Korotan D Chapter 5

Terasaka watches a group carry a metal case to the director, and its contents leave the crew stunned: a real Buddha statue meant as a prop for the coming scene. Kayano and Jerome act out their characters' awe at the discovery, pleasing the director, but Kayano senses something wrong and, after shining light on the statue from several angles, declares it lacks its earlier glow. A monk confirms it is a counterfeit, and everyone begins to investigate. A crew member soon uncovers a large tunnel dug behind the set. Falling back on the Cops and Robbers games they once played with Korosensei, the class, with Jerome trailing along, corners the thief carrying the authentic statue, only to be surrounded in turn by armed men that include Jerome's double, Rawan. He names the group the notorious Shishidan bandits and demands the statue.

Isogai sends the fastest students ahead while others tag along, and they flee tossing the statue between them. Kayano, Nagisa, and Karma, with Jerome struggling to keep up, break off and stumble onto carvings bearing Korosensei's face, then a large yellow dome marked the same way, which they recognize as one of their old teacher's hideouts. Inside they and the others find life-sized photos of the whole class and drift into nostalgia before turning to arm themselves. When the bandits track them down, the class fights back: Terasaka's group snares several in a rope trap, and after luring the sword-wielding thieves into the pitch-dark hideout, Karma pelts them with chili-laced water balloons. The lights reveal what looks like the entire class aiming guns, actually the photographs, before a trapdoor drops the bandits to the bottom. The class celebrates and recalls using such traps on Korosensei, until Nagisa realizes Kayano has vanished and calls out just as her reply is cut short.

Kayano exposes the swapped Buddha statue, revealing a heist and a hidden tunnel behind the set. The class channels their Cops and Robbers training to corner the thief, then discovers a Korosensei hideout stocked with class photos. Using rope traps, chili water balloons, and a trapdoor, they defeat the Shishidan raiders, but the chapter ends on Kayano's sudden disappearance.

This is the fifth chapter of the Korotan D light novel. It escalates the trip into an action set piece, reviving the class's assassination-era teamwork and revealing Rawan as the bandits' leader before the cliffhanger over Kayano's capture.