Hanako and the Laboratory

Chapter 63 Hanako and the Laboratory

Suzuki did not return home after school today.

Instead, he took Hanako to a hidden basement on the edge of Konoha Village.

Looking at the strange and terrifying environment around her, Hanako's little face showed some fear, and she tightly gripped Suzuki's clothes.

She slightly raised her head, opened her small mouth as if she wanted to say something, but hesitated and stopped.

Suzuki looked at Hanako's frightened expression and smiled mockingly.

"What's wrong, are you scared?"

Hanako shook her little head, then nodded, pursed her lips, and said weakly:

"Yeah, a little. What are you doing here, Suzuki-chan, bringing Hanako here?"

Suzuki looked at Hanako, who was already twelve years old but still only 1.4 meters tall, and smiled gently:

"Didn't I ask you before if you wanted to research something more interesting?"

Hanako's face flushed instantly. She glanced up at Suzuki, then quickly lowered her head again, her voice becoming extremely soft:

"Um... Hanako still needs to go back and buy dango."

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Although Suzuki knew that children in the ninja world matured earlier, he was still speechless at Hanako's current reaction.

He vigorously ruffled Hanako's head until her shoulder-length black hair was a mess, then chuckled helplessly:

"Don't overthink it. I'm just showing you some interesting items that need to be studied."

"There's a laboratory up ahead, which I spent some time building."

"That laboratory was only recently built, and we're a bit short-staffed. I'm not as knowledgeable about the medical field as you are, so I'm having you try to do some research."

"I'm not the only one in the lab now. There's also a female doctor named Pharmacist Nonou. She's much older than the two of us and used to work at the Konoha Orphanage."

"That pharmacist, Nonou, is quite skilled in medicine. If you study with her, Hanako, you can learn some useful knowledge from her."

After saying that, Suzuki looked at Hanako, who had already raised her little face. At this moment, her face showed a mixture of confusion and anticipation.

Suzuki knew what she was wondering about, but he didn't offer any explanation.

He glanced at the laboratory location, which was still some distance away, and then looked at the surrounding environment.

This place is on the edge of Konoha, not far from where he used to train with Might and his son.

There aren't many trees around, but they're not few either; you could roughly call it a forest.

Given the terrain and the fact that not many people usually come here, there's no need to slowly walk over.

Suzuki looked at Hanako calmly again; she was still carefully tidying up her messy hair that Suzuki had rubbed.

"Hanako, remember to cover your eyes later."

Hanako, who was fixing her hair with her head down, raised her small face, her clear eyes behind her black-rimmed glasses looking at Suzuki with a face full of confusion:

"Huh? Why is Hanako covering her eyes?"

Suzuki silently walked up to his petite classmate, then lifted her by the back of her collar, as if she were a kitten.

"Hey Suzuki-chan, what are you doing? Put Hanako down right now!"

After Hanako was lifted up, her feet couldn't reach the ground because of her height, but instead of kicking wildly or panicking, she asked Suzuki with some shyness and confusion.

"Just listen to me."

Suzuki answered calmly.

"Huh? Oh."

Hanako, upon hearing Suzuki's indifferent reply, didn't say anything more and obediently covered her eyes with her hands.

Seeing that Hanako was ready, Suzuki did not hesitate.

He used Observation Haki!

In an instant, he took in everything around him, even the environment surrounding Konoha.

He looked at Hanako, who was now quietly suspended in mid-air after being lifted up, covered part of her body with Armament Haki, and then smiled gently:

"Okay, it'll be quick from here on out."

"ah?."

"Whoosh~"

Just as Hanako slightly opened her small mouth, trying to utter a question...

"Whoosh~"

In the blink of an eye, the jungle was traversed!

Looking at Hanako, who was still obediently covering her eyes in his hands, Suzuki withdrew his domineering aura and smiled slightly:

"We're here, Hanako, you don't need to cover up anymore."

Then he slowly put down the cat-like flower he was carrying.

"Are you all done? Then Hanako won't cover up anymore, Suzuki-chan~"

Hanako obediently lowered her hands from her eyes, and when she saw the unfamiliar scene around her that was different from before, she wondered if she had been under some kind of illusion.

"ah?!!"

"Suzuki-chan, have we arrived?"

Suzuki looked at Hanako, whose little face was full of surprise, and nodded with a gentle smile.

Hanako, standing to the side, still felt somewhat incredulous.

She felt as if she had just been on a roller coaster, with an incredibly strong gust of wind passing by, and then her friend Suzuki put her down.

Hanako looked at her friend Suzuki with a strange expression, her eyes clearly wanting to ask something, but she opened her mouth and then hesitated to speak.

Suzuki was not surprised by Hanako's reaction.

This was the first time he had revealed his true strength to someone he knew, although it was only a part of it.

But that's already incredible enough.

The stretch of road he just covered in less than a second with the flower seed would take an ordinary villager at least several minutes.

Even an ordinary ninja with chakra would take about half a minute.

Even for ordinary Jonin-level ninjas, using the Body Flicker Technique, it still takes at least several seconds.

Suzuki arrived in less than a second, even slowing down a bit because he was carrying Hanako.

If we really go all out.

Suzuki hasn't tried it yet.

"Okay, don't be surprised by this."

"Let's go to the lab, Hanako."

Suzuki calmly watched Hanako, who seemed about to speak several times but hesitated, but didn't answer.

She'll naturally learn what she needs to know in the future, and if she can't keep up, there's no need to say anything more to her.

Hearing her friend Suzuki's words, Hanako still had some doubts, but she managed to keep them to herself.

She grabbed Suzuki's sleeve and followed him to a large tree that would take five people to encircle. Then, she saw her classmate kick the base of the tree trunk with her toe.

"Click~"

A crack suddenly appeared in the ground about ten meters away from the tree!

Suzuki smiled gently at Hanako's curious gaze, then went to the crack and pulled up the wooden plank hidden under the soil, but it was still soil underneath.

Suzuki remained calm, then formed several hand seals on his hands.

The soil beneath the wooden plank suddenly changed, and a deep, dark cave entrance appeared out of thin air, leading to a bottomless staircase.

This was a small-scale illusion and barrier technique set up by him and Dr. Nonou.

It's not very useful; it barely covers the entrance, but it's hard to find unless you investigate carefully.

Suzuki looked at Hanako beside him; her little face showed a look of astonishment, which looked quite adorable.

"Wait, Suzuki-chan! There's suddenly a hole here!"

Suzuki nodded, then calmly said to Hanako:

"Hmm, it's just an illusion. Let's go, our destination is just around the corner."

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