Chapter 41

Talent Time (才能の時間, Sainō no jikan) is chapter 41 of the Assassination Classroom manga.

Long summary
Takaoka-sensei mocked Karasuma for choosing Nagisa to duel against him, because Nagisa was the shortest boy in Class E. Karasuma ignores Takaoka, instead giving Nagisa additional advice on how to properly attack his opponent.

Meanwhile, Takaoka reveals that he thought that Nagisa was, "without doubt, the weakest of the boys", considering that his physical abilities had no specialty, and that his constitution and strength were that of a girl's. Adding that Nagisa is being required to use a real knife, Takaoka knows that an amateur would panic at the thought of using the weapon.