pjbooks Chapter 2 Ape, You, Regret
Chapter 2 Ape, You, Regret
Ningxia felt that the blonde little girl in front of her was somewhat familiar, but after thinking about it carefully... why did she look so much like Minato?
And the Nine-Tailed Fox... isn't that Naruto Uzumaki's nickname? Wait, Naruto... has become a little girl?
"who is she?"
Ignoring his doubts, Ningxia turned to look at the Rabbit Dark Division, since he wasn't a local and was unfamiliar with many things.
"Fox spirit."
Rabbit's tactical explanation was concise, but Ningxia frowned and corrected him, insisting that he needed to know the cause and effect.
Seeing Ningxia's resolute attitude, the Rabbit Anbu hesitated for a moment before briefly recounting the aftermath of the Nine-Tails' rampage and Naruto's subsequent appearance.
"fart!"
Ningxia pushed aside the people in front of her and squeezed to the front to see the sobbing little guy.
No matter how you look at it, he looks like Minato's child!
"What are you doing?! This fox spirit is trying to steal from my shop! I could kill her and it wouldn't matter!"
The woman, with a fierce face, roughly tried to grab Xiaomingzi, who was only five or six years old and could only sob as she explained:
"I! I didn't! I paid! But... but you took the money... and now you're accusing me of stealing..."
The woman immediately panicked and shouted that the fox spirit was bewitching people again.
Her voice was very loud, almost drowning out Xiaomingzi's voice. Compared to that, Xiaomingzi's weak explanation seemed particularly pale and powerless.
"It's so noisy!!!"
Ningxia knew that when faced with such an unreasonable woman, she should speak louder than her to subdue this domineering woman. After that, Ningxia began to carefully inquire about Mingzi's situation.
Naruko was surprised to see someone willing to stand up for her, and explained with a mix of gratitude and trepidation:
"She put the money in her pocket and then accused me of stealing. It was a total of 1,800 taels... a 1,000 tael note and 800 coins..."
Ningxia turned to look at the woman, who was now furious and shouted, "If you dare touch me, I'll report you for indecent assault to the police!"
"I wouldn't touch a piece of trash like you, Miss Rabbit. Could you do me a favor?"
Ningxia looked at the woman in front of her with disdain, and then ordered the secret agents beside her to take action.
As ninjas, the most important thing is to obey the orders of their employers. The Rabbit Anbu would naturally not disobey orders, but the title "Miss Rabbit" is... a bit strange.
"Wait? What are you doing?! This is indecent assault! Konoha's Anbu is indecently assaulting someone!!!"
The woman let out a bloodcurdling scream, so loud it stunned even the Rabbit Annihilation Team. She coldly rebuked, "I'm a woman!"
The Rabbit's secret service found 1,800 taels in the woman's pocket, exactly as Naruko had described.
Seeing that her theft of money from the child had been exposed, the woman gritted her teeth and stubbornly insisted that the 1,800 taels of silver was hers.
"What's all this noise about?!"
The man with a fan printed on his back twisted his neck and squeezed into the crowd, raising an eyebrow when he saw the Dark Division.
But they weren't too afraid. After figuring things out, they sent both sides to the police force.
Listening to many villagers quietly chirping, they heard something about the inherently evil Uchiha clan.
The man's forehead creased with anger at not directly dealing with the fox spirit, but he refrained from retaliating.
Looking at the villagers' attitude, Ningxia realized that she seemed to have toned down her talk about Naruto's dark childhood in her previous life.
A six-year-old child, at an age when he is just beginning to understand the world, is forced to endure the malice of an entire village. Anyone else would have gone crazy long ago.
From his position, he could have easily stayed out of it, but since Minato was still his friend, Ningxia chose to get involved.
Anyway, he has a natural advantage.
He is a nobleman, a registered nobleman of the Land of Fire, and is related to the daimyo by blood. He also has the favor of having saved countless powerful and noble people.
As long as he doesn't want to be Hokage, he can basically do whatever he wants in Konoha.
If he were targeted, the Daimyo would dare to immediately cut off Konoha's funding, and other countries would also use this as an opportunity to put pressure on Konoha.
Are you really that good at fighting? What good is being good at fighting? To survive in this world, you need power and connections.
Do you really think everyone is like Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha, able to be unreasonable? And doesn't eat beef?
Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, an elderly man with half his body bound by bandages pushed open the door.
They're making a fuss about Ningxia coming to Konoha and immediately contacting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, implying he's up to no good.
"Danzo, couldn't you knock?"
Looking at the wooden door swaying like a candle in the wind, the Third Hokage frowned. Danzo, however, didn't seem to care and repeated the story of Ningxia's contact with Naruto.
While smoking his pipe, the Third Hokage explained earnestly, "He and the Fourth Hokage are friends. When he saw his friend's child being wronged, he naturally stood up for him. There's nothing wrong with that."
"But he's an outsider! Sarutobi, aren't you afraid he'll secretly take away the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"
"If you ask me, we should have Root control his movements first, and then use illusion magic..."
"Danzo!"
The Third Hokage forcibly interrupted Danzo's speech, and then recounted the local customs and background of Ningxia, as well as the legendary medical technique of "white bones growing flesh" in Ningxia.
"Why do you think I invited him to settle in Konoha? It's all for you!"
The Third Hokage's tone was more reproachful. He couldn't handle Danzo anymore. How did Ningxia's visit to Konoha get involved with him again?
"Your eyes and face are ruined. I've heard that the miracle doctor has the ability to regenerate flesh from bones, so naturally I want him to help me heal you!"
After a pause, the Third Hokage added impatiently, "Besides, we're all old now. You should know how painful the injuries from our past battles are."
"Even if Tsunade isn't around, we can still seek help from the divine physician if we encounter any problems. This will greatly benefit Konoha!"
"You have no idea how upset those people in Yunyin were when they found out we had successfully invited the divine doctor. They even wanted to pay more money to snatch him away."
Upon hearing that Sarutobi did this for him, Danzo was momentarily at a loss for words, only turning his face away with a hint of disdain and complaint:
"Hmph! I'm perfectly healthy, I don't need any miracle doctor. Sarutobi... you'll regret this!"
After leaving those words as usual, Danzo, feeling somewhat uneasy, fled as if trying to escape.
The Third Hokage secretly breathed a sigh of relief, having managed to gloss over the matter of inviting Ningxia to settle in Konoha through the official channels in order to treat his impotence.
As for Ningxia's attitude towards Naruto, the Third Hokage wasn't too worried.
Ningxia never participates in disputes between countries, which is obvious to all. It only takes care of rescuing people, civilians, and ninjas.
Therefore, he has an excellent reputation in the ninja world, and being the posthumous child of a friend, if he stays to take care of Naruto, it would be tantamount to tying Ningxia to Konoha.
For Konoha, it is entirely beneficial and without any harm.
"Naruko... I'm sorry, but I'll definitely help you with this."
The third generation took a deep drag on his pipe, and as he exhaled the smoke, his eyes seemed to drift back to the past.
After thinking for a moment, he instructed the secret service to send the bill for the wooden door repair to the root department.