It's so realistic, the kitten in the bubble actually shows a frightened expression.

With a soft sound of "wave~", the bubble was punctured and exploded into a brilliant starlight.

Knowing that this was a very low-level illusion, and the scorpion hated the feeling of being manipulated by his senses, he didn't deliberately dispel the illusion.

In his room, it was still pitch black, and the scorpion could hear the whispers inside, so he stopped and slowly pushed the door open......

……

There is a sound of the door being pushed, and Uehara, who has few friends in his life, is the first time to prepare a so-called surprise for people.

"Scorpion! Happy birthday! ”

The blazing incandescent lights turned on instantly, illuminating the room as if it were daylight. Then, a lot of balloons and colored paper flowers fell from the ceiling in an instant, and the little worms howled excitedly, plus a huge seven-layer cake and fruit bowls and candy snacks were placed on a large round table. Excuse me, are you surprised??

Uehara was indeed pleasantly surprised, and the surprise turned into a fright.

, where did the scorpion go? The worm opened the door, and the outside door saw the scorpion's terrifying puppet crow.

"Yikes!" The little worm was so frightened that he took a few steps back to his feet.

Just when Uehara and Chiyo's mother-in-law and the worm were stunned, "You guys messed up my house." ”

The cold voice of the scorpion came from behind.

Okay, prank-loving imps. Uehara didn't pull his head back, and judging by the sound, he picked up the scorpion and turned it three hundred and sixty degrees like a rag doll and placed it next to his seat.

"Happy birthday, Scorpion." Uehara smiled and began to light the candle with a match.

"Yes, yes, happy birthday, Scorpion!" The little worm was even more excited than the scorpion, as if his birthday was for him, "Hurry up and blow out the candles, I still have to eat cake." ”

There were not many people, but there was a lot of joy, and only Chiyo's mother-in-law did not say her blessings.

I saw her lips tremble, "Sheng...... Happy birthday, Scorpion. It's just that her expression is a little stiff.

Uehara is a little strange about the relationship between Chiyo's mother-in-law and the scorpion, and there is a sense of estrangement between them.

Uehara was clearly aware that the scorpion, who was still smiling at himself and the scorpion, had completely disappeared from his smile after meeting Chiyo's mother-in-law's gaze, and was replaced by a very calm look. It's just that in such moments of laughter, calmness itself is problematic.

"Na, Scorpion, today you are the protagonist of your birthday," Uehara brought a birthday hat to the Scorpion, brought one for himself, and the worm also brought one, only Chiyo's mother-in-law put it aside, Chiyo's mother-in-law didn't bring it for herself, she looked at the scorpion fixedly and wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to communicate, she still couldn't say a word.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven candles." Uehara guided the scorpion, "The scorpion is seven years old. ”

"Make a wish, then blow out all the candles, and your wish will probably come true." Uehara encouraged, and once again lit a candle that had been blown out by the bastard worm.

Wishing for such a thing, the scorpion has long stopped believing in it. How could a wish made on a few candles come true.

"Uehara, you're so bored." Among the three, the scorpion did not recognize the little worm as his friend, or Chiyo's mother-in-law who deceived his parents about the cause of death, but Uehara. Out of recognition of a rock ninja who had fought against Konoha White Fang, and also recognized Uehara, of course, Uehara's endless bizarre ideas about puppetry. So, the first thing after the birthday party began, the scorpion was said to Uehara.

The little worm didn't care, but Chiyo's mother-in-law, who was sitting opposite the scorpion across the round table, felt the scorpion's indifference and alienation from her, and Chiyo's mother-in-law's eyes were full of loss.

"Boring? No, no, no, this is no ordinary birthday cake. Uehara blinked, encouraging the scorpion, "Try it." ”

Isn't it an ordinary cake? Scorpion came interested.

He skipped the wish making such a thing. There are seven layers of huge cakes, the white cream exudes a silvery luster in the light, and the seven small candles look much smaller than the large cake.

"Whew!" The scorpion puffed up its mouth and blew gently at the candle, using too much force, and the candle flame only shook a little, but it was not extinguished.

Frowning, the scorpion once again grew its mouth and inhaled hard, this time all the candles were extinguished.

As he thought, it was really boring, and the scorpion looked at Uehara in disgust.

It's just that the scorpion was a little happier, and the candles that had been extinguished were extinguished not long after, and they were all lit up one after another.

Things got interesting, and the scorpion blew out the candle again, but the candle rekindled as usual.

The scorpion suspected that Uehara was doing something, such as having an automatic ignition device or something, but Kamihara innocently said that there was no such thing.

Well, I can still believe Uehara's words.

Scorpion sees this as a contest between puppeteers again, and he begins to take a strong interest in cakes that he doesn't like.

"The candle has been added with an agent that can spontaneously ignite?"

"No?" Uehara shook his head resolutely.

"That'...... Is it ninjutsu? The scorpion frowned in thought.

"Not really."

"Illusion?"

"It's not."

……

The scorpion guessed more than a dozen reasons, but didn't guess the answer, and the little worm on the side was about to die, blinking desperately, but the scorpion was concentrating on the problem, and he ignored the little worm.

Looking at the scorpion, which Ben was not interested in birthdays and birthday cakes at all, and now he looked completely eager to cut the cake immediately to take a look, Chiyo sighed a little, the boy of Iwakure really has a way. Or perhaps, the way he communicated with the scorpion was wrong. Chiyo's mother-in-law fell into deep thought.

Seeing that the candle had already burned halfway, the scorpion still hadn't guessed the secret of the candle's spontaneous combustion, and Uehara had to tell the truth. If we delay any longer, the candles will run out.

Uehara pulled out a candle, blew out the candle, lit a match and gently hovered over the extinguished candle.

Visible to the naked eye, a thin line of fire spread rapidly from the match to the candlestick, and the candle was easily lit.

"The candle does not burn sufficiently, and a large amount of incompletely burned wax will evaporate with the smoke from the burning."

"In the state of smoke, it is the aggregate state of countless solid particles."

"Although not visible to the naked eye, smoke does have flammable properties."

"Smoke formed by different substances has different ignition points, and when the temperature reaches a critical value, it is rekindled."

Under the scorpion's unaware eyes, Uehara stepped on a stool to reach the chandelier on the ceiling, and then gently removed a set of convex lenses from the chandelier.

"Scorpion, if you look closely, you'll see that our round table is facing under the chandelier."

"It's the light gathered by the lens that lights the candle, not the puppet device or ninjutsu, it's that simple."

The scorpion refused to admit defeat, he wanted to see what else was strange in the birthday cake.