Chapter 57 - 5
Chapter 5: Avengers... Disassembled (for Now)
In which I question Naruto's logic, compare my best friends to comic book characters, and try not to fall asleep in class.
You ever try having a full-blown psychic argument with an ancient ninja spirit while pretending to pay attention in biology class?
10/10, do not recommend.
Mrs. Randall was droning on about photosynthesis, which—ironically—was actually relevant for once, but my brain was way too full of superhero metaphors, impending doom, and Naruto being cryptic again.
"What are you planning to do with Sam and Tucker?" I asked in my head while doodling a stick-figure ghost on the edge of my notes. "I thought I was supposed to be the hero. Why are you trying to recruit my friends too?"
Naruto's voice piped up in that casual, annoyingly calm tone of his.
"Because the world's on the edge of disaster, genius. You're gonna need help—lots of it. Think Justice League. Or the Avengers. Or, you know, any competent team of heroes ever."
Great, I thought. So now I'm Nick Fury? Awesome. Can I at least get the cool coat?
I stole a glance at Tucker across the room. He was pretending to listen but was clearly working on something on his PDA under the desk. Probably a video game mod. Or hacking the school vending machines again. Honestly, fair.
"Tucker's a great hacker," I said, "but I fail to see how that helps against, I don't know, ghostly space kaiju or world-ending evil. Unless we're planning to DDOS the apocalypse."