Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

Land of Thunder, port.

There are many ships coming and going here, and it is very lively.

There was an unpleasant smell coming from the nearby fish market.

There are many large ships docked around the port, and people are getting on and off from time to time.

Although there were many ships, it was not very lively.

The vendors setting up their stalls casually on the roadside also looked listless.

The seagull spreads its wings and flies by lonely.

Three meters away from the port, the originally light blue water on the sea surface suddenly turned dark blue.

Just like the mysterious starry sky.

This is a deep-water port.

The depth around the port is only about one meter, giving people a false sense of security. Beyond three meters, there is a large fault on the seabed, and the depth instantly becomes fifty meters!

Children who go swimming often accidentally step into empty water and sink, never to float up again. Only a string of foam is left on the surface of the sea.

Even his companions who were playing with him didn't dare to rescue him.

A depth of 50 meters is no joke!

But the dangerous terrain is very beneficial for large ships to dock.

Because the huge ship has a deep draft, if the seabed is too shallow, it will run aground and be unable to move.

At the same time, deep water brings huge numbers of fish.

The residents around this port make a living by fishing, and they also do odd jobs for merchant ships that come to transport goods in exchange for their living needs.

In front of a stall in the fish market.

The young fish seller was squatting on the ground. In front of him were a few simple boxes filled with some unsold blue crabs and listless sea fish.

This is his daily source of livelihood. He gets up early in the morning to buy seafood from fishing boats returning from the seaside, then sets up his own stall and sells them at a slightly higher price.

And what cannot be sold will be taken back and eaten as dinner.

His father never came back after going out to sea.

His mother fell ill after being sad for a few days. If it weren't for a kind-hearted ninja who passed by and gave him some money so that he could cure his mother's illness, the boy would probably have lost both his parents long ago.

At this moment, the boy's eyes were staring straight in one direction.

He saw a person.

He was a young man who was out of tune with this noisy sea city.

He looked only slightly older than himself, but the boy was wearing a forehead protector.

Be a ninja!

Moreover, there was a leaf pattern carved on the forehead of the ninja boy!

Instead of three oval patterns representing clouds.

It's a ninja from Konoha!

What should I do? Should I tell that adult?

There was some hesitation in the eyes of the young man at the fishing port, and while he was still thinking, a figure suddenly stopped in front of his stall.

"You seemed to be looking at me for a long time."

The hesitant boy at the fishing port was startled and looked up, just in time to see the smiling face of the ninja boy.

"Is there something wrong? Or have we met before?"

Toru Ito looked at the young man from the fishing port in front of him with great interest.

Brown skin, short white hair.

A typical resident of the Hidden Cloud Village.

There was also a blue band tied around his head.

Although he was still young, Toru Ito recognized at a glance that this boy was Omoi, who would become Kirabi's disciple in the future!

An overly pessimistic, quick-witted, and always-candy-stick-in-mouth Kumogakure ninja.

He is extremely powerful, but it is said that he will suffer from amnesia due to excessive pessimism.

Unexpectedly, this guy is still just a fishmonger.

Thinking about it this way, Toru Ito found it quite interesting, so he approached him with a smile.

"Ninja...sir."

The young Omoi had gradually become thinner and slimmer. His body began to tremble unconsciously and his eyes began to look around.

As if looking for a way to escape.

"I, I'm fine."

"really?"

Ito Toru's mouth curled up slightly: "If there's nothing else, then I'll just leave like this."

After saying this, he pretended to turn around and leave.

"Please wait a moment! Something's happening! Something's happening!"

Omoyi got anxious when he heard this: "It was my fault before, please forgive me!"

He was afraid that Ito Toru would leave like this, so he trotted up to him and opened his arms to stop him.

"I have something very important! Very, very important!"

"Then don't talk about it here."

Ito Toru sighed.

Omoi's heart skipped a beat and he realized that he seemed to have lost his composure in public.

Oops! I screwed up again...

His heart sank suddenly and his expression was so bitter that he almost cried.

Then he saw the ninja boy in front of him reach out and grab his arm, with the sound of wind blowing quickly past his ears.

The surrounding scene suddenly changed, and the two of them had reached a rooftop in the wilderness.

? !

"this--"

Omoi was stunned, his head turning mechanically to look around.

He remembered that this was a suburb 1 kilometer away from the fish market!

How come it came here in an instant?

A drop of cold sweat slowly flowed down Omoyi's forehead.

Looking at Ito Toru's smile again, there was a hint of fear in his eyes.

So strong!

But...if it's such a powerful person, maybe this can really help that adult, right?

"What is it? You can tell me now."

Ito Toru pointed behind Omoi and said, "Also, I brought the things you had for your stall."

"what?!"

Omoi turned around and saw his worthless goods neatly placed at the back.

However, the blue crabs and fish seemed to be foaming at the mouth because they were moving too fast.

"Thank you, thank you! Oh no! Now is not the time to talk about this!"

Omoi realized something and suddenly knelt down in front of Ito Toru, doing a standard dogeza pose.

"Please come with me to see someone!"

"please!"

"Okay."

“It’s very embarrassing, but please… eh?!”

Omoyi was still reciting his words when he suddenly froze.

"You, you agreed?"

He looked up in disbelief, and saw Ito Toru's smiling face as usual.

"Well, yes, I promised."

Ito Toru stepped forward and pulled him up from the ground, brushing the dust off his knees.

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly. I'm not the kind of old stubborn person who likes to see people kneel down."

"Yes...I'm sorry!"

Omoyi stammered and blushed.

"You didn't say you had to take me to see someone, did you? Now lead the way."

"Ah, okay, okay!"

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Ito Toru."

"I am Omoi."

He also didn't expect that Toru Ito would agree so readily.

What's more, something that I thought would be difficult turned out to be so easy and smooth...

At this moment, Omoi's pessimistic heart trembled slightly.

Because he lived in the lower class since childhood, his growth was always accompanied by bumps and bruises.

I am also pessimistic about the development of many things.

He had thought this would be a difficult negotiation.

But the tolerance and kindness shown by Toru Ito made Omoi, who had never been treated like this before, suddenly feel as if a ray of sunshine from the sky was shining on him.

He walked in front, leading the way, tears streaming down his eyes and onto his face.

No, this can't be possible!

Omoi wiped his tears hard, but the more he wiped, the more tears came.

"for you."

A pack of tissues was handed to me from behind.

"Thanks……"

Omoi's tears increased.

This man - is he an angel?

And Ito Toru looked at Omoi, who was leading the way in front and crying loudly, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Isn't this future pillar of the Hidden Cloud Village a little too sentimental?

……

It didn't take long before a shabby little fishing village appeared in front of the two.

The buildings in the village were also dilapidated. There was a leveled area outside where some dried fish were drying.

The air smells of salted fish.

Some women wearing old clothes were gathered together to wash clothes.

There are also ignorant children running and playing.

"Master Ito, it's just ahead."

The tears on Omoyi's face had dried, and he turned around and said with his head down, somewhat embarrassedly.

“The one at the edge is my home.”

"I hope the person you are going to meet with me is in my house."

And at Omoi's home.

The pale young man with messy hair who was resting with his eyes closed in the darkness suddenly opened his eyes.

"Someone found this place."

"There's a chakra-flowing aura, it's a ninja."

"Who will it be?"

This person is none other than Darui, the ninja that had been trained as the focus of training in the Hidden Cloud Village for a long time!

He tightened his grip on the weapon at hand and quietly leaned against the door.

Hold your breath and wait for the door to open.

Ta-ta, tap-ta.

The footsteps are getting closer...