"Meow~" Takeshi jumped on Kabouto.
"Takeshi, you can't be so rude!" Rin scolded.
"Meow~ He and I have known each other for a long time." Takeshi climbed on his shoulder and ruthlessly exposed Kabuto's lies in one sentence.
Kabuto was stunned for a moment, then held Takeshi and bowed to Rin, saying, "I'm sorry Rin-senpai, I have known Takeshi-chan for a long time."
"It does seem to be the case. It's okay. Come in and sit for sometime. A friend of Takeshi is also our friend." Rin didn't care. On the contrary, she was happier.
Since Takeshi knew him, so she thinks he is not a bad kid - except for girls, this damn cat's primary targets are often boys, and being able to be cordial and friends with Takeshi despite that. Kabuto must be a good kid.
Kabuto bowed politely, then carried Takeshi in his arms, with a smile on his face. In fact, he secretly pressed his hands on some of the pressure points that made the cat uncomfortable. Good ol' revenge!
Takeshi's heart was giddy, because he had paid attention to the points panel just now, and when he revealed Kabuto's lies, points jumped by dozens of points. So this cat didn't mind enduring abit of revenge, 'but why is he pressing my pressure points!?'
"Meow!"
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. Takeshi likes me to pet him like this. Maybe I accidentally pressed it too much so he is abit uncomfortable. I'm sorry Takeshi-Chan." Kabuto said with a kind smile.
"Meow~ let go." Takeshi struggled to run out and jumped onto Rin's shoulder.
This kid is really a shady. He can tell you both truth and lie with straight face, but no one would find any mistakes in his acting. Rin couldn't help but laugh, walked through the door with Takeshi and Kabuto, and shouted at the same time: "Mother, I'm back."
"Welcome back, your father hasn't come back yet, so you'll need to wait abit longer for food." Nohara Megumi heard Rin turned around and saw a cute little boy and couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Who is this kid?"
"Hello, auntie, my name is Kabuto and I am training under Rin-senpai." Kabuto was very polite.
"Training under me is a strong phrasing, I am just helping him understand some topics from time to time..." Rin felt embarrassed. Her skills were not enough to train medical trainees. Of course, this was her self-effacing thought.
In fact, the medical corp evaluated her as having quick on-the-spot reaction, steady hands, strong chakra control, etc. All in all, She was rated quite highly.
Megumi invited Kabuto to sit down and asked about it enthusiastically. After learning that Kabuto was an orphan, she invited him to sit down and wait for husband to have dinner together before leaving.
Kabuto quickly wanted to refuse, but Megumi was too enthusiastic and couldn't refuse too much without seeming impolite, so he stayed.
For him, this was the first time he had seen such a scene - in Capital City, although there were similar situations, those ladies were either polite or had some desire for him, but the underlying desire to control him and have him as a servant was obvious.
But the aunt in front of him didn't have any underlying selfish desire at all, and she was at most sympathetic. This made Kabuto quite uncomfortable, but... it didn't feel bad.
Takeshi got in front of him and asked for a massage. Kabuto petted him gently, and then used some medical jutsu to soothe his muscles and shakra points, making the black cat so comfortable that he started to purr.
Rin watched on the side and felt that this jutsu was quite magical, but this "secret jutsu" could not be spread to others, so she just glanced at Takeshi and moved her eyes away.
"Rin-san, don't worry. This is actually an ordinary massage technique combined with simple medical jutsu." Kabuto noticed Rin's behaviour and immediately explained to her.
So after a while, Takeshi was handed over to Rin. With Rin massaging this time, as Kabuto kept giving pointers and corrections, and it didn't take long for Rin to learn this massage jutsu.
Takeshi quietly praised him in his heart, as he appreciated this. It is better to teach a man to fish than to get him a fish. From now on, he does not need to run to Kabuto every time he wants a massage. He can get the ultimate massage experience from Rin..
In response, Kabuto just smiled. Takeshi's great kindness to the orphanage was far beyond his ability to repay. If it hadn't been for his guidance, how could he have considered this route for making money, studied pets and gone to Capital City?
If not, how could the orphanage get so much money? The improvements in quality of life for the orphans within that orphanage was quite obvious.
After sometime Nohora Aizawa returned home and interacted with Kabuto and his family. The Nohara family are all quite polite, while Takeshi was in process of waking up, Megumi was already in the kitchen cooking a delicious meal.
However, it is a pity that Takeshi just ate Luffy's Giant Meat and a lot of snacks in the afternoon, and now his appetite is abit less, especially for vegetables.
Even so, when he saw the hot fresh fish being prepared, he still ate a lot. He can't let such good food go to waste, especially with income in this household.
Although Nohara Aizawa became more stable after becoming a Sensei in Academy, his income was correspondingly less, so they didn't buy fresh fish as frequently.
After finishing the meal, Kabuto thanked them and prepared to leave. Originally, he planned to leave alone, but Rin insisted on letting Takeshi see him off, so he could only escort him.
The orphanage is a little far from the village. Takeshi led the way and followed Kabuto slowly towards that direction. With his strength, generally speaking, there would be no problem unless they encountered...
"Kukuku, you two are actually together, perfect, so I don't have to look around to find you individually." A cold laugh came. Speak of the devil!
Kabuto and Takeshi both became alert, especially Takeshi, who almost stared at the source of the voice, his whole body stiffened up - would Rin know what was going on here? he hoped in his heart that Rin would summon him away, but he knew that this was not possible. The so-called escort turned out to be buy one, get one free.
"Greetings Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto bowed slowly, "Meow~" while Takeshi just called out softly as a greeting. Orochimaru doesn't care about etiquette, he cares about talents.
Both Kabuto and Takeshi are talented, especially Kabuto. His skillful hands and temperament are very suitable for being a medical ninja and doing research. As for Takeshi... he is more suitable for research, specifically as a subject.
"This is a gift for your enrollment in the Ninja Academy." Orochimaru threw a scroll over to Kabuto and then looked at Takeshi again. He didn't expect to meet this cat, so he hadn't prepared the gift he had promised last time, but after some observation he realized... the cat didn't really want to ask for any gifts at the moment.
Kabuto bent down to catch the scroll. At this time, Takeshi jumped onto Orochimaru's shoulder. Orochimaru was slightly surprised - this cat wasn't afraid of him? He didn't swat the cat away, but held it in his hands and put it in front of his eyes with interest.
This cat is not an ordinary beast, but like him and Jiraiya's Summon beasts, it has been very intelligent since childhood, so it can overcome the fear of ordinary beasts towards itself.
But what Orochimaru didn't quite understand was why the cat had to overcome its fear and get close to him? It was because of that he was confused, so he grabbed Takeshi and stared at it for several seconds.
(editors note: for Orochimaru's thoughts and interpretation, Takeshi is referred to as 'it' on purpose because this would make more sense in this context, as Orochimaru considers Takeshi as just a object for research.
There is no doubt if he had found Takeshi and knew about his talents before Rin took him in, Takeshi would have had a very short life or a reached tailed beast level by now.)
"Sir!" Kabuto felt abit little anxious for Takeshi and couldn't care less about the scroll in his hand.
"Don't worry, I'm just taking a look." Orochimaru put the black cat down, still thinking about the cat coming close to him and jumping on his shoulder. He had been to the Ninja Cat Castle of Neko Granny and knew what the general Ninja Cat's attitude was towards him was.
Therefore, this ninja cat is quite abnormal. After putting Takeshi down, he bursts into puffs of smoke. This was just a shadow clone. How could his real body have so much time to roam around?
Kabuto and Takeshi looked at each other, then Kabuto unfolded the scroll in his hand and read the words on it carefully under the moonlight.
After looking at it, Takeshi's hair stood up - the scroll contained various studies on cats, including internal anatomy diagrams, etc. He even saw section of research on "ninja cats".
Terror etched itself on Takeshi's face as he looked at it, his heart pounding in his chest as he stiffened up.
'This is a damn encyclopedia of cats! Oh Kami! Oh Lord Hagoromo please bless this kind and compassionate kitten, I've lived an honest life, please bless me with some luck.'
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