Chapter 72: Street Conflict
Early the next morning, Uchiha Nagisa stormed into Kyosuke's room.
Thump!
With a heavy slam, she successfully "startled" Kyosuke awake from his deep sleep.
Then, seeing Kyosuke's "panicked" look, the little girl couldn't help but giggle.
However, she soon composed herself, put on a stern face, and said in a stiff tone, "You smashed my pond and killed a lot of my favorite little fish. Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"
Kyosuke looked at her struggling to maintain a serious expression and said with a "wronged" look, "Then you tell me, how should I compensate you?"
In fact, he had been awake since the little girl had entered the courtyard. But he had keenly sensed something was off from the sound of her footsteps, which was why he had acted as he did.
The purpose was to find a way to quell the little girl's anger. After all, he had indeed almost completely destroyed her beloved courtyard last night. It was only right to let her have her way today.
"Hmph, then I command you to go shopping with me today," Nagisa said, looking down her nose at Kyosuke.
"Alright, alright, as you wish, my lady," Kyosuke said with a forced, wry smile.
In a corner of Konoha's commercial street, a conflict was unfolding.
On one side of the conflict was one of the Sand's Genin participants in the Chunin Exams, the user of the "Seven Heavens Breathing Method," Kuro.
And on the other side were Konoha ninja, Kyosuke's old acquaintance, Hyuga Saori, and another ninja from the Hyuga clan.
At this moment, Kuro was shamelessly pointing his finger at Hyuga Saori and saying something, his expression incredibly arrogant.
Saori, on the other hand, was suppressing her anger, allowing Kuro to point and curse at her.
This scene was, coincidentally, witnessed by the strolling Kyosuke and Nagisa.
Without a second thought, he led a curious Nagisa toward the scene of the conflict.
Before he even got close, Kuro's arrogant voice reached his ears.
"I'm telling you, if she doesn't apologize to me today, then don't blame me for reporting this to the Daimyō and holding you Konoha accountable."
At this point, Hyuga Saori could no longer suppress her anger. She raised her hand, ready to teach this arrogant fool a lesson.
However, the Hyuga clansman beside her stepped forward and stopped her.
"Don't you understand his true purpose?" the Hyuga clansman said coolly, completely ignoring Kuro's presence. "He wants to start a conflict and then accuse Konoha of 'bullying the weak'."
Here, his gaze grew even colder. "Once this matter is brought before the Daimyō of both countries, can you bear the responsibility for that crime? Apologize now!"
Strangely, Saori, who was usually somewhat lawless, stood there silently, allowing him to berate her.
It was as if she was afraid of something.
Seeing this, Kyosuke finally couldn't help but intervene.
"An outsider is insulting a member of your Hyuga clan. As a fellow clansman, not only do you not help, but you even start to criticize your own people. Heh, is this the Hyuga clan's way? I've truly learned something today," Kyosuke said with a sneer, looking at the Hyuga member.
"When did the affairs of my Hyuga clan become the business of your Uchiha clan? Are you even worthy?!" The Hyuga member was stunned for a moment when he saw that it was Kyosuke who had spoken. He then immediately mocked him without hesitation.
With that, he ignored Kyosuke, turned back to Hyuga Saori, and snorted coldly again. "Apologize to me now."
"Hahaha, is this Konoha's Will of Fire? How ridiculous," the lone Kuro said, shamelessly taunting the group.
Just then, Uchiha Nagisa, who was standing to the side, couldn't take it anymore.
"Pah! What are you, that you're worthy of looking down on Konoha?" With that, she looked Kuro up and down, then said with disdain, "Go take a look at yourself in a puddle of your own piss, you Sand ninja."
"Oh, and where did this little brat come from? How dare you..." Kuro glared at Nagisa, and just as he was about to start ranting again, a shocking killing intent instantly enveloped him, forcing his words back down his throat.
Kuro quickly turned his head and saw that the source of this killing intent was a grim-faced Uchiha Kyosuke.
"If you dare to say another word to me, I'll kill you today. And I mean it," Kyosuke said, his crimson Sharingan fixed on him.
At the same time, several figures instantly appeared around Kyosuke, completely surrounding Kuro.
These were the clan's secret operatives, responsible for protecting the two of them.
"Heh, I don't believe you'd dare to touch me today," Kuro said, after a brief moment of panic, his arrogant demeanor returning. He even pointed a finger at Kyosuke.
"You don't believe me?" Kyosuke looked at him with cold eyes, then ordered one of the secret operatives, "Kill him."
These secret operatives didn't care about any political factors. Utterly loyal to the Uchiha clan, upon hearing Kyosuke's command, they all drew their kunai, preparing to kill the talkative brat before them.
This time, the arrogant look on Kuro's face was finally gone.
He had realized that these lunatics in front of him actually dared to risk starting a war to kill him.
Because of this, he panicked and was about to say something.
Unfortunately, the secret operative's kunai had already reached his throat before he could speak. In less than half a second, his blood would have splattered on the spot.
Just as Kuro was about to die, an unexpected hand appeared and pulled him back from the brink of death in the nick of time.
Everyone, including Kyosuke, had not seen when this person had arrived on the scene.
This showed that the newcomer's strength was far superior to everyone else's.
This person was the coincidentally arrived Namikaze Minato.
However, even though they sensed the enemy's strength, as secret operatives, until they received the order to stop, they had to complete their mission, even if it meant death.
Seeing this, Minato couldn't help but shout at Kyosuke, "Calm down."
At the same time, Kyosuke also gave a slight wave of his hand, indicating that they could stop.
Instantly, the secret operatives vanished as quickly as they had appeared.
"Brother Minato, for your sake, I'll spare his life today," Kyosuke said coldly, then turned and left with Uchiha Nagisa.
He knew that now that Minato had appeared, there would be no fight today. Since that was the case, why should he stay and argue with Kuro?
But as he was leaving, Kyosuke had already made up his mind.
No matter what it took, he had to be in the same group as Kuro in the third exam.
He was going to kill him with his own hands, in front of everyone.
After Kyosuke and the others had left, Kuro also quietly slipped away at some point.
Only Minato, Saori, and the other Hyuga clan member were left at the scene.
"Since the matter has been resolved, I will take my leave now," Minato said, nodding to the two of them, then vanished with a Body Flicker.
"Hmph." After Minato had left, the Hyuga man couldn't help but snort coldly again. He looked at Saori, who was standing there with her head bowed in silence, and felt a surge of anger.
"You almost caused such a huge mess today. Tell me, what should your punishment be?"
However, no matter how he scolded her, Hyuga Saori remained silent, allowing him to berate her.
After a while, the Hyuga man was probably tired of scolding her. He gave her one last glare and then turned to leave.
But what he didn't notice was that Hyuga Saori's downcast eyes were already filled with a bone-chilling killing intent.
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