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Chapter 44: 168 gold coins, take it!

"Haha, senior Gu Jie, stop joking."

The young chunin was already amused by Kosuke Maruboshi, so he asked in turn:
"Senior Kosuke, since you are a disciple of the second generation, why are you still a genin now?"

Immediately afterwards, the young chuunin seemed to realize something.

'Wait a minute, the Two Seal Water Formation Wall at that time? '

As one of the few people who has seen the true strength of Maruboshi Kosuke, he deeply understands that Maruboshi Kosuke's genin ninja rating is simply unreasonable.

It's like staying as a genin on purpose!
Although there is an exaggerated gap of ten thousand years between the second generation Hokage and Maruboshi Kosuke.

But a somewhat illogical guess emerged in the mind of the young chuunin.

'Could it be true? '

"Well, just take it as a joke."

Instead of continuing the conversation on the topic of 'Second Hokage', Maruboshi Kosuke ended the topic in time.

His stupid behavior when he was young has always been a lingering pain point for him even now.

During a mission, the young man was eager for quick success and quick success.

The idea of ​​quickly 'promoting to Chunin through this mission' drove him to adopt extremely radical tactics.

This also resulted in two of his teammates being killed on the spot because of his wrong decision.

At that time, Kosuke Maruhoshi blamed himself very much and blamed himself entirely for the deaths of his teammates.

That day, he swore to the Nidaime Hokage that he would be a genin for the rest of his life to atone for the sins of his teammates.

Senju Tobirama saw his determination, but was afraid that he would go too far.

That's why he left the sentence "While you are alive, make good atonement for your sins!"

After that, the second generation Hokage served as Maruboshi Kosuke's water escape teacher, and taught him his water escape ninjutsu that he was good at.
"I will never allow you to relax. I will use my water escape ninjutsu to spur you on."

Furthermore, Maruboshi Kosuke received a lot of advice from the Second Hokage on water escape.

Even though the Second Hokage has been dead for many years, the water escape ninjutsu he left behind still guides Kosuke Maruboshi on the road to atonement.

Through the Uchiha clan emblems on the clothes of Uchiha Toru and Uchiha Shisui, Maruhoshi Kosuke recognized their surnames.

"Thank you, Uchiha."

Maruhoshi Kosuke wanted to thank them, but found that he didn't know their names yet.

Uchiha Shisui noticed Maruboshi Kosuke's embarrassment and stepped forward in time to add:

"Um, Kosuke-senpai! I am Uchiha Shisui, and he is Uchiha Toru."

Kosuke Maruboshi looked at the ninja sword lent to him by Toru Uchiha, feeling melancholy in his heart.

"Toru and Shisui, thank you very much."

"When the Nidaime taught me swordsmanship, I saw the ninja sword he used during the Warring States Period."

Falling into a brief memory, Kosuke Maruhoshi began to answer the questions raised by Toru Uchiha:

"I heard from the Nidaime that when Konoha Village was not founded, he and his brother Hashirama-sama both used such ninja swords."

"Then, is this the ninja sword used by the First Hokage or the Second Hokage?"

This ninja sword is even vaguely related to the legendary Hokage. When Uchiha Shisui blurted out in excitement, he was also more amazed at Uchiha Che who obtained this ninja sword.

"No." Maruhoshi Kosuke shook his head, denying Shisui's suspicion.

"The ninja swords used by the First-sama and the Second-sama when they were young have been properly preserved."

"Then what is this one?"

Uchiha Toru asked first, but received an ambiguous answer from Maruboshi Kosuke.

"I don't know much about that era."

"I don't know who the specific owner of this ninja sword is, but judging from the year."

"This may be the ninja sword of Shodaime-sama's younger brother who died in the war."

Maybe it was the memories that brought back Maruhoshi Kosuke's regret and self-blame for himself.

Maruboshi Kosuke's eyes were a little dazed, and he kept recalling the information that Tobirama-sensei revealed when he was coaching him.

"This remains to be further verified by me."

"Whether this is something the teacher has mentioned before, as a disciple, I have to give it a try."

Kosuke Maruboshi stretched out his hand and covered the 'Senju clan emblem' that kept reminding him of his memories.

"As a genin, I don't have much to offer." "And I can't teach you the teacher's water escape ninjutsu as an exception."

Kosuke Maruhoshi changed the subject and spoke out the help he could provide.

"As a thank you, I will do my best to help you in terms of physical skills and sword skills."

"Sword skills?"

Uchiha Shisui glanced at Uchiha Toru sitting next to him, and twitched the corner of his mouth.

'With Toru's level of swordsmanship, do you still need guidance? '

"I studied!"

Uchiha Toru's firm voice came, which surprised Uchiha Shisui.

The reason why he was so determined was actually because Uchiha Toru knew where the taijutsu and sword skills mastered by the genin in front of him came from.

"You may have an already formed combat system."

The squinting eyes suddenly became sharp, and Maruhoshi Kosuke focused his attention on Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Toru.

"If you follow the Uchiha system in fighting, then what I teach may be of some help to the physical and sword techniques you master now."

Only the four ninjas and Uncle Ichiraku were left at the Ichiraku Ramen Shop. Maruhoshi Kosuke's calm words echoed in the Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

"Is it an improved version of Senju Sword Jutsu and Taijutsu?"

Maruhoshi Kosuke nodded without any intention of denying it.

"After I finish my next work, let's take some time to see you again."

Pulling out a pair of chopsticks from the bucket, Kosuke Maruhoshi returned to his usual smiling face and began to eat ramen.

"But the ramen is almost cold, which is a pity."

After paying the bill, Uchiha Toru walked out of the Ichiraku Ramen Shop and looked at the sky.

“It’s already so late”

The clouds added a touch of gloom to Konoha at night, and Uchiha Toru formed a D-level teleportation seal with one hand.

"Then Shisui, I'll go back first."

After saying goodbye to Shisui, Uchiha Toru used the speed bonus brought by the teleportation technique to disappear at the door of Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

After a brief silence, Uchiha Shisui slowly formed the seal of the instant body technique according to Uchiha Toru's previous appearance.

“What should we do to bring peace?”

Afterwards, Shisui also disappeared at the entrance of Ichiraku Ramen Shop.

To the northwest of the tribe, the activity of the Uchiha tribe has weakened a lot.

But it did not have much impact on the temporary resettlement place, after all, there were not many people living here to begin with.

In the deathly silence, Uchiha Toru took out the key from his tool bag and unlocked the old wooden door.

“I’m finally back, I’ve been waiting all afternoon!!”

Holding a large bag of gold coins in his arms, Ninko Furumaru immediately looked at him with resentment.

"Sorry Furushimaru, I'm late"

“I’m almost exhausted from collecting so many gold coins!”

"Do you know how long we have been busy with so many gold coins? Everyone's ninja cat chakra will be exhausted!"

"The 168 gold coins will be left here for you. I'm going back to sleep!"

Fukurumaru, who was extremely sleepy, immediately prepared to use the counter-spiritual technique, but he seemed to have thought of something else.

"By the way, these are the two scrolls that Granny Cat gave you. They are free."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of white smoke burst out from around the body of Fukumaru who activated the 'Reverse Psychic Technique'.

"Have you got all the gold coins?"

The moment Uchiha Toru touched the gold coin, the gold coin, which was wrapped in a sack and was as tall as a person, disappeared in an instant.

Only the empty sacks were left slowly falling to the ground.

The balance of gold coins in the account was replenished in time and became 168 gold coins.

[Consume 168 gold coins to exchange for 10 advanced recruitment scrolls]

(End of this chapter)