Naruto: Freeloading is Great! 2 [37]

A small apartment, simply decorated.

The kitchen, toilet, bathroom, and living room each had clearly separated areas, and most importantly, there were two bedrooms.

Compared to this new home, their previous cheap rental place was basically a garbage dump.

Normally, moving was a huge hassle because furniture was heavy.

But for Hoshino and Naruto, each carrying nothing more than a medium-sized backpack, the move was effortlessly completed...

“All our possessions fit inside our backpacks… Those pieces of furniture were too broken-down to even want to bring along. Suddenly, it feels like our old life was so tragic. Hoshino… wh-what should we do? I kind of want to cry...”

“...Shut up. I finally managed to get out of that miserable mood—don’t drag me back into it.”

Naruto hugged her own backpack, feeling sentimental about her former beggar-like lifestyle.

Meanwhile, Hoshino squatted silently on the floor, lamenting his current, utterly messed-up life.

Come to think of it, when he was still living on Earth, he’d always lived in a house like this. Every day he’d leisurely play games and watch anime on his computer.

But after arriving in this world? He'd spent every day living in a doghouse-like shack, foraging desperately for food in the woods just to avoid starvation.

A modern man had been forcibly turned into a primitive caveman.

Terrible material conditions were bad enough—but how could his emotional life also be this miserable?

After so many years, he hadn’t seen a single decent girl around. The only people surrounding him were all insane, and most of them possessed the attribute of being homosexuals.

Just why did I transmigrate here in the first place? Was it just to suffer and serve as comic relief?

Quietly, Hoshino took out the one million ryō Fugaku had given him. In his other pocket was another million ryō from Hiashi, plus the million ryō he’d seized from Naruto. Excluding rent and deposit for now, he had roughly three million ryō in total.

“…Hoshino, what's with you? You’ve finally managed to shake off that worthless vibe recently, but it suddenly came back. What are you thinking? Are you planning to return to being the useless bum who just lies in bed all day staring at the ceiling? You’ll rot away, you know!”

“Mind your own business. Now that I have three million ryō, I don’t have to waste my time attending the ninja academy anymore. I’ve never been the ambitious, hardworking type anyway. As long as I don't squander this money recklessly, I can comfortably live lazily until adulthood.”

“…Th-then…?”

“So I've decided—I’m quitting school! Who the hell wants to be a ninja anyway? Right now, I’m not the same man I used to be. All I need is to ride out these funds until Fugaku and the Third Hokage, those two troublesome old men, finally die. Then I'll smoothly marry into the Hyūga clan as a live-in son-in-law. Beauty, power, wealth—all of it will come to me without lifting a finger.”

“I don’t really understand what you’re talking about, but I do know that if you really do that, you'll become an irredeemable piece of human garbage! Don’t do it! Don’t revert back to the old worthless Hoshino!!”

“Don’t even try persuading me—my mind’s already made up. With your half-baked Talk no Jutsu, you won’t be able to shake my resolve one bit. Tomorrow, you can go to school alone. Ahahahaha…!”

...

The next day.

Monday—a normal school day for kids.

Sasuke stood outside the noisy classroom, smiling gently.

Thanks to Fugaku and Mikoto’s clear approval of Hoshino lately, she'd been in an excellent mood these past few days.

That lazy guy has finally won Father and Mother's approval, so he must be happy as well, right? If this motivates his competitive spirit as a man and makes him work harder to improve himself to match me, then everything would be perfect.

I suppose… it’s not impossible. After all, Hoshino is completely obsessed with me… Ah! W-what embarrassing things am I thinking...?

She coughed awkwardly. Well, if Hoshino truly becomes diligent and hardworking, I wouldn’t mind giving him a little reward... F-for example, something like… uhh…!

After quietly muttering to herself for a while, Sasuke, face slightly flushed, nervously glanced around to make sure no one had noticed her embarrassing behavior. After confirming she was safe, she sighed in relief.

Patting her cheeks lightly to regain composure, she took a deep breath and decisively opened the classroom door with a loud whoosh.

“Good morning, everyo… huh…??”

The moment Sasuke stepped into the classroom, she saw Naruto fighting fiercely over a sheet of paper with Sakura-bro, while Hoshino’s seat remained completely empty.

Ignoring the chorus of fangirls greeting “Prince Sasuke! Good morning, Your Highness!” and also ignoring the jealous, hateful glares from the boys, Sasuke walked straight to her seat.

“What on earth are you two doing?”

“Sasuke, you're finally here! Quick—help me kill this gorilla! He’s trying to take my stuff!”

“This isn’t stealing! Didn't Hoshino ask you to hand this withdrawal form to the teacher? Even if you're spineless yourself, as a man, you should properly fulfill requests entrusted to you by others!”

“Stop lying! If we really hand this paper in, there’ll be no turning back! Ugh, I really regret asking you for advice! You'd love to see Hoshino fall deeper into degeneracy, wouldn’t you?! You annoying masochistic pervert! Stop causing trouble and learn to tell right from wrong! Let go—!!”

Sasuke didn't fully understand their argument, but since Naruto was her best girlfriend, she didn't bother wasting time thinking it over. She directly punched Sakura-bro hard in the stomach.

Seizing the moment Sakura-bro was clutching his stomach happily, temporarily defenseless, Sasuke quickly grabbed his shoulders, simultaneously twisting with her waist and arms.

In one smooth, fluid motion, Sakura-bro was sent flying through the window.

“Sasuke’s taijutsu has improved again… but… ahhhhhh… these glass shards cutting into my skin… although it’s totally incomparable to Hoshino’s abuse, getting beaten by an evil adversary also feels pretty good… ahhh, what a thrill!”

“Tch, why does our classroom have to be on the first floor?”

After casually muttering such a frightening comment, Sasuke turned back to Naruto, demanding an explanation of the situation.

“…”

“…Sasuke? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“AAAAAAHHHH—!! That useless, hopeless bum Hoshino! I was naive—so naive—to actually believe he’d suddenly become diligent! Why are you telling me about this just now, right before class is about to start!?”

Nearly collapsing from anger, Sasuke clutched her head while screaming at Naruto.

Now she fully understood why Sakura-bro had tried to snatch that withdrawal form from Naruto’s hand. In some twisted sense, Hoshino and Sakura-bro really were perfectly in tune. One wanted to degenerate, while the other wanted him to degenerate... So troublesome!!

“How was I supposed to tell you...? I couldn’t even enter your Uchiha compound, and just asking the guard at the gate to pass on a message almost got me beaten up… Anyway, should we hand in this withdrawal form or not?”

“What are you even thinking!? Do you even need to ask!? Absolutely not! If we submit this form, Hoshino will truly become worthless beyond saving! Right now—immediately—take me to your new home! Drag that damn lazy bastard out of bed!!”

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T/N: heh honestly.... im like hoshino WAIT NO IM NOT I SWEAR IFG YOU GIVE ME MONEY I WONT STOP TLING TRUST

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