I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 68 and 069: I Have Already Given Up the Way of the Sword

As the morning self-study session was about to end, our instructor, Mr. Jin Cheng, led a girl into the classroom.

"This is Tsukimi no Inaba. She took a long leave of absence and has only just returned to the classroom. Please take good care of her in her studies."

Tsukimi no Inaba is petite, somewhere between a girl and a young woman, with skin so white it's almost transparent, and an expression as serene as an ice sculpture.

But the most noticeable thing is that he is wearing a black eye patch over his right eye.

She also carried a long, rectangular cloth bag on her back, almost as tall as herself.

The beautiful girl wearing an eye patch, and her appearance at a time similar to that of a transfer student, give off the feeling of a mysterious transfer student with a significant background in anime, comics, and games.

Sure enough, the students in the classroom immediately became excited.

However, Uchiha Naruto astutely observed that most of his classmates were not curious, but rather excited to see a celebrity.

"Class monitor, could you please change your seat?" Teacher Jincheng said to the short-haired class monitor who was sitting in the first row on the far left.

"Ah—" The class monitor looked reluctant, but still dawdled as he packed up his stationery.

"No need for that, please let me sit in the empty seat in the back."

"But Tsukimi-san, your eyes..."

"This is only 2.0." Tsukimi Inaba nodded her left eye expressionlessly.

Mr. Jincheng was an indecisive person. Since Mizuki and Inaba insisted, he did not ask the class monitor to change seats.

School has been in session for half a month, and the seats have been arranged long ago. There is only an empty seat to the right of Uchiha Naruto, who is sitting in the last row by the window on the left.

"Then you should sit to Uchiha's right. Uchiha, you need to take good care of her."

Tsukimi Inaba carried her shoulder bag to her seat, put it in the drawer, and then placed the long cloth bag at her feet.

With a muffled "thud," Naruto Uchiha, sitting to the side, glanced at the sound, sensing its considerable weight.

Ignoring the suppressed chatter in the classroom, Tsukimi Inaba pretended to doze off on her desk as if no one was around.

Uchiha Naruto was also slightly surprised. Although this was Tsukimi's first class since the start of the semester, she seemed to be a celebrity on campus, with many students whispering among themselves as if they had heard a great deal about her.

When school ended at noon, Uchiha Naruto and Tanaka Hikaru went to the cafeteria together.

Uchiha Naruto ordered a tonkotsu ramen, a yakiniku set meal, and a teriyaki chicken rice bowl.

"Uchiha, where's your lunchbox? Why are you eating at the cafeteria again today? Your appetite is as amazing as ever."

"The convenience store is temporarily closed." Uchiha Naruto hurriedly ate his rice, casually replying that he still had to rush to the support department after finishing his meal.

Just then, Uchiha Naruto saw Tsukimi walk over with a plate full of food, the portion even larger than Uchiha Naruto's.

The long, narrow cloth bag was always slung across his back.

"Tsukimi-san and Uchiha are really alike, I mean in terms of their appetites."

Tanaka Hikaru joked, "I really don't know how such a petite girl can eat so much."

"Is Tsukimi-san very famous?" Uchiha Naruto asked curiously.

"Uchiha, you came in from outside, so naturally you wouldn't know. Tsukimi-san is a celebrity in the junior high school." Tanaka Hikaru boasted, counting on his fingers as if showing off his knowledge.

"The witch of the kendo club, the female Jubei, the monster that appears once in four thousand years, these are all nicknames for Tsukimi-san. She only started practicing kendo in her first year of junior high school and became a super genius who dominated the country back then."

"This is outrageous."

Whether it's these ridiculously chuunibyou nicknames or the person Tsukimi no Inaba.

Reality isn't a fighting comic where big guys are born with a death flag, and kendo competitions don't have divisions based on weight.

Given her petite and delicate figure, and the fact that she seems to have an eye condition, how could she possibly dominate the national kendo competition in junior high school?!

"That's why she's called a monster. I heard it's because Tsukimi-san was too strong; she was banned from competing after winning the national championship in her first year of middle school."

Next, Tanaka Hikaru irresponsibly recounted a whole bunch of rumors about Tsukimi Inaba, such as how she picked up a shojin (a type of Japanese ceremonial staff) for the first time in junior high school and instantly struck four times, knocking the instructor to the ground.

For example, she often takes leave during her second and third years of high school to train as a martial artist, travel around the country to challenge various dojos, or take leave as an assassin to kill people on secret orders.

Seeing that Tanaka Hikaru was spouting nonsense and his words were getting more and more outrageous, Uchiha Naruto gradually lost interest.

After quickly finishing his meal, Uchiha Naruto rushed to the support department's activity room, where he found Matsudaira Chiyo waiting for him.

"Let's put Takasaki-san's request on hold for now," Matsudaira Chiyo said bluntly.

"Takasaki-san has requested a long leave of absence from school. What happened?"

"Speaking of this, it's related to the Takasaki sisters' scoundrel brother. That blond thug somehow got involved in the Yakuza conflict, and the police have already come to inform him of his death. Takasaki's father's condition worsened due to this shock, and Takasaki has taken leave to take care of him."

Matsudaira Chiyo frowned unhappily, then smoothed her long hair behind her and gave a rather sarcastic comment:

"Some scum can at least contribute to the world by dying. That blond thug, even in death he can't bring peace to the world; he's not even worthy of being called scum."

"So, I'll be working at an izakaya next..."

"With the head chef gone, your knife skills alone aren't enough to keep the izakaya afloat, so we have to take a break."

Naruto Uchiha felt a bit conflicted after hearing this.

He stormed into the Seiji Group to kill that blond thug from the Takasaki family, but the Seiji Group was just collateral damage.

Naruto Uchiha didn't regret killing the blond thug, but he would still feel guilty if it worsened Takasaki's father's condition or even caused his death.

"Should our support team go and visit them in the hospital?"

"No need, I've already visited him, and he's not in any danger."

Since Takasaki Tsuki's request has been temporarily put on hold due to an accident, Uchiha Naruto no longer needs to work after school.

The salary he received from the izakaya and the allowance from the support department added up to seventy or eighty thousand yen. With the food allowance that the Uchiha Sage Sect sent as usual, Uchiha Naruto suddenly had more than one hundred thousand yen in his hands.

With much more money in his pocket, Naruto Uchiha was no longer in a hurry to go to work.

Although he was not required to participate in club activities, Uchiha Naruto still had to clock in at the support department before he could leave early.

The next day, when Uchiha Naruto arrived at the activity room, he unexpectedly saw Matsudaira Chiyo and a second-year student with a long ponytail talking to Tsukimi Inaba.

"Tsukimi-san, the kendo club invited you to join, why did you refuse? Is it because of the kendo league's ban...?"

"He was not suspended."

Tsukimi Inaba said calmly, "I'm the one who's withdrawing from the competition."

"Why did you withdraw from the competition?" Matsudaira Chiyo asked, frowning.

"Because I'm too strong. Would a world champion compete in an elementary school level competition? For me, it's the same. Besides, I've already given up kendo."

(End of this chapter)