The source of this murderous aura comes from Liuli.
At this moment, Liuli had withdrawn from her blushing state. After taking a deep breath, she looked over with a look that Shiraishi couldn't fully understand.
For this kind of strange look that was really unreadable, Shiraishi could feel a sense of oppression that he had never felt before, weighing on himself.
Sure enough, it was because of the incident of buying a kimono for her just now that her mood became more unpredictable than usual.
That's right, even if you think about it for a moment, you will know that what you said just now will definitely make a girl very angry and embarrassed.
"Well, well... how should I put it, it's really full of chance and accidents. Since giving kimonos has such a special purpose, then..."
There was a momentary illusion—the murderous aura in Liuli seemed to be stronger.
Although she herself has now turned her eyes away from Shiraishi, standing there calmly and looking elsewhere as if nothing had happened.
But Shiraishi knew that this was not an illusion at all.
At this time, let alone remediation, whether you can successfully walk out of this clothing store is a question worth considering.
Shiraishi turned his attention to the teacher Fujimura aside and asked him for help.
Fujimura said in a righteous tone: "Chiba-san, don't always think about asking adults for help when you encounter difficulties. You are now a qualified ninja. You have to find a way to have enough food and clothing for yourself."
Of course, this is not because I am afraid that I dare not extend a helping hand.
After all, he is an outstanding chuunin who has been selected as an elite teacher by the ninja school several times. How could such an outstanding person not save his own students?
This is entirely because I want to exercise the students' independent rescue ability.
Yes, this is exercise.
"I like the color of this dress very much, and the size is just right, what do you think?"
At this moment, Liuli suddenly said this sentence. Her expression had completely returned to normal, and her eyes were still focused on her clothes. It seemed that she was just asking for advice.
"Yes, yes... I think so too. It suits you very well, Liuli."
"..."
"..."
……Well? how?
This silence is like an important hint hidden in the game plot.
If it is not triggered, the plot will not proceed smoothly to the next step.
Therefore, it is impossible to muddle through.
But is this really good?
I don’t know how to explain the wonderful feeling born in my heart at this moment.
Propose or something?
No, I didn't know that clothes had such a hint, so I just needed to stay calm.
This is just a testimony between friends.
But there's still... the guilt of blasphemy or something.
If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have said so much.
It is you who keeps yourself from getting off the stage.
Shiraishi cleared his throat, pointed to the piece and said, "Teacher Fujimura, bring that kimono over here, I want to buy it."
Fujimura smiled, followed Shiraishi's instructions, took down the kimono that Ruri was interested in, and packed it.
"Chiba-kun, only when boys give these clothes to girls will they become meaningful."
I'm so annoyed that I want you to talk more! Shiraishi shot back at him unhappily.
Liuli looked at Chuunin Teacher Fujimura with a softened look, filled with satisfaction.
Finally, he watched Shiraishi and Ruri holding the kimono leave the clothing store.
"Today's young people are really amazing. However, if you want to get married, does Chiba-san plan to marry an Uchiha in the future?"
Fujimura sighed with emotion. Ruri was not only a genius of the Uchiha clan, but his family was also said to be extremely rich. If they were to get married, the man would be more likely to marry into the family.
But it's still early, get married or something.
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Time comes the next day.
Shiraishi woke up from his hazy state.
Because of what happened yesterday, I tossed and turned in the quilt all night and couldn't sleep well. I was extremely embarrassed.
I feel really guilty when I think of myself giving a kimono with special meaning to Ruri after I came back yesterday.
Although I kept hypnotizing myself to say that this didn't have any special meaning, it was just pure friendship.
But, is this really the case?
Because after putting the thing in Liuli's hand, he didn't even look at her expression. He only remembered that she ran away and ran back to the laboratory in a very embarrassed manner.
Even the experiment last night became half-hearted and made mistakes.
This wonderful feeling is really complicated and difficult to describe.
I got rid of all the random thoughts in my mind. The most important thing now is work, not thinking about irrelevant things.
But the more this happens, the more I care about what happened yesterday.
What would Liuli think?
Would she think that was a proposal?
It's so strange. In terms of biological age, the two of them are only twelve years old...
Do you think you are frivolous?
Will you be hated? Still like it? Or feel nothing?
"ah……"
One thought after another came to his mind, making his head about to explode.
Shiraishi opened his mouth and exhaled heavily, trying to calm himself down.
In this way, the whole morning passed in a blur.
Really irritating.
Just when Shiraishi was distressed——
Outside courtyard.
A maid walked up to Liuli, who was leisurely feeding the fish by the pond, and whispered a few words into her ear.
After hearing this, Liuli nodded to the maid.
The maid went down, and not long after, she came in with a girl in white clothes.
This girl had pure white pupils and was looking at this unusually large mansion with curiosity. It was Ayane.
"Go down."
Liuli glanced at the maid.
"yes."
The maid bent down slightly and left, leaving Liuli and Ayane alone.
"Is this your home, Liuli? I heard it from Mr. Shiraishi, but after seeing it with my own eyes, it's more shocking than I imagined."
Ayane came 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 quickly and splash in the water in order to fight for food.
"Besides, put away that fake smile of yours and stop pretending in front of me. You should know that I don't accept your behavior."
After that, Liuli said something rude again, and pointed his sharp eyes at Ayane.
"Liuli, what are you talking about? I don't quite understand..."
In the middle of her words, Liuli disappeared from sight, and her words were interrupted.
Ruri stood holding Ayane's throat, but was unable to move forward.
Ayane's right middle finger and index finger gently touched Liuli's heart.
"Is this the capital you rely on? The soft fist combined with natural energy?"
Liuli asked Ayane with interest.
In this month in Konoha, Ayane has not grown at all.
Although it is not yet possible to specifically observe to what extent the power of the Soft Fist can be increased after integrating natural energy, the previous Ayane would not have been able to respond so quickly even if he had opened his Byakugan and was able to capture her figure.
"As expected, you are the type I least want to deal with. Not only your strength, but also your personality, you don't get along with me."
The smile on Ayane's face disappeared completely, and she sighed with a helpless tone.
"each other."
Ruri removed her palm from Ayane's throat.
Ayane also withdrew her fingers.
It seemed like this was a close battle, but Ayane still didn't dare to be careless. This was a person who was growing faster than herself.
If you are complacent because of this achievement, you will definitely be the one asking for trouble in the end.
"Speaking of which..."
Seeing that Liuli had no desire to take action, Ayane breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Liuli with strange eyes.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?"
"No, I just want to ask, is today your special day Uchiha?"
As the only wealthy ninja clan in Konoha with the ability to inherit the blood limit, Ayane dare not say that she knows everything about Uchiha, but if it is a special festival, she should know a little bit.
But she didn't remember that today was any special day for Uchiha.
"Why do you ask?"
Ayane heard Liuli's question and pointed to the light blue kimono she was wearing, which was a good size. Although her hair was hanging down, she looked very solemn.
"your clothes……"
"This? What does it have to do with it?"
"Generally speaking, isn't this what you should wear during important festivals or festivals?"
Ayane asked the doubts in her heart.
No matter how you look at it, suddenly wearing a kimono on a day like this feels strangely inconsistent.
"This has nothing to do with you, so don't mind your own business. Besides, why should I explain to you?"
Liuli sat next to the pond, frowned, and stopped feeding the fish.
"As expected, I can't get along with you."
Ayane was not surprised at all by Liuli's extremely cold reaction. Instead, she was reasonable and felt that this was what Liuli should really be like.
The way I get along with myself calmly during work is just because I adhere to my responsibility of teamwork.
However, now is the vacation period, and conflicts have broken out.
"What brings you here?"
Liuli asked Ayane the purpose of coming here.
In fact, you don’t need to think about it to know that there is absolutely no way that Ayane came here to find herself.
So, the purpose is self-evident.
"I just came here to care about my classmates and keep in touch with them."
"Boring. He's in the laboratory, go find it yourself."
"Can I use my Byakugan?"
Ayane asked with a smile.
"You can try it."
Ayane also became troubled by Ruri's anti-thief expression.
Liuli, on the other hand, enjoyed Ayane's helpless look, and felt happy in her heart.
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, you can go. I've been running out of food at home lately, so I'm really sorry that I can't prepare a lunch for you."
Liuli started to drive people away, her tone was not polite at all.
"..."
Ayane scratched her head and smiled bitterly.
"Aren't you leaving yet? I told you I won't prepare lunch for you."
"No, because Shiraishi-kun gave me a very important observation mission before. Let him meet me at his old place at two o'clock in the afternoon. I will hand over the important observation data to him."
"Just give it to me and I'll hand it over to him for you. There's no need to meet outside."
"I put that information somewhere else, and I don't have it with me now. Besides, I have to give it to Shiraishi-kun in person to feel at ease."
Ayane said in an unhurried tone.
Liuli frowned dissatisfied.
"You should know how important my Byakugan is to Shiraishi-kun's research. Then, please pass this sentence to him, please, Ruri."
Ayane smiled slightly, turned around and left without any fuss.
After watching Ayane leave, and until her back completely disappeared from sight, Liuli looked back and let out a calm breath.
There is no need to get angry over such trivial matters.
Yes, this is just a trivial matter, there is no need to take it to heart...
But what is this sudden anger in my heart?
No matter how you look at it, it's that guy's fault.
--noon.
When Shiraishi and Ruri were dining together, they heard that Ayane had come to see him before and said that he had important observation data to give to him.
"That's it. I did ask her to do this before, but I didn't expect the results to come out so quickly. As expected of me, I really helped a lot."
Shiraishi sighed.
But noticing Liuli's increasingly strange and terrifying eyes, her face seemed to be completely darkened, Shiraishi immediately changed his tone:
"Well, actually this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the research funds or materials you provided me, Liuli. This is the most critical thing. The role of the Byakugan is not as great as imagined."
After listening to Shiraishi's hurried explanation, Liuli's eyes finally became gentler.
Later, Shiraishi also noticed the light blue kimono that Liuli was wearing, which was the one he bought for her yesterday.
As a result, Shiraishi's expression became a little subtle.
When eating, I also avoided it intentionally or unintentionally, pretending to be nonchalant.
"I'm not wearing this just for you."
When Liuli saw Shiraishi noticing the kimono she was wearing, she was afraid that Shiraishi might misunderstand something, so she opened her mouth to explain.
"ah?"
Stopping eating, Shiraishi looked over in surprise.
"Don't be too sentimental. It just so happens that I like the style and color of this dress."
"..."
"Besides, I'm only going to wear it now. I won't wear it during the New Year. I'm sorry to disappoint your expectations."
"..."
I didn't say anything.
But when I heard that I would not wear this kimono during the New Year, I did feel a sense of emptiness.
Seeing Liuli turning her head slightly at this moment and not looking directly at her, is she... embarrassed?
I thought I would be embarrassed when I personally delivered the kimono to her yesterday, but Ruri was about the same, right?
Thinking about it this way, I felt much less irritable last night and this morning.
"Ok, I know."
"That's good to know. I'm full."
Under Shiraishi's strange gaze, Liuli put down the bowls and chopsticks, walked out of the room gracefully with even steps.
After closing the door, Liuli leaned against the door and lowered her head. Her hair could only cover some of her facial expressions, but not all of them.
The roots of the ears are already red.
