Naruto: Paws and Whiskers

When Maito Guy caught Takeshi pretending to be stupid, he immediately knelt down and said angrily, "I know you're very smart, let's communicate well, don't be vain."

Takeshi let out a cry, but the meaning behind it was irrelevant. His expression said it all, revealing contempt, disgust, and a hint of arrogance and disdain.

It was hard for Guy to believe that a cat's expression could convey such complexity. Although Takeshi was speechless, he expressed his disdain for Guy in a straightforward manner.

"Why?" Guy asked.

Takeshi responded with a "Meow?"

Although there was no human voice, Guy somehow felt that he understood the implied question: "You didn't count?"

Guy was deeply affected. He felt that he and Takeshi were compatible, but he didn't expect to be viewed as a fool in the other's eyes. The scene felt familiar, and before Guy knew it, Takeshi had slipped away.

As Guy gazed at the cat's back, the figure of Hatake Kakashi, the son of the White Fang, flashed in his mind. He was just as arrogant as ever.

"Even a cat has Kakashi's shadow, and he's indeed my eternal rival..." Guy burst into tears, but quickly cheered up and shouted from the rooftop, "I won't give up!"

Guy was a stubborn person, and Kakashi had been bothered by him most of his life, eventually becoming his best friend.

Takeshi suffered a disaster this time, too. He didn't quite understand what attracted Guy to him. If Guy could communicate better or Takeshi speak on his own, he would definitely ask himself what was good about him and immediately change it.

Unfortunately, Guy was too difficult to communicate with. He couldn't communicate with that guy normally because he is not capable of human speech... There weren't many ninja beasts who could speak human language.

There were also language purchase options in the Shop, including the Gacha list. Such rewards were also on the Gacha list. The Gacha list was much more complicated.

All kinds of animal languages, human languages, and natural languages of flowers, plants, and trees could be obtained, but the probabilities were not the same.

If bought individually, human language cost two thousand, while ordinary dogs, sheep, and the like only cost a few hundred each. Finally, the language of flowers, plants, and trees was the most difficult and expensive, and was even grayed out in the Shop.

According to Takeshi's guess, he was not qualified enough to buy it. Grass and trees were voiceless. Understanding their voices required more than just hard work, and it may even necessarily require senjutsu chakra as a prerequisite.

When Takeshi arrived home, Nohara Aizawa had not returned yet, while Nohara Megumi was preparing some ingredients for dinner. Takeshi lay down in his den and took out the special Ninja Cat food from the inventory.

Eating another portion, he vaguely felt that something had changed in his body after eating the cat food, but after careful studying his body for sometime, he could not find anything, so he had to give up pursuing it temporarily. Maybe if he added it up, he could find out how this kind of cat food was better than the one that cost 100 points.

At present, he was more concerned about another thing - the Gacha. Ten consecutive draws required one thousand points, and Takeshi had already collected over one thousand points from the Ninja Academy.

In addition, Needle Jizo later made more than one hundred points by stabbing Guy, and the points collected had already exceeded one thousand two hundred.

More than enough for continuous drawing. Did he want to try it? He was conflicted.

He didn't trust the color of his fur very much, will his black fur cause him to have bad luck, but the fatal thing about Gacha draws was that sometimes he knew that it may not be lucky, but still didn't believe it and wanted to try out regardless. 'One thousand points... didn't seem like much?' Takeshi hesitated.

"Hey, the little guy is back early," Aizawa said. "Why does he look so strange..."

"What's wrong?" Megumi immediately poked her head out when she heard her husband's voice. Takeshi was startled by the sound, and when he came back to his senses, he found Aizawa right in front of him, and he jumped up in fright.

Seeing this scene, Aizawa couldn't help but laugh a few times and said, "Cats can also be distracted. I was shocked when this little guy was distracted just now."

"Maybe we can consider getting another ninja cat... Oh, that's right. The cost is a bit high." Nohara sighed heavily. Ninja cats were different from ordinary cats.

Ordinary domestic cats could basically be raised casually as long as they were not fed dangerous foods.

However, Ninja cats must be strong and healthy in order to participate in battles in the future. If they wanted their ninja cat to be strong, they must feed it meat. Meat was not that cheap.

"In the future, when Rin goes to the battlefield, this little guy will be a good helper, and Rin will be a lot happier with him. Let's put more effort into it." Aizawa smiled and said nothing more, teasing Takeshi for couple moments.

The black cat then got up and went into the house to sit down and rest. Phew~ Takeshi breathed a sigh of relief. 'I was struggling between drawing gacha or not, but when I came back to my senses, I saw such a big face, I was almost scared to death.'

He lay down again and stared at the panel. 'To draw, or not to draw? That is the question.' After hesitating for a while, he glanced at Aizawa not far away, and then thought of Guy opening the Eight Inner Gates to chase him... Let's give it a try, with enough upgrades, even a bicycle can turn into a motorcycle!

Draw! - ten draws in a row.

A prize wheel appeared, with twenty prizes displayed on it.

Takeshi looked around and felt a little comforted. There were no cheating rewards such as "Thank you for your patronage" or "xx discount coupon" on the wheel. The twenty kinds of prizes were all real objects. As for whether they were useful or not... that was another matter.

Draw! He gritted his teeth and slapped his claws on the "turn" button. In fact, the Gacha did not require this action; the wheel would rotate as long as the thought was moved, but Takeshi felt that this had a sense of ritual and the probability of drawing good things was higher. To put it simply, it was the mystery of Gacha.

"Congratulations on winning ten pieces of 'Takino Town's specialty dried fish'. The reward will be automatically distributed to the item space." Dried fish. Okay, at least it was a good snack. Takeshi glanced up and saw Aizawa sitting not far away reading a book.

He quietly went out and found a bush to hide, and then took out the dried fish. This dried fish was really small, about the size of his hand.

He stuck out his tongue and licked the dried fish into his mouth. Before he could understand the taste, the dried fish had already been chewed and swallowed. But the taste was quite good; it seemed to be more delicious than the one given by Obito.

Draw again.

"Congratulations, you got a special cat food."

"Congratulations, you got an 'iron ball' that can be returned within a certain range." Iron ball? Was this a ninja cat toy or a ninja tool... Forget it, at least it was better than cat food.

The auto retrieving iron ball could be used as a hidden weapon at critical moments. It was the most useful one among the three so far.

"Congratulations, you got a 'Claw Sharpening Plate'."

"...". Then Takeshi used the number of draws several times continuously until there were only "2" left on it.

He didn't draw anything good either. The one he just drew was a cat scratching post. The effect of this thing was really good. It only took a few times to sharpen the claws to the most comfortable state, and it could also vent the anger and dissatisfaction in the heart. It was just too fragile.

But it didn't matter, he also had "Claw Sharpening Plate x2" in his inventory, as well as consumables such as "Takino Town's Specialty Dried Fish x39" and "Special Cat Food x1". Keep drawing. "Ninja cat outerwear!". Draw again...

"Congratulations, you have acquired canine language." Canine language? What use did he have with this thing, can this be used to bully Haimaru? Takeshi fell into deep thought.

There were a lot of things, and even if they were useless, they were somewhat useful, but he still felt that he was at a huge loss. 'Hey, there's no shortcut for Power, so let's forget about Gacha.'