"You didn't see this forehead protector? I pulled strings to get it specially." Chen Fan pointed at the forehead protector on his head.
Pulled strings... Tazuna seemed even more worried, his expression openly revealing it. The three of them saw the look on his face and laughed inwardly. Teacher Chen Fan was pranking someone again. He would not even spare an old man of such advanced age. That twisted sense of humor was truly helpless.
"You don't need to worry. The three of us can protect you. Teacher Chen Fan is only here just in case." Inuzuka Kiba turned to Tazuna and said.
"Teacher, you must have offended some big shot, right? Otherwise, how could such a powerful Space-Time Ninjutsu have sent you here?"
Chen Fan scratched his chin and thought for a moment. "A big shot? Come to think of it, he really was a big shot. Very powerful. I gave it everything I had, and in the end, he was probably severely wounded but not dead. Still, it was close. But I remember... I seemed to have died."
The three were startled, but then they laughed. "Teacher, you're joking again. You're perfectly alive right now." They thought this was another one of Chen Fan's jokes. That was the result of lying too often. Besides, Chen Fan was clearly alive.
"Teacher, when we become stronger in the future, we'll help you defeat him." Inuzuka Kiba spoke up, while Hinata and Shino Aburame nodded as well.
Chen Fan smiled when he heard that and reached out to pat Hinata's head. "You're still far from that. When you can split the Five Great Shinobi Nations apart with one kick, then you'll be qualified to take part in your teacher's battles."
"If Teacher Chen Fan doesn't want us involved, you can