A Bunch of Idiots Are Gossiping! [Please Bookmark and Help Me Climb the Rankings~]

She had already worked herself into a fury at home, and now it had caused a citywide uproar, with everyone gossiping behind her back. With Tsunade's fiery temper, how could she possibly hold it in?

Sure enough, after Tsunade arrived in the classroom, the students' gossip set her off. Her lion's roar erupted.

It proved that saying right: when Tsunade got angry, it was no small matter.

The consequences of making her angry were severe. You couldn't beat her in a fight, couldn't compare to her family background, and you weren't even in the right. Even if she beat you up, there was nowhere to complain.

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The instant Hiko stepped into the classroom, the entire room fell silent. At that moment, if someone dropped a needle, everyone would have been able to hear it hit the floor.

Everyone's gaze turned toward Hiko, including Tsunade, who was still fuming.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Hiko walked straight to his seat and sat down, waiting for Teacher to come and start class. Of course, there was also Tsunade's breakfast. As for whether she still had the mood to eat it, Hiko couldn't guarantee that.

Looking at the breakfast on the desk, all the anger in Tsunade's heart vanished. Not because she was touched, but because she was about to lose it. Who would have the appetite to eat at a time like this?

She was practically dying of anger, yet Hiko acted as though nothing had happened, doing whatever he normally did.

"Aren't you angry?"

Tsunade leaned closer and asked Hiko in a low voice. The little brats around them all widened their eyes curiously, but after Tsunade shot them a glare, they obediently turned away.

Turning back to look at the puffed-up Tsunade, Hiko said helplessly, "Please, my little auntie, all of this was caused by you, okay? If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened. I already gave your money to Teacher. He'll return it to you."

"Huh?!" Tsunade froze. He had given the money to Teacher?

In Tsunade's mind, she had assumed Hiko had spent the money already. At the very least, Tsunade had no idea what saving money meant. Yet Hiko had brought every last bit back untouched. Didn't that mean she had been getting worked up for nothing?

And she had caused such a huge mess. Thinking of what the clan elders had said, Tsunade felt utterly powerless. She slumped onto her desk, as though all her strength had suddenly drained away.

"Besides, what's the point of getting angry? The angrier you get, the more they'll think there really is something between us. Just relax."

"..." Looking at Hiko's nonchalant expression, Tsunade felt helpless. How could he ignore everything like that?

This was the kind of thing that should make people furious!

"Oh, right." Hiko suddenly turned around, startling Tsunade, who had still been grumbling to herself. "If you really can't get over it, just imagine that a bunch of monkeys are screeching in front of you."

That was the method Hiko used. However, in his eyes, those people who had too much free time, loved gossiping about others, slandering them, and making things up were not monkeys at all. They were a bunch of complete idiots!!!

Once he thought of it that way, Hiko felt much better. Whenever someone gossiped about him on the street, he would calmly say to himself, A bunch of idiots are gossiping!

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As soon as he said that, Tsunade was dumbfounded, while everyone else was speechless. Was that any way to talk? Calling them monkeys?

"Uchiha Hiko, what do you mean by that?!"

Tsunade held great prestige. Other than Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who was always courting death, nobody dared provoke her. But Hiko was different.

The moment they heard Hiko compare them to monkeys, someone immediately jumped out.

"What do I mean?" Hiko looked up at him and smiled faintly. "Shimura Shitsuki, I think you'd be better off being called Shimura Upright. Your parents really knew how to pick a name."

"What do you mean?!" Shimura Shitsuki looked confused. He had not caught the meaning behind Hiko's words.

"Because your brain grew vertically. What's the difference between you and a monkey?"

Hiko waved his hand dismissively, his face full of disdain. Shimura Shitsuki's somewhat dark face immediately turned red. This time, he understood. Hiko was mocking him for being brainless and looking like a monkey.

"Pfft~~~"

Tsunade, who had been feeling miserable just moments ago, burst out laughing at Hiko's comparison. A monkey... now that he mentioned it, he really did look a little like one.

"Bastard!!!" Shimura Shitsuki flew into a rage, slamming the desk as he stood up and pointed at Hiko with a flushed face. Unfortunately, his skin was so dark that instead of turning bright red, his face turned purplish-red, making him look constipated.

"Uchiha Hiko, don't go too far!!"