[Challenge Mission: It's a cat! A cat! A cat! As a devoted cat lover, how could you ignore such an adorable kitty? Especially a catgirl?!] [Option One: Defeat her! Option Two: Make her submit at your feet! Option Three: Kill this foolish cat who doesn't know what's good for her!] [Reward: Half of Two-Tails Matatabi's Chakra (juvenile form; can grow by devouring Tailed Beast Chakra)! Fire Nature Transformation mastery +1! 100 Gold Coins!]
"..."
I'm delighted. I'm beaming.
But Shinji still felt there was something a little off about the mission description...
Am I imagining it?
Defeat her, then make her submit...
And if she doesn't submit, kill her?
That's the sequence, right? That's what it means? I haven't misunderstood?
"...Shinji! They're coming!"
Tsunade glanced toward the Kumogakure forces. Seeing Shinji still lost in thought, she couldn't help calling out a warning.
"Ah, I know. It's fine!"
Shinji snapped back to attention. Two-Tails Matatabi had already leaped over the Kumogakure ninja's lines and was charging toward Konoha's position!
Shinji tilted his head. "The Two-Tails' Jinchūriki... Yugito? Why is she so worked up? Have I met her before?"
Still...
This was no time to hesitate. Shinji watched the huge cat race toward him, gathering a fireball in her mouth, and broke into a grin.
He strode forward to meet her.
Shinji Uchiha.
Entered the fray!
On Konoha's side,
every ninja looked thrilled.
They knew that, after the Nine-Tails, they were about to witness Shinji Uchiha battle a Tailed Beast once again!
Tsunade watched Shinji sprint toward the Tailed Beast, his face alight with excitement.
She shook her head.
"Does that kid have some kind of weird fetish?"
"Huh?"
Shizune sniffed in confusion. She looked at Tsunade, then at Shinji's retreating back, and blinked.
"Could it be... cruelty to animals?"