Naruto: Freeloading is Great! 2 [24]

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, four years... had not passed.

Time flew by, and it had only been four days.

It was Saturday morning, before class had even begun.

As Sasuke entered the classroom, the first thing she saw was that silver-haired piece-of-trash lying face-down, already sound asleep at his desk.

Sigh~ Why is it like this every day?

Over the past four days, Hoshino had lived the same monotonous routine on repeat.

He spent all four periods of the morning asleep at his desk alongside Naruto.

Then, as soon as class ended, Sasuke would immediately wake him up, forcibly cramming all the key points he’d missed down his throat.

Gorilla Sakura, the top-grade nerd, assisted from the side.

When afternoon came, during the free practice period, Hoshino failed to skip class every single day—since Sasuke kept a sharp eye on him, kunai in hand.

After being dragged forcibly to the training ground by Walking Wallet, he’d be stuck there under the dual supervision of Sasuke and Gorilla Sakura until he met their passable standard—otherwise, he couldn't leave school.

“If you find him annoying, then just don’t care about him. Stop clinging to my darling every day. Let me tell you, my darling will live together with me in the future. You have no manly spirit at all; you look effeminate and don't even have muscles, so it's impossible for you to win against me. Just give up already.”

As usual, Gorilla Sakura opened his mouth with an attempt to push Sasuke away from Hoshino, and then...

“In the future, my darling will surely become utterly useless. He’ll have no money and no job, venting his anger by constantly abusing me at home. Later, he’ll even get addicted to gambling, accumulating massive debts. Because of him, debt collectors will chase after us day and night. Eventually... eventually, after we’re caught, they'll chop me into pieces and turn me into meat buns... Ahhh~! That’s true bliss~! The most beautiful life~!”

How the hell was that bliss?! Such a life could only be called tragic!

Sasuke stared speechlessly at Gorilla Sakura, who had again sunk into another twisted fantasy of the future.

Even though Hoshino was a useless piece of trash, compared to this gorilla… he was absolutely hundreds of times better!

Seriously, why hasn't this perverted homosexual—who constantly wanted to bend Hoshino—collapsed yet from the excessive, masochistic training he put himself through every day?

If it wasn’t for the fact that Hoshino and Naruto sat in this corner too, Sasuke would’ve long applied to Iruka-sensei for a seat change.

Who the hell would willingly sit next to such a perverted homosexual? Only a masochistic lunatic would endure it.

While Sasuke was lost in thought, Naruto, who had been spacing out behind her, suddenly slammed the desk with delayed reflexes.

“Hoshino is clearly the only piece of trash here! Sasuke, why did you lump me in with him? I protest!”

“You just realized that now...? Ah, forget it. Protest what exactly? Hoshino is just too lazy to learn the theoretical stuff, but you literally can’t learn it. You're the biggest trash of all. And you still have the nerve to protest?”

“I… I’m… I'm actually… uh… doing it on purpose! I already mastered all that stuff a long time ago! I'm just pretending I don't get it! You know, like playing dumb to trick you. A tiger disguised as a pig!”

As Naruto and Sasuke argued, Hoshino suddenly lifted his head.

He had no choice. These three bastards were too noisy—he couldn't sleep.

“Disguised your ass! You're already a pig, why bother pretending? Quit joking around this early.”

“You’re the one joking around! I'm a tiger disguised as a pig! A super fierce tiger! Rawr~!”

“Scram! You brainless idiot.”

Feeling nauseous from Naruto’s forced cuteness, Hoshino casually smacked her across the head.

She was so noisy and disgusting. Why couldn’t this moron be quiet and well-behaved like her future wife, Hinata?

Look at Hinata—quietly reading a book, so obedient, so sensible, completely unlike… huh?

Hinata was completely absorbed in reading?

—Chance!

Instantly ignoring the three noisy perverts, Hoshino stealthily approached behind Hinata, peering over her shoulder.

In fact, these past few days, he'd always been curious.

Exactly what kind of book was Hinata reading, one so carefully wrapped in paper that no one could see its cover?

He'd asked her a few times, but each time, she'd quickly blush, shove it away, and stubbornly refuse to speak.

He'd even thought of stealing a peek—but she gave him zero opportunity. This little brat always kept it hidden deep in her pocket, her eyes frequently darting toward Naruto, making all his movements obvious.

But this time, Hoshino had finally seized his chance.

Prince Lidd’s hands rested upon Princess Cybelle’s OO, his fingertips lightly teasing the tiny OO atop her OO. The feeling of these OO was too incredibly OO, momentarily causing the prince to feel OO.

“Your… Your Highness, please don't—”

The princess, having been OO by the prince, emitted an OO-filled OO sound.

“Belle, you're far too adorable—especially your OO, which is making my OO completely OO.”

“If… If Your Highness truly desires it so much, then it’s not like… not like we can't—Ah!”

The instant the princess consented, the prince immediately OOOOOOOOOOOOO!

“Holy shit! Hinata, you're actually reading an ero—Mmph!”

Bang!

Before Hoshino could finish shouting the word “book,” Hinata frantically slammed her head upward, shutting him up instantly.

In truth, ever since Hoshino had peered over her shoulder, Hinata had felt a faint, ticklish heat blowing onto her neck—the breath of someone sneaking up from behind. The moment she turned, she caught him red-handed.

After successfully preventing Hoshino from blurting out the nature of the book, Hinata’s mind descended into chaos.

Reading an H-book in class was already terrible enough, but what made it worse was that the person who caught her was actually Hoshino.

It's over! He'll definitely think I'm some lewd girl…

…Her first love ended before it had even begun.

No! Now isn't the time to give up! Maybe it’s still salvageable?

Thinking this, Hinata immediately stammered an awkward excuse.

“H-Hoshino, t-this… This isn’t an ero… not some bad book! It’s… it’s actually very wholesome!”

“Hah!? Who are you trying to fool? Those OO and OO clearly spell out lewd stuff no matter how you explain it, and you still call this wholesome!?”

“N-No! Those words… they're just explaining… explaining… explaining the origins of human development! Right, that's it! It's about the origins of human development!”

“A prince and princess count as the origins of human development now? This is obviously an ero—”

“Nooo—!! This… This book is… about human development, it's really not what you think… sniff… not at all.”

Hoshino hadn't gotten very far before Hinata’s eyes filled with tears, threatening to spill at any moment.

Although he suspected Hinata might secretly be a boy just like Gorilla Sakura…

This was too much! That expression like a little bunny suffering unimaginable grievances—its killing power was massive!

“R-right, of course! It’s a book discussing human origins and continuation! Hinata, please don't cry! I was wrong—I shouldn't have secretly read your ero—uh, I mean… shouldn't have peeked at your… uh…”

While desperately comforting Hinata, Hoshino also scrambled to help her cover up.

After all, if he wanted to hide the nature of the book, he needed a plausible excuse—otherwise, her extremely emotional reaction would look incredibly strange. Nobody would believe someone could get that worked up over someone glancing at their ordinary book.

If he didn't help her cover up, everyone would start questioning the book’s nature. Once their curiosity was sparked, they'd be in trouble.

“Got it! Hinata, I'm really sorry. Just now, I shouldn't have secretly looked at the secret research data written by the Hyūga clan after years of conducting human experimentation to uncover humanity's true origin!”

“Human experimentation—!!!??” x N

…Uh-oh. Seems like I said the wrong thing. Will this make everything even worse?

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T/N: LMAO

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