In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"I... am not very busy, what's wrong?" he changed the subject.

Hinata was a little hesitant. Since she and Naruto had completed several missions after the class division, the number of times they met each year could be counted on one hand.

It's not that we only see each other a few times a year, but I feel like this can't go on. Plus, I've barely heard from Naruto in the past few years, and he's not in the village most of the time.

"I...I want to become a Jonin." Hinata said with a blush.

"????" Naruto was a little confused. He sniffed and said awkwardly, "Hinata, I understand your feelings, but..."

"I'm only a Chunin, so how can I become a Jonin if I don't have any experience."

"No!" Hinata's face turned even redder, and she was extremely panicked. She had just wanted to say that she wanted to try dating Naruto, but she changed her mind at the last minute.

"me......"

Naruto scratched his head. He really couldn't guess what Hinata was thinking. No matter how big his imagination was, he couldn't have known that a girl with such a timid personality would be so direct in what she was going to say.

"Jonin? Actually, it's not that difficult. Even a weakling like Anko can become a jonin." He thought for a moment and said, "I have something to do tomorrow. Can I practice with you the day after tomorrow?"

"If you're talking about actual combat training, you can improve a lot in about half a year."

"Okay..." Hinata was too nervous and could only agree.

But she thought about it, if she could train with Naruto for half a year, it didn't matter whether she said that or not. And...she also.

He shook his head, and when he looked again, Naruto had already left in a hurry.

in the afternoon.

With a thud, Naruto cornered Hongdou in the office. Hongdou looked horrified as she looked at Naruto, who was much taller than her, and asked tremblingly.

"What flavor of red bean balls did you eat to grow so tall?"

He was a little speechless, "Didn't I tell you to eat less sweets?"

"I've been eating less. I've been eating vegetables in the past few years." Hongdou touched her capital through her clothes and said with tears in her eyes.

"But who would have thought that losing weight starts with reducing cup size?"

Naruto had been here for business, but when Anko interrupted him, he froze for a moment. Their conversations often ran wild, even after not seeing each other for so long.

"Is it a lot empty?"

"Not a lot, but it's a little loose." Hongdou sighed and held her forehead. "I'm wondering if I should try to gain weight and fill up the empty cup size."

Hearing this, Naruto gasped.

"Please do not!"

Well, there's finally a clue to the Red Bean Bucket Case, one of Naruto's ten unsolved mysteries. Students who like drawing are furious online. Is it easy to draw a solid color fan art?

"Why?" Hongdou is about to turn 30, but is still single. It may be related to her excessive nervousness.

She always says some incomprehensible things. She is in her twenties but still looks like a middle school girl. She is obviously getting older and everyone around her is very successful.

Half of Kazi's face has been on the Hokage Rock, Yuhi Kurenai and Asuma are already married, and their child is about to be born. But Hongdou still looks drowsy and confused.

After all, Kurenai Yuhi would definitely not press an empty cup in front of an adult teenager, and Hongdou is a very explosive presence in the relatively conservative Konoha.

Stupid old woman...

"If you're not afraid of turning into a super big bucket, just keep eating." Naruto said meaningfully.

"Haha, my waist is so thin, do you think I will believe you?" Hongdou pushed his non-existent glasses with a wise look and sneered.

"If you don't believe me, touch my waist!" She reached out without hesitation to pull Naruto's hand on her waist.

The loose clothes were rapidly shrunk, and the waistline was indeed incredibly thin. This made Naruto shocked and looked incredible.

“It’s really thin!”

"Yeah! I told you so." Hongdou looked smug, with an expression that said, "I knew it would be like this."

The two chatted seriously for a while, and the people in the office couldn't stand it anymore. They pushed the two weirdos out and had to change the location of the chat.

From the sparsely populated office on the second floor of the Hokage Building, where only a few people were working, to the empty corridor, Hongdou lit a lady's cigarette, the flame flickering.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Her expression became serious again.

If someone else didn't know her background, they might think that Anko didn't have that expression, but Naruto knew that Anko was suffering from a Chuunibyou syndrome.

He reached out and snatched Hongdou's cigarette, extinguished it, and threw it away.

"Stop messing around with these inexplicable things and let me see the curse mark on your neck."

"Is this a new type of cheating tactic?" Hongdou was stunned. "Although I can understand the impulse of an eighteen-year-old boy, this method is too low-brow. I beg your pardon."

"What are you talking about? ...But I can think about it." Naruto thought for a moment, "So what is your answer?"

"Didn't you just say you had something to talk to me about?" Hongdou looked at him.

"Oh, yes." Naruto cheered up again, "Then I'll be frank. Please pull down your clothes and let me see the curse seal."

"The curse mark left by Orochimaru... You should know that Orochimaru is dead. There has been no news about him recently. Well, he should be dead."

"Dead? I don't know." Hongdou looked confused.

Naruto was speechless now. What on earth was this old woman thinking about all day? He could only watch as Anko trembled and pulled out a woman's cigarette, but she couldn't light it no matter how hard she tried.

"Well, I don't smoke at all." Hongdou handed the cigarette and lighter to Naruto in a somewhat dejected manner, "How did Orochimaru die?"

"Uchiha Sasuke killed him." Naruto didn't waste any words and directly ripped open Red Bean's collar. "Sorry, I offended you. Oh~ There is a seal after all."

It took three seconds to get rid of it, he said, staring at Hongdou.

"Things are a bit complicated. I can't explain it clearly right now. I'll come to your house to find you in the middle of the night."

Hongdou thought about it for a while, and thought that she would not lose out anyway, so she snapped her fingers.

"I don't quite understand...but..."

"See you there or see you."

"See you there," he said.

Chapter 311: Walking out of the window in the middle of the night, Hongdou's choice about the curse seal

Bodhi Patriarch and Sun Wukong made a midnight appointment, but the latter was there to teach and impart knowledge. Naruto and Anko were completely out of their minds, with no taboos whatsoever.

Hongdou also has no concept of gender when it comes to Naruto, and has a lot of immature thoughts in her mind.

Naruto couldn't stand Red Bean at all. She would always call him the weakest jonin or a fake jonin. She had no scruples and would always insult him.

After agreeing on a time, Naruto put Anko Chuuni's lighter back into the sealed space. Without stopping, he turned and left the Hokage Building.

He hadn't been this busy in a long time. His schedule was packed from morning till midnight. First, he had a quarrel with Sakura about fishing in the morning, and then he asked Hinata for some Hyuga special sake.

The Kyuubi was a favorite of his, and without the real thing, he couldn't continue fishing for the Kyuubi. He had given a bottle as tribute to Tsunade the last time, and now he was completely out of stock.

In the evening, Naruto entered Ichiraku Ramen.

It wasn't lunchtime yet, so the restaurant wasn't crowded. He found an empty seat and sat down, ordering a bowl of pork bone and chashu ramen, which came with a can of soda.

In the brightly lit ramen shop, Shuda Ilaku was busy in the kitchen, and the only person in the kitchen was his daughter Ayame, carrying ramen noodles in and out.

After eating, he went straight home and slept until midnight.

It wasn't until the alarm clock woke him up that Naruto hurriedly got up and instinctively washed himself. He went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and thought about things silently.

Kyuubi lay on the sofa, his eyes narrowed. The living room was dim, with only one light on in the kitchen. Naruto stood by the kitchen door, slowly drinking a glass of water.

Although it wasn't afraid of Naruto, it also knew it was best not to disturb him at this time, lest it be vengeful to the little book, and it might be tricked at any time.

Eight years after graduating from the Ninja Academy, he was still a Chunin. Hinata's words at noon had really woken Naruto up. He had to find time to meet Tsunade.

While she still hasn't stepped down from the Fifth Hokage position, let her find a way to raise her title. At the very least, she has to be a Jonin. Neji was a Jonin two years ago.

He shed blood and suffered injuries for Konoha, and rushed to the Land of Rain alone. He deserves the title of Jonin.

After nightfall, there were no reports of ninja patrols in Konoha. The Uchiha clan had been extinct for many years, and the security department had been abolished by the higher-ups.

But if anyone did anything strange in the village in the middle of the night, they would still be spotted by the Anbu. Naruto didn't hide, he took a shortcut to the roof and headed straight for Hongdou's house.

But he was soon stopped halfway. The man was wearing an Anbu uniform and took off his animal mask before speaking, saying somewhat helplessly.

"Why are you wandering around on the roof in the middle of the night?"

The person who stopped him was the widow Uzuki Yugao. The sadness of her ex-boyfriend's death had long faded away with time, and she is now the second-in-command of the Anbu directly under the Hokage.

"Oh, I have something to do." Naruto pointed to the night ahead, "I'm busy, please make way."

Mao Yue Xigao sighed, put on the mask and said.

"Okay, if someone stops you, just tell me my name."

"Sure, your words are so effective now?" Naruto was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't you have a token or something for me to use?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an Anbu sign flew towards him, and he quickly reached out to catch it. The sign had Uzuki Yugao's codename engraved on it, surrounded by a gold border.

It feels cool to the touch, and its texture is a bit like wood and a bit like jade.

"Are your hands sweating?" he blurted out.

"Get out!" Mao Yue Xi Yan left immediately.

Anyway, the two of them often met, and whenever Tsunade needed help, she would ask Uzuki Yugao to find someone. At the beginning, sometimes she could find them, and sometimes she could only search one place after another.

After so many years of getting along, she also understood this person's character. In short, she was soft-hearted and not hard-hearted. Every time she met Naruto, Uzuki Yugao would choose to talk less and compromise more.

She knew that this man was difficult to deal with, and that it would be better to sleep more than to offend him, which would only cause trouble for herself. Moreover, she also knew that she would most likely have to work with him in the future.

Making things convenient for Naruto is also making things convenient for herself.

With the cards Uzuki Yugao had given him, his journey was smooth sailing. No newbie would show off and slap him in the face; the Anbu was very particular about the order of superiors and subordinates.

The Anbu people were not enthusiastic, but they also had different targets. At least most of the Anbu people knew Naruto and knew about his relationship with Tsunade and Kakashi.

No blind people showed up, and he arrived at Hongdou's house smoothly. He didn't go through the door, but went straight through the window. In the middle of the night, he suddenly knocked on the window, making a "dong dong dong" sound that scared the hell out of him.

Hongdou opened the door sleepily and suddenly found that the noise came from the window. She was immediately furious.

"Uzumaki Naruto! Are you sick?"

"how?"

"In the middle of the night, instead of going through the door, go through the window!" Hongdou went back to the room and opened the window, but didn't let him in immediately. "Are you sick?"

"Who would knock on the door in the middle of the night? It would definitely be more atmospheric to go through the window."

"You...make it seem like we're having an affair!" Hongdou ignored him and went to wash her face mumbling.

A handful of water splashed on her face, and the last bit of sleepiness was dispelled. Looking at her increasingly mature self in the mirror, she felt a little dazed. Time flew by so quickly.

Time was like an anesthetic, the years passed like water, and she still couldn't get over it. That person died? Her teacher Orochimaru.

There is a dead child in everyone's heart, and she will never be able to face the shadow left by Orochimaru. Perhaps in Orochimaru's heart, she is just a weak and weak little girl.

I don't have any special talents, but perhaps my only gift is patience. I can endure even painful memories or mediocrity.

After a good night's sleep, she could happily eat meatballs again tomorrow. The red bean meatballs were too sweet to be cloying, especially for someone like her who was hiding her suffering.

The sweetness is just right, moderate.

The moment she walked out of the bathroom, there were still water stains on Hongdou's hair, but her face was filled with joy.

"Now you can tell me what it is, right?"

"Where should I start, Orochimaru?" Naruto glanced at her, sat down on the sofa without any hesitation, and poured himself a glass of water.

"Yeah." Her pupils shrank slightly, and she put on a fake smile. "That guy was my teacher. I can't believe a scumbag like him would die so easily."

"He's not dead."

"What?" Hongdou couldn't remain calm anymore. She stood up and growled uncontrollably, "Where is Orochimaru?"

Naruto didn't say anything, he was waiting for Anko to calm down. Maybe Anko wasn't a very strong jonin in terms of strength, but in terms of mentality, she was definitely a qualified noob jonin.

After a while, she sat back on the sofa dejectedly.

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay." Naruto took a sip of water and looked at Anko who was slumped in the small red sofa. "I hope you can stay calm."

"Because what I'm going to say next might be a little cruel to you."

"Got it." Anko sat down on the edge of the sofa and reached out to pour some water, but there was only one cup on the table. She didn't care and took the cup that Naruto had drunk from and drank it all in one gulp.