Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 18 I Was Also an Adopted Child

"Yakushi Kabuto".

"This surname sounds familiar."

Akihara Kagura waved as she spoke.

The trees in this forest are all controlled by Akihara Kagura's chakra. The branches binding the bespectacled youth slowly loosened, and the youth was carefully placed on the ground.

"…Thanks."

Kabuto thanked him earnestly before asking, "I remember, Root members aren't allowed to use their own names, only code names..."

"Only Lord Danzo can address me that way."

Kagura Akihara interrupted him, saying nonchalantly, "I guess it's because Lord Danzo is too old to remember so many names..."

"Besides..."

"Didn't you also use your own name?"

"We are different."

Kabuto slowly shook his head.

Since he has been working as a spy for many years, he doesn't need to forget his name. He might even have a special code name, which could lead to his being discovered.

"Your name is Yakushi Kabuto, right?"

"I remember an orphanage director named Yakushi Nonou..."

Akihara Kagura controlled the giant tree to make herself a swing, and sat on it leisurely, asking the question she already knew the answer to: "What is your relationship with Yakushi Nonou?"

"Dean..."

Kabuto hesitated for a second, thinking it wouldn't matter if Akihara Kagura knew about this, and explained, "Yakushi Nonou was the director of the orphanage who adopted me back then."

"That's quite a coincidence."

Akihara Kagura nodded and immediately started spouting nonsense: "I was also adopted by Dean Yakushi Nonou, and you were also adopted by her and raised by Lord Danzo, right?"

"…yes."

Kabuto slowly lowered his head.

If raising someone as a spy from childhood, ordering them to travel to various countries to gather intelligence, can be considered raising them...

Is this boy who calls himself Lord Kagura also an orphan adopted by the headmaster and forced to be used as a tool by Danzo? Have they almost forgotten about the headmaster who adopted him?

Also.

Not everyone remembers their childhood.

Especially the cold-blooded and ruthless tissues like the roots.

Kabuto raised his hand and pushed up his glasses perched on the bridge of his nose.

He has been able to live on strongly all this time because of the glasses that have always been with him, which were given to him by the head pharmacist, Nono.

For Kabuto Yakushi, the warmest period of his life was at the Konoha orphanage, where he met the warmest person in his life who treated him like a mother.

Your own name, your own life...

Everything stemmed from Director Pharmacist Nono.

"We were all adopted by Director Pharmacist Nonou."

Akihara Kagura seemed quite pleased with their encounter, and after thinking for a moment, she asked with some curiosity, "We were both raised by Lord Danzo, yet we've never met before!"

"Because they each have to carry out their own tasks."

After answering, Kabuto continued, "This meeting was just a coincidence, and perhaps in the future... we won't have the chance to meet again."

"yes."

Akihara Kagura also sighed, her expression somewhat helpless: "Lord Danzo is about to send me on a mission as well."

"Oh?"

Kabuto subconsciously showed a look of surprise, then casually asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

As a spy, Kabuto Yakushi would instinctively want to gather intelligence, especially since Akihara Kagura in front of him seemed to be no ordinary child.

This boy…

If I'm not mistaken...

He can actually use Wood Release Kekkei Ninjutsu?

"First, we need to complete the Chunin Exams."

Kagura Akihara was unconcerned about the information she might have leaked, and even proactively revealed more: "After passing the Chunin Exams, I'll be going out on a dangerous mission. After all, I possess the power of Wood Release, and Lord Danzo certainly won't let me do any ordinary missions. I'll most likely die during the mission..."

"Maybe we really won't see each other again..."

After saying this, Akihara Kagura looked at Yakushi Kabuto and said, "If you are still alive, when you see Principal Nonou in the future, please tell her that the happiest day of my life was the day she adopted me and brought me back to the orphanage. I have never forgotten it..."

"..."

Yakushi Kabuto fell silent.

What the boy said was what he wanted to say.

"sorry."

Akihara Kagura looked at Yakushi Kabuto, a hint of melancholy in her expression: "From a young age, I was taught to uphold the will of Root. I couldn't think about people from the past, nor could I use my past name. I couldn't even keep a picture of the headmistress. I've almost forgotten what she looks like..."

"It's alright, the dean will definitely not blame you."

Kabuto pulled a photograph from his pocket and reassured her, "I happen to have a picture of the hospital director here; you can take a look..."

It was a photo wrapped in plastic.

The plastic wrapping was a bit worn, but the photo inside still looked brand new, showing that the owner had taken good care of it.

The photo shows a smiling blonde woman wearing glasses, who seems to have encountered something that makes her happy, her smile so wide that her eyes are almost invisible.

"Thanks."

Akihara Kagura slowly lowered her head.

"You're welcome."

Kabuto reached out and patted his shoulder, saying softly, "Unfortunately, I only have one photo. If you're not in a hurry, perhaps I can make another one for you."

"Thanks."

"I'll give you one of my photos then too."

Kagura Akihara bowed her head and thanked Kabuto Yakushi, whispering, "If I die one day and you are still alive, remember to give my photo to the headmaster as well..."

Kagura Akihara took a deep breath and continued, "Let her see what I look like now, and help me tell the director that I joined Root voluntarily, so that everyone in the orphanage can have a better life. I've never blamed her..."

"She won't blame you."

Kabuto quickly shook his head, as if these were the very words he wanted to say. He hurriedly defended the gentle and kind-hearted headmistress, who was like a mother to him, saying, "She certainly won't blame you. How could the headmistress possibly blame us?"

As if remembering something, Kabuto took out a photo of himself from his pocket and handed it to Akihara Kagura: "This is my photo. If I die in the course of a mission and you are still alive, please pass on this message to the Dean..."

"I understand what you mean!"

Akihara Kagura quickly took his photo.

"..."

Kabuto felt something was off.

"Oh, right."

After putting the photos away, Akihara Kagura warned, "Don't let anyone else know about this. The will of Root won't allow us to..."

"First!"

A voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.

A Root ninja walked into the forest. He glanced at Akihara Kagura sitting on the swing, and then at Yakushi Kabuto standing beside her.

"A, Lord Danzo..."

"Who gave you permission to call me by that name!"

Akihara Kagura suddenly raised her finger, and countless vines and roots sprouted from the ground, binding the Root ninja and hanging him from a tree!

"How many times have I told you, what do you call me?"

"...Kagura-sama."

The Root ninja let out a somewhat humiliated cry and continued, "Lord Danzo wants you and Kabuto to go to his office immediately."

"Who knows if what you're saying is true?"

Kagura Akihara snorted coldly before turning to a somewhat bewildered Kabuto Yakushi: "These guys always like to issue orders in Danzo's name. They must be forcing you to come train with me, right?"

"Don't be afraid."

"I'll go back and teach them a lesson for you."

"..."

Yakushi Kabuto was somewhat uneasy.

Kabuto Yakushi wondered why the Root ninjas were passing the buck and refusing to train with the boy at the Root base.

This boy doesn't seem to be having such a bad time in Root...

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