"How dare you! Do you know who you're holding? Let go of Konohamaru!"
"Ha?"
Kankuro picked at his ear in disbelief, wondering what the person in sunglasses was up to, but he was really creepy.
The visitor was none other than Konohamaru's tutor, Ebisu.
His young master was none other than Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi of Konoha, Konohamaru Sarutobi.
"Hey, did you hear me? I'm talking to you, you guy with all that painted face."
Just as Kankuro was about to get angry, Temari was standing next to him, pulled him back and shook her head almost imperceptibly. After all, they were on someone else's turf, and the person had just said that this kid seemed to have a particularly noble status.
"You little brat with your face painted on, did you even hear me? Ugly girl over there, can you talk him down and tell him to release my young master right now? If anything happens to him, you'll be in big trouble."
Ebisu's words thoroughly enraged Temari, who was standing next to Kankuro. Her face was so dark it seemed like it could drip water.
"Ugly girl? Pfft, haha."
Kankuro couldn't hold back any longer. Someone actually called his sister Temari ugly. That person is probably going to suffer a lot.
"Huh? You're smiling now?"
Temari saw Kankuro smirking beside her, she punched him without saying a word, revealing her signature shark teeth.
Kankuro was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, knowing that if he laughed, his older sister would really beat him up.
"You bastard, how dare you call me ugly? Have you no patience for life?"
Seeing that they wouldn't listen to him, Ebisu started to panic. His small eyes behind his sunglasses looked around, as if searching for someone who could save their young master Konohamaru.
Sure enough, he quickly set his sights on the three members of Team 7. When he saw the distinctive clan marks on Sasuke and Hinata, he knew he had it all figured out. But when he noticed the blond-haired guy, he felt a surge of disgust because he recognized him: the fox spirit from the village, the one who had caused countless people to be displaced.
He probably didn't even realize that his tone of voice carried a commanding tone.
"Hey, you three, go and bring Konohamaru back to me!"
Upon hearing Ebisu's words, Temari and Kankuro also looked over. They had noticed someone had come here earlier, but hadn't paid attention to them. But what they saw next left Temari completely dumbfounded.
"Holy crap, handsome guys, and two of them? Is this Konoha? It's really different from Sunagakure."
As Temari thought about this, she couldn't help but glance at her younger brother beside her a few times. She sighed helplessly, "Well, there's no harm without comparison. Compared to the two handsome young men opposite, my younger brother looks like a big lump of dirt. There's simply no comparison."
At this moment, Naruto and Sasuke noticed that a girl was watching them, and they quietly put on an act.
Upon hearing this, the three members of Team 7 all showed displeasure towards Ebisu, especially Sasuke and Hinata. They could see that Ebisu's gaze when he looked at Naruto was very strange, a look they had seen on the villagers more than once.
Although Naruto always says it doesn't matter, none of Naruto friends can bear to watch.
Especially Ebisu now, his undisguised disgust is very repulsive to Sasuke and Hinata.
On the contrary, Naruto was not greatly affected by this, and even just crossed his arms and looked at Ebisu in the distance.
"Damn it, you bastard, is this how you beg people?"
Sasuke wouldn't tolerate Ebisu. As the second son of the Uchiha Clan, he wouldn't be worthy of the Uchiha name if he wasn't arrogant. In the original story, Sasuke was the only Uchiha left in the vast Konoha, but things are different now. The entire Uchiha is thriving, so why would he be afraid of Ebisu?
Ebisu was somewhat embarrassed by being reprimanded to his face. He hadn't expected these three to be so formidable, and judging from the Uchiha had just insulted him, this guy was clearly wealthy and powerful, and looked quite familiar, but he couldn't quite place who he was.
"It's alright, Sasuke."
Upon hearing Naruto speak, Sasuke was initially somewhat resentful.
"But Naruto, he just..."
"Okay, Sasuke, I'm fine."
Naruto had already said that, Sasuke could only angrily turn his head away and refuse to look at Ebisu.
Just as Ebisu thought they were about to back down and a smug smile appeared on his face, he suddenly remembered who these people were. The fox spirit had called that Uchiha's name, wasn't it Sasuke?
Ebisu a cold sweat at the thought. It seemed he had kicked a hornet's nest. If you said Uchiha, I might not recognize all the members, but if you said Sasuke, then I would know who he was. He was the second son of the Uchiha Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku, who also had an incredibly powerful eldest son, Uchiha Itachi.
Ebisu broke out in a cold sweat at the thought of Itachi's terrifying fighting power. Although he was Konohamaru's tutor, he was essentially just an employee and there was still a huge gap between him and those from powerful families.
Just as he was worrying about his safety, Naruto walked right past him.
She looked at Kankuro and Temari.
"Gentlemen, you've come to Konoha as guests; surely you shouldn't be bullying a child?"
When Temari saw Naruto and Sasuke looking over, she was incredibly excited.
Wow, two handsome guys are looking at me!
She frantically patted Kankuro's arm, signaling him to quickly throw away the brat in his hand; she didn't want to be disliked by the handsome guys as soon as she arrived in Konoha.
Kankuro had no choice but to comply with his sister's request.
Even after being released, Konohamaru continued to humiliate Kankuro at the exit.
"Hmph, ugly freak, now you know fear?" Konohamaru laughed wildly, even turning around and pointing at Naruto.
"You, yes, you, teach those two a lesson, especially the one with the face covered in drawings."
Naruto was amused by Konohamaru's childish behavior.
As expected, without my intervention, Konohamaru really is... so pathetic.
" Zhuzi, shut him up."
Alright.
Sasuke had long disliked this noisy brat, as well as his butler-like companion.
Sensing Sasuke's hostility, Konohamaru was so frightened that he kept backing away.
"Don't come any closer! Do you know who I am? I'm the grandson of the Third Hokage!"
"Tch, I don't care who you are."
Sasuke immediately gave Konohamaru a sharp rap on the head, making him tear up in pain. Feeling wronged, he went to find Ebisu.
"Young Master Konohamaru, don't cry, don't cry."
After comforting Konohamaru Ebisu glared at the group.
"Hmph, I've remembered what happened today, and I will definitely report it to the Lord Hokage truthfully."
After making those threats, Ebisu threw a smoke bomb on the ground. When the smoke cleared, all four of them had disappeared.
None of the three present took Ebisu's threat seriously, especially Naruto, who was completely unconcerned, since Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't live much longer anyway.
"I'm so sorry, you three guests who have come from afar, please excuse my poor appearance."
Just as Temari and Kankuro were wondering why Naruto had mentioned the three of them...
A sound came from the branches of a large tree nearby. Only a red-haired boy carrying a sand gourd could be vaguely seen hanging upside down. From a distance, all that could be seen were his large dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept well for a long time.
"Oh? You've noticed me?"
Gaara approached Temari and Kankuro, looking at Sasuke and Naruto with curiosity. He could sense that the two were very strong.
"You... you're very strong. What are your names?"
Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking someone's name?
As soon as Naruto finished speaking, Temari and Kankuro turned pale with fright. This brat is so arrogant; he might get killed by Gaara. Should they plead for him?
Just as the two were worrying, Gaara's next action completely surprised them.
He paused for a moment, then apologized to Naruto.
"Sorry..."
"My name is Gaara of the Sand Waterfall."