Episode 03

**Mission: Flower Garden III** (MISSION《花園》III, *Mission "Hanazono" III*) is the 3rd episode of Spy Classroom anime series.

## Synopsis

Impossible Mission or not, it doesn't make sense for a team that legendary to go down so easily. A traitor betrays his team.

## Summary

The girls play paper-rock-scissors to determine who will carry the backpack. However, they trick Sybilla, telling her that they will all choose rock, but instead they choose paper. Sybilla is annoyed that they tricked her, but the rest explain that she is the strongest, which is why they want her to carry the backpack. Klaus and the girls then start their mission and infiltrate the lab from different sides.

Earlier, Klaus explains that they are looking for a biological weapon Abyss Doll. A killer virus that spreads via airborne droplets over its one-week incubation period, then kills the host within twelve hours of symptoms appearing. Klaus also warns the girls that there will be soldier and spies stationed in the lab and they will shoot to kill if the girls get noticed.

While infiltrating the girls spot some soldiers and quickly manage to dispose of them. Bernard warns Sara and she realizes there is also a spy, who is quite good to be able to escape Bernard's surveillance. They see the spy, Guido, and attempt to take him out, but he dodges their bullets and throws a bomb. Klaus sees the bomb explosion and notes its the same color as the ones his master uses. Klaus quickly recalls his training with Guido and how he was never able to defeat him as he was a tenth of a second slower than him. After Inferno got wiped out, he identified Guido's corpse, but now wonders if it was fake.

Lily faces Guido, who finds it strange as Klaus was supposed to come in from the west side. Guido guesses that Klaus changed the plan, but after he takes the girls hostage, it will be all over. Lily realizes he is Guido and that he betrayed his team. Lily wonders how he knew their plan and Guido explains that he used to live in Heat Haze Palace and had put bugs everywhere. The girls decide to go together on him, otherwise if they run, he will capture them one by one. He goes after Lily, who leads him into a wire trap. Annette then attempts to attack him, but he gets free and knocks her out, noting that he knows all of their tricks and spy techniques, so they won't work on him.

Guido tells the girls to come out or he will start breaking Annette's fingers. Lily comes out to buy the rest some time. She explains that she decided to keep all seven of them alive and compares them to various things like the seven deadly sins. Sybilla and Monika create a smoke screen and attempt to attack Guido, but he dodges and finds Thea. She acts innocent, but he figures he must be "Lust". Thea confirms, but states its too late and activates a trigger that chains Guido's legs. Klaus then jumps at Guido, however, Guido states they can't fool him with that disguise and knocks down Grete, explaining that Klaus calls him "master" and not "Guido". Guido frees himself and knocks out Thea. Lily comes and releases a poison gas and takes Thea with her. Sybilla and Monika attack again. Guido realizes its paralyzing gas, but had held his breath and it barely affects him. He then knocks out Sybilla, Monika and Sara, leaving only Lily. Angry, she attacks, but gets knocked out easily.

Klaus reaches a dead end. A woman with some guards shows up and states they fed them bad intel. She also explains that Guido turned traitor and gave them full dossiers on every Din Republic spy. She knows what Klaus is capable, but unfortunately, he can't defeat them. Klaus then covers himself and in that moment a small explosion occurs on the two walls next to the guards, taking them out. The woman wonders when did Klaus managed to set up a trap, but he quickly stabs her in the throat. One of the guards is still alive and Klaus decides to question him.

After having the girls hostage, Lily guesses that Guido was after Klaus all along. Guido confirms, explaining that they planned to take Klaus along with Inferno two months ago. Guido gave him another mission to isolate him from the rest, otherwise if he teamed up with them, it would have been more problematic. Guido put top-notch Imperial spies after him on that mission, but to his surprised Klaus beat them all. Taking him out became the Empire's priority. Lily then guesses that they used Abyss Doll to lure him. Guido confirms again and shoots his gun in the air, stating Klaus will be coming as he cares for his teammates. Klaus can't beat Guido and with the hostages, he is sure to lose and perish. Lily states that if Klaus come, he will die, but if he doesn't the girls will die. However, she wonders for how long she must keep playing this game. In that moment, Klaus contacts Guido by the radio and informs him that he obtained Abyss Doll and will be escaping.

Earlier, Klaus tells the girl that the Empire will likely be expecting them. They will act dumb and let the Empire think they know nothing and underestimate them. He tells them that they need to deceive a certain enemy by feigning weakness to create an opening.

Klaus explains that he can't defeat Guido, so he will prioritize the mission and head home. He also states he always suspected there was a traitor among Inferno. Guido wonders how he knows it and Klaus states he just knows it, but he also found the bugs he planted in Heat Haze Palace. When he first met the girls, he gave them Communal Living Rules, one of which was to never use their unique talents inside Heat Haze Palace. The girls then realizes what he means and spend the month obeying the rules. With this, Guido has no idea what the girls are capable of as the dossiers he have about the spies doesn't include academies' girl wonders. Klaus is confident that the girls will defeat him. In that moment, Lily reveals her code name is Flower Garden as foam surrounds her and Guido. Lily attacks Guido, but he dodges her and knocks her out, and guesses her poison foam was just for a show. He tells Klaus he defeated them all, but then sees some bolts falling. He manages to dodge as some pipes fall down. He figures this can't be coincidence. In that moment, he gets stabbed in the back. As he turns, he sees another girl who came out of the backpack. Klaus confirms that they are eight girls and they were forced to live like if they were seven, which was another rule in the Communal Living Rules. Klaus introduces the eight girl, Erna, codename Fool. Erna joined the girls on the second day, but the girls make sure to never mention her. She is an expert when it comes to accidents and disasters and her sharp senses let her subconsciously pick up on portents of doom, allowing her to get others caught up in them. Guido can't believe they sacrificed a month of their lives just to land a single hit, but then falls unconscious on the ground.

Lily frees the girls. Erna then jumps and pushes Lily out of the way, saving her from Guido. He explains he passed out for a moment and its been a while since he was in such situation, but all they did was to slow his moves a tenth of a second. The girls can't believe they were only able to achieve that, however Klaus congratulates them. He comes and gives the bioweapon to the girls and tells them to escape. Klaus and Guido then exchange blows. Klaus notes that thanks to the girls, he caught up to Guido and he isn't qualified to be his enemy anymore.

A week later, Klaus reports to C that the mission was a success and they all survived. Lamplight was a temporary team, which is now disbanded and the girls had returned to their academies. Klaus feels as incompetent teacher, but will be glad if the girls no longer feel like washouts. C wonders about Guido's body and Klaus gives him a small box, stating it was all he could take back. When Klaus defeated Guido, he asks him why he betrayed them, but Guido tells him to just kill him. Klaus explains he will be disbanding Lamplight and the two can rebuild Inferno. Guido finds Klaus too soft, but noticing a sniper, he pushes away Klaus and gets shot by the sniper. In his last moments, Guido tells Klaus to make sure to protect them this time.

Klaus sits on the couch with the box in his hand. Suddenly his legs are chained and the eight girls appear in front of him, stating they finally caught him. Klaus notes they went back to their academies, but the girl state they lied as they are spies. As they caught him, they can have whatever demands they want and wish to stay together as Lamplight. Klaus states they could have just asked, but the girls explain that they are still learning from him. Klaus smiles and frees himself, stating they are still not fit to be his enemies. He congratulates them and tells them they will be continuing with their classes.

## Characters

* Klaus
* Flower Garden
* Pandemonium
* Glint
* Meadow
* Forgetter
* Dreamspeaker
* Daughter Dearest
* Guido
* Eve
* Fool
* C