Teacher Cangwu, That's Not Legal!

"Ah~!"

"Kakashi, what's wrong?"

"I don't know... My back and hips are aching... Looks like I'll need to take a break for a while... Guy... please tell the Third Hokage for me..."

"Hey, hey, hey! Kakashi! Damn it... You're my eternal rival! How can you lose to a book... Huh? What does this say?"

The instant Cangwu chose Mission Two.

Kakashi felt as if his body had been drained.

Cangwu naturally had no idea.

At that moment, he was still immersed in the joy of his newfound strength.

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

"Phew—"

"The most pressing thing is to figure out how to become Team 7's Jonin Instructor."

"Team 7 is a special case... It should be my top choice for a mission."

"I've already earned the trust of that old fox, the Third Hokage. All that's left is strength... I need to be at least a Special Jonin."

"Yūhi Kurenai became the Eighth Squad's Jonin Instructor partly because of the Third Hokage's little schemes."

"Team 7... It won't be easy to take it from Kakashi."

"..."

"Whatever. I'll become a Special Jonin first, then talk to that old fox about Team 7... Otherwise, I'll have to find a way to get through to Kakashi."

After becoming a Devil Fruit user, Cangwu felt that his future was bright.

But now wasn't the time to think about that. He needed to head out and find something to eat.

Naturally, Cangwu wasn't about to use the Glint-Glint Fruit to travel or anything like that.

He wasn't invincible yet.

And he was still in Konoha, so it was better to keep a low profile for now.

Now that his memories had awakened... he'd just pretend he'd only arrived recently.

Check-in—Ōtsutsuki Ichiraku Ramen!

As he walked along the bustling street,

Cangwu felt himself relax.

It was a feeling he'd rarely experienced in his previous life.

He liked it.

Ichiraku Ramen was just like it was in the anime.

"Boss, one deluxe ramen, please."

"Coming right up~ Just a moment~!" Teuchi glanced over his shoulder.

He recognized the face as vaguely familiar.

Right, he'd come with Naruto last time...

"Hm?!"

"Well, this is a surprise. I didn't expect to run into you here."

"Yeah... Aren't you usually at home refining chakra around this time?"

As Cangwu waited, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Then came a sense of pressure from behind,

along with a rich, sweet fragrance.

Before he could turn around,

a pair of little hands covered his eyes.

"Guess who~"

"Quit it, Anko."

"You're no fun~!"

Red Soybean pulled her hands away and sat beside Cangwu, a skewer of dango in her mouth.

She looked at him, then suddenly froze.

Why did this kid seem a little different?

Anko arched a brow, then put on a fierce expression.

"Did you get paid?"

"Perfect. I'm out of money for dango, so you're treating today!"

At that, Cangwu instinctively glanced at the weapons that had been pressing against him from behind.

"Eat too many sweets and you'll gain weight. You're still young, but once you can't burn off what you eat, it'll start piling up. The first thing to change will be your stomach."

"You mean... I'm fat?!"

Anko finally caught on. Her mouth fell open as if she'd just discovered something unbelievable.

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

When she was close enough that it was either a fight or a kiss,

she realized Cangwu hadn't backed away or blushed.

He didn't feel like his old self at all.

And then there was what he'd just said...

Anko looked as if she'd seen a ghost and hurriedly ran off.

"This is bad! Cangwu's changed. He's not so easy to bully anymore!"

"I've got to go tell the others..."

Cangwu: "..."

If you can't find a book by its title, try searching for the author. It might have been renamed!

In Cangwu's memories, when Mitarashi Anko had just become Orochimaru's student as a child, she'd been incredibly smug and overbearing.

Cangwu had started out with both parents dead, and the circumstances had left him poor and insecure.

But he was handsome, and the girls liked him.

That was also why the boys bullied him.

Seeing that he was good-looking, Mitarashi Anko had brought Uzuki Yugao along to help him out a few times.

After that... Anko thought he was so spineless that she simply took him on as her underling.

After Orochimaru defected, Mitarashi Anko was driven out of the clan.

During that period, she never went anywhere. Of course, she couldn't have gone anywhere anyway.

She was constantly being called in for questioning.

Even Yugao and the older big sister Yūhi Kurenai could barely see her.

Little did they know, Anko was holed up at Cangwu's house.

The Anbu didn't stop her.

Because the old fox, the Third Hokage, hadn't forbidden it.

Why?

Because Cangwu had scored full marks on every Will of Fire test.

So the old fox, the Third Hokage, had never once suspected Cangwu might defect from the village.

Back then, Cangwu was usually the one helping question Anko about Orochimaru.

Once Anko was finally cleared of suspicion, she started going on missions.

Cangwu was happiest on the day Anko left.

Heaven knew what he'd been through. That girl Anko had 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 caught her, Anko would've kept squatting at his place.

"Your deluxe ramen is ready~"

Ayame set the ramen down in front of Cangwu.

Seeing the ramen, which looked just like the one in the anime, Cangwu snapped out of his memories, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to dig in.

Suddenly, he felt someone tug at the hem of his clothes.

He looked down and saw a little hand gripping his clothes.

Half an hour earlier.

Inside the Hyuga Clan compound in Konoha,

the figures of two girls, one tall and one small, darted back and forth.

The younger one was about six or seven.

The older one was twelve or thirteen.

The older girl struck with her palm.

The younger girl hurriedly raised her arms to defend herself.

Just as the younger girl was about to be hit,

the older girl instinctively held back and gave her a gentle push.

Her speed suddenly slowed, and the younger girl seized the opportunity to strike with her palm.

Thump—

"That's enough!"

After the older girl was knocked down, a cold voice rang out.

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

"Leave."

"Yes, Father." Hinata lowered her head, holding back her tears.

As she left, she looked up at her young-faced little sister and gave her a faint, gentle smile.

"Father, about my sister..." Hanabi hurried to speak as Hinata left.

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

Hyuga Hiashi folded his arms, his expression stern.

"I saw clearly what happened, and I know the difference in your abilities."

"But she's five years older than you, and the gap between you is far greater than your age difference would suggest."

"The Hyuga Heir cannot be so weak."

As he spoke, Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hanabi.

"Do you understand?"

Hanabi seemed to understand what else her father meant and quickly nodded. "I understand, Father."

"Good. Then I'll be your opponent next."

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

With her thoughts in a jumble, Hinata remembered what Cangwu had said today, then thought of everything she'd been through over the years...

Of course, the most important thing was that she'd spent all of dinner thinking about Teacher Cangwu and forgotten to eat enough. Now she was hungry.

So Hinata had sneaked out.

And on the street, she'd noticed a familiar figure.

She'd 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 right there, Teacher Cangwu... That's not legal...