The person who entered was a presentable young man wearing a Security Force uniform, clearly a member of the Konoha Military Police Force. Everyone except the three Kumogakure ninja knew him. His name was Tetsuya Uchiha, and he belonged to the faction of the clan that supported Kagami Uchiha. He always followed the force's regulations while on duty and treated people kindly, making him well liked among the civilians.
"Our Konoha Ninja Village takes the safety of its residents very seriously, so we don't want ninja sparring here. Someone could easily get hurt, and then we'd have a hard time explaining ourselves to them," Tetsuya Uchiha told the three Kumogakure ninja.
"Is that so?" Once the brown-skinned boy understood, he realized they couldn't fight here. He turned to Heizo Hattori and said, "All right, Heizo Hattori. Let's settle this at the Chunin Ninja Exams!"
"I was thinking the same thing. You didn't need to tell me." Although Heizo Hattori had accepted the other boy's apology on the surface, he hadn't truly forgiven him. He had only agreed because of the circumstances, so the invitation to fight during the Chunin Ninja Exams suited him perfectly.
"Good. My name's Chikku. Remember it." The brown-skinned boy pointed at Heizo Hattori with a serious expression.
"That's more like it. A ramen shop is a place to eat, not fight. If you want to fight, go somewhere meant for it," the Ramen Shop Owner said. Earlier, when a fight had seemed about to break out, he had been ready to step in and stop them, despite being an ordinary civilian. To someone who loved ramen as much as he did, doing anything unrelated to it in a ramen shop was unforgivable.
"Sorry." The blond girl from Kumogakure immediately apologized, then pulled the brown-skinned boy named