Back at his seat, Hanfu had barely sat down when Anko and the others anxiously asked him about what had happened at the hospital yesterday.
Hanfu waved a hand, telling them not to worry. His whole family was safe and sound, so they didn't need to keep dwelling on it.
"Hanfu, you just cornered Yui at the door. You didn't confess to her, did you?"
Once the serious business was out of the way, Anko relaxed and couldn't resist gossiping.
Hanfu imitated Ito Ni, tilting his head at Anko without saying a word.
"Hanfu, I never expected you to like girls with that kind of style." Iruka sat beside them, shaking his head with a rueful look. He clearly regretted Hanfu's taste.
"Enough, you guys. I was asking her about something important." Hanfu knew that if he didn't speak up, they'd take the rumor as fact. If it reached the girls' bathroom, who knew where it might spread next?
"Yui's actually really nice, and she has a great personality, too."
Inuzuka Sa held the little puppy Shiromaru and said earnestly, "It's just that the bugs on her..."
Hanfu's mouth twitched. Hey, hey. If you didn't know any better, you'd think she was defending her. If you did, you'd think she was bad-mouthing her.
The afternoon passed quickly as the Six-Man Group chatted back and forth. Before they knew it, their outdoor training class had begun.
Since another class had already claimed today's training ground, the afternoon session was a simple endurance workout!
The Ninja Academy track was three hundred meters around. Kashima Isamu set them a modest goal: twenty laps!
That was... six thousand meters?!
Nearly half of the thirty little rookies in Class 8, Year 2 nearly buckled at the knees on the spot. By the time they'd gritted