"I'm talking about you. Wide forehead. Wide forehead."
Ugh. Here we go again.
The surrounding students silently backed away, hoping to avoid collateral damage.
Just as Sakura and Ino descended into verbal warfare, a new voice rang out inside Ye Wudi's head.
Ding! Negative emotions received from Iruka: +66 points!
Iruka?
Oh crap!
Whoosh!
With everyone watching, Ye Wudi suddenly leapt backward, still holding Hinata in his arms. He landed beside Naruto.
"Naruto. Get ready."
"Ready? Ready for what? Boss, you gotta give me context here!"
Just as Naruto's face twisted in confusion, a shadow loomed over the area.
"You all… what do you think you're doing?"
Sakura and Ino stiffened and slowly turned their heads.
Standing before them, Iruka-sensei tapped his teaching pointer against his neck, voice dark as thunderclouds.
"What are you all doing?"
Swish!
At the sight of Iruka's arrival, the crowd who had just been watching Ye Wudi and Hinata immediately snapped to attention and got into formation.
Everyone except Ye Wudi, who remained motionless, still holding the fainted Hinata, standing tall and proud above the others.
Naruto, meanwhile, was already sneaking away on tiptoe.
Just as he was about to escape
"Naruto! Where do you think you're going?!"
"Uh… I mean… what if I said I've got a stomachache, Iruka-sensei? Would you believe me?"
"What do you think? Back in line!"
"Right… okay then."
One scolding later, Naruto slunk back into formation with his tail between his legs.
With that handled, Iruka turned his gaze to Ye Wudi.
That kid did he sense me coming the moment I showed up?
Such sharp perception.
"Ye Wudi, Hinata, fall in!"
"Fall in? And why exactly should I?"
"What?!"
What?!
Ye Wudi's words set off a chain reaction. The whole class exploded in shock.
What was that?
Ye Wudi actually talked back to Iruka-sensei?
Had he gone mad?
Even Naruto and Hinata looked panicked.
"Wudi-ge, we should just…"
"Boss, please don't! We're gonna die seriously, we're dead this time!"
Ding! Negative emotions received from Naruto: +66 points!
"You're asking why you should fall in?"
Iruka lowered his head slightly, his face darkening further by the second.
The next moment, he raised his pointer and brought it swinging down in front of the class.
"Ye Wudi! Not only were you late, you had the gall to flirt in public! And now you're disobeying orders? I said fall in!"
"You'd better move. Now!"
"..."
"Heh heh heh, is that all he's got?" Sakura scoffed, full of schadenfreude. "Figures. Sasuke-kun is still the best. This Ye Wudi guy? He's only good at fooling airheads like Hinata… and fangirls like you."
"I'm different. I'm going to be Sasuke's woman."
"Heh… wide forehead…"
While Sakura declared her future with confidence, Ino just sneered back.
But her eyes involuntarily darted toward Ye Wudi again, and what she saw made them go wide.
"Wait what the heck is that?!"
"What that? Ino-pig, you huh?! Nani?!"
Ding! Negative emotions received from Sakura: +666 points!