Collided and Embraced (Polite Triple Request)

Might Guy wasn't yet the Azure Beast of Konoha, a user of forbidden jutsu, in the future. He was merely a ninja student who only knew Taijutsu, striving to become a Konoha ninja.

Veigar's invitation made him feel like his persistence and hard work were finally being recognized by someone else.

And that someone was Veigar, one of the village's renowned super prodigies.

Veigar's words were like a ray of light in the darkness, illuminating his heart and warming his soul.

"No problem."

Might Guy, while running, gave Veigar a thumbs-up, a deeply moving smile on his face.

"Then it's settled. We'll train together when we have time."

Veigar was still smiling, his smile now holding more sincerity and less ulterior motive.

Might Guy nodded quickly, then shouted, "Veigar, I'll make sure you feel my passionate youth!"

Under the quietly rising morning sun, Konoha villagers discovered two children, neck and neck, chasing each other and running hard.

"Guy, the finish line is up ahead..."

Veigar estimated the time. The Ninja Academy should be starting class soon. To prevent Might Guy from being late, he looked towards the intersection ahead, the very spot where he and Might Guy had met that morning, and shouted.

"Veigar, then let's have a showdown! See who gets there first!"

Might Guy's eyes blazed with determination to race Veigar to the finish line.

"Alright, let's go!"

Veigar's reply was like the trigger of a starting pistol in a track race, signaling the start of their decisive battle.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

Veigar and Might Guy ran with all their might towards the finish line ahead, almost side by side, indistinguishable in their progress.

Completely focused on reaching the finish line before the other, Veigar and Might Guy didn't notice Shizune Kato and Kurenai Yuhi, chatting as they walked together, turning the corner at the intersection ahead on their way to the Ninja Academy.

Veigar and Might Guy's race reached its final sprint. Just as they were about to reach the finish line, Shizune Kato, who was slightly ahead, appeared at the intersection with a faint smile, directly in Veigar's path.

"Watch out!!!"

Seeing someone blocking his path, Veigar instinctively shouted and tried desperately to change direction.

But at that moment, he couldn't stop his forward momentum, and the distance between them was too short.

Almost the instant his words fell, Shizune Kato, hearing the shout, had no time to react and looked in terror at Veigar, who was hurtling towards her.

"Ah..."

Amidst Shizune Kato's terror and Kurenai Yuhi's scream...

Shizune Kato was directly embraced by Veigar.

"Bang."

To prevent Shizune Kato from falling and to protect her from injury, Veigar extended his arms, pulled Shizune Kato into his embrace, and performed a back throw, landing on the ground and acting as a cushion for her.

"Cough, cough, Shizune, are you alright?"

Veigar, coughing twice from the impact of the fall, asked Shizune Kato in his arms.

"Shizune, how are you? Are you hurt?"

Kurenai Yuhi, who had just screamed, rushed over upon seeing Shizune Kato fall to the ground in Veigar's arms and asked with great concern.

"I, I'm fine!"

Shizune Kato, her chest aching from Veigar's collision, replied softly. She then quickly scrambled off Veigar, her face flushing like a ripe apple.

"Cough."

Before he could recover, Veigar, whose body Shizune Kato had used as a support, couldn't help but cough again.

"Serves you right!"

"Pervert, scoundrel..."

Shizune Kato, now standing, looked at Veigar, who was still on the ground coughing, her face red, and cursed him inwardly.

Just then, Might Guy arrived. He looked at Veigar, who had just gotten up from the ground, and then at Kurenai Yuhi, who was holding Shizune Kato with a look of lingering fear. He asked Veigar and Shizune Kato with concern, "Veigar, Shizune, are you alright?"

Before the two involved parties could speak, Kurenai Yuhi, like a mother tiger protecting her cub, put a hand on her hip and pointed at Shizune, saying, "Fine? Does my Shizune look fine?"

"We were just walking along, and Veigar just ran straight into my Shizune."

"You two scoundrels, don't you know what danger is?"

"My Shizune is precious!"

Veigar and Might Guy hung their heads in dejection under Kurenai Yuhi's scolding. Veigar, knowing he was in the wrong, suddenly realized that Kurenai Yuhi, usually gentle and skilled, was terrifying when angry, her output relentless.

Could this be what they meant by rage making one go mad?

Listening to Kurenai Yuhi's lecture to Veigar and Might Guy, Shizune Kato tugged uncomfortably at Kurenai's sleeve and called out, "Kurenai~~"

Kurenai Yuhi stopped her attack on Veigar and Might Guy, turned to look at Shizune Kato who was signaling her to stop, and her face flushed red the next moment.

"I'm done for, I'm done for, my lady-like image is ruined."

Thinking about her own unrestrained self just now, Kurenai Yuhi almost cried.

"I'm actually fine, let's hurry to class!"

"Otherwise, we'll be late."

Shizune Kato urged Kurenai Yuhi to leave.

At this moment, Veigar also apologized to Shizune Kato, "Shizune, I am very sorry."

"If you are injured, please be sure to tell me, I will take responsibility."

Hearing Veigar's words, Shizune Kato's mind automatically filtered out a part of it, but Veigar's sentence "I will take responsibility" kept echoing in her mind, and she also remembered the scene of herself falling onto Veigar just now.

"Tch, you scoundrel Veigar, I'll make you take responsibility."

Muttering a curse at Veigar under her breath, Shizune Kato ignored Veigar, grabbed Kurenai Yuhi's hand, and said, "Kurenai, let's go quickly."

"Don't bother with them."

Kurenai Yuhi, seeing the shy expression on Shizune Kato's face, snapped back to reality, then threw a parting threat at Veigar and Might Guy: "It's good that Shizune is alright, we'll let you off this time."

"Also, don't you dare tell anyone what just happened."

With that, Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune Kato quickly jogged away.

"Yes, we are truly sorry."

Veigar and Might Guy said in unison, apologizing again to the retreating figures of Shizune Kato and Kurenai Yuhi.

Might Guy was a little bewildered at this moment. He wasn't the one who bumped into Shizune Kato, so why should he apologize?

Unable to figure it out, Might Guy stopped thinking about it. Since Veigar was apologizing, he just followed suit.

It could be said that Might Guy hadn't reacted at all; he was so stunned by Kurenai Yuhi, who had transformed into a tigress just now, that he ended up apologizing.