Forget It... They Didn't Want to Go

"Tell me, did you say those things?"

Shuji stood on the podium, looking at Nawaki, who was glaring at him from below.

"That's right, I said them."

Upon hearing this, Nawaki answered without the slightest hesitation, his eyes still fixed fiercely on Hyuga Shuji.

"Then does your sister need to know what you said in class?"

Upon hearing this, Shuji continued questioning Nawaki.

"She does."

Upon hearing this, Nawaki practically gritted his teeth as he spoke. It was hard for him to answer no to a question like that...

"So, was I wrong to tell your sister what you said at school?"

Seeing this, Shuji spread his hands at Nawaki and continued asking.

"Right, absolutely right. So could you please stand right there and not move?"

Upon hearing this, a bright, gentle smile appeared on Nawaki's face as he spoke softly to Shuji.

"Nawaki, you're not an ordinary student. You're the young clan head of the Senju clan and Teacher Tsunade's little brother. Anything you say here can easily make people read too much into it."

Seeing this, Shuji pursed his lips helplessly, ready to use Shunpo at any moment.

"But you could have talked to me about it privately instead of telling my sister!"

Anger ignited in Nawaki's eyes, and he charged at Shuji without the slightest hesitation.

"Would that be the same? If I told you, would it have the same effect as your sister telling you? Think about it. If I told you, would you even listen?"

Shuji hurriedly dodged. In an instant, Nawaki was on the podium while Shuji was below it.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Nawaki froze. Still, Shuji was right.

As the young clan head of the Senju clan, every word and action of his would inevitably be overthought by others.

What he had said yesterday really could have brought some negative consequences to his sister.

And if it had only been Shuji telling him, he really might not have taken it seriously.

But... was he supposed to have taken that beating for nothing?

Staring intently at Nawaki's somewhat softened expression, Shuji was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly felt someone grab him from behind.

"If I were you, I wouldn't be able to take it!"

Hiashi's voice rang out. Nawaki, who had just begun to calm down, jolted and saw Shuji being held from behind by Hiashi.

"Die!"

There was nothing more to say. Nawaki slammed both hands onto the podium and leaped high into the air, vaulting straight over it as he pounced at Shuji.

The force was so great that cracks appeared across the podium.

"I..."

Watching Nawaki dive down at him from above, Shuji's eyebrows shot up to their limit.

His body was restrained by Hiashi, and he could not break free for the moment. Shuji immediately planted his feet hard, shifting all his weight onto Hiashi in an instant.

Bang!

Just like that, Shuji's feet drove straight into Nawaki's body.

At the same time, Hiashi bore both Shuji's weight and the recoil from Shuji kicking Nawaki away. His body immediately toppled backward out of control.

"Ah! I've had enough! I've really had enough! Let's fight to the death!"

Climbing up from the ground, Nawaki charged at Shuji again.

"Teacher's here!"

Mikoto's voice suddenly rang out. In an instant, Shuji and the other two, who had been tangled together on the ground, immediately sprang to their feet.

But all they saw was Uchiha Mikoto standing not far away, with Hinagiku and Hizashi awkwardly standing to one side.

"Shuji-kun, there's something I want to talk to you about."

Pursing her lips, Uchiha Mikoto spoke to Shuji.

"Sure! Sure."

Upon hearing this, Shuji immediately breathed a sigh of relief and followed Mikoto back to their seats without hesitation.

Nearby, Hiashi and Nawaki exchanged a glance.

"Hmph!"

The next moment, they both snorted coldly and turned their heads away.

Just now, Nawaki had thought Hiashi was going to help him punish Shuji.

But he had not expected that, during that chaotic scuffle, Hiashi would actually attack him.

What an idiot... No sense of the bigger picture at all!

"The Ninja Academy's schedule is usually theory lessons in the morning and physical training in the afternoon, so..."

At their seats, Mikoto spoke to Shuji in a low voice.

"Skipping class?"

Upon hearing this, Shuji immediately understood what Mikoto meant.

"Mm. I think Shadow Clones should be enough for studying theoretical knowledge."

Upon hearing this, Mikoto nodded and spoke to Shuji.

"Sure, I don't have a problem with that."

Upon hearing this, Shuji nodded, agreeing to Mikoto's invitation.

Having the original body sit in the classroom to study theory really was a waste of time.

"Shuji-kun, you can also ask Nawaki-kun and the others whether they want to come."

Upon hearing this, Mikoto nodded and spoke to Shuji.

Actually, if possible, Mikoto did not really want to invite Nawaki and the others.

However, Shuji clearly had a good relationship with them, so, not wanting to put Shuji in a difficult position, Mikoto took the initiative and gave him the choice.

"All right, I'll go ask them."

Upon hearing this, Shuji nodded and walked over to Nawaki and Hiashi's desk.

Sensing Shuji's arrival, Hiashi raised his head to look at the sky while Nawaki lowered his head and picked at his fingers, both pretending not to see Shuji.

Knock, knock, knock.

Shuji directly knocked on their desk. The next moment, Nawaki and Hiashi frowned and looked at Shuji with impatient expressions.

Seeing this, Shuji took a light breath. Just as he was about to speak, he swallowed the words back down under the three parts impatience and seven parts curiosity in Hiashi and Nawaki's eyes.

"Forget it."

With that, Shuji turned and left, leaving Nawaki and Hiashi looking utterly bewildered.

"What do you mean, forget it? Did you even ask before saying forget it?!"

Staring in astonishment at Shuji's retreating figure, Nawaki immediately shouted.

But Shuji had no intention of paying them any attention. Instead, he walked over to Mikoto.

"Forget it. They don't want to go."

As he spoke, Shuji slowly formed hand seals. With a puff of smoke, a Shadow Clone appeared beside him.

Seeing this, Mikoto merely held back a helpless smile and created a Shadow Clone as well.

Meanwhile, Nawaki, Hiashi, Hizashi, and Hinagiku had all made their clones too.

Following Shuji and Mikoto, they brazenly jumped out through the window.

"Who turned the podium into this?"

Not long after Shuji and the others left, Minami Saho entered the classroom. The smile on her face instantly froze when she saw the podium covered in cracks.

"Him!"

Upon hearing this, Hiashi and Shuji's Shadow Clone pointed at Nawaki without the slightest hesitation.