Chapter 42 Yes, We Have A Child

[The three people from Team 7 walked into the tower and came to an arena-like place. Before they had time to take a breath, they heard a sound coming from their ears.]

["Congratulations, everyone. You have passed the second exam."]

["I am the examiner and referee of this exam."]

["Gray!"]

["Before starting the third exam, you need to conduct a preliminary round. This will determine whether you are qualified to take the third exam!"]

["Qualifier?"]

[Hearing this news, the Genin from various countries below were in an uproar.]

["What does the preliminaries mean? Why can't we directly take the subsequent exams?"]

[Sakura couldn't help but ask.]

[Gray showed a smile on his face and explained patiently: "The first two rounds of exams were too easy for you. There are a lot of people left. This official competition will have VIPs and celebrities from various countries. Come to watch the game by name, time is limited, don't be too late."]

Ohnoki: "What, do you know this Konoha Shinobi?"

Terumi Mei: "Know? Haha, I can recognize him even if he turns into ashes!"

Even through a light curtain, everyone could feel the rising resentment!

Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed twice and stepped forward to mediate, saying: "Gray, if you have offended Terumi Mei in any way, come out and apologize to her, and the matter will be over."

After all, Terumi Mei is Kirigakure's current talker, a future Three Admiral, and even a candidate for Marine Marshal. She's a target that needs to be won over.

Gray responded, "Master Hokage, the problem is not with me, but with you!"

To be honest, as the mastermind behind the scenes, Gray hoped to always hide in the shadows and not be noticed. But this was impossible. In recent years, he had become somewhat famous in Konoha. If he never showed up, his colleagues might think that their future selves died young and might even hold a memorial service for him in advance. Therefore, Gray replaced the "protagonist" Hayate and assigned himself a small role. He thought no one would notice a minor character like him. However, he missed one person: Terumi Mei!

Sarutobi Hiruzen was confused by Gray's words, wondering, "???"

"No, the problem is with me? What's the meaning?"

Gray: "Master Hokage, have you forgotten that two years ago, you sent me to Kirigakure as an undercover agent and gave me a top-secret mission?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "That's correct!"

Gray: "Do you still remember what the mission was?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Certainly."

It's not like he has Alzheimer's disease. Moreover, now that the five major ninja villages have formed an alliance, it doesn't matter even if some old things are made public.

Sarutobi Hiruzen recalled: "It was a mission codenamed 'Owl'. The objective was to start a family within a week, infiltrate Kirigakure Ninja School, and gather information..."

As he spoke, he felt something was off.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "So, the person you wanted to start a family with was..."

Gray: "What do you think?"

Considering the ninjas in Kirigakure at that time—Hoshigaki Kisame, Momochi Zabuza, all looking less than appealing—Terumi Mei, who was initially reluctant to marry, seemed like the only viable option.

Naturally, they had a flash marriage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."

No wonder.

No wonder Gray provided such quick and accurate updates. It turned out to be a significant development!

Because the mission went far too smoothly.

The following year, Sarutobi Hiruzen called Gray back.

To Sarutobi Hiruzen, this seemed perfectly normal.

But to Terumi Mei, it appeared as if she had scared Gray off due to her high expectations. She had been searching for Gray for the past few years.

Now, the preliminaries for the third Chūnin exam were being broadcasted on the light screen.

But hardly anyone paid attention to it.

After all...

For this exam, daimyos from other countries and Kage from other ninja villages came to watch.

If their own village's ninjas weren't participating, it would reflect poorly.

Terumi Mei revealed something surprising: "After all these years, if you don't come back to see me, forget it, and you won't come back to see our children!!"

Children?! Sarutobi Hiruzen was taken aback. "You both have children?"

Gray: "..."

Gray: "Yes, we have a child."

However, it was an adopted one.

The mission Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Gray was to infiltrate Kirigakure Ninja School and gather intelligence about the comprehensive strength of Kirigakure students at that time.

Given the Yagura Blood Mist regime, Kirigakure was isolated internally and externally, making it difficult to obtain information through conventional means.

The best way was to infiltrate the village from within.

Sarutobi Hiruzen advised Gray to adopt an orphan to establish family ties, making it easier to gain trust among Kirigakure ninjas.

Considering there were many orphans in Kirigakure at that time, Sarutobi suggested Gray pick one.

However, Gray had his own plan.

Rather than randomly adopting an unknown orphan, he decided to create one himself using the undercover creation system.

This way, even if he left in the future, he could still monitor Kirigakure.

Since then, Gray used the undercover creation system to give himself a daughter who appeared to be around six years old, with long aqua hair and eyes.

And he named her...

Aqua!!

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