In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Okay." Naruto responded. Tenten probably didn't hear him because he had already run a long distance.

He continued to reply to the message, even thinking about where they had just talked. Meanwhile, the lights in Ino and Hinata's room were on.

From that day on, Ino felt a bit dazed at work. Fortunately, the work in the Intelligence Department was not tedious today, so she managed to avoid making any mistakes.

Fortunately, Naruto had been in contact with her all day, which eased her anxiety. Thinking back on the events of the past few days, she was still a little confused.

"It was raining outside. I had just sent Xiao Li home. When we were almost there, he suddenly jumped from the first floor to the second floor."

"Goose, goose, goose." Ino lay on the bed, looking at the message on her phone, her fingers quickly replying, "Xiao Li can't touch alcohol, you guys are too mean."

"Chouji insisted on getting him drunk, and I couldn't stop him," Naruto responded.

"No! I don't believe it!"

"You must have been the one who took the lead. Choji would never do something like that."

Even though Ino thought she knew Naruto well, he was still sometimes shocked by his shamelessness. He was usually the one who took the lead in doing these bad things, and he liked to put the blame on Choji.

Ding Dong!

"How could I do such a thing? Xiao Li is my brother."

"That's you!" Ino turned over and lay on the bed in thin pajamas, holding her cell phone in both hands, facing the ceiling light.

"I have to go out for a while. I have a mission." Naruto edited two identical messages and sent them to Ino and Hinata respectively.

Hinata looked at the latest message in bed, half of her face covered. She blinked, not caring about her surprise, and quickly replied.

"Are you going out again?"

"Yeah, are you worried about me? Then when can you come out? I'll help you tie your hair." Naruto replied quickly. Tying hair has become a secret code between him and Hinata.

Hinata usually wears her hair long and has black bangs on her forehead. She only wears it up reluctantly at certain times at someone's request.

"Ah? I...I'll think about it." Hinata responded.

Generally speaking, if Hinata says she'll consider it, she's pretty much done. Her approach of considering it and then agreeing is pretty much the same, and very easy to understand.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, another communicator rang, Ino called directly.

"What's wrong?" He answered the phone.

"Will you be gone for a long time?" Ino's voice was a little low, and she seemed to be in a bad mood. After all, they had just confirmed their relationship a few days ago, and they were still in love with each other.

In order to make Ino feel the difference between the confirmation of their relationship and the previous one, Naruto spent a lot of effort to make Ino happy these past two days. The methods included but were not limited to those clichéd routines, but they seemed very fresh when put here.

For example, on a date, you can turn your hands into flowers, count stars, and set off fireworks. You can have strangers in the village give you flowers one after another, take her home after it rains, dry her off, and kiss her by the fireplace.

The clichéd scenes continued one after another, leaving Ino dazzled and a bit confused. Suddenly, she heard that he was going on a mission, and she became nervous.

The former Twelve Little Strongmen are now basically all Jonin, and almost all of them are the leaders of their families or departments. At their level, they don't need to go on missions frequently, and most of their energy is focused on their work and life.

Naruto is an exception. He either doesn't go on a mission, or he goes on a mission for several months.

She had just experienced the sweetness of love, and when she thought about the imminent separation, she didn't know whether they would see each other again until the New Year Festival.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a little flustered.

"I don't know, it shouldn't take long," Naruto responded, then glanced at the other screen and saw Hinata had already replied.

【Come pick me up tomorrow.】

"Okay!" Naruto thought for a moment and added, "Tomorrow morning, I probably won't be in the village in the afternoon."

In fact, he knew very well that Hinata would rest when she was tired. The time was scheduled in the morning so that he could react in time if the situation changed.

"Okay, when are we leaving?" Ino replied with an aggrieved emoticon.

"Tomorrow night." He thought for a moment, then decided that honesty was the best policy. He quickly typed back, "Sleep in the morning, pack in the afternoon."

Chapter 456 Nine-tailed: First of all, I didn’t mess with anyone

"Can't you just get up early?" she complained on the phone.

"Sure, can you get up?" Naruto said as he walked down the street at night. "Miss, time is short and the mission is heavy. How about you come to my house now?"

"Bah! I won't!" Ino spat at him, then thought for a moment, "Then I'll find you this afternoon."

"Okay! I agree with both hands and feet." Naruto said with a smile. After hesitating for a while, he hung up the phone and sighed. He had to go to bed early tonight.

Silent all night.

The next day.

It was just getting light, and Naruto was still fast asleep in his bed. He half-drowsily saw a shadow lying by the window, and thought it was Uzuki Yugao.

He couldn't help but turn over, not even bothering to open his eyes, and muttered as he waved his hands.

"Don't come to me if you need anything, I'm fully booked today!"

Knock, knock, knock on the window.

"Open the door! Bastard!" Jiuwei was furious. "You locked the balcony, how can I get in? Damn it, you didn't do something shameful last night?"

Its face was pressed against the window, and its eyes were as big as copper bells!

"Open the door!"

In the room, Naruto was sound asleep, not at all disturbed by the noise outside. He even had time to scratch his butt, turned over, and continued to sleep.

In his dream, he vaguely saw the Nine-Tailed Fox. However, the content of the dream was a bit absurd, and the background seemed to be in modern times, and he was sitting in a car.

Kyuubi was lying outside the car window, banging on it and seemed to be saying something loudly. He was dancing around in a funny way, and seemed very excited.

"Damn it, is this Nine-Tails crazy? He won't let me go even in his dreams." Naruto couldn't help but hold his forehead and complained, "What the hell is this bastard talking about?"

Outside the window, the Nine-Tailed Fox was already convinced and wanted to smash the window. But the thought soon faded away, as it understood the principle of eating one meal and then another.

After struggling for a while, it finally gave up and jumped down from the second floor. Just as it was about to escape along the edge of the wall, it suddenly looked up and saw a familiar figure.

It stood up directly, squinted its eyes and looked for a long time, and suddenly its urge for alcohol came back.

Hinata was walking towards Naruto with some trepidation, wrapped in her clothes and feeling a little nervous. Along the way, she kept looking around, afraid of being seen.

Originally, she didn't need to go out so early, but she immediately regretted it after agreeing. She hesitated for most of the night and didn't dare to tell Naruto that she would not go tomorrow.

I couldn't sleep at all, so after much deliberation, I decided to head out at daybreak. The entire journey was filled with anxiety, my nerves tense and high tension.

The Hyuga station wasn't too far from Naruto's house. Taking the main road might require a long detour, but taking the small road didn't take too much time.

Hinata came out of the dark alley and was about to look up when she was suddenly startled by something red flashing in front of her eyes.

"what!"

"Why is it you?" Hinata saw the Nine-Tails clearly and then breathed a sigh of relief.

She squatted down and reached out to stroke Jiuwei's head. Jiuwei looked eager, thinking in his heart, "Hurry up and buy me some wine! It's like making up for me."

Hinata was a bit distracted today, and having not slept all night, she felt sleepy and nervous. She looked down and didn't notice anything unusual about the Nine-Tailed Fox. She rubbed its head and let it go.

"Okay, I'm leaving too." Hinata stood up, smoothed her skirt and was about to leave.

Jiuwei stood there dumbfounded. Things didn't seem to be developing in the same way as he had imagined. Shouldn't he be fed with alcohol like before?

Women...are so fickle.

It looked in the direction Hinata left, narrowing its long and narrow eyes. This direction is...that woman won't go to find that brat, right? Hehehe, there's no way in.

Kyuubi shook his head and walked away with a look of gloating.

Naruto opened Hinata's heart and was about to have a heart-to-heart talk with her when he suddenly noticed that something was not right with Hinata. He frowned and asked with a worried look on his face.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I...I'm fine." Hinata turned her face to the other side, her hands turned outward, "I'm just a little sleepy and not in the mood?"

"Didn't you sleep last night?" Naruto raised his eyebrows, pulled Hinata up, and fixed her hair. "Then why didn't you tell me earlier? There's no need to force it."

"No, I was a little nervous and couldn't sleep." She seemed a little guilty. "It shouldn't be a problem, so... I thought about it and decided to come over."

"Silly, really..." Naruto pinched Hinata's cheek.

"pain."

Naruto: “…”

He didn't understand women's pain points. It didn't hurt just now, but now it hurts when her face is pinched. However, he also understood that this was just a coquettish act, and he was not prepared to discuss Hinata's solution.

The two of them hugged each other and talked for a while. After a few words of comfort, Hinata's tense spirit gradually relaxed. After a while, Hinata fell asleep with steady breathing.

Naruto looked down at Hinata, then glanced out the window and sighed silently.

It's all fucking Kyuubi's fault! If it hadn't appeared in my dream, I wouldn't have overslept! Even if I didn't oversleep, I wouldn't have ignored Hinata's feelings.

As expected, details determine success or failure. My hand is numb. Hinata's hand is numb in the physical sense.

Fortunately, Hinata didn't have the habit of sleeping for long. Perhaps she was too sleepy and just dozed off with her eyes closed. Her beautiful eyelashes trembled slightly, and her profile was adorable and charming, as if she was defenseless.

Naruto wanted to reach out and touch her, but he was afraid of waking Hinata up, so he could only maintain this awkward position. It was not until almost noon that Hinata slowly woke up.

Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, her eyelids lifted slightly, and her mouth parted as she let out a low moan. Her long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, covering half of her face.

It seemed that he was not fully awake, and his sleepy eyes slowly opened, revealing a confused look in his eyes. He was probably wondering where he was and who he was.

Looking at Hinata's silly look, Naruto couldn't help but look away.

"Hinata, are you awake?"

"Ah! I... When did I fall asleep?" Hinata blushed a little, probably because she didn't expect that she actually fell asleep. "I... I'm sorry, I... I had already promised you."

"It's okay, remember to get a good night's sleep next time." He was also a little helpless.

Hinata quietly left Naruto's house and walked around the street for a while. In fact, she was still a little confused. She walked into a store and asked the owner.

".......Do you have yarn for a scarf?"

Ino arrived a short time later, and Naruto had just finished cleaning up, making sure not a single hair was left on the floor. Although there were some accidents, he really didn't do anything.

But women are always unreasonable, and he doesn't want to gamble.

Ino hummed, raised her chin, glanced at him, and then picked up a handful of dust from the top of the shoe cabinet in the entrance. Suddenly, she felt unwell.

"Naruto!"

"Sorry! Sorry!" He apologized sincerely and looked regretful.

"I just know it! Really, Naruto, even if you live alone you have to pay attention to hygiene." Ino was changing shoes at the entrance, muttering with a pout.

"Yes, yes." Naruto didn't care at all and responded with a smile.

He had cleaned almost the entire apartment, so how could he have overlooked such a conspicuous place as the shoe cabinet? The reason why he didn't clean it was also intentional.

Naruto clearly remembered that Ino mentioned the dust on top of the shoe cabinet when she came last time. When he was cleaning it up, he suddenly realized that being too clean could also be a very suspicious thing.

Ino was much smarter than Hinata, who was so dumb. If she cleaned up too neatly, she would easily become suspicious. So she simply left a loophole to attract her attention.

As expected, Ino seemed very happy, and things went smoothly. The two chatted on the sofa for a while, and then went to the bathroom together to fix the shower head.

The sun was setting, and Naruto slowly woke up, leaning against his bed, still feeling a little sleepy. He glanced at Ino beside him, hugged her, and turned over to sleep.

The next morning.

Ino pinched Naruto's nose and frowned at him.

"what happened?"

"Didn't you say you were leaving yesterday on a mission?" she asked with some dissatisfaction, gritting her teeth. "I feel like you've tricked me again!"

"No, I'm on a mission, but...it won't hurt to take a day or two off." Naruto said evasively.

"You!" Ino was a little angry. Why did she feel like she was falling apart, but this man looked refreshed?

Things still had to be done after all. After Ino left, he packed up casually. Finally, he left Konoha quietly and opened the Yellow Spring Gate in the Konoha Forest.

He took a step in, and stepped out again, and he had arrived... Wait. Naruto looked around carefully again, and suddenly realized that he was in the wrong place.

Maybe I made the wrong choice and was teleported directly from Konoha to the edge of the Wind Kingdom.

"Huh?" Naruto was stunned.

Just as he was about to open the Yellow Spring Gate again and go to the Hidden Rock Village, he suddenly remembered something: he seemed to have missed the Kingdom of Wind.

Gaara is the Kazekage of the Sand Village, but he doesn't seem to be able to fully control the Sand Village, let alone the Wind Kingdom. The current Kazekage's influence is not great and he is still in a difficult situation.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Naruto had no intention of changing his plan. With a wave of his hand, the Yellow Springs Gate opened again.