Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

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Chapter 41 Encounter

"Hey, kid! You bumped into someone, and you didn't even give an apology?"

"It's obviously you!"

The noise of the commotion on the other side was getting louder and louder, but Mirukawa Kaito did not immediately go over to join in the fun. Instead, he turned to look at old man Shimotsuki Ichiro.

Who would have thought that the old man, at such an old age, would still be so eager to join in the fun. He didn't even notice Kaito's inquiring gaze and was already preparing to walk to the other side of the deck to take a closer look.

Seeing this, Kaito had no choice but to hurry up and catch up. Although his 'Anticipation' didn't show any movement, he was still on an escort mission after all, so it was better not to make any mistakes.

However, when Kaito approached and saw the two people arguing, he was shocked.

There is nothing much to say about the ordinary-looking young man. Judging from his attire, he should be just an ordinary Genin from the Kirigakure Village. The two people in the same attire who are staring at him from behind should be his teammates.

The focus was on the ten-year-old boy on the weaker side. Kaito's eyes were involuntarily fixed on him.

He had messy black short hair, wore a dark blue ninja suit, and had two bulging ninja tool bags on his waist, which made him look ordinary. But the Konoha forehead protector on his head, the Uchiha clan emblem on his back, and the somewhat ridiculous windproof goggles on his face all revealed his identity.

Uchiha Obito!

"Why is he here?" Kaito was shocked, but before he could think about it, several members of the Kirigakure were ready to attack Uchiha Obito.

Seeing that the brat was still arrogant, the leading Genin swung his fist and hit Uchiha Obito in the face.

"Shua~"

Just when the Kirigakure Genin's fist was only a few centimeters away from hitting Uchiha Obito's eyepiece.

A silver-haired figure suddenly appeared between the two of them and firmly grasped his fist that was about to fall.

The Genin pulled his hand out several times but failed.

"Kakashi! You don't have to do anything. I was just about to take care of him!"

Uchiha Obito, who was clearly stunned by the other party's direct attack, shamelessly refused when he saw Kakashi helping him.

When the two teammates of the Genin saw that their companion was restrained by a little devil, they immediately stepped forward to help and were even ready to take out their weapons to fight back.

But at the same time, a handsome young man with blond hair suddenly appeared beside the two men with a smile on his face and shook their hands which had just taken out their weapons.

"It's just a small misunderstanding. It shouldn't be to the extent that we need to use weapons, right?"

At this moment, the three Genin from the Kirigakure Village had their backs soaked with cold sweat. Just seeing that the other party was able to control the three of them so easily, it would be easy for them to take their lives.

But due to the concern of face, he couldn't open his mouth to soften his words, so he could only say weird things like "This is in the territory of the Land of Water" and "Don't underestimate the Blood Mist Ninja."

Seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing the conflict, the blond young man naturally let go of his hands.

"Okay, Kakashi. Let him go. It's just a little misunderstanding."

"Yes, Minato-sensei."

The three people who were released by the other party felt that they had lost face. They didn't say another word, but quickly left the deck and returned to the cabin.

Kaito estimated that the few people would not leave the cabin for the next few days.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the people around also dispersed one by one.

Kaito looked at the brown-haired girl who came over and was scolding Uchiha Obito, and her heart was not as calm as it seemed.

Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, Nohara Rin. How could the famous Team Minato be on the flight from the Land of Water to the Takumi Village at this time?

At this moment, Kaito's brain was working rapidly.

At present, Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin should have just graduated from the Ninja Academy. Kakashi is still only a Chunin, and Team Minato was established not long ago.

Although Konohagakure Village has already gone to war with Sunagakure Village, it was only a small-scale conflict in the early stages of the war. Iwagakure Village is just taking the opportunity to denounce Konohagakure Village, and it is hard to say whether troops will be sent to the Land of Earth.

Namikaze Minato's real reputation as the "Yellow Flash" was basically earned during the Third Great Ninja War. Although his strength may be very strong at this time, his position in Konoha should be just a young and capable senior ninja, not an indispensable force on the battlefield.

That's why he was able to take his three students out to perform some ordinary tasks to train new people.

Kaito breathed a sigh of relief after sorting out his thoughts.

There's no way. None of these people are easy to deal with. Even if they are familiar characters from the original novel, it's still a little scary when they suddenly appear in front of you.

Just now, Kaito even thought about whether he should take advantage of the fact that Uchiha Obito is still the last one in the group to kill him.

After all, when he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in the future, he caused great trouble to the entire Kirigakure Village.

Using illusions to control the Fourth Mizukage, intensifying the blood mist policy, and slaughtering the bloodline clans, it can be said that the Kirigakure Village has been brought to the point where it has become the shame of the five great ninja villages.

Fortunately, Kaito still has some rationality, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future. If he dared to attack Uchiha Obito now, he guessed even Ao-sensei may not be able to protect him.

"Hey, kid, let's go."

Seeing that there was no more excitement, Kaito was still staring blankly, and Shimotsuki Ichiro had to pat him with his hand to remind him.

"Oh, okay, Shimotsuki-san."

Kaito withdrew his gaze in time, but when he was about to leave, he found that Namikaze Minato seemed to be glancing at him vaguely.

Kaito almost couldn't hold back his expression.

Fortunately, nothing happened in the end, and Minato's team left the deck in a noisy manner.

"Little boy, you seem to be worried."

"Uh, nothing much, it's just that those guys were very strong."

Of course Kaito couldn't tell the truth, so he had to make up an excuse.

"Haha, the blond one is okay, but the black-haired one is so irritable and won't amount to anything in the future. As an old man, I have a pretty good eye for people."

"Haha, yeah."

Kaito smiled awkwardly, but did not refute anything.

"As for you, kid. I feel that you will definitely have a bright future. Would you like to consider letting me make you a ninja sword? I guarantee that your strength will improve by leaps and bounds!"

"Free?"

Upon hearing Kaito's answer, Shimotsuki Ichiro's eyes immediately widened with a look of disbelief.

"How is that possible! Do you know how valuable a famous sword is?"

"Shimotsuki-san, have you ever made any famous swords?"

Seeing that Kaito actually questioned his forging skills, old man Shimotsuki became even more angry and immediately opened his mouth to refute.

"What do you know? A famous sword can only be famous in the hands of an expert. It's not that the sword I made is not good, but those guys are too weak and let my sword down!"

Kaito looked at the old man who was a little too excited and thought.

"Just now you said that you have always been very good at judging people."

However, considering that the other party is his client after all, it would be bad if he was not harmed by the enemy but instead suffered internal injuries from his own anger.

He shut up decisively to signal that he admitted defeat.

Seeing that the kid was so tactless in rejecting him again, Shimotsuki Ichiro no longer tried to promote his forging business.