143. An Alliance Letter

It wasn't just Izumi on the school roof. The other students also spent time having lunch on the rooftop.

Thanks to his Devil Fruit power, they couldn't hear what Izumi and Kyouko were talking about. But they knew that the two were lovers. And seeing the behavior of Izumi and Kyouko, especially Kyouko who was crying while leaving the school rooftop. Everyone around knew that the two of them just broke up.

Izumi felt like he wanted to scream, but he held it in because there were still a lot of people. If he didn't hold back, he might even display one of his abilities without realizing it.

He just stood looking at the sky while thinking about what Kyouko said.

"Is it wrong if I kill people who threaten the lives of people I care about?"

That question reverberated in his mind from time to time.

It seemed he made a mistake not hiding his strength in front of normal people. If he had known this was going to happen, he wouldn't have needed to expose his disguise at that time considering he was still under the effects of Hiiro's magic.

Izumi returned to the classroom in a downcast. His downcast expression clearly showed that he was painful after breaking up with Kyouko.

When he arrived in class, everyone saw Izumi's expression. They found out that he broke up with Kyouko after Kyouko ran outside the classroom crying. They wanted to ask, but seeing his expression, everyone gave up their intentions.

Everyone felt odd. Both Izumi nor Kyouko didn't have good expressions.

At that moment, Yuki approached him.

"Miyamura, I thought you were a good person. But I didn't think you—"

"Wait, wait! I know I'm not a good person. But can't you talk about it somewhere?"

Izumi was surprised by Yuki's reaction. He wondered if Kyouko told everything to Yuki.

"You bastard! How can I hide the fact that you cheated on her!!???"

"Huh?" Izumi was stunned. He never cheated. But the fact that Yuki knew Izumi was cheating on Kyouko couldn't be denied.

"Yoshikawa, don't say such nonsense!"

"Nonsense? Then, what is this!??" Yuki held Kyouko's phone and showed the picture to Izumi.

Izumi was dumbfounded. He knew where the picture was taken.

"But how come Kyouko got that picture?" Izumi asked inwardly.

It was a picture where Tabane laid her twin peaks on Izumi's head while hugging him. With that kind of picture, everyone would affirm that Izumi was cheating.

He was speechless for a moment. Then, he just waved his hand.

"Whatever. It's up to you whether you believe that picture or not. I'll just raise my hands to accept whatever you say."

Then Izumi walked to his seat ignoring Yuki.

The girls who were on Kyouko's side looked at Izumi furiously. They couldn't believe Izumi was such a scum.

Izumi didn't care about it. What in his mind was the one who sent that picture? He clenched his teeth.

"No wonder Kuroneko apologized to me at that time." Izumi said inwardly.

— — — —

The day after tomorrow after school. Izumi got a private message that a hidden sea village had been built. If the people in the shinobi world knew, they would be astonished because the village was built in just less than four days.

The reason why he got sent a private message was that Izumi hadn't appeared in the chat since Monday. They became worried after hearing that Izumi was having a dispute with Kyouko.

Izumi wasn't in the mood to chat because of what Kuroneko did.

"Sigh. What's done is done. I can't change the past anyway."

Izumi opened the chat group. He read the chat first before typing.

Izumi: So, the alliance letter had been sent to Konoha?

Izumi understood that they were discussing an alliance with Konoha from the chat.

Warrod: Yes, I sent it via Tabane's drone. Maybe in 20 minutes, the letter will arrive at the hidden village of Konoha.

Kakashi: Don't tell me you mentioned me in the letter?

Tabane: Of course not, if you want to report that we are acquaintances of yours, go ahead! Or, you can also provide a little information about Gramp Warrod. If the high-ranking geezer from Konoha found out that Gramp Warrod was strong, the chances of an alliance would increase by 20%. But, don't tell them anything else.

Izumi: Make sense. Perhaps they thought that Gramp Warrod's abilities could benefit them.

Izumi just thought, Wood release and Green Magic. Those are unique powers in the shinobi world. They just had to be careful with Danzo. There was a possibility that if Warrod's abilities were known to Danzo, he would definitely take a step to get Warrod's cells.

Or maybe it would lure Danzo out of his lair, while Izumi would try to sweep all the things in Danzo's laboratory.

Warrod: Well, let's wait for their reply!

— — — —

In the Land of Fire, to be precise in the Konoha village.

The geezer who looked to be over 60 years old was reading the letter. Inside the letter was a request for an alliance from the village which was the first time he had heard of it.

Naturally, it was a letter sent by Warrod.

And that geezer who was reading the scroll was the third Hokage of Konoha village. After reading the contents, he raised his head and asked the ninja who handed him the letter.

"What do you think?"

"Based on the location listed in the attachment to the letter, the location of hidden ocean village is located on an island, in the south of the Land of Waves, flanked by the two big countries. Perhaps that's why they want an alliance with Konoha."

Hearing the words of the ninja who brought the letter, the Hokage nodded. He asked again.

"Any other?"

"It's like this Hokage-sama, this letter wasn't sent by a messenger bird."

"Hmmm? What do you mean?" The Hokage looked confused by what he heard. If the scroll wasn't sent by messenger bird, then what? The ninja in front of him answered.

"The scroll was sent through a very fast strange device, and as soon as we received the letter, the device flew away rapidly."

"How much faster than a messenger bird?"

"At least 5 to 10 times faster."

The Hokage held his chin, then lit up his eyes.

"Interesting. If we ally with them, maybe they are willing to make that device as a form of an alliance agreement. What's more, their village is too remote, maybe that's why they want an alliance with us. In addition, they want some Jutsus for them to learn. By giving and taking each other, our village benefits each other."

"As expected Hokage-sama, you've taken that into account."

"I will write something for them and send it to them as soon as possible, there will be a Chunin exam very soon, we will complete the alliance with them before the exam starts."

"Yes!"

"Besides, summon Kakashi and his team here! The last few days, his team had only had light missions. I will give them a B mission to escort the people of a hidden ocean village when they reach the harbor."

With how a hidden ocean village developed such a device, there was no way that the Hokage wouldn't be interested. He even became a little more enthusiastic.

— — — —

When Kakashi received an order from the Hokage to face him. He guessed it was related to the village that Izumi and the others had just established.

Kakashi looked at the kids in front of him.

One of them has black eyes and spiky black hair with bangs hung over his face. The next one has yellow-blond, spiky hair and blue eyes. His trademark characteristics are the three whisker markings on his cheeks. Meanwhile, the only girl of them has fair skin, green eyes, and pink hair.

"Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, let's go! Looks like we got a mission from Hokage-sama."

"Mission? Hell yeah!"

"What mission did we get?"

Naruto and Sakura looked happy to get a mission directly from the Hokage. Meanwhile, Sasuke didn't show his emotion and just nodded after hearing Kakashi's words.

As he walked toward the Hokage's office, Kakashi wondered if he should talk about Rori or not. Kakashi once said that they had met accidentally near the Land of Waves. Rori also once said that she was interested in Kakashi after seeing the face behind his mask. And luckily Rori herself refused to say where she came from. And because everyone was too suspicious of her, she left Konoha without everyone knowing.

"It's better if I say nothing." Kakashi said in his mind.

— — — —

The next day, Kakashi led his team toward the border of the Land of Waves. In truth, his real body was behind them while informing everyone through the chat group.

Not long after, Izumi replied in chat.

Izumi: Eh, that fast? How come?

Tabane-chan: Where have you been, Izumi-chan? You haven't shown up since Monday.

Kazuma: I thought he was dead.

Izumi: Are you picking a fight, @Kazuma?

Rori: Well, well. Let's stop!

Warrod: Anyway, Tabane purposely showed her drone when sending the letter, and just as she expected, the Hokage took the bait.

Tabane-chan: Hehe, I'm a such genius, am I? Why don't you praise me?

Izumi: Do you intend to show off our technology?

Tabane-chan: Of course not, we'll just show them less dangerous technologies like drones, phones, or something. I'm not stupid enough to show our advanced technology like an IS. Now, praise me!

Kuroneko: Tabane-san is the smartest! Hail Tabane-san!

Izumi: Fine fine! You're the most genius person in the world! It might be interesting to go there too.

Warrod: So you're coming?

Izumi: Yup.

Izumi didn't talk about his problems about breaking up with Kyouko to his friends in the chat group. And by taking a break from school for two days on weekdays and two days on the weekend, perhaps Izumi could get rid of the pain in his heart.