The next second.
A message popped up on the phone screen.
[Uchiha has been muted by the group owner.]
[Tachibana Akane: From now on, no messages unrelated to the mission.]
[Tachibana Akane: Remember to report for duty tomorrow. I'll be waiting at the school gate.]
"..."
Uchiha put away his phone. He could already picture Senior Tachibana Akane typing with a dark expression.
He would report for duty on this mission. If he got the Face Fruit sooner, he would not have to recharge ten thousand at a time.
His gaze returned to the hospital bed as his thoughts gathered wildly like a tidal wave.
The masked boy wanted to see whether he could use brainwave transmission, through his hacking skills, to hypnotize Sakura into sleep.
Come on!!
Sakura, let me sing you a lullaby.
Very soon!!
Uchiha fell into deep thought. What should he sing?!
Obviously...
"The great river flows eastward~ The stars in the sky point to the Big Dipper~ Cough cough, the Big Dipper!!"
"Through water and fire, never turn back~ When injustice is seen, let out a roar~ When it is time to act, then act!!"
"Hey-ya yi-er-ya~ Eh hey eh hey yi-er-ya~"
"..."
Once the thought transmission was complete, sure enough!!
The effect was immediate!!!
Sakura's eyelashes stopped fluttering, and her breathing gradually steadied.
Even the hands gripping his were not as tight...
Just as Uchiha tried to pull out his Kirin Arm, the girl's delicate hand clenched down again.
He waited three seconds.
He pulled again, and she grabbed again!!
He waited another five seconds.
He kept pulling, and she kept grabbing!!!
"..."
Sometimes, Uchiha really suspected that Sakura was pretending to sleep?!!
But she was not talking in her sleep, and her body was no longer twitching. No matter how he looked at