Chapter 19: New occupants of the second floor
After extinguishing the slender cigarette in his hand, Tenma stood up and turned to look at the girl standing quietly behind her, the sun shining through the slightly heavy clouds, and the wind blowing even more fiercely from above.
Before he could speak, a strong ray of sunlight shone directly through the clouds that had been blown away by the wind.
"Eliminate ...... Gone?!! "The girl who seems to be exuding a cold aura around her body is like this, with the sun, under the gaze of the Pegasus, slowly fades, fades, and then disappears completely, as if it never appeared, like a dream.
"How...... What's going on? Hallucinations? "The fully focused Pegasus felt the surroundings, and he was the only one on the empty water tower, how could he be ......
The chakra in his body surged violently, "It's not an illusion!" ”
Seeing Naruto Saki, silently reciting this somewhat sad name, for some reason, Tenma always felt in his heart that he would meet this strange girl again.
Shaking his head, Tenma turned around and sat down in his original position again, relighting the rest of the cigarette, but the originally peaceful heart lake was like being broken by a stone that had fallen into the water, and the ripples rolled up, and he could no longer recover his previous waves, and his heart was stunned.
Some of them were dull and full of cigarettes, and Pegasus jumped down from the water tower, the wind brought by the rapid fall rolled up the white trench coat, feeling the violent wind pressure and the extremely fast amplification of the ground, and some stuffy chests felt much better.
Halfway down, Pegasus stretched out his left hand with a thin layer of chakra attached to it and pressed it towards the body of the water tower that was rapidly skimming, and his whole body was attached to the water tower, hanging in mid-air to stabilize the speed of the fall, falling from the top of the tower to the ground at such a height, even ninjas would be injured.
With a light hand, the hovering body fell again, and when there were still two meters above the ground, Pegasus was ready to unload, his knees slightly bent, his spine and the entire center of gravity in a straight line, and he fell heavily on the solid ground.
His knees bent and unloaded with the momentum, and then he stood up straight, his white trench coat swept back slightly, and Pegasus walked away along the road without hurry.
But he didn't notice that as another cloud swept past the sun, on the tower behind him, a girl with short hair and red eyes was looking at him quietly, the wind from above caressed the girl's flying hair and skirt corners, and there was no expression on her pale cheeks, "Igarashi...... Pegasus. ”
Relieving his abrupt mood, Tenma walked casually along the surrounding road around the central area of Konoha and unconsciously came to the area around the ninja school where he had studied for five years.
It was already past 1 p.m., and after touching his empty stomach, Tenma found a small restaurant where he had lunch for five years.
Raise your feet and walk into the small shop, the store is not big, about 40 square meters, generally only do some business for students who are far away from home in the ninja school, the taste is very general, but the amount is large, and a bowl of broth is given, so it is very popular with some student ninjas.
The ninja school starts at 2 p.m., and there are only a few students who eat at this time.
I found an empty table and sat down, and before I could order, a familiar voice came from behind me, not the voice of a familiar boss.
"Ah~ It's Igarashi-san!" The voice is as gentle as ever.
The person who came in was Ika, Ika Umino.
Still wearing a long ponytail and a green mid-ninja vest, the delicate nose is slightly shrugged, the left hand is holding an extremely short and thin girl, a silver-white hair reflects the same white and tender skin, the pink slightly thin lips are tightly pursed, looking very stubborn, the light lake green pupils seem to contain a thin layer of smoke, and the arrogant eyes have a trace of timid dodging in the depths, like a fierce deer.
This is a stubborn and weak child, and Tenma defines the girl in his heart.
"Ika-sensei......" Tenma stood up politely and nodded to the visitor.
Slightly furrowed and delicate, Ika's gentle eyes looked at Pegasus with a complaining look. "I haven't been back to school for so long after graduation, and Mingxue's child has been here many times, although I ask her to eat ramen every time...... I'm not afraid to grow tall. ”
The chattering Ika has a deep affection for every student, no, because it should be said that he has a deep affection for every student, and he can complain and nag about every student for a long time, this is Ika, gentle and kind, and motherly.
"Ah~ I'm sorry, there have been some things lately, plus tasks, practice. So......" Tenma touched his nose a little embarrassed, this is a bad habit, a person will subconsciously make this action when lying.
Seeing that Ika was still a little unrelenting after his random explanation, Tenma hurriedly changed the topic, "Has Ika-sensei eaten?" And this one is ......"
"Saruto, Saruto, Ginbei." A voice sounded in a strong but still weak voice, and the girl seemed to be stubborn and took the initiative to introduce herself.
"Huh? Ah~ I'm Igarashi Tenma, just call me Tenma. Ama, stunned by the girl's stubborn expression, introduces himself in a bit of a panic.
"Ahh Ika was a little surprised, as if she had thought of something, Ruoshui's eyes blinked, with a hint of teasing, "I've never agreed to let others call me by my name before!" Only others are allowed to call Miao characters! "Miao refers to the surname, and the name before the name is the first name.
"It's good to be cheerful!" As she spoke, Ika led Saruto to Tenma's table and sat down, "In the past, the teacher used to worry that Tenma was too withdrawn and would not find a girlfriend in the future!" ”
The girl sat with some effort on the not too high stool next to Ika, her two little feet dangling in the air, and although she pretended to have a cold expression, she actually listened quietly with her little head hanging quietly.
"Huh...... Hehe......" With a dry smile a little embarrassed, Tenma once again offered to change the topic of Dafa, "What does Ika-sensei want to eat?" ”
"Me? I've already had lunch, and I'm here with Silver. Ika was completely tricked and stopped teasing Pegasus, "The little guy doesn't eat well, so he will grow so thin!" ”
Although it was a little strange, Tenma didn't explore too much and asked without words, "What about that......?" What do you want to eat? ”
"Please call me Saruto." The girl replied coldly, but the latter sentence was immediately revealed, "Eat dessert." ”
"Huh? I'm sorry! Tenma doesn't scratch the back of his head stupidly when he is embarrassed, but smiles and apologizes.
Ika, who was watching gently, unconsciously softened the atmosphere, "Silver, this kid is as withdrawn as you used to be!" I always don't like people calling her name. ”
"The most important thing is that I don't like to eat on time!"
Tenma decides to ignore Ika's chatter, and calmly orders a dessert and mung bean soup for Saruto, a soda for Ika, and a fried noodles, salad, and red bean soup for herself.
Because there were fewer people in the shop, the orders were served quickly. Tenma notices the happy glint in the girl's eyes when she sees the dessert.
"Well, I'm satisfied." Nodding her little head heavily, the girl's originally deliberately cold face showed a happy smile, and then she covered it up again and expressed her opinion seriously.
Tenma couldn't help but feel a little funny, and began to deal with his lunch in the midst of Ika's chatter.
After eating up the fried noodles and salads, Tenma served the chilled red bean soup, and the only signature of this small shop was a variety of sweet soups, mung bean soup, red bean soup, and black rice soup.
"Ahh By the way~ I remember Tenma, you seem to live alone? ”
Tenma, who was drinking the soup, suddenly heard Ika's inquiry, put down the bowl in surprise, and asked strangely, "Yes! Can I help you? ”
"Isn't the house you live in?" Ika seemed a little excited, and asked again.
Frowning slightly, noticing that the girl who was quietly drinking sweet soup next to her stiffened slightly, and had a faint guess in her heart, Tianma took a big sip of mung bean soup, and replied with some hesitation, "Well, it's okay!" ”
"Yikes! That's great! Ika let out a happy shout, clasped her hands on her chest, and asked Tenma with a slightly pleading look in her eyes.
"Can you help me take care of this kid for some time?"
Although he already had a guess in his heart, he was still surprised and almost squirted out the red bean soup in his mouth, and swallowed it with some difficulty, and Tianma looked at Ika with a pleading face in disbelief, is it natural to be kind? So casually entrusting a cute Lori to a man!?
"Can't you do it?!" Ika was a little disappointed, and her gentle eyes dimmed slightly, "There are already 5 students living in my house, and some of them can't fit in." They're just like you......"
"Well, it's not impossible, it's just ......" Tenma's words were interrupted by a barrage of compliments.
"I know that Tianma is the best! The kindest! ...... most sensible" Ika's whole person immediately became eyebrows fluttering, as if she had completed a super S-class mission, and her eyes became shining, "If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't live at home...... Silver she's a little withdrawn, and I really don't worry about her living alone. ”
“…… It's just not too far off...... Words. Although Ika, who felt that her image had suddenly changed, became a little cute, but listening to her words, Tenma's heart was filled with warmth and emotion, and she was really a kind and gentle woman! Although it seems a little stupid......
"What do Saruto-sans mean?" Ignoring the cute and stupid little woman next to her, Tenma turned to ask the girl who was still drinking mung bean soup.
"Whatever you want." Gently putting down the empty bowl after drinking, Sarudo replied expressionlessly, "I'm done." ”
"Ah~oh!" Ika hurriedly drank the rest of the soda in her hand, and Tenma took the opportunity to get up and walk to the counter to settle the bill.
"Ahh How can you make the juniors pay the bills! Ika gulped down the soda from the bottle and got up in a bit of a panic and pulled out her wallet.
With a wave of his hand, Tianma collected the balance found by the boss, "It's okay, it should be!" It's a big deal to ask the teacher to come back next time! ”
Seeing that Ika was still talking, Tenma decisively offered the third time to change the subject, "It's almost 2 o'clock!" Aren't there classes in the afternoon? ”
"Ahh Ika was suddenly startled, looked up at the alarm clock hanging on the wall in a little panic, and was really in a hurry, and then pulled Saruto, who had already stood up, and hurriedly walked out of the door.
Walking out the door, Ika remembered something, and since she didn't know how much Lu Dao had spent on lunch, she didn't have time to ask again, so she just threw her entire wallet to Tenma, who was still in the store, "I'm going to class!" After saying that, he picked up the small Saruto and rushed in the direction of the school.
Some funny and touched to catch the pink cat wallet in the air, "I'll pick up the ape ...... after school"
"I know it!" A vague answer came.
"What a fool!" Tenma muttered, "And the new little one." ”
"I don't know if this is cohabitation...... Is it? ”
End of Chapter 19. Big love Lori.