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A disciplined and imposing army suddenly appeared in Konoha Village. Which Kage wouldn't break into a sweat under such circumstances?
At this moment, Hiruzen was already feeling overwhelmed by the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki being kidnapped, and now the Anbu reported that an army was parading with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki on the streets of Konoha.
Moreover, the mysterious figure had appeared again, seemingly the leader of this army.
"Send people immediately to eliminate them all."
Danzo decisively spoke from the sofa beside him.
A drop of cold sweat trickled down the Anbu member's forehead. He was one of those who had fainted earlier due to Dak's Conqueror's Haki.
To be honest, he didn't think the Hokage Advisor's decision was a good idea.
Given the strength of that green-haired man, even the combined forces of the Anbu and Root wouldn't be able to defeat him. Perhaps only the Hokage himself could stand a chance.
"Wait, the other party has returned the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki and has not directly harmed anyone in the village. This shows that they may not have malicious intent. Let's negotiate first and see."
Hiruzen spoke up.
This wasn't cowardice.
If a group of Cloud Ninjas had brought their troops into the village without permission, and Hiruzen decided to negotiate, that would be cowardice.
Because Konoha had no reason to fear Cloud Ninjas but still chose to avoid confrontation, allowing the enemy to trample on their pride.
But Hiruzen had already witnessed Dak's capabilities. So, choosing to avoid confrontation for now was wise and prudent.
"What's there to negotiate? They've already kidnapped the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki once, what's there to talk about?!"
Danzo truly couldn't understand.
His point was valid. Dak had previously taken the village's living weapon right under their noses.
"No more discussion. I will handle this matter."
Hiruzen shook his head.
He believed Danzo was being too naive. The other party was in the village center with so many people. If a fight broke out, what would happen to the villagers who might get hurt or taken hostage? Moreover, they had no idea of the strength of these people. Just the leader alone was challenging enough.
"Hiruzen, you will regret this!"
"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"
Danzo, furious, stormed out.
Click.
"Sigh."
Watching the Hokage office door close, Hiruzen sighed.
Every month, the funds spent on this door amounted to hundreds of ryo. He didn't know why Danzo needed so many doors.
He stood up, donned the traditional Konoha hat, and addressed the Anbu member beside him who didn't dare to speak, "Let's go and see who these people are."
Meanwhile, on the streets of Konoha.
Dak was leisurely walking along the streets of Konoha, observing the scenery.
Despite being a seemingly humble village, it gave off a special feeling.
Perhaps it was the nostalgic memories adding to the charm.
Zephyr stood beside Dak, looking at the village with a cold gaze.
Since he had no particular memories of "Naruto," Konoha was just an ordinary village to him, nothing special or noteworthy.
In the pirate world, many islands had similar villages. Konoha was just a well-developed village, perhaps deserving the title "Konoha Town."
At this moment, Zephyr had lost his initial curiosity and interest in this world.
He saw no significant differences in the people here. If anything, their physiques were too weak, and they were generally too short.
This was Zephyr's honest opinion.
Standing at three meters tall, he was a giant in the pirate world, but in the Naruto world, he was a towering giant.
The Marines behind him averaged over two meters in height, all muscle-bound men, with Smoker being a 210 cm tall hulk.
This gave an idea of the pressure the villagers of Konoha felt facing this Marine army.
They looked overwhelmingly powerful.
Moreover, the Pokémon beside the Marines were not in their first evolution stages, far from "cute."
These Marines were among the first few hundred trained by Sengoku, and they had fought with their Pokémon on the seas for a year, at least evolving to the second stage.
Particularly, these Pokémon had adopted the pirate world's characteristic — large physiques.
Zephyr, leading the way, was increasingly disappointed with this village, seeing nothing special.
And the looks the villagers gave Naruto.
Zephyr understood it was because of their presence around Naruto, making the villagers restrain themselves.
In the past, when they weren't around, who knew what would have happened.
"Grandpa, look, Ichiraku Ramen is really delicious! Teuchi-ojisan always takes care of me. Sometimes when I don't have money, he treats me to ramen. He's one of my favorite people in the village."
Naruto, sitting on Arcanine's back, was flanked by Dak and Zephyr.
This made the little guy look very prestigious, like a prince of the Navy.
That's right, this was fitting for Naruto's identity and status. What was before?
"Is that so?"
Zephyr looked over.
He saw the "young man" standing in the ramen shop, who seemed a bit nervous under his gaze but showed no malice, rather a bit of concern for Naruto.
Zephyr didn't have superpowers to see through people's hearts.
But his Observation Haki was top-notch on the seas, and having lived almost seventy years, he could tell such things.
Indeed, a good person.
"Smoker." Zephyr turned to his cigar-smoking disciple.
"Yes."
Smoker responded respectfully, momentarily distracted while observing Konoha Village.
"Brought any money?"
"Belli?"
"Do you think Belli is useful in this world?"
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Smoker paused, realizing the truth.
Each world had its currency. Belli could be exchanged for gold, silver, and copper on Pokémon Island, and Pokémon Island's gold, silver, and copper could be exchanged for Belli in the pirate world, aside from being used in Pokémon Centers and nursery branches.
But this world hadn't started cooperating with the Pokémon Alliance.
Smoker gathered a little gold from the team, roughly equivalent to a few million Belli.
"Is this enough?"
Zephyr asked Dak beside him, trusting Dak understood his intention.
"More than enough. By my understanding, 10 Belli in your world equals 1 ryo here, so this is worth hundreds of thousands of ryo."
Hundreds of thousands of ryo, roughly the bounty for an A-rank mission or three to four B-rank missions.
Dak's explanation was based on the system's exchange rate: 1 Pokémon Coin = 1000 ryo, balancing the economic differences between the pirate world and the Naruto world.
Dak had considered the system's reference standard.
The final conclusion was based on underground exchange bounties.
Asuma's head was worth 35 million ryo, roughly 3.5 billion Belli in the pirate world.
Roku's bounty of 50 million would be 5 billion Belli in the pirate world.
Given Sarutobi Asuma's and Roku's status, their bounties converted to the pirate world seemed low.
The former was the son of the leader of the most powerful organization, and the latter was one of the nine tailed beasts; equivalent to Im's son and one of the twelve supreme swordsmen in the pirate world, deserving bounties in the tens of billions.
But considering their modest strength, the bounty was already generous.
So, Dak found the system's exchange system fairly balanced, bridging the economic gap between the two worlds.
The only oddity was an underground exchange bounty of '7.8 billion ryo,' equivalent to '780 billion Belli' in the pirate world. Dak chose to ignore this person.
"Got it."
Zephyr nodded, memorizing the exchange rate.
Now he knew how much allowance to give Naruto, avoiding turning him into a spendthrift or leaving him hungry.
He signaled the Marines to stay put and approached Ichiraku Ramen alone.
When Zephyr stood in front of Ichiraku Ramen, Teuchi was already sweating profusely.
Too terrifying. A giant stood outside, and Teuchi couldn't even see Zephyr's head.
"Thank you for taking care of Naruto. This is for his past meals, and the extra is for future ones."
Zephyr bent down, placing the gold and silver in front of Teuchi.
"Oh, no, it's nothing."
Teuchi, seeing Zephyr's friendly demeanor, relaxed a bit. "Naruto is a pitiful child. A few bowls of ramen are nothing. May I ask, who are you?"
"Alliance Navy Chief Instructor, Zephyr, and Naruto's grandfather."
Zephyr's introduction was simple yet imposing.
This carried the aura of a former 'Admiral' and Zephyr's inherent dominance.
It was like Jiraiya telling Teuchi, 'I am one of the Sannin, Jiraiya, Naruto's teacher.'
"Eh? Naruto's grandfather? This is the first time I've met Naruto's family. Please take care of him."
Teuchi was genuinely shocked.
As for the title 'Alliance Navy Chief Instructor,' he hadn't heard of it.
But if Zephyr claimed to be Naruto's grandfather, not many in Konoha could dispute it, as few knew Naruto's true identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.
They only knew him as the vessel of the Nine-Tails.
Teuchi wasn't a fool. Given Naruto's small stature and Zephyr's giant frame, they didn't seem to share the same genes.
But that didn't matter.
To Teuchi, 'family' was about emotional bonds, not blood ties.
"I heard from Naruto that your ramen is the best in the village?"
"Not at all, hahaha, you're too kind. Would you like to try? I'm confident in my skills."
Teuchi, slightly embarrassed, adjusted his chef's hat, smiling with pride.
For a chef, nothing was more validating than a customer's praise of their culinary skills.
"I have quite a few people here."
"Hmph... I, Teuchi, am not one to boast. Bring it on."
Teuchi's eyes sharpened with determination.
He wasn't one to give up easily.
(End of Chapter)