Two People Battling Wits with the Air

(Please consider some of the titles in this chapter as translations, as I have never been abroad and could not find the corresponding terms...)

The following evening, Minato and Mito arrived at a small town in the Land of Rain and stayed at an inn, resting while waiting for Shiro's call.

Strangely, even though they had notified Shiro through special channels, they waited a long time, until the day after they arrived in the Land of Rain, and still hadn't received any news from Shiro.

However, neither of them were novices, and accidents can happen at any time, so they remained there waiting.

However, around noon, after the rain stopped, a little girl wearing glasses and carrying a book walked into the hotel and went straight to the counter.

The little girl bowed to the innkeeper and asked in a clear voice, "Hello, do you know the relationship between Green Flash and Bloody Habanero? This is an assignment my teacher gave me."

"Uh, I don't know about that, but judging from the name, this should be related to the ninja master. Little friend, you'd better not ask about these things. The ninja master is not someone we can afford to offend."

"Oh, I understand. Thank you, sir. I need to check into the hotel, two rooms. My teacher will be here soon. Here's the deposit."

"Hey, what kind of teacher are you? You're so young, and I'm already ordering you around. Come on, I'll take you to your room. I don't feel comfortable letting you go alone."

After saying that, the innkeeper smiled apologetically at Minato: "I'm sorry, sir, I need to take her to her room first. The child is so young, I'm a little worried about her. Your business may have to wait a while."

"It's alright, you take her first, my business isn't urgent."

"Oh, thank you for your understanding. Let's go, young lady, be careful, the stairs are quite high."

Hearing the shopkeeper's concerned voice, Minato smiled again. In this country, people like him are rare. Most, if not bad, are certainly not as good as him.

But there was another reason for their laughter: the person they were waiting for had arrived.

The two titles that the little girl mentioned together are actually a code. Currently, only a few of them know what they refer to. They were jokingly mentioned by Shiro Kushina gained initial control of a portion of the Nine-Tails ' power.

The Bloody Habanero is Kushina, but the Green Flash is not Minato. According to Shiro, the Green Flash is his and Kushina's future child.

Because Kushina 'Chakra turns yellow when she uses Nine-Tails Mode, while Minato's Chakra is blue, the combination of the two naturally results in green.

For this, Shiro was even beaten up by Kushina, because the mention of the Green Flash reminded them of Might Guy. They were also worried that their future children might end up with that kind of art style.

That day, Shiro was beaten for a long time, and even in the days that followed, Kushina would go to see Shiro from time to time to vent her anger!

They knew this was nonsense, of course. After Kushina's own Chakra was blue even when she wasn't using the Nine-Tails Chakra, and they had never heard of anyone Chakra of a different color.

However, that didn't stop her from beating up Shiro, since he had ruined her dreams.

Therefore, it wouldn't be a big deal if these two titles appeared individually; it could be considered a coincidence. However, it's a bit too much of a coincidence that they appeared together, especially when he came down.

Therefore, Minato first looked around discreetly, but found nothing unusual.

The little girl's appearance here by such coincidence was clearly not an accident, but Minato still couldn't find any clues after searching for a while.

In this situation, either Shiro is watching from afar with his Clairvoyance, which is why Minato can't see him, or there is an excellent intelligence system, an intelligence network that even he can't detect.

Finally, and most unrealistically, the little girl is actually Shiro in disguise. However, unless Shiro has been practicing his Transformation Technique for the past few years, he would definitely be able to spot the traces.

Therefore, this possibility can be ruled out. However, there's no point in thinking about it; it's just a habitual thought for him, a kind of occupational hazard of a ninja—wanting to analyze everything he sees and find information.

A moment later, the shopkeeper came down and immediately Minato a slight bow. "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's alright, it won't be long, I'm not in a hurry."

"Oh, don't worry, I'll get it ready for you right away. Please wait a moment while I go check." With that, she walked behind the counter.

A moment later, he took out a scroll and handed it to Minato: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, sir."

"It's nothing, but I'm curious, it's really rare to find someone in your line of work who can still maintain such kindness."

"Sigh, I'll help if I can. I made a lot of mistakes back then, which led to the death of one of my grandsons who was about the same age as her. I'm just making amends now."

"I'm sorry, I brought up something that upset you."

"It's nothing. So many years have passed, I've pretty much come to terms with it. It's just that this little girl's teacher is really a jerk. It's been so long, and he still hasn't come."

"Yes, he's really carefree. It's so cold outside, isn't he worried about the little girl getting cold all by herself?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the ledger, and he said, "Yes, I don't know what he was thinking. He only gave her the money for a lower-class room. He's really inhuman!"

"Tsk, that's really no good. What if it gets damp? But that's not something we can do. Thanks, shopkeeper." Minato waved the scroll in his hand at the shopkeeper and then turned and went back to his room.

"Yes, sir, take care."

When he caught a glimpse of Minato going upstairs out of the corner of his eye, he quickly waved to one of his underlings, tossed him the ledger, and said, "Here you go, I'll open the passage."

"Shopkeeper, they're ninjas, we can't afford to offend them."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Nothing will happen. As long as I'm here, ordinary ninjas won't dare to cause trouble here. You can rest assured."

After saying that, he pushed aside his underling's hand that was blocking him and walked towards the passage he had prepared.

Having been around for so many years, he'd seen all kinds of ninjas. Minato's words were clearly an attempt to trick him into revealing the girl's location. Such simple talk might fool a novice ninja, but he wouldn't fall for it.

However, he knew that such a situation needed to be considered from the opposite perspective. Therefore, he provided accurate information, but there was still a risk. So, he now needed to prepare a backup plan to ensure the girl's safety.

After realizing he couldn't stop the shopkeeper, the younger man resigned himself to his fate and began calculating the accounts again, leaning over the counter.

However, the shopkeeper hadn't expected that the information he was trying so hard to hide had been leaked by the little girl and discovered by Minato.

All of this was conveyed to Shiro through an inconspicuous bird outside the inn. After they disappeared into the lobby, a blue light flashed in the bird's eyes, and it flew away.

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