"Captain, a large number of Konoha ninja are heading towards us! Should we run?" Shangguan Mo asked Watanabe Mousse quickly. He was already prepared to call the Windhawk, which was following behind them, to make a run for it. As for their client, that fat man, he had no intention of caring about him. In his perception, when ninja from two different forces met in the wild, it would only ever end in a fight.
But Watanabe's calm voice soon sounded in his ear. "No need."
Fearing he wouldn't understand, he patiently explained, "Our Yugakure is a neutral village. We have never participated in the disputes between the nations of the ninja world. We have a peaceful relationship with Konoha... and it's not bad."
Seeing Watanabe blush a little as he spoke, Shangguan Mo's lip twitched, but the tension in his heart slowly relaxed.
Soon, the Konoha ninja arrived in front of the caravan and then split up to surround them. But the focus of their encirclement was still on the four of them with their Yugakure forehead protectors.
"Lord Ninja of Konoha! I'm just a small merchant from the Land of Hot Water, not some spy! Last year, I even went to your village to deliver our country's specialty tea," the fat man Kawabe said with a fawning expression, repeatedly bowing to the Konoha ninja. He was so nervous he kept swallowing, but thinking of the goods behind him, which were almost half his fortune, he had to pluck up the courage to speak.
Seeing his servile appearance, Shangguan Mo's eyes narrowed involuntarily. At this moment, a rather imposing middle-aged ninja stepped out from among the Konoha ninja. He had slightly dark skin and extremely sharp eyes. Although he seemed to be casually looking at the goods in the caravan, Shangguan Mo could feel that his attention was entirely focused on his group. If he made any out-of-line move, he would definitely be met with the most ferocious attack in the first instance.
The middle-aged ninja looked at the hundred-meter-long caravan, a barely perceptible smile appearing on his lips. He glanced contemptuously at Kawabe and waved his hand, saying faintly, "Search!"
"Yes, sir!" The Konoha ninja behind him all swarmed towards the carriages, many of them with greedy looks in their eyes.
Smack!Bang! For a moment, the entire caravan was filled with the sound of chests being opened and the continuous crisp sound of things breaking. Kawabe was so scared his face turned pale. "Sir! Sir! These are all valuable teas, you can't..."
"Hmm? What did you say? Can't what?" The dark-skinned middle-aged ninja glanced at him faintly. The extremely cold look in his eyes immediately made Kawabe swallow his words back down. His legs even began to tremble slightly. He knew he had run into a tough one this time.
"Sir! Sir! A small token of my appreciation, it's not much!" Kawabe gritted his teeth and took out a thick stack of bills from his robes. He stepped closer and discreetly stuffed them into the middle-aged ninja's hand.
Just by glancing down at it, a look of satisfaction appeared on the middle-aged ninja's cold face. He looked at Kawabe with approval, a corner of his mouth lifting in a half-sneer, half-smirk. "You know how to behave." Then he casually twisted his neck. "Let them go!"
The Konoha ninja then reluctantly came back, many of them with bulging pockets.
At this moment, a young ninja behind him who had been watching coldly the whole time finally couldn't stand it anymore. "Commander! The village stationed us at the border to guard against ninja spies from other countries. Now is a critical time. It's right for you to order a search of their goods! But it's one thing for your men to be rough, but they even stole his goods, and you even accepted a bribe from a foreign merchant! As the commander stationed at the border of the Land of Fire, defending against the Cloud, don't you think your actions have completely violated the ninja code, and even betrayed the trust of the village and Lord Hokage!"
The young ninja became more and more agitated as he spoke, until he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and began to angrily rebuke the middle-aged ninja.
The surrounding Konoha ninja looked at each other. Some lowered their heads in shame, some looked completely unconcerned, and some even looked at the young ninja with disdain. Greenhorn!
A sharp glint flashed in the middle-aged ninja's eyes. He took a deep breath and turned to look at him. "Minato Namikaze! Don't think that just because you're a rising star in the village, I won't dare to do anything to you! I am the commander stationed at the border. We are currently on a patrol mission. Even if I kill you on the spot right now, your teacher, Lord Jiraiya, can't do anything to me! Do you understand what I mean?" he then sneered. "Why do you think everyone wants this commander position? Who would do something for no benefit? You're just a naive little brat who doesn't know anything, and now you dare to criticize me. Do you need to teach me, Sarutobi Tsubasa, how to do things?"
Minato Namikaze stood there in a daze, not speaking for a long time. He wasn't scared by the commander, Sarutobi Tsubasa. In terms of strength, he was confident he was not inferior to him. In terms of status, he had nothing to fear. He was the youngest genius Jonin in the village and was even the disciple of one of the Sannin, Jiraiya. Even if Sarutobi Tsubasa was an elder of the Sarutobi clan, he, Minato, was not afraid. But looking at the surrounding Konoha ninja, who were looking at him as if he were an alien, almost made him break down on the spot.
He muttered to himself, "Where the leaves dance, one shall find flames! So, the burning leaves of the village, the ninja who died one after another in the great war, was it all just to satisfy your greed? Have you all forgotten the Will of Fire of Konoha?"
The other Konoha ninja had already joyfully left with their loot. Only Minato was left standing alone, a deep confusion on his face. At this moment, he just wanted someone who could understand him to appear and tell him that his actions in stopping Sarutobi Tsubasa... were not wrong.
"It's actually Minato Namikaze!" On the other side, Shangguan Mo's expression was a little surprised. But seeing his extremely conspicuous golden hair and his handsome face that could almost rival his own, he was sure of his identity.
"You've heard of him too?" Watanabe Toneri asked, looking at him curiously.
"Mhm!" he nodded.
"This guy is extremely strong! He's a genius of Konoha's new generation, much more terrifying than us self-proclaimed geniuses!" Toneri suddenly said, his expression darkening.
Shangguan Mo didn't comfort him, because he was right. Compared to him and Tanokaze, who were still Chunin in their twenties, the teenage Jonin Minato was a true genius. "He looks about the same age as me, but he's already a Jonin..." he thought, a little shocked, but he couldn't help but move closer to the golden-haired figure.
The stories of protagonists were all the same, but an interesting soul was one in a million. And seeing a person from the original story who had only ever appeared in the background, he couldn't help himself. After all, this was Minato Namikaze!
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