In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"I won't pay it back!" Tayuya said nonchalantly, "I don't have any money, I worked so hard to earn it."

"What use are you to me? Can't I take it myself?" Naruto said jokingly, "I guess the money you earn is not kept too far away. Maybe you hide it under your pillow or under your bed?"

"How could you...how could you say such nonsense!"

"Whether he is talking nonsense or not, you will know if you look for it," he said with a smile.

"Woo woo!!" Duoyou was really afraid of being poor. Although she had no shortage of money, she was willing to spend it.

But! It wasn't her money, so it didn't matter at all. But if this person in front of her collected all the debts, wouldn't that mean that all the money she spent was her own?

It was painful! It was more painful than death.

"No! Don't steal my money!" Tayuya was almost crying.

Her money! It was her money! Every penny she earned!

Seeing this, Naruto was surprised and said after a moment of silence.

"Instead of taking your money, I'll give you another 100,000 taels if you tell me the whole story."

"Who's going to tell you! You bastard!" Duoyouya gritted his teeth. Damn it, a mere 100,000, is this humiliating himself?

She is no longer the slum girl she used to be. Her wealth under the bed has skyrocketed to 1.5 million taels. She no longer cares about a mere 100,000 taels.

"Five hundred thousand taels!" Naruto raised the price fivefold without blinking.

"Wow!! I said, I said it all!" Tears of humiliation flowed down Tayuya's face. Five hundred thousand taels, her bottom line was almost broken.

It’s still that guy’s money, it’s a waste not to make money from it.

Naruto let go of Tayuya, who sat timidly on the sofa, whispering how she found the money exchange and how she received her first mission.

"They were just small tasks, here and there, and I saved up a little money." Tayuya said quietly.

"I can't do the bigger tasks by myself. Besides, not everyone can do those tasks. It depends on your ability."

"Anything else? Tell the truth, I didn't hear anything interesting today, and you won't have any time to sleep tonight," Naruto continued with a straight face.

"I...I told you everything." Duoyou said a little aggrievedly.

Tayuya continued to talk intermittently, and Naruto simply leaned on the other side of the sofa and listened, occasionally responding. After talking for about an hour, Tayuya's mouth was dry.

Naruto glanced at her and suddenly said.

"What's that bounty ninja you're talking about that suddenly appeared?"

"I don't know!" Tayuya gulped down some water. "The ones who suddenly appeared recently are all doing missions worth tens of millions."

"This kind of thing has nothing to do with me. I just heard about it, and I don't know the details."

Hearing this, Naruto thought to himself, "Has Kakuzu started earning money to support Konan so quickly? If that's the case, doesn't it mean that the Akatsuki organization has already started to take action?"

grass, a plant.

Pain still deserves to die. He is not afraid of any Kakuzu flying stage now. In the future, it is better to take the Nine-Tailed Fox with him. He is equal to 73% of the Yin-Yang Nine-Tailed Fox, which is about the same as a half-Yang Nine-Tailed Fox.

All in all, he and the Nine-Tailed Fox together are approximately equal to two and a half Nine-Tailed Foxes.

I need to find an opportunity to discuss with Tsunade how to hunt down those crazy people in the Akatsuki organization. Instead of waiting for them to come to me, I should let the lecherous sage come back and hunt them together.

"Why are you distracted?" Tayuya asked.

"It's okay." Naruto stood up and took out 500,000 ryo in front of Tayuya. "I'm leaving tomorrow. Don't take any dangerous missions."

"What do you care?" Duoyouya retorted.

"Of course I care. I'm your creditor." Naruto said casually, slowly standing up and looking down at Tayuya, "Anyway, I won't restrict your freedom."

"I won't interfere with what you want to do. If you get into trouble, you can come to Konoha to find me."

"Anyway, with the way you're dressed, if you just tone it down a bit and change your appearance, no one will be able to recognize you."

"Tsk, who would come to you?" Duoyou said with some dissatisfaction, "It's up to you, I can handle it myself anyway, don't worry about it."

Of course Naruto didn't care and went up the stairs.

midnight.

Duoyou was tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep. When she thought about the failure of revenge, her heart was filled with bitterness and resentment. She had worked so hard to make money, but still couldn't...

How much money does that guy have? She was so angry that she rolled over on the bed, rolling from one end to the other. She screamed a few times and grabbed her head in despair.

Her chest heaved violently, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. This completely robbed Tayou of sleep.

It was a damp and cold spring day. After calming down, she felt a little itchy all over her body. She simply got up and walked to the bathroom in the dark to take a bath.

She turned on the light with a click, adjusted the water temperature, and habitually threw a piece of clothing in. Seeing that the hair towel was not in the bathroom, she subconsciously wanted to go to the living room on the first floor to look for it.

The bathroom door opened, and Tayuya yawned, stepping on the floor with her bare feet. When she passed by Naruto's room, the door near the stairs suddenly opened.

The light in the room overflowed like silk threads, directly illuminating half of the corridor.

Looking at the sudden light, Tayuya was in a trance for a moment. Naruto, who opened the door, was also stunned. He wanted to go to the bathroom, but saw Tayuya dressed in white appear at the stairs.

"Ah!!!" Tayuya suddenly squatted down and hugged herself.

Naruto instinctively turned his head away, and the situation suddenly became awkward. They were too close, and Tayuya's reaction was too slow. It was like a VR movie, and it was too late to 404 after watching everything.

"...I didn't expect you to have such a hobby." Naruto chuckled.

"You're the only one who has this hobby. I just... forgot you were still here!"

Tayuya's face flushed red, and she was completely filled with shame. She got up in a hurry, not even bothering to take a bath, and wanted to go back to the room to roll around!

Uzumaki Naruto! Damn it!

"Where did you want to go originally?" Naruto did not leave, but squatted in front of her.

"Ah? You...what does it have to do with you! Get out!" Duoyou fell back suddenly, her hands stretched too thin for a moment, and she didn't know where to put them.

Then the next second, Tayuya felt herself being suddenly picked up.

"It wasn't my business just now, but it is my business now." Naruto picked up Tayuya from the ground and glanced in the direction of the bathroom.

"Let me go..." Duoyou kept twisting, but it was no use.

"Don't move, I'll let you go in a while." Naruto said perfunctorily, holding Tayuya and walking towards the bathroom, as if he was holding a cat in his arms.

Tayuya felt herself getting hotter, watching the man's expression hidden in the darkness. Occasionally he would look down at her, his eyes fixed on her, clear and bright.

This guy is such a bastard.

As she thought about this, her body became weaker and weaker, and everything became a little strange. She had never experienced anything like this before, and she felt an electric current running through her back from time to time.

Tayuya even suspected that the bastard had used some strange ninjutsu. In his arms, she felt warm and numb from her tailbone to her heart.

Tayuya, held in a princess's arms, watched the warm, dim light of the bathroom approach her. She suddenly realized that the guy would see everything soon...

Her eyes widened and she twisted with the last of her strength, trying to break free from Naruto's arms.

But this was impossible to do. Naruto carried her steadily into the bathroom and sank her into the bathtub. Then he clapped his hands, looking like he had completed his work.

He felt no guilt at all. It was just an accident and he didn't take it to heart.

"What were you looking for?" he asked.

At this time, Tayuya's mind was a little confused. She curled up in the bathtub and answered in a muffled voice.

"Hair dryer."

"Oh, I took it." Naruto said calmly, then patted Tayuya on the head, "You take a bath first, I'll bring it to you later."

"Yeah." Duoyou didn't know what to say, her eyelashes fluttering.

The bathroom door slammed shut. Tayuya frantically splashed the hot water in the tub, taking a long breath and letting it out heavily.

She didn't know how to describe the feeling now. She felt a little powerless. She was actually very smart, so she had never run away, but now she didn't know whether she should run or not.

She had originally planned to stay here for a while now that she had no money. Anyway, that guy was stupid and had a lot of money, so as long as she acted submissive, he would give her money.

Even if I don't make any money, I can still get some money from him and run away.

She had never been afraid of what he wanted from her. Orochimaru had already given up on her, and going back would be like dying. For her, it didn't matter whether her body was hers or she was used as a tool again.

In the past, Tayuya had always thought that bastard was rather superficial, just wanting her body for money. But in this way, she wasn't afraid at all.

She knew that most men except Lord Orochimaru were mentally ill, and when they saw a good-looking monster, they wanted to make it their private property. She defined herself as a monster.

So even if that guy hadn't come for ten days or half a month, she wouldn't feel lost. In essence, it was an exchange: he wanted her body, and she wanted his money.

A clear and explicit relationship.

But why, when he touched her just now... her heartbeat was so fast? Tayuya sank into the bathtub, her knuckles clenched until they turned white.

The bathroom light was bright and clear, but it couldn't even brighten her chaotic heart. Her heart was burning, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.

She was a little annoyed, and remembering what he had just said, she would come over again.

A hair dryer?

Suddenly, Tayuya wanted nothing more and had a bad feeling in her heart. She wanted nothing more than to escape from here with the two million ryoku hidden under the bed.

Chapter 191 Give You Flowers

Knock, knock, knock! The bathroom door rang.

Hear the sound.

Duoyouya was speechless, "Didn't you just come in directly?"

"Really? I don't remember." Naruto's voice came from the other side of the door, "Anyway, it's rude not to knock. Can I come in now?"

"Whatever." Duoyou was a little irritated, with her head buried in the bathtub.

She really didn't know what to do, so she just gave up. Her life was just like that anyway, always dark and twisted.

No matter what she became, it was meaningless, and the money she earned was meaningless. She felt a little depressed, an emotion she had never experienced before, and she didn't know what to do.

I can’t say I hate it, nor can I say I like it. I subconsciously want to escape.

The door was pushed open.

Naruto took the dry towel and placed it on the shelf, then turned to leave. Suddenly, he noticed that Tayuya was too silent, so he asked more questions.

"what happened to you?"

"I'll give you the money back." Tayuya said while curled up in the bathtub.

"Why are you suddenly saying this?" Naruto realized that something went wrong when he picked her up, but he didn't regret it much. He just wanted to raise Tayuya.

She knew nothing. There was something wrong with Orochimaru's education, and he didn't care about his cannon fodder. This gave him an opportunity to deceive her.

"I don't want to stay here anymore. I'll give you all the money I owe you." Duoyou said in a muffled voice.

"That won't work."

"Why?" Tayuya turned around, not caring about being shy, and the sound of splashing water was heard. "I'll return the money to you. I don't owe you anything. All the debts have been cancelled."

"This is not about money, it's not calculated that way."

"Isn't it just about money? Anyway, I just want to get some money from you and cheat some food." she said.

"I know all this, and I don't care." Naruto's eyes were calm, and he seemed at ease, or perhaps he had thought of this day a long time ago.

I even wondered if Duoyou would disappear without a trace one day, and I might have to spend some time looking for her. But thankfully, that didn't happen, saving me a lot of trouble.

The reason why Naruto went to such great lengths to keep Tayuya was just to leave a way out for himself.

He is no longer the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but has the strength of one and a half Nine-Tails, and he also has a dog-fox by his side.

God knows how the people in that village will react when all these things are revealed one day.

Tsunade isn't the only one in Konoha's upper echelons. Shikamaru's personality is also different from his father's, and he seems to have no interest in politics. Among the Twelve, with his current connections and strength, becoming Hokage would be a piece of cake.

Tsunade had once mentioned to him in a subtle way that if he wanted, the position of Hokage would be his sooner or later. Tsunade was the fifth generation, Jiraiya and Kakashi were both reserve Hokage, and the three major clans of Ino, Shikaku, and Chou were on good terms with him.

The same is true for the old Hyuga clan, Inuzuka clan, and Aburame clan. As long as he doesn't seek death, he can stay in the Hokage reserve team and then move towards the path of becoming the strongest Hokage.

But there is always a chance of something happening, and Naruto has never thought of becoming Hokage.

He stayed in Konoha not because of any sense of belonging, but because his strength was not too strong and he didn't want to make too much trouble for the time being. But if he didn't become Hokage, he was destined to not be able to stay in Konoha.

It's okay if Kakashi is the next Sixth Hokage, but once Kakashi abdicates, who will take over? He'll still be feared, so... I still have to plan to leave early.

After leaving, perhaps he would rebuild the Whirlpool Kingdom. The twenty-seven masks gave him a new direction. He didn't want to search everywhere alone, so he would probably take Tayuya with him.