Teacher Mizuno drew a line on the blackboard.
It was very straight, running from left to right, the chalk making a faint scratching sound as it moved. Kiyo stared at the line, his expression growing increasingly cautious.
"Teacher," he said, "will it turn into a route again?"
Teacher Mizuno set down the chalk. "Today, it's a boundary."
Kiyo became even more cautious. "Can boundaries eat?"
Morita Yu could not even be bothered to turn his head.
The line on the blackboard divided it into upper and lower halves. Above it was written "Can Ask," and below it, "Cannot Ask." Teacher Mizuno had them sort the questions they had encountered recently. The questions could come from the classroom, cafeteria, hallway, or training ground, but they could not include specific details about other people's private matters.
On his first slip of paper, Kiyo wrote: When does the cafeteria soup barrel get refilled?
"Can ask," Teacher Mizuno said.
Kiyo was greatly encouraged.
Morita Yu wrote: Why is Morita Yu unhappy? Teacher Mizuno looked at the paper, then at Kiyo.
Kiyo immediately said, "It's an example."
"Cannot ask." Teacher Mizuno placed the paper in the lower half.
"What if he says it himself?"
"Then he's saying it, not you asking."
Kiyo lowered his head and wrote it down, as if he had finally discovered that Morita Yu had boundaries too.
Zhen Shu wrote very slowly. In the end, he handed in: Why do people say there are many Uchiha in Group Two? Teacher Mizuno stuck it in the middle of the line, neither fully above nor fully below.
"Who can you ask?" she asked.
Zhen Shu frowned.
"The person who said it?" Keisuke said.
"If they were only passing by, what would asking turn it into?" Teacher Mizuno asked.
Zhen Shu said nothing. Che