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

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Hongdou was completely stunned...

Because in her plan, she should be in Bai Yun Qingye's arms, and then...

At last……

However, reality was the exact opposite of what she had planned.

She was about to take action when she suddenly found herself completely unable to move.

"What...what's going on?"

Hongdou blinked, clearly still a little dazed; she hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

Not only was his spot taken by Red, but...

and also……

What exactly is going on?

Hongdou hesitated for a moment, and memories of the time before she fell into a coma gradually surfaced in her mind.

She originally intended to subdue Hong first, but when she made her move, Hong suddenly burst out of smoke and turned into a pillow.

Then there's something wrong with the smoke...

Hongdou realized in an instant that Hong was actually pretending to be drunk!

At this moment, as if noticing that she was awake, the voices beside her suddenly became louder.

It made her feel a little itchy inside.

"That's enough, you two!"

Red Bean shouted somewhat discontentedly.

"Red Bean... Hmm~ You're awake?"

Kurenai seemed to only now notice that Anko had woken up, and turned to smile at her, "How are you feeling now?"

"you……"

Hongdou's face immediately puffed up, and she said angrily, "I never expected you, Hong, to set a trap for me to faint! How awful!"

"Ah!"

Kurenai Yuhi chuckled softly.

"The guilty party accuses the innocent first. Although you fell into my trap, I still gave you several chances, but you didn't seize them."

"me……"

Hongdou suddenly felt a little guilty, looked away, and dared not meet Yuhi Hong's gaze, muttering to herself.

"I was only trying to help you..."

"On that point, I find you are not wrong."

This time, Kurenai didn't refute Anko; instead, she gave her an approving smile. "So..."

"From now on, you won't need to keep thinking about me, Hongdou."

"..."

Hongdou opened her mouth, glanced at the fishing lights beside her, and didn't know what to say.

Knowing that being stubborn was useless, he could only blink and look sincerely at the other person, pleading for mercy.

"Hong, could you please let me go first? I..."

Yu Huo blushed a little at these words.

However, Kurenai remained unmoved, saying, "No need."

This guy is the type who never learns from mistakes.

If you don't discipline them for three days, they'll climb onto the roof and tear off the tiles; if you don't teach them a lesson, they won't know they're wrong.

"Aoba..."

Seeing that Kurenai really showed no mercy, Aoko could only look at Shirokumo Aoba with a wronged expression.

"Sister Hongdou, you really went a bit too far this time, so I'll just have to ask you to put up with this for now."

Baiyun Qingye also felt somewhat helpless.

Given what Hongdou did today, it's not unjust for her to suffer some punishment.

"Waaah~"

Upon hearing that even Baiyun Qingye wouldn't help her, Hongdou immediately became unhappy and started wailing like a child.

Kurenai couldn't stand it anymore, so she simply stuffed something into her mouth.

"?"

Hongdou's eyes widened immediately.

I felt even more wronged.

Are we not even allowed to cry?

"..."

Even Baiyun Qingye felt that Hongdou was in a sorry state.

Fortunately, Kurenai Yuhi wasn't really planning on it...

After seeing that she realized her mistake, I let her go.

But Red Bean clearly didn't really know she was wrong; she even wanted to...

However, Baiyun Qingye stopped her.

After all, it was indeed Hongdou who was in the wrong first, so it was reasonable for Yuhi Kurenai to retaliate in a small way.

Afterwards, thanks to Baiyun Qingye's efforts in persuading them, the two sisters reconciled.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, at least

This matter between the two best friends has come to an end.

After the three of them moved in, the atmosphere at Baiyun Qingye's house did become much more lively, especially with Hongdou.

The main reason is that, despite her advanced age, she gets along surprisingly well with Karin, Uchiha Hikaru, and others. She's also a teacher at the Ninja Academy, and she has a lot to talk about with Fu.

In addition, she gets disciplined by Kurenai Yuhi from time to time, so she has all sorts of work to do every day.

After a few more days of lively yet peaceful activity, it was time for this unusual Five Shadows Conference.

Both the people and the venue are quite unconventional...

Chapter 816 Samui: "?"

Konoha Village, inside a hot spring inn.

Gaara and Kankuro stared blankly at the steaming water, unable to come to their senses for a long time.

The two of them were only wrapped in bath towels, staring blankly, seemingly completely bewildered by their current situation.

It wasn't until quite a while later that Gaara, as the Kazekage, finally came to his senses and spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Kankuro...we're here for the Five Kage Summit, aren't we?"

They had traveled a long and arduous journey from Sunagakure to Konoha, intending to greet Shirakumo Aoba first, and then visit Temari.

As a result, as soon as they stepped into the Hokage Building, they were brought here by staff who told them that the Hokage was not in the village at the moment and that they should wait here while they could relax.

"..."

Gaara and Kankuro were both stunned.

No, you organized the Five Kage Summit yourself, but you weren't even in the village. Is that appropriate?

This Five Kage Summit is like a game...

Well, okay, it really does seem like we're just playing around.

Anyway, he was just here to make a show of things and see his sister. Sunagakure would not refuse any of Konoha's plans.

Even as the Kazekage, he couldn't stop the villagers from striving for a better future...

Gaara couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

However, Kankuro, standing to the side, clearly didn't think that far ahead.

He was more distracted by the sight of the steaming hot spring in front of him.

After all, even though the villagers' living standards have improved a lot in Sunagakure, there isn't enough clean water to build hot springs like in Konoha.

The last time I came to Konoha was to participate in the Chunin Exams. So much happened then, and I never experienced anything like it.

After returning to Sunagakure, he was busy with various things, so this was actually the first time he had seen a hot spring in real life.

After hearing Gaara's words, he patted his younger brother on the shoulder.

Two years ago, he definitely wouldn't have dared to do this, but his experiences over the past two years have helped him let go of his fear of his younger brother.

"The Hokage must have left the village temporarily for some important matter. After all, he is the daimyo of the Land of Fire, so he must have a lot to do."

"However, since Konoha has already arranged hot springs, it would be a waste not to experience them."

As they were talking, Kankuro's eyes lit up and he pushed Gaara toward the hot spring.

"...That's the only way."

Gaara was somewhat helpless.

However, he was also quite interested in hot springs, since it was something new that he couldn't experience in Sunagakure.

"By the way, Gaara, remember to remove that sand armor you usually wear."

Before entering the water, Kankuro spoke up again to remind him.