Mirai was moved by those words, but he also found them strangely unsettling.
"Your partner?" Guangshan's expression finally changed. He looked Mirai over again, searching for something. After examining him once, he frowned and said uncertainly, "He's a Konoha ninja too? But where is his forehead protector?"
Every ninja had a forehead protector and wore it when going out. This was practically common knowledge, as well as proof of a ninja's identity. Therefore, unless a ninja was above the elite level and close to Shadow rank—or even possessed the strength of a powerful Shadow-rank ninja—they had to wear a forehead protector.
Mirai had no forehead protector, which meant he was not a ninja.
Guangshan had initially thought that Mirai's sudden outburst was just a joke, but then he recalled what Mirai had said earlier.
"Who gave you the courage to speak to me like that?"
At first, Guangshan had taken those words as a joke, but now, seeing Tenten's attitude, he began to have his doubts.
"Could he be some extraordinary genius from a Konoha clan, granted an exception and allowed to go without a forehead protector? Or is he one of Konoha's legendary Three Hidden Ninjas? But at his age, that doesn't seem likely!"
Guangshan was not a ninja, so he did not understand the details of ninja ranks.
Who said ninjas had to wear forehead protectors?
Mirai was speechless for a moment, then rolled his eyes. "I've never seen anything like this in my life!"
The moment those words left his mouth, Guangshan nearly exploded with anger. As a celebrity—and a well-informed one at that—Mirai had just said he had never seen anything like him before.
Moreover, Mirai's words did not merely anger Guangshan; even the fans who had originally been quiet began to stir faintly.
Aoi sighed