In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"I've been waiting for two days but still have no news. I'm going crazy thinking about you. At night, the house is empty and I'm the only one there, and there's nothing I can do."

"Every day... every night I hug the quilt, wanting to hug you and fall asleep with you all the time. Only... only by smelling your scent can I feel at ease."

"I've been feeling desperate these days, and I've been thinking a lot. I think I should think it through, Ino, I can't live without you..."

"I know I was a little greedy before, but I really...really missed you and couldn't stand living without you anymore. Ino, can you forgive me?"

"I can't." Ino sat on the sofa with her hands folded, seeming to be sulking. "I'm not yours, why should I forgive you? Why should I forgive you?"

"Ino, can you...can you be my girlfriend?" Naruto rushed over desperately, hugged Ino, and greedily sniffed the fragrance from her neck.

This was a lie, simply removing the original prerequisites and leaving them as a trump card at the end. They should have confirmed their relationship before they became intimate.

But Naruto had too many tricks up his sleeve, and Ino and Hinata weren't the type to show off. They were so busy crying and moved that he managed to fool them.

So, in the face of this completely unforeseen accident, the trump card was played. Advancing in order to retreat, it seemed like the relationship had taken a big step forward, but in reality it was only a step back.

Even... took a small step back.

Ino heard the answer she wanted, but was also made a little weak by his sudden attack, and the hairs all over her body stood up.

"I don't know, I...I need to think about it." Ino spoke with a trailing tone, and she was in a trance for a moment.

Saying he'd consider it basically meant he'd agreed. Naruto's lips curled up slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief. This was a really brain-wracking idea, but luckily he had quick reaction.

Ino said she was considering it, and she was indeed wavering in her heart. But when she thought about the time he and Hinata spent together, the things she didn't know, she still felt depressed.

Even though he explained and apologized, she was still getting angrier. Yes, she was jealous. Just like the relationship that should have been established but was absent, this jealousy also came extraordinarily late.

Perhaps it was because of what she and Hinata had said in the bathtub six years ago. Perhaps they had been secretly making a promise, but she didn't want to find out.

Regardless, she is now jealous and unhappy.

He kissed along her neck all the way to the corner of her lips, and finally gave her lips a light kiss, looking at Ino seriously.

"When will you consider it?"

"I don't know." Ino tilted her head. In fact, she was already hesitating, and was most likely leaning towards the answer in her heart.

She didn't know why, even though she was only one step away from achieving her goal, she still didn't want to let him get it so easily, and she wanted to delay it out of spite.

Naruto didn't react, just froze for a moment. Seeing him like this, Ino felt a little sad and stood up directly.

"I want to go back."

"Ah."

"........" Ino was a little bit incredulous and forgot to take a step. She was just pretending.

In fact, all she needed was for him to coax her a little more, and she would have agreed. She had even made up her mind the moment she stood up. But she had never expected... to be like this.

The stone in her heart suddenly fell to the bottom.

Ino breathed heavily, pursed her lips, and turned away. She first walked to the entrance and began to change her shoes, then walked out the door and closed it behind her.

The corridor was filled with sunlight and a cool breeze was blowing gently and densely.

She looked at the shadow of the stairs ahead and felt like crying, but she suppressed the tears. Her expectations gradually fell through, sinking to the bottom.

This is fine, Ino thought as she walked with heavy steps. She could just go home and pretend she didn't care, hiding away and digesting it all by herself. She wouldn't bother anyone.

If he really doesn't like her anymore, then bless Hinata. Anyway... he will be happy with whoever he is with, and when no one else notices, he can quietly forget about her.

As she was thinking, Ino had already walked downstairs. She looked back at the dimly lit building. No one came out to chase her, and the last glimmer of hope in her heart was dashed.

Walking down the main street of Konoha, the warm sunlight shone on her body, yet she felt no warmth at all. It wasn't until she saw the Yamanaka Flower Shop from afar that the grievances in her heart gradually overflowed.

How could it be possible that someone I've liked for so long...

She took a deep, trembling breath and took a step forward, her eyes completely blurred by tears. Suddenly, she felt herself being pulled by a huge force.

The next second, I was suddenly hugged by someone, and a familiar smell came into my nose.

In a quiet alley.

Naruto stood in the shadow on the side with his back to the light, and the tip of Ino's shoe was just aimed at the yin-yang line cast by the sunlight, and the whole person was surrounded by sunlight.

She raised her head abruptly, her throat unable to utter a single sound, afraid that her voice would be heard as a tremor. But her body was still shaking, and her tears betrayed her honestly.

"You're not..." Ino looked up at him, her voice tearful.

"Huh? Aren't you still home? You're a ninja, aren't you? I've been following you all the way." Naruto said, "I've never hesitated about liking you. I've just been thinking about how to express it."

"So... now you've figured out what to say?"

"Yeah." He lowered his head and kissed her, lightly touching her lips, and said seriously, "Some people are born to be together, like you and me."

Chapter 455: There are others who deserve to die, such as Uzumaki...

Three days have passed since the incident, and Naruto has finally managed to resolve the matter temporarily. He meets Ino Hinata every day without getting the schedule mixed up.

But he also knew that if he continued like this, he would eventually crash. So on the third day, he decisively asked Shikamaru to find an excuse to ask him out, and they all got together.

On the one hand, it was to thank the brothers for their efforts over the past few days, and on the other hand, they were preparing to leave Konoha two days after the gathering to prevent another unexpected Shura Field outbreak.

This wasn't a sudden decision, but rather something he had planned long ago. He didn't know what the situation was like in the Land of Lightning, and he also had to deal with Iwagakure and Sunagakure first.

Ultimately, no one can stay out of this.

"cheers!"

On a sultry night, the charcoal fire in the stove turns scarlet with every breath.

A chubby hand reached out with chopsticks, accurately grabbing a piece of greasy grilled meat. The surface was brown and oily, and the chopsticks were slightly sunken into the meat.

"I say...Chouji, you've already eaten ten plates. Can you please stop for a while?" Inuzuka Kiba said helplessly, "Stop eating and have a drink."

Once you have seen the sea, other puddles are just puddles. Barbecue, beer and chicken legs.

Choji just glanced at the men, stuffed a large piece of meat into his mouth viciously, and his eyes stayed on Naruto, who was sending a text message on the communicator.

This thing is now generally called a mobile phone. In fact, only a small number of communicators have functions other than making calls and sending text messages. It is considered a preview version experience server and testing has not yet begun.

In addition, mobile phones in the village can only be used in the village. In order to ensure that the village’s intelligence does not leak out, all communications and information in the village will be monitored by the Intelligence Department.

Yamanaka Inoichi was still in charge of the Intelligence Department, and Ino and her team were responsible for the daily maintenance of the communications system. However, the oversight of communications fell to a group of veteran intelligence ninjas.

Choji had heard a bit about it, and these seasoned intelligence ninjas even went through special training sessions to keep up with the times. The trainer was naturally Ino, who also wrote the textbooks.

If those experienced intelligence ninjas were more careful, they would be able to see some clues. For example, the phone belonging to Hinata Hanabi would frequently send text messages and make calls to Hinata Hyuga.

Will sisters living under the same roof adapt to frequent mobile phone calls? The old hands in the Intelligence Department don't know, as they are also the first users of the product.

It could be said that they were the first people in the Hokage Building to be directly affected by technology. Their current and future work was closely related to emerging technologies, so they had no choice but to keep learning.

If they were skilled enough, they could easily dig out those abnormal accounts in the sea of ​​data, including the black hand account of a certain Naruto Makoto, but simply capturing packets was useless.

He had bribed Hinata Hanabi a long time ago. The thoughtful sister-in-law not only "lent" Naruto the mobile phone she bought in her name, but also smiled and agreed to everything even if the intelligence department dared to come to investigate.

This is the way of the world. Plant trees early so that you can enjoy the shade later.

"You don't understand, today's Naruto's treat!" Choji said fiercely, "It's really rare for him to pay the bill. Today I have to go home holding on to the wall!"

After saying that, Choji raised his chubby paw and roared.

"Boss, give me twenty more plates of barbecue!"

"Okay, sir!" The boss' ears seemed to be bugged, and he responded with full energy from a distance. He deserved to make money for everyone within a ten-mile radius.

"He paid the bill?" Shikamaru looked at Naruto with some confusion, and guessed that Naruto's problem was probably resolved successfully.

"The slow-witted ones are still asking questions, while the smart ones..." Inuzuka Kiba stood up and shouted towards the boss, "Boss! Bring me another twenty servings of squid yaki!"

Ningci was silent, not knowing what he was thinking. Xiao Li took in the atmosphere around him, blinked at Carslan's round eyes, and grabbed a pair of chopsticks in each hand.

The boss quickly and cheerfully brought the order over on a small cart. Choji glanced at it briefly, and suddenly couldn't look away.

"I don't think we ordered thirty portions of beef?"

"I ordered it." Neji said unexpectedly.

Boss Ming's treat was truly one of Konoha's ten miracles. Ever since he became impoverished overnight, he had almost never paid for a meal. He usually took advantage of anyone he could get.

Especially Choji, a good foodie who was almost bald because of him. No matter what, he would charge into battle and always warn us with "You don't want to..."

He's the one taking the blame, he's the one who's worried, it's terrible.

Choji knew Naruto was being so generous, a rare occurrence, probably because he was in high spirits. He had to take advantage of this treat to make a killing.

Shikamaru was equally resentful, and he finally understood. Naruto was extremely shameless and had probably been planning to plot against these brothers for a long time.

If it weren't for the fact that Inuzuka Kiba only does bad things, I would have probably gotten him involved too.

Neji's face was calm, but there was a hint of resentment in his eyes. He had been badly tricked by Naruto this time, forcing Hinata out of the house, and he had to stay up all night to make up for it.

He looked at the expensive beef in front of him, silently placing it on the steaming grill plate. He glanced at Naruto, and the beef squeaked as his knife and fork cut through it.

Naruto also noticed something unusual on the table when he looked up. However, they still underestimated the moral limit of Naruto's boss and didn't care at all, and even smiled at them.

"Thank you all for your hard work. I'll just say a few words."

He stood up and glanced at Choji, Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba Inuzuka and Rock Lee who were sitting in the middle with his wine glass.

There wasn't a single girl. After all, there were four girls in total, and three of them had connected. How could this be called? Besides, this topic was too high-end, so calling it a girl wasn't quite appropriate.

"Six years ago, we graduated from the Ninja Academy with a bright future ahead of us. All of us brothers were so ambitious, but who knew that a traitor like Sasuke would appear."

"The old toad who dreams and prophesies at Myoboku Mountain says I'm incapable of taking on a big responsibility and will accomplish nothing. But I disagree. Does a ninja have to fight and kill?"

"I don't like being a ninja. I just think this profession has no future. The end of a ninja is war. Life is short, like the withering autumn leaves."

"I just want to hug the person I love for warmth and grow old together."

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Naruto was a little dissatisfied. He put down his wine glass and said confidently, "Does the ninja world have laws?"

"Who said I can only love one person and have only one wife? Although the risk is a little greater, I'm not greedy at all. Is there anything wrong with pursuing love?"

Chouji: “……”

"Naruto, do you dare repeat what you just said to Ino?" he asked.

"That's right, you're so shameless! Disgusting!" Inuzuka Kiba stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, took another sip of wine, and said vaguely, "Do you dare to tell Hinata?"

Hearing this, Neji glanced at Naruto from his seat, raised his glass and took a sip without saying a word. He felt deeply in agreement that this guy was indeed a jerk.

"Naruto, please be a human being and be a little more normal?" Shikamaru said helplessly, "You don't plan to keep this a secret forever, do you?"

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Li asked.

In the gap, Neji's two sentences directly resolved Xiao Li's doubts. Xiao Li's eyes widened and his expression became more and more exaggerated.

"Naruto, you actually.......?"

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about!" Naruto argued, stiffening his neck. "A ninja's life and death are determined by fate. Love is something that's consensual. How can you call it shameless?"

"Tsk!!" There was a burst of booing at the scene.

The reason why Naruto can directly say dirty words is simply because everyone at the table has some leverage over each other, or people like Shikamaru and Rock Lee have no leverage and don't talk too much.

Later in the night, Naruto sent everyone who was drunk back home.

The night wind was cool, and a drop of rain fell from the sky. Naruto looked up, and the next drop of rain fell directly on his forehead. He was stunned for a moment, realizing that autumn had arrived.

He knew that Konoha had almost no autumn. From the moment the first autumn rain fell, Konoha would quickly enter winter in less than a month.

Naruto stood there and watched for a while, then took out two communicators from the sealed space and replied to the two women while walking towards home.

He walked along the night road with his head down, taking one deep step and one shallow step forward. Busy replying to messages, he didn't even look at the road ahead, and plunged into the small path.

"Naruto?"

Hearing the sound, he looked up and saw Tiantian, who had originally sent Xiao Li home, walking back, stretching his arms. Their homes were in opposite directions, and both took the shortcut to get closer.

"Tiantian? Aren't you sending...Xiao Li home?"

"Don't mention it!" Tiantian waved his hand, holding his forehead and said, "Who gave Xiao Li a drink? Damn it, didn't you know that guy likes to run around when he drinks?"

"Just when we were halfway there, the guy suddenly broke free and ran all the way back home. He jumped from the first floor to the second floor, then fell straight onto the floor and fell asleep."

There was a light rain in the night sky, and there was a circle of wet marks on Tiantian's clothes.

"I won't talk to you anymore. It's raining. I'm leaving now!"

After saying that, Tenten hurriedly ran past Naruto, leaving behind a shout.

"Remember to go back early too!"