"A mere tomato dares to shout at humans!"
Kota pointed at Kushina. "From now on, your name is Tomato! Got a problem with that?"
Staring at the arrogant Kota in front of her, Kushina actually calmed down.
The hope of making new friends that she had harbored before bed last night was shattered. She finally realized that not everyone would be as friendly as Minato.
"I said before class started, my name is Kushina. Are you deaf?"
Kushina's gaze gradually became dangerous.
Knowing that Minato's gentleness wasn't exclusive to her, Kushina was indeed a bit disappointed.
But Minato's defense of her was real, which gave her enough confidence to face the provocation of Kota and his two friends.
And when it came to fighting, she had never been afraid of anyone!
Her chakra was much stronger than others of her clan. To support such a huge and high-quality chakra, her physique naturally wouldn't be weak.
Kushina clenched her fists, her red hair flying, like a little tigress ready to pounce. Her dark eyes were locked onto the three.
As long as these three blind fools dared to make a move, she would definitely make them pay!
It's just a pity that brats in the first grade don't understand what danger awareness is.
Seeing that Kushina wasn't afraid but instead looked ready to fight, Kota felt humiliated and reached out to grab Kushina's hair.
Just as Kushina couldn't hold back and wanted to punch that hateful face, a figure suddenly appeared at the corner of the corridor.
"What are you doing?" Ikkaku Umino scolded.
Hearing this voice, Kota was startled, hurriedly retracted his hand, and turned to look in the direction of the voice.
He saw Ikkaku Umino walking quickly towards them, with Minato following unhurriedly behind him.
Before Ikkaku Umino could say anything more, Minato came to Kushina's side and said without hiding anything, "I saw the three of them follow you out with malicious intentions, so I called Mr. Umino. Sure enough, they were looking for trouble with you."
Damn it, this busybody!
Hearing Minato's words, Kota and the other two looked resentful.
"Bullying a new classmate, ganging up on someone, and bullying a girl..."
Ikkaku Umino's face was very ugly. With his excessively upright personality, he despised this kind of thing the most.
"You three go back to class immediately! Copy the school rules ten times as punishment! Miss one word and I'll have your parents come to process your withdrawal!"
"Yes..."
The three responded listlessly. Before leaving, they didn't forget to throw a threatening look at Minato.
Minato responded with a sunny smile and secretly flashed a peace sign at the three.
"Sorry, I didn't educate those three guys properly."
Ikkaku Umino looked at Kushina and Nonō, his tone softening slightly. "Are you hurt?"
"No, sorry to trouble you, Sensei."
Kushina and Nonō thanked him politely.
It wasn't until Ikkaku Umino left that Kushina waved her small fist angrily. "Damn it, those three bastards! If it weren't for Mr. Umino, I would definitely have made them pay! Minato, why did you call the teacher? That's so unmanly!"
Hearing this, Minato smiled purely. "I just think classmates should get along well."
That is a lie!
As a modern person who had experienced more than a decade of school life, Minato knew very well that conflicts within the school were meaningless even if you won the fight. All actions were just "a small conflict between students."
Teachers who were used to this would usually solve the matter by muddling through, and it wasn't rare for them to even side with the bullies.
Even if they scolded the bullies, it was just a painless itch for them.
Regardless of the outcome, it wouldn't solve any problems for the bullied.
In other words, confronting bullies within the school rules would only put oneself in a weak position and couldn't teach the other party a profound lesson at all.
Even if you had the ability to beat the other party to death or cripple them, it was just a lose-lose strategy.
But if you stepped out of the school circle, things would be much simpler...
"Why do you have no temper at all?"
Hearing Minato's words, Kushina looked incredulous.
"Alright, don't be angry. How about I make you something delicious tonight?"
Minato chuckled lightly. "Soft Fried Pork Fillet?"
"Mmh—"
Kushina was clearly tempted, raising a somewhat chubby finger. "I also want to eat Cola Chicken Wings!"
"Okay!"
Minato nodded and turned to Nonō. "Sorry, Nonō, I caused you trouble just now."
"It's okay. I just didn't expect you to know how to cook, Minato. That's amazing!"
Nonō praised. She genuinely felt that boys who could cook were outstanding.
"You flatter me."
Minato nodded gently. Then he felt a force from behind as Kushina pushed him towards the classroom.
"Alright! Let's hurry back to the classroom!"
Seeing Minato act gently towards Nonō as well, Kushina became more convinced of what Nonō said earlier, her small face tensing up unconsciously.
Seeing Minato looking confused, Nonō couldn't help but chuckle.
As expected, only a lively and cheerful girl like Kushina is more suitable to be close to Minato, right?
She suddenly remembered what Danzo had said before.
Perhaps I do have dark qualities in me.
The proof was that when she said those words to Kushina in the restroom just now, it wasn't out of mission necessity, but out of jealousy. It was a completely subconscious act.
After realizing this, Nonō felt a deep disgust for herself.
Especially at the moment when Kushina unhesitatingly protected her behind her back, she suddenly felt so ugly.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening.
Nawaki smelled the aroma filling the house as soon as he returned home.
Realizing that Minato was making delicious food again, he kicked off his shoes and rushed into the living room. "This smell... is Cola Chicken Wings? Didn't we have them last night?"
"It's a long story!"
In the living room, Kushina was reading the manga Nawaki lent her. Hearing this, she told Nawaki what happened during the day.
When she reached the key point, she couldn't help but get angry again. "Tell me, isn't Minato's temper a bit too good? They were so excessive, and he still said classmates should get along well!"
"Get along well... huh?"
Hearing this, Nawaki's expression looked a bit weird.
Everyone said Minato had a good personality. Nawaki didn't deny this. Minato was the most gentle and considerate boy he had ever met, bar none.
But if anyone said Minato had a good temper, Nawaki felt this matter was open for debate.
Thinking about how he was scared into hanging on a tree and dared not come down just for saying Minato looked like a koala.
He didn't know if Minato had a good temper, but he knew all too well how petty Minato could be!
Minato Namikaze never showed his temper on his face.
He even dared to swear on his "brother" down there that this matter wasn't over. Those three kids were definitely going to be in big trouble later!