Chapter 223 - 221: Konan’s Advice

Chapter 223: Chapter 221: Konan’s Advice

"Kano, calm down!"

"I’ll be calm once I hammer him to death!"

Kano chased Ashiho with her Hunting Horn. Even though Neji didn’t understand the situation, he knew it wasn’t right for Kano to kill someone like this. He could tell Kano was very angry, but he had to stop her.

Kano didn’t actually want to kill the guy; otherwise, she would have used Shadow Ninja. She just wanted to beat him up to vent her anger and would heal him afterward!

"Kano-chan, please don’t hurt Brother Ashiho!"

Naruko also tried to stop Kano, but Kano got even angrier when she saw her.

"It’s all this guy’s fault for teaching Naruto that strange secret technique! Now Naruto can’t turn back!"

Kano picked up Naruko, who was blocking her path, to show Neji. Neji widened his Byakugan in disbelief. This cute girl was Naruto? How could that be?

Then he turned back to look at Ashiho, asking for confirmation:

"Mr. Ashiho, did you really teach Naruto this strange secret technique?"

Ashiho’s brain really wanted to say it had nothing to do with him, but it was indeed him who taught the Mirror Shadow Body Transfer Jutsu.

"Yes. His purpose for coming to the Land of Demons was to learn our inherited secret technique—the Mirror Shadow Body Transfer Jutsu. It can only be used once in a lifetime. It allows one to completely transform into the target, but the price is that they can never change back. If I hadn’t begged him to protect the Priestess, I wouldn’t have taught it to him."

Neji didn’t understand why Naruto would want to learn such a strange Ninjutsu. Was the Transformation Jutsu not good enough?

However, he still intended to protect the person behind him first.

"Kano, you heard it too. It was Naruto who wanted to find this secret technique himself, and it wasn’t the other party who lured him into learning it. He is innocent. Even if there is any responsibility, it was Naruto’s own choice."

Even Rock Lee jumped out to stop Kano.

"That’s right, Kano-chan. He’s just an ordinary person; he can’t take a single hit from you."

"This is all that idiot Naruto’s fault! If you want to hit someone, hit her!"

Karin also jumped out, trying to shift the conflict.

For the past few days, Naruto had been holding Kano while sitting in the carriage, which made her incredibly jealous and envious. Originally, Big Sister was hers!

Karin had never considered Naruto a rival; after all, in her eyes, Naruto was just one of the many simps. But she didn’t expect him to be so ruthless, actually willing to give up his gender to win Kano’s favor.

Now, Karin’s advantage as a girl was gone.

Kano looked at the cute Naruko, then at the bespectacled man being protected, and aimed her Hunting Horn at Ashiho again.

"But I can’t bear to hit Naruto, so I can only take it out on an outsider."

Even Sakura couldn’t help but complain.

"Isn’t this too much of a double standard!"

"That’s right, I am double-standard."

She would rather admit to being double-standard than admit she had been charmed.

Hearing Kano-chan’s favoritism, Naruko was still very happy, but even so, she couldn’t let Kano-chan hurt Brother Ashiho.

Seeing that even Naruko was trying to stop her, Kano had nowhere to vent her internal, twisted emotions, so she disappeared on the spot, leaving only a Shadow Ninja behind.

This time, Kano didn’t go home but went to Amegakure, to the small tin shed Konan had prepared for her, which only had a bed and a chair.

Because it was just a teleportation point for Kano, it hadn’t been specifically renovated.

It was the first time Kano had lain on this bed, trying to calm down.

The fact that Naruto had turned into Naruko moved her greatly. She didn’t know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, and she didn’t know what kind of emotion she was feeling now. In short, her heart was inexplicably chaotic.

As her teammate, Kano felt it was too unworthy for Naruto to turn into a girl. To make such a big change just to please a woman—Kano herself felt it wasn’t worth it.

But as someone who loved cute things, she really liked cute Naruko, and it was a Naruko who loved her. Plus, there was a scent on Naruko specifically targeting Kano. How could anyone resist that?

But Naruto was the destined protagonist. For the protagonist to give up his identity as the male lead for Kano made Kano’s conscience ache greatly. And what would she do when she met Minato and Kushina later? Say, "Your son turned into a girl for me"?

But Naruko was really amazing! And she was a naughty yet obedient golden-haired girl. With Naruko’s personality, even if Kano wanted to tease or spoil her, she would definitely agree.

The tangled emotions made Kano toss and turn. She felt both regret and anticipation, full of self-blame, yet also frustrated that things had gone unexpectedly.

This continued until dawn, and Kano stood up from the bed with dark circles under her eyes.

It had been many years since she had stayed up late, but this time she really couldn’t sleep.

"Should I go back? But how should I face Naruto?"

Kano hesitated. She didn’t know how to get along with Naruto from now on. Especially the scent on Naruko that specifically attracted Kano, and her cute appearance. It was easy for Kano to lose her rationality and prevent her from making rational judgments.

"What should I do!"

Kano stamped her feet in anxiety.

Then, a knock on the door sounded. Dang, dang, dang~

"Is Kashi back?"

Konan’s voice came from outside. Kano immediately pulled out the Virtual Idol Skin and Akatsuki cloak from her shadow and put them on.

Because she didn’t hear a response, Konan entered the room to check, only to see Kano just sitting on the edge of the bed after changing her clothes.

"You should have answered me when you came back. Have you had breakfast... What’s wrong with you? Is something on your mind? You look like you’re in a bad state of mind."

"I’m fine, I’m fine."

"Looking at your expression, you practically have ’please comfort me’ written on your face, and you say you have nothing on your mind?"

"I didn’t have that expression!"

"No, no, fine. Can you tell your big sister what happened? I’m a few years older than you; maybe I can help you solve the problem."

Kano hesitated for a moment. Under Konan’s concerned gaze, she finally spoke.

"I have a friend."

"Hmm, this friend is you, right?"

"No!"

Kano immediately didn’t want to talk anymore.

"Go on, I won’t interrupt."

"I have a friend, we’ve known each other for a long time. He likes me and is very good to me."

"A guy?"

"Uh... he used to be."

"Huh?" Konan didn’t quite understand what she meant at first, but it didn’t stop her from asking, "Do you like him?"

"Hmm, I quite like him. But it’s not romantic love, it’s the affection of a friend. As for him, it’s pure romantic love for me."

"Then he’s quite pitiful. But Kashi, you look so cute, there must be many boys who like you, he’s just one of them."

"It’s true that many people like me, but he is the most special one. I’ve experienced many things with him, like going on dates."

"Isn’t that just dating?"

"It’s a bit different. I’m very sure that I didn’t hold a shred of romantic love for him before. In order not to hurt him, I rejected him, spoke tactfully, and told him the reason why I didn’t have romantic feelings for him."

"I guess you told him all this, and he let it go. But then you started liking him, right? Young love is really both sweet and painful."

"No, it’s not that dramatic. I told him, but he didn’t give up. He continued to be good to me as always and confessed to me from time to time. Sometimes I feel very guilty, receiving so much of his love for nothing without reciprocating at all. So sometimes I would go on dates with him and play with him to avoid him being sad and upset."

"You were just pitying him, and that made him even more unable to leave you. What you did was very bad; only a bad girl would do that."

"I know it’s not right, but I can’t bear to see him give without reward, standing there alone with flowers, feeling lost."

"So you agreed to him and started dating him?"

"No."

"How scummy."

"Shut up! Big sister, if you keep doing this, I won’t talk to you anymore."

"Okay, okay, I’ll shut up."

"Later, we were separated for about two years. I thought his feelings for me would fade, but they didn’t. He still likes me very much."

"What about your feelings for him? Have they changed?"

"I think not." Kano thought for a moment, then added, "But I would always think of him during that time."

And of course, Sasuke.

Konan understood. Kashi must have liked him for a long time; she just hadn’t realized her own feelings.

"Then, in order to please me, he gave up his original identity. Just to cater to my preferences, she gave up something very important for me. I don’t know how to treat her anymore, and I don’t know how to explain it to his family."

"Then do you like him as he is now?"

"I like him, it’s just that my conscience aches slightly whenever I think of his original appearance."

"Don’t be so self-blaming. You might think the other person lost something very important, but maybe it wasn’t that important to him."

"No, no, no, how could that thing not be important?"

"If you and him also lost such a precious thing, what would you think?"

Kano actually thought about it seriously. She had indeed lost things before, and it didn’t seem to be a big deal; in fact, she was happier?

"Besides, he likes you so much and has done so much for you, and now he has become the way you like. So why not try to respond to him? He is willing to pay so much for you; he must love you very much. If you are together, he should be good to you too. Cherish the people around you, cherish the people who love you. Don’t wait until you lose them to regret it, regretting not taking that step earlier."

"But..."

"No more ’buts’. The most important thing is that you are happy, and he is happy. Even if you are unhappy, he will definitely coax you into being happy. Don’t worry about what others think. Don’t worry so much as a child. Big sister will support you!"

Under Konan’s encouragement, Kano let go of the resentment in her heart and planned to try to get along with the current Naruko. At least she didn’t intend to struggle with it anymore.

At worst, if she met Minato and Kushina, she would kowtow to them and apologize. Since Naruko couldn’t change back, she would teach her how to be a beautiful girl as her senior.

And since Naruko liked her so much, becoming a wife would just be a matter of one sentence.

"Thank you, Sister Konan! After listening to you, I’ve opened up."

Since Naruto had become the way she liked, he was the person Kano liked. The XP was correct, the gender was correct, and the personality was correct. Then she would accept her!

"It’s best that you’ve opened up. Do you want to have breakfast?"

"No, I need to go back early."

"Then be careful on the way. Oh, wait, you have Space-Time Ninjutsu, so I wish you all the best."

"Hmm, you too, Sister Konan. Cherish the people around you. I hope you can find a great boyfriend."

"You..."

Before the blushing Konan could speak, Kano had already run off, leaving behind a Shadow Ninja.

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