on a wall alone thinking about something but in the shadows the Salphuthrite who disguised himself as his teacher was in the shadows " this is my golden opportunity, He's alone so i can easily take him right now without any eyes on me " it thought to itself 
Kanue immediately caught sight of someone observing him from the shadows " who is that , stalking me is it the Salphuthrite or a regular person" Kanue thought to himself. 
" Yes now i can finally capture him" the Salphuthrite thought to itself it began to move but as the form of Kanue teacher 
Kanue walked away but the teacher followed upstairs but as she entered upstairs , it saw Kanue was nowhere to be found but now that it knew Kanue was here it already thought there was no escape so it transformed back into it's true form 
As it walked down it said in his teacher voice" oh Kanue where are you i just want to chat and have a conversation with you , could you please come out and talk" it said maniacally 
As it entered a door he saw Kanue standing in the tech lab 
" so you are a Salphuthrite well that makes my work easier " He said emotionless 
"And you're right where i want you , so that makes my job easier too " It said 
"Oh really , is that so i wonder who'll get their job done " He said emotionless