Mei Terumi.
She was one of the few special-grade teachers at Wave Country School.
Because both her teaching ability and ninjutsu level were quite outstanding, and with her striking appearance on top of that, she could be said to be widely praised among the students.
Whether inside the school or throughout Wave Country, she was highly popular.
Thinking back to a year ago...
She had still been someone who accidentally strayed into Wave Country's waters, then somehow got dragged into the grudges between Wave Country and Konoha.
Then she had been forcibly abducted into Wave Country, inexplicably saddled with a huge debt, and forced to work at Wave Country School as a miserable teacher.
But now...
She had already forgotten exactly how much she had repaid by now. In any case, it was automatically deducted from her salary every month.
Logically speaking, if judged by normal salary standards, she had repaid quite a lot over the past year.
But even she did not understand why she had never gone to Naruto to argue about it. Perhaps she also liked this way of life in Wave Country now.
Moreover, she had previously seen Zabuza Momochi, the "Demon" who had once been one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, in Wave Country, as well as Kisame Hoshigaki, whom she had once hunted down.
In particular, Zabuza seemed to have some unspeakably complicated relationship with that little boy from the Yuki Clan at the school.
It made her feel that things had changed while people remained, yet everything was no longer the same.
As for Naruto... her opinion of him had also become extremely complicated now!
Compared to Kirigakure, the village that had once directly disregarded their lives and treated them only as killing tools, the present Wave Country was their true home!
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