The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legends (43) It's Always Difficult to Find the Real Culprit at Crucial Moments

"A monster feast site?"

Futaba Tsumugi's frightening deduction gave little Miyuki and Nagi Gekko quite a scare.

"If it's a feast, isn't this little food a bit too little? And, Tsumugi, do monsters really obediently grill and eat meat patties like this? I thought monsters were terrifying creatures that ate raw meat and drank blood."

Although Miyuki was very interested in all sorts of urban legends at the Ninja Academy, she was not particularly keen on coming out specifically to explore. If it had not been for the clever Futaba Tsumugi insisting on coming, Miyuki would not have wanted to wake up so early on a vacation day and travel all the way out here.

"Well..."

Futaba Tsumugi tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"Maybe monsters wanted a change of taste today too. They got tired of raw meat!"

"It can't be that scary, can it, Tsumugi?"

Nagi Gekko said cautiously.

"What if there are lots of monsters and we can't beat them?"

They had originally only planned to catch a monster and bring it back to study what these school legends really were. But if it was too dangerous, that would be a problem.

"Don't be afraid, Nagi. We're ninjas who fought Blue Monk! We defeated such a vicious monster, so some fish monsters are nothing. With the strength of the three of us, we can definitely catch a dozen and bring them back!"

"A dozen monsters? Even if we caught them, we couldn't carry them back."

Miyuki bravely stepped forward and picked up a meat patty.

"Let's not worry about that for now. I'm hungry anyway. Want some? It looks pretty tasty."

The little bear Urashima, who was wolfing food down beside them, had already eaten who knew how much.

"Is that really okay, Miyuki?"

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