66: Uchiha's Tsundere

The source of this murderous aura came from Ruri.

　　At this moment, Ruri had already withdrawn from her blushing state. After taking a deep breath, she looked at him with a look that Shiraishi couldn't fully understand.

　　Shiraishi could feel a sense of oppression that he had never felt before, and the weight was on himself.

　　Sure enough, the fact that he was about to buy a kimono for her just now made her mood more elusive than usual.

　　That's right, even if you think about it yourself, you know what you just said. For a girl, they must be very angry and embarrassed.

　　"Well, um... how should I put it, it's full of coincidences and surprises. Since there is a special purpose for sending kimonos, then..."

　　A momentary illusion——The murderous aura on Ruri seemed to be stronger.

　　Although she herself has now looked away from Shiraishi, she stood there calmly and looked elsewhere as if nothing had happened.

　　But Shiraishi knew that this was not an illusion at all.

　　Don't talk about remedies at this time, whether it can get out of this clothing store smoothly is a question worthy of consideration.

　　Shiraishi turned his attention to the teacher Fujimura beside him and asked him for help.

　　Fujimura said in a righteous tone: "Student Chiba, don't always think of asking adults for help when you encounter difficulties. You are now a qualified ninja, and you have to find a way to get enough food and clothing."

　　Of course, this is definitely not because he is afraid, so he does not dare to extend his hand.

　　After all, no matter how he said it, he was an excellent chunin who was selected as an elite teacher by the ninja school several times. How could such an excellent self fail to save his students?

　　This is entirely because of the idea that I want to exercise students' self-rescue ability.

　　That's right, it's exercise.

　　"I like the color of this dress and the size is right, what do you think?"

　　At this moment, Ruri suddenly said this sentence, her expression has completely returned to normal, her eyes are still fixed on the clothes, it seems that it is just an ordinary consultation.

　　"Yes, yes... I think so too, it's very suitable for you, Ruri."

　　"..."

　　"..."

　　...Uh? how?

　　How to say this silence, like an important hint hidden in the game plot.

　　If it is not triggered, the plot will not be able to proceed smoothly to the next step.

　　Therefore, it is impossible to fool the past.

　　But is this really good?

　　I don't know how to explain the wonderful feeling that was born in my heart at this moment.

　　Marriage proposal or something?

　　No, I didn't know that clothes had such hints at all, so I just had to keep my mind steady.

　　It's just a gift between friends.

　　But there's still... guilt of blasphemy or something.

　　If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have said that.

　　It is you who keeps yourself from stepping down from the stage.

　　Shiraishi cleared his throat, pointed at the one, and said, "Fujimura-sensei, bring that kimono, I want to buy it."

　　Fujimura smiled, and took off the kimono that Ruri fancied, according to Shiraishi's instructions, and packed it.

　　"Chiba-san, only when a boy gives this kind of clothes to a girl will it become very meaningful."

　　I'm so bored, I want you to talk more! Shiraishi retorted him with an unhappy heart.

　　Ruri's gaze towards Chunin Fujimura-sensei softened a bit, with a satisfied color.

　　Finally, watching Shiraishi and Ruri who were holding this kimono, they left the clothing store.

　　"The young people today are amazing, but if you want to get married, does Chiba-san plan to join Uchiha in the future?"

　　Fujimura sighed with emotion, Ruri is not only a genius of the Uchiha family,

And it is said that the family is super rich, and if they want to get married, the possibility of the man entering the family is even greater.

　　But it's still early, getting married or something.

　　◎

　　The next day.

　　Shiraishi woke up from a state of ignorance.

　　Because of what happened yesterday, I was tossing and turning in the quilt all night and couldn't sleep well, and I felt very embarrassed.

　　When I thought about the person who gave the special kimono to Ruri after returning yesterday, I felt very guilty.

　　Although he kept hypnotizing himself, he said that this is not because there is any special meaning in it, it is just pure friendship.

　　But will this really be the case?

　　Because after putting the thing on Ruri's hand, I didn't even look at her expression, I just remembered the embarrassment that she ran back to the laboratory as if she had fled.

　　Even last night's experiment became absent-minded and error-prone.

　　This wonderful feeling is really complicated.

　　Get rid of the random thoughts in my mind, now the most important thing is work, not thinking about some irrelevant things.

　　But the more so, the more concerned about what happened yesterday.

　　What will Ruri think?

　　Would she think it was a marriage proposal?

　　It's so strange, the two of them are only twelve years old in terms of biological age...

　　Do you consider yourself frivolous?

　　Will it be hated? Still like it? Or feel nothing at all?

　　"What..."

　　One thought after another rushed into his mind, making his head almost explode.

　　Shiraishi opened his mouth and exhaled heavily, trying to calm himself down.

　　In this way, the morning has passed in such a confused manner.

　　Really annoying.

　　Just when Shiraishi was distressed——

　　Outside courtyard.

　　A maid walked over to Ruri, who was leisurely feeding the fish by the pond, and whispered a few words in her ear.

　　After hearing this, Ruri nodded to the maid.

　　The maid went down, and not long after, she walked in with a girl in white clothes.

　　This girl had pure white pupils and looked at this unusually large mansion with a curious expression. It was Ayane.

　　"Go down."

　　Ruri glanced at the maid.

　　"Yes."

　　The maid bent down slightly and left, leaving Ruri and Ayane alone here.

　　"Is this your home, Ruri? Although I heard Shiraishi-kun say it, seeing it with my own eyes is more shocking than I imagined."

　　Ayane walked over and said with a smile.

　　"Nothing, just a normal size, I don't think that would surprise you."

　　Liuli continued to sprinkle some food and fed it to the fish in the pond, watching them swim fast for food, splashing water.

　　"Besides, put away your fake smile and don't pretend to be in front of me. You should know that I don't eat your shit."

　　After that, Ruri said something rudely, and pointed her sharp eyes directly at Ayane.

　　"Ruri, what are you talking about, I don't quite understand..."

　　When she was halfway through speaking, Ruri disappeared from her eyes, and her words were interrupted.

　　Ruri was standing while choking Ayane's throat, but she couldn't move on.

　　Ayane's right middle finger and index finger gently touched the position of Ruri's heart.

　　"Is this the capital you are relying on? A soft punch with natural energy?"

　　Ruri asked Ayane with great interest.

　　In Konoha this month, Ayane is not without the slightest growth.

　　Although it was not possible to specifically observe how much the power of the soft fist could be enhanced after the fusion of natural energy, the previous Ayane, even if she opened her eyes and was able to capture her figure, would not be able to respond so quickly.

　　"Sure enough, you are the type I don't want to deal with. Not only your strength, but also your personality, you can't get along with me."

　　The smile on Ayane's face disappeared completely, and she sighed in a helpless tone.

　　"Same for me."

　　Ruri took her palm off Ayane's throat.

　　Ayane also withdrew her fingers.

　　It seemed that this was an evenly matched battle, but Ayane still didn't dare to be careless. This was a person whose growth rate was faster than her own.

　　If you are complacent because of this achievement, it must be yourself who loses in the end.

　　"Speaking of..."

　　Seeing that Ruri had no desire to do anything, Ayane was relieved and looked at Ruri's body with strange eyes.

　　"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?"

　　"No, I want to ask, is today your Uchiha's special day?"

　　As the only other wealthy ninja family in Konoha with a bloodline limit, Ayane dare not say that she knows Uchiha, but if it is a special festival, she should know a little.

　　But she couldn't remember what special day it was for Uchiha.

　　"Why do you ask?"

　　When Ayane heard Ruri's question, she pointed to the light blue, appropriate size kimono on her body. Although her hair was draped, she looked very solemn.

　　"Your clothes..."

　　"Is this? What does it matter?"

　　"Generally speaking, isn't this what you should wear at important festivals?"

　　Ayane asked her doubts.

　　No matter how you look at it, suddenly wearing a kimono on such a day has an inexplicable sense of disobedience.

　　"It's none of your business, don't meddle. Besides, why should I explain it to you?"

　　Ruri sat beside the pond, frowned, and stopped feeding the fish.

　　"I really don't get along with you."

　　Ayane was not at all surprised by Ruri's incomparably cold reaction, but in a reasonable way, she felt that this is what Ruri should really be like.

　　In the task, the appearance of being at peace with himself is only because he abides by the responsibility of teamwork.

　　However, now that it is vacation time, conflicts have erupted.

　　"What are you doing here?"

　　Ruri asked Ayane why she came here.

　　In fact, you don't have to think about it, you know that there is absolutely no way that Ayane is here to find her.

　　Well, the purpose is self-evident.

　　"I'm just here to take care of my classmates, and by the way, get in touch."

　　"Boring. He's in the lab, go find it yourself."

　　"Can I use my eyes?"

　　Ayane asked with a smile.

　　"You can try it."

　　Ayane was also troubled by Ruri's thief-proof expression.

　　However, Ruri really enjoyed Ayane's helpless look when she took her, and felt refreshed in her heart.

　　"Okay, there's nothing to do. You can go now. My family has been short of food recently, so I'm sorry I can't prepare lunch for you."

　　Ruri began to drive people away, and her tone was not polite at all.

　　"..."

　　Ayane scratched her head and smiled bitterly.

　　"Aren't you leaving yet? I already told you, I won't prepare lunch for you."

　　"No, because Shiraishi-kun gave me a very important observation task before. Let him meet me at the old place at two o'clock in the afternoon. I will give him the important observation data."

　　"Just give it to me, and I'll pass it to him for you. There's no need to meet outside."

　　"I put that document elsewhere, and I don't have it with me now. Besides, I have to hand it over to Shiraishi-kun in person to be at ease."

　　Ayane said in a slow voice.

　　Ruri frowned in dissatisfaction.

　　"You should know how important my white eyes are to Shiraishi-kun's research. Then, please pass this sentence over to him, please, Ruri."

　　Ayane smiled slightly, turned around and left without slack.

　　After watching Ayane leave, Ruri only took her eyes back when her back completely disappeared from sight, and let out a sigh of relief.

　　There's no need to get mad at such a sesame-sized little thing.

　　That's right, it's just a trivial matter, and there's absolutely no need to take it to heart...

　　But what was the anger that suddenly appeared in my heart?

　　No matter how you look at it, it's all that guy's fault.

　　--noon.

　　When Shiraishi and Ruri were having a meal together, he heard that Ayane had come to him before and said that he had important observational materials to hand over to him.

　　"Is that so? I did ask her about it before, but I didn't expect the result so soon. As expected of a blank eye, it really helped a lot."

　　Shiraishi sighed.

　　But noticing Ruri's increasingly terrifying look, her face seemed to be completely darkened, and Shiraishi immediately changed his tone:

　　"Well, in fact, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the research funds or materials that you provided me with Ruri. This is the most important thing. The effect of white eyes is not as big as imagined."

　　After listening to Shiraishi's hurried explanation, Ruri's eyes finally softened.

　　Later, Shiraishi also noticed the light blue kimono that Ruri was wearing, which was the one he bought for her yesterday.

　　As a result, Shiraishi's expression became a little subtle.

　　When eating, he avoided it intentionally or unintentionally, pretending that nothing had happened.

　　"It's not for you."

　　When Ruri saw that Shiraishi noticed the kimono she was wearing, she was afraid that Shiraishi might misunderstand something, so she explained.

　　"What?"

　　When he stopped eating, Shiraishi looked over in surprise.

　　"Don't be too sentimental, it just happens that I prefer the style and color of this dress."

　　"..."

　　"Besides, I'm only wearing it now, I won't be wearing it during the New Year. Sorry for disappointing your expectations."

　　"..."

　　I didn't say anything.

　　But when I heard that I didn't wear this kimono on New Year's Day, I did feel a sense of emptiness in my heart.

　　Seeing that Ruri turned her head slightly at this moment, she didn't look directly at her. Is this... embarrassed?

　　I thought I was embarrassed when I handed the kimono to her yesterday, but in fact, Ruri is similar, right?

　　Thinking about it this way, I felt a lot less irritable last night and this morning.

　　"Ok, I know."

　　"It's good to know. I'm full."

　　Under Shiraishi's strange gaze, Ruri put down the bowl and chopsticks and walked out of the room gracefully, stepping evenly in small steps.

　　After closing the door, Ruri leaned back against the door and lowered her head. Her hair could only cover some facial expressions, but not all of it.

　　The roots of the ears were already red.