"Don't play dumb with me. Have you already done something? It's been eight days. If you hadn't done anything, you couldn't possibly be sitting here this calmly. Tell me, what did you do?"
Seeing Chiba standing there in a daze, Kakashi raised an eyebrow slightly, folded his arms across his chest, and spoke without leaving him any room to evade.
Uh...
He had never intended to hide it from him, but having it seen through like this—like he'd secretly done something bad and been righteously exposed and interrogated—really was rather unpleasant.
At that moment, Chiba's slightly stunned face twitched faintly, and his heart was filled with an unpleasant feeling.
"Talk. If you still won't tell me, I won't help you with this miserable job anymore."
Seeing the subtle change in Chiba's expression, Kakashi became even more certain of his guess and spoke even more bluntly.
"Sigh..."
Hearing that, Chiba knew there was no need to worry about anything anymore. Kakashi had already thought of it—he might even have guessed what Chiba had done. There was no point in holding back now. There was no need to keep it hidden here.
"I've ruled out the possibility. Don't worry. From now on, we can directly use the codes from my previous records to screen everyone."
With that in mind, Chiba let out a long sigh before speaking truthfully.
"Ruled it out?"
Although he had already had his suspicions, Kakashi was still somewhat surprised when he actually heard those words, and the question slipped out before he could stop it.
"Yes."
Chiba nodded firmly.
"What did you do?"
Kakashi quickly composed himself and looked at Chiba with a rather serious expression.
"Genjutsu."
Chiba answered with only those two words, then looked at Kakashi without saying anything further.
Genjutsu?
At first, Kakashi froze slightly.