"What have those Sunagakure kids been up to these days?"
What skills did you discover?
For reasons unknown, Danzo always made the Root look sinister.
In the candlelight, his face looked even more sinister and terrifying.
A masked subordinate answered respectfully:
"Reporting to Lord Danzo, we have three people in each shift, and we are continuously monitoring the temporary residence in Sunagakure."
They rarely went out and usually stayed indoors.
Only in these few days, the puppeteer Sasori and the Taijutsu ninja Shisō,
We just had a brief practice match at the training ground.
They only used basic puppets and those strange Taijutsu.
What kind of tricks can the Sunagakure's Puppet Technique pull off?
Where is that ninja named Mukai that I asked you to keep an eye on?
What about his intelligence?
Danzo's voice was filled with dissatisfaction.
"Smith Marseille, the only information we have about Mukai is that he graduated from the Sunagakure Ninja Academy with the worst grades."
It is said that he was able to enter the Sunagakure school thanks to Sasori.
Aside from that, he showed no other talent.
"No talent whatsoever?"
Do you think I'm an idiot, or that all the ninjas of Konoha are idiots?
The hidden door in the barrier was so well concealed that even the Barrier Team couldn't find it.
"How could a Sunagakure Ninja with absolutely no talent deduce that during an exam?"
Faced with Danzo's anger, the Root ninjas dared not argue and could only kneel on the ground with their heads bowed in silence.
Danzo raged for a while before finally staring at his subordinates and asking:
" The Chunin Finals are about to begin, and that kid named Mukai has never even been to the practice field?"
What is he doing?
The masked subordinate looked up, his eyes, hidden behind the mask, revealing a look of confusion.
"He has indeed never been to the training ground. These past few days, our people have been following him aimlessly through the village..."
Danzo cold, and he placed his hands on the table, saying:
"Is someone in the village colluding with him?"
I finally caught him by the tail!
Arrest everyone he's been in contact with and interrogate them thoroughly!
"This..."
Seeing his Danzo hesitate, Danzo was furious and said:
"Why haven't you arrested them yet? What are you standing there for?"
"My lord, you mustn't!"
The Sand Village ninja named Mukai has had contact with over two hundred people, all of whom are widows of fallen ninja from the village!
"What?"
"Excuse me, are you Aokawa Delia?"
Ignoring the Anbu and covert agents and Root around him, Mukai asked the teenage girl in front of him.
"Oh, I'm Aokawa Delia. May I ask who you are...?"
Mukai pointed to the Sand Ninja Forehead Protector on his forehead:
"Hello, I'm a Sand Village ninja here for the Chunin Ninja Exams. Sorry to bother you."
"I'd like to buy ten of your folded paper frogs, one hundred taels each, is that alright?"
A paper frog costs one hundred taels of silver?
Looking at the thousand taels of silver notes handed to her, Aokawa Delia, who looked pale and sickly, could hardly believe her eyes.
Is this a windfall? Or is it a scam?
The banknote was indeed firmly in her hand.
Aokawa Delia was still trying to refuse, but Mukai had already let go.
"Please, just fold ten paper frogs for me."
Mukai sat cross-legged in front of Aokawa Delia's door, right under everyone's noses, seemingly determined not to leave until he got his origami.
Unable to refuse, Aokawa Delia folded ten paper frogs on the spot to appease Mukai.
After receiving the paper frog, Mukai breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave with it.
Hello, is this the Morina Family?
"Hello, ma'am, I'd like to buy a bowl of miso soup from you. Is 1000 taels enough?"
"Hello, is this the Inuzuka Clan? I'm a ninja from Sunagakure who came here to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams."
Does your clan have a Ninja Dog named Haimaru?
He perished along with his master. I'm so sorry to have bothered you.
Mukai like a complete idiot, wandering around Konoha.
He earned the reputation of being a fool and a sucker.
Don't even mention not understanding the Root and Anbu.
Even Pakura and Sasori didn't understand why Mukai did this.
It seems that Mukai's entire demeanor changed after waking up that day.
Pakura was even worried that she might have beaten the child stupid by hitting Mukai too hard that night.
Then, for no apparent reason, Scorpion received another punch to the head.
Fortunately, Mukai only does some incomprehensible money-spending behavior every day, but his Chakra keeps increasing.
He could eat and sleep well, and since Mukai had money, Pakura and Sasori let him travel around Konoha every day to bring warmth.
When you're busy, time always flies. With the arrival of daimyo and nobles from all over the country, the final round of the Chunin Ninja Exams is finally about to begin.
Konoha Memorial Stone
Aokawa Delia, carrying a bouquet of flowers, walked here and found her father's name.
She gently stroked her father's name on the Memorial Stone and began to murmur to him:
"Dad, do you know?"
A very interesting ninja from Sunagakure has arrived in the village.
He seems to be here to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams; he's a powerful ninja.
Many people said he was a fool that day.
But I think he's a very gentle person.
Even though she was only ten years old, the compassion in her eyes was impossible to hide.
Do you remember the paper frogs Dad taught me to fold when I was little?
The kind of paper frog I love to fold, the kind I could never fold properly before.
You also said you'd check how well I folded them when you got back from the mission.
It was this paper frog that changed Delia's life, Dad!
He actually bought ten origami frogs from me with a thousand taels of silver.
A thousand taels of silver, Father.
A father that no one else knows
The Sand Ninja bought the origami frog, and in addition to the money, he also gave Delia a recipe for a dish called braised pork.
Dad probably doesn't know this dish, right?
I heard it's very famous in Sunagakure as well.
Delia has already made this dish called braised pork, and it sells very well in the shopping district.
Now that Delia can support herself, Dad, you can rest assured!
Even though you worked so hard on those missions back then, my daughter and I still had a very difficult life.
Do you remember? What you said to Delia the last time you went to war?
If we win, we'll be able to live a good life.
But Dad, you lied to Delia.
The war was won, but you didn't come back.
Didn't those important people say that Dad was a hero of the village?
Why is it just talk, and no one cares about Delia anymore?
Since you sacrificed yourself, Delia and her mother have had a very hard time.
Many times, they relied on the help of their neighbors to barely survive.
Unexpectedly, thanks to the paper frog, Delia has gained the ability to live on her own, and Delia will be able to take care of her mother from now on!
Whenever I missed my dad before,
I can fold all the paper frogs you taught me.
Delia misses you so much, Daddy!
Delia held onto the name on the Memorial Stone, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Just then, a whirlwind swept by, and a paper frog, half burned, landed in Delia's hand.
A tear dripped onto half of the origami frog, wetting the paper.