Chapter 37 – An Unexpected Visitor
The early summer sun seemed particularly intense; even in the morning, the blazing heat demonstrated its power. Both Tenten and Izaya, on Konoha's main street, had fine beads of sweat on their foreheads…
"Big Brother Izaya, why can't Tenten tell anyone what happened this morning?" After Izaya took Tenten to a random ramen shop and sat down, Tenten asked her question while waiting for their food.
Half an hour ago, after Izaya proposed a truce, Hyūga Hiashi didn't stop him, only a trace of resentment flickering in his eyes… But after some internal conflict, he was the first to leave, taking Hyūga Neji back to the Hyūga compound. Izaya didn't speak either, just watched Hyūga Hiashi's departing back, then brought Tenten back to Konoha's main street,顺便 explaining to her not to talk about what happened earlier.
But… what Izaya didn't expect was… this Tenten actually started asking Izaya why he wouldn't let her talk about it once they left the Hyūga compound…
Faced with a curious Tenten, Izaya felt a bit of a headache…
"Because…" "Because of this…" "Hmm…" After thinking for a long time, Izaya still couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse. But just as he was troubled, Tenten spoke up proactively.
"Big Brother Izaya, is this a secret that can't be let others know?" After asking, Tenten didn't press further. Instead, she murmured to herself, "Tenten promises not to tell anyone!"
As she spoke, a lovely smile appeared on Tenten's tender cheeks, as if telling Izaya that she promised not to tell anyone.
"Exactly!" Upon hearing this, the depression in Izaya's heart instantly vanished. He then said in a serious tone, "Tenten is the best! Next time, Izaya will take you to play somewhere else!"
"Okay!" Hearing this, joy sparkled in Tenten's eyes. But Izaya was thinking about what had happened earlier…
Clearly, Izaya hadn't expected such an outcome after proposing an alliance with the Hyūga clan… Initially, Izaya thought that after revealing his trump card, the Hyūga clan would definitely agree. But he never expected that the seemingly upright character from the original Naruto would actually strike first… Instead of allying with him…
However, Izaya also gained a lot of experience from this incident. At the very least… it made Izaya understand that the characters in the original Naruto were just one-dimensional. In reality… anything could happen.
"It seems there's one more person in Konoha I need to be wary of…" While eating ramen, Izaya thought to herself.
After the morning's events, Izaya naturally understood that Hyūga Hiashi would definitely not give up and might even use the Hyūga clan's influence within Konoha to seek revenge.
"But I'm not some pushover. If he really dares to retaliate, then I… will definitely make him pay the price he deserves!" Instantly, a flicker of killing intent passed through Izaya's solemn eyes!
"Big Brother Izaya?" "Huh?!" Called by Tenten, Izaya instantly pulled her thoughts back to reality. She temporarily suppressed the morning's events and asked with a smile, "What is it, Tenten?"
"Nothing…" "It's just… Big Brother's eyes looked scary just now…" After hesitating for a long time, Tenten spoke in a timid voice, then lowered her head to sneak a glance at Izaya…
"Did they?" Upon hearing this, Izaya smiled wryly and said, "Sometimes, in this world, being scary is a good thing if you want to live better…"
"Big Brother Izaya, why?" "Because being scary makes others afraid to act against you…" "I don't understand…" "It's good that you don't understand!" Izaya patted Tenten's head, then looked at the pale blue sky in the distance and murmured, "Maybe not understanding is a good thing…"
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"You're back?" After the morning's events, Izaya naturally didn't have time to continue Tenten's spring outing. Tenten was also very obedient and didn't ask many questions, just seemed a bit reluctant.
But what Izaya didn't expect was that on his way home after seeing Tenten off, he actually ran into Mitarashi Anko…
Seeing the young woman sitting on the eaves of his house, eating dango, Izaya instantly felt more vigilant.
"No way… aside from Tenten and Neji, no one else should know what happened this morning…" "Hyūga Hiashi definitely wouldn't be so stupid as to report this to the Third Hokage…" "How could it be…"
Actually, it wasn't an overreaction for Izaya to think this. After all, the fight with Hyūga Hiashi happened in the morning, and now, upon returning home, Mitarashi Anko was already waiting for him… Izaya couldn't help but wonder…
"Why are you here? Do you want me to treat you to dango?" Although she hadn't figured out Anko's purpose for coming, Izaya still pretended to be calm and spoke first.
Seeing that Mitarashi Anko hadn't spoken yet, Izaya added, "It's fine to ask for dango, but I think I see some meat on your stomach. Although dango are delicious, you should eat less."
"There is?!" Upon hearing Izaya's words, Mitarashi Anko immediately stuffed the last dango into her mouth, then threw the skewer in her hand at a nearby tree. She then leaped down and landed in front of Izaya, saying in a resentful tone, "There is no meat! And I rarely eat dango!"
"I saw it anyway." Izaya hadn't expected that a random topic would make this young woman take it so seriously. To be honest, not only was there no fat on Anko's belly, Izaya could even see a very obvious abdominal line. And the current Mitarashi Anko was only about fifteen years old, but her figure was already quite impressive. Not only curvaceous… but under the fishnet tube top on her chest… well… do you understand mountains?
"You probably didn't come today just to chat with me. Come in and talk." Seeing Mitarashi Anko still feeling her belly, a smile appeared on Izaya's face. She didn't say more but walked into the house first.
"Coming!" Seeing Izaya disappear inside, Mitarashi Anko immediately chased after her. After all, she had serious business coming to see Izaya today. It's just… while catching up to Izaya, Mitarashi Anko still couldn't help but mutter, "Is there really meat on my belly…?" "It seems I really should eat less dango!"