Chapter 114: I am the Hope of My Village
“Hokage-sama!”
When Kakashi saw the Third Hokage, his pupils shrunk before his expression slowly eased. Pointing to Uehara he said, “This was Uehara Naraku-san from the Amegakure. We met by chance when we were on a mission outside.”
“Huh? Why are you being so unfamiliar?”
Uehara draped his arm on Kakashi’s shoulders. With a bit of dissatisfaction on his face, he said, “I have told you a lot of information for free. Do you treat your old friends like this?”
“…”
Kakashi couldn’t help but raise his brows.
Why was this ninja named Uehara Naraku being so familiar?
Sarutobi and Kakashi had different feelings since they knew that Uehara’s purpose to take the Chunin exam was to promote his village.
Sarutobi’s heart was calm.
As long as there were no major disturbances in this Chunin exam, it didn’t matter.
What made Sarutobi even happier was that Uehara and Kakashi seemed to be friends.
According to Sarutobi’s observations, this Ame ninja named Uehara Naraku seemed to have a good impression of Konoha.
A genius Ame Ninja who had a good impression of Konoha, if he could inherit the position of Amegakure’s leader in the future, it would be good for Konoha.
Thinking of this, the smile on Sarutobi’s old face became wider, “Welcome to Konoha. How do you feel about the scenery of our village?”
“It’s beautiful. It’s scenery I have never seen before.”
Uehara’s words were half true since it was the first time he had seen the scenery in person, even if he had seen it countless times in the animation. Just looking at the scenery completed a couple of side missions.
Sarutobi knowingly asked, “Are you leading the Amegakure’s ninjas this time? I have long heard that Amegakure had a genius ninja…”
“Uh, I’m just a normal ninja.”
Uehara showed an awkward expression promptly, “Moreover, I’ll just be promoted to Chunin after taking part in Konoha’s Chunin exam.”
“The strong are often not distinguishable by position.”
Sarutobi still smiled very kindly, “There are some very powerful Genin in our village, and their strength was comparable to a Jonin…”
This sentence was indeed true.
For example, Maruboshi Kosuke and the dead Might Duy had the rank of genin. Aside from them, there were Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. Their future achievements were simply too scary.
A smile appeared on Uehara’s face, and instead of answering, he whispered, “Yes, I just didn’t expect the Third Hokage-sama was as approachable as the rumors said.”
“Hahahaha…”
Sarutobi became more and more satisfied with Uehara, winked at Kakashi seriously, and whispered, “Kakashi, since your friend was here, then take him around in the village. I will be going first!”
“Yes, Hokage-sama.”
Kakashi nodded and watched the back of Sarutobi going away.
After the old man left, Kakashi did not mention again the proposal Uehara had previously discussed and quietly changed the topic.
“You have changed so much. When you were in the Land of Water a few years ago, you suspected that I coveted the treasures of your Ninja Village.”
“At that time, I was young and frivolous!”
Uehara sighed and said with a bit of nostalgia, “I have experienced too many things. Right now, the friendship between Konoha and Ame is beneficial to both our countries. .”
Kakashi nodded. He was actually a little sympathetic to Uehara, “Hard-won peace. Everyone needs to cherish it…”
After all, when he was in the Land of Water, Uehara was too arrogant. He unscrupulously commanded a group of missing-nin from the Kirigakure to besiege Orochimaru and even forced him to retreat…
He didn’t expect that a few years later, he would mature due to the problem he experienced in his village.
But to Konoha, this was also a good thing.
You can only become stronger if you have a fearless heart and do not fear difficulty.
From Kakashi’s point of view, Uehara was actually squandering his talent, and soon his strength would reach a limit. He would be among the many ordinary ninjas.
“Boss, the money is on the table.”
After Uehara yelled, he took out an explosive tag and pressed it on the table. He pulled at Kakashi and turned to leave, “I heard that Konoha has a lot of delicious food, take me to see! “
Such as Dango and Yakinuki…
These were just everyday foods, but to him, they had a very meaningful existence.
When Kakashi was about to leave obediently, he saw the explosive tag left by Uehara, and his eyelids jumped in fright, “What are you doing? Leaving an explosive tag here? Do you want to destroy this shop?”
“Ah, I forgot about that.”
Uehara took out some more explosive tags and looked at Kakashi with an innocent face, “I don’t have any money, and when I go out, I spend my teammates’ money. Normally, I only use explosive tags. Kakashi, did you bring money?”
This was because Konan was very strict with his education.
Uehara was absolutely not allowed to touch any item related to the Ninja Three Prohibitions. Even if Uehara was the accountant of Amegakure, he didn’t get any pocket money.
“hiss…”
Kakashi glanced at Uehara with a complicated expression. After dropping a banknote, he sighed and said, “I seriously suspected that you were not here to eat…”
“If I remember correctly, you took the initiative to pay, right?”
Uehara said with a winking eyebrow, “Then take me to a bookstore, and by the way, help me pay for a set of books!”
“What book?”
“A set of sacred books spread among the ninjas.”
Uehara sneaked up to Kakashi, suppressing his smile, and said next to Kakashi, “Have you heard of this set of books?”
“…”
Kakashi’s eyes became weirder and weirder, and he wanted to show off the signature collector’s edition he had then buy Uehara the regular edition.
Just looking at Uehara’s still astringent face, Kakashi frowned and said, “Are you 18 years old this year?”
“Sixteen.”
“Minors were not allowed to read these books.”
Kakashi modestly restrained Uehara’s thoughts and gave himself an example, “On my eighteenth birthday, I received it as a gift from Jiraiya-sama.”
The limited signature collector’s edition of “Icha Icha Paradise” in Kakashi’s hand was a birthday gift from Jiraiya.
Uehara sighed, “Is there really no way to discuss it? This book is too tough to buy. If I can’t buy it from Konoha, I don’t know when I will get it…”
“No way.”
Kakashi tugged at his face mask and whispered, “Maybe, when you were eighteen, I will help you apply for a signed version of Jiraiya-sama.”
“Tsk…”
Uehara sighed.
If nothing unexpected happened, he might have a chance to meet Jiraiya during this Chunin exam.
“Fine.”
Uehara patted Kakashi on the shoulder and touched his chin, “Konoha’s scenery is basically the same everywhere. Let’s meet the guys from your team and let them know their opponent in advance? “
Hearing Uehara’s words, Kakashi looked a little unpleasant. He shook his head and rejected Uehara’s proposal, “Let’s wait for the exam to start. I don’t want them to see you in advance and lose their confidence.”
Uehara was too strong.
What if Sasuke, the strongest in Team 7, saw Uehara, wanted to challenge him, and was beaten instead.
Team 7 would definitely lose confidence in taking the Chunin exam.
“Actually, I also don’t have that much confidence.”
Uehara stretched out his hand to hold the back of his head and sighed faintly, “This time, the Chunin exam should be the largest in the last couple of years, right? The hope of the village rests on me, and I hope to be a Chunin with good grades in the exam…”
“Don’t underestimate yourself too much!”
Kakashi couldn’t help saying, “Although there may be many interesting newcomers in this Chunin exam, no matter how strong they were, they may not be able to defeat a monster like you!
Four years ago, after Hanare and I left, you’ve improved. My odds of defeating you are pitifully low now. “
“Impossible”
Uehara shook his head quickly and analyzed it seriously, “If you want to beat me, it should be at least 50%, right? “
“You really are very humbled.”
The corner of Kakashi’s eyes trembled.
One had to say that the Uehara liveliness easily caused a sense of intimacy, and Kakashi slowly reduced his vigilance towards Uehara.
Facing a somewhat harmless opponent like Uehara, Kakashi’s undecided mind made a hard decision. He would let the three little guys in his class see the horror of the Chunin exam.
The two of them talked for a day before they separated, Uehara looked at Kakashi’s leaving figure, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
“Kakashi was too vigilant. Even though I wanted to get in touch with Uzumaki Naruto, I still have to wait until the Chunin exam…”