A small Wind Release formed in Uchiha Chen's hand.
He sat beneath a large tree, blowing a breeze while drinking chilled Watermelon Juice.
The icy, sweet-and-sour taste made his groggy mind feel much better.
"Chilled Watermelon Juice. You should try it."
Uchiha Chen shook the cup in his hand and sighed contentedly.
The Watermelon Juice in his hand was a chilled drink Mikoto had sealed inside a Scroll.
"Refreshing to the core, spirits soaring high."
"Um... Chen, what happened just now? Why does everyone look so miserable?" Kushina asked Uchiha Chen, who was sitting under the tree enjoying the breeze.
She had been asleep just now and had felt nothing at all. Thus, she had escaped disaster.
"Well, how should I put it... It was probably Uncle Nishimura using words as corporal punishment... No! It would be more accurate to say that we suffered a mental Genjutsu attack..." Uchiha Chen shook his head, still shaken.
"You wanted to skip class. It's perfectly normal for Teacher Nishimura to be angry," Mikoto said.
However, she kept her head lowered as she continuously took all kinds of fruit out of her little Scroll.
"That's not the point, Mikoto. We had perfectly valid reasons for wanting to run away."
"If we kept sitting in those seats, all the moisture in our bodies would have evaporated and dried up. Right, Minato?" Nawaki said as he grabbed a drink and defended himself.
"Ahaha. Nawaki's right. Those seats of ours happened to be in the spot with the most sunlight... No, calling it excessive wouldn't be an exaggeration!" Minato scratched his head and gave an embarrassed laugh.
Who would have thought Minato could say something like that too?
A few years ago, Minato had been a good kid who never skipped class. Now, he had learned to