SWNOVELXO Chapter 500: Chapter 14. After Dinner
[V3] - Chapter 14. After Dinner
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"What a wonderful world this is!"
"It's alright! Just a bit chaotic over there." Yuto took a sip of his milk tea, looked at Minato in front of him, and said with a smile, "So? Do you want to go have a look too?"
"If I had the chance, of course I'd like to go!" Minato showed his usual sunny smile and nodded.
After a while—
He sighed helplessly and shook his head. "Forget it. I can't leave right now. After all, the two Ninja Worlds have only just connected. As the Hokage, how could I just leave now?"
If it weren't for all the unexpected events, he would've already handed the position over to Obito or Kakashi.
Especially Kakashi… the Kakashi from the other Konoha even became the Sixth Hokage. He should be very suitable to take over.
But this Kakashi didn't seem interested in becoming Hokage, and as for Obito… he had too much going on. Now was not the right time for him to take over the position of Hokage!
Speaking of Obito, Minato seemed to recall something. He quickly looked at Yuto, speaking excitedly, "That's right! You could take Obito to that world! Let him get away for a bit, relax a little."
Seeing Obito put the mask back on again had really hurt him inside.
Does Uchiha Obito… really have no way to live without that mask?
He—
He was carrying too much.
Even more than the Obito from the other Ninja World!
"Take Obito to that world?" Yuto was slightly surprised, but still nodded. "Sure! Anyway, I was planning to bring a few people over this time."
Over there…
There really were too few strong people worth showing off.
So this time back, he was indeed considering bringing a few folks with him.
Especially in the delivery industry… it's an absolute mess over there right now. They only operate on individual islands, and there's no inter-island delivery yet. So he wanted to see if he could bring Duy-san over and have him help train a delivery team!
Of course, that shouldn't be a problem.
Currently, in the delivery industry of the Ninja World… Duy's reputation had reached a peak. He was rightfully called the "God of Delivery."
Back then, only Uchiha Madara had the power to challenge his position. But… after all kinds of incidents, even Madara stopped doing food deliveries.
So now, Old Duy had no challengers in the Ninja World's delivery business.
He should be very happy to take on the challenge of the vast sea as a new market!
While he was at it, Yuto also wanted to bring Suzune, Hanabi, Kana, and the three kids along too.
But for now… it seemed those three couldn't leave.
Suzune had to oversee the markets of both Ninja Worlds; Hanabi… due to the exchange between the two Hyuga clans, as the current Clan Leader, she couldn't leave temporarily. Most likely, both sides were considering a merger, so she was quite busy; as for Kana… she did have time, but due to matters in the Land of Rain, she couldn't let go of Konan and the others. So she planned to stay here a while longer.
In the end, Yuto thought it over… and let it go.
Anyway, it wasn't troublesome for him to travel back and forth. As long as he left a [Door] behind, Suzune and the others could come find him anytime if they missed him.
"Obito!" Yuto sighed emotionally, shaking his head as he looked at Minato. "He still cares too much about his pride! Back when he was blackened, wasn't he pretty thick-skinned? Now that he's older, why's he suddenly becoming more self-conscious?"
Back then—
He was such a cute, innocent boy!
Even after learning Uchiha Madara's secret technique, and despite being scorned by the world, he still put his hands together fearlessly, middle and index fingers aligned, smiling as he faced the Ninja World!
"Forget it, forget it!" Minato laughed awkwardly, seeing Yuto like that. "You better not take Obito with you. That guy's been trying to bankrupt you all along! It's better to wait for Danzo-sama to come and have him follow Third Hokage-sama instead!"
Yuto—
This guy—
Although he's reliable in dangerous times, when it's peaceful… better to keep Obito far away from him.
Minato quickly changed the subject, "By the way! What about the First Hokage-sama and Madara-sama? Didn't they already go to the sea with you? Why didn't they come back this time? Second Hokage-sama was just asking me about the First Hokage-sama the other day."
"Oh, First Hokage and Uchiha Madara…" Yuto rolled his eyes, clearly annoyed. "You know how it is… when they're on their own, they're reliable, but once they're together… something always goes wrong!"
It's like a husky meeting a samoyed—chaos and joy all around!
And Minato had the nerve to say something!
This guy actually dumped those two big troublemakers on him!
What, was he afraid things were too quiet on his side, so he wanted to stir things up?
"So before long, I gave them a ship and sent them off to conquer the sea!"
"…"
"Don't worry! Those two are monsters!" Yuto shrugged, totally unconcerned. "I doubt anything bad will happen."
That said—
It was strange that there hadn't been any news about those two on the sea during this period.
It didn't make sense!
With their personalities, how could they possibly stay quiet?
Could they be secretly planning something big?
As for whether they'd be in danger… don't be ridiculous. Even if all three Marine Admirals showed up, they probably couldn't threaten those two!
"True enough!" Minato nodded and smiled. "They're the God of the Ninja World and the Shura of the Ninja World! How could anything happen to them?" He looked at Yuto and added, "And just in time… Second Hokage-sama also mentioned he planned to go over too!" He shook his head with a bitter smile. "Probably because he's worried the First Hokage-sama and Madara-sama will cause trouble in the other world."
As those words fell—
Yuto nodded. "Alright, I'll let them know when the time comes…"
Before he could finish—
Suddenly—
The ringtone of a phone rang.
Yuto took out his phone, looked at the caller ID with surprise, then slightly furrowed his brows and answered the call.
"Hello? Yes! Yes! She's an intern at the Yuto Group. And you are? Admiral Aokiji of the Marines? Ohhh, then I'll trouble you to look after her. Don't worry, I'll head over after dinner!"
After saying that—
He didn't care about the person who had fallen silent on the other end of the line.
And just hung up the call directly!
Minato, seeing the call end, curiously asked, "Who was that?"
"Someone from the sea side. A new assistant I found."
"The sea side? Did something happen? Maybe I shouldn't bother you anymore?"
"No worries!" Yuto waved it off casually and said with a smile, "It's just a father playing the villain, secretly checking on his daughter. Let's not go now and disturb them. Come, come, keep drinking, keep eating! I'll go over later!"
What big deal could it be~
Just a small matter!
A small matter!
…
Meanwhile.
Aokiji, who had also just hung up the phone, was staring silently at his phone. Then he looked over at Robin, who was tied up in front of him. He scratched his head… then looked at the phone again.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Finally, after some hesitation, he said, "Um…"
"As expected… that guy was lying to me!" Robin saw Aokiji like this, and immediately understood what was going on. Her head drooped in disappointment. "This thing can't even get in touch with him, right?" She sighed bitterly. "I should never have held any hope in the first place!"
She—
Nico Robin—
She is the Witch of Betrayal!
The Devil Child!
And yet she actually believed the lies of a black-hearted boss!
The fear she had felt when first seeing a Marine Admiral… now, her heart had instead calmed down. She looked at Aokiji and said blandly, "Kill me. Maybe I should've died back then."
"Eh? Actually, I did get through to him!"
"???" Robin froze for a moment, then quickly returned to calm. "Then what's going on? He abandoned me? That's right. Why would someone like that care about a tool?"
"No, no!" Aokiji scratched his head, at a bit of a loss for words. In the end, he sighed and said with an odd expression, "He said he'd come over after dinner! He told me to take care of you! And also wanted me to let you know… not to worry, he guarantees he'll come right after dinner!"
Saying that, he glanced at the sun still hanging in the sky. "Does your boss eat before sunset? Then… he should be here soon!"
And with that—
"…"
Soon, your damn—
Robin stared silently at Aokiji.
Her eyelid twitched slightly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The two of them just looked at each other.
No one knew how long passed.
Robin narrowed her eyes, the corners of her lips lifting slightly, smiling sweetly at Aokiji.
Just smiling at him like that.
However—
That smile… made Aokiji a little nervous inside!
Just as he was wondering whether he should comfort her a little—
Suddenly—
"Beat that bastard to death for me! Beat him good!" Robin growled through gritted teeth, her expression furious. "Beat him to a pulp! I promise I'll follow the World Government's arrangements! That bastard's too much!"
"…"