"Bragging."
Naruto was startled, then looked over angrily.
A little boy wearing a bucket hat was standing there.
Before he could say anything, a young woman with long black straight hair also appeared at the door.
She had regular features, a tall figure, and perhaps due to sufficient sunlight by the seaside, her skin presented a healthy wheat color.
At this moment, she said apologetically: "Sorry." Then she looked down at the little boy and said: "Inari, be polite! Say hello to the guests."
Inari didn't do as told but instead said: "But Mom, these people will all die."
"Those who oppose Gato all end up the same."
"Hey!" Naruto stood up abruptly: "I am Naruto Uzumaki, a superhero who will become Hokage! No matter Gato or Gasho, I won't back down."
Inari glanced at the blond boy in front of him: "What hero, like an idiot, heroes don't exist! If you don't want to die, you'd better go back early."
After saying that, he turned and ran away.
Tsunami hurriedly shouted: "Inari, where are you going? It's time to eat!"
Inari didn't look back: "Leave me alone~"
"Sorry, everyone." Tsunami said: "Let's have dinner first."
In the dining room.
Everyone started to enjoy the meal.
The ingredients weren't abundant, but under Tsunami's preparation, the taste was very delicious.
"Miss Tsunami, thank you for the hospitality, it was very delicious." After the meal, Musashi wiped his mouth and thanked her.
"You flatter me." Tsunami chuckled lightly.
Musashi had a handsome face. Without the green jumpsuit, his well-proportioned and shapely figure filled out his clothes.
The appearance of a sunny big boy gave her a good impression.
It was just a pity that he was so young but insisted on opposing Gato.
Having eaten and drunk his fill.
Musashi waited for the food to digest while looking around aimlessly.
Tsunami walked through the dining room from time to time, preparing tableware and adding food for several people. A faint fragrance rose as she walked past.
So, Musashi tragically found that his problem had flared up again.
His eyes uncontrollably glanced at the places with good scenery.
"Damn!" Cursing himself secretly, Musashi got up and left.
"Boss, where are you going?"
"I'm full, going out for a walk."
Actually, there wasn't much to walk around.
The area of the Land of Waves wasn't small, but apart from the seawater, there was basically no scenery.
The lives of commoners in the ninja world were already difficult.
Under the exploitation and control of the shipping company, the survival situation of the citizens of the Land of Waves was even more severe.
Everywhere there were sallow and emaciated people, wanderers who couldn't find work.
Dilapidated shops.
And little beggars curled up in corners, life and death unknown.
As he walked, Musashi's expression became colder and colder.
When he saw a beggar less than five years old timidly extending a small hand to him with a look of expectation, his eyes were as deep as a bottomless pool.
Gato...
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Noon, seaside.
Naruto struggled to climb out of the water again, coughing continuously like a drowned rat.
"Cough cough cough!! Blargh~"
"Blargh~"
"Ka... Kakashi Sensei, I can't do it anymore." While speaking, he walked to the shore and fell on the beach.
Kakashi frowned: "Naruto, you have to work hard."
"This won't do. Ninja training cannot be given up just because of a little setback."
Naruto said feebly: "But Kakashi Sensei, the seawater is too salty."
"How about we change to another place, okay?"
Kakashi scratched his head: "There is no place nearby. This is the Land of Waves; the sea is the most convenient."
"If it's salty, then let it be salty. At worst, dinner tonight will be lighter."
Naruto was teary-eyed: "Kakashi Sensei! That's not the point at all!~"
Kakashi was somewhat helpless.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the preparation time to teach the three of them tree climbing first.
Unexpectedly, except for Sakura who hadn't mastered it yet, both Naruto and Sasuke had mastered it not long ago.
Musashi taught them.
Kakashi expressed he was very annoyed by this behavior of adding difficulty to his teaching for no reason.
So he had to proceed to the next stage of water walking practice.
"Naruto, get up quickly!"
"Look, Sakura is almost there, even Sasuke's progress is faster than you."
"Do you want to be left behind?"
Naruto scrambled up.
Like a golden retriever, he shook the water droplets off his head, then looked at Sasuke who was carefully maintaining balance on the water surface.
The latter seemed expressionless, but the corner of his mouth raised imperceptibly by a degree.
"Sigh!~" He sighed deeply. Naruto asked with the last trace of expectation: "Kakashi Sensei."
"Is there a way to improve without drinking water?"
"If I drink anymore, I won't be able to eat dinner."
Kakashi extended an index finger, wagging it gently: "No!"
"Naruto, there are no shortcuts on the path of a ninja."
"To improve combat power, chakra control level is a skill that must be mastered."
"Tree climbing and water walking are just basics among basics for a powerful ninja."
"Naruto, don't you always talk about the goal of becoming Hokage? If you can't even pass chakra control, wanting to become Hokage is simply a huge joke!"
Naruto gritted his teeth.
"In that case, Kakashi Sensei, I will definitely master it!"
Kakashi nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good, very spirited!"
"Naruto, don't be afraid of difficulties."
"Your combat experience is too little now. When you really participate in battles between ninjas, you will find out. Skills gained through hard training will ultimately save your life."
"You must master the skill of water walking so that when fighting in water, you can have the power to fight the enemy!"
Sasuke on the side suddenly spoke: "Kakashi Sensei."
Kakashi: "What's wrong?"
Sasuke said: "I think things might not be so absolute."
As he spoke, he pointed to the undulating sea surface not far away.
"I think this way isn't impossible either."
Kakashi looked in the direction of Sasuke's finger.
The originally calm sea surface was constantly undulating at this moment, stirring up turbulent currents several feet high.
However, what Sasuke pointed to was not the sea surface.
The eyesight of the two far exceeded ordinary people.
Looking intently at this moment, deep in the dark blue water, a dark shadow shuttled under the sea surface like a sharp arrow.
The speed was faster than the fastest swordfish, even difficult to distinguish the outline, only vaguely distinguishing the size.
With every shuttle of the dark shadow, a surge of undercurrent would swell on the sea surface, and the fish schools under the sea surface would flee crazily.
Thinking that a fierce predator had come under the sea surface again.
Looking at the dark shadow under the sea surface, Kakashi was speechless for a moment.
With his silence, the dark shadow suddenly began to change direction, approaching the water surface quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the dark shadow got closer and closer, then broke through the water surface!
Bang!~
Splash!~
As if a torpedo exploded on the water surface.
Water spray shot all over the sky, reflecting a large rainbow in the sunlight.
Above the rainbow, at a height of more than ten meters from the ground, a figure wearing only tight shorts flew and spun, shouting heartily.
"Awesome!!~"