"You bastard!"
Kankuro's emotions gradually became angry.
"Kankuro, put him down first. I'm really sorry, my little brother has a bit of a bad temper."
Temari beside him persuaded Kankuro to put the person down, apologizing to Aoba and the others while sizing up this suddenly-appeared, somewhat handsome white-haired little brat.
From the moment Aoba appeared, the tense emotions on the three people opposite had mostly dissipated.
Looks like he's a ninja deeply trusted by his companions and strong in power.
Strong and handsome, and seemingly has a good personality.
[A/N: In the anime, Temari also had a bit of a fangirl personality when she first appeared.]
Naturally, Kankuro couldn't just put the person down because of Temari's words. He had already been completely enraged by Aoba's words.
This kind of completely disregarding attitude reminded him of Gaara.
"I hate arrogant little punks like you the most!", He gritted his teeth and said to Aoba.
His left hand had already clenched into a fist, and he was about to smash it into Konohamaru's face.
"Kankuro…", Temari looked at Kankuro's movements, wanting to stop him.
She also felt a bit mentally exhausted. She had two younger brothers, each with weird personalities, completely unwilling to listen to reason.
But before she could stop him, someone helped her stop him.
The speed of Swift Release was infinitely close to the speed of light.
In everyone's line of sight, Aoba's figure disappeared directly from the original spot, and in the next moment appeared in front of Kankuro.
A punch containing monstrous strength directly struck Kankuro's face.
BOOM!
Kankuro's slightly chubby body was blown straight away and embedded into the wall.
Then, with a bunch of rubble, he fell to the ground.
And Konohamaru was still in midair, falling down from above.
But Aoba grabbed him by the collar and steadily placed him back on the ground.
This scene left quite a few people dumbfounded.
"So… so cool!"
Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, all three little kids had stars shining in their eyes.
Even Temari was dazed for a moment. Only when Aoba looked at her did she come back to her senses.
"You…", Temari's hand instinctively gripped the fan handle of her three-star fan, wanting to launch an attack.
But another figure, wrapped in wind and sand, suddenly appeared in front of her.
It was a red-haired ninja with a gourd on his back and a gloomy expression.
He looked even younger than Temari and Kankuro.
His dark circles were quite heavy.
"Gaara?", Temari never expected that Gaara would stand in front of her at this moment.
Aoba was also a bit surprised, 'Looks like this guy still cares a lot about his sister.'
Kankuro: 'Speak up for me!'
"Looks like you care about her a lot. Don't worry, she's much more polite than that guy, I won't lay a hand on her," Aoba still maintained a gentle smile.
But Gaara was already vaguely feeling some pressure.
Especially since Aoba was a lot taller than him. His instincts were telling him this guy was dangerous.
And that speed just now…
He couldn't keep up.
He might be crazy, but he wasn't stupid.
"Cough! Cough! Cough!", A series of coughs rang out as Kankuro, lying on the ground, struggled to get up.
"You bastard!", He spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, mixed with several broken teeth. Even though his face was already swollen high and he was speaking with a lisp, he still stared tightly at Aoba.
He put down the puppet on his back, intending to act.
But he was stopped by Gaara, who shot him a cold glance.
"Stop, Kankuro, you disgrace to the village."
"Gaara, listen to me, they were the ones who started it first," Kankuro panicked the moment he heard Gaara's voice.
He feared no one—except Gaara.
"Shut up… or I'll kill you!", At this point, Gaara's eyes were full of murderous intent.
"S-Sorry! I'm sorry! It's my fault… really sorry…", Under Gaara's pressure, Kankuro quickly began apologizing to the Konoha ninjas.
Aoba didn't react much, but Shikamaru and the others were all a bit stunned.
It was hard for them to connect that defiant little fatty just now with the meek and submissive guy before them now.
Can he recover a little?
"What's your name?", Gaara took the initiative to ask Aoba's name.
"Aoba, and you?", Aoba answered and asked in return.
"Gaara of the Sand," Gaara answered honestly.
Aoba then looked toward Temari.
"M-Me?", Temari's face blushed slightly, "I'm Temari."
Aoba nodded, and finally looked toward Kankuro.
Kankuro thought the other party wanted to know his name too, and just as he was about to introduce himself, Aoba interrupted him.
"You have a good sister, but she can only help you this once. Don't go stirring up trouble in someone else's village again."
"You!", Kankuro felt suffocated, but seeing Gaara's gaze, he could only bottle everything up.
He instantly turned into a pushover.
"Really sorry about all this," Gaara also apologized to Aoba and the others.
Then he turned to Temari and Kankuro and said, "Let's go."
Then led the way and left.
Kankuro could only follow behind Gaara like his father had just died.
Maybe when no one's around, he could write Gaara's name on a puppet and punch it a couple times.
But he had to remember to wipe it clean afterwards.
If Gaara found out, someone might really die.
Temari, on the other hand, glanced back at Aoba a couple more times before leaving.
"Aoba-nii, you were so cool just now!", As Gaara's group left, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon immediately surrounded him.
Their eyes were full of sparkling stars.
Aoba had a bit of a headache. How did he suddenly replace Naruto's original role?
Speaking of Naruto, after he started learning taijutsu under Might Guy, he had been immersed in training every day.
He really didn't have a chance to meet these three little kids. During this period, he had also been training with Jiraiya, while Sasuke was training with Kakashi.
Even less likely to be involved in this incident.
If they were all cute little lolis like Hanabi, of course he'd like them. But Konohamaru and Udon, these two little brats.
Aoba rubbed Konohamaru's head, "Next time, don't run around playing on the streets. It can bother others."
"I… I got it," Konohamaru nodded shyly.
Without Hiruzen covering for him, he was a lot more polite now.
"Aoba, thanks for earlier. Otherwise, that really would've been a hassle," Shikamaru came over and thanked Aoba.
"No problem. Weren't you guys training under Asuma-sensei?"
"Sensei had something to deal with temporarily. We were just about to take them for lunch when we ran into that," Shikamaru explained.
"Aoba, want to come eat lunch with us?", Ino also walked over and linked arms with Aoba.
Aoba looked helpless, "We have to go home right now."
"Huh?", Ino looked disappointed.
"Then why don't you come eat lunch at my place?", He offered another suggestion.
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