By the time I had read out all the group lists, there was only Class 7 left in the classroom. I smiled at Naruko and was about to leave to go back to the office when the classroom door opened again.

"Teacher—"

Ino, who was supposed to have left a long time ago, poked her head in, and she looked at the empty classroom, with the peculiar excitement and cunning on her face when a girl wanted to do some prank, and a little strange twist.

"What's wrong?" I asked curiously.

Ino pushed the door open, and I saw that Kahime was there. And a few boys on the same team with them followed helplessly.

"I'm here to thank Mr. Masumi!" Ino ran to her seat, and under the suspicious gaze of Naruko, Sakura Haruno and Sakura, she came to the place where she was sitting just now, bent down from the drawer, and took out a small bouquet of flowers.

Ino ran up to me again with the flower in his hand, pursed his lips and smiled a little shyly.

"Give it to the teacher! Thank you teachers for taking care of me for so many years! ”

Wow!

Such a surprise, as a teacher, it is impossible not to be moved. After all, students are really a very amazing species.

Sometimes you think they're enemies who are ready to you off, and sometimes you think they're cute angels.

- But most of the time it makes people want to scold a ** cub.

But maybe it's because it's usually too anxious, and occasionally a warm and intimate look is outstanding.

I took the bouquet and said, somewhat flattered, "Thank you." ”

Seeing me hold the flower in his arms, Ino showed a bright smile of joy and shyness, and then plucked up the courage and opened his arms to hug me.

"Teacher, I'll come back and see you often! I can't bear you! ”

Seeing this, Sakura Haruno seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and suddenly slapped the table fiercely and stood up: "Ahhhh Ino! You're too cunning!! ”

Ino turned his head, stuck out his tongue at his good friend, made a grimace, waved at me, and ran away happily: "Mami-sensei, goodbye!" ”

Then Shikahime stood in front of me again, she stared at me, and she opened her arms generously and hugged me.

"Thank you, teacher. Nice to meet you. ”

“…… No, I'm glad I met you. ”

Hearing this, Lu Ji laughed and let go of her hand. She pulled a staghorn-shaped brooch out of her pocket and pinned it to the chest of my blouse. "I didn't plan to spend it—but I found this gift after a long time."

She rubbed the wooden brooch pinned to the placket of my shirt with a soft expression, and her expression was much more mature than that of her peers—she was a precocious girl.

"I love it. Does the teacher like it? ”

It's impossible to say "I don't like it" to someone else's carefully selected gift, no matter what, it must be so unemotionally unintelligent and disrespectful. What's more, Kahime's taste is quite good.

I said sincerely, "I like it too." Thank you. ”

Hearing this, Lu Ji raised the corners of her lips happily, "Then, let's go down and wait for the team to endure it." Goodbye, Mr. Masumi! I'll be coming back to see you often, too! ”

I was amused and helpless and said, "...... Don't call me like an empty nester, okay! ”

And when the two of them were gone, Sakura Haruno rushed up again.

She clenched her fists and stared at me, presumably two personalities in a fierce conflict, "Hmm——! Masumi-sensei! ”

For this "heroine" who has a dual personality at this stage, I sometimes can't quite understand what she is thinking, so I patiently asked: "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm too, I'm also very grateful to Mr. Masumi!"

"Ah, thank you, Sakura."

But after I said this, the next second, the pink-haired girl collapsed her shoulders in extreme frustration, "But, however, I didn't prepare flowers, and I didn't find a suitable gift...... I bought a pastry and put it on your desk, did the teacher see it? ”

I then remembered that when I went to work, there was indeed a pastry on the table, but I didn't know who put it here or if someone had misplaced it, so I didn't move it. "Was that Sakura from you? You didn't leave a message or write your name, I thought someone misplaced. ”

"No, no, I gave it to Mr. Masumi!" Sakura Haruno hurriedly explained in a panic, "Then I, can I hug it too!" ”

“…… Yes. ”

With that, I bent down and hugged her with the bouquet.

The pink-haired girl quickly hugged me back, and she blushed and said, "Thank you, teacher!" ”

……

Looking at all this, Naruko blinked her eyes and showed a happy look, "Ah, Masumi-sensei is very popular, everyone likes Masumi-sensei so much-really, really, great!" ”

Hearing this, Zana, who was sitting on the side, glanced at her, propped her cheek, and turned her face sideways and said to her, "Aren't you going?" ”

"Huh?"

"Aren't you also on good terms with Masumi-sensei? When you graduate, don't you have to say goodbye? ”

“…… No. Naruko sighed and leaned on the table with some frustration, watching the man talk to Sakura Haruno with his head down, a little dazed.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantage of waiting for the team to lead the team to shinobi, Haruno Sakura was pestering him and said, "By the way, teacher, you don't know anything about our team leading the team to shinobi, can you tell us some information about her?" ”

Naruko whispered, "I'll give him trouble." ”

Last time...... Caused him trouble. So in school, she no longer dared to be so unscrupulously close to him as before. So, even though I'm very angry, very unhappy, very, very uncomfortable right now—

But she tried her best to resist the commotion that she wanted to rush up with, and told herself that Brother Zhencheng could be recognized by so many people, which showed that he was a gentle and excellent teacher, which was a good thing.

Not to mention......

She's not like them!

After graduation, the opportunity for them to meet him was very rare, but she could go directly to his home. Even though they graduated, they won't be separated!

Thinking of this, Naruko tried her best to make herself happy again.

……

"Well," I said, considering what information I could reveal, "your leader is a very good female ninja. It's called Akane Hagi. ”

"Eh, is it a female teacher?"

I immediately laughed and said, "What, are you disappointed?" ”

Sakura Haruno's cousin said sheepishly, "Also, no." ”

But inexplicably, I seem to be able to feel her inner personality roaring in her heart: "I want a gentle and mature super handsome male teacher!! ”

Thinking so, I burst out laughing. "Alright, it's time for me to go back to the office. Wait here for a while, she should be here soon. ”

…… Right?

In the original book, Kakashi Hachiki seems to have made them wait for a long time...... Then Naruto couldn't stop playing pranks.

At this moment, the door of the classroom was opened with a "bang". The tall and slender white-haired female ninja appeared at the door, looked at me and was stunned for a moment, then bent her eyes, and looked quite hearty and said, "Is this the seventh class?" I guess I'm not wrong, right? ”