The Prankster System

"Kurenai Yuhi, after class tonight, #￥%...@*&..."

Obito's cheeks were flushed crimson as he struggled to get the system's prescribed dialogue out.

But the rest of the line was simply too embarrassing.

And with so many people watching, he really couldn't bring himself to say it.

"Huh? Obito, what are you saying? I didn't catch that." Kurenai Yuhi's face was full of confusion.

"To hell with it!"

Obito gritted his teeth as if he had finally made up his mind, looked at Kurenai Yuhi, and shouted:

"Kurenai Yuhi, come to the little grove with me after class tonight! I can take you to do some dual cultivation!"

Silence!

Dead silence! You could have heard a pin drop in the classroom.

Every student seemed to have been frozen in place by a spell.

They stood rooted to the spot, mouths hanging open in disbelief.

[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have completed the designated dialogue task and earned one copying opportunity.]

The system's voice rang out in his mind.

But Obito was in no mood to pay it any attention.

He just wanted to find a crack in the floor and crawl into it. This was so fucking embarrassing.

"Holy crap! Obito's shameless! He actually asked a girl to sneak off into a grove with him!"

"Exactly! And what was that about dual cultivation? That doesn't sound remotely innocent!"

"Bro Obito is a role model for us all. Who knew shamelessness could reach such heights?"

Someone finally snapped out of their daze and started roasting Obito.

Then the classroom erupted, everyone chattering away at once.

"Obito... you... you..."

Kurenai Yuhi had finally recovered too, but she was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say.

Obito was just as red-faced. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and hurried to explain:

"Don't be mad! I like joking around! Everyone knows that! I was just kidding earlier..."

Before Obito could finish,

Kurenai Yuhi covered her crimson face and hurried back to her seat.

Rin shook her head in disappointment. "Obito, I never thought you were that kind of person."

Obito wanted to cry, but no tears would come. Why was this happening?

Why had the system pulled this stunt and made him completely humiliate himself...?

"Rin! Let me explain! Those words weren't actually mine-no, wait... that wasn't what I meant..."

Fortunately, Rin had shared a desk with Obito for years and knew his personality very well.

She was only trying to scare him. She wasn't really angry.

Obito's incoherent explanation made Rin burst into laughter.

She covered her mouth and smiled. "All right! I'm just teasing you. I'm not mad."

The bell soon rang.

Everyone returned to their seats and sat up straight, waiting for Teacher Liangtian to begin class.

Surprisingly, though, a long time passed after the bell, and Liangtian still hadn't appeared.

As for the earlier fire outside the school,

a few students in this class had already heard about it.

It was just that not many of them knew.

Besides, everyone had been distracted by what had happened between Kurenai Yuhi and Obito.

No one had brought up the scandal of Teachers Liangtian and Keiko being caught in the act.

Now that everyone had lost interest in Obito's gossip,

they began chattering about Liangtian's scandal instead.

As the person who had started the fire, Obito already knew the whole story.

He had no interest in discussing Liangtian with everyone else.

Instead, he activated his copying ability and directed it at Kurenai Yuhi, who was sitting in the front row.

"I wonder if Kurenai's lost every bit of affection she had for me after what just happened..."

As Obito muttered to himself, the system's voice rang out in his mind.

[Congratulations, host. You have copied Kurenai Yuhi's genjutsu, Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!]

[Note: The caster disappears from the enemy's sight. A large tree grows behind the enemy and binds their body. The caster emerges from the tree and launches a lethal attack.]

"Hell yeah! Nailed it in one shot! I copied a genjutsu straight away?"

Obito was rather pleased.

The system's copying ability mainly depended on how close Obito was to the person he was copying.

Since he had managed to copy a genjutsu on his first attempt, that meant Kurenai Yuhi's affection for him hadn't diminished.

Although he didn't understand why Kurenai Yuhi had developed feelings for him,

Obito didn't really care.

Having a girl like him was a good thing, after all.

Creak...

About half an hour into the lesson, someone pushed the classroom door open from outside.

A somewhat unfamiliar ninja in a green vest entered and stopped in front of the lectern.

The noisy classroom immediately fell silent, and everyone turned to look at the ninja.

The green-vested ninja glanced over the students, nodded, and began an introduction.

"Students! I'm your new teacher. My name is Muki. You can call me Teacher Muki!"

An uproar broke out among the students.

Teacher Liangtian really wasn't coming to class?

It seemed the rumors about him and Teacher Keiko were all true.

"Teacher Muki! Where's Teacher Liangtian?" one bold student asked.

Muki nodded and gave a vague answer. "Something has happened, so Teacher Liangtian won't be able to come for the time being! Stop discussing it, everyone. Let's begin class."

Liangtian and Keiko had been caught in the act.

Misconduct like that from teachers was hardly something to be proud of.

And this was the Ninja Academy. Although the children matured early, it was still a bad influence on them.

Everyone understood why Muki didn't want to say much about it.

The students didn't have any strong objections to a change of teachers.

They would be attending class no matter who taught it.

Still, their appetite for gossip remained.

After class, they went to other classrooms to ask around again.

According to the latest information the students had gathered,

both Liangtian and Keiko had been taken to the Third Hokage's office.

No one knew exactly how they had been dealt with.

Hearing that news, Obito felt a faint twinge of guilt.

He had only meant to prank Liangtian. He hadn't expected things to get this serious.

But then again, surely Liangtian and that female teacher named Keiko wouldn't be suspended over this...

The school day soon ended.

As the bell rang for the end of the final lesson, the students streamed out of the school.

With the system having confirmed Kurenai Yuhi's affection for him,

Obito walked up to her desk without any reservations and invited her. "Kurenai, come on. Let's go train together."

Kurenai Yuhi finished packing her textbooks and looked up at Obito.

Remembering what he had said that morning about the little grove and dual cultivation, she couldn't help blushing again.

She lowered her head and gave a soft "Mm," offering no refusal.

For a moment, the atmosphere was rather awkward.

Fortunately, Rin came over just then, linked arms with Kurenai Yuhi, and said with a smile, "Kurenai, don't be mad about what happened this morning. Obito's just an idiot. He didn't mean any harm."