A few minutes later.
The Hound team members arrived after getting word and began clearing the scene.
The students who had been secretly attending the class had long since fled.
Even the grades had been fake—if they did not run now, when would they?
"Have you two actors ever heard of a Meme Virus?" Rick moved the camera away, then returned to the classroom and looked at Dan Heng and Ranpa.
Dan Heng seemed thoughtful. "So this was the Sleepy Banana Monkey's true nature?"
"That's right." Rick explained:
"Meme contamination is a phenomenon of transmission. It consists of information particles that affect cognition, altering the contaminated person's perception of specific things, much like special effects in a film."
"Words, music, videos..."
"All of them are transmission mediums."
"Humans are naturally curious about the unknown, and Meme Viruses exploit that weakness."
"The Emperor saw through everything and classified all the transmission mediums related to the Sleepy Banana Monkey as prohibited items."
"Praise the Emperor—!!"
"Even in reality, meme contamination can alter a person's thoughts."
"And in this dream world, it can give rise to nightmares that turn people into apes!"
Ranpa nodded slightly, having grasped the general situation.
"So, the evil ninja first had the evil spirits spread decorated mediums, using entertainment as a cover to plant the seeds of evil arts in the hearts of the ninja disciples."
"They then usurped the positions of teachers and abused the minds of the ninja disciples, causing the evil arts within them to flare up."
"Through this endless cycle, the ninja disciples of Origami Village would be assimilated by the evil spirits and become puppets of the evil ninja..."
"Which means the acting principal of Origami Village is most likely..."
Origami University.
Principal's Office.
The lights were dim here, and Sleepy Banana Monkeys