Chapter 20 4 year later

"One thousand nine hundred... ninety-eight! One thousand nine hundred... ninety-nine! Two thousand!"

"One, two... seven hundred and eighty-two... eight hundred and ninety-three..."

"Musashi, stop!" At the Konoha training ground, Might Guy called out to Suzumiya Musashi with a heavy face to stop his training. The latter turned a deaf ear to him and continued his movements despite his heavy body.

"Eight hundred and ninety-nine, nine hundred, nine hundred and one..."

"Musashi! Stop! You can't practice like this anymore."

Suzumiya Musashi finally raised his head and looked at Might Guy with a serious expression, and smiled as usual.

"Brother Kai, don't stop me."

"My youth is the best time to practice, how can I stop?"

"Musashi, the intensity of your training has increased too much recently. This is harmful to your body." Might Guy said.

"Don't worry, Brother Kai, I know my body well. I won't get hurt." Suzumiya Musashi smiled and said, "The training of youth is to break through your own limits!"

"If my body can't bear it, I will stop immediately. Growing youth will not damage the body."

Might Guy was still a little worried. He had only watched for a while, but he already felt that Suzumiya Musashi's training intensity was too exaggerated for someone of his age.

The weight he carried originally was not so terrible.

"You and Kakashi both seem to be acting crazy lately. Especially Kakashi!"

"I went to say hello to him yesterday, and that guy almost killed me! I rarely see him recently."

"Musashi, training is something that cannot be rushed. You have to know that."

Suzumiya Musashi responded: "Of course I know, Brother Kai."

"You should go see Kakashi-senpai. Don't worry about me here. Ohnogi is watching me. If I get hurt and he carries me to the infirmary, I swear, I will shout "Suzumiya Musashi, you idiot" a hundred times at the gate of Konoha!"

Only then did Might Guy hesitate and stop persuading.

After Might Guy left, Suzumiya Musashi continued his training.

The smile in his eyes gradually faded, turning into determination and stubbornness.

"Nine hundred and sixty-eight, nine hundred and sixty-nine..."

[Brother Kai, of course I know that cultivation cannot be rushed.]

【Practice is not something that can be done overnight.】

[It’s not that if I want to save someone, I can gain power; it’s not that if I want to live, I can escape. 】

【Everything must be done step by step. 】

[For this reason, I cannot waste any more time, and cannot slack off even a little. ]

After the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to power.

He thought about meeting Naruto.

But Naruto was protected by the Third Hokage and the top leaders, so he had to give up the idea.

He is too weak.

He had no say in front of the third generation and the top management, so he didn't even need to open his mouth.

He is too weak.

Even if Naruto was handed over to him now, he couldn't guarantee Naruto's safety 100%.

After the funeral, no more trying new social interactions and no more wasting energy.

Put all your time and energy into practice.

Four years later.

"Isn't that the Nine-Tailed Imp?"

"Demon Fox, it's him, right?"

"Hey, little brat! Get away from me! Don't you want to live?"

"Go play with others, don't walk with him, remember?"

"No, go away!"

On the streets of Konoha, the small figure faced the malicious gazes around him.

Uzumaki Naruto walked with a depressed look.

A ball of paper flew from behind the crowd and hit him on the head.

He stopped and looked in the direction where the paper ball came from, with confusion in his eyes.

【Why. 】

[I obviously didn’t do anything. ]

【Why do you hate me so much? 】

He wanted to loudly question the group of people in front of him, but looking at their hateful eyes, his eyes began to turn red, so he lowered his head to stop the tears from flowing and left.

I have shed tears at night, so I cannot shed more during the day.

As we walked, we were getting further and further away from the center of the village and slowly came to the edge of a forest.

"Nine hundred and sixty-seven, nine hundred and sixty-eight, nine hundred and sixty..."

Hearing a familiar voice, Uzumaki Naruto quickened his pace and saw a figure in the shade of the trees.

[Sure enough, it’s still here! ]

Uzumaki Naruto's depressed expression disappeared, and he also found a shady place under a tree. He sat on the ground, supported his face with his hands, and watched with great interest.

Some time ago, he couldn't stand staying in the village anymore, so he went outside to chase hares. He came here and saw the 'weirdo' in front of him.

Wearing a green tights and shiny short hair, she counts while exercising.

As soon as I arrived here, the other party quickly discovered me.

I thought I would be greeted with another look of disgust, or a cold “Get out!”

However, it does not.

The green-clothed 'weirdo' paused for a long time.

In the end, he didn't chase himself away like others did, but continued with his own actions.

Is it the practice of physical skills?

Uzumaki Naruto was happy to find that he had found another person in the village who had no ill will towards him.

He was just having fun, watching the 'weirdo' repeating strange movements, and didn't notice that the other party occasionally glanced at him, which was extremely complicated.

Since then, Uzumaki Naruto came here several more times.

Surprised to find this 'weirdo' around every day.

So he had one more place to go in the village.

Whenever I feel unhappy or wronged, I come here and stay for a while.

Watching the 'weirdo' repeating the same movements like a machine will make you feel much better.

The sad things are put behind me.

And he discovered something interesting.

When the 'weirdo' is practicing, blue arcs of electricity sometimes appear on his body.

Three circles with your arms and three circles with your legs.

Three circles above and three circles below.

Sometimes there are electric arcs on the face and head, and the hairs stand up like needles.

It’s so fun!

Moreover, the electric arc is not motionless, but moves around the body, sometimes more on the upper body and sometimes more on the lower body.

When he was bored, he would count the arc circles.

"One circle, two circles, three circles, four circles, five circles... Wow, there are so many blue circles on my legs today~"

He kept watching until it was almost dark, but he didn't feel bored.

It was not until the 'weirdo' packed up and left on time that he headed towards his own home.

Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

"I am back!"

After cleaning and changing his clothes, Suzumiya Musashi came to Ichiraku Ramen, put on his familiar work clothes and started working.

As the evening guests left, Ayame packed up and walked to Suzumiya Musashi's side.

"Musashi, how are your classes going lately?"

"Of course it's no problem!"

"You look very confident."

"It's just a ninja school, the knowledge is very simple."

"Musashi, if training is too hard, you don't have to come over at night. I heard that it's not easy to graduate from a ninja school. You should seize the time to train now so that you can get better grades when you graduate."

"Don't worry, sister, it won't affect your practice."

"Besides, if I don't come and spend some time with my sister every night, I won't have the energy to practice."

"Stinky boy."

In fact, if he hadn't wanted to keep a low profile, he might have graduated long ago.

For example, Uchiha Itachi, he graduated after only a short period of schooling because his shadow clone was exposed.

Enter the ninja career early.

"Musashi, are you free tomorrow? The warehouse at home needs to be cleaned up. My father doesn't have time, and I'm too slow to do it alone." Acorus asked.

"Ah? Tomorrow, that's not possible." Suzumiya Musashi said, "Tomorrow, Brother Kai and I have an appointment with Kakashi-senpai. It's very important. So, I'll come back tonight and do it. I can ask Oki to join us. It won't take long."

"Well then." Acorus pouted and couldn't help but said, "Whenever I have time, I hang out with those two guys. They even said they like me the most. Sure enough, boys can lie."

Suzumiya Musashi was helpless, looking at Ayame who rarely showed any emotion, and turned around to hug her. "No, if I have to say who I like, of course it's my sister! Musashi likes my sister the most! It's because of training with Brother Kai. After all, I have to train well so that I can protect you, my sister."

Ever since the Nine-Tails Rebellion four years ago, when Suzumiya Musashi caught Haruhi and protected Ayame all the way away, Ayame's attitude towards him began to change.

At first I was too shy to look at him, but it took a few days for me to feel better.

Later on, I became closer to him than before. I almost thought of myself as a "child bride".

The children in the ninja world mature too precociously!

All Suzumiya Musashi can say is, that’s great.

Four years passed, and Ayame had grown into a graceful young lady. When hugging each other, Suzumiya Musashi could only bury his head in a buffer.

Changpu patted his head in annoyance and let him go.

【Little brother, you need to grow up quickly. 】

(It’s sometimes heartbreaking to read the comments summarizing the gains and losses of readers.

For example, the protagonist had just started school not long ago, and Naruto, a baby, must be taken care of by the senior management. But the protagonist didn’t take care of him, so he gave a bad review and left. o(╥﹏╥)o. The plot will unfold as reasonably as possible if you turn two pages down. The author published 8 words at the beginning of the book, and the chapter names after the catalog wrote about the changes in the relationship between Naruto and the protagonist. You can tell it by just taking a quick glance out of curiosity. But they still gave a two-star bad review (Tomato seems to say that a one-star bad review does not affect the evaluation of the work, but a two-star bad review will. They know the rules very well. It hurts.), and then told everyone how poisonous the book is and it’s best to leave. There are some similar reviews.

I would also like to thank the comic design party for their enthusiastic guidance on details, and thank the readers for their tolerance and encouragement. The author will continue to work hard.

I'm so tired, I look at the pretty Uchiha to comfort myself. Sasuke is here)