Debate

In an empty alley on the streets of Konoha.

Uzumaki Menma, Naruto, and Neji were engrossed in Make-Out Paradise, engaged in a heated debate.

Neji said, "The beauty on page 24 is the prettiest!"

Naruto said, "I disagree. I think the one on page 15 is the prettiest. They're so big—it's such a visual impact!"

Uzumaki Menma said, "No, no, neither of yours is the prettiest. I think the one on page 9 is the prettiest. Those proportions—not too big, not too small—are simply perfect!"

The three of them started arguing over which one looked better.

Uzumaki Menma suddenly declared passionately, "Enough! Stop arguing! We'll never reach an answer by arguing. Let's go look at the real thing! We'll compare them to reality and see whose is the best-looking!"

Driven by his competitive spirit, Neji immediately agreed. "Fine! Let's do that!"

Naruto asked blankly, "Look at the real thing? Where?"

After Uzumaki Menma and Neji exchanged a knowing glance, they said in unison, "You'll know when you get there!"

They were once again outside the women's bathhouse.

Naruto suddenly understood. "So we're peeping on the women's bathhouse!"

Uzumaki Menma said to Neji, "Neji, you can use your Byakugan now."

"I'm not using it. If we're going to verify it, all three of us have to see it with our own eyes."

Even now, Neji could not forget the mentally scarring sight he had seen when he used his Byakugan to peep before.

Uzumaki Menma frowned. "But we don't have the Byakugan, and the wall is sealed. How are we supposed to look?"

Neji curled his lip. "That's your problem. You were the one who suggested verifying it."

Uzumaki Menma protested, "Fine, I'll do it myself. Watch closely!"

Uzumaki Menma directly summoned one of the Nine Masked Beasts, the Southern Dipper Sage, then took the Southern Dipper Sage's staff.

The bottom of the Southern Dipper Sage's staff was quite sharp.

Uzumaki Menma pressed the sharp end of the staff into a crack in the wall and drilled hard.

Dust from the wall kept falling.

After drilling for a long time, Uzumaki Menma finally made a small hole.

After dismissing the Southern Dipper Sage, Uzumaki Menma smugly asked Neji, "Well?"

Neji snorted proudly. "I'll admit you used your brain quickly."

Naruto had already rushed over first, pressing his eye to the little hole to admire the view.

"Wow! So pretty!"

Neji's ears twitched. He had originally planned to let Uzumaki Menma or Naruto look first, then take a look himself after confirming it was safe.

Since Naruto had let out such an exclamation, there was clearly no problem!

Uzumaki Menma urged, "Naruto, are you done looking? My turn!"

Naruto moved aside and scratched his head in frustration. "It's pretty, but there aren't any really big ones. How are we supposed to verify it?"

Uzumaki Menma no longer cared about verifying anything. Although he had heard Neji describe the women's bathhouse before, he had never seen it with his own eyes.

Uzumaki Menma leaned toward the little hole and finally saw the women's bathhouse in all its glory.

Steam curled through the air, making it seem like a fairyland.

"So this is what the women's bathhouse looks like!"

Hearing Uzumaki Menma's exclamation, Neji finally could not hold back. "Menma, it's my turn!"

Neji leaned over and finally saw not a black-and-white scene, but one in color.

Sure enough, the real thing was a little better-looking than what was in the book.

Far away in the Hokage Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared dumbfoundedly at the scene in the Crystal Ball.

The scene in the Crystal Ball was unmistakably that of Uzumaki Menma and the other two taking turns peeping.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ran a hand through his sparse hair and muttered in puzzlement, "At such a young age, they've already learned to peep on the women's bathhouse? And they even picked the day with the most beautiful women in the bathhouse. It doesn't seem like this is their first offense..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff from his pipe. "Should I go catch them?"

The next second, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe and turned his gaze back to the Crystal Ball.

The image in the Crystal Ball changed into a view from inside the women's bathhouse.

"Forget it. I'll deal with it next time. If I don't hurry and watch now, they'll all be leaving soon."

Uzumaki Menma, Naruto, and Neji took turns admiring the magnificent view in an orderly fashion.

Naruto sighed. "No wonder you two, Menma and Neji, came here to peep on the women's bathhouse before. It's so much fun."

Then Naruto suddenly became indignant. "You two are awful! You kept it all to yourselves! Why didn't you bring me along last time?"

Uzumaki Menma explained, "Don't say that. I didn't see anything back then either. Neji was the only one who saw it. He used his Byakugan, then described it to me."

Neji had no interest in answering Uzumaki Menma or Naruto right now. He was completely absorbed in the sight before him.

"Hm?"

Neji suddenly noticed something was wrong, because it looked like someone inside the women's bathhouse was pointing at the little hole.

Then, all of a sudden.

An eye suddenly appeared in the little hole.

Neji was so frightened that he fell onto the ground, his trembling finger pointing at the hole.

Uzumaki Menma and Naruto looked at Neji in confusion. "What's wrong, Neji?"

"Run! We've been discovered!"

The moment Neji finished speaking.

It was the same landlady, and the same broom.

"You little brats! After more than a year, you've come back again! I'll teach all three of you a proper lesson!"

Uzumaki Menma, Naruto, and Neji took off running.

This time, the landlady was relentless. Uzumaki Menma and the other two had already run off the streets of Konoha, yet she was still chasing after them.

Only after they ran into the forest and hid did the landlady give up and return in frustration when she could not find them.

Uzumaki Menma and the other two sat on the ground, panting heavily.

Uzumaki Menma complained, "Neji, it's all your fault. Your gaze must have been too aggressive, so you got us discovered!"

Neji stared at Uzumaki Menma in disbelief. "You can blame this on me too? My gaze is aggressive? Naruto, tell me—does my gaze look aggressive?!"

Neji shoved his face in front of Naruto.

After staring into Neji's eyes for a long while, Naruto said, "Hmm... You do look a little fierce."

Uzumaki Menma spread his hands. "See? Even Naruto says you look fierce. Doesn't that mean your gaze is aggressive?"

Neji roared at Uzumaki Menma, "That's because you blamed it on me, so of course I looked at you like that!"

"Forget all that! When are we going to go look again?"

Naruto was eager to try, already planning when they could go back next time.

Just as Uzumaki Menma was about to say they should wait a few days, an eerie voice came from behind the three of them.

"Big Sis Anko, these three little brats are already thinking about peeping again next time."

"Hm? A child from the Hyuga Clan, and Menma and Naruto?"

Uzumaki Menma, Naruto, and Neji turned around and saw a beautiful woman with black hair and red eyes.

Konoha Chunin Kurenai Yuhi.

The other one was a beautiful woman with purple hair.

She was also a Konoha Chunin, Mitaraishi Anko.

The instant Uzumaki Menma and Naruto saw Mitaraishi Anko, their expressions changed drastically.

"Demon Woman!"