In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"It can't be that Princess Fengyun..."

"No." Naruto rejected it, "My mission completion rate is 100%. Lady Tsunade, do you understand the value of a 100% success rate?"

Tsunade: "........I'm sick."

Naruto was deeply shocked. Just saying "sick" could cause such great psychological damage to a young boy! So he began to pester her, sitting directly on his desk and looking down into the abyss.

Tsunade sneered and threw the man and the dog out of the office. With a bang, the door closed.

"You need to get Princess Fengyun's consent first."

.......

It was a mistake, and the scene of being thrown out happened to be seen by the eighth team who came to report.

Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame looked at Naruto who had fallen to the ground with a dazed look on their faces. The latter stood up calmly, dusted himself off and said.

"Ahem, the ground is a bit slippery."

Inuzuka Kiba frowned and stared at Naruto for a long time, then asked with a complicated look.

"Are you okay? I heard you've been drifting at sea for almost a month."

"It's a small matter." Naruto answered casually, "It's just a shipwreck at sea, no big deal, we can just go around and come back."

After the greetings, Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino both entered the Hokage's office. Hinata blushed as she passed by Naruto, paused for a moment and whispered.

"Can you wait for me for a moment? I have something to say to Naruto-kun."

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you downstairs."

Chapter 189 Tayuya Wants Revenge

Naruto stood downstairs, yawning as he sat down on the edge of the railing.

The Hokage Building was unusually quiet, save for the occasional chirping of birds and the clatter of repairs from within. By the blink of an eye, it was already March, and the tall cherry blossom trees within the walls were about to bloom.

Tsunade has already said that as long as Fenghua Xiaoxue proposes to restart the mission, she will most likely agree.

If that were the case, things would be much easier.

Soon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from upstairs, and Hinata's petite figure rushed down from the upstairs. Before she even landed, her eyes were already searching around anxiously.

The classic scene of Hinata walking down the stairs without looking at the road and missing a step. Naruto was stunned, but still caught her, thinking that Hinata was a little... stupid.

Hinata blushed for a while in Naruto's arms, then stood up nervously. She circled around him twice, as if wanting to confirm whether his limbs were intact, but she didn't have the courage to touch them.

"What's wrong with you?" Naruto wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

Footsteps were heard again from the inside of the stairs. Hinata blinked in panic and pulled Naruto towards the other side of the Hokage Building. After passing through the corridor, the two finally stopped at the corner.

This was a good location with a wide field of view, located in the blind corner of two corridors. The newcomer couldn't see the two of them, but they could easily detect any movement in either direction.

If someone comes, just run to the abandoned rooftop upstairs.

He didn't know why he was hiding, but Hinata had dragged him here, so since he was already here, he might as well wait and see. Maybe Hinata had something important to say, but most likely not.

Sure enough, Hinata looked up, her cheeks flushed and her eyes moist.

"I've been busy with a lot of missions lately... and I can't be distracted. I heard from Lady Tsunade that you had an accident at sea..."

"It's actually nothing serious." Naruto felt more and more strange as he listened, and quickly interrupted, "I'm fine now, right? There's no need to worry about me."

"To be honest, if I go to sea alone, I can get back to shore in ten days."

"How could I not be worried?" Hinata's little pearls were about to fall out, and she was suddenly amused when she heard it, "Naruto-kun, you... said you would accompany me to train."

"So, you're worried because of your practice?" he asked with a sly look.

"No...it's not like that." Hinata lowered her eyes, clutched her hands, and stammered, "It's not because of training. I have changed my training strategy now."

"Thanks for the guidance Naruto-kun... I just wanted to keep following you, maybe I could be like you in the future."

"Really?" Naruto glanced at Hinata's growing lotus. He understood that there was not only a gap in strength between the two, but also a system between them.

"Then I'll accompany you to practice next time when I have time. Do you have any missions recently?" he asked.

"Also." Hinata lowered her head and whispered, "I've been busy with missions lately. I might not have time until next month, or maybe in two weeks."

"Next month." Naruto thought about it carefully and estimated that Fenghua Xiaoxue would be discharged from the hospital next month, so he simply agreed, "It's okay, just tell me when you have time."

After speaking, he added another sentence.

"When I don't have any missions, I usually lie down at home."

"Okay." Hinata twirled her fingers in front of her chest and looked away shyly.

Naruto swore he was talking seriously, and someone happened to show up, so Hinata took the opportunity to say goodbye nervously and hurried off again.

Walking out of the Hokage Building, he suddenly realized that he would have nothing to do for the whole month.

The spring day is lonely and the breeze is blowing.

In this month of March when everything is revived, he could only lie at home, adhering to the tradition of sleeping at sunrise and getting up at sunset, and occasionally taking Jiuwei for a stroll.

He didn't have many friends around him, and most of the time, they were on missions. Since the mission files of the Snow Country were closed, they could only understand what Naruto had experienced from a few words.

Although the fact that they had been drifting on the sea for a month was terrifying enough, Red Bean and Naruto were alive and well during this time, and all members of the team and the target object survived.

It feels like...it's no big deal.

In short, the fantastical sea voyage to the Land of Snow quietly became history. With Tsunade's deliberate silence, it didn't cause a single ripple in Konoha.

.......

In mid-March, with a click, Naruto changed his shoes and closed the door.

Today is the day to leave the village.

After obtaining Tsunade's permission, he traveled for a day and arrived at the market town of Tanshochi in the Land of Fire.

He opened the door with his key. Tayuya happened to be reading a book in the living room in cool clothes. When he looked up, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"What are you here for?"

"What else can I do? As your creditor, I naturally want to see how you are doing." Naruto went upstairs calmly. There was a room upstairs that belonged to him.

Duoyou ignored him and continued to curl up on the sofa reading.

She now understood the purchasing power of the Fire Nation's currency. A mere two hundred thousand was not a large sum at all.

Moreover, over the past six months or so, she had already saved up a considerable amount of money by doing small tasks at the gold exchange. It totaled a full 1.5 million taels, which now lay quietly under her bed.

Listening to the noise coming from upstairs, Tayuya's heart was not so calm. Not only that, she even felt a little nervous and expectant.

The opportunity has finally arrived! A chance for revenge!

She couldn't wait to use her money to humiliate that yellow-haired man, saying things like "selling souls for no reason!" Heitui!

In the end, he's just a scumbag who cheated on Loli! Damn it! It's really despicable!

Duoyouye had already left a fingerprint on the page, and she wanted to rush over and tear this corrupted scumbag to pieces. But reason told her to stay calm.

If she really did that, that guy would probably just shamelessly spread his hands and say, "I really can't help it. You found out. Fine, I'm leaving."

This was not the revenge she wanted. Tayuya took out a candy from the sofa and put it in her mouth. The sweetness stimulated her taste buds and made her slowly calm down.

The so-called revenge is that the scumbag should regret it deeply.

She had already made a plan. When Uzumaki Naruto came down from upstairs, she would pretend to be nonchalant and calmly expose his deception. She would mock him harshly and give him two hundred thousand...

Forget about the two hundred thousand, I borrowed it with my own ability, how could I possibly return it to that scumbag!

First, mock him harshly, then lash him out with a nonchalant attitude. Make him stunned, ashamed, and regretful. Humph, you didn't expect that, did you?

"What are you grinning about?" he asked in surprise.

Naruto had already washed up. He was just stopping here for the day as he had a mission tomorrow. He hurried upstairs to wash up and when he came down, he saw Tayuya grinning foolishly.

After not seeing her for a long time, Tayuya has taken off all her non-mainstream outfits. Now she is sitting on the sofa with long dark red hair, wearing a loose T-shirt and hot pants.

This dress is no different from that of an ordinary neighbor.

She changed from a bad girl to a girl next door, and a plump one at that, with the pure buff maxed out.

Even though Naruto was not very interested in it, he had to take a quick glance and found it quite pleasing to the eye.

"Nothing." Tayuya frowned, glanced at him coldly, and said, "It has nothing to do with you anyway."

Naruto didn't know what was wrong with her, but he didn't plan to ask. The house was a duplex structure, with the living room and kitchen on the first floor and four rooms upstairs.

There are spiral staircases on both sides, which he had thought of when he bought it.

Real estate is a huge loss if you buy it in Konoha, as Konoha is always collapsing. It's better to rent than to buy in Konoha. But if you buy in Tansho Street, you'll make a lot of money.

Tansho Street, a landmark town in the Land of Fire, was bound to flourish in the future. With his keen sense of smell and a bird's-eye view, Naruto decisively purchased this house on the second floor of Tansho Street, the busiest area in the city.

I don't dare buy too much, for fear of being discovered by the elements of Konoha.

He walked around the living room but couldn't find a towel to dry his hair, so he decided to go upstairs and let it air dry. Sitting on the sofa, Tayuya heard Naruto's footsteps coming up the stairs and froze for a moment.

Just left like that? Without even talking to me? How could I lash out at him then?

Um? ? ? ?

"Wait!" Tayuya shouted, jumping up from the sofa.

"What?" Naruto was startled. "You're going to do something like that when you're so frightened? Where's the hair towel?"

He was used to talking about two different topics at once. Duoyou was confused for a moment and hadn't prepared the words yet, so she simply answered the latter question first.

"Go buy it yourself! It's mine."

"Oh." Naruto made a move to leave.

"and many more!"

"What's wrong?" Naruto looked at her unhappily, "Do you want to lend me your hair towel?"

"Of course not!" Duoyouya rejected it outright.

Hearing this, Naruto made a move to leave again. Tayuya was completely convinced and shouted.

"Forget it! I'll lend it to you! Just stand there and don't move!"

"Okay, go ahead." He was indeed standing at the stairs, looking at Tayuya quietly.

"You..." Duoyouya kept mumbling for a long time, his face flushed red. He was too excited because he was about to get his revenge, and he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet," he said.

"Don't even think about me returning the two hundred thousand to you!" Tayuya shouted, hands on his hips.

"Whatever you want." Naruto stood on the stairs, looking down at Tayuya who was barefoot on the large sofa.

"I already know the purchasing power of 100,000 ryo!" Tayuya shouted angrily, "You lied to me before and bought my soul for such a small amount of money!"

"Isn't your soul still in you?" he said.

"Oh, that's right." Tayuya calmed down, but soon became angry again and said, "You only gave me 200,000. I can earn more than 200,000 for a job at the gold exchange."

The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became quiet. Tayuya looked up, only to find Naruto staring at her calmly, his eyes completely changed.

"What did you just say about the gold exchange?"

Chapter 190 Want to Leave

"The gold exchange... is..." Tayouya hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything, so he just said, "What do you care?"

"hehe."

Naruto jumped down the stairs, using his height advantage to pin Tayuya down on the sofa, and sneered.

"You don't want your savings to be two hundred thousand less, do you?"

Tayuya tried to struggle but found herself unable to move, feeling a sense of embarrassment and annoyance. Things were taking a strange turn, unlike the revenge scenario she had imagined.

Shouldn't it be that the office worker turns over a new leaf, becomes rich, and uses the money to severely humiliate his former boss?

What happened to the promise that heroes don’t care about their origins?

Now, she was being held captive by her former boss, who was forcing her to reveal the origins of her platform. Shame! It was truly shameful! It felt like being caught secretly working a part-time job and being confronted by her boss.

Isn't this a kind of...