Chapter 365: Don’t Underestimate Children’s Imagination and Creativity!
"Shinpachi-kun, the food isn't the issue." Katsura folded his hands, frowning slightly with seriousness on his face, and said, "If you offend the mother, there's a possibility that she won't buy Kyubei-kun the RBI Baseball game afterward.!"
"... And our dreams of gathering at Kyubei-kun's place after school to play RBI Baseball will be shattered."
After saying that, Katsura's face revealed a look of difficulty.
"I don't remember having that dream, ever!" Shinpachi knocked hard on the table, his veins popping out as he complained loudly, "And what's with your obsession with playing RBI Baseball?! You've gone way back to being little kids! The mom isn't even here!"
As he spoke, Shinpachi turned to look at the guests who had cast strange looks at Gintoki and the others. Then, he turned around and continued, "And the sharp eyes staring at us belong to all the celebrities, not the mom! This isn't like the birthday parties we held as children! Get a clue!"
At the same time, the whispers of the guests were also heard...
"Who are those people?"
"Are they acquaintances of Kyubei-dono? No way, how is that possible?"
Listening to the whispers of the guests and the countless looks of disdain, Shinpachi's face instantly showed some embarrassment. Then he quickly bent down and took a deep breath to look at Gintoki and the other two.
"Oguri Shunnosuke is staring right at us!" Shinpachi reminded in a low voice, "He's not even trying to hide it! We're here as Kyubei's friends. If we do anything weird, it'll shame Kyubei!"
"Don't worry!"
As he spoke, Gintoki stood up from his seat with his hands crossed. At the same time, Katsura and Hasegawa also stood up, and the three of them had the same serious expression.
"We have participated in various birthday parties since we were young, and have eaten countless meals," Gintoki said with a serious face, "We are so-called birthday party professionals!"
"'Birthday Fighter!" Gintoki, Katsura, and Hasegawa spoke up at the same time.
"You only go for the free food!" Shinpachi retorted crazily.
"What do you mean by Birthday Fighter? It's more reasonable to say that it's a freeloader!"
Hasegawa ignored Shinpachi's ridicule. He crossed his arms and explained to himself, "Birthday Fighters don't do anything to make the birthday boy or girl look bad. Even if it's someone weak, who usually gets bullied at school..."
As he spoke, Hasegawa looked at Shinpachi, and his face revealed a somewhat genuine smile, "You make them look good in front of their mother! This is an absolute rule!"
"By doing that, you earn the reputation of a person who makes birthday parties more fun." Katsura nodded and continued, "That leads to invitations to more birthday parties. So you must not mouth off to the mother. Even if you enter the house and find that it smells like a restroom, you must never mention that fact. Because it'll affect their trust in you."
"In short, leave it to us. Don't worry." Gintoki looked at Shinpachi and comforted him, "Students from other schools have also been invited this time..."
As he spoke, Gintoki clenched his right fist and turned to look at Katsura and Hasegawa, "Pattern B-2. Compute their data, stat!"
"Roger!" Katsura and Hasegawa stood up at the same time. At the same time, they clasped their right hands in front of their chests and turned to look at Gintoki as if they were swearing an oath.
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"Not bad, Kagura-chan. You actually thought of bringing a tent to participate in the birthday party." Kawaki reached out to touch Kagura's head and praised, "You are the only one in the world who can do this. How did you think of this method? You might really be a genius."
"It's just an ordinary "boom", I just remembered it-aru." Kagura smiled a little embarrassedly, "And a girl at my age has more imagination and creativity-aru."
"Kagura-chan, that is not something to be proud of. And it has nothing to do with the imagination and creativity you said." Shinpachi squinted his eyes and spoke with an expressionless face. Then he looked at Kawaki beside him and said, "And Kawaki-san, Kagura-chan's behavior just now is not worthy of praise. As an adult, you should criticize her."
"Criticism?" Kawaki crossed his arms over his chest with one hand while supporting his chin with the other. Then, he raised his head and looked at Kagura with a serious expression. He said, "Kagura-chan! What you did just now was wrong!"
"Yes, yes, you must criticize her like this." Shinpachi nodded.
"It's wrong to only stare at spring rolls!" Kawaki said seriously, "Fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat are also very important! For a girl at your age, vitamin supplements are especially important!"
"Stop!" Shinpachi complained, "Do you only care about vitamins?!"
"Shinpachi is right! Kawaki, you are too narrow-minded!" Gintoki scolded, "For a little girl of her age, the most important thing should be calcium!"
"There is no difference between the two of you! Is all your focus on food?!" Shinpachi retorted angrily.
"No, it's vitamins and protein!" Kawaki retorted.
"No, it's calcium!" Gintoki refused to budge.
"It's vitamins and protein!"
"It's calcium!"
"Vitamins and protein!!"
"Calcium!!"
"Do you want a fight, you bastard!" Kawaki stood up and looked down at Gintoki with an unhappy face.
"Come if you have the ability! Bastard!" Gintoki also stood up and looked at Kawaki with a grin.
Shinpachi couldn't take it anymore and stood up. He expressionlessly walked behind Kawaki and Gintoki, who were pulling each other by the collar as if they were about to fight at any moment.
He slowly stretched out both of his hands and extended them to their shoulders...
"You two better stop before you go too far! Bastard!"
As he roared, Shinpachi pressed the two of them onto their seats.