A little kid, but with two different sides.
Hozuki Mangetsu stood outside, wanting to say something but hesitating. Even though he had been around Sasori for a long time, seeing this contrast still made him speechless.
It was that feeling of being kind of cute, but also feeling like something was wrong, a complicated feeling.
Actually, Hozuki Mangetsu only knew before that Sasori was originally an older guy, but he didn't know who this guy really was.
Hatake Satoru didn't want to hide too much, but exposing Sasori's identity back then might have created some problems in how everyone got along.
Anyway, they were all going to be friends later, so that timing wasn't right to reveal it.
It was better for them to spend some time together, build a little foundation of friendship, and then find out, it wouldn't matter so much.
The reason Hozuki Mangetsu knew Sasori's identity was because Deidara had left in a hurry and didn't know that Sasori's identity was still a secret.
After getting to know Hozuki Mangetsu on the road, he kept blabbing on and on. Hozuki Mangetsu was a little shocked, but the person in front of him was already the best example.
"That little kid... is Sasori..."
Hozuki Mangetsu said with a surprised sigh while sitting on the big bird.
"Huh? Yeah."
"Wait, you didn't know about this?!"
Deidara leaned back on the bird's back, chatting with him in a lazy way.
He was getting a little sleepy, but when he heard that Hozuki Mangetsu didn't know Sasori's identity, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up straight.
The night wind blew their hair, and Karna, sitting near the bird's wings, turned around curiously when he heard the noise.
"No, the teacher didn't seem to want to say anything either, we've always just treated him like a house spirit."
Hozuki Mangetsu frowned and gave a helpless smile.
Wow, how powerful is that guy's ability to brainwash people? He actually made Hozuki Mangetsu believe his nonsense.
House spirits and stuff, aren't those things only in myths and legends?
Although... it does seem to fit.
Deidara frowned slightly and couldn't help but touch his chin.
They talked about some things on the way, and Deidara increasingly felt that Hozuki Mangetsu's trust in Hatake Satoru had reached a bizarre peak.
He was completely devoted to him.
Deidara had betrayed his village and joined Hatake Satoru, but Hatake Satoru had offered him something to win him over.
And Sasori was here too, which seemed pretty interesting.
That's why he came, but the reason Hozuki Mangetsu came here felt a bit unclear.
But considering that Hozuki Mangetsu had known Hatake Satoru since he was a kid, having this level of trust wasn't too hard to understand.
Deidara thought to himself, trying to convince himself that Hozuki Mangetsu's situation was normal.
But actually, as he thought about it, he felt like something was off.
Even though he didn't want to admit it, in his brief time with Sasori, he had also vaguely noticed that Sasori seemed to have an unspeakable trust in Hatake Satoru.
Logically speaking, that shouldn't be happening.
Deidara remained silent.
Hozuki Mangetsu didn't know what he was thinking, he just looked at him innocently and then added.
"But, the explanation for the medical staff is that he's the child of a doctor."
The child of some doctor, temporarily living here, just a way to fool people.
Hatake Satoru didn't really want to completely hide things from Hozuki Mangetsu, so he told him about the house spirit instead of explicitly mentioning the second identity.
"I don't really understand you guys, and I can't figure out that person either, hmm."
Deidara nodded thoughtfully. Judging from Hozuki Mangetsu's current reaction, he didn't seem to have any particular feelings about knowing they were members of the Akatsuki organization.
All of them are really weird.
"What are you thinking about?"
Sasori and Hozuki Mangetsu walked together to the hallway outside.
He was the one who called him out, but after he came out, Hozuki Mangetsu was staring into space for some reason.
What's wrong with him?
Sasori resisted the urge to yell at him and waited silently for a while.
But Hozuki Mangetsu seemed to be lost in his thoughts, so Sasori had no choice but to call him back to reality.
"Oh, ah... sorry, when you came out just now, I suddenly thought about something."
After coming back to his senses, Hozuki Mangetsu waved his hands in front of him and gave an awkward smile.
He couldn't exactly say that he had spaced out thinking about Deidara's side of things.
The two of them walked towards a less crowded place. There were medical staff everywhere, so it wasn't very convenient for them to talk.
Especially Sasori, who was still seen as a mascot in this research lab.
An obedient little kid, and also quite knowledgeable. Sometimes adults didn't know medical knowledge, but this little kid did.
Sasori wasn't trying to cause trouble, but in his words, these people were too stupid, they didn't even know this kind of knowledge, and he couldn't stand it.
Of course, in the eyes of the medical staff, he was just worthy of being a doctor's child. He was so young, but he knew so much.
After Sasori went to a place where there weren't many people, he looked up at Hozuki Mangetsu and said unhappily.
"You called me out here, and then you made me wait for you to speak. Are you deliberately trying to make me unhappy?"
So hard to please...
Hozuki Mangetsu's face immediately fell. He really wasn't good at dealing with people like Sasori who changed moods so quickly.
Would this guy develop a split personality someday?
I wish I was medical staff, so I could see a cute kid, instead of Sasori with his sullen face.
"Be a little nicer, are you going through menopause?"
"I came here because the teacher said..."
Hozuki Mangetsu couldn't help but mumble softly. Then, before he could finish his second sentence, he saw the little kid's face showing a "you're already dead" expression.
Hatake Satoru had said that to him before too, were these teachers and students doing it on purpose?
"I'm only in my thirties, menopause is at least in your forties or fifties."
Sasori deliberately lowered his voice to avoid the doctors passersby to look at them with weird expressions.
Sasori's face was somewhat gloomy, his still chubby face suddenly raised, amber eyes flashed with murderous intent, staring fiercely at Hozuki Mangetsu.
"If you bring that up again, I'll kill you!"
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