Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

Given Kurotsuchi's personality, she naturally couldn't ignore Mei's teasing.

However, it was just a minor argument, and it didn't escalate too much on this special day.

Fu, however, forcefully stepped between the two, eager to become friends with Terumi Mei.

Because the seven tails within her sensed the three tails within the other person.

The New Year's Eve dinner eventually passed in a lively and joyful atmosphere.

Following that is the festival on Hokage Rock and the New Year's Eve fireworks display.

However, Baiyun Qingye did not go out with the other girls.

Instead, he left home first and went out to meet Hinata, Ino, and the other girls, whom he had arranged to meet earlier.

After all, Baiyun Qingye was only one person, and the girls all tacitly allocated their time.

Try to distribute it as evenly as possible before the fireworks display.

After all, we've been through this kind of thing several times before, so we're experienced.

Therefore, the scene of them vying for attention during the first fireworks display did not repeat itself.

The girls walked together, all looking lively and happy.

Aside from the fact that the fireworks kept hanging on the white clouds and green leaves, which annoyed Sarah, she had to give him a good talking-to.

As it approached eleven o'clock, the sky changed from a bluish-gray haze to a deep, dark black, but the roads remained brightly lit, with several lampposts illuminated along the roadside.

The pedestrian steps from the halfway point of Hokage Rock to the top of Hokage Rock were filled with people, many of whom were wearing pretty yukatas.

They gathered in groups, covered with mats that had been prepared in advance.

The slope of the steps at Hokage Rock avoids the trouble of everyone scrambling for a viewing spot. In fact, most places that hold fireworks displays choose such natural steps and slopes.

Aside from the children still running around, the young people and the elderly were already sitting leisurely on the mats, chatting and waiting for the fireworks display to begin.

It's difficult to find someone among so many people.

However, Tsunade's group was quite large. Shirokumo Aoba and the girls climbed onto the Hokage Rock and found their location after only a few seconds of looking around from a high place.

"You're so slow?"

The moment Baiyun Qingye arrived, Yukito's complaining voice rang out.

Yugito is currently sitting cross-legged on a clean cushion, wearing a golden kimono, which she recently bought and looks to be the same style as the ones Samui and Aba-i are wearing.

After all, the kimono that Shirokumo Aoba gave her back then seemed to be designed to satisfy a strange fetish and was impossible to wear.

If someone who doesn't know Yukito doesn't understand her, they might think she's just complaining because she's angry.

But as someone who has lived together for so long, Shirakumo Aoba also has her own understanding.

The other person's complaint wasn't out of anger, but rather a sign that they were eager to meet.

So Shirokumo Aoba neither explained nor apologized, because Yugito's complaint didn't seem to carry much anger.

He took off his shoes and kicked the other person's bottom, then placed the food box he had been carrying in front of the other person. "I bought a lot of food, including your favorite dorayaki and takoyaki. Do you want some?"

"..."

Yugito touched the spot where he had just been kicked, pouted, and still said, "I want to eat!"

Although I had already explored the festival with my two best friends, Samui and Azai, and eaten quite a lot, eating with my boyfriend is a different story.

Samui and Mabui both looked like they had seen a ghost when they saw this scene.

Although she knew that Yugito had long been Shirakumo Aoba's girlfriend, it was normal for her personality to have changed somewhat.

But is this Yukito, who doesn't seem angry at all after being kicked in the butt in public, really the same person they know?

What kind of settings have been changed to?

Bai Yun Qingye simply smiled, then sat down cross-legged and opened the food box.

Although I didn't buy much, it was all food that every girl likes to eat.

Without saying a word, he took a still-warm dorayaki and stuffed it directly into Yugito's mouth.

Yukito immediately began to eat with great relish.

"Qingye, you really spoil this little kitten. You don't actually treat her like a pet cat, do you?"

Seeing this, Mei Terumi also came over and made a sarcastic remark.

Uzuki Yugao and the others were already used to this kind of scene, but Terumi Mei had only met Yugito a few times, so she was naturally quite dissatisfied with Shirakumo Aoba's behavior.

"Who are you calling a little kitten?!"

Yugito, who was eating dorayaki, became dissatisfied upon hearing the term "kitten." After finishing the dorayaki in a few bites, she bared her teeth at Terumi Mei.

Mei Terumi, however, crossed her arms over her chest and said with a charming yet disdainful expression, "You look even more like a kitten now."

"You bastard!"

Yukido has already arched his back and is about to enter the spiny back form.

The two were about to explode.

Baiyun Qingye wasn't in a hurry. She calmly picked up two takoyaki with chopsticks, blew on them twice, and then immediately covered their mouths.

Whenever the two had a spare moment to talk, he would feed them again.

The other girls couldn't stand it anymore.

Seeing that so many snacks had been bought, all of which were going to end up in the two of them's stomachs, and that Baiyun Qingye was feeding them.

Although no one was hungry, the atmosphere was right, so everyone gathered around and sat down.

Baiyun Qingye's previously unhurried movements suddenly became chaotic.

Tsunade didn't participate, but took out a bottle of sake and a few sake cups from the food box and sat down with Kurenai, Anko, Sai, and Mikoto Uchiha to start drinking.

When are Hongni, Hongdou, and Yuhuo planning to move in?

Hong's face looked slightly unnatural, and she replied with an awkward laugh, "Let's wait a while longer, I'm still getting used to it."

"When will Hong move there? Then I'll move there with her."

Hongdou said casually, and Yuhuo nodded in agreement.

"As for me, I'll wait until Sarah becomes queen before I come."

Sai said frankly.

Hongdou and Yuhuo both looked at her with some surprise, clearly not expecting her to be one of them.

After all, Sarah is still lingering around Baiyun Qingye.

Hongdou felt that her thinking was still a bit too conservative.

"I see. Well, let's talk about it when you've made up your minds. I have quite a few empty houses."

As she spoke, Tsunade glanced at Uchiha Mikoto again, seemingly unintentionally, but did not ask her any questions.

Mikoto Uchiha's hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly as she silently sipped her wine.

"It's about to begin!"

Suddenly, someone shouted something, and the lively scene on the Hokage Rock immediately fell silent.

The next moment, a huge firework with a diameter of nearly 100 meters burst open in the sky.

Brief yet magnificent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed in silence.

The blooming of this firework also signifies the passing of another year.

The passage of time is also visualized at this moment, unfolding with the blooming and fading of fireworks.

Chapter 621 Start by striving to avoid being at the bottom

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Once the fireworks faded, the magnificent and dazzling scene seemed like a lively dream.

Although brief, it left a deep impression.

The villagers who had gathered densely on the Fire Shadow Rock began to slowly disperse.

Baiyun Qingye and the girls, still wanting more, left with the crowd.

However, when he got home and took a shower, he was dumbfounded.

He had originally thought tonight would be a night of sleeping together under the same covers.

When they returned, they all went back to their own rooms.

"Aoba, today is already the New Year..."

Temari was wearing only a pale yellow gauze dress, with her inner layer vaguely visible. Her short, loose hair was a little damp, and a few strands clung to her moist cheeks.

Coupled with her pitiful, submissive expression and the sweet fragrance that occasionally wafted into his nose, Bai Yun Qingye felt his head was starting to spin.

Shirokumo Aoba naturally knew what Temari was talking about.

Before he could answer, Qin, who had been keeping her head down, suddenly threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"Lord Aoba..."

The sound of the zither trembled slightly with excitement.

This reaction made Baiyun Qingye instinctively feel a little strange, because the other party's body temperature was also frighteningly high.

"A zither?"

Baiyun Qingye cupped the girl's hot, furnace-like face and made her raise her head.

Something definitely wasn't right.

The blush on her face extended down her neck and into the sheer fabric; her eyes were unfocused and moist. This reaction…

Baiyun Qingye seemed to understand what was going on.

He looked at Temari and noticed that she had taken out a small blue medicine bottle from somewhere.