In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"This place doesn't appeal to you. Perhaps you don't like staying in the peaceful Fire Nation. Tell me where you prefer to be. I'm just asking casually."

Tayuya's mind was a bit confused at the moment, and she couldn't think even if she wanted to lie. Just understanding what Naruto said was difficult enough.

She could only answer simply, "In a small...small country...there are more things...to do...and more...to do. It's also...more interesting, and more...free."

"Then I still don't want to stay here."

"No... no." Tayuya felt like she was going crazy. Her whole body softened and she hugged Naruto tightly, saying in his ear, "I... if you want, I'm here."

Everything inside and outside the window was silent, with only the gentle mechanical ticking of the clock pendulum. Hot breath puffed against her ears. She seemed extremely tired, and even her voice was a little hoarse.

"Do you want me to stay here?"

"I don't know for now." He pulled his hand away and casually fiddled with the girl in his arms. "It's too sudden. I need to think about it carefully. I've been staying here for the past few days."

Hearing this, Tayuya blushed, buried her head in his arms again, and hummed softly.

His long fingers, now completely dry, grasped Tayuya's hand, interlocking their fingers expertly.

"Give me some time," he said.

"Okay." Tayuya hugged him tightly.

Heavy snow fell on Tansho Street, and the New Year's Festival was celebrated in a lively atmosphere. Unlike the heavily armed Konoha, the festive atmosphere in Tansho Street was more intense.

Perhaps because this was a market town, the business was booming, and everywhere was filled with eager businessmen. Men and women from the surrounding villages filed in, their wallets overflowing.

Even with a light snow falling, crowds of people continued to flock in. Long queues formed in front of various food stores and stalls, creating an unprecedented bustling scene.

Naruto and Tayuya were trapped in the crowd, unable to move forward or backward. Wrapped in thick scarves and hats, they only had their eyes exposed as they grinned at each other.

He hadn't originally planned to return to Konoha for the New Year, as the festive atmosphere there wasn't particularly strong. His friends all had things on their plate, and now that they were adults, they probably had even more to do.

It is definitely impossible for the second generation to be as carefree as before. The only one who never forgets his original intention is the yellow-haired Naruto.

Naruto knew that if he returned before the New Year Festival, the house would likely be quiet. But it wasn't exactly bustling, either. Perhaps Ino would have to squeeze in a few moments of time to sit down.

He also didn't want to trouble them at that special time of the New Year Festival. With his personality, he would definitely be busy, and they wouldn't have time either. By then, he would inevitably make them look guilty.

After thinking about it, we decided to just stay in Duance Street to celebrate the New Year, and everyone felt at ease.

Besides, he didn't care about the New Year Festival. In his eyes, it was just an ordinary festival. Just like before he traveled through time, all festivals on Blue Star except New Year were called Cannon Festivals.

Even Qingming Festival can become a gun-cleansing day for damn lovers.

Fortunately, he was an honest man. In this world, all holidays were treated equally. Even their birthdays, he would pay attention to Ino's birthday at first.

Later, he found out that he was also very busy on her birthday, so he just gave her a more expensive gift every year and called it a day. The same was true for Hinata's birthday, he never showed up.

Damn the nobles, they almost turned their daughter's birthday into a cocktail party, with a bunch of old men bragging and drinking, or exchanging some benefits.

Sakura's birthday was much simpler, but it was basically a family dinner, so he basically relied on gifts to get by. Although he was not short of money, he still had some etiquette when giving gifts.

The gifts I give are just right and what they want, gifts they can't refuse. But I won't give gifts that are beyond their spending power and make them feel pressured.

In comparison, gifts between boys are much simpler.

You can give gifts whenever you want, and accept anything, whether it's cheap or expensive, because those second-generations are not short of money anyway. If you give them too expensive, they will really treat you like their godfather for a long time.

But it was just a joke, and no one took it seriously. They knew that Naruto still had money even though he didn't accept the mission, so they felt relieved and didn't have to go around in circles to help him.

This was also one of Naruto's goals. Although wealth should not be exposed, it was unnecessary to show it off when the amount of money reached a certain level. Moreover, he just didn't want people to worry about his financial situation to avoid any misunderstandings.

Fortunately, Tayuya never pondered such questions, and had a constant smile on her face these past two days. She was smiling when she changed her shoes at the entrance before leaving, and she was smiling when she came back.

On Tance Street, heavy snow was falling.

He patted the snowflakes on Tayuya's shoulders and asked helplessly.

"what's so funny?"

Since that day, he hadn't taken it any further, stopping there every night. It was like a little secret between the two of them, and Tayuya seemed quite happy, foolishly speaking.

It's not that he has any weird habits, he just habitually wants to fill her heart before filling her body.

During the six years of absence, I cheated on her several times, which was considered retribution.

Some words are too far away to be remembered clearly, but I still remember some fragments of memories. Those emotions that have been trapped in the memories for a long time and cannot be released are gradually pouring into the heart of this silly girl in front of me.

It was like the light that stretched across the horizon, slowly soaking into her heart. For the first time, she felt a concrete sense of beauty, a joy she couldn't describe.

She has been to many places in the past six years, including the mist of the Water Kingdom, the huge waterfalls of the Grass Kingdom, the vast geothermal hot springs of the Hot Spring Kingdom, and the endless sea of ​​sand in the Wind Kingdom.

But all the beautiful scenery she had walked through paled in comparison at this moment.

"I don't know, I just feel very happy." Tayuya turned around and smiled, her long red hair fluttering in the cold wind, "I... I like you too."

Chapter 294 The rain hasn't stopped, someone will definitely love you

"Yeah, I get it." Naruto reached out and pinched her face, "It's no big deal to like someone. There's no need to shout so loudly."

"I didn't... shout." She was a little lacking in confidence.

But she wanted to weakly retort that she couldn't hide her love. Even if she could hold back from saying it, her eyes couldn't lie. She could feel the love in Naruto's eyes, so she was very happy these days.

As for other things, she didn't think too much about it. It was good enough that they could be together all day.

Although that man was a liar, he was willing to be deceived by him.

For her, everything in front of her is good enough. She has eaten a lot of delicious food, seen many people and things, traveled thousands of miles, and has someone she loves.

If I were a little more extravagant, I would expect to be deceived for my entire life.

Naruto didn't think that far ahead. The mission in the Hidden Rain Village was over, but the Akatsuki organization's troubles were still unresolved. But he ignored it and just waited to see how things would develop.

It doesn't matter, someone will take action.

"I'll give you something good." At a certain moment, he suddenly said to the girl in his arms while sitting on the sofa, "I think you should be useful to me."

"what?"

"The chakra rod left by Uchiha Madara, the man who is as famous as Senju Hashirama." Naruto casually pulled out the black iron rod from the sealed space.

"What's... awesome?"

"I don't know, but it's quite useful for stabbing people. Basically, even a god would find it difficult to stand after being stabbed." Naruto picked up a lot of trash from Nagato's place, and generously pulled out four of them and gave them to Tayuya.

"You should be able to use it. After all, it's something people at that level use. Think about it. You need to update your combat methods and keep some tricks up your sleeve occasionally, otherwise it's not safe to travel around."

He wanted to say "traveling in the martial arts world", but was afraid that Tayuya wouldn't understand, so he simply swallowed it back. Four chakra iron rods were just right, and they could be replaced if they broke.

Tayuya had always used the flute as a weapon, so her methods were rather limited. She wouldn't cast curse seals unless she was in a dangerous situation. With this chakra iron rod, she could at least defeat two jonin.

It's about 0.8 ka, which is barely enough to burst the combat power, and a little more is probably one ka.

"Okay." Duoyou responded blankly. After all, she knew that he was doing this for her own good, so she bravely kissed him, and then he turned around and pushed her into the sofa.

The curtains were drawn, and the dim light from the TV could only illuminate a corner of the living room. Tayuya felt as if her heart was being pulled by a string, floating up and down, ebb and flow.

She asked, wrapping her arms around Naruto's neck somewhat weakly.

"Can I... ask you a question?"

Naruto placed his hand on her body, casually rubbing it on her waist, shaking it dry. He was thin, with a tight and strong body. His serious and experienced look gave off an inexplicable sense of taboo.

"You said."

"Do you have anyone else you like?"

"Yes." He didn't hide it and was frank. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just want to know." Duoyouye slowly climbed up on him, rustling around on his shoulders, and whispered something warm in his ear.

"I never thought about it before, but in the future, I hope that even if I'm gone, there will still be someone who loves you."

The living room was quiet, and Naruto paused. It seemed like many people had said the same thing. He didn't have an answer in his mind, and his throat felt a little stuffy, and he wanted to drink some water.

He tilted his head, his gaze unable to find the cup in the dim living room. Short Book Street, bustling yet small, soothed his restless heart.

Not long after the New Year's Festival, Naruto left.

After returning to the village, the first thing he did was to find Tsunade and report.

In the office on the top floor of the Hokage Building.

Tsunade was lying in the corner in a semi-retired and lazy manner. Kakashi, who had not been seen for a long time, was sitting in the position of Hokage and was so busy that his afterimage left an afterimage, which startled Naruto so much that his mouth opened in an O shape.

"Kakashi-sensei, when did you become the Rokudaime? Is that okay with Danzo?"

"Just an internship in handling official documents." Kakashi's voice sounded a little tired, and it was obvious that he had been working overtime. He could tell at a glance that Naruto was busy, so he pointed to the corner and said.

"The Godaime-sama Hokage is there, I'm only in charge of official documents."

"Oh~, Teacher Kakashi, ah, no, Lord Sixth Hokage, I just got it." Naruto made a cheering gesture and ran away quickly.

Kakashi was confused and thought to himself, "Come on, damn it! Do you think I'm doing this voluntarily?"

It was all because Konoha fought too hard in the Third Ninja World War, fighting against several major powers in a row, and in the end Konoha had lost all its resources.

Those talented ninjas died or defected one by one, and there are not many Jonin who survived the battlefield and are still active in Konoha.

As for why he was targeted and trained as the future sixth generation, it can only be said that it was all due to the support of his peers.

Kakashi sighed. For a moment, he truly regretted not dying on the battlefield. If he had died before Rin, he probably wouldn't have to live like this.

Hmm... I really want to stop what I'm doing and read a few chapters of Intimate Paradise. By the way, hasn't Jiraiya-sama released a sequel yet? They clearly said it would be released after the New Year.

Forget it, I'll go to the bookstore after get off work. The future sixth generation has no worries, and my thoughts have already started to drift away.

It's been a while since I last saw Tsunade.

Naruto didn't call anyone, but honestly poured her a cup of tea, testing her mood. Tsunade was obviously in a good mood, happily touching a comic book.

I'm an adult, why am I reading comics... Oh, damn, the content is a bit...

He took a quick glance and quickly looked away, fearing that Tsunade would discover that he had acquired her little habit. After pouring the tea, he coughed again.

Tsunade noticed this and calmly pulled the comic book out from behind the book and shook it into her arms.

"When did you come back?" she asked, coughing.

"Just now." Naruto came to tell Tsunade the news about Akatsuki. Jiraiya probably also sent back some news, but it would not be too detailed.

After all, Jiraiya likes to keep things simple and direct, and won't go into great lengths to explain information. Complicated information is not suitable for quick and safe transmission.

"Have you received the information from the lecherous immortal? He and I worked together on the mission in the Hidden Rain Village, and I want to make a detailed supplement." He said straight to the point.

"Okay, I got it, but you have to wait a moment." Tsunade threw the comic on the table, then naturally reached into her arms to take out the hidden 18+ comic and threw it into the drawer beside her.

"Go talk to Jingyin, she'll be in charge of taking notes." She stood up and said.

"it is good."

He recorded a brief supplementary report, which was a lot like a confession. He spilled every detail imaginable.

Nagato's rebellion changed the trajectory of some things, but the world is still spinning and will never stop because of these little things.

Uchiha Sasuke continued steadily on his path to hunt his brother, gathering the Eagle Squad at the northern and southern bases. A plan to kill…? ? was added to the Milestone Plan.

That? It was the man who had been setting fires everywhere under his name, his killing quotient second only to the one-on-seven murder of his entire clan, Uchiha Itachi.

Obito and Black Zetsu were racking their brains over how to retrieve the Rinnegan. Nagato's sudden betrayal caught them off guard, but given their personalities in the Akatsuki organization, they were unable to gather the scattered members of the organization.

Danzo was becoming more and more impatient, and was trying to break out of the ground.

Chapter 295 You don’t want Ino to know, right?

"Those three disciples that Jiraiya accepted in the Land of Rain didn't die?" Tsunade rubbed her forehead, looking like she had a headache.

"That child was originally the most silent, but I didn't expect that he actually possessed such a dangerous eye as the Rinnegan. He also founded the Akatsuki organization and was able to organize S-rank rebel ninjas..."

"The lecherous sage is very good at judging people." Naruto said with a smile, "He can get the Rinnegan from any disciple he accepts, but that thing shouldn't appear on an orphan."

"I know this even if you don't tell me. The problem is that Jiraiya said this thing seems to be related to Uchiha Madara. This is the real headache."

Tsunade closed the pen cap, snapped it shut, and opened it again with a click. Her mind wandered, her hands repeating the same motion unconsciously. After a moment, she looked up and asked.

"Do you have any idea?"

"I don't have any ideas." He said honestly, "This matter has nothing to do with me. Besides, the Rinnegan is still in his possession. Do you think I should go and dig out Nagato's Rinnegan for Tsunade-sama?"

A pack of tissues was thrown over, but missed and passed over Naruto's head.

"Stop being so glib."