Chapter 27 Gaara
After that encounter, Kizaru no longer had any desire to go to the Hokage's office!
It was simply too embarrassing.
For the first time, Kizaru felt that being small was so inconvenient.
That peerless old onion's charm, though a bit overripe, truly captivated him.
If he had the mature allure with a young body, it would be even more perfect.
However, in this world, eight or nine out of ten things don't go as planned, so Kizaru didn't insist on anything at this moment.
Watching the eyes of the peerless old onion in front of him gradually sharpen, the utterly embarrassed Kizaru fled in disarray!
At this moment, he only had three words in his mind: 'little runt.' As a former Marine Admiral, a dignified powerhouse, to be called a 'little runt' was simply unbearable!
If it were in the past, he could have pulled out… pulled out… to prove that he was not a little runt at all, but rather—
A raging dragon!
But now, possessing the body of a little brat, what was there to prove? Rushing along the main road of Konoha Village, Kizaru only wanted to return to his residence as soon as possible.
He didn't use his Devil Fruit powers.
In the Village, unless there was an enemy invasion, very few people would use their abilities or Ninjutsu.
Did they think their two legs were just for show?
Relying solely on special abilities without training oneself was something only an idiot would do.
True powerhouses never give up even the slightest opportunity to train themselves.
Kizaru ran with his head down, not paying any attention to his surroundings.
So… he spectacularly crashed into someone!
He looked up.
Oh… these three people are really distinctive!
One guy had dark red oil paint on his face, an unknown object wrapped in bandages on his back, and an air of arrogance.
Then there was a red-haired Strange with a large yellow gourd on his back and a red 'Love' character on his forehead!
The most crucial thing was that this guy had heavy dark circles under his eyes, and… he didn't even have eyebrows!
The last one was a blonde beauty with four buns in her hair.
She was even wearing fishnet stockings… Oh~
This young lady is quite interesting.
However, the headbands these three guys were wearing clearly weren't from Konoha Village!
Outsiders!
Kizaru, who was Uzumaki Naruto, became vigilant.
The guy with the painted face showed a flicker of pain, then looked at Naruto with arrogance, saying, "Konoha brat, do you have eyes? That hurt!"
As he spoke, he reached out to grab Naruto's collar.
Kizaru saw this posture; although he was at fault first, this guy was acting without reason, clearly looking for trouble!
Kizaru stood there without moving, allowing the painted-face guy to grab his collar.
Kizaru was effortlessly lifted up.
"Konoha brat, scared, aren't you? Even so, I'm going to give you a lesson you'll never forget, to teach you to watch where you're going!"
Hearing this, Kizaru's spirits immediately lifted; his mischievousness was fully engaged.
He twisted his mouth into his iconic, earth-shattering smile once more, and slowly said, "Oh my, how scary~" At the same time, his hand had quietly moved behind him, gradually tightening its grip on the kubikiribōchō slung across his back.
When it came to dirty tricks, hehe, few could rival Kizaru.
As soon as Kizaru's punchable expression appeared, coupled with his teasing tone, it startled the painted-face guy.
How could there be such a person in the world, who with just an expression and a sentence, could make someone feel intensely uncomfortable? Caught off guard, he loosened his grip and put Kizaru down.
Kizaru stood steadily on the bluestone ground, looking at the guy in front of him with an inexplicable gaze.
This guy suddenly letting go actually saved himself; otherwise, his kubikiribōchō would have truly taken a head!
Perhaps feeling embarrassed at being startled by someone's expression, genuine anger appeared on the painted-face guy's face, "You bastard!"
"Kankuro, stop!" The red-haired guy with the gourd ordered, "Don't fight here!"
The painted-face guy, Kankuro, although showing reluctance, still withdrew his hand.
However, just as he withdrew his hand, a small pebble came whistling through the air with a sharp sound.
Whoosh~ Pop!
The small pebble hit Kankuro's hand, and blood splattered.
"Hmph!" A cold snort came.
That arrogant tone… it must be him!
Kizaru turned his head to look, and sure enough… it was that cool little boy, the somewhat goofy Uchiha Sasuke!
Such a goofy guy, might as well just call him Uchiha Er Zhu Zi!
Er Zhu Zi was squatting on a tree branch, still holding a small pebble, tossing it up and down.
Seeing this, Kankuro, whose hand was injured and bleeding, immediately became furious: "This bastard!"
Kankuro reached behind him and pulled the artist-tall object wrapped in bandages from his back, placing it in front of him.
The fishnet-stocking beauty with four buns in her hair was immediately startled; she was shocked by her brother's decision, "Kankuro, are you going to use Crow?"
"Temari, stay out of it! I must teach these arrogant guys a lesson. Two mere Konoha Genin dare to be so presumptuous!" Kankuro's face was full of anger, and his muscles tensed, ready for battle!
"Kankuro!" A cold shout came, and the red-haired monster carrying the large gourd had a face so cold it seemed to freeze, "I won't say it a second time!"
Kankuro's anger instantly vanished, and his face turned pale. Finally, he put the bandaged Crowback on his back, his expression becoming cold, "I understand~"
The gourd-carrying, eyebrowless monster looked up at Er Zhu Zi sitting on the tree branch, "Your name?"
Sasuke leaped down, performing a graceful backflip, landing steadily on the ground, "Uchiha Sasuke!"
Then he looked up and stared intently at the eyebrowless monster, confirming from his aura that this guy was also a powerhouse, "Your name?"
"Sabaku Gaara!"
Only then did Kizaru know this guy's name: so this gourd-carrying, eyebrowless guy with an 'Love' character carved on him was called Gaara~
His name actually matched his appearance quite well.
"Uchiha Sasuke, huh… I'll be paying special attention to you during the Chunin Exams!" Gaarasaid, then turned and left without any hesitation.
Kizaru watched Gaara leave, a smile curving his lips. "Gaara, huh? I sense it, we are the same kind. So, you also have a monster inside you…"
Gaara's mind was greatly shaken. He abruptly stopped, a question flashing through his mind: 'Also…?' Could it be that that comical guy was also… Temari looked at Gaara, who had stopped, her face filled with worry, "Gaara…?"
"It's nothing, let's go~" Gaara regained his composure and continued walking forward.
However, a deep sense of importance had been left in his heart.
"Do we need to pay special attention to that Uchiha Sasuke? That surname should belong to that clan, right?" Kankuro asked.
"You two can focus on that Uchiha brat. The one I need to pay special attention to is that yellow-haired kid with whiskers on his face. If the information isn't wrong, his name should be Uzumaki Naruto!"
…In the distance, Dosu of Otogakure had a look of bloodthirsty fervor on his face, "Uchiha Sasuke and Gaara, huh? I can't wait any longer~