Seeing that Araki seemed quite interested in Mei Terumi, Kaguya Black Bone continued, "Boss, don't let that woman's gentle appearance fool you. She's a bona fide witch!"
"A witch? What does she taste like—ptui! No, I mean, what makes her a witch?" Araki pressed.
Black Bone's expression turned rather grave. "Mei Terumi possesses both Water and Fire chakra natures. Normally, that wouldn't mean much. Although Kirigakure has no Fire Release ninja, there are still some people with Fire-nature chakra. But no one had ever been like her, seriously developing her Fire Release abilities."
That was only natural. In a nation surrounded by the sea, where everyone used Water Release, wasn't developing Fire Release just making life difficult for yourself?
"Because of that seemingly pointless behavior, she became a laughingstock at the Ninja Academy. Many people even went out of their way to bully her, calling her dead last."
After hearing Black Bone's account, Araki could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
He was stunned by Mei Terumi's life script.
She had been found to possess Fire-nature chakra, completely out of place in her village, then bullied by her classmates after entering school and even branded dead last. What kind of starting point was that?
With an opening like that, if she was not the protagonist, then who was?
Especially when he thought of how she later set everything right and eventually became Kirigakure's Fifth Mizukage...
The title of Kirigakure's protagonist truly belonged to her without question!
Thus, Araki continued listening to Black Bone with great interest.
"I heard that when their class was about to graduate, everyone rushed to become her friend."
A mocking smile appeared on Black Bone's face. "But they didn't mean well. They only wanted to choose her as their [teammate] for the graduation exam."
There