Chapter 145 The Arrogant Uchiha
In the end, for the sake of the mission, Sasuke Uchiha reluctantly put on the cat-ear headband.
He used to look cold and arrogant, but now he's wearing cat ears that don't suit his image at all, and he's practically transformed into a tsundere cat.
Click!
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes widened, and he immediately turned his gaze toward the source of the sound, only to find Haruko Hayama holding a camera with a smug grin on her face.
"How come you have a camera?!" Sasuke Uchiha was shocked.
Haruko waved the scroll in her other hand. "Isn't this convenient? It's a scroll that Tenten gave me to store camera footage."
Sasuke Uchiha was speechless. "Others use it to store ninja tools, and you use it to store a camera?"
"What's wrong with the camera? How can I capture Sasuke's amazing moments without storing the footage?" Haruko Hayama immediately put the camera back on the scroll and smoothly hid it away.
Uchiha Sasuke, who hadn't even started fighting yet: ...This is so embarrassing!
The ninja cat leading the way stopped when it saw the guards at the castle entrance not far away.
“They recognize us, now it’s up to you.”
"Can we use this to talk to the ninja cats?" Naruto pointed to the cat ears on his head. "Then we won't even need to fight. Just say some nice things, and they'll definitely be willing to leave a few hand seals!"
The ninja cat explained to them helplessly, "No, no, it's a terrible thing for a cat to have its paw prints stolen."
"Is that so?" Haruko Hayama looked at Sasuke Uchiha beside her. "Sasuke really went too far."
"..." Uchiha Sasuke felt like he was being unfairly blamed for his younger self.
He secretly thought to himself, "Once the mission is over, I'll press all the paw prints on this silent ninja cat to my heart's content!"
When they arrived at the castle entrance, the guards, seeing that they were newcomers, intended to stop them. Fortunately, Sasuke Uchiha had the foresight to bribe them with cat wine he had prepared beforehand. However, Naruto Uzumaki accidentally knocked off his headband, exposing himself, so Haruko Hayashi and Sasuke Uchiha had no choice but to rush in first.
With the castle under security and time running out, they split up to search. Naruto Uzumaki went directly underwater to the outer perimeter of the castle, attempting to climb up directly.
Haruko Hayama ran over and saw so many human-like cats that she couldn't resist touching them. However, when she thought about how she might be accused of sexual harassment for randomly petting cats in the cat world, she immediately tightened her grip.
Having learned that the target cat was at the castle tower, Haruko hurried there. Downstairs, she saw many ninja cats lying on the ground, and she knew that Sasuke Uchiha must have already gone up.
Coincidentally, as Haruko went upstairs to her room in the morning, she was forced to enter the illusion that the cat had created in the room.
Surrounded by traditional Japanese rooms, with a beautiful woman in an elaborate kimono standing in one corner with her back to him, Uchiha Sasuke in the center of the room delivered a flying kick without any mercy.
Haruko Hayama directly formed hand seals to break the enormous, realistic illusion before her. As her vision blurred and the illusion vanished, she was able to truly see the appearance of the castle tower.
The palaces are magnificent and imposing, with glazed tiles covering the roofs. In the very center is a huge, slightly transparent curtain that projects the shadowy figure of a demonic cat.
Haruko and Sasuke exchanged a glance, then both took out kunai, gripped them tightly, and rushed towards Nekomata.
The cat's massive size and agile speed completely overwhelmed them. When Haruko was knocked away, she leaped back and used her Thousand Threads to control the cat's body for a moment.
Taking advantage of the moment, Sasuke Uchiha threw the last kunai at it. Just as the cat demon easily dodged it and was about to mock them, its sharp cat eyes caught sight of an explosive tag tied to the back of the kunai as it flew towards the ceiling. Unbeknownst to them, the ceiling was now covered with kunai tied with explosive tags.
Boom——!
The ceiling exploded, and countless sharp stones fell and hit the cat that was trapped in place by the white line, successfully knocking it unconscious.
"What a waste of such a gorgeous room, it must cost a fortune to repair." Haruko grieved for the cat that paid for the room for another second.
Sasuke Uchiha smiled, his eyes brimming with undisguised pride. He took out the paper with the paw print and walked up to the cat, with Haruko Hayama following closely behind.
So when Naruto finally climbed through the window of the castle tower after much effort, he saw the cat lying down and Sasuke Uchiha holding a paw print and giving him a taunting smile.
"Ah—I haven't even made my grand finale appearance yet!" Naruto Uzumaki protested, brandishing his arms and legs.
"Hmph, aren't you also the grand finale now that you've appeared?" Uchiha Sasuke crossed his arms and spoke with a mocking tone.
Naruto glared at him unhappily, then realized that Haruko Hayama seemed to have remained silent. Naruto looked around and finally saw Haruko Hayama's back behind the cat's heavy paws.
Naruto Uzumaki, feeling wronged and wanting to complain to her, went closer to take a look, only to find that Haruko had been squatting there all along, groping the cat's paws.
"Hehehe...so soft..."
Haruko is going to indulge in petting the cats in the morning. Anyway, the cats are all unconscious, so what's wrong with her petting them a few times?
“Haruko…” Naruto Uzumaki squatted down next to her pitifully.
"What's wrong, Naruto?" Haruko was engrossed in petting her cat when she saw the golden retriever coming over, so she immediately freed one hand to pet its fur.
Hehehe... Two cats...
Naruto Uzumaki wasn't shy at all about being petted like a cat; instead, he snuggled into her hand and told her about his grievances.
"You guys finished too quickly! I didn't even get a chance to play!"
Haruko was both amused and exasperated, and replied in a coaxing tone, as if to a child, "Okay, next time let our precious Naruto go first, okay?"
This was how Naruto was addressed by his parents in the morning, but when Haruko called him that in her childish voice, Naruto blushed.
Standing not far away, watching their interaction, Uchiha Sasuke silently gripped the paper in his hand. He slowly lowered his head, gazing at the spoils he and Hayama Haruko had obtained after defeating the Nekomata. His previous joy vanished in an instant.
What exactly is he to Haruko Hayama?
Is he just a classmate or teammate of an idiot like Naruto?
Is she someone who can be replaced by someone else at any time, someone who is dispensable?
He's not even as good as Naruto...
Previously, Naruto Uzumaki had always confidently claimed to be the most important friend in Haruko Hayama's heart, and Sasuke Uchiha had scoffed at his words. But now, the more they spent time together, the more he felt that he really couldn't compare to Naruto Uzumaki's position in Haruko Hayama's heart.
He always thought that he and Naruto Uzumaki had the same goal: to snatch Haruko Hayama away from those who were less attached to them.
After all, they were the original Class 7, weren't they?
Naruto Uzumaki should have been just like him, secretly waiting for Haruko Hayama to return to their side...
But unknowingly, Naruto Uzumaki took it upon himself to step outside the boundaries of Team 7 and went after Haruko Hayama, leaving him alone to wait for the two of them to return.
Uchiha Sasuke gritted his teeth.
He's not like that idiot Naruto; he's an Uchiha, an Uchiha with self-pride!
So...so...
So the person standing next to Haruko Hayama is no longer him...
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