"No! Don't. Don't. If physical training reaches a certain level, it becomes extremely difficult too! Don't think taijutsu is merely a tool for cooperating with ninjutsu. You absolutely must not casually abandon taijutsu, Yahiko..."
Yahiko blinked, looking at Mirai's unusually serious expression. It seemed Mirai was not lying to him, but his teacher's usual indifference toward everything still left Yahiko somewhat uncertain.
In Yahiko's impression, Mirai was usually shameless, never serious when it came to serious matters. Yet whenever he deceived Yahiko, he would always put on a serious face and trick him into falling for it, so everyone else could laugh at him together.
Mirai looked at Yahiko in confusion, finding it amusing. This fool... he always took the truth for a lie, yet when faced with a lie full of holes, he could still accept it as the truth! That was right... this level of intelligence seemed a little worse than the Second Hokage's.
"Um, um! Mirai finally couldn't keep pretending anymore! I knew Mirai was lying to me again! How could taijutsu possibly be better than ninjutsu? You just want everyone to laugh at me! Hmph!"
It would have been fine if Yahiko had said nothing. Instead, the moment he opened his mouth, the entire audience burst into laughter. Even Konan, who was usually gentle and adorable, could not help laughing.
"Hey, Konan! Why are you laughing so hard... Was I wrong? Obviously, Mirai wanted to hit me..."
"Idiot! Idiot! Yahiko!!!" Smoke practically puffed from Mirai's nose in anger, but after giving it some thought, he decided to let it go. After all, they were still children. They would probably learn to distinguish right from wrong in the future.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! It's getting late. Let's rest for now, Mr. Yahiko..." Gu Jie said kindly.
Yahiko had