"Kakashi, have your wings grown in? You've learned to badmouth your senior now, have you?"
After hearing Kakashi's words, Soji's eye twitched, and he felt a strong urge to beat him up.
And since when had his fondness for slacking off become so well known?
At that thought, Soji could not help reflecting on how he usually conducted himself.
However, that self-reflection lasted less than a second before Soji's attention was drawn to something else—or rather, someone else.
That was right: Naruto, who was snickering beside Kakashi, and Sasuke, who had his hands in his pockets and an arrogant look on his face.
But before Soji could say anything, Kakashi spoke again.
"Hey, hey, Senior Soji, I'm not the only one who says that. Guy, Kurenai, Asuma, and the others all think so too!"
To avoid being singled out for revenge by Soji, Kakashi immediately sold out several of his friends.
Kakashi's words also drew Soji's attention back to him.
"Crack, crack~"
"Oh? So this is how you all talk about me in private, Kakashi?"
As he cracked the knuckles of both hands, Soji slowly approached Kakashi with a smile that did not reach his eyes.
"Step, step~"
Seeing Soji's stance, Kakashi instantly panicked and could not help taking two steps back.
Soji had bullied Kakashi ever since he was little, leaving him with quite a psychological shadow.
Although the relationship between their two families had remained close ever since Soji saved Hatake Sakumo, that only made Soji even more brazen about ruffling Kakashi's white hair.
"Whoosh."
Sure enough, Kakashi had barely taken two steps back when Soji used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind him and extend his "evil claws"!
"Senior, stop!"
By the time Kakashi shouted that, Soji had already successfully gotten his hands on Kakashi's white