Chapter 18: Uchiha Sasuke
Hinata always felt that Ino-san's eyes were particularly aggressive, like hooks, looking particularly dangerous. It seemed that there was a strange eagerness hidden in the other party's expression. She always felt that the other party was up to no good, and she subconsciously wanted to stay away. After whispering about the Third Hokage, she bowed slightly and was about to leave.
Ino felt that it was ultimately not good to let Hinata inadvertently take the blame for her. If she had the chance, she wanted to make it up to her.
Look how thin this child was. How long had it been since she had eaten meat? Was she just gnawing on rice balls at home?
Ino sighed. A notable feature of Japanese cuisine was that it looked good, but the portions were small!
She herself had personal experience. Many of the dishes Yamanaka made were particularly delicate and beautiful, but when eating, she had to maintain that damned ladylike demeanor. Even she couldn't wolf down her food when eating.
She, a ninja who practiced every day by meditating and thinking, often felt hungry, let alone Hinata, who woke up at three in the morning, went to bed at eleven in the evening, and practiced taijutsu all day long.
Ino's excellent performance made Inoichi very proud recently, and her mother gave her a lot of pocket money. She took out a part of it to treat this unlucky child Hinata to a good meal, right?
Don't eat barbecue this time. That thing was too greasy. Eat something lighter.
She grabbed the hat on Hinata's hoodie, "Don't go yet, don't go yet. Let's go eat after school tonight? Let's go to Amaguriama to eat yokan. My mom has a membership card there, we can get a 10% discount."
"Ah?... This... that! Yokan..." Hinata suddenly hesitated. She could only gnaw on rice balls at home. If she went out to eat... yokan, just thinking about it like this, her saliva couldn't help but flow out.
Hinata quickly covered her mouth. She hadn't agreed yet, but Choji, who was seven or eight meters away, seemed to be able to use the Flying Thunder God Technique. His chubby face instantly appeared on Ino's left, pursing his lips, his eyes wide open, staring at her intently.
Ino scratched her head, "...Then you come too? Let me say in advance, Amaguriama doesn't have barbecue."
"Okay!" Choji didn't mind. His chubby face was full of smiles. As long as he was treated to a meal, he could eat anything. He wasn't picky.
After Choji, Shikamaru was also called, and then Kiba Inuzuka. When it was almost time for class, Ino saw Shino Aburame, who had been standing beside her, and immediately issued an invitation, which the other party happily agreed to.
The six of them involuntarily became a small circle. Seeing them asking for leave to go home to practice one by one, and now returning one after another, and going to dinner together at night, Uchiha Sasuke, the only member of the Uchiha clan, felt very uncomfortable.
He was wearing white cropped pants and a high-necked dark blue short-sleeved top with the family crest of a table tennis racket on the back today.
The Uchiha clan had dominated the ninja world for so many years, and had accumulated a lot of wealth and knowledge. Unfortunately, with the extermination of the clan, except for the property left by Sasuke's parents, the rest of the clan's things were swallowed up by the village under various names.
It was said that they were keeping it for him. Sasuke was not a fool. Those so-called "safekeeping" were encroachment. The village had no intention of returning it at all.
Seeing that his classmates had family elders to teach them and family resources for training, while he could only go home alone to practice shuriken, there was a fire in his heart, envy, jealousy, and hatred, all kinds of emotions.
His eyes were cold and stern, constantly looking at these family ninjas.
If he wanted to prove himself, he had to defeat them.
He first looked at Hinata, whose hoodie hat was being pulled by Ino. Not to mention her combat power, just her temperament was not good. What could defeating such an opponent prove?
Then he looked at Ino-Shika-Cho. Ino was a girl and was directly ignored by him. Shikamaru was a lazybones, ignored. Choji was a fat man who looked very stupid, ignored.
He looked at Kiba Inuzuka. The intensity of the involution in the past few days was too high. Kiba Inuzuka's ninken, Akamaru, was sick from exhaustion. At this time, he was lying listlessly on the table, drinking medicine sip by sip.
Sasuke snorted. The Inuzuka family's secret technique required the cooperation of ninken. Now that the ninken was so sick, if he went to challenge him, even if he won, it would be a shame. He had a proud personality and disdained doing so.
Sasuke's gaze finally swept over Shino Aburame. He was a little puzzled and couldn't help but take two more glances. Who was this person? Was he in the same class as him?
Six people, he looked and looked, and none of them seemed suitable to be his opponent.
His expression was cool, his eyes turned around, and returned to Ino-Shika-Cho.
Should he try one against three?
He did what he said and walked up to the three of them, "Fight me, I'll fight the three of you alone."
Shikamaru: "???"
Ino: "???"
Choji continued to eat snacks with his head down.
Ino and Shikamaru looked at each other, and both of them spoke at the same time.
"Not interested."
"I admit defeat."
Choji continued to eat snacks with a "crackling" sound.
Sasuke clenched his fists. The way the three of them ignored him made him angry.
But the three of them didn't fight, and he couldn't do anything about it.
The scene suddenly became very awkward.
Shino Aburame was very interested. He took a step forward, meaning that he would be his opponent, but whether it was Ino or Sasuke, even the uneasy Hinata, everyone ignored him...
"Ino, fight this kid. It's not good to just practice ninjutsu. You also need some actual combat." Inoichi is voice suddenly appeared in Ino's mind.
This was a ninjutsu derived from the Mind Body Switch Technique, Ninja Art: Heart-to-Heart Communication Technique. It could directly input one's words into the target's mind without any device.
Ino formed the "Mi" seal and activated her perception ability to search around the school.
Just a glance, she saw seven or eight reactions with very high chakra energy.
Among them were Shikaku, Shikamaru's father, Choji's father, and several others she didn't know.
These were all Jonin, right? You Jonin didn't go to work every day, why did you keep running to the ninja school?
Ino knew that she couldn't avoid the battle. With so many people watching, if she was timid and didn't dare to fight, her future would definitely be affected.
Ninjas needed to be patient, but they also needed courage.
She was an acquaintance in the eyes of the higher-ups. Now she needed to prove that she was a capable person among acquaintances. How to prove it? Actual combat!
Defeat a powerful opponent, and you would be a capable person. Next time there was any benefit, these village higher-ups would think of you.
Ino stared at Sasuke. The "white sleeve" on his elbow was a bit dazzling. The original Ino also kept a pair of "sleeves" in the closet, ready to put them on after graduating from the ninja school. The purpose was to tell everyone that she and Sasuke were a couple. Now it seemed that there was no chance.
She took a step forward and pointed her thumb at herself, "Want to challenge the three of us? You're a bit too much.1 How about this, I'll fight you."