"I know you were joking just now, but I took it seriously. No matter what you say now, I'm going to give you a good beating. I'll beat you so badly that even your Uncle Hizashi and Aunt Meiling won't recognize you," Uchiha Itachi said with a smile after hearing what Ruri had said.
"Perfect. I was thinking the same thing. I'll beat you so badly that even your parents won't recognize you," Ruri replied with a smile after hearing what Uchiha Itachi had said.
There was no denying that these two really were rivals who kept crossing paths. They must have had some connection in a previous life. Although they said such things, they certainly did not mean them. The two of them could be called the best of friends in this world.
Ruri had not had many good friends in his previous life, and he would not give up on a good friend so easily in the Hokage World, either. Although he spoke that way, he did not want to treat Uchiha Itachi as his enemy at all.
Of course, Uchiha Itachi did not want to treat Ruri as his enemy, either. At present, he only regarded Ruri as a rival. The reason he saw Ruri as a rival was that Ruri was truly very powerful now. Besides, the two of them were about the same age.
"All right, you two, stop talking, or I'll give you both a beating first," Kakashi, who was walking ahead, said quietly as he turned back after hearing Ruri and Uchiha Itachi talking behind him.
After hearing what Kakashi had said, Ruri and Uchiha Itachi immediately gave awkward smiles and nodded. Kakashi then turned back around and continued leading them toward Hizashi Hyuga.
Sure enough, after Kakashi said that, neither of them