"Chunin Exams... so we're Genin now?" Ritsu said curiously, then found the forehead protector in her pocket, put it on, and surprisingly, it looked good on her.
"Takeru-nii, what should we do now?" Then, Ui looked at Takeru. After spending time together, Ui instinctively relied on Takeru when he was around.
"Let's gather information freely for now. As long as we don't cause trouble, there shouldn't be any immediate danger." Hearing her, Takeru said calmly.
Soon, as the surrounding light dispersed, Takeru expanded his Observation Haki. Instantly, the surroundings entered his perception.
Perhaps due to the approaching Chunin Exams, Konoha's vigilance was heightened. Of course, monitoring the village's every move in real-time was unrealistic.
However, with Takeru's 3-kilometer Observation Haki, he observed many things, even spotting a certain whiskered, blond boy.
"Well, let's split up for now. You can train or explore. Meet back at the house in the evening." Takeru said directly to the two.
"Okay!" Hearing Takeru, the two exchanged glances and nodded seriously.
The 'house' was the accommodation arranged by the Reincarnation Space. With initial lodging and money, living in this world for a while wasn't difficult if they didn't spend extravagantly.
After giving instructions, Takeru swiftly vanished, reappearing atop a large tree, observing this world's protagonist from afar.
As Takeru arrived, an explosion sounded. Smoke billowed and cleared, revealing three figures.
"Cough, cough... this, the gunpowder was too much!" Three kids coughed in the smoke, the central boy said.
Then, noticing their embarrassing state was exposed to Naruto, they quickly adjusted.
"The beauty of maturity, the older woman group, Moegi!"
"Loves factorization the most, Udon!"
"The village's strongest genius Ninja, Konohamaru! Together, we are the Konohamaru Corps, reporting in!" The three struck poses and introduced themselves.
Takeru knew them well. The leader was Konohamaru, the current Third Hokage's grandson, essentially a 'noble third generation'...
Since Naruto once 'defeated' the Hokage who Konohamaru wanted to beat with the Sexy Technique, Konohamaru called Naruto his 'big bro'.
"So it is you guys, Konohamaru. Huh? What's with the goggles?" Naruto asked, puzzled by their goggles.
"Hehe, it's to mimic Naruto-nii's old look!" Konohamaru said excitedly.
"Hmph." Hearing this, Naruto responded boredly, annoying Konohamaru, who complained about Naruto's recent cold attitude.
Then, the trio asked Naruto to play Ninja with them. As Naruto hesitated, Sakura, just rejected by Sasuke, came over and mocked Naruto.
"Playing Ninja as a Ninja? What's that?" With a reproachful look, Sakura glared at Naruto. Sasuke had rejected her, saying she was far worse than Naruto.
Soon, Konohamaru mistook Sakura for Naruto's girlfriend. When Naruto shamelessly nodded and praised her, Sakura punched him away.
Then, Konohamaru mocked Sakura as ugly and fat, earning himself a beating. Finally, chased by Sakura, he bumped into a Ninja with strange face paint who wasn't from Konoha.
It was Kankuro from Sunagakure. Bumped into, Kankuro was extremely annoyed.
"That hurt, you brat!" Grabbing Konohamaru by the collar, Kankuro said lightly.
"You better stop now, or you'll get scolded later." Seeing Kankuro's action, the girl beside him, Temari, quickly said.
"Sorry, it was my fault!" Seeing Kankuro looked troublesome, Sakura quickly apologized. Though angry at Konohamaru's mockery, Sakura was kind-hearted at heart, wondering who these people were.
"Damn it, let Konohamaru go!" Compared to Sakura, Naruto was much more hot-headed.
'Hmph, so these are Konoha's Genin.' Noticing the forehead protectors on Naruto and Sakura, Kankuro quickly realized.
"Before annoying people arrive, let's have some fun with you." Intending to test Naruto and Sakura, Kankuro said lightly.
"Let go!" Struggling in Kankuro's grip, Konohamaru tried hard but was no match.
"Bastard!" Naruto, unable to bear it, charged at Kankuro. But with a slight finger movement, Kankuro deployed nearly invisible threads at Naruto's feet. Tripped, Naruto fell backwards.
"What was that just now?!" Naruto exclaimed in shock.
"What's this? Konoha's Genin are weak." Seeing Naruto couldn't even react, Kankuro mocked.
Hearing Kankuro, Sakura realized they weren't Konoha's Ninja but didn't understand why they were here.
"Konohamaru!" Seeing Naruto so easily defeated, Moegi and Udon worriedly looked at Konohamaru.
"Hey, if you don't let go, I won't forgive you, idiot!" After getting up, Naruto threatened Kankuro again.
"You're the idiot! Why provoke the opponent?!" Seeing Naruto's action, Sakura wrapped her arm around his neck.
"You're really pissing me off. I hate brats. And you're even younger than me, yet so arrogant." Perhaps long oppressed by his younger brother Gaara, Kankuro harbored deep disgust towards kids, instinctively transferring his hatred.
"I really want to crush him completely." Kankuro said darkly.
Hearing Kankuro, Sakura and Naruto watched him warily.
Temari, seeing Kankuro's state, gave up, saying lightly, "I don't care anymore."
"First, deal with this brat, then that one over there." Kankuro said, preparing to raise his left hand to attack Konohamaru.
At the critical moment, a stone shot out, accurately hitting Kankuro's right arm holding Konohamaru, forcing him to let go.
The sudden turn stunned everyone, even Sasuke hiding in the tree, preparing to act.
Then, Takeru walked out with a light smile. "It's better not to act recklessly in someone else's village, right?"
With a confident, sunny smile, Takeru spoke gently.
No one recognized Takeru, but Naruto and Sakura, seeing the Konoha's forehead protector, sighed in relief.
"So handsome!" Seeing Takeru, Sakura said dazedly.
'He seems like a nice guy.' Temari stared at Takeru, a slight blush appearing.
"Another annoying guy." Seeing Takeru, Kankuro frowned and muttered.
"I advise you to leave quickly." Hearing Kankuro's muttering, Takeru said with a smile.
"So handsome!" Seeing Takeru's smile, the three females present showed infatuation.
"Naruto-nii is so lame!" Konohamaru complained tearfully.
"Idiot, I could handle that guy quickly too!" Naruto said with an awkward laugh, but Konohamaru didn't believe him.
"Hmph, you're just another brat daring to speak to me like that. I hate people who only talk big." Hearing Takeru, Kankuro prepared to use the puppet bound in bandages on his back.
"Hey, are you going to use Crow?" Seeing Kankuro's action, Temari quickly said.
But Kankuro ignored her. As bandages floated in the air, he heavily placed the puppet named Crow on the ground.