"Cool as the wind, ever by my side!"
"Yohooo~ Little sisters, little brothers! Your boy Ye Wudi is back!"
Whoosh!
Wait-what just happened?
Right before everyone's eyes, Ye Wudi landed with Hinata in his arms, pulling off a sliding tackle that kicked up a gust of wind and a cloud of dust.
The resulting blast hit everyone in front of him like a sandstorm, especially the Four Skipping Kings who had just been dragged back by Iruka. All of them were sent flying.
Even a dog that had been lying on the ground, peacefully napping, was swept into the air…
"Damn it, Ye Wudi! Friendly fire, again?!"
"Boss! We're on your side!"
"My snacks! I don't care if I faceplant like a dog, but no one disrespects my chips!"
"Woof woof woof!"
"Akamaru! Slow down, buddy! Why are you flying so fast?!"
Ye Wudi, meanwhile, didn't so much as glance at the shouting Four Skipping Kings and Akamaru.
Instead, he stayed in place, continuing to… rub against the ground in a strange, inexplicable rhythm.
"Slide, slide... the devil's stride... my skateboard shoes…"
The sight left the poor Four Skipping Kings and Akamaru with pitch-black expressions.
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 66 points of negative emotion from Naruto!
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 66 points of negative emotion from Kiba!
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 66 points of negative emotion from Chōji!
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 666 points of negative emotion from Shikamaru!
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 666 points of negative emotion from Akamaru!
That's it? Just this much negative emotion?
Well then...
Body Flicker Technique!
Just as Ye Wudi's feet finally came to a stop, two clones burst out from either side in synchronized skating slides.
At the exact moment they intersected poof the clones vanished.
What they left behind was a perfectly drawn heart on the academy training ground.
And inside that heart, sketched out by Ye Wudi's fancy footwork and dancing, was…
A dramatic pose of him cradling Hinata, mid-kiss.
As soon as the image registered, the entire field exploded.
"Waaaah! He used the whole training ground to draw a love confession? Ye Wudi's so smooth! Why didn't I notice how romantic he is before?! I want to be doted on too!"
"Move it, move it! Wudi-gege, come pamper me! I know all the positions! I'll bear your babies!"
"You thot! Move over! With your sad excuse of a lunchbox body, you think Wudi would even glance at you? A man like him needs my kind of curves everywhere, and I mean everywhere!"
"… … …"
As the girls started clawing each other's eyes out for Ye Wudi's affection, the boys standing nearby were now all staring at him with eyes full of pure, concentrated resentment.
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 999 points of negative emotion from XXX student!
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 999 points of negative emotion from XXX student!
Ding! Congratulations, host has received…
Whoa. That's a lot of salt.
Well, if he didn't keep showing off now, he'd really be letting down all these little brothers and their practically materialized murderous glares.
Next moment, right under everyone's watchful eyes, Ye Wudi looked down at the just-awakened Hinata in his arms.
He leaned in, gently nibbling her ear.
"Hinata… thrilling, isn't it?"
"So... so thrilling…"
Gazing at Ye Wudi's face so close to hers, with his breath warm on her ear, Hinata's consciousness blurred again, steam puffing from her head like a broken kettle.
Then she fainted right in his arms.
"I... I can't take this anymore…"
Clap, clap, clap!
Seeing the two of them like that, all the girls around clenched their fists tight.
Their eyes glowed with something terrifying.
If looks could kill, Hinata would have been torn to shreds and replaced on the spot.
Even Ino and Sakura were no exception.
"Wudi's so dreamy! He made it back faster than Iruka-sensei or the Hyūga guards! And he's so romantic… I can't take it anymore~" Ino gushed.
Sakura, while sneaking glances at Ye Wudi, tried her best to act unimpressed.
"Hmph, so what if he's fast? All style, no substance. Sasuke's power is what really matters!"
"Just think about it: those lips, that Fireball Jutsu of his…"
"That Ye guy can never pull off something like that, no matter how hard he tries!"
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 666 points of negative emotion from Sakura!
Ino smirked, clearly not buying Sakura's excuse.
She grabbed Sakura's arm with a mischievous grin.
"Oh yeah? Then why are you staring so hard, Miss Forehead? Got one foot on each boat already?"
"Shut up! You Sasuke!"
Sakura, who had just been yelling like a dragon, suddenly straightened up, tidied her outfit, and struck a lady-like pose the moment she saw Sasuke approaching.
Ino gave her an exaggerated eye-roll and stopped talking, choosing instead to watch the drama unfold.
As a child of the Yamanaka clan, she knew more than most.
According to her elders, this Ye Wudi… might not be just some regular Konoha civilian.
While Ino was musing and Sakura was swooning, he finally showed up.
With a stony face, Sasuke walked onto the field.
His eyes twitched slightly when he saw Ye Wudi showing off with Hinata.
Then he stuffed his hands in his pockets and turned to leave, muttering coldly:
"How childish. What a waste of time."
"Sasuke! You stone-faced bastard! Get back here!"
Just as he finished speaking, Naruto looking slightly worse for wear jumped to his feet and stormed right up to Sasuke.
Now the distance between them was just one fist apart.
Being pointed at in public, and provoked like this, only made Sasuke more annoyed.
"…What do you want?"
"Y-you're just a kid yourself!"
"Yeah! You're just a brat too! Crunch crunch Mmm, chips are so good…"
"That's right! What's with the whole 'I'm too cool to care' act? Who do you think you're fooling? Even dogs wouldn't lick that face!"
Akamaru: Woof woof woof!
"Uh, sorry Akamaru, I wasn't talking about you…"
As Naruto spoke, Chōji and Kiba chimed in, and even Akamaru bared his teeth at Sasuke, barking furiously.
Shikamaru, meanwhile, stood at the back, his eyes sharp and calculating as he began evaluating everyone's battle strength.
"…Heh."
Despite being targeted by all of them, Sasuke showed no sign of backing down.
He even stood taller, sneering with disdain.
"Childish. I'm an Uchiha. Even if all four of you and a dog come at me at once, I"
Whoosh!
Before he could finish, a lazy voice cut in, filled with irony.
"Mmh. The last Uchiha in the village... sure sounds prestigious."
Ding! Congratulations, host has received 666 points of negative emotion from Sasuke!