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Thinking for a moment, Rokuro composed himself, looked at Rock Lee, and said, "I heard the ninjas from the Hidden Cloud are experts in Taijutsu. Did you run over here to see how good they are at it?"
Lee looked quite excited. "That's right! After what you told me last time, I realized that even someone who only uses Taijutsu has a bright future. So, I've been training even harder and more seriously! Plus, I heard the Fourth Raikage is a master of Taijutsu, so I want to see if the Cloud Village ninjas are like him!"
Rokuro rolled his eyes.
The Fourth Raikage used Lightning Style Nintaijutsu.
Lee's chakra was likely non-elemental, so there was no way to compare the two.
If Lee wanted to learn the Raikage's Taijutsu, it was absolutely impossible.
Actually, learning the Tyrant Body Style would be much more suitable for him.
However!
The side effects of the Tyrant Body Style weren't much weaker than the Eight Inner Gates.
Use the Tyrant Body Style too much, and you die young.
With the Eight Inner Gates, opening the Eighth Gate meant instant death.
One was a slow death, the other an instant one. It felt pretty much the same—either way, you ended up dead.
After complaining internally, Rokuro patted Lee's shoulder. "Alright, let's watch them closely together then!"
"Okay!" Lee agreed.
As the two were chatting.
Suddenly.
Rokuro's eyes caught sight of a very familiar figure.
Holy crap!
Isn't that Naruto Uzumaki?!
He had also come running over to join the excitement.
Recently, every time Rokuro came to Konoha, he made a point to eat at Ichiraku Ramen. His goal was to see if he could randomly bump into Naruto.
Result? He never ran into him once.
He hadn't expected to bump into Naruto right here today.
However!
Going out of his way to intentionally greet the boy would seem too forced.
He had to think of a way to exchange a few words with Naruto without raising anyone's suspicions.
After a moment of thought!
Rokuro deliberately began looking left and right, pretending to be curiously observing his surroundings. Finally, he let his gaze land on Naruto and asked Lee, "Hey, Lee, what's the deal with that kid over there? It looks like wherever he goes, people intentionally avoid him. Is he a bad kid or something?"
Lee turned his head, looked at Naruto, and thought for a moment before saying, "I think I've seen him somewhere before!"
After pondering for a bit, Lee slapped his thigh. "Right! That kid sometimes goes to the Academy gates to watch us go to school and leave. But it seems the adults all avoid him like the plague, and they won't let their own children go over and talk to him either!"
Hearing this, Rokuro feigned even more confusion. He scrutinized Naruto and said, "He doesn't look like a bad person. Such a small guy shouldn't be capable of much destruction, right?"
Lee shook his head. "That I don't know. Anyway, the adults all say not to play with him. I think it's possible the elders in his family are really bad, and the adults are afraid his family will cause trouble!"
Uh.
That explanation!
I guess that's the most normal explanation a kid could come up with!
Rokuro nodded. "I guess that's it. What a pitiful guy."
Lee nodded, looking towards the main gates. "Never mind him. The Cloud Village envoys are arriving at 8:30. There are only about ten minutes left, we can't miss it!"
Rokuro nodded and stopped looking at Naruto.
However!
Inwardly, he was smiling faintly.
He had deliberately spoken while looking at Naruto, and his voice was quite loud.
That had already attracted Naruto's attention. Right now, Naruto was looking in his direction.
Now, he just had to wait for Naruto to approach him.
He couldn't go over himself; that would be too suspicious.
Naruto was very lonely.
No one else was willing to play with him.
Now, seeing two children whose eyes didn't hold that familiar disgust, he couldn't help himself. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly started walking towards Rokuro and Lee, hoping to see if he could make a friend.
It took him five minutes to slowly shuffle behind Rokuro and Lee.
Finally, taking a deep breath, he stepped forward with a wide grin and asked, "Hey, what are your names?"
Naruto is here!
Rokuro was very satisfied internally.
But outwardly, he remained impassive. He glanced at Naruto and asked, "What? Do you need something?"
Naruto was overjoyed!
At the very least, the kid in front of him hadn't chosen to walk away, and had actually answered him.
Naruto said excitedly, "I saw you guys standing here, are you waiting to see the Cloud Village ninjas?"
Rokuro gave Naruto an exasperated look. "Are you an idiot? I didn't come here to look at you, did I? Stop getting in our way, the Cloud Village envoys are almost here!"
Naruto gave a goofy laugh. "Hehe, hehe. Um, can I watch with you guys?"
Rokuro turned his head back towards the main gates. "Do whatever you want. I don't have time to worry about you!"
Naruto was thrilled.
Although Rokuro's attitude wasn't the best, at least he hadn't refused.
This meant he had a chance! If they talked more in the future, they could definitely become good friends.