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Seeing the curiosity on Namikaze Minato’s face, Nohara Haruto slowly explained,
“When I treated your injury last time, I noticed that your physique still wasn’t strong enough.
So I specially prepared this pill for you.
After you take it, it’ll be very beneficial for your body.
It should help strengthen your physical functions.”
The pill he had given Namikaze Minato was a First-Grade Dragon Crystal Pill.
It could improve a person’s physical body to a certain extent and strengthen their constitution.
For the current Minato, it was exactly the kind of help he needed.
“That amazing?”
Minato’s eyes lit up.
What he needed most right now was to improve his body.
He had never expected Nohara Haruto to give him something so useful.
His expression turned excited.
“Haruto, you really sent charcoal in the snow.
For a moment, I don’t even know how to thank you.”
“Haha.
If you really want to thank me, then help me take care of Rin more often.”
Nohara Haruto waved his hand and smiled.
“She’s my only precious little sister.
I can’t bear to see her get hurt.”
“Don’t worry about that.”
Namikaze Minato gave a solemn promise.
“Even if you didn’t say it, I would definitely protect her well.
As her teacher, I won’t allow anything to happen to my student.”
Nohara Haruto nodded as well.
He had given Namikaze Minato this pill partly because he hoped Minato would take better care of Rin.
But at the same time, he had another reason.
In truth, the First-Grade Dragon Crystal Pill did not cost many points to exchange from the system.
A few dozen points were enough.
It could not really be considered a precious medicine.
So although this pill did strengthen the body…
The effect was only a little.
This kind of pill had to be taken regularly over a long period before its true effects gradually became obvious.
In other words, once Namikaze Minato took it…
He would taste the sweetness of taking pills.
And when that happened, he would become unable to stop, completely fascinated by the charm of Haruto’s pills.
One pill to refresh the mind.
Two pills to never feel tired.
Three pills for immortality—
Cough, cough.
That was going off track.
Nohara Haruto really did have his eye on something of Minato’s.
That something was the Flying Thunder God Technique.
He did not care about most other ninjutsu, nor did he have much interest in learning them.
After all, he already had ancient sword arts for self-defense.
He did not have a huge pursuit of combat strength.
But for a ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique, even he could not help drooling when he saw it.
Space-time movement.
It was practically the perfect tool for home life, travel, murder, robbery—
No, no.
For convenience.
Although the distance one could travel through space depended on the user’s ability, it would at least be enough for him to teleport directly from home to the Ninja Hospital and Medical Department.
He would not even need to walk.
Wouldn’t that make him even more of a salted fish?
Just thinking about it made him feel how wonderful that would be.
Meanwhile, Namikaze Minato, still immersed in gratitude, felt even more that Nohara Haruto was a kind, friendly, trustworthy friend worth associating with.
He had no idea that, without realizing it, he had already begun stepping into a huge pit.
A very huge pit.
…
Night gradually descended.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, and the shadows of leaves scattered faintly across the ground.
After eating their fill, Nohara Haruto and Namikaze Minato walked out of the barbecue restaurant in great satisfaction and headed back in the direction of their homes.
“I’m so full…”
Nohara Haruto looked deeply satisfied.
“Haha, me too.
I really feel Fukumaruto have met you.
Before this, I never imagined you’d be such an interesting person, Haruto.”
Namikaze Minato smiled sincerely.
“Haha.
You have good taste.”
Just as the two of them were laughing and talking, an extremely faint sound suddenly reached their ears at the same time.
Nohara Haruto and Namikaze Minato, who had been walking along the road, stopped at once.
Their smiles gradually faded.
The relaxed aura around them vanished in an instant.
Both of them immediately raised their guard to the highest level.
They looked at each other.
Unexpectedly, they were perfectly in sync.
In that instant, each understood the other’s thoughts.
Time seemed to jam into silence.
Only the occasional faint rustle of leaves could be heard.
Using the shadows of the trees for cover, both of their movements became extremely subtle.
Nohara Haruto placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Between Namikaze Minato’s fingers, several shuriken had already appeared.
“Move!”
Nohara Haruto shouted coldly.
A white blade flashed through the air, reflecting the cold moonlight.
A powerful sword aura erupted from it and slashed upward toward the dense, layered leaves above his head.
Namikaze Minato moved even faster.
With a sudden burst, he shot into the air, so fast that only an afterimage remained.
Dozens of shuriken flew from his hands, surrounding from every direction as they swept toward a patch of bushes beside them.
The two hidden ninja were shocked.
That brat had discovered them?
And the person beside him was…
Elite jōnin Namikaze Minato!
Not good!
The two of them felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, fear and shock surging through them.
But before they could think any further, the killing intent from Nohara Haruto and Namikaze Minato had already crashed down upon them like overlapping waves in a storm, locking them firmly in place.
They felt like a tiny boat in the middle of a raging tempest.
Played with by an overwhelming force between heaven and earth.
At any moment, they could be shattered to pieces.