Chapter 156 The Second Veil

Hoping that the same rhetoric could be used on them, Haruko tactfully led Jiraiya to the side and asked everyone else to sit opposite and wait.

The main point is that those who pay are the big shots, and we will resolutely put an end to freeloading!

Uchiha Obito's resentful voice sounded: "Even I haven't seen Haruko's face yet..."

"Eh? Really?" Nohara Lin looked at him in surprise.

Obito must be doing really badly since he has never even met Haruko's childhood sweetheart.

Princess Obito, whose prince had been kidnapped, couldn't even care about dressing up to be embarrassed in front of the heroic Sannin. All she could think about was how Haruko had told him to sit aside and act like a cold-blooded scumbag.

"Have you seen it?" Uchiha Obito became alert instantly when he heard her ambiguous words.

"No, no, no, I haven't seen it." Nohara Lin was afraid of attracting his hatred, so she quickly shook her head.

And beside them, Kakashi Hatake was still immersed in the reality of his own ruined reputation.

Jiraiya rubbed his hands against his trouser thighs a little nervously, and when Haruko asked him if he was ready, he nodded to her with a serious expression.

After receiving the signal, Haruko slowly untied the white veil on one side of her body. When everyone was concentrating, she revealed another layer of white veil underneath her white veil.

"......?" Jiraiya's face was full of question marks.

Haruko scratched her head in embarrassment, "Hahaha... I learned this from Kakashi. I forgot there was a second level."

Although because Haruko only untied one side, others could only see the spread white veil but not her face, after hearing her words, Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin both lowered their heads in disappointment.

Waiting for it in vain...

Uchiha Obito glared at Hatake Kakashi who was still in despair, and muttered: "Why would you imitate him if you have nothing to do?"

Nohara Lin suddenly realized, "So... Haruko pulled off Kakashi's mask?"

"......?!" Uchiha Obito looked at Hatake Kakashi in disbelief, like a beautiful wife who discovered that her husband was having an affair outside.

After being reminded by them, Hatake Kakashi reluctantly stepped out of his own shadow. When he met Uchiha Obito's resentful gaze, he thought about and recalled the scene where both the "mask" and "Haruko" existed -

"Won't Kakashi's mask burn off when he breathes fire?"

After the duel between Hatake Kakashi and the other party ended, he heard Haruko's nonsensical questions.

"How could it be burned..." Hatake Kakashi walked up to her speechlessly.

Nohara Rin and Uchiha Obito were both fighting at the time, and it was rare that they were the only two standing together. Moreover, Haruko didn't know what to do and kept staring at him.

Hatake Kakashi: ...

Kakashi Hatake put his hands in his pockets and looked at her casually. After meeting Haruko's curious eyes, he instantly understood what she really wanted to ask.

"No." Hatake Kakashi refused coldly.

Haruko accused him in disbelief, "I haven't even asked anything yet, you can't reject me!"

"Don't you just want to see my face under the mask? My thoughts are written all over my face." Hatake Kakashi exposed her.

Haruko narrowed her eyes in dissatisfaction, but she was still a little scared and couldn't understand how he could see her true thoughts.

Thinking of something, Haruko leaned in and asked him quietly, "Does Kakashi have the ability to read minds or something?"

"Huh?" Hatake Kakashi looked helpless, "Your imagination is really wild."

"Isn't it?" Haruko thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized, "I know! Kakashi is actually the worm in my stomach, right?"

"..."

Not expecting her idea to be so outrageous, Hatake Kakashi pushed away her face that was getting closer and closer to him furtively and refused to answer the question.

Being pushed away by his hand, Haruko grabbed his wrist instead, blinking her big eyes and moving closer, "So can I see what Kakashi looks like under the mask?"

Seeing that she was in high spirits, Hatake Kakashi knew that if he continued to refuse her, she would only pester him more. He sighed and tried to dissuade her from another angle.

"If you want to see it, I need to see your face first."

As expected, Haruko was stunned and extremely conflicted. Although she wore the veil just to block the wind, in the child's ordinary childish mind, the veil had become a necessary prop for Haruko to create a mysterious atmosphere.

But I can change to Kakashi's face...

In the end, she still wanted to see if Hatake Kakashi really had the upper hand with his sausage mouth, so Haruko nodded hesitantly, fearing that she would regret it, and directly untied the veil under Hatake Kakashi's stunned expression.

Unexpectedly, she actually agreed and took off her veil before he could react. Kakashi Hatake was speechless when he saw her delicate face revealed without the veil.

Kakashi Hatake had also once imagined what Haruko's face would look like under the veil, but none of the faces he had imagined could compare to the shock brought to him by the true face revealed at this moment.

It's so beautiful...

It was even cuter and more childish than the dolls that Kakashi Hatake had seen the girls in his class bring.

Almond-shaped eyes that sparkle like stars, a small and straight nose, soft and red lips, and cheeks with baby fat...

Completely staring at her, Hatake Kakashi could only secretly thank God that he was still wearing a mask so as not to expose his flushed cheeks.

Haruko was a little embarrassed because she hadn't shown her face to anyone for a long time, but she still asked him with a little expectation: "Kakashi, do you think I'm pretty?"

"...It looks good." Hatake Kakashi turned his head away, not daring to look her in the eye.

Hearing the praise from him, Haruko laughed a few times with some joy, and Kakashi Hatake's eyes couldn't help but turn to her, engraving the bright smile she showed at that moment into his mind.

This is what she looks like when she smiles...

After she put her veil back on, leaving only a pair of round eyes staring at him curiously, Hatake Kakashi inexplicably felt a hint of regret.

"Now it's Kakashi's turn!"

Hatake Kakashi didn't hesitate and took off his mask decisively.

So Haruko watched helplessly as he took off the black mask and revealed another black mask.

"......?" Haruko widened her eyes. Was she being fooled?

As if sensing her inner condemnation, Hatake Kakashi put the mask back on and said unreasonably, "You only said to see what I look like under the mask, but you didn't say to see my face."

Before she could recover from his bizarre actions, Haruko yelled, "Kakashi, you are shameless!"

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Receiving Uchiha Obito's resentful gaze and Nohara Rin's inquiring eyes, Hatake Kakashi coughed lightly.

"Anyway... that's it."

Uchiha Obito was indignant, "It's the same whether I explained it or not."

On the other side, Jiraiya was concentrating on Haruko's actions.

When she untied the second veil to reveal a face that was exactly the same as the one in the sealed memory, Jiraiya wanted to hold her face with trembling hands, but felt awkward and froze in mid-air.

Jiraiya murmured, "You are...you are Haruko..."

Haruko put her veil back on with a puzzled look, "Of course my name is Haruko, you are so weird, Hedgehog-head uncle."

"No...no, I mean...you are Haruko Hayama!"

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