A Bunch of Idiots Are Gossiping! [Please Bookmark and Help Me Climb the Rankings~]

Tsunade had already worked herself into a fury at home, and now the whole thing had become the talk of the town, with everyone gossiping behind her back. With Tsunade's fiery temper, how could she possibly endure it?

Sure enough, after Tsunade arrived in the classroom, the classmates' gossip set her off. Her lion's roar erupted.

The saying was true: when Tsunade lost her temper, it was no small matter.

The consequences of making her angry were severe. You couldn't beat her in a fight, you couldn't compete with her family background, and you weren't even in the right. Even if she beat you up, you wouldn't have anywhere to complain.

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The instant Hikaru stepped into the classroom, it fell silent. At that moment, if someone dropped a needle, everyone would have been able to hear it hit the floor.

Everyone's eyes turned toward Hikaru, including Tsunade, who was still fuming.

Under everyone's gaze, Hikaru walked straight to his seat and sat down, waiting for the teacher to begin class. Of course, there was also Tsunade's breakfast. As for whether she still had the appetite to eat it, Hikaru couldn't say.

Looking at the breakfast on the desk, Tsunade's anger vanished. Not because she was touched, but because she was going crazy. Who could still be in the mood to eat at a time like this?

She was practically dying of anger, yet Hikaru acted as though nothing had happened, doing whatever he normally did as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

"Aren't you angry?"

Tsunade leaned closer and asked in a low voice. The bratty kids around them widened their eyes and watched curiously, but after Tsunade shot them a glare, they all obediently turned away.

Turning back to look at Tsunade's puffed-up face, Hikaru said helplessly, "Come on, my dear little lady. This was all caused by you, wasn't it? If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened. I already gave your money to the teacher. The teacher will return it to you."

"Huh?!" Tsunade froze. He had given the money to the teacher?

In Tsunade's mind, she had assumed Hikaru had already spent it. At the very least, Tsunade had no idea what saving money meant. Yet Hikaru had brought every last bit back untouched. Didn't that mean she had been making a fuss for nothing?

And she had caused such a huge mess. Thinking of what the clan elders had said, Tsunade felt utterly powerless. She slumped onto the desk, as though all her strength had suddenly drained away.

"Besides, what's the point of getting angry? The angrier you get, the more they'll think something really is going on between us. Just relax."

"..." Looking at Hikaru's calm, casual expression, Tsunade felt powerless. How could he ignore everything so completely?

This kind of thing was supposed to make people furious!

"Oh, right." Hikaru suddenly turned around, startling Tsunade, who had still been grumbling to herself. "If you really can't get over it, just imagine a bunch of monkeys screeching and chattering right in front of you."

That was the method Hikaru used. But in his eyes, those people who had nothing better to do than gossip about others, criticize them, and make things up were not monkeys at all. They were a bunch of complete idiots!!!

Once he thought of it that way, Hikaru felt much better. Whenever someone gossiped about him on the street, he would calmly say to himself, A bunch of idiots are gossiping!

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As soon as he said that, Tsunade was dumbfounded, while everyone else was speechless. Did he have to put it that way? Was he calling them monkeys?

"What do you mean, Uchiha Hikaru?!"

Tsunade held considerable prestige. Aside from Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who constantly courted death, no one dared provoke her. But Hikaru was different.

The moment they heard Hikaru comparing them to monkeys, someone immediately jumped up.

"What do I mean?" Hikaru looked up at him and smiled faintly. "Shimura Shitsuki, I think you'd be better off being called Shimura Vertical. Your parents really knew how to pick a name."

"What do you mean?!" Shimura Shitsuki looked confused. He hadn't caught the meaning behind Hikaru's words.

"Because your brain grew vertically. What's the difference between you and a monkey?"

Hikaru waved a hand, his face full of disdain. Shimura Shitsuki's somewhat dark face immediately flushed red. This time, he understood. Hikaru was mocking him for having no brains and looking like a monkey.

"Pfft~~~"

Tsunade, who had been full of frustration just moments ago, was instantly amused by Hikaru's comparison. A monkey... now that he mentioned it, he really did look a little like one.

"You bastard!!!" Shimura Shitsuki flew into a rage, slamming his hands onto the desk as he stood up. His face was red as he pointed at Hikaru, but his skin was so dark that instead of turning bright red, his face became purplish-red, making him look constipated.

"Uchiha Hikaru, don't go too far!!"