Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

Chapter 478: Someone coming from Konoha

"Bang Bang Bang Bang~"

The continuous knocking sounds like a huge bell, the tone is sometimes high-pitched and sometimes heavy.

Circles of transparent shock waves spread out in all directions.

The earth also shook rhythmically with the knocking sounds, and the knocking sounds were also transmitted into the Kirigakure Village.

The thick fog that permeated the air all year round seemed to be somewhat dispersed by the sound waves.

However, in the Kirigakure Village, even ordinary people did not show the slightest sign of panic when they heard the sound that sounded like an earthquake coming from afar.

Instead, some people swayed and danced to the rhythm of the knocking sounds, with a look of enjoyment on their faces.

Even the wandering merchants from foreign lands, who were visiting to issue missions for the first time, quickly overcame their initial panic. Nearby, enthusiastic locals stepped forward to explain the situation, easing their confusion.

"Don't worry, this must be Mizukage-sama training the village's ninjas there again."

Just as the man was speaking, the knocking sounds in the distance suddenly stopped.

Then, a shrill roar resounded through the sky.

Even the clouds in the sky seemed to be blown away a little by the howl.

"Yo~ I knew it. Judging from the rhythm, it must be the demon Zabuza-sama who is training with Mizukage-sama. Ao-sama wouldn't scream so beautifully."

"Hey~ That's right, it's not right for that brat Utakata to be beaten. The muffled knocking sound during training is still a little different."

The two people who were talking looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths curled up, revealing a smile of mutual understanding.

This made the businessman, who had just heard the explanation, feel a little confused again.

On the contrary, a few Kirigakure ninjas passing by did not show any strange expressions when they heard these ordinary villagers making fun of the top leaders of their own village.

It seems that they have become accustomed to this situation.

Perhaps it was because Kaito had too much contact with these villagers when doing his daily tasks, or perhaps it was because the people-friendly atmosphere promoted by the Kirigakure Village today was very effective.

As a result of the influence of their superiors, although the status of ninjas is still respected, it is no longer the kind of "respect" that was brought about by fear and dread.

Instead, it seems more like the villagers are paying due respect to the 'guardian'.

Although some older generation ninjas are not very adaptable to this change, overall, it is developing in the direction that Kaito hopes for.

At the end of the street, a burly white-haired man silently took in all of this.

After standing for a moment with a thoughtful look on his face, he continued to stride towards the Mizukage Building.

On the other side, in the training ground outside the village.

Floating in the air, Kaito, with a giant palm made of pure sage chakra, firmly held down the tailed beast's complete form 'Zero Three-Tails' which was still struggling and roaring below.

The blue-purple turtle was over ten meters long, with violent dark chakra surging all over its body, but it was still unable to break free from the sage chakra hand that was holding it tightly.

Kaito couldn't help but curl his lips and said with disgust when he saw this.

"Really? It's fine if you're getting tougher, but you should at least be able to release the Tailed Beast's Perfect Form on your own, right?"

As he spoke, Kaito slowly raised his left hand.

The blue-gold sage chakra energy in his body surged violently, and his left arm seemed to expand instantly, turning into a huge energy iron fist more than ten meters high.

Utakata, who was watching the battle on the side, quickly covered his eyes and only dared to secretly observe the battle situation through his fingers.

Because it was he who got beaten there yesterday.

Seeing the blue fist again now, Utakata could even vaguely feel waves of phantom pain in his body.

But Utakata saw through his fingers that before his sensei's fist could be raised up and hit him.

The blue-purple turtle below, which was held by another hand, suddenly twisted its huge head.

It was as if it turned into a rapidly extending giant purple python, winding and twisting towards Kaito floating in the sky and biting towards it.

"Yo, you've come up with a new trick?"

Kaito himself did not expect that the perfect form of 'Zero Three-Tail', which originally only knew how to fight and ram based on instinct and did not even have independent consciousness, could now use this kind of sneak attack.

Of course, this simple little trick would not make Kaito panic.

The energy left arm was raised and turned into a fist, which then grabbed the snake's head that was still running around in the air.

With a force applied, the snake's head, which had already stretched several times, was immediately stretched a little longer as if it was about to be pulled out of its shell.

The snake's head looked extremely thin and fragile, and even a little funny.

"Stop, stop, stop~~"

A hoarse and distorted wailing sound from Zabuza came from the 'snake head'.

Afterwards, the entire 'Zero Three-Tails' quickly disintegrated and dissipated, turning into a ball of black smoke, which quickly shrank and merged into Zabuza's body.

Zabuza, who lost the support of the tailed beast's body, also fell rapidly in the air.

With a thud, it fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Kaito waved his hand to dispel his Water Style Sage Mode.

He slowly floated down from the sky, and curiously landed in front of Zabuza who was lying on the ground.

"Huh? You controlled that sneak attack yourself? You can actually control the tailed beast's perfect form now?"

On the ground, Zabuza, his face covered with mud, stood up with difficulty despite his sore body.

He looked at Kaito in front of him with helplessness.

"How could it be so easy? I could only control myself for a moment before you hit me and I almost collapsed."

"When it comes to actual combat, it will definitely be of no use at all."

Upon hearing this, Kaito nodded thoughtfully.

"That's right. You're so weak, it's impossible for you to really control it now. I'll be thankful when you can train yourself to be able to control it freely."

Zabuza rolled his eyes when he heard what Kaito said.

Even Utakata, who had just walked over after seeing the battle, secretly turned his head away, not wanting to see the arrogant face of his sensei.

Zabuza's transformation into a tailed beast is different from that of an ordinary human jinchuriki, and he cannot establish a bond through communication.

If he could control such a huge amount of energy with his own strength and will, then he probably wouldn't need this kind of semi-finished tailed beast to improve his strength.

Kaito looked at Zabuza who was still a little unconvinced and said with a smile.

"You have to work harder. Mei has already developed her second bloodline limit. She became a jonin entirely by her own strength."

"They are all my kage guards, but you are a guy who relies on luck, aren't you embarrassed at all?"

After hearing this, Zabuza still had a sullen face, but it was obvious that he had taken Kaito's words to heart.

While the three were talking, a ninja dressed in ANBU uniform instantly appeared in the center of the training ground and spoke to Kaito in a respectful tone.

"Mizukage-sama, there is an envoy from Konoha, and Elder Genji wants you to go and meet him."

Kaito looked at the curvy figure of the Anbu in front of him and a smile flashed across his face.

"Mei, I mentioned you just now. Also, I've already told you, just call me Kaito when there's no one else around."

Upon hearing this, Terumi Mei, who was wearing an ANBU mask, blushed slightly and tilted her head to the side. Fortunately, the mask covered her face and no one else noticed.

Seeing this, Kaito stopped talking nonsense and waved to the other two.

"Let's go and see what Konoha is up to."

(End of this chapter)