Ryu...hiko?
With a smack, Hada Ichiba instinctively raised his head and caught the scroll thrown at him, his face full of bewilderment.
Clearly, he had never expected the child before him to do something like this.
"What happened?"
"Are they fighting among themselves?"
"They're from Kusagakure, right?"
After their initial surprise, the people around them began whispering among themselves.
Was that... Hada Ichiba? At the same time, as the whispers rose, Second Pillar, standing among the crowd with his teammates, furrowed his brow slightly as a hesitant thought crossed his mind.
"What's going on? Did Ichiba do something bad? Why does such a little kid hate him so much?"
Uzumaki Naruto, meanwhile, looked utterly confused. He clearly could not understand why this scene had suddenly unfolded between teammates, making it seem as though they had fallen into infighting.
"Hate him?"
Haruno Sakura instinctively blurted out those words, her face showing deep suspicion.
What are they up to this time? Hearing his teammates' discussion, Second Pillar's frown deepened.
"Focus. We probably won't run into them until much later. This has nothing to do with us."
After glancing toward Hada Ichiba's group, Second Pillar ultimately decided to ignore the matter.
"Yeah."
Haruno Sakura nodded in agreement.
"It's another team's business anyway. It has nothing to do with us. Forget it."
Uzumaki Naruto said the same, already putting the matter out of his mind.
"What's with that guy who looks exactly like the Strongest Ninja...?"
Elsewhere, as Shikamaru Nara's group watched the scene, Akimichi Choji could not help speaking up.
"Infighting?"
Ino Yamanaka instinctively voiced the conclusion most people had reached.
"It's another team's problem. We'd better stay out of it and focus on our own business. Keep Naruto in our sights!"
However, Shikamaru Nara immediately cut off the discussion. His face