Time flew, and the days slipped by.
The Envoy Delegation from Kumogakure arrived.
The village was bustling that day. Hizashi Hyuga, head of the Hyuga Clan's branch family, personally greeted them at the gate.
They had even laid a red carpet at the Konoha Gate.
An Anbu member crouched in a tree every few dozen meters, watching every movement below like an owl.
Gua had the day off, too.
But it wasn't Sunday...
Gua suspected Konoha had a tradition of giving people days off whenever anything big happened in the village.
That alone made it much better than his high school in his previous life.
At least they wouldn't make Shinobi cosplay as flying acrobats.
Since arriving in this world, Gua hadn't heard of any kid getting depressed at the Ninja Academy and then jumping off the Hokage Building.
When it came to education in Konoha...
Gua gave it another thumbs-up.
At the moment, Gua stood with Itachi among the villagers gathered along both sides of the road, waiting for the Kumogakure Envoy Delegation to arrive.
Gua hadn't planned on coming out.
But Itachi had actually come to invite him, which was pretty unusual.
Gua instinctively wanted to refuse, but for the sake of Itachi's mental health, he came along.
Bro, I've been coddling you like you're my own son. If you still massacre your clan later, I'm going to be pissed!
"Gua! Look! That's the Kumogakure Envoy Delegation, right?"
Itachi pointed at a group approaching in the distance as he spoke to Gua.
Gua looked in the direction Itachi was pointing.
There were twenty or thirty people in the group, all big and burly, with the classic dark skin and pointy heads perched above broad shoulders.
Definitely Kumogakure!
This was Gua's first time seeing people from Kumogakure. He hadn't