Finally Stopped Being Human

Huh?!

Suddenly pulled into the house by Feng Ye, both Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara froze. The thoughts of these precocious little girls raced like a train setting off, hurtling into the distance in an instant.

What was Feng Ye going to do?

He suddenly pulled her into his house. Could it be that he wanted to...

But Rin Nohara was right beside them! Did he want both of them at once? That was way too perverted and scummy! No, she absolutely couldn't accept that!

But...

This was also an opportunity...

Rin Nohara was much the same. The same thoughts flew off into the sky in an instant, leaving both her expression and movements slightly stiff.

"It isn't a confidential mission, so there's no harm in telling you. Still, it's best not to let anyone else know. Well, taking part in the Chunin Exams is a mission assigned to me by Lord Hokage."

In this strange atmosphere, where neither girl dared to speak, Feng Ye spoke as he walked toward the living room.

Feng Ye's words stunned Kurenai Yuhi.

She exchanged a glance with Rin. An identical trace of embarrassment flashed through both their eyes, then they turned their heads away in opposite directions. The faint hostility that had arisen between them also faded.

Seeing the two of them like that, Feng Ye could barely suppress a laugh. If they had been adults, they probably would have sensed the gunpowder in the air. But since they were two girls not even nine years old yet, cute was the only word that could describe the scene.

But then again, what the hell had you two nine-year-old girls been thinking just now?!

Feng Ye walked into the living room, poured himself a glass of water, then pointed at the refrigerator. "There's milk and soda in the fridge. Help yourselves to whatever you want."

"...Uh, mm."

Hearing Feng Ye's words, Kurenai Yuhi and Rin gradually came back to their senses. Kurenai looked at Feng Ye, surprise flashing through her eyes. "Feng Ye, you just said... it was a mission from Lord Hokage?"

"Yeah."

Feng Ye nodded. "It's more or less what you know. These Chunin Exams are practically a war. The outcome could affect the negotiations between Konoha and Kirigakure. Even the slightest influence is extremely important, so Konoha will go all out. I was also specially designated as one of the people who must take the exam."

Rin was briefly stunned upon hearing that. "So, graduating early was also Lord Hokage's instruction?"

"Yeah."

Feng Ye nodded and helplessly spread his hands. "If it weren't for this mission, I would've wanted to stay at the academy and keep taking classes with you for a few more months."

Beyond her surprise, Kurenai Yuhi seemed to think of something. She looked at Feng Ye in shock. "Why would Lord Hokage specifically assign you to take the Chunin Exams... Could it be that Lord Hokage recognizes your strength?!"

Rin also looked at Feng Ye in disbelief.

It sounded far too unbelievable, almost like a fantasy. If Feng Ye had not been the one saying it, they would most likely have thought someone was deliberately lying to them.

"Well..."

Feng Ye smiled. "If I said Kakashi had actually never been able to beat me, would you believe me?"

When it came to that question, Kurenai Yuhi and Rin had almost exactly the same thought.

They believed him!

They believed him almost instinctively. It was something Feng Ye could do!

Even if Feng Ye had not displayed such astonishing talent over this period, they would still have believed it to some extent. And after seeing Feng Ye easily defeat Hokumon Hyuga, they had almost no doubts about such a statement.

Kurenai Yuhi said in slight shock, "So all those rumors were false... Feng Ye, you never even denied any of them..."

"Kakashi is my younger brother. Did I really need to compete with him over who was better?"

Feng Ye smiled. "Besides, if I had graduated early, I wouldn't have become friends with you two. Wouldn't that have been a shame?"

Kurenai Yuhi and Rin both nodded repeatedly, strongly agreeing with that view. A faint blush had appeared on both their cheeks at some point.

And upon further thought...

Surrounded by that kind of gossip every day, Feng Ye could still calmly come to class, chatting and laughing every day without ever being affected. The impulsive, childish boys in their class simply couldn't compare to Feng Ye. There was practically not a single one of those flaws to be found in him!

So this was probably what falling felt like.

The way the two girls looked at Feng Ye gradually became too much for him to bear. He coughed, breaking the strange atmosphere.

If they had been fifteen or sixteen, or seventeen or eighteen, it would have been one thing. In the ninja world, where average lifespans were not high, that age already counted as adulthood, and such looks would not have meant much. But at their current age, those looks were truly a little dangerous.

Perhaps no less dangerous than Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"W-Well, I didn't expect to visit your home under these circumstances, Feng Ye. Excuse us." Realizing this, Kurenai Yuhi quickly looked away and tried to change the subject.

Rin also came back to her senses. Looking at Feng Ye with admiration, she said, "No wonder Lord Hokage specifically chose you for the Chunin Exams... But you still need to be careful. There should be very strong ninja from the other villages too, right?"

"I'll be careful."

Feng Ye replied with a smile, then looked at Kurenai Yuhi. "It was somewhat rude of me to pull you two inside so suddenly, but I didn't want to explain the mission at the doorway..."

As he spoke, Feng Ye suddenly glanced toward the entrance without giving anything away. However, he did not interrupt himself and continued speaking with a smile.

At the same time.

At the doorway.

Kakashi, who had been about to push the door open and enter, heard the commotion inside and silently withdrew his hand. "One... two... You've finally stopped being human..."

Although he knew Feng Ye was very popular at the academy, this was the first time he had encountered him bringing two girls home. After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately gave up on going inside.

Kakashi muttered to himself.

He did not really understand Feng Ye's behavior.

In his view, girls were an extremely troublesome species. Especially when they had previously formed teams to carry out missions, they were basically nothing but dead weight. Yet there were always people in the team who lost their minds over this, abandoning what they should have been doing to protect troublesome girls, nearly causing missions to fail.

Something like that had happened not long ago. After the mission ended, he had gotten into a fierce argument with that person and nearly come to blows before the Jonin leading the team stopped them.

One girl was already troublesome enough. The trouble brought by two girls went without saying; it was probably doubled... In a sense, that was something worthy of admiration too.

At least Kakashi felt he could never do it.

What worried him most was that, if things continued like this, would he end up with a lot of sisters-in-law in the future? If that happened, dealing with them would probably be a terrible headache.