"This is so boring, Kimimaro. Let's go out and have some fun. It says here that if we go one street over from where we're staying, there'll be lots of food..."
After settling in, A Luo had rested for less than half an hour before he started urging Kimimaro to go out again.
With a young master who couldn't sit still, Kimimaro had no choice but to obey, however reluctantly.
The two of them went out and wandered the streets of Sunagakure, buying anything that caught their interest. By the end of the afternoon, A Luo had already become a familiar face around the village.
A clean-cut, well-behaved, adorable child whose compliments made people feel good without seeming too deliberate...
Of course, there was one other important factor: he was rich!
"Kankuro, look up ahead. Isn't that the kid?"
Temari, her hair tied into four little ponytails, tapped Kankuro on the head with her small fan.
They were out on a mission today. Kankuro, make sure you keep your eyes open!
"That's him. Sunagakure doesn't have any kids like that..."
Once he saw the boy, Kankuro was even less inclined to approach the excessively refined little outsider.
But their father had given them a mission: come over and get to know the young master under the guise of ordinary academy students.
"Go on!"
Once Temari confirmed that he was their target, she nudged Kankuro with her fan and unceremoniously shoved him forward.
That kid really was good-looking.
According to their father, the boy might be the child of the ruler of the Land of Fields, though he'd been given a different identity for some reason.
Temari had heard a little about the tangled affairs of the daimyos and rulers' families, so none of this struck her as strange.
"Kimimaro, what