As if suddenly remembering something midway through speaking, he waved his hand again. "Ah, I'm being redundant. The food here is even better than at my house. Forget it, forget it. I'm leaving!"
At Konoha Ninja Academy, in a first-year class on the third floor, a teacher took Mingye by the hand and led him into the class he was substituting for. Then he addressed the yawning children.
"Today, we have a new student joining us. Let's give him a round of applause!"
At the back of the classroom, one boy whispered to the bespectacled boy beside him, who was sitting properly and reading a book. He seemed displeased with the newly arrived Mingye.
"Four-Eyes, why does this kid look so smug? Does he think he's Danzo the stone-face?"
A boy seated in front of them turned around with the same expressionless face and warned him.
"Who are you calling stone-faced? Monkey, are you looking for a beating?"
The chubby, honest-looking child beside the stone-faced boy also spoke up to remind everyone.
"Stop fighting. I heard from my uncle that this kid has a really pitiful background!"
The girl beside the four boys had hearts in her eyes. Then, looking at their clothes, she sneered disdainfully.
"So handsome, seriously handsome. Look at you lot—you're practically country bumpkins!"
The four boys fell silent. The bespectacled boy, who had not said a word the entire time, felt the most wronged. He had not spoken from beginning to end, yet he had somehow been caught in the crossfire.
"My name is Wu. I come from the Land of Rain. I have no dreams, nor is there anything I wish to say. I'm very grateful that Konoha has given me this opportunity to start over. If I had to name a dream, then