"Haku, try the next ninjutsu."
"Ah... huh? Senior Musashi, using Water Style inside the house..."
"What are you afraid of? There's a barrier in the room. Just listen to me."
Haku had no choice but to start attempting it as instructed.
After another period of time.
A stream of water shot out!
Musashi stepped forward again, using his body to block the path of the Water Style jutsu.
Bang! Splash!~
The surging water scattered, and then, under Haku's astonished gaze, bright chakra patterns emerged all over the room.
Subsequently, the water seemed to hit an invisible barrier, gathered together, and flowed towards the unmoving toilet.
Gurgle, gurgle~
Haku blinked.
Sealing Jutsu wasn't common in the ninja world.
This was the first time he had seen so many strange and bizarre sealing jutsu in an ordinary room.
On the other side, Musashi, who had been soaked by Haku's Water Style, didn't care about the water on his body at all.
His eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Wind Style, Water Style."
"Both in terms of learning speed and the attribute characteristics of the ninjutsu, they are excellent."
"For a ninja who has just started learning, this is a very rare situation."
"So, it is very likely that one of the conditions for synthesizing a Kekkei Genkai is to cultivate the corresponding chakra natures to an extremely high level!"
As if realizing something, Musashi took two steps to the desk, spread out his notebook, and started scribbling furiously again.
A long time later, approaching late night.
Sensing that Ayame had already paced back and forth past the door several times, Musashi said to Haku,
"Let's stop here for today, Haku."
"We'll continue tomorrow."
"Mn." Haku responded. Watching Musashi pack up his pen and paper, intending to leave, he suddenly called out.
"Senior Musashi!"
"What's wrong?"
Haku's expression held some confusion. "I have something I want to ask you."
"Ask me?" Musashi felt strange, then said, "What do you need to ask me?"
Haku organized his thoughts and spoke.
"Senior Musashi, it's just... after coming to Konoha, I found that the environment here is very different from the outside."
"There's no fighting, and very little danger."
"People are kind. There are delicious pastries and novel things here. Yesterday... someone even asked me out."
Hearing this, Musashi seemed to understand something and smiled. "Haku, isn't that a good thing?"
"Except for a few individuals, Konoha is still very friendly. If everyone likes you, they will also want to make friends with you."
Haku said, "But... I'm a little unaccustomed to it."
"Everyone is so enthusiastic; I don't know how to face them. Before this, apart from Mr. Zabuza, I hadn't interacted with many living people."
"They seem to need me, but also seem not to. It's very different from Mr. Zabuza and Senior Musashi."
Musashi said, "Don't worry. They are about the same as Naruto and Sakura."
"When you were with Naruto, weren't you doing fine?"
Haku murmured, "Are they the same as Naruto and the others..."
Looking at Haku in front of him, who seemed like he didn't know how to make friends with peers, Musashi's eyes also softened.
The main reason he kept Haku by his side was, of course, to research the other party's Kekkei Genkai.
Besides that, he also felt that the other party might be able to live a different life. Slaughter, war, and such were not the meaning of human existence.
He spoke slowly. "Haku."
"Relax, you don't need to feel pressured."
"Life here is different from your previous life."
"Although I brought you here for ninjutsu research, apart from that, you also have your own freedom and your own time."
"You can go out shopping and eating with everyone."
"See a different world."
"I know that in your heart, that guy Zabuza is very important. But Haku, the meaning of a person's life is not to be a so-called tool for someone else."
"You might not be able to understand right now. But during this time in Konoha, you can walk around more, look around more."
"Try to make new friends, boldly try new things. Perhaps, you will have different discoveries."
"Boldly try..." Haku whispered.
The image of a flustered white-haired youth appeared before his eyes.
A moment later, he nodded as if he understood something.
"I understand, Senior Musashi. I will boldly try fresh things."
Musashi said with satisfaction, "Then let's leave it at that for now."
"Go rest first. If I don't go back soon, Big Sister is going to sleep in the doorway."
Haku went back to rest. Musashi, feeling he had done something meaningful, found Ayame with a somewhat happy mood.
He hugged her tight.
"Big Sister, did you miss me?"
"Nonsense, I didn't miss you at all," Ayame denied.
"Is that so?" Musashi asked with some doubt. "Then who was that pacing back and forth at the door just now? I thought someone had lost something."
"Big Sister, you weren't still worried about Haku, were you?"
"No."
"Then you missed me, that's right."
"Big Sister, it's getting late. Let's rest."
"I won't... Mmph... mmph... Mn~"
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"One thousand one hundred fifty-six, one thousand one hundred fifty-seven..."
On the streets of Konoha, a green figure was walking on his hands.
"Who is that?"
"Yeah, why is he going crazy on the street?"
"Don't know. Should be a ninja from the village, right?"
"How can a ninja be like this? Fake, right?"
"Hey, don't disbelieve it. That's Teuchi's son-in-law. I heard he's a Jonin too."
"A Jonin? Forget it, let's keep our voices down and leave quickly."
Wherever the figure passed, the crowd made way, making him extremely conspicuous.
"Teacher!"
"Teacher! I finally found you." Tenten ran over.
"What's wrong, Tenten?" Musashi asked while upside down.
Tenten didn't answer directly but asked instead, "Teacher, why aren't you training at the training grounds?"
"This is Lord Hokage's mission."
Tenten's eyes widened. "Lord Hokage asked you to do handstands on the street?"
"No, Lord Hokage asked me to patrol the streets and see if there are any suspicious people." Speaking of this, Musashi was also a bit annoyed.
For some reason, Anbu Squad Six suddenly had a lot more missions recently.
Catching spies, hunting down missing-nin, and even ordinary tasks like transporting supplies, delivering messages, and finding people were all handed over to them.
Everyone was busy as hell.
And he was assigned the task of patrolling the streets.
Yamato's explanation to him was that the joint Chunin Exams were going to be held soon. Due to the shortage of personnel in the Police Force, he was temporarily assigned police duties.
Looking for people acting suspiciously in the village, and if sudden situations arose, he had to intervene.
Not only that, but even for the upcoming Chunin Exams, Anbu Squad Six would also have to act as proctors and referees, maintaining order, continuing to increase the workload.
[Damn it!]
Musashi felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi was deliberately looking for trouble with them.
No evidence, just intuition!
What serious Anbu patrols the main street?!
"Teacher." Tenten looked at him with a strange expression. "I think right now, you are the person acting suspiciously on the street."
Musashi: "..."