Woof!
Just as they panicked, a dog's bark rang out.
Tobitake Tonbo stood atop a giant flying eagle, hoisting a gray ninja hound as he soared up.
He still wore a beaming smile on his face.
"Haimaru." Hana Inuzuka looked at it with worry.
Woof~
Haimaru looked down at the ground and felt it was better not to struggle.
It would be bad if it accidentally fell.
"Give Haimaru back to me, big brother."
Hana Inuzuka worried that Tobitake Tonbo would do something to Haimaru, especially given that smiling mouth of his.
So she spoke in a sweet, pampered voice.
Her two little sidekicks were already terrified out of their wits.
"Don't kill us, it was Instructor Iruka who told us to beat you up."
The two of them burst right into tears, their previous bravado instantly vanishing, though they apparently hadn't forgotten their plan.
Especially since Tobitake Tonbo didn't even have a face, yet his mouth still wore that eerie smile.
"Why would I kill you? You guys are the successors to the Hokage after all.
"But... you hit me, so you're going to get a punishment."
Tobitake Tonbo chuckled, then tossed Haimaru over to Hana Inuzuka.
He had already figured out that Iruka must have said something about him at the academy.
Woof~
Hana Inuzuka caught Haimaru and glared at Tobitake Tonbo. "What are you going to do?"
"Didn't you say just now that you wanted to ask me for guidance on ninja knowledge?
"I'm going to train you," Tobitake Tonbo said.
"Train us?"
"That's right. You're from the Inuzuka Clan, those two are from the Fuma Clan, and there's also the Izuno Clan, right?
"According to intelligence, the Fuma Clan is gradually declining, and the Izuno Family doesn't even have a single Jōnin.
"Since you asked me