"Suzuki-kun..."
Suzuki turned and looked at the little girl, who was worried about him, and it made him smile softly. "It's fine, Hinata. Don't worry."
"Do you think you can win?"
The other voice seemed to be in doubt, but there was this strange anxiety in her voice.
"I will try, but I won't give up so easily."
Hearing those words, those around him nodded, as they knew well how strong and hardworking Tanaka Suzuki was.
Yup, Tanaka Suzuki.
This was his name, and yes, he was reincarnated in the world of Naruto as the classmates of Naruto, Sasuke, and all the kids from the clan members.
Still, unlike them, he was an orphan from a Chunin couple, who passed away in the past due to a mission.
Was there anything special about them?
No, nothing.
If they were part of the clans, then he might be able to live well since the clans would take care of him, as he was part of the family, but his parents were civilian ninjas, and they left him with nothing but three basic ninjutsu and also "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
Yup, it was that jutsu where one took a deep breath, then blew a fireball onto the enemy.
Was it strong?
Frankly, not really, as this jutsu wasn't that fast, but it had powerful damage, and as he had nothing else, he continued to learn it, as there was nothing else.
Still, fortunately, his deceased parents left him with a property, which was rare for a ninja, and frankly, most of the members of this village, Konoha.
Given this background, he could "slightly" live well compared to the other orphans in this village, since with his property, he could open a rental or a guesthouse.
He lived in the smallest room and rented out the other rooms. Naturally, unlike the others, who relied on a handshake or verbal agreement, he used a contract, which made his place quite popular among the merchants who traveled to Konoha.
As for the second income, he sold charcoal.
Yes, charcoal.
By paying several orphaned kids to collect wood, or the ninjas who couldn't work, he opened a charcoal shop to supply BBQ restaurants and other places that needed it. That was how he made his money, which was why he knew Ino, as he often went to sell his charcoal to Akamichi.
At the same time, this business also made him able to train his fire jutsu, as creating charcoal requires a fire, a perfect temperature one, which made his charcoal have the highest quality among all.
As for Hinata, while Suzuki knew that it was wrong of him to do so, as the original wish for Naruto to be with her, it just happened that he saw her being bullied by several kids during her childhood, which made him beat all of them directly.
Yes, he might be only an orphan from the Chunin couple, but even so, he would still be better than those kids, whose parents were probably civilians, and due to that, instead of Naruto, Hinata stuck to him.
Frankly, Suzuki felt weird about how he could live till now, as it was so smooth, considering how he could get close to the family of Hyuga, which was practically a royalty among the Konoha, and also got close to the heirs of the three ninjas, but then again, he knew well that his advantages were higher than most people.
After all, no matter how weak, the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, just with this one ninjutsu, made him stronger than the majority of the students.
Also, as he knew the crisis of this world, he had been working hard in terms of control, and also went to the hospital to diversify his future possibilities, since he knew well that being a ninja was a dangerous job, so instead of becoming like other ninjas, who had to make money by taking missions, or doing dangerous work, he wanted to work in the logistic area, the hospital, the education, or many other areas where it was boring, yet safe, and stable.
'Well, instead of the world crisis... The bigger the crisis in the place where I am living...'
The crisis of the world could be taken care of by Naruto and Sasuke; those two would become the heroes, who would take care of everything, and for him, Suzuki, the Mob-B, he knew well that his role definitely wouldn't be the one who punched the last villains to save the world from the crisis.
Suzuki knew that he didn't have that talent; instead, what he needed to think about was how to stay alive from the dangers that came from this village, especially Danzo, and all others.
Yup, Danzo.
The others were fine since they were still polite, but Danzo, this guy, Suzuki knew that as long as Sasuke hadn't killed Danzo, he had to make himself impossible to be kidnapped, and that was also the reason why he did his business and learned the medical ninja at the hospital—why?
Because when he opened his business, the charcoal shop, he would hire many people, whether orphans or ninja who couldn't work anymore, which made him a famous figure among civilians who would help those in need.
As for the hospital, while partly because he wanted to save his own life, it also gave him a good image to everyone.
Yes, whether it was the business or the hospital, Suzuki didn't do it because he just loved the money, but it was also that they were his means of protection, since if he were gone, such as being kidnapped by Danzo, then many would try to seek him, and being in the center of attention was the perfect protection for him from Danzo, this shitty rat, who sniffed all the delicious parts of the world, and tried to rob it, as if this guy owned everything.
Probably, in Danzo's eyes, everyone in the village was nothing but tools, and because of that, Suzuki knew well that reincarnation in this world was really difficult!
Damn, Suzuki was really envious of those kids, who were born with the golden spoon (the heirs of the clans!)
Yet, he knew that there was nothing he could do, and all he could do was just to continue to struggle, as he didn't want to end up as a broken tool that could be discarded at any moment.
Suzuki wanted to live freely without any cages on his body, and that was why, despite how ordinary he was, he would keep struggling and become the strongest in his own way!
As he stepped forward, ready for his first match against Sasuke—
[The Telescope Jutsu has been detected!]
[Do you want to analyze it?]
[Yes/No.]
"....."
"Eh?'