Konoha: I have a gravity training room

Although I really want to stay at home and spend time with Tiantian, once I return to the village, I will be assigned other troublesome things. Tiantian actually has tasks too, and we can't be together often on a daily basis, so it's better not to go back for now.

Now, after wandering around for over two months, Deidara and Sasori have also entered the Land of Rain. I also released a shadow clone into the Land of Rain, and the shadow clone exploded, so I have some evidence. Next, I just need to confirm the whereabouts of Deidara and Sasori.

Xia Mu judged that the two were not deliberately returning to the Rain Country, but were going to other places and had to pass through the Rain Country.

After all, members of the Akatsuki organization rarely gather together. Each group has a mission outside, and when there is something important, they just use the ring to start a group chat, so no one will go back to the Rain Country base camp on purpose.

Sure enough, a few days later, Natsuki found Deidara and Sasori again in River Country.

These two were just passing through the Land of Rain, with the goal of going to the Land of Rivers to capture someone with a high bounty.

"Well, it's time to go back."

Xia Mu didn't delay and flashed back home with a Flying Thunder God.

After washing up, he went out again, but on the way he felt that the village was a little different because there were many ninjas from other villages.

He calculated the time and suddenly realized: "Oh, it's time for the Chunin Exams. No wonder there are so many people from other villages. Forget it, it's not my responsibility. I'll go report first and then have a good rest."

Not long after, Natsuki arrived at the Hokage's office and knocked politely on the door.

"Come in." Tsunade's voice came.

Xia Mu pushed the door open and saw Shikamaru and Temari standing in front of the Hokage's desk, seemingly reporting something.

The two of them subconsciously turned around at this time and were stunned when they saw Xia Mu.

Shikamaru looked surprised: "Natsuki? You're finally back! I thought you were having too much fun outside and didn't want to go home. Everyone is talking about you."

Xia Mu also greeted him: "Hey! Shikamaru, are you guys reporting on your work? How about I go out first?"

Shikamaru waved his hand: "Temari and I are in charge of this Chunin Exam. We are just reporting some information to Lady Tsunade. It's not a secret, so there's no need to hide it."

Tsunade also said: "Natsuki, welcome back. Shikamaru is right, you don't have to hide. I will listen to your detailed report after Shikamaru and Temari have finished talking. Please sit down first, I will ask Shizune to pour you a cup of tea."

Xia Mu was not polite and sat down on a chair beside him. Jingyin quickly brought him a cup of tea. Not everyone can enjoy such treatment.

Temari looked at Natsuki curiously.

She naturally remembered Xia Mu. After all, this guy not only defeated Orochimaru in the last Chunin Exam, but also beat Shukaku, the One-Tailed Snake, back. Even the Maki Jonin was knocked down by him with one punch. The name of Konoha Demon Sword was resounding throughout the ninja world, and his strength was unimaginable.

Now that he saw that even the Hokage took him so seriously, it was obvious that he had just returned from an extremely important mission.

It’s better not to be an opponent with a guy like this.

Fortunately, the Sand Village and the Konoha Village are now friendly allies, and they should not be enemies anymore. It is reassuring to have the powerful Konoha as an ally, and it is also reassuring not to have to face opponents like Natsuki.

Shikamaru and Temari continued their report. They were nothing more than some questions before the exam, harmless enough, but they still needed the Hokage's approval.

Shikamaru scratched his head from time to time, obviously finding it troublesome, but he had to do it.

Temari had already withdrawn her gaze from Natsuki and turned it back to Shikamaru. It seemed that Shikamaru, a smart man who hated the trouble and wanted to be lazy but had to work, was more interesting to Temari.

Fortunately, the report didn’t take long to finish.

Before leaving, Shikamaru said to Natsuki, "You haven't been back for over two months. If you have time later, you should get together with everyone."

Xia Mu smiled and agreed: "Okay, I'll personally invite everyone when I have time."

Chapter 203 Report and Warning

After Shikamaru and Temari left, Tsunade immediately waved her hand.

Then a dark shadow flashed outside the room. It was obvious that the Anbu were guarding the office and not allowing anyone to approach casually.

"How is it?" Tsunade's expression became serious, and even Shizune and Tuntun's breathing became much lighter.

"The Land of Rain!"

Xia Mu handed over a scroll. "I've been following those two for over two months. They've been searching for bounty hunters on the black market, seemingly completely taking over Kakuzu's role. But a few days ago, they were heading to the River Country, heading directly south through the Rain Country. I had a bad feeling about them, so I sent a shadow clone to follow them. However, not long after entering the Rain Country, the shadow clone exploded."

Tsunade paused as she took the scroll: "The shadow clone exploded without any warning?"

Xia Mu nodded affirmatively: "Yes. I felt that someone sensed my infiltration through the rain, and was able to attack me from a distance, and the shadow clone didn't even have time to react."

Now, Tsunade and Shizune both became extremely cautious.

Of course they knew about Xia Mu's strength and knew that Xia Mu was very strong.

But even if it was just Xia Mu's shadow clone, it wouldn't be a problem for him to deal with a jonin, but when he sneaked in secretly, he was killed instantly by a single move from a distance without anyone noticing. How powerful was his opponent!

Xia Mu continued, "I immediately used Flying Thunder God to evade, not daring to stay where I was. The enemy was very powerful, and I felt a little uneasy. Afterwards, I went around the Rain Country to the south to continue my investigation, and I actually found Deidara and Scorpion. They were continuing to complete the bounty mission as if nothing had happened."

Now, Tsunade and Shizune also understood Natsuki's judgment.

In order to track him, Xia Mu sent his shadow clone to sneak into the Rain Country secretly but was easily discovered and killed instantly.

These two people passed by carefree but nothing happened to them. It was obvious that the guy who made the move was most likely a member of Akatsuki!

This is the basis for Xia Mu's judgment.

Before, Natsuki knew that the Akatsuki organization’s headquarters was in the Land of Rain, but he had been wondering how to explain it. After seeing Deidara and Sasori enter the Land of Rain, Natsuki knew that this was an opportunity.

And he did take this opportunity to complete the mission.

Tsunade was silent for a while, then finally nodded and said, "You did a great job, thank you for your hard work..."

Xia Mu spoke seriously, "Tsunade-sama, the Land of Rain is very dangerous, so don't send anyone in to investigate. Even Jiraiya-sama should not be allowed to go, or people could die! I feel that even if I go, I might not have the chance to use the Flying Thunder God Technique, so you must be cautious!"

This is a serious statement, but it is not an exaggeration.

Only by making the problem more serious will Tsunade be more cautious and not let Jiraiya take risks again.

To be honest, Tsunade and Jiraiya wasted most of their lives and only fell in love with each other in their old age. However, in the original work, Jiraiya never returned, and Tsunade did not win the bet in the end, which is really sad.

Now, after Natsuki's warning, Tsunade will probably not let Jiraiya take risks again, right?

Tsunade naturally didn't think that Xia Mu was exaggerating. She nodded seriously and said that she understood. Then she let Xia Mu go back and rest.

Xia Mu turned and left, he was in a hurry to find Tiantian.

After the office door closed, the room was silent.

"Lady Tsunade..." Shizune hesitated to speak.

"No need to explain, I understand."

Tsunade rubbed her brows, feeling a headache. "It seems that the Akatsuki organization is more terrifying than I imagined, and the leader is stronger than me, Jiraiya, and Natsuki. Natsuki's warning is not without reason, so even if we are curious, we can't easily send people to the Rain Country to inquire. But in this case, what should we do?"

Jingyin couldn't think of a solution for a moment, so she could only suggest, "How about we hold another meeting to discuss it?"

Tsunade didn't say anything. In fact, she felt that the meeting was meaningless.

Those two old guys, Mitomon En and Utane Koharu, are always bossing around and are particularly self-righteous. I'm afraid they will end up advocating to attack the Rain Country just because they know that the Rain Country is the headquarters of the Akatsuki organization.

The two old men would probably not take Xia Mu's warning seriously and would just think that Xia Mu was timid.

The Rain Country is just a small country, how could there be such a terrifying and powerful person? So just fight and it's over.

Tsunade doesn't want to face the two old men's expressions at all now. Instead of holding a high-level meeting, it would be better to find a few trustworthy elite ninjas to discuss it.

After thinking for a while, he finally said, "Shizune, go get Kakashi and Shikaku to discuss this."

On this side, Xia Mu went straight to the Ninja Tool Shop after leaving the Hokage Building.

Unexpectedly, the ninja tool shop was doing good business, especially with many ninjas from other villages coming to buy ninja tools. The owner was a little overwhelmed for a while, and Xia Mu immediately went into helping mode when he saw this.

"Huh? Xia Mu, you're back?" the owner said happily.

"Well, I just got back today. I just finished reporting you to Hokage-sama. I was planning on looking for Tenten, but I have to finish helping my father-in-law first."

Xia Mu was quick and efficient and quickly settled the bill for the guests. He only breathed a sigh of relief when the number of customers decreased.

Xia Mu smiled and said, "Father-in-law, business is pretty good."

The shop owner smiled and said, "Of course! The Chunin Exams are coming up soon, and a lot of ninjas from other villages have come. At first, it seems they heard that my son-in-law is a Konoha Demon Sword, so they came here to buy ninja tools. Then they probably discovered that our ninja tools are of good quality, so they came back to buy some more."

So I also have a contribution here?

Xia Mu was at a loss for words. He had never expected that his fame could bring business to the Ninja Tool Shop.

He took a look at the recent sales invoices and was surprised: "It seems that Ninja Kill cards sold the most. Isn't this normal?"

The shop owner crossed his fingers sheepishly and said, "Well, I had someone make new character cards for Konoha Demon Blade. A lot of people seem to be coming here for that."

Xia Mu was speechless: "You are always good at business, even selling your son-in-law."

(Li Li Hao) The shop owner was unhappy: "It's just selling cards, how can it be selling a son-in-law? Besides, won't you have a share of our family business in the future? In the future, the property will all belong to my grandchildren. Isn't it good for me to make a little extra now?"

Okay, as long as you are happy!

Xia Mu didn't care, since it was his own money after all.

And there wasn't much secret information on the cards, so it wasn't a big deal.

At this moment, the shop owner suddenly asked in a low voice: "Son-in-law, this Chunin Exam won't be the same as the last one, right?"

Xia Mu was stunned and looked at his cheap father-in-law curiously, only to see a face full of worry. It seemed that the last Chunin Exam had left some psychological trauma on many people, and they were afraid that something would happen this time as well.

"will not!"

Xia Mu said firmly, "With Lady Tsunade here this time, nothing will happen!"

There's no need for any other reason, just because Tsunade is here. Tsunade's title is much more useful than the Sandaime's!

Chapter 204 Reunion

Sure enough, the shop owner laughed when he heard this: "Yes, with Lady Tsunade here, how could anything happen? Lady Tsunade has brought stability to the village since her return. How dare those scoundrels mess around!"

See, Tsunade still convinces the villagers more.

Whether it is the reputation or the ability, it can make the villagers feel at ease.

There was no need for any complicated reasons to convince the villagers, as long as they knew Tsunade was there, they would feel at ease.

Then, Xia Mu continued to help in the store, chatting here and there. He didn't expect that the owner knew a lot of information, and it seemed that he knew it all from chatting with other people.

For example, during the two months that Xia Mu was on a mission, a lot of trouble happened in the village.

There was one time when a lot of detonating tags were discovered in the village, and the Konoha ninjas were scrambling to find them. There was another time when someone attacked in the middle of the night, and the villagers thought it was another fox demon, but thankfully, it was dealt with in the end. There was also another time when the Hokage Building was struck by lightning, and so on.

Xia Mu was quite curious, so he asked a lot of questions in a roundabout way.

He soon realized that it seemed that many original plots had already happened when he was on the mission.

For example, the discovery of a large number of explosive tags in the village seems to be revenge from the remnants of Kagero, who were annihilated by 553 years ago. The late-night enemy attack seems to be connected to Asuma, one of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas. As for the lightning strike on the Hokage Building, it seems to be a plot related to Kurenai Yuhi and Yakumo Kurama.

By the way, can the Hokage Building be equipped with a lightning rod? It gets struck by lightning all the time and it can cause fires.

It seems like the same thing is happening at Konoha Hospital. Why isn't there a lightning rod installed?

And there's Kurama Yakumo, who seems to be very good at illusion. It seems that he has solved his problem and reconciled with Kurenai Yuhi. Shouldn't we let this promising young man become a ninja as well?

Xia Mu yawned and thought about random things, because he was just a little interested, but these things had nothing to do with him.

There's no need to really take it seriously.

At this time, Tiantian with two buns suddenly walked into the store.

Today, Tiantian is wearing a white long gown and dark red trousers, which is full of the original flavor. He looks heroic and valiant, which makes people unable to help but brighten their eyes.

"Dad, I won't be back for dinner tonight...Ah! Xia Mu, you're back!"

Tiantian changed his mind halfway through his words and instantly landed in Xia Mu's arms. He didn't care about his father and other guests and pulled Xia Mu into the inner room.

Having not seen each other for more than two months, Xia Mu was filled with longing for her, which almost drowned him.

Xia Mu didn't have a chance to speak and could only respond affectionately. It was a long time before the two separated.

Tiantian rubbed his head against it, his voice like a cat scratching: "Husband, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me first?"

Xia Mu said lovingly, "I'm planning to give you a surprise. How about it? You haven't seen each other for more than two months. Wouldn't it be a great surprise to suddenly see your beloved?"

"Yeah. It's a surprise. But I wish you had told me sooner."

"Okay, next time for sure. Let's continue and make up for the two months we missed!"

"Wait a minute, I have work to do later... "

After a long time, the two men came out with swollen lips. They ignored the owner's rolling eyes and the customers' curious looks. Tiantian glared at the man and quickly left the ninja tool shop.

Xia Mu knew about it. He was assigned to be one of the examiners every day and would be busy soon.

If I go there with a swollen mouth now, my colleagues will definitely make fun of me.