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Chapter 398 Mirukawa Hikari?
"Mei? What are you doing standing here? Don't you have....."
"Shut up!"
Terumi Mei, who was still in a daze, was suddenly awakened after hearing Zabuza's voice.
She immediately glared at the other person fiercely, interrupting what he was about to say next.
At the same time, she also quietly hid her hands behind her back.
Zabuza looked at the scroll behind Terumi Mei that was almost deformed by being gripped, with some confusion. He wondered if his teammate was going again.
The back and forth actions of these two people also brought Kaito back to his senses a little.
He touched his nose awkwardly, then extended his hand to introduce them to Uchiha Hikari.
"This is Terumi Mei and Momochi Zabuza. They are my former teammates and my most valued companions."
'The most valued companions?'
After hearing their introduction by Kaito, she also recited silently in her heart, and then nodded slightly at Terumi Mei.
Similarly, when Terumi Mei heard this, she glanced to the side and replied in a low voice.
"Thank you very much, Mizukage-sama, for your appreciation."
Kaito was a little confused by the abnormal behavior of Terumi Mei, but he still pointed at Uchiha Hikari beside him and continued to introduce her.
"She is"
However, before he could finish, Uchiha Hikari, who usually didn't like to talk to outsiders, took the lead and introduced herself.
"My name is Mirukawa Hikari, and I was picked up by Kaito. "
When these words were spoken, although the voice was not loud, it even had some of the lightness of a young girl's voice.
But to other people's ears, it sounded like thunder.
Everyone, including Kaito, opened their mouths wide and looked at the girl who was speaking in amazement.
Even the Chunin and Genin brought by Hozuki Shingetsu didn't care about maintaining their image in front of the Mizukage and all of their eyes were fixed on Uchiha Hikari.
Terumi Mei, who had been muttering the word "companion" to herself, felt as if she had been struck by a bolt from the blue.
She quickly pulled out her hand from behind her back and pointed tremblingly at Uchiha Hikari.
She didn't even notice that the precious bloodline limit development scroll had fallen to the ground.
"You, you, you... Kaito, Kaito..."
Kaito, who was the first to come to his senses, also realized what a shocking statement Uchiha Hikari made.
He immediately wanted to explain to everyone.
After all, surnames are no joke in the ninja world.
"Um, that, Hikari."
However, before Kaito could ask.
Terumi Mei's arms were shaking, and then her whole body was shaking, just like a clockwork rabbit.
With a whoosh, she rushed out.
Ignoring everyone's astonishment, she ran towards the base.
Kaito looked at this unexpected scene and didn't know what to do for a moment.
On the contrary, Uchiha Hikari, who had just made a sensational statement, was still a little confused.
She tilted her head and asked Kaito.
"Kaito, your companion, is there something urgent?"
After Uchiha Hikari interrupted him, Kaito didn't think about chasing after Mei, but asked Uchiha Hikari helplessly.
"Hikari, why did you come up with such a last name for yourself?"
At this time, Kaito had also remembered.
Just now when he returned to this time and space.
Considering the 'Uchiha' surname and the Sharingan ability, which were too well-known in the entire ninja world.
As the leader of Kirigakure, Kaito brought back a girl with Uchiha blood, which could easily cause disputes between Kirigakure and Konohagakure.
The Kirigakure Village had just entered peace not long ago, and Kaito did not want to have any conflict with Konohagakure over such a small matter.
Therefore, he had reminded Uchiha Hikari before not to use the power of the Sharingan unless it was necessary.
And it is best to temporarily change her last name first.
It's just that Kaito himself is a poor namer, and he gave Uchiha Hikari several surnames in a row, and neither of them were satisfactory.
Later, the girl was asked to think of a good surname for herself, and the matter was left unresolved.
After that, there was no need for the two of them to use each other's surnames in their daily communication, so Kaito put the matter behind him.
He just assumed that Uchiha Hikari couldn't figure it out, and forgot about it.
After all, there are plenty of ninjas in the ninja world who don't have surnames.
Who would have thought that the girl would finally choose to name herself with the surname "Mirukawa".
However, Uchiha Hikari did not feel anything wrong.
Instead, she asked in a somewhat dull manner.
"The name Hikari was given to me by You. So is there any problem with You and I having the same surname?"
Having said this, Uchiha Hikari seemed to have noticed the strange expressions on everyone's faces, and continued to speak cautiously.
"Is that not possible? Then let me think of something else?"
Seeing Uchiha Hikari's pitiful expression, Kaito could only hold his forehead in silence, but did not directly reject it.
"Well, let's do this for now."
After all, this was his own mistake.
And in the future the girl will definitely have to restore the Uchiha surname, so it's no big deal to leave it this way for now.
The people nearby heard the conversation between the two and realized that there was just a slight misunderstanding in their words.
That so-called following the surname of Mizukage-sama is probably just a misunderstanding of his and others.
But even so, everyone still looked at Uchiha Hikari with strange eyes.
However, due to the status of Mizukage-sama, these people did not dare to look too far, and even the wild thoughts in their minds were quickly thrown away.
The only one who came here was Zabuza who came with Mei.
He looked at his old teammate and rolled his eyes in disgust.
Then he bent down and picked up the scroll that Mei had dropped on the ground.
After thinking about it, he decided not to hand it over to Kaito on behalf of Mei, but to take it back and let her decide what to do herself.
"Mizukage-sama, I will be leaving now."
Zabuza bowed and saluted Kaito, then prepared to turn around and leave.
However, in Kaito's eyes, he felt that this guy without eyebrows seemed to be gloating over other people's misfortune.
"Wait."
Although he was somewhat speechless at this guy's gloating, Kaito still subconsciously called out to him.
However, under Zabuza's somewhat strange gaze, he spoke in a low voice awkwardly.
"Uh, well, can you help explain this later?"
Kaito wasn't sure what exactly he wanted the other person to explain, but he still instinctively voiced his thoughts.
After all, Kaito is his former teammate and the Mizukage.
Zabuza did not refuse Kaito's request.
He simply waved the scroll in his hand, which Kaito didn't know what it was, and then without looking back, headed towards the direction where Terumi Mei had 'escaped'.
And with this little scene caused by his two uniquely spirited former teammates at the door.
The Mizukage, Kaito, could only awkwardly pretend to cough twice, forcing himself to regain some of his dignity as the Mizukage, and then looked at the people behind him.
"Well, don't stand at the door, go inside first."
(End of this chapter)