"My purpose should be clear to the director—I'm here about Nohara Rin's transfer."
Feng Bai seemed oblivious to the mockery in the other's words and earnestly stated his reason for coming.
"I heard the director rejected Rin on the grounds of insufficient hospital staff. What a coincidence—my father's department was recently reorganized under the Fourth Hokage's orders, and quite a few medical ninja happen to have nowhere to go."
Casually picking up a cup from the desk and pouring himself water, Feng Bai gently pushed it toward Nobi Matsu.
"About twenty people or so. I wonder if this might help alleviate the hospital's staffing shortage?"
Twenty people? His father?
Nobi Matsu's eyes narrowed slightly. So that's how it was. He'd been wondering how some brat could be wearing a jōnin vest—turns out it was through internal family promotion.
Black hair, black eyes—several major ninja clans fit that description. He couldn't determine which one for the moment.
However, when it came to his son's happiness, as a father, he wouldn't retreat easily.
It was time to let these clan heirs know the prestige of the Nobi family.
"Very regrettable. Even so, it cannot alleviate the hospital's staffing shortage. Nohara Rin must continue working at the hospital. However, I wonder who your esteemed father might be—perhaps we've worked together before."
Nobi Matsu unceremoniously picked up the tea Feng Bai had poured for him. He was curious to hear whose daughter this girl before him actually was.
"My father is Shimura Danzō, currently employed in the ANBU Training Division."
"Pfft!"
The water he'd just swallowed instantly left Nobi Matsu's mouth. Fortunately, Feng Bai had anticipated this and dodged in time, avoiding being sprayed.
Why had he anticipated it?
When pouring the water, Feng Bai had already noticed it was freshly boiled—the kettle was still hot.
"Hiss, hah, hiss, hah—so it's Jōnin Feng Bai."
Breathing heavily to ease the pain in his mouth, Nobi Matsu no longer dared remain seated and hurriedly stood to invite Feng Bai to sit.
He'd misjudged—at first glance, he'd mistaken the other for female, or he would have recognized Feng Bai immediately.
Recalling his recent behavior, Nobi Matsu wanted to slap himself hundreds of times.
Setting aside the other's identity as Danzō's son, even the identity as the Third Hokage's disciple was not to be trifled with.
After all, even if Tsunade hadn't become commander of the Medical Corps, he would still respectfully address her as "Lady Tsunade" upon meeting her.
While Tsunade's relationship with Hashirama was part of the reason, her identity as the Third Hokage's disciple was also an extremely important factor.
"Don't be so tense, Director Nobi. Didn't you say my father might have worked with you before? I'll mention it to him later and have him come chat with you personally."
Feng Bai maintained his smiling expression, stubbornly refusing Nobi Matsu's request for him to sit.
"How could I dare compare myself to Advisor Danzō? Please don't mock me. Oh right, you're here to discuss Rin's transfer, aren't you? Look at me being so formal—you could have just sent someone to tell me, and this matter would have been handled directly. There was no need for you to come personally."
Seeing Nobi Matsu's such servile appearance, Obito, who had been marveling at the man's boldness just moments before, was now speechless.
From arrogance to deference—how laughable when one thinks about it.
Who says the ninja world is ruled by strength alone? Social relationships are also a required course.
Obito believed that if he had come today instead, even invoking the Uchiha name, this director named Nobi Matsu probably wouldn't have shown much emotional reaction.
"Eh, Director Nobi, you're mistaken. Didn't you just say twenty people weren't enough? I'll add two more. How about that? You two, come in."
Finding Nobi Matsu so amusing, Feng Bai couldn't help wanting to tease him further.
As Feng Bai's words fell, the two ANBU waiting outside immediately entered the room.
Nobi Matsu's face, already pale from Feng Bai's shock, turned even whiter. He hurriedly waved his hands saying no, while simultaneously seeming to remember something and rushing back to his desk to frantically search through papers.
"Look at my memory! Here it is—the personnel department just said they've recruited over thirty new people. The staffing shortage has been resolved. I'll sign Rin's application right now—signing it now."
Nobi Matsu put on an act of sudden realization, casually grabbing a document and claiming the matter was resolved.
"Really resolved?"
Feng Bai asked somewhat persistently.
"Really resolved. Please rest completely assured."
Under Nobi Matsu's earnest attitude of pleading desperately, Feng Bai was finally satisfied and left Konoha Hospital with the signed application.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he'd done this kind of "playing the pig to eat the tiger" act. He had to say, it was quite satisfying.
However, such things should be done sparingly. If he ever encountered someone with even more powerful backing than himself, he'd be the one switching from arrogance to deference.
Konoha residents: Someone with more powerful backing than you—there seem to be very few in all of Konoha.
"Is this really okay?"
Holding the signed application form, Rin couldn't believe the matter had been resolved so simply.
"What's wrong with it? Even if he wants to curse, he'll curse me, not you. It's fine."
Feng Bai stretched and smiled at Rin.
The speaker was casual, but the listener took it to heart.
The two ANBU standing behind Feng Bai exchanged glances and took Feng Bai's words to heart.
They'd go monitor that Nobi Matsu fellow in a moment to see if he really dared badmouth Young Master Feng Bai behind his back.
"Alright, thank you both for your trouble, accompanying me on this nonsense during your rest time."
Turning around, Feng Bai looked at the two ANBU.
"Oh right, when you leave, please help me deliver this application form to Sister Tsunade. Obito and I still want to go back to the hot springs to play, so I won't go personally. Bye now."
After speaking, Feng Bai stuffed the application form into the other's hands, then led Rin and Obito toward the hot springs.
"Thank you."
Seeing Feng Bai leading the departure, Rin first bowed to thank the two, then followed Feng Bai's pace.
On the way back, while Rin's attention was elsewhere, Feng Bai lightly nudged Obito.
"How about it? I'm pretty loyal, right? For your lifelong happiness, I even deployed ANBU."
"Hehe, I knew Feng Bai treated me the best." Obito grinned foolishly.
"What's the use of just words? You need to prove it with actual actions."
Feng Bai looked disappointed, as if iron couldn't become steel.
"Uh, how do I prove it?" Obito was somewhat puzzled.
"Hmm, let me think..."
Although he'd spoken the words, Feng Bai really wasn't clear what he needed Obito to do right now.
Wait, there seemed to be one thing.
"I actually do have something to ask of you, but this matter might very well not align with Konoha's interests. Will you do it?"
"I'll do it!"
Obito agreed without a second thought.
Huh?
This Obito guy—wasn't his heart filled with the Will of Fire? How did he agree so easily?
Feng Bai hadn't expected the other to agree so quickly.
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