Chapter 49 : Maito Dai

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At Night, 

*Knock*

There was a knock on the door.

Watanabe was sweating profusely while practising physical skills. He picked up a towel and wiped his face, then walked forward to open the door.

"Little brother, I'm here to return the forehead protector!"

Maito Dai was standing outside the door, looking dusty and dirty, but he had a bright smile on his face, revealing a row of dazzling white teeth.

As soon as Watanabe saw his expression, he knew that he definitely received a task after he gave him his forehead protector, so he smiled at him and asked, "Did you make any money?"

"I made three thousand ryo!" Maito Dai was very happy.

"Thanks to your forehead protector, not long after I put it on, someone came to me to ask for a moving task. He thought I was a ninja and he had no idea that the forehead protector was not mine..."

As he spoke, Might Dai suddenly froze in his smile, thinking of something, and said hesitantly, "Well, you have a share of the reward for this mission, but I'm short of money recently. Can I give it to you when I have more money later?"

Maito Dai was in a nervous mood. If Watanabe didn't agree, then he had no choice but to give him half of the mission reward now.

"No, the mission is for you to complete alone, it has nothing to do with me." Watanabe refused without hesitation.

He helped Maito Dai out of pure kindness and he never thought of gaining any benefit from him.

Maito Dai breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the other party didn't ask him for it now, it would be fine. He insisted:

"Without you, I wouldn't be able to get the mission. I will definitely share the reward with you in a few days."

'Surprisingly, he was quite a principled person.'

Watanabe thought about it and he didn't object. Perhaps he should respect Maito Dai's integrity.

"Would you like to come in and sit for a while?" Watanabe invited him.

"okay."

Maito Dai readily agreed. Watanabe was one of the few ninjas who looked up to him. From the moment Watanabe took off his forehead protector in the afternoon, he had already regarded Watanabe as a close friend.

The living room was a mess at this time, and the floor was wet with Watanabe's sweat.

Watanabe invited Maito Dai to sit in the living room and he went to the kitchen to pour tea.

"I heard about you from others." Maito Dai took the initiative to bring up the topic, "They said that you graduated first in the school and you are an absolute genius. You are the best in the ninja school!"

"They are exaggerating." Watanabe brought him some tea and told him the truth: "The most powerful person in the ninja school is not me, but my girlfriend, but she did not take the graduation exam."

Maito Dai's eyes widened instantly: "That, that...that's even more amazing!"

At this moment, he truly felt that Watanabe was amazing. It was true that even powerful people would find powerful wives.

"I wish I had one-tenth of your ability when I was in ninja school." Maito Dai said sincerely with a sigh.

"You also studied at the Ninja School?"

Watanabe was surprised. 

'How could he not be a ninja after studying in a ninja school?'

Maito Dai smiled bitterly and said, "I am older than you. I studied in a ninja school eight years ago, but I had poor aptitude. I refined very little chakra and could not learn ninjutsu. In addition, the tuition was expensive at that time, so I dropped out after only half a semester."

Watanabe suddenly realised: "So you are still my senior."

Maito Dai quickly shook his head: "I'm not even a ninja, how can I be called a senior."

After a pause, he hesitated and said, "Although I dropped out of the ninja school, I never gave up the path of being a ninja. Since I don't have the aptitude for ninjutsu, I focused on practising taijutsu. I wanted to prove to others that I can become a ninja even if I don't know ninjutsu. Over the years, I have participated in every Genin exam held by Konoha, but I have never passed."

Watanabe felt that this was quite dramatic.

He is the exact opposite of Maito Dai. He had no talent for taijutsu, so he focused on practising ninjutsu, while Might Dai had no talent for ninjutsu, so he turned to practising taijutsu.

However, judging from the fact that Maito Dai failed the Genin exam, his aptitude in physical skills is probably not that good either.

"Come on, as long as you don't give up, I believe you can become a ninja one day." Watanabe encouraged him.

Maito Dai nodded, "I thought so too. I have never stopped practising Taijutsu in the past few years. I was planning to prepare for this year's Genin exam, but my father suddenly fell ill, and I have to find a way to make money to buy medicine for him."

Watanabe understood immediately.

'No wonder Maito Dai seemed so eager to take the mission during the day, it turned out it was all for his sick father. Not only is he a man of integrity, he is also a filial son.'

Unfortunately, such a person is a poor person.

"Is your father seriously ill?" Watanabe asked.

Maito Dai replied: "It's not particularly serious. The doctor said that he will get better after taking medicine for a while. I will use all the reward for today's mission to buy medicine. I will share the money with you after my father gets better!"

Watanabe: "…"

Watanabe didn't know what to say for a moment. Even though Maito Dai was in such a miserable state, he was still obsessed with giving him a share of the reward. He was really too honest.

"You can continue to use this forehead protector."

Watanabe handed him the ninja forehead protector again.

"This..."

"The forehead protector is useless to me for now." Watanabe said, "But it is very useful to you. It will make it easier for you to get missions and make money."

Maito Dai's eyes were red with emotion. After what happened today, he knew that he really needed a ninja forehead protector.

"Then I won't be polite with you and I will accept the forehead protector." He rubbed his eyes.

"I will come to you every day to report what tasks I have taken on, and I will definitely give you the full share of your rewards in the future!"

Watanabe smiled: "Okay, I'll wait."

"In fact, I have also been practising Taijutsu recently. When your father's condition gets better, we can practice and communicate together."

Watanabe doesn't have many friends, so he doesn't mind having another person like Maito Dai.

"Yeah, it's a deal!"

As for Maito Dai, he had even fewer friends.

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Somewhere In The wilderness--

A golden girl sat on the edge of a cliff. The cool moonlight was shining on her, revealing the curves of her body clung to her training clothes, making her as beautiful as a fairy under the moon.

"It's only been nine days since I last saw that guy, but it feels like nine months..."

Tsunade muttered to herself. Her tone was full of sadness.

At this moment, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw three dark shadows approaching her one after another.

When they got closer and she saw the faces of the three shadows clearly, Tsunade immediately frowned: "Jiraiya, Orochimaru, why are you here?"

Jiraiya smiled frivolously and said, "Surprised? Unexpected? It's a pity that it's not Watanabe who came, tsk tsk tsk tsk ..."

"Do you want to die?" Tsunade glared at him, veins throbbing on her beautiful forehead.

"No, it was just a joke." Jiraiya quickly admitted his mistake.

"I have accepted Jiraiya and Orochimaru as my disciples." Sarutobi Hiruzen explained with a smile, "Starting tomorrow, they will train with you."

Tsunade was startled, then looked behind the three people, but did not see the fourth figure.

"Just the two of them?"

"Yes, just the two of them."

        (Continued…)