"How awful." At that moment, a small head popped out from the side. It was unmistakably Cynthia, the Pokémon Studies teacher at the school.
Just now, when she happened to pass by, she also caught a piece of this gossip and strongly condemned Cloud's behavior of 'keeping an eye on the next piece while eating the one in his bowl'.
Seeing the women gathered together, chattering away, even forgetting about class, Lott returned to the front of the queue where the little kids were gathered, picked up his daughter, gave her a couple of kisses, and then left.
Meanwhile, the three women were still chattering, listing all of Cloud's faults. Wanting to have his cake and eat it too, not saving any dignity for girls, being a secretly lecherous creep, blah blah blah.
It wasn't until Marlene, Tifa's adopted daughter and the oldest among the children, went up to remind them that the class finally got back on track.
And then, another message from Cloud came through. Like before, it mentioned both Tifa and Aerith.
[Cloud: @Tifa @Aerith, I'm packing my bags. After this, the three of us will live on Planet Terra together.]
Unlike his deceased 'big brother', Cloud didn't have many life goals. Before the martial arts tournament, he lived day by day with a carefree attitude. But now it was different. The thought of being like Lott, with one woman on each arm, standing between Tifa and Aerith... he couldn't help but feel restless.
The single male comrades in the group launched another round of verbal attacks. The loudest among them were naturally Zenitsu, Kazuma, and a few others.
Even Gintoki, who had defeated him before, couldn't resist joining in, repeatedly mentioning Cloud and saying, "Don't let me run into you, or I'll beat the crap out of you, you punk."
Seeing these vicious curses, as if he could imagine their jealous and hateful faces through the screen, Cloud didn't show panic or block them.
Instead, a faint smile appeared on his usually expressionless face, 'Excellent! This is what I've always wanted to see, your jealous expressions!'
After all, in the past two years, because of that humiliating defeat against Gintoki, he had been practically dragged over the coals so often in the group he was numb to it. And returning to the Planet Fantasy went without saying.
Although kind-hearted people like Tifa and Aerith didn't blame him, 99% of the people on the planet hated him to death.
Even if they hadn't lost loved ones like Aerith, losing half the planet's surface area meant losing half its resources! This was also why Cloud, after receiving the message, didn't think about asking Tifa and Aerith to return, but instead decided to go to Planet Terra himself.
You all blame me, right? Well, I'm not sticking around to serve you anymore! I'm going to Planet Terra to live a carefree life! Stay here and be jealous!
However, just as Cloud was fantasizing about his future blissful life with a beauty on each arm, he was unaware that on the other side of the universe, on Planet Terra, both Aerith and Tifa were making awkward faces, 'Oh no, this creepy guy actually took it seriously.'
"What should we do?" Aerith found Tifa and asked, "Should we just tell Cloud that the last message was sent by Lott?"
"Let's still try to find a way to save him some dignity..." Although Tifa had already given up on this childhood friend, she still hoped to find a method that could preserve his dignity as much as possible. Maybe say Aerith was under an illusion earlier?
"Such a hassle. Here, give it to me, I'll teach you." Tsunade, who had passed the Hokage's position to Naruto and was now working as the school nurse, having silently finished consuming the gossip, couldn't stand it anymore, 'Why such a simple matter needed to be so complicated?'
When Tifa opened the chat interface, Tsunade leaned over and started typing, 'It's just rejecting a man. Why overthink such a trivial matter? Watch how I do it. No matter what, I had been rejecting that pervert Jiraiya for over half a century, I'm a veteran at this.'
[Tifa: @Cloud, Sorry, Cloud. Aerith and I had a slip of the finger earlier, we mentioned the wrong person.]
[Aerith: @Cloud, We've already found people we like on Planet Terra. You should go find your own happiness too.]
The previously spam-filled chat page targeting Cloud suddenly halted. It stalled for a full two or three seconds before the page started scrolling at an even more exaggerated rate.
[Zenitsu: @Cloud, Hahahaha! Hahaha! Take that you weakling bastard!]
[Kazuma: I knew that trash couldn't possibly have women liking him!]
[Gintoki: @Cloud, Bro, just go to Gotham. Your planet isn't suitable for you.]
[Kisaragi Yuffie: Huh? Really for real? You two haven't been on Planet Terra for long, right? And you already found someone?]
[Aqua: Maybe Tifa and Aerith were originally a pair, and that blond guy is the third wheel.]
[Ainz Ooal Gown: As expected of Aqua-sama.]
[Naruto: Blessings, blessings. True love can exist between people of the same gender too.]
[Gray Fullbuster: Doesn't anyone suspect it might be that man?]
…
On the Planet Fantasy, Cloud, seeing this message, opened his mouth, his face full of astonishment, feeling a sharp, throbbing pain in his heart.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of Shuchi'in Elementary division, Lott, who had just stepped out, also received a message. The sender was Yukinoshita Yukino.
After the Universe's Number One Martial Arts Tournament ended, the Yukinoshita Sisters had been sending him messages from time to time.
But both sisters had their issues. Yukinoshita Haruno's social skills were indeed high-level, and if it were an ordinary man, or even Lott's past self, they might not have been able to withstand this professional act.
But in this life, Lott was used to it. For Lott, Yukinoshita Haruno was just one of the countless women trying to climb into his bed for benefits. Actually, Lott wasn't averse to this type of woman. The most typical example was Irene.
But you, Yukinoshita Haruno, don't have Irene's physical attributes. Are your assets as ample as hers? Is your rear as plump? Can you be as loud as her?
Therefore, Yukinoshita Haruno held no attraction for Lott.
As for why Lott hadn't blocked Yukinoshita Yukino, it was partly out of a desire to see what kind of show this flat-chested girl, who criticized countless male protagonists in crossover fanfics, could put on for him.
However, recently, Lott suddenly noticed that Yukinoshita Yukino's style had changed. Before, she would only use the 'death trifecta': "Good morning," "Have you eaten?" "What are you doing?"
But lately, Lott found chatting with this 'Flat-nee-chan' quite interesting. Especially when discussing topics about women and raising children, she often gave surprisingly practical answers that even Lott found unexpected. So much so that sometimes, when facing Bulma's unstable emotions during pregnancy and not knowing how to comfort her, Lott would secretly ask Yukinoshita Yukino for help.
And truth be told, using the methods Yukinoshita Yukino suggested actually worked in coaxing Bulma, allowing him to experience the 'flavor' of a pregnant woman.
Lott even started to wonder how Yukinoshita Yukino understood pregnant women so well, even wondering if she has an unexpected pregnancy during her university years.
[Ishigami: @Lott, Lott-san, do you have time to come to the high school division? There's a major discovery.]
'A major discovery?' Seeing Ishigami's message, Lott was taken aback. Thinking that the high school division wasn't far anyway, he decided to go take a look.
When Lott arrived at the high school division's entrance, Ishigami had been waiting there for some time. Seeing Lott arrive, he hurriedly went up to meet him.
"What's going on?" Lott asked as he walked into the long-unseen campus tree-lined path, with Ishigami following beside him.
"You'll understand when you see it. To be honest, I'm also very surprised..." Ishigami led the way to the edge of the playground.