Chapter 26 Beauty~
After the incident where kubikiribōchō took him flying, Kakashi's suspicion and wariness towards Kizaru also lessened considerably.
Kakashi was preoccupied with his thoughts the entire way.
He is Minato-sensei's descendant after all, so he should be cautious… For now, he won't report Naruto's abnormality to Hokage-sama; he'll observe him for a while longer himself!
As long as he observes carefully, he believes nothing can escape his eyes, even with his transplanted Sharingan, his perception is absolutely higher than that of an ordinary person!
As for Kizaru, at this moment, he was struggling to communicate with the Nine-Tailed Demon Foxinside him.
The reason, in fact, was very simple: during his battle with Zabuza, the reason he was able to call upon such abundant Devil Fruit power was that this powerful Nine-Tailed Fox did not cause trouble!
Otherwise, he would have absolutely been unable to call upon so much of the Devil Fruit's power.
Looking back, Kizaru broke out in a cold sweat; if the Nine-Tailed Fox had ambushed him at a critical moment in the battle, he would have truly been in danger!
Therefore, Kizaru's primary goal now was to persuade the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox… At least to achieve a friendly coexistence, and it would be even better if he could persuade the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox to lend him a hand!
However, no matter what Kizaru said, even if he spoke with great eloquence, the powerful Nine-Tailed Fox completely ignored him!
"You stinky fox, at least make a sound!"
"Squeak~"
In the soul space, Kizaru was completely stunned. He widened his eyes, his mouth agape… No way, no way!
This was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox from myths and legends, a divine beast-level existence; how could it be so silly?
However, it's not scary if you're silly, only if you don't speak up~
As long as you speak, then I can trick… Ah, spit!
It means I can persuade you~
"I say, Nine-Tailed, isn't it quite boring for you to stay here alone? Even if you're a divine beast, you can't endure this endless loneliness, can you? Besides, you're just sitting idle, why not have a good chat with me?"
The Nine-Tailed turned its head and glanced at Kizaru, not saying a word. A hint of doubt arose in its mind: Divine beast? What is that? Isn't it a Tailed Beast? When did I become some divine beast?
How come this guy who rushed into this sealed soul space is so strange!
It always felt that this guy, whose soul was clad in a bizarre outfit, harbored an astonishing secret~
And… hehehe… the Nine-Tailed chuckled inwardly!
The original little Naruto's soul in this sealed vessel had already begun to slowly recover by absorbing this guy's soul power.
At that time, it would be interesting to see how this guy handles it!
The Nine-Tailed's mischievous gaze and smile made Kizaru feel a bit uneasy.
What exactly did this divine beast, or rather, this demon, mean? After giving him such an unsettling look, it became silent. What was going on?
Could there be some conspiracy?
However, no matter what else Kizaru said, the Nine-Tailed once again closed its eyes and mouth, no longer bothering with him~
Perhaps it was because the time was too short~ Kizaru thought.
That's fine; after all, there's always tomorrow~
Kizaru exited the soul space.
He looked at the towering Konoha Village gate before him and slowly sighed: "Finally, I'm back again~"
Suddenly, Kizaru felt his body once again become uncontrollable!
Not good!
It was the original owner of the body, that little Naruto!
What is this little guy going to do now?
Naruto's several appearances had brought trouble, making Kizaru quite flustered!
Although it wasn't a matter of life and death, still… each appearance was quite embarrassing~
He was an old man in his fifties; if this kept happening, how would he ever face people again!
Kizaru watched the body, terrified, as it leaped three feet high, shouting in jubilation: "Yay, I'm finally back! Train hard, train hard!"
Then there was no more movement. Kizaru, looking bewildered, regained control of his body, his heart full of doubt and disdain: Is that all?
This guy's brain must have some issues!
To jump out so dramatically and take over control of the body just for this?
A child's thought process is indeed beyond his comprehension~
This guy is still recovering his soul; using soul power to control the body like this should at least be for a more important occasion and timing~
Forget it, this little guy might be simple-minded~
Kizaru didn't bother to think about it anymore.
After reporting to the two Chunin guarding the gate for years, he entered Konoha Village!
However, the kubikiribōchō on his back attracted a lot of attention from the Ninja in the Village.
But Kizaru didn't bother with them; his priority was to go to the Hokage's office building with Kakashiand the others to submit their mission first, and see if there were any new missions.
Generally speaking, they should have a period of vacation!
Unless there are special circumstances, Ninja in the Village rarely perform missions continuously, especially in this peaceful era~
Submitting missions~
Generally, only a Jonin needs to report, but there's no restriction on a Genin accompanying them~
...Looking up at the Hokage's office building and the Hokage Rock faces behind it~
Kizaru was still full of admiration~
Although it was different from Marineford in that world… it was another tightly organized organization, and this organization did not need to obey the orders of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons like Marineford; this organization was almost independent. Even with the presence of the Land of Fire's Daimyo, it was merely a relationship of mutual dependence, not a superior-subordinate relationship!
The Hokage could completely ignore the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and similarly, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire could also ignore the Hokage!
However, since the two were interdependent, they would not truly reach that point!
Kizaru stepped onto the stairs of the Hokage's office building and turned the corner.
He happened to see a person, a beauty, gracefully approaching~
Kizaru's eyes widened; he was mesmerized… In this world… how could there be… such a beauty!
"Beautiful big sister, would you like to go for a drink?"
Kizaru, at this moment, even though he only had Naruto's teenage body, still wore what he considered a charming smile on his face.
However, to others, this smile seemed somewhat lewd and shocking.
And across from him… the so-called "such a beauty" looked at the little runt before her with horror… her heart full of disbelief~
"Is 'beautiful big sister' referring to me? This brat Naruto must have gone mad, right?"
Utatane Koharu narrowed her eyes, then looked at "Naruto" again, sternly saying, "Little runt, call me Grandma!"
Only then did Kizaru remember his current situation~
A twelve-year-old boy calling an old woman "big sister~"
He really had done something shocking!
It's over… he completely lost face~
Kizaru felt his face rapidly growing hot, surely it was as red as a monkey's bottom by now… How embarrassing!