"Hmph, I'm gone from Konoha for just a few days, and something like this happens. Now that's surprising!"
Shindai and Asuma squatted in a street corner, smoking cigarettes while watching Hanare and Kakashi shopping together in front of them.
Shindai took a puff from his cigarette proudly, "This is all thanks to me and Obito. Believe it or not, Kakashi would've stayed a lifelong bachelor forever. He might've even bought a Puppet from me to ease his lonely heart."
For once, Asuma didn't argue with him, "I believe it. Kakashi's always been a quiet pervert!"
Shindai high-fived Asuma enthusiastically, "Heroic minds think alike!"
Asuma asked curiously, "By the way, where's Obito? I thought he'd be peeping with you."
Shindai frowned slightly, "Peeping? That's called observation. Kakashi's such a wooden block—he wouldn't make any progress without our help. As for Obito, he's on a date with Rin at the ninja hospital."
Asuma clicked his tongue, "Dating inside a ninja hospital? That's quite an unusual spot."
Shindai asked with keen interest, "Now that we're talking about it, how are you and Kurenai doing lately? Haven't seen you two hanging out recently. Did you guys break up?"
Asuma shot Shindai a fierce glare, "What kind of language is that?! We're doing perfectly fine! It's just that both of us have been busy guiding our squads lately!"
Shindai teased, "Is that so? Kurenai must really have bad taste, falling for such a scruffy-bearded guy like you."
A vein popped out on Asuma's forehead, "Don't push me to punch you!"
"Chuh...Oh crap!" Shindai's expression suddenly changed to one of exasperation.
Asuma's eyelid twitched violently too.
Because a certain ridiculous bowl-cut came into view.
"Eternal Rival Kakashi! Let's settle this once and for all!"
Might Guy suddenly dropped from above, delivering a flying kick toward Kakashi.
Kakashi immediately used Body Flicker to dodge, raising his hand in a 'halt' gesture as he stared blankly at Guy, "Not today. Maybe next time."
Guy frowned, "Why not?"
Kakashi sounded somewhat annoyed, "Because I'm busy."
Guy looked at Kakashi, then at Hanare beside him, suddenly freezing up in shock, "No...way?"
Right behind Guy, Shindai and Asuma suddenly appeared, grabbing him by each arm—one on the left, one on the right.
"You two continue your date. We'll be taking off now~"
Kakashi gave Shindai, Asuma, and Guy his signature dead-fish eyes look.
Well, Guy wasn't surprising—but there was no doubt that Shindai and Asuma had definitely been spying on them!
They really did get hooked on peeping!
And besides, they weren't even dating. Hanare simply said she wanted to explore Konoha properly, so Kakashi accompanied her out.
Hanare covered her mouth laughing, "Your friends are really interesting, Kakashi."
"Interesting? These guys are nothing but trouble," Kakashi muttered, visibly embarrassed.
Hanare and Kakashi were strolling through Konoha when she suddenly blurted out, "Huh? Kakashi, is that really you?"
Following Hanare's gaze, Kakashi's eye twitched violently.
Somehow, they had unknowingly ended up right at Shindai's adult puppet store.
Right at the entrance hung a poster featuring both him and Jiraiya!
"That's definitely not me!" Kakashi immediately denied.
Hanare tilted her head, closely examining the poster of Kakashi. "Not you? But it looks just like you."
Leaning casually against the doorframe, Hikaku Uchiha looked Hanare over with curiosity. "Hey, isn't that Kakashi? So you must be Hanare, then?"
"I am," Hanare nodded.
Hikaku introduced herself, "I'm Shindai's wife, Hikaku Uchiha. Nice to meet you."
Still curious, Hanare couldn't help asking, "Hello, excuse me... What kind of products does this Fantasy Room sell? And is that really Kakashi on the poster at the entrance?"
Glancing at Kakashi's poster, Hikaku replied, "That is indeed Kakashi. As for what we sell… Well, you'll just have to step inside to find out."
Overcome with curiosity, Hanare stepped into the store.
Five minutes later, Hanare stumbled out with her cheeks burning bright red.
So embarrassing!
Kakashi trailed behind Hanare with a helpless look on his face, utterly mortified.
Hanare kept stealing glances at Kakashi from the corner of her eye. She never expected Kakashi would endorse such a shop.
It seems... what Shindai said before about Kakashi being a pervert might actually be true.
If Kakashi knew what Hanare was thinking right now, he'd probably want to find a hole to hide in.
...
"I mean, Guy, why do you look so unwilling to accept it?"
Shindai and Asuma watched Guy, who was clearly devastated, and couldn't understand him at all.
Suddenly bursting into tears, Guy lamented, "If Kakashi found himself a girlfriend, would he still train with me?"
Shindai and Asuma both twitched their eyebrows. They genuinely couldn't understand Guy's thought process.
"Brother Shindai! Run quickly!"
In the distance, Naruto and Jiraiya anxiously sprinted toward Shindai.
"What happened?" Shindai asked in confusion.
Gasping for breath, Naruto panted, "We've— We've been discovered!"
Raising his eyebrows, Shindai asked, "Discovered? Discovered what? Could you please speak without panting so hard?"
Looking embarrassed, Jiraiya admitted, "Well, I accidentally took the wrong scroll..."
Shindai's eyelid twitched as panic surged in his heart. "Jiraiya-sama, don't tell me you... accidentally let Tsunade-sama discover that puppet?"
Jiraiya scratched his head with a dry laugh, "That's how it is, yep~"
Naruto, after recovering slightly, hurriedly said, "Right now Lady Tsunade's chasing the Perverted Sage across Konoha, and she says she'll kill you too, Shindai!"
Shindai was so anxious he stomped his foot, "Jiraiya-sama, how could you still drag me into this mess!"
"Sorry about that," Jiraiya replied. "It just so happens I told Minato not long ago that I wanted to take Naruto on a training trip. Since things have turned out like this, I'll leave with Naruto right away. As for you, Shindai... you won't die either. Well then, see ya!"
Jiraiya grabbed Naruto by the collar and ran off directly.
Shindai stared in shock at Jiraiya, who had already vanished from sight.
How shameless can one person be?!
Shindai urgently said to Asuma and Guy, "Don't say you've seen me! I'm leaving first!"
Asuma asked, "Wait a second, Shindai, where are you hiding?"
Without hesitation, Shindai immediately replied, "The Research Division!"
After saying that, Shindai quickly disappeared from sight.
Not long afterward, Tsunade stormed over, asking Asuma and Guy with a furious look, "Have you guys seen Jiraiya and Shindai?"
Asuma sneered slightly and immediately betrayed Shindai: "Shindai went to hide in the Research Department, and Jiraiya-sama took Naruto outside the village for training!"
"Darn you, Jiraiya!" Tsunade clenched her teeth as she smashed a streetlight pole with a single punch, growling, "Hmph, the Research Department huh?!"
Tsunade stormed fiercely toward the Scientific Research Division.
Asuma laughed happily to himself. Who let that guy Shindai say Kurenai had bad taste in men—claiming he was just a scruffy-bearded loser when clearly his sideburns were extremely sexy!
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