Only after Kakashi and Yamato disappeared from sight did Oto Uchiha let the contempt fade from her eyes and fold her arms across her chest.
"Zou, keep your distance from them from now on. They're always reading Icha Icha Paradise behind everyone's backs."
"Icha Icha Paradise?" Zou Hyuga gave Oto Uchiha a puzzled look. "What's that?"
Of course he knew what Icha Icha Paradise was, but ordinary women didn't interest him much.
More importantly, he had awakened his Byakugan at the age of four...
"Some trashy books..."
The blunt, outspoken Oto Uchiha tried to cover it up. She had once used the Transformation Technique to buy a guide to romance, only to accidentally stumble across a bestseller that was wildly popular among ninja.
As a female ninja, even mentioning books like that made her cheeks burn.
The blushing Oto made him instinctively want to pat her head, but Zou Hyuga settled for resting his hand on her braids. Even braided into cat ears, her hair still felt silky and carried a faint fragrance.
From this angle, Zou Hyuga could even see the black bra pressed against her skin.
But was that thing really necessary? There wasn't any curve at all.
Oto couldn't hear Zou Hyuga's thoughts. Otherwise, she might have stamped her feet in anger and given him a contemptuous look.
Oto tried to take Zou Hyuga's hand, then led the way into a nearby movie theater.
Since they were pretending to be a couple on a date, a trip to the movies was naturally unavoidable.
They bought their tickets, stepped into the dark theater, and sat down in a corner. Soon, a black-and-white movie appeared on the screen.
The movie was terribly dull, little more than an old-fashioned taiga drama.
Rather than a movie, it was really just an