NOVEL NEXT Chapter 125: Walking through
Chapter 125: Walking Through
The four of them walked all the
way, having left the main road, and under the leadership of Morino Shinsuke,
they shuttled through a dense forest. Morino was in front, Kiba was behind him,
Kiuchi Taketo trailed a bit farther behind, while Fujiki Shigeru kept touching
his mouth, checking the blood from his earlier fall. His mouth was broken and
hurt. No longer in the mood to talk, he fell behind quite a distance, cursing
the pit in his mind.
Suddenly, Kiuchi Taketo
accelerated a little and caught up with Kiba. His face was still stern, but his
eyes lacked the disdain and dissatisfaction from before. "Hey,
genius..."
"What do you want!" To
be honest, Kiba was still angry from using the ground sinking technique to
trick Fujiki Shigeru. Although it relieved some anger, he was still upset, and
Kiuchi Taketo's words weren't polite either, so Kiba's tone wasn't friendly.
However, Kiuchi Taketo wasn't
angry. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Shiga asked me to thank
you."
Thank me?
Kiba, who was angry, froze for a
moment. The anger in his chest dissipated a lot. "Thank me for what?"
"I don't know. It's just that
before Shiga left for the mission, he told me that if I bumped into you, I
should convey his thanks," Kiuchi Taketo said, his eyes trying to avoid
meeting Kiba's gaze.
This guy... is he embarrassed?
Kiuchi Taketo's expression seemed
strange to Kiba. "I don't think I've done anything for Shiga to thank me
for."
"Cough!" Kiuchi Taketo
coughed lightly and said, "He said you taught him the possibility of
believing in idiots. Several missions were completed more smoothly because of
this concept. It saved his life, and he said he must thank you."
Kiuchi Taketo coughed again.
"He said this, I'm just telling you his exact words. Originally, he wanted
to thank you in person, but you haven't been around lately. He didn't know
where you lived, so he asked around, but everyone seemed reluctant to mention
you. So...that's why I'm telling you. After all, he was going on a mission and
couldn't find you. I declare in advance, these are his words."
Is this guy... the straight-talking type? Proud?
Communication barrier?
Kiba listened to Kiuchi Taketo's
words, half-closed his eyes, and saw Kiuchi Taketo tilting his head as if to
avoid saying more. Kiba instantly understood.
However, Kiba believed that Shiga
Taketake asked Kiuchi Taketo to say this. It was Shiga Taketake's sincere
thanks.
Then, it was Kiba's turn to feel
uncomfortable.
Yes, Kiba began to feel
uncomfortable. He didn't know how to respond to sincere thanks.
Kiuchi Taketo wasn't good at
communicating and was a bit arrogant. This thank you was also awkward. But Kiba,
who lived in loneliness, was also bad at communicating. Though being with
Kushina, Yukina, and Hirohiko improved his communication, it was only limited
to them and Tsunade and Jiraiya recently.
Moreover, it was the first time he
was thanked!
He didn't know what to say, how to
react.
Kiba was stunned,
"Oh..." and said nothing.
Seeing Kiba had nothing to say,
Kiuchi Taketo didn't say anything and fell silent.
"That..." After a while,
Kiba coughed. "Shiga, he's alright. I might be a bit harsh."
Why did I say that!
Kiba regretted it as soon as he
opened his mouth.
I also kicked Kento Kiuchi away. Knowing Kiuchi's
temperament, he must be brooding. Maybe he suspects it as a mockery!
Kiuchi Taketo paused,
unexpectedly, after being silent for a while, Kiba spoke. He coughed and said,
"Fortunately, many missions are out now, and many people like to team up
with him."
Taketo Kiuchi didn't think about
that part. In fact, Kiuchi Taketo was also nervous and didn't know what to say.
"Oh..." Kiba replied
again and added, "That's good."
"Yeah!" Kiuchi Taketo
replied.
Then there was silence again.
"Well, you are different from
ordinary geniuses." After a moment of silence, Kiuchi Taketo said, almost
gritting his teeth, but his tone wasn't derogatory.
Different from ordinary geniuses? Is this a
compliment to me?
Kiba frowned.
It should be...
"Thank you."
"Yeah!" Kiuchi Taketo
replied.
Then there was complete silence.
But Morino Shinsuke, who was in
front of them, was slightly surprised when he heard their conversation.
Kiuchi actually took the initiative to talk to
someone...and to a genius he usually hates. This feels like the sun rising in
the west!
And unexpectedly, Kiba seems to be a bit bad at
communicating.
Morino's eyes suddenly brightened.
"There's a lake ahead, and we are almost at the border! Cross this lake
and you will be in the Land of Grass!"
Lake?
Kiba froze for a moment. At the
moment of confusion, he stepped on the air and fell.
Kiuchi Taketo fell with him.
"Despair..."
Morino Shinsuke landed steadily on
the lake and started to move on, but there was a "bang,"
and water splashed everywhere.
Morino stopped and looked back,
only to see Kiuchi Taketo jumping sideways with a surprised expression, looking
at the water column stirred up around him.
"Enemy attack?" Morino
Shinsuke quickly judged, stretching his hand behind his back, posing a combat
posture.
But seeing Taketo staring at the
stirred water column with a dazed expression, he frowned slightly and shouted,
"Kento! Combat readiness! Tell me what happened!"
He looked again, only to see
Fujiki Shigeru flying out of the woods, leaping down, landing on the other
side, carefully guarding the place where the water stirred up.
But Kiba was missing.
"Where's Kiba?" Morino
asked hurriedly, seeing Kiuchi Taketo still in a daze. "Kento, focus! Tell
me about Kiba!"
Hearing the teacher's words,
Kiuchi Taketo reacted, turning with a subtle face, pointing to the place where
the water splashed. "There..."
Morino was taken aback.
Not an enemy attack? but...
Kiba fell into the water?
Morino's mouth twitched invisibly.
Damn, water walking training... I've never done it!
Kiba wanted to cry but slowly sank
into the water.
Now, shame on me!