For nearly a month, Sasuke had not appeared in class.
Just when all the girls had given up hope, Sasuke suddenly showed up in class again.
The girls were instantly overjoyed, crowding around Sasuke one after another to tell him how worried they had been.
"These girls are really crazy. Girls really are scary," Shikamaru said, lying on his desk and watching the scene with sweat running down his forehead.
"Indeed." Ayato nodded in agreement, then said, "But after going through something like that, Sasuke can still put up with this kind of harassment. He's pretty pitiful... and strong."
Shikamaru froze for a moment, then began to think. Putting himself in Sasuke's shoes, even after resting for a month, the devastating news of his clan's destruction could not possibly be so easy to overcome.
Sasuke's heart definitely was not at peace right now. Even with so many girls bothering him, he merely clenched his hands before him instead of losing his mind and exploding. That was already quite remarkable.
Even if Shikamaru encountered the same thing, he was not sure whether he would simply tell everyone to leave. If they refused, cursing them out would have been perfectly normal.
As Shikamaru pondered, he also reviewed his own thoughts, searching for flaws in his reasoning and making up for his shortcomings in hopes of approaching things from a more complete perspective in the future.
Bang!!
However, Shikamaru's thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash. Looking over, he saw that it had come from Sasuke's side.
Shikamaru sighed inwardly. So he finally couldn't hold it in after all?
Ayato's gaze also left the Scroll after the sound rang out, turning toward Sasuke, who had just slammed both hands onto the desk and risen to his feet.
Like Shikamaru, Ayato assumed Sasuke had