Konoha: Doing good deeds can make you stronger

Chapter 153 The Scared Boy
In order not to affect the exercise of Matt Kay and Xiao Li, Marutani Kou consciously left the open space. On the way back, he continued to think about whether he was too eager for quick success. Could it be that slow progress is the original intention of the system?
But this kind of thinking didn't last long before being interrupted by others.

Since I woke up very early, even though it has been three hours of finger-guessing, it is still very early. In order to leave as soon as possible, Marutani Koko chose a relatively remote road, so there are not many pedestrians on the road.

"Are you Marutani Kou?"

Marutani Kou, who was walking home peacefully, suddenly heard his name from behind, and stopped immediately.

Is this all recognized?

Marutani Koko is aware of his reputation in the village, and it is not uncommon for his admirers to watch him and get traffic jams, so in order not to attract the attention of others, he deliberately concealed it a little this time, and put it on his daily clothes He put on a pure black cloak, but what he didn't expect was that even with his careful preparation, he was still recognized by others.

Marutani Kou turned his head and found a young man standing behind him, looking at him with complicated eyes.

How should I put it, there was a trace of longing and admiration in the boy's eyes, and the strangest thing was that, maybe Marutani Kou had misread it, but he actually saw a trace of hatred and contempt in the boy's eyes.

But, you don't know each other.

Marutani Kou scanned the other person's appearance again, and confirmed that it was someone he didn't know.

Judging from the appearance, the young man in front of him seems to be about the same age as himself. His appearance is very ordinary, so ordinary that he can't find it when thrown into the crowd. His hairstyle is the classic pineapple hair of the Nara clan, but this is not It is not surprising that many people in the village still have such hairstyles.

However, there was still a very conspicuous feature on the boy's face, and it was precisely from this feature that Marutani Kou determined that the other party was not someone he knew.

There was a deep dark scar on the young man's nose, passing through the left and right cheeks and the bridge of the nose, very conspicuous on the slightly immature face.

"Hello, I didn't expect you to recognize me even after I've covered it up like this."

Although he didn't know each other, Marutani Kou still maintained a polite attitude.

Even I can recognize this kind of person, it must be my fan, there is no way, it is too attractive.

"Wearing a pure black cloak in the early morning, everyone would find it strange."

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Yes, is it?

Marutani Hang was silent, he lowered his head and looked at himself, it seemed a bit strange indeed.

"Ahem, cough," Marutani Kou coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, "So you're not my fan?"

"It's okay if you're a fan, but I want to ask you a question now," the boy simply admitted that he was a fan of Marutani Koko, but before Marutani Koko responded, he continued talking without saying anything to Marutani Koko Chance, "Why are you being so nice to that person?"

"what?"

Inexplicably, the endless words made Marutani Kou's eyes widen in astonishment.

"Sorry, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

"Why are you being so nice to that man?"

The boy took a deep breath and repeated the previous question.

This time Marutani Kou understood, but his head was even more confused.

Why are you so nice to that person?
Who?
Who am I so nice to?
"Well, if you don't make it clear, I really don't understand what you're trying to say."

From the tone of the boy's words just now, Marutani Kou could hear that the other party's attitude towards him was a little cold, so he suspected that the other party must have a little misunderstanding with him, you know, the person who is the easiest to get along with in the village now is himself Well, how could you make enemies with others?
Marutani Hang's opening this time made the boy hesitate.

He raised his head and stared closely at Marutani Koko's eyes, but found that Marutani Koko's eyes were very calm, without a hint of guilt at all.

"It's the boy named Uzumaki Naruto."

"Naruto?"

The moment he heard Naruto's name, Marutani Kou's eyes widened at first, but he understood instantly in the next second.

What I said before was not wrong, and I did not have any enemies with others.

But Naruto does.

Although thanks to Naruto's own efforts, the boy did gradually integrate into the village, but after all, not all villagers can accept that the Kyuubi who once destroyed the village is sealed in his body, and he still vents his anger on Naruto. It is impossible for Marutani Koko to hold the hand of every villager and force them to accept Naruto. This is unrealistic and unreasonable.

"you."

But this is just my own guess. As soon as Marutani Koko was about to confirm his identity with the other party, the boy suddenly took the initiative to speak and introduced his situation.

"My name is Iruka, and the Nine-Tails killed my parents a few years ago."

When talking about his parents, the teenager gritted his teeth, and it could be seen that he still couldn't calm down at this moment.

Knew it.

The boy's situation is the same as what Marutani Kou guessed, he was the victim of the Nine Tails Rebellion a few years ago.

Nine tails, nine tails, look at how many good things you have done!
"You are Marutani Hang, I know you are the guardian of that boy now, I found you this time just to ask you a question."

Iruka took a deep breath and calmed down his emotions, but he still hesitated when he spoke. It is estimated that he is also very contradictory now.

"Before you ask me a question, can I ask you a question?"

"can."

"Do you hate Naruto?"

After understanding what happened, Marutani Koko decided to speak first, and his tone was much more relaxed this time.

The Nine Tails Rebellion, although several years have passed, still has an indelible impact on the village, destroying hundreds of families. Although this is not Naruto's fault, there will still be villagers who blame Naruto On the human body, this young man named Iruka can find himself instead of Naruto. In Marutani Kou's view, this is already a very calm performance.

You know, Anbu who was hiding beside Naruto secretly stopped many villagers who wanted to attack Naruto more than once.

Marutani Koko knew all along, but just pretended not to know.

"I don't know." To Marutani Kou's surprise, facing his own problems, Iruka didn't directly admit his hatred for Naruto, he just shook his head, "I know Kyuubi and that child are not the same Man, it's not his fault, even that boy was a victim of that disaster, but I still don't know how to deal with him."

"Whenever I think about the monster that killed my parents hiding inside him, I do, I do."

Marutani Hang quietly stayed aside and listened to Iruka's statement. The boy was emotionally agitated as he spoke, and tears began to silently fall from the corners of his eyes.

"Hey."

Marutani Kou reached out and patted Iruka on the shoulder.

"You are really a very gentle person."

"Gentleness? Maybe,"

Iruka smiled and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, he didn't expect that he would cry directly in front of Marutani Kou.

"You haven't answered me yet? Why did you treat that boy so well, help him integrate into the village, and help him find playmates from so many famous families."

"It's not my fault."

Marutani Hang is not a person who likes to be modest, but in his opinion, Naruto's achievements are not entirely due to himself.

“Naruto himself is a very contagious person.”

"is it?"

Iruka raised his head and looked at Marutani Kou.

"Yes, if you have a chance, you can have a good chat with him, I believe Naruto will definitely be willing to chat with you."

"Let's talk about it someday when I'm in the mood."

"Naruto is a good boy, I believe you will see it."

"Hopefully."

(End of this chapter)