Cangwu Teacher, This Is Illegal~!

"Ah~!"

"Kakashi, what's wrong?"

"Don't know... feel sore all over... looks like I need to rest for a while... Guy... do me a favor and tell the Third for me..."

"Hey hey hey! Kakashi! Damn it... you're my eternal rival, how can you lose to a book... Huh? What's this written here?"

The moment Cangwu chose Mission Two.

Kakashi felt his body hollowed out.

Cangwu naturally knew nothing of this.

He was still immersed in the joy of his power boost.

After a long while, once he calmed down, his hunger became much more pronounced.

"Hoo—"

"The first priority is to find a way to become Team 7's Jonin Instructor."

"Team 7 is special... it's the top choice for the mission."

"I've already earned the trust of that old schemer, the Third Hokage. All I lack is strength... at least Special Jonin level."

"Part of the reason Yūhi Kurenai became the Eighth Squad's Jonin Instructor is because of the Third's little schemes."

"Team 7... it's really not easy to snatch it from Kakashi."

"..."

"Forget it, I'll become a Special Jonin first, then talk to that old schemer about Team 7... otherwise, I'll work through Kakashi."

After becoming a power user, Cangwu felt the future was bright.

But now wasn't the time to dwell on that. It was time to head out and find food.

Cangwu naturally wouldn't use the Glint-Glint Fruit to travel or anything like that.

He wasn't invincible yet.

And he was in Konoha, so he'd better lie low for now.

Since his memories had awakened... he'd treat it like he just arrived.

Check-in—Ōtsutsuki Ichiraku Ramen!

Walking along the lively street.

Cangwu's mood relaxed quite a bit.

This was a rare feeling from his past life.

He quite liked it.

Ichiraku Ramen, just like in the anime.

"Boss, one deluxe bowl of ramen."

"Coming right up~ Wait a moment~!" Teuchi the old man glanced back.

He noticed it was a somewhat unfamiliar face.

Right, last time he came with Naruto...

"Hm?!"

"What a rarity, didn't expect to run into you here."

"Hmm... isn't this usually the time you're at home refining chakra?"

While Cangwu was waiting, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

Then, a sense of pressure came from his back.

Along with it, a sweet, cloying scent.

But before he could turn around.

A pair of small hands covered his eyes.

"Guess who~"

"Stop messing around, Anko."

"No fun~!"

Red Soybean withdrew her hands and sat down beside Cangwu, a skewer of dango still dangling from her mouth.

She looked at Cangwu and suddenly froze.

What's up with this kid? He seems off.

Anko raised an eyebrow, then her pretty face twisted into a fierce expression.

"Got paid?"

"Perfect timing—I'm broke and craving dumplings. You're treating today!"

Hearing this, Cangwu instinctively glanced at the weapon that had been pressing against his back moments ago.

"Eat too many sweets and you'll get fat. You're still young now, but if your consumption rate can't keep up later, it'll accumulate in your body. The first place it shows is the belly."

"Are you saying... I'm fat?!"

Anko froze, mouth agape, as if she'd discovered something unbelievable.

She stared hard at Cangwu, her pretty face drawing closer and closer.

Until the distance between them was either for a fight or a kiss.

She found that Cangwu didn't dodge, nor did he blush.

All trace of his old self was gone.

And that conversation just now...

Anko looked like she'd seen a ghost, panicking as she fled.

"Damn it, Cangwu's changed—he's not fun to bully anymore!"

"I've got to go tell them fast..."

Cangwu: "..."

Can't find the book by title? Try searching by author—maybe it just got renamed!

In his memory, back when she'd first become Orochimaru's disciple, Mitarai Anko was insufferably arrogant and cocky.

Cangwu had started with both parents dead. The environment had made him poor and insecure back then.

But he couldn't help being handsome, which the girls liked.

That also made him a target for the boys' bullying.

He was always getting picked on. Mitarai Anko thought he was good-looking, so she brought Uzuki Yugao along to help him out a few times.

After that... seeing how timid he was, Anko just straight-up took him on as her underling.

When Orochimaru fled, Anko was kicked out of the Mitarai clan.

During that time, she went nowhere—well, she couldn't go anywhere anyway.

She was constantly being called in for questioning.

Even Yugao and the older ringleader Yūhi Kurenai could hardly get a glimpse of her.

But little did anyone know, Anko was holed up at Cangwu's place.

The Anbu didn't stop her.

Because the old Third Hokage didn't put a stop to it.

Why?

Because Cangwu's Will of Fire exams were perfect every single time.

So the old Third never once suspected Cangwu might betray the village.

Back then, it was mostly Cangwu helping to question Anko about Orochimaru.

Once Anko finally shed her 'problem' label, she started going on missions.

The day Anko left, Cangwu smiled brighter than anyone.

Heaven knew what he'd been through—that girl Anko even made him wash her underwear.

And he couldn't fight back... he couldn't beat her!

If Yūhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao hadn't found out, Anko would've kept mooching off him.

"Sir, your deluxe ramen is ready~"

Ayame set the bowl down in front of Cangwu.

Cangwu looked at the ramen, identical to what he'd seen in the anime, snapped out of his memories, and picked up his chopsticks to dig in.

Suddenly, he felt a tug at his sleeve.

Looking down, he saw a small hand gripping his clothes.

Half an hour earlier.

Konoha, inside the Hyuga Clan compound.

Two figures, one big and one small, crossed paths.

The smaller one was about six or seven.

The larger was twelve or thirteen.

As the older girl thrust out a palm...

The younger one scrambled to block.

The younger girl was about to be struck.

The older girl instinctively pulled her strength and gave a gentle push instead.

Her speed suddenly dropped sharply, but the younger girl seized the opportunity and struck out with her palm.

Bam—

"Stop fighting!"

A cold voice rang out as the older girl was knocked down.

"You're about to become a ninja, yet you can't even defeat Hanabi, who is five years younger than you."

"Withdraw."

"Yes, Father." Hinata lowered her head, refusing to let her tears fall.

As she left, she looked up at her younger sister's still-immature face, a faint, gentle smile tugging at the corner of her lips.

"Father, Sister..." Hanabi quickly spoke as she watched Hinata leave.

But before she could finish, Hyuga Hiashi cut her off.

Hyuga Hiashi crossed his arms, his face stern.

"I can see clearly, and I know the gap between you."

"But she is five years older than you, and the gap is not as large as the age difference suggests."

"The Hyuga Heir cannot be so weak."

With that, Hyuga Hiashi turned his gaze to Hanabi.

"Do you understand?"

Hanabi seemed to grasp another meaning in her father's words and quickly nodded in reply: "I understand, Father."

"Good. Then I will be your opponent next."

"Teacher Cangwu... could he really be that kind of lolicon..."

With her mind in a mess, Hinata thought back to what Cangwu had said today, and then to her experiences over the years...

But most importantly, during dinner, she had been too busy thinking about Teacher Cangwu to eat much, and now she was hungry.

So, Hinata snuck out.

And on the street, she noticed a familiar figure.

She followed him all the way to Ichiraku Ramen.

The next moment, the girl's pale eyes widened.

She saw Cangwu lift the little girl beside him onto a chair.

'Stop it, Teacher Cangwu... that's not right...'