"Let me finish this round!"
Completely hooked, Shingetsu did not even turn around, her eyes and attention fixed entirely on the cards in her hand. Hashirama, the hopeless gambler, nodded along. Neither showed any intention of getting up.
"Exactly, just one more game!"
Uchiha Kazuma was truly about to lose his mind. Teacher Hashirama was one thing-everyone knew he was a hopeless gambler-but why was Lady Shingetsu acting like this too?
Was this game really that much fun?
"Stop playing, both of you! Teacher Madara is seriously going to come after us!"
As class drew ever closer, Uchiha Kazuma grew increasingly anxious. Just recalling what Madara Uchiha looked like when angry made him shudder uncontrollably. But the two card addicts ignored him completely, doing nothing but drawing and playing cards, as though their decks were all that remained in the world.
With doom fast approaching and those two damned card addicts still absorbed in their game, Kazuma finally ran out of patience!
In a fit of rage, Kazuma sprang to his feet and flipped over the wooden board serving as their card table, scattering Shingetsu's and Hashirama's cards across the floor.
"Stop playing!!!"
Unfortunately, Kazuma was still a step too late.
Riiing-
Shingetsu finally realized she had skipped Madara's class. Hashirama realized he was playing cards at school, and with Shingetsu, no less. And Uchiha Kazuma was the unlucky victim dragged down by both card addicts. As the long class bell rang, all three faces turned sickly green.
It was over. They were really done for this time...
Dead silence filled the office, like the calm before a storm. The instant the bell stopped, a familiar roar came from outside the door. Sure enough, Madara Uchiha had come for them!
"You three have some nerve!"
"Aaaah, stop hitting us! Mercy!"