Chapter 126 Arouses Public Outrage
Rock Lee's movements were so fast that Haruko only had time to close her eyes before she heard the sound of a fist and her own confusion.
"...Haruko?"
Haruko cautiously opened her eyes in the morning and found that her vision was blocked by a fist, which stopped just a few centimeters away from her. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Lee Locke withdrew his fist, staring blankly at her, then swayed as he leaned closer, scrutinizing Haruko Hayama over and over again.
"Xiao Li, you're drunk. Are you feeling alright?" Haruko asked him gently as he calmed down.
"Drunk?" Lee Locke pondered for a moment, then replied decisively, "Impossible! I clearly drank water!"
"..." Haruko's smile froze.
Those two awful thick eyebrows!
Might Guy, who was observing from the sidelines: Why does Haruko seem so angry all of a sudden? Lee must have offended her!
Choji Akimichi, who pushed Haruko Hayama out, was reprimanded by his classmates.
Yamanaka Ino grabbed his collar and cursed, "You pig! How dare you push Haruko out like that?! Do you want to die?!"
Nara Shikamaru also had a stern face and, unusually, spoke to him in a deep voice, "You've gone a bit too far."
Choji Akimichi quickly waved his hand and argued, "No, you see, as soon as Haruko went over, Lee stopped acting crazy!"
When Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino heard his words, they looked at Rock Lee and saw that he was indeed no longer acting drunk. Instead, he kept moving closer to Haruko Hayama, as if he was observing something.
"That's no reason for you to push Haruko away!" Yamanaka Ino was furious.
Choji Akimichi desperately pleaded with Shikamaru Nara for help, but this time Shikamaru ignored him and let him be brutally beaten by Ino Yamanaka.
What he's concerned about now is what that guy in the bodysuit is planning to do to Haruko!
Haruko was also curious. Rock Lee kept wandering around and observing her. She even checked herself, but there didn't seem to be anything worth observing.
"Xiao Li, what are you looking at?"
Locke Lee paused his observation, pondered for a moment, then looked at her with a resolute gaze, "I'm looking at my dream girl, Haruko, please go out with me!"
"Huh?!" ×n
Aside from Haruko Hayama, who was speechless at the drunkard's words, the atmosphere around them became awkward.
Naruto, who was eating, suddenly looked at the commotion and stared blankly, dropping his chopsticks to the ground.
Slightly drunk, Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha also turned their gazes toward Rock Lee, and the entire Team 7 stood up.
Yamanaka Ino stopped beating Akimichi Choji, thinking it would be better to beat up that clueless thick-browed guy first.
Nara Shikamaru didn't try to stop her; instead, he kindly said, "Ino, don't kill her."
Kiba Inuzuka, on the other hand, watched the show with great interest, even discussing with Hinata Hyuga who would be the first to make a move.
Neither of them noticed that Shino Aburame, standing behind them, subtly shrank into her wide collar, poised to strike.
Seeing that his teammate Neji Hyuga also had a bad expression, Tian Tian rubbed his forehead and prayed in his heart that Rock Lee wouldn't die too tragically.
Might Guy was also covered in sweat, and finally smiled and gave Rock Lee a final, shining thumbs-up.
Xiao Li, bravely pursue your youth!
Unaware of what was happening, Rock Lee, blushing, continued to utter sweet nothings: "Haruko, will you be my sun?"
“No, I can’t provide you with the light intensity you need to grow,” Haruko Hayama refused sharply.
"Huh?!" Rock Lee exclaimed, his eyes brimming with tears.
Tian Tian used this opportunity to quickly pull Lee Locke back from his yet another heartbreak, and the tense atmosphere around them dissipated.
Naruto Uzumaki quietly approached Haruko Hayashi and said, "Haruko, those thick eyebrows don't suit you!"
Haruko was amused by him and reached out to touch his blond hair, but suddenly realized that Naruto Uzumaki had grown taller than her at some point.
I remember that Naruto Uzumaki was the shortest of the three of them. To maintain his dignity as a man, he made sure to drink milk every day.
Now, the little golden retriever is already half a head taller than me.
Naruto lowered his head slightly to make it easier for her to touch him, and blinked his puppy-dog eyes, hoping to get her approval.
"There's no such thing as being a good match or not; we're still kids." Haruko Hayama, who considers herself an adult, thinks these are just things kids like.
Naruto Uzumaki breathed a huge sigh of relief; at least Haruko Hayama wouldn't be taken away from him now.
Huh? Why doesn't he want Haruko to be taken away?
Naruto was slightly taken aback, then happily realized that it must be because he wanted to protect Haruko's position as the most important friend in her heart!
Suddenly, a pair of hands reached out from behind Haruko Hayama, one grabbing the hand she was touching on Naruto's head, and the other wrapping its arms around Haruko Hayama's shoulders.
Haruko hesitated at the movement behind her. She turned around in surprise and found that Sasuke Uchiha, with slightly flushed cheeks, had put his arm around her. When she looked over, he stared straight at her face without flinching.
Naruto was very annoyed that he had disturbed his cozy time with Haruko Hayama, and glared at him resentfully.
Uchiha Sasuke remained silent, only staring intently at Hayama Haruko.
Haruko tried to pull her hand away from his grasp, but he noticed and instead held it even tighter.
"Sasuke?"
"Haruko, I..."
Enraged by Rock Lee's confession, Sasuke Uchiha wanted to say something, but when he met her clear eyes, he found it difficult to speak his own feelings.
"Hey! Let go of Haruko!" Naruto Uzumaki said unhappily.
As if finding another outlet for his anger, Uchiha Sasuke sneered at him, "What? Is the idiot unhappy?"
This sour and jealous tone was unlike anything he would normally say. Haruko thought to herself that Sasuke was definitely drunk.
There's no point in arguing with a drunkard, and Haruko Hayama knew this all too well, so she stepped in to stop their escalating conflict.
"Alright, everyone, hurry up and sit back down."
So Kakashi Hatake saw the two boys each squeeze Haruko Hayama back into her seat, while Naruto Uzumaki remained in his own seat.
Kakashi Hatake: ?
Naruto Uzumaki was still glaring at Sasuke Uchiha when he suddenly felt his collar being pulled up, and he was pushed aside as he stood up.
"Who... Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked in surprise.
Kakashi Hatake showed no remorse for driving the student away, and even looked back at him nonchalantly: "This is the teacher's seat."
Naruto Uzumaki sat down next to him resentfully and muttered under his breath, "Kakashi-sensei, your status in my heart has plummeted to rock bottom!"
"Your original status was also at rock bottom, right?" Kakashi Hatake retorted with a deadpan expression.
"..." Naruto Uzumaki, unable to win a fight or an argument, sulked to himself.
Kakashi Hatake glanced at Haruko Hayama, who was still being entangled by Sasuke Uchiha, and rubbed his wine glass.
...Surveillance or protection?
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