For the next few days, Hyuga Senrin never came looking for Uchiha Tunan again.
Every day, she sat dazedly in her seat, silently watching Uchiha Tunan with a sickly look in her eyes.
She was as quiet as a corpse.
It made Uchiha Tunan feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Senrin, have you not been resting well lately?"
Hyuga Senrin numbly turned her head and looked at the concerned Asuma.
After a pause, a pale smile spread across her face. She raised a hand and crooked a finger at Asuma.
Asuma's eyes lit up, and he leaned his head closer.
"Asuma, do you like me?"
Hyuga Senrin's voice was slightly hoarse, but to Asuma's ears, it sounded like heavenly music.
"I... hehe..." Asuma scratched his head bashfully.
Happiness had come too suddenly, and for a moment, he was too flustered to speak properly.
"Could you do something for me?"
Asuma patted his chest and said, "No problem. With me, Asuma, on the job, what can't be done?"
Hyuga Senrin's smile instantly vanished, her face turning cold as she whispered:
"Find an opportunity and kill that cat Mina keeps."
"Uh..." Asuma was instantly at a loss for words.
"I'm just teasing you." Hyuga Senrin's face changed in an instant, and her smile returned.
Asuma breathed a sigh of relief and said awkwardly, "Haha... you scared me. Then..."
Before he could finish, Hyuga Senrin handed him a note.
"Give this note to Tunan-kun for me. Don't peek, okay?"
"No problem."
Asuma took the note without thinking too much about it.
After all, everyone in the class knew that Uchiha Tunan and Uchiha Mina were a couple.
He walked over to Uchiha Tunan, placed the note before him, and said:
"Senrin asked me to give this to you."
Uchiha Tunan took the note and unfolded it. It read:
Tunan-kun, I want to talk to you alone.
Tomorrow night at nine, beneath the waterfall east of Hokage Rock. Don't keep me waiting.
After reading it, Uchiha Tunan turned to look at Hyuga Senrin and nodded at her.
A smile appeared on Hyuga Senrin's pale face.
To be honest, Uchiha Tunan truly did not want to waste time playing some damned messy love story with two children.
But to become an excellent hunter, before baring his fangs, he had to remember to keep himself disguised at all times.
The next day.
Today was October 6th.
It was also the weekly day off, and Hatake Sakumo was resting at home.
Naturally, Uchiha Tunan would not waste such a fine opportunity.
Early in the morning, he went to the Hatake Family residence and trained under Hatake Sakumo together with Kakashi.
He did not return home until evening. After dinner, he went to the training ground north of the Uchiha Clan Compound to guide Uchiha Mina's training.
At that moment, outside the Uchiha Clan Compound, Hyuga Senrin arrived carrying a bag of cat food.
"Little girl, this is the Uchiha Clan Compound. What are you doing here?" Two patrolmen spotted Hyuga Senrin and stopped her.
Like a frightened kitten, Hyuga Senrin lowered her head, her face reddening as she said timidly:
"I... I came to see Mina and..." One of the patrolmen glanced over, noticed the cat food in Hyuga Senrin's hand, and impatiently said:
"Here to feed the cat?"
Hyuga Senrin nodded timidly. "Mm~"
The patrolman clearly did not consider a child of only a few years old to be dangerous. He waved his hand. "Go on in."
Hyuga Senrin nodded, then seemed to think of something. She looked pitifully at the patrolman and said:
"Uncle... it's my first time here... I don't know the way... could..."
"No, I still have to patrol. I don't have time to show you around.
Mina's house is over there. There are two cherry blossom trees in front of it."
The patrolman impatiently pointed in a direction before walking away.
"Thank you." Hyuga Senrin bowed deeply to the two men's retreating backs, then headed in the direction the patrolman had indicated.
Before long, Hyuga Senrin arrived at Uchiha Mina's home.
Uchiha Mina's parents had died in the Second Shinobi War, leaving her an orphan at a very young age.
Before she enrolled in school, the clan had specifically assigned a guardian to her.
But after Uchiha Mina was admitted to the Ninja Academy, the guardian had been dismissed.
There was no one in Uchiha Mina's home at the moment. Only a snow-white kitten lay resting on the floor in front of the door.
"Creak~"
The wooden gate to the courtyard was only half-closed.
After all, this was the Uchiha Clan Compound. Unless they were leaving for a long time, people usually only closed their house doors. The courtyard gates were basically never locked.
The moment Hyuga Senrin pushed open the courtyard gate, the kitten became alert.
With a whoosh, it darted behind a pillar and poked out half its little head to observe her.
But when it saw that the visitor was Hyuga Senrin, especially the bag of cat food in her hand,
the kitten immediately let down its guard and happily ran out.
Mostly because Uchiha Mina brought the kitten with her every day on the way to and from school.
Only when she trained with Uchiha Tunan did she leave the kitten home alone.
Having spent so much time at school, the kitten naturally recognized Hyuga Senrin and was not afraid of her.
"Meow~"
The instant Hyuga Senrin stepped into the small courtyard, the kitten ran to her feet and repeatedly rubbed its head against her pant leg.
Its round eyes remained fixed on the cat food Hyuga Senrin carried.
Yet Hyuga Senrin was unmoved by the kitten's affection. She merely looked down at it quietly, her eyes utterly indifferent.
The kitten wanted the cat food, and seeing that this trick was not working, it could only try another way to act cute.
In its memory, as long as it acted cute, it would get something delicious.
The kitten immediately lay on the ground and rolled over, exposing its snow-white belly as it wriggled around.
It seemed to be saying: Come pet me, cuddle me. Please don't hold back.
The corners of Hyuga Senrin's lips gradually rose as she softly said, "What a good kitty."
Seeing the woman before it smile, the kitten thought it would soon get to eat cat food with a new flavor and wriggled even harder.
Suddenly, a shadow blocked the kitten's view.
Bang~
"Meow!"
"Unfortunately, you don't belong to me." Hyuga Senrin slowly turned around and casually tossed a note onto the kitten's corpse.
Then she carried the bag of cat food out of the courtyard and closed the gate behind her.
After leaving, Hyuga Senrin resumed her obedient, delicate expression and headed toward the place where she had arranged to meet Uchiha Tunan.
At that moment, Uchiha Tunan was still training Uchiha Mina.
Even though Uchiha Tunan had trained a large number of Ninja Beast White Doves, it was impossible for him to monitor all of Konoha at all times.
Thus, he had no idea what Hyuga Senrin had just done.
Time passed bit by bit, and the sky had completely darkened.
Nine o'clock.
After finishing Uchiha Mina's training, Uchiha Tunan headed toward the place he had arranged to meet Hyuga Senrin.
At the same time, a flock of white doves rose from the woods and flew into the distance.
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