In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"I've fixed it. I don't need to catch fish anymore." He said with his head down, a little embarrassed.

"What is that?" Jingyin asked after a moment of silence.

"Sister Shizune, could you please bring the mission client, Fujikaze Yukie, here? I'm ready to start the mission." Naruto said, stroking his chin, "It would be best if you could bring my foxhound here."

.......

Fenghua Xiaoxue had been spending the past few days drinking in a busy tavern, listening to the rumors around her, and feeling increasingly annoyed. She didn't doubt Naruto's strength, but was just worried out of instinct.

"I'm wondering what's going on with that little fox demon? He brought bad luck to the village, and now he's saying he's not the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki." A group of people in the tavern were boasting while drunk.

"What else could it be? It must be another smokescreen from those guys in the Hokage Building."

"If you say that little devil is innocent, I'd never believe it even if I were beaten to death." One person said with a thick tongue, "What's the point of living if there's something so terrifying in his body?"

"You guys! Don't go too far!" Fenghua Xiaoxue couldn't stand it anymore and smashed a cup with a bang.

As an actress, she knows better than anyone how much damage rumors can do to a person. Even the strongest person can be completely wounded by rumors.

She had seen too many situations like that.

It was precisely because of this that she felt bored. No matter how powerful Naruto was, he was still just a teenager, and his status did not seem very high.

"Excessive? What's excessive?" A drunken man pulled out a chair and staggered towards Fenghua Xiaoxue. "Why do you look so familiar to me?"

"You look like you're not from this village, right? Why are you from another village meddling in other people's business?"

"She looks like that celebrity!"

"What? Are you drunk? Your brain is broken. What celebrity? She's obviously a crazy woman. What does our talk have to do with her?"

Fenghua Xiaoxue looked at the people approaching and suddenly sobered up. She touched the self-defense bracelet spray and swallowed nervously as she backed away.

With a rustling sound, the curtain of the tavern behind him was pulled open.

A slender figure walked in. Fenghua Xiaoxue's eyes blurred, and it took a while for her eyes to adjust to the passing light. Turning around to take a closer look, she was suddenly stunned.

It was a female ninja, wearing an animal mask, purple hair, and a short sword slung behind her back. The first glance she took at the crowd was that the ANBU ninja uniform was extremely oppressive.

The bustling crowd of drunks immediately shut up, those ANBU lunatics.

"Princess Fengyun?"

The other party called out her character's name, and he was also someone who had seen the movie, but it made sense. Princess Fengyun's movie was very popular in the Fire Nation.

"Yeah." Fenghua Xiaoxue forced herself to stand up, but the hangover made her a little unsteady.

Mao Yue Xi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and with a swish, she took out a piece of paper and said seriously.

"This is your mission commission. Uzumaki Naruto, the Konoha high-ranking official, has officially accepted your commission and is informing you to follow me to the Hokage Building as soon as possible to begin the mission."

"Konoha's top brass? What?" Fenghua Xiaoxue was stunned. She stood there for a while, then asked again uncertainly, "You mean Konoha's top brass?"

"Yes," Uzuki Yugao said, glancing at the drunken crowd. "It's inside information. It was made public at 8:00 this morning."

"Are you still wasting time here, Princess Fengyun? The mission is about to begin."

Chapter 236: Jump! Above Kumogakure!

"How could it be the village's senior officials, the group of people in the Hokage Building..." The drunk man opened his eyes wide, and suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words, with cold sweat on his back.

He saw the knife behind Mao Yue Xigao and immediately sobered up a little.

For ordinary people, the authority of Konoha's high-ranking officials cannot be challenged and is an existence they cannot touch. Even if they live in the same village, it is a ninja village.

The top brass were all powerful people, or people who had made great contributions to the development of Konoha. Swearing at the top brass in front of the Anbu ninjas was just asking for trouble.

Fenghua Xiaoxue stood there, opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. What she thought was happening was completely different from what she knew now.

Even though Fenghua Xiaoxue was just an outsider, she knew what it meant to be a high-ranking official in Konoha, the leader of the five most powerful ninja villages in the ninja world.

Oh boy, it was inside information, so I worried for nothing.

She glanced at the drunks standing there, suddenly smiled, and pointed at a group of people and said.

“They wouldn’t let me go.”

Mao Yue Xigao turned her head and looked at the group of drunkards.

"I'm drunk, I..." The leading man immediately turned around and staggered away with weak steps.

"I...remembered something else."

"I also....."

The group of people dispersed, and Mao Yue Xi Yan said lightly.

"Let's go, we need to find another dog."

"A dog?" Fenghua Xiaoxue chased after him. "What do you mean by a dog?"

Walking down the street, Fenghua Xiaoxue could clearly sense a change in the atmosphere. Yesterday, she'd occasionally heard some negative comments about Naruto, but today, she couldn't hear any.

If the news released a few days ago that Konoha no longer has a tailed beast Jinchuriki is still controversial, the attitude of ordinary people is also polarized.

The news announced today undoubtedly completely shut everyone up. Naruto is now one of the senior executives and may be the youngest senior executive in Konoha's history.

All the rumors and slanders were like chickens and dogs in the face of this official news, and they collapsed in less than half an hour.

Silence is the best attitude.

......

"This thing is a bit weird." Naruto looked at the Second Generation's space ninja tool, stroking his chin and muttering to himself, "Why are the settings in places like the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Rain Village?"

"It looks like it's used for air-dropped bombs!"

After thinking for a few seconds, Naruto came to a conclusion. The second generation was indeed a top-notch brat. He must be thinking about blowing up the Hidden Cloud Village every day.

Although he didn't know why the space ninja tool was abandoned, he was able to use it after some repairs.

After staying in the secret room for a while, Fenghua Xiaoxue still hadn't arrived yet, so Naruto turned around and went out to look for Tsunade.

He ran to the fifth floor office door and stretched his neck to look inside, but he didn't see a single person, which made him very disappointed. He wanted to ask about the Nidaime, but Tsunade was not there.

"Naruto-kun?" A familiar voice suddenly came from behind.

Hearing the sound, he turned his head sharply and saw Hinata standing there, looking at him somewhat restrainedly.

"Why are you here?" he asked in surprise.

"I... Lady Tsunade." She lowered her head and whispered, "Shino is busy, so it's my turn to hand in the mission report."

He lowered his gaze and caught a glimpse of the mission report Hinata was holding in her hand.

"Oh oh." He moved aside to make way and said, "Just put it inside. Lady Tsunade will be able to see it when she comes back."

"Okay." Hinata blushed and trotted over to hand over the mission report.

Naruto was just about to ask about Kyuubi going to the Hyuga clan for a drink, and when Hinata turned around, she thought Naruto had left, but she found him still standing at the door, and her face turned even redder.

"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?" she asked nervously.

"Nothing, it's been a while. Hinata, you seem to have grown quite a bit taller." Naruto stretched his head out and gestured at the top of her head, "Probably up to my eyebrows."

"Naruto-kun has grown taller too." Hinata mustered up the courage to raise her head, and her eyes met Naruto's, but they disappeared in an instant.

The windows in the corridor were wide open, and the shade of the trees could not block the scorching sun.

The dried leaves gave off a grassy scent, neither strong nor overpowering, mixed with the summer breeze that blew in. The girl, wearing a long shirt and long pants, was a bit shorter than him.

Hinata watched as her shadow got closer to the shadow behind Naruto, almost overlapping, making it look like they were kissing.

Suddenly, the cicadas in the tree outside the window chirped loudly, and her heart skipped a beat. Hinata suddenly felt guilty, as if she had secretly possessed something.

"Besides, Hinata, you've become much prettier."

"Is there... such a thing?" Hinata stuttered, her face redder, "Actually... actually, nothing has changed for me."

Naruto didn't feel embarrassed at all. He praised it when necessary and it was a good deal.

"Really, Hinata is amazing." He asked, "How's your training going? It seems like we haven't done many missions together since we last separated. Is there any preparation for the Chunin Exams Hinata?"

Hinata blinked rapidly, her cheeks flushed. The double questioning made her feel a little overwhelmed. Although she felt embarrassed, she was still happy in her heart.

"I'm ready, I..."

Just as she was stuttering, footsteps were heard from the other end of the corridor. Three seconds later, Shizune appeared at the other end and waved.

"Naruto, the client has arrived, but the dog you raised is missing."

"Huh?" Hinata was a bit bewildered after being interrupted, but she quickly came to her senses, "Naruto-kun, you go ahead and do your work. The foxhound should be...with me."

She closed her eyes slightly, bowed her head, turned around and wanted to leave.

"It's okay." Naruto grabbed her. Shizune couldn't see his movements from that angle. "I know, Shizune-san. I'll be there in a minute."

"Okay." Jingyin turned and left.

Naruto and Hinata were the only ones left in the corridor again. He could clearly feel Hinata's hands shaking. He looked at her with some surprise. Hinata had her head buried deep in her eyes.

He used some strength, squeezed Hinata's wrist and said.

"It's okay, just keep talking."

"Naruto-kun, don't you have something else to do?" Hinata asked in a low voice, not daring to look up. She tried to struggle free but failed.

"I do have something important to do." His face was expressionless, making him look serious. "But I want to hear what you have to say before I go."

Hinata's body trembled, and the muscles in her hands stiffened for a moment. She looked a little strange, but not embarrassed, more like shy.

"I...I've prepared, and I've also been practicing for a long time." She said it straight, and it took her two attempts to stop stuttering. "Because Naruto-kun said last time that you don't have to follow other people's paths, so I tried to practice the Byakugan."

"It was difficult at first, but I wanted to catch up with Naruto-kun, and eventually I had some success. I came across that foxhound by chance, and it wanted to drink, so I fed it some."

"........The Hokage Building suddenly released that news a few days ago. I was a little worried about Naruto-kun. Fortunately, today's news said that Naruto-kun has become a senior executive. I wanted to say congratulations to you, but I'm embarrassed to say it."

Hinata lowered her head as if she had given it her all, blushing as she spoke in a long, rambling manner. Naruto held her wrist and listened to everything she said calmly.

He didn't interrupt her, just listened quietly. The girl's thoughts were all written on her face, without reservation.

"I...I'm done." Hinata said in a low voice.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Naruto said with a smile, "Actually, the senior management is just a figurehead, but it can be used to scare others."

He released Hinata's hand, "Thank you anyway, Hinata."

........

Chamber of Secrets.

"Are you okay?" Fenghua Xiaoxue asked.

"What can I do? I've been staying here these past few days repairing the machine." Naruto kicked the space ninja tool and turned to look at Fenghua Xiaoxue, "This thing is a space ninja tool."

"What?" Fenghua Xiaoxue was stunned.

"Simply put, it's a ninja tool that can teleport people from one place to another," Naruto explained.

"How amazing." Fenghua Xiaoxue exclaimed.

"Well... now there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" He walked towards the space ninja tool and asked while debugging it.

"That's... good news."

"The good news is." He paused, bent down, put his head inside the ninja tool and turned on the switch. His voice came out muffled, "This thing can accommodate two people, you and me."

"What's the bad news?" Fenghua Xiaoxue swallowed.

"Well..." Naruto pulled his body out of the machine, "The bad news is that this thing is too old. Even if I work on it for a longer time, I still can't completely fix it."

"If a jump occurs, the location is random."

"Random?" Fenghua Xiaoxue nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. "Doesn't that mean you don't know where you'll be teleported to? It's a complete gamble, right?"

"Not really." Naruto frowned, "I have good skills, and this thing is durable after repair. I just need to try it a few more times."

Fenghua Xiaoxue's face turned pale, but seeing Naruto's determined look, she was speechless.

"Forget it, since you have confidence, then I will believe you."

"You'll be right if you trust me." Naruto went in first and extended an invitation to Fenghua Xiaoxue outside, "What are you still standing there for? Come in!"

"I understand." Fenghua Xiaoxue was speechless, but still went in obediently.

The second generation's space ninja tool is a platform activated by chakra. Although it has been experimented many times with live chickens and live fish, Naruto still made a protective shell to be on the safe side.