From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 339 Rock Lee, Kakashi and the Byakugan.

After taking another sip of hot tea, Ben greeted everyone, placed a few banknotes on the table, stood up, and prepared to go for a walk.

After leaving the Ichiraku Ramen food stall, Bane quickly blended into the crowd and went with the flow.

Although he has his own purpose, Bane is not in a hurry.

He had plenty of time to travel around the entire Konoha, so having a map was just a matter of convenience.

Passing by another barbecue stall, he casually bought some fried skewers and ate them while walking. He soon crossed the commercial street, and just a few steps away from the street, his eyes lit up and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After leaving the commercial street, it was obvious that the flow of people around had decreased a lot.

At this moment, by the wall of this unknown street, a young man wearing a green tights, a watermelon-shaped head and thick eyebrows was jumping forward along the street with his hands behind his back in a frog-jumping posture.

Occasionally, passers-by saw this scene. Some of them were very familiar with it and didn't take it seriously, while others stopped to observe it out of curiosity.

Obviously, those who are familiar with this kind of scene should be the locals of Konoha and are no longer surprised by it. Those who are watching like Bane are mostly tourists.

But even when many people were looking at him with strange eyes, the young man did not waver at all and continued to do the frog jumps seriously. Without anyone supervising him, he would not slack off or cheat on himself.

This young man is Rock Lee, the "hard-working genius" among the Twelve Young Warriors of Konoha.

"Hey, hey, hey." Rock Lee jumped forward a dozen times with his head covered, and suddenly found that the road in front of him was blocked by a figure.

He didn't seem to want to say anything, as if he was used to this kind of thing. He just adjusted his direction slightly and prepared to jump around.

But before he could jump again, a voice came into his ears.

"Young man, you are full of energy!"

It was naturally Bane who spoke. His tone was clear and powerful, and full of appreciation.

"Huh?" After hearing the voice, Rock Lee stopped his training and looked up at the figure in front of him.

The first feeling was that he was so tall. Teacher Kai was already a relatively tall man in Konoha, and the man in front of me was roughly estimated to be over two meters tall, right?
Rock Lee, who was a bit thick-skinned, didn't have any extra thoughts. He sighed in his heart, "It's so high!" Then he stood up immediately, gave a thumbs up enthusiastically, and said with a row of white teeth and a bright smile, "How can a ninja be spiritless? I am Rock Lee, the beautiful blue beast of Konoha who is full of energy every day!"

"Hahaha, what an impressive self-introduction." Bane laughed twice, then said, "I'm a tourist visiting Konoha, but I got a little lost. I just happened to see you. Judging from the forehead protector on your waist, you are a ninja from Konoha, right?"

"That's right!" The innocent and enthusiastic Rock Lee nodded without hesitation and said, "I am a Genin from Konoha. Uncle, are you here to visit the Chunin Exam that will be held in two days? I will also be taking part in this exam. Please look forward to my performance then!"

"Oh, very good, very confident young man. Congratulations in advance on your successful promotion to Chunin." Bane patted Rock Lee's shoulder vigorously.

After being slapped twice, Rock Lee almost fell down, and his expression was a little surprised. This uncle has such strong hands! ?

Although he was a very energetic young man, Rock Lee scratched his head a little embarrassedly when he was praised by Ben, and then said: "It doesn't mean that you can become a Chunin."

"How can you say such discouraging words? Since you have taken part in this exam, you must do it with the determination to risk your life and give 100% effort to get excellent results!" Ben said with the look of a passionate uncle.

You know what, Xiao Li was fooled by this. After hearing this, he excitedly raised his arms and said, "Yes, I will burn my youth, risk my life, and give 100% of my effort to pass this exam!"

"Very good. Only with this kind of spirit can one become a Chunin!" Bane also gave him a thumbs up.

After finishing speaking, Bane asked, "This is my first time in Konoha. There are too many people and I am a little lost. Don't you have a place selling maps in Konoha? I want to look around more."

"Map?" Rock Lee asked with some confusion. "There is a tourist guide who distributes free maps at the entrance of the village. Basically, there are tourist guides in every commercial street. Uncle, if you ask them for a map, you don't have to buy it. They will give it to you for free."

"Ah?" Bane was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that there seemed to be such a person, but he thought he was a salesperson promoting goods, so he didn't go over.

"Is that so? That's what I was wondering, how come there is no map for such a big Konoha Village?" Bane said with a slightly embarrassed smile.

Xiao Li was still very enthusiastic and took the initiative to ask: "Uncle, where are you going? Maybe I can't help you in other aspects, but when it comes to finding the way, there is no street in the whole Konoha that I haven't left sweat on!"

"Not bad, such confidence, it seems that your youth is full of passion!" Bane raised his eyebrows and praised.

"Of course, I am the blue beast of Konoha with burning youth!" Rock Lee said without hesitation.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Bane asked again.

This made Rock Lee, who was just full of enthusiasm, stunned. He stood there staring at Ben, not knowing how to answer this question for a while. "Hey," Ben teased the young man, then smiled and said, "You still have to work hard. Okay, let's not talk about this. I heard that Konoha has the former residence of the Uzumaki clan of the Uzumaki Village, so I want to visit it."

"The former residence of the Uzumaki clan?" Rock Lee nodded, and then said, "Indeed, there is, but it seems that it is not open to the public."

"Is there any inconvenience? If so, forget it." Bane said at the right time.

"It's not inconvenient at all. As long as you don't go in, it's fine to look around outside." Rock Lee said immediately.

The Uzumaki clan is a distant relative of the Senju clan. They once established the Uzumaki Village in the Land of Whirlpools and are allies of Konoha. The two sides are very close. The wife of the first Hokage, Senju Hashirama, was from the Uzumaki clan. They helped a lot in the early development and construction of Konoha. To this day, there are still very obvious Uzumaki clan logos on the ninja vests of Konoha, representing Konoha's gratitude to them.

However, it is somewhat regrettable that the Hidden Uzushio Village has been destroyed, and the members of the Uzumaki clan have also fallen apart, scattered all over the ninja world, and no longer live together as a family.

"Really? I'm just curious about the once powerful and mysterious Uzumaki clan. I'll be satisfied if I can take a look from the outside, if it's convenient," said Bane.

"It's convenient. Anyway, we're doing training no matter where we are!" Rock Lee agreed immediately: "I'll lead the way from now on. Uncle, follow me."

As soon as he finished speaking, this guy stood upside down, supported himself with his hands on the ground, and swung his legs in the air. In this eccentric posture, he led Bane forward.

Bane didn't say anything about Rock Lee's strange attitude. He followed him calmly and chatted with him casually.

"You work so hard, even though you're a Genin, you should be pretty strong, right?" Bane lit his pipe and said as he walked.

"Not at all. Although I've tried hard, unfortunately it seems that my chakra control is very poor, and I can hardly use ninjutsu and illusion techniques, so I can only work hard on physical skills." Rock Lee talked about his shortcomings and defects without any hesitation.

"Really?" Bane nodded gently, and then said: "Although I am not a ninja, since Taijutsu can be listed as one of the three major factions of the Ninja Sect along with Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, it must have its own advantages. Maybe an all-round ninja is very powerful, but a top ninja in a certain aspect should not be underestimated either. So don't be so unconfident about yourself. In my opinion, maybe you don't have the talent for Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, but maybe you are a genius in Taijutsu?"

"A genius in physical skills!?" Rock Lee seemed to have never been analyzed and praised like this before. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled expectantly and said, "Uncle, do you think I am talented?"

"It's hard to say about talent, but I think you work very hard." Bane said with a slightly sad tone, "My teacher once told me that the effort of most people is far from enough to compete with talent, so as long as you can maintain this effort and carry it through to the end, you will be better than most people."

Of course, the second half of this sentence is: When you really have to rely on your talent, you will experience what despair is.

However, in Bane's view, this despair is not a mockery of fate, because when you taste this despair, you have already defeated most people. Later, as long as you admit that you are not that talented, you are actually good enough.

"Uncle's teacher?" Rock Lee was somewhat touched when he heard this, and looked at Bane with a little curiosity.

However, the posture of him with his head facing the ground was really a bit weird. Bane did not look at him, but exhaled a puff of smoke lightly, grinned and said: "Yes, although I am not a ninja, it should be no problem for me to call myself a martial arts master."

"Master of martial arts?" Rock Lee seemed to have no knowledge of this aspect. After thinking for a while, he said, "Is it like the samurai of the Iron Country?"

"Not really. If I have to say, we are somewhat similar to you physical ninjas, except that we don't rely on... well, should I say we don't completely rely on chakra?" Bane pondered and said.

"I don't understand what you mean, uncle." Rock Lee said carelessly.

"Hahahaha. Just consider it my nonsense." Bane responded with a smile.

On a rooftop not far from the street, Kakashi was leaning on the railing, holding a copy of "Intimate Paradise" in his hand, reading it carefully, as if the book contained all the essence of his life.

But at this moment, he seemed to realize something, closed the book in his hand, looked downstairs, and then saw Rock Lee walking upside down on the street, followed by a man wearing a dark blue feather robe and a conical hat.

Although I couldn't hear clearly, judging from Rock Lee's radiant smile, it seemed that the two sides were communicating quite happily.

"The Sandaime-sama asked us to be on guard here and to check for potential threats in the village as much as possible, but you are here reading this kind of book. Be careful or I will report you, Mr. Kakashi." A ninja with white eyes walked up from the stairwell with a smile and said.

"It was you who was thirty seconds late. Logically, this was your duty period. I'm off duty, Tokuma." Kakashi said calmly.

Hinata Tokuma shook his head helplessly and said, "This morning, someone used the excuse of 'I'm lost on the road of life' to force me to stay on duty for two more hours, and now he wants to calculate these thirty seconds from me?"

"Hahaha." Kakashi laughed awkwardly after hearing this, then changed his tone and said, "I always feel something is wrong with that guy. Come and take a look."

At this time, his finger pointed at Bane who was chatting with Rock Lee.

Upon hearing this, Hinata Tokuma also looked over.

(End of this chapter)