Shiki Uzumaki deliberately ignored Lee's words and turned straight to Tenten. "Why were you watching my fight, and why did you show up so late?"
Tenten gave Shiki a look like she'd just seen a ghost. "When did you get so clueless, Shiki? Don't you know we have class too?"
Oh right—Shiki suddenly remembered that Tenten was a year older than him. Of course they had lessons now.
Lee had just been teased by Tenten, so he could only sigh and say, "That's the path of youth—where no matter how hard you try, people misunderstand, oppose, or even laugh at you...but still, you have to push on."
Lee's speech stirred something in Uzumaki Shiki. He couldn't help but gain a slight realization—
He's being all dramatic again.
"Alright, let's go," said Tenten. Grabbing a meal together had become something they always did.
Of course, it originally started because Tenten wanted to force these two guys—who would completely forget about eating once they got into training—to develop the habit of eating on time.
But as they walked past the somewhat old gate of the Ninja Academy, Shiki Uzumaki noticed a familiar figure.
Silver-gray hair, lazily wearing his forehead protector over one eye while the other was glued to the book in his hand—Make Out Paradise?
Kakashi Hatake!
Chapter 67: Kakashi's Perverted Side
"Huh? Already over? I actually came hoping to catch it live," Kakashi said, seeing the dispersing crowd.
"It definitely is over already, Senior Kakashi! When can you ever be on time?" Shiki Uzumaki replied helplessly.
Kakashi scratched his head with his right hand and said, "Ah? So it's Shiki Uzumaki. Did Guy say anything about me being late again? It's kind of awkward in front of juniors."
Shiki shot back helplessly, "Reading perverted books in front of juniors—that should be even more awkward, don't you think?"
As soon as he said that, Shiki suddenly felt a sharp glare from beside him.
This feeling—he'd only ever experienced it from one person.
A sudden realization struck Shiki.
"Tenten, hear me out! Actually, I only guessed that book was a perverted one just by its title!"
"What energetic young people," Kakashi shook his head and, looking at Shiki Uzumaki, suddenly thought of Obito.
Wasn't he also a boy like that back then?
"Hey, Shiki, how about treating me to a meal?"
Upon hearing those words, Shiki couldn't help but feel surprised. "Senior Kakashi, why should I treat you to a meal?"
"Uh… Because after leaving home just now, I realized I didn't bring my wallet."
Shiki sighed and said, "Fine."
However, Tenten seemed displeased. "Like someone who definitely did bring one…"
"…"
An awkward silence followed.
Shiki suddenly realized he indeed didn't carry a wallet either—it was just too much trouble.
So every month when his stipend came in, he'd hand it all over to Tenten first, taking money from her whenever he needed it.
Kakashi said cheerfully, "Great! Then let's go."
"I know a place with amazing food."
Tenten shot Kakashi an annoyed look. "Hey, why are you deciding where we eat? And did I ever say I'd treat you? There's no way I'll let someone like you corrupt Shiki and Lee!"
In the end, the four of them somehow still ended up at Kawaguchi, Kakashi's pick.
Actually, Shiki thought the term 'eating together' was a bit of a stretch.
Only two people were actually eating—one little girl who was staring at the other three with intense focus—and then there was the fourth person, stuck facing Tenten helplessly.
Kakashi sighed. "Are you really enjoying staring at my face that much?"
Tenten turned her head away. "Shut up! I'm just making sure a shameless creep like you doesn't do something stupid."
At this point, Shiki looked up from his dragon beard noodles. Come to think of it, Kakashi never revealed his face in front of others.
Actually, having Shiki treat everyone to a meal was pretty awkward.
Because during the meal, one inevitably has to expose their face.
After all, no one can eat with a mask on.
"Tenten, you really like Shiki, right?" Kakashi's expression hardened as he asked this rather personal question.
Shiki was taken aback, startled by Kakashi's words, but drawing on adult experience, immediately figured something out.
Kakashi wanted to take advantage of Tenten's embarrassment to quickly remove his mask and eat!
As someone who had read the original work, naturally he could completely discern Kakashi's thoughts at this moment.
So Shiki acted all flustered, like he'd been caught red-handed—but didn't take his eyes off Kakashi for a second.
Just as Shiki Uzumaki was ready to wait for Kakashi to finally reveal his face,
Tenten suddenly slammed the table, after the sound of vibration,
"That's right! I do like Shiki Uzumaki! What can you do about it?"
Huh?
Shiki was shocked. The plot shouldn't develop like this, right?
Kakashi was also somewhat surprised in his heart. Seems like a strong-willed girl.
Then he calmly continued, "But I noticed that Shiki Uzumaki doesn't seem to like you."
"How could that be?"
Kakashi glanced at Shiki Uzumaki with a strange look. "That red-haired brat seems to have some abnormal interest in Lee."
Shiki nearly spat out the dragon beard noodles in his mouth. What the hell!
Shiki hadn't expected Kakashi, who already created [One Thousand Years of Death], an ultimate Ninjutsu, could be so sarcastically amusing.
"Shiki, come to think of it, you really do train nonstop with Lee every day? Could there be some other reason behind it?"
Tenten's smile was particularly charming. For a brief second, Shiki even thought maybe things weren't going so badly after all.
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