You Can Call Me Teacher Sō

You can call me Teacher Cang (Updated 2/5)

At the insistence of the Mist Ninja girl with an incredibly imaginative mind, Shunren and Pakura were taken back to her home to heal. (ΔΔ"Small"Ω ┡Novel)

The girl's home was simple, and she lived alone.

Bringing strangers home so casually is quite baffling, given the girl's naiveté.

However, considering that this place is close to the main Kirigakure, and given her Chunin strength, it's not hard to understand why the girl showed such a lack of vigilance.

"Big sister, please sit down and let me bandage you." The girl found disinfectant and bandages in the cabinet and quickly changed Pakura.

"Um... thank you." Pakura was at a loss for words and subconsciously turned her gaze to Shunren, as if asking him what to do next.

The actions of the Mist Ninja girl disrupted Shunren's hiding plan. At this moment, he couldn't think of a better way, so he signaled to Pakura with his eyes not to make any rash moves and to observe first.

"Big sister, where are you from? You're not from Kirigakure, are you?" the girl asked casually as she carefully bandaged Pakura.

Pakura's heart tightened, but judging from the other party's demeanor, it didn't seem like a deliberate test, just a casual chat. Gathering her thoughts, she said, "I come from a small town on the border of the Land of Water. Because of the war between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire a year ago, I fled to the interior..."

"I'm so sorry, as Mist Ninja, we failed to protect you properly..." the girl said with a look of shame. "Big sister, what did you do in town before? I can help you find a job here."

"Work...?" The girl's innocence made Pakura lower her guard slightly, which reminded her of her disciple Maki in Sand Ninja. A fleeting look crossed her eyes, and then she said leisurely, "You're a teacher, but not the kind at the Ninja Academy. I'm a teacher who teaches people to read and write."

Becoming a teacher was Pakura's lifelong dream. However, with her excellent Kekkei Genkai power, she was destined to be unable to escape ninja battles. She naively thought that as long as she completed this last mission, she could retire successfully. However, she was ruthlessly abandoned by the village after losing her usefulness.

The girl's eyes lit up. She was also only recently graduated from the Ninja Academy, so she always held teachers in high regard. "May I ask your name, teacher?"

Pakura hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Ikū Sō, you can call me Teacher Kura~"

Pakura used his own name and then randomly made up a surname.

"Ms. Cang, my name is Mei Terumi," the girl said with a smile.

"Cough cough~" Shunren almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Pakura's made-up title "Teacher Cang" reminded him of a female protagonist in a certain erotic film. Even when the girl said her name was Mei Terumi, Shunren hadn't reacted yet.

"Shun... Ah, what's wrong with you?" Pakura looked at him with a strange gaze, seemingly not understanding why Shunren was reacting so strongly.

"Bandaging complete~" After bandaging Pakura, Mei Terumi approached Shunren, picking up the bandage and disinfectant. "Yes~ it's your turn, little Shun~"

"This is troublesome." The other party mistook Pakura's near slip of the tongue for his name, and of course, Shunren wouldn't correct him. However, there was one thing he couldn't accept. "Girl, you're the same age as me, don't call me little brother."

"Hehe~ I really want a younger brother~" Mei Terumi carefully treated his wounds, as if she really treated him as a younger brother.

"..." Shunren thought to himself: Mei Terumi, the future Fifth Mizukage of Mist Ninja, has a slightly neurotic personality, likes young, good men, and for some reason has an almost demonic resentment towards marriage. Now it seems she's also a brother complex character; no wonder I previously imagined a sibling-like relationship between her and Pakura, and even marriage...

However, according to the original setting, Mei Terumi should indeed be about a year older than him now.

Mei Terumi, who was young and had never experienced the world, possessed a pure and kind heart, as evidenced by her voluntary work at the refugee camp and her kind act of taking Shunren and Pakura, whom she had never met, home to heal their wounds.

Mei Terumi was a ninja, so she kept some healing medicine at home, which was undoubtedly very helpful for Shunren and Pakura, who were seriously injured. In addition, the Mist Ninja were currently sending people to hunt them down, so hiding in Mei Terumi's house could indeed help them avoid the limelight.

Shunren conveyed his thoughts to Pakura through the Mind Transmission Technique, and the latter agreed to his plan.

"Teacher Cang, little brother Shun, you must be hungry after fleeing all this way, right? I'll go make something to eat~" Mei Terumi said, and without waiting for their reaction, she ran briskly to the kitchen to get busy.

"Let me help..." Pakura wanted to get up and help.

"You'd better forget it, don't give yourself away..." Shunren dissuaded Pakura from her idea. Pakura was the young lady of a ninja family in Sand Ninja, but she was practically useless when it came to cooking. Going to the kitchen would only make things worse, wouldn't it?

After hearing this, Pakura felt slightly displeased.

While Mei Terumi was busy with her work, Shunren moved closer to Pakura and said in a low voice, "Let's discuss our next step."

Getting down to business, Pakura analyzed the situation seriously, "The situation is not good. The borders leading to the Land of Water are now completely blocked. It will be difficult for us to break through from the front, not to mention that our strength is currently weak."

Shunren nodded and said, "The west and south are definitely out of the question."

The Land of Water is isolated overseas, facing the Land of Fire across the sea to the west, and to the south, by navigating through numerous islands and reefs, one can reach the southern coast of the Land of Wind.

Suddenly, Pakura seemed to remember something, and said with a somber expression, "Speaking of which... it seems I'm homeless now."

The Sand Ninja Village's actions clearly indicate that they have completely abandoned Pakura.

Shunren's eyes flickered slightly, and he said calmly, "Perhaps... my situation is similar to yours."

When the Konoha High Command entrusted him with the mission, they concealed the information that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Ninja being deployed. This was clearly an attempt to trap him and get him killed!

Despite Shunren's continued low profile, his rapid growth in strength inevitably attracted the attention of Konoha High Command. Danzo once sent people to try to recruit him, and the Third also hinted at it to him several times. However, in the end, Shunren valued the resources that the Uchiha could offer him more, which made Konoha High Command see him as a thorn in their side.