This is a difficult situation.
If I were to tell these two girls now that I can't go shopping tomorrow and I won't play games with them, it would probably be difficult to resolve the situation.
Araki hadn't expected to get himself so caught up in the situation. He regretted not explaining the rules to them and just letting them play as they had before.
This is so embarrassing!
but...
On second thought...
There's nothing wrong with that.
Araki suddenly realized something: in the current situation, as long as he kept choosing to tell the truth and said whatever he said was true, it would be a complete misunderstanding.
Surely no one has never lied when telling the truth!
After all, the game involves two girls around ten years old, so a little deception won't hurt their conscience.
Most importantly...
Agreeing to play this game now has one advantage: it solves the problem once and for all.
That means you can avoid the hassle of shopping.
He had just promised the two girls yesterday that he would go shopping with them. If he suddenly brought up these issues now, it would seem very deliberate, and such deliberateness would have the opposite effect.
Think about it carefully.
Araki thought so.
Agreeing is perfectly fine!
"Okay."
Araki shook his head helplessly, then said, "Since it's a three-person game, the person who chooses to be punished must face the other two and choose a method of punishment. If they can't give an answer to either of them, they must drink two drinks in a row!"
Araki didn't find it exciting; rather, he thought that this method would make the two girls drink more frequently, thus ending the game sooner.
"Great! Great! That's awesome!"
" Araki joined too, that's great!"
Kushina and Mikoto cheered almost simultaneously. At this moment, being able to play games with Araki was a luxury for the two of them.
Any student from the Ninja Academy, or any of their peers, would be extremely willing to play games with these two girls.
But they didn't feel that way.
It was Araki, on the contrary.
Keep rejecting them.
They're usually quite mysterious.
Playing together created a rare and precious feeling that they cherished, so much so that they felt intense pleasure the moment Araki agreed.
"Let's begin now."
Araki's lips curled up slightly. Although he had played this game countless times, he suddenly felt quite relaxed.
It must be said that the presence of these two girls made him less tense than before, and he began to accept many of the everyday realities of life.
More importantly...
Araki hasn't had a proper rest in the past three and a half years.
This is a good opportunity for him to rest and relax a bit. After that, there is still more training to come.
As Araki entered the table, three people sat around this square table.
Araki sat on one side, with Kushina on his left and Mikoto on his right. The two girls sat facing each other.
"We are each on one of the three sides of this square. The person whose side the spoon handle points to will be punished."
If you get a turn on the side where there are no people, you get a bye and have to start over.
"You all have no problem with these rules, right?"
Araki looked at Kushina and Mikoto, and after receiving their affirmative nods, he began to twirl the spoon in his hand.
In an instant.
Araki gripped the spoon tightly with both hands and suddenly exerted force.
The spoon began to spin rapidly.
The rotation process left behind trails of afterimages.
All three pairs of eyes were fixed on the spoon, whose rotation was slowing down. No one knew who would be the lucky first to receive this prize.
Gradually.
The spoon slowed down.
It almost came to a stop.
The spoon's handle pointed at Kushina, immediately making her tense. Under her surprised gaze, she turned towards the side where she had a bye.
"Call..."
Kushina breathed a sigh of relief; based on her visual estimation, the spoon shouldn't be coming to her again.
It's either a bye, or it's Mikoto.
This time, the pressure fell on Mikoto's side. Her dark, bright eyes were fixed on the spinning spoon, and she silently chanted, "Stop! Stop! Stop!"
However...
The spoon mischievously passed through the area where there was no bye and aimed at Mikoto.
Mikoto's face instantly tightened.
It's over.
Mikoto was mentally prepared.
The spoon gradually stopped spinning.
But...
Just before it stopped.
Under the watchful eyes of the three, the spoon passed through Mikoto's area and stopped at the edge where Araki was.
Although it's not directly facing Araki.
However, it belongs to the Araki area.
"Wow!"
"Yay!"
Kushina and Mikoto cheered simultaneously; this was the result they had been waiting for. Both of them looked at Araki, their eyes sparkling as if they had sobered up.
" Araki, you're the first one!"
Kushina clapped her hands happily, which meant she could ask Araki a question, provided, of course, that Araki chose truth.
This moment.
She's already started thinking about it.
If Araki chooses truth, what questions will she ask him? If Araki chooses dare, what will she ask Araki to do?
Her mind raced.
" Araki, Araki, Araki..."
Mikoto's face was flushed with excitement. She kept calling Araki's name while raising her little fists. She was in a state of extreme excitement. She felt that even a script wouldn't dare to write it like this. It was like being in a dream.
"..."
Araki was completely speechless.
What's so special about that?
Will we end up shooting ourselves in the foot?
There was absolutely no need to bring up this game, but I had to blurt it out of sheer stupidity. Now look what happened—I'm the one who got spun around with the spoon.
That's too difficult!
It's truly heartbreaking that things have turned out this way.
"Bring it on..."
Araki said weakly, feeling that he had exhausted a lot of energy at this moment. Unlike some people who hope to be asked questions when playing Truth or Dare, he really didn't want to be asked. This feeling of the unknown was not only exciting, but also stemmed from a sense of insecurity in his personality.
Araki enjoys the feeling of having everything under control.
Without this feeling, one will feel incredibly awkward in many situations, especially when in a passive position, which makes one feel extremely uncomfortable.
He had encountered many passive situations during his school days, and he was even more reluctant to face them now.
"All right."
"A bet's a bet."
"Let's begin."
Araki sighed, and when the word "gamble" was mentioned, the image of Tsunade suddenly appeared in his mind.
You could play this game with Tsunade.
Wouldn't that mean I could just become the interrogator, using that little leather whip dipped in cold water, and probably find out everything, even my underwear?
" Kushina, let's start. We'll ask questions clockwise. I'll choose truth. Now you can ask your question." Araki looked at Kushina.
"Hmm..." Kushina pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and said, "Since Araki has decided not to drink, then this question definitely needs to be answered truthfully. My question is, have you ever thought about becoming Hokage?"
"???"
After hearing Kushina's question, Araki's mind was immediately filled with a bunch of question marks.
I have to say...
Seeing this, it's clear that the title of Hokage was truly an obsession for Kushina!