Naruto: Scourge of the Ninja World

Ninja Academy.

"Chen, thank you for coming this time."

"Hmph, if it weren't for old times' sake, I wouldn't have bothered."

Standing next to Hatake Sakumo was a short, dark-skinned middle-aged man. Despite his stature, simply by standing there, a powerful aura of a seasoned warrior radiated from his body.

He was known as Konoha's strongest taijutsu ninja. His real name was Chen, and his signature move, Konoha Dragon God, was feared by many enemy nations' shinobi.

He once had a student who, like him, specialized in pure taijutsu. Unfortunately, the student died in the Second Great Ninja War, leaving this formidable fighter disheartened and discouraged.

That was until Hatake Sakumo approached him, asking him to come out of retirement in order to help cultivate new, promising talent for Konoha.

"Huh! Isn't that Chen-san!"

"You really came to teach!"

From across the field where students were training in physical conditioning, Might Guy immediately spotted Chen. As a taijutsu-focused ninja himself, Guy had great respect for Chen-san.

"Chen, that's the promising student I mentioned. Works hard, very disciplined."

"Relying solely on taijutsu, he's already no weaker than an average chunin."

Chen looked at Might Guy's sweat-soaked figure. A flash of brilliance passed through his eyes, but quickly dimmed again...

"Taijutsu and all that... sigh..."

...

With Chen, the taijutsu master, joining the academy, the liveliness of the school grew stronger by the day.

Even Gekko Chizan couldn't help but sigh—Hatake Sakumo really had brought change to the Ninja Academy.

While he was giving a lecture on stealth techniques, a sudden ripple in space swept through the academy.

As someone who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, he instantly knew who had arrived.

"Self-study for now, everyone. I have something to take care of."

The next moment, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique as well.

Sure enough, atop the academy's rooftop, two figures appeared in an instant.

Blonde hair, full of energy—it was none other than Namikaze Minato, returning from a mission.

"Chizan, I thought activating the technique wouldn't alert you."

"Hmph, you kidding me? There's no way I wouldn't sense the spatial fluctuation from the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Gekko Chizan looked at Minato with a beaming smile.

In his heart, he thought: Finally, you're back! I've been waiting for you forever!

Chōmei: Exactly, exactly! I've been waiting forever too!

"Hahaha, well, I came back as soon as I finished the mission."

"I heard Sakumo-senpai became the academy principal? And made some major reforms?"

Minato's face lit up as he looked at Gekko Chizan, and when Chizan nodded, he looked even happier.

"That's amazing! It really takes someone like Sakumo-senpai to have that kind of vision. The academy has always trained talent, but the limitations were too many."

"By the way, now that I'm back, I should be getting promoted to jonin. That means I'll be leading a team."

"I wonder what kind of students I'll get. I'm really looking forward to it."

A jonin team leader?

Three faces flashed in Gekko Chizan's mind—cold-faced Kakashi, aloof Obito, and sweet-smiling Rin.

Tch tch, is the Minato Squad finally coming together? Not bad at all.

But none of that mattered right now. What mattered was—

"Minato, let's go! You have no idea—Kushina's been missing you like crazy these days."

"Oh, right, have you seen Fugaku since you got back?"

At the mention of Fugaku's name, Minato glared fiercely at Gekko Chizan.

"No! You think I dare show my face to him right now? I swear, he's either sharpening a sword to kill me—or to kill you!"

Wow, and you two still deny there's anything between you? That kind of guesswork is spot on.

"Uh... come on, let's get home. Kushina's been staying at my place these past few days."

"At your place?"

"Yup, she's been getting along great with Pakura. And she's got a surprise ready for you!"

Without waiting another second, Gekko Chizan grabbed Minato and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.

After a few consecutive jumps, they arrived directly in front of Chizan's house.

"Geez, Chizan. Flying Thunder God sure is convenient, but don't you think using it just to get home is a bit much?"

"We could've just walked—it wouldn't have taken long."

Minato had no idea what Chizan was thinking.

Besides, all the chakra used for those Flying Thunder God jumps came from Chōmei—his tailed beast sibling inside him had also grown impatient to witness the drama.

"Go on! Kushina's been waiting a long time for you."

"I won't get in your way—I still have to get back to class."

As he spoke, Gekko Chizan disappeared from in front of Minato using the Flying Thunder God Technique again.

Little did Minato know, he'd only teleported to the other side of his own house.

Then he activated Transparent Release and slipped in through the rooftop into the Gekko household.

Sneaking around to watch from the side.

"Kushina, are you here?"

Minato entered the house, his booming voice echoing through the rooms.

"Ah! Minato, you're back!"

Kushina appeared at the sound of his voice, and the moment she saw him, her face lit up with joy.

"Yeah, I just got back today. Chizan told me you were here, so I came to find you."

"Chizan came back with me originally, but he had to go teach, so he left."

"Looks like you've been enjoying yourself these days. Pakura-san, thank you so much."

Minato was also very happy to see Kushina. The two had always had feelings for each other.

Kushina finally came to her senses and quickly grabbed Pakura's hand to introduce her to Minato.

Pakura looked at the young man who was clearly Kushina's chosen one.

She had met Namikaze Minato before, though they never had much interaction—given their special statuses.

But unexpectedly, she had ended up bonding with Kushina, and so naturally their relationship had grown closer.

"Kushina, didn't you have a gift you wanted to give him?"

"I think now is the perfect time."

At Pakura's reminder, Kushina's face instantly turned red. She gave Minato a deep look before dashing into the inner room.

From his hiding spot, Gekko Chizan began to tremble with excitement.

Driven by curiosity, he quietly crept into the room as well.

On the table, he saw two pouches of soldier pills... Hmm? Why were there two??

With curiosity gnawing at him, Gekko Chizan tiptoed over to the table, moving cautiously so as not to alert Kushina.

As he watched, Kushina swiftly grabbed a pink pouch and dashed out of the room.

That was a pink bag—no doubt it contained soldier pills laced with a powerful laxative.

But what about the other pouch?

Gekko Chizan crept toward the other black pouch and slowly opened it. A sweet, fragrant scent drifted out.

Huh? These were also soldier pills—but why did they smell so good?

They didn't look like Kushina's handiwork either.

Could it be...? Gekko Chizan suddenly turned to look toward the courtyard where Pakura was standing, and instantly decided—it must've been her who made them.

But if Pakura made this batch of soldier pills... who were they for?

"Hmm? That smells amazing, Chizan! What is it? Looks super tasty!"

Chōmei, the glutton, had originally been watching the drama unfold. But the moment he caught the scent, his attention completely shifted.

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