In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"I can't do it." Mao Yue Xi Yan slowly shook her head. So much time had passed, and there was not much anger left in her heart, only a trace of obsession.

"If you can't do it, then it's troublesome. You could try offering a bounty or something." Naruto took a sip of beer. "It's a pity that the Akatsuki organization is scattered now, otherwise we could still accept missions."

It was he who disbanded the Akatsuki organization, and now he said it lightly, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Mao Yue Xi Yan turned her head and looked at him, but did not speak. After a long silence, she finally asked.

"Are these the only options?"

"What are your own thoughts?" Naruto did not answer directly, but asked instead.

"Me?" Mao Yue Xi Yan was confused, looking at the night in the distance, "I have always wanted to take revenge, but I don't seem to have a specific idea of ​​how to do it."

"Sitting in this position is what I have always wanted, but it is also a kind of shackle. I cannot abandon the interests of the village and prioritize personal grudges."

"Then let's drink." Naruto didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs. It was just a casual chat between friends.

"Yeah." Mao Yue Xi Yan opened the beer can.

The two beer cans clinked together and continued drinking. As time passed, the empty cans on the ground increased, covering the entire floor.

These were just ordinary beers, and they couldn't get them drunk. Finally, they stood up, said goodbye, and left without blushing or staggering.

This was just an ordinary chat, nothing else was involved. A gentleman's friendship is as pure as water; after a good night's sleep, everything is forgotten.

Mao Yue Xi Yan is not a self-pitying person, nor does she act on her emotions.

The next day.

Naruto washed up and went downstairs. After basking in the sun for a while, he saw a dog barking at him on the side of the road. He narrowed his eyes slightly, walked up to the dog and kicked it.

The dog immediately started whining and backing away.

"Who is bullying my dog?" A man stuck his head out from upstairs and shouted.

"Your father." Naruto looked up, showing his white teeth, and waved with a smile, "What's wrong? Do you have any opinions? Come down and talk first."

The moment the villager saw the yellow-haired man, he immediately lost his composure. He no longer held his head back, his head silently withdrawing. This man was more aggressive than a dog; he must not be provoked.

Naruto laughed, turned around and left. He could walk sideways in Konoha and outside as well.

Upstairs, the man shrank back.

"What happened just now?" the man's friend asked in the room.

"Don't mention it. I almost offended that evil star. I was scared to death." The man patted his chest and said in shock.

"If he provoked you, then so be it. How can he possibly beat you to death?" said the friend nonchalantly. "It's not like the Fifth Hokage is in power right now, and the Sixth Hokage wouldn't be too protective of him."

"Ninjas can't attack civilians in the village, even he is no exception."

The man fell silent instantly when faced with his friend's bragging about something that had nothing to do with him. He stared at his friend with a complicated expression.

"I haven't done anything to offend you, have I? I had no part in your cuckoldry. I am innocent."

"I know." My friend felt a little depressed and forced an awkward smile.

Naruto hadn't wandered around the village in a while, so he walked slowly towards the Hokage Building. He saw a group of people chatting and basking in the sun, and he couldn't help but slow down his pace.

The voices of those people also reached his ears, their voices were loud and clear.

"That woman..."

Hokage Building.

He looked up at the Hokage Building and squinted his eyes because of the sunlight. After a pause, Naruto walked into the Hokage Building.

"Teacher Kakashi, are you very busy?" He walked into the office, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Kakashi slumped over his desk, looking like he had kidney problems, dark circles under his eyes. Nearly thirty, not even married yet, he was practically collapsing from exhaustion.

"Why are you here?" Kakashi looked up. Before this, in order to make it convenient for Naruto to come and go, he had specially given Naruto convenience and he did not need to report his whereabouts.

Konoha is a ninja village after all, and generally speaking, even the Hokage doesn't have the authority to grant someone such a precedent. The Hokage can only make suggestions, and then the decision is made by the top management.

But after the top management discussed it, they decided that they couldn't restrict him anyway, so they just passed it.

What a joke! The last batch of high-ranking officials who challenged Naruto have grass over their graves. The Sandaime is dead, Danzo is dead, one at the hands of Orochimaru, the other at the hands of Uchiha.

Even though it has nothing to do with Naruto, it still makes people quite wary.

Fortunately, the relationship between this group of Konoha high-level officials who came to power and Naruto was quite close. Of course, the relationship has become a little stiff due to someone's weird behavior.

It is obvious to the naked eye that in a dozen years, after the Konoha high-level personnel have been replaced, if Naruto's strength declines, or if the village grows up, the attitude towards Naruto will definitely not be the same as it is now.

However, the rigidity wouldn't last long. He believed that changing circumstances would naturally change things. Nothing is static. Motion requires change, and change leads to success.

"I just came over to take a look. I'm too free." Naruto lied.

Kakashi glanced at him, clearly not believing him. He knew his student well enough: a complex mind, yet a bit lazy.

If you can sit, never stand; if you can lie down, never sit.

This kind of person must be someone who comes here for no reason, just to take a look? How could he say that? He lied without blushing or beating his heart. How abominable.

"Then you watch, don't disturb me." Kakashi stared at Naruto for a moment with his dead fish eyes.

"How does it feel to be Hokage?" Naruto asked with some gloating.

"Not very good, I'm very busy every day." Kakashi glanced at him and said, "If you are really bored, you can try to come here more often and help me."

"Teacher Kakashi, I haven't offended you in any way, have I?" he asked.

"Why do you say that?" Kakashi was surprised. "But you've offended me in so many ways. If you really want to, you might as well think about taking over the position of the Seventh Hokage."

"Don't don't!"

The position of Hokage, a position that Danzo had never been able to obtain in his entire life, was now tossed back and forth between the two of them like a piece of white tea in a vegetable market.

If Danzo knew about this in the afterlife, he would be so angry that even the lid of his coffin would not be able to hold it down and he would tremble with anger!

Damn it, if you don’t want it, I do!

The position of Hokage, in the eyes of these fake master and disciple, was a hot potato. Kakashi was simply forced to accept it due to the ties to the village.

The fifth Hokage, Tsunade, played the game of passing the flower and ran away happily.

After working for over six months, Kakashi couldn't stop wanting to vomit blood. The workload was ridiculous, dealing with paperwork day and night. Only an old man like the Sandaime, who had no desires or ambitions, could sit still.

After all, Kakashi was only a young man in his early thirties, so how could he stand sitting for long periods of time? If he continued like this, his prostate would explode.

"Forget it, I won't be in this position for long anyway." Kakashi sighed, "In two and a half years at most...I'll be taking a break soon."

"Who can embarrass you?" Naruto asked.

"Those nobles from the Land of Fire Daimyo are giving me a hard time, I guess. They're secretly putting obstacles in my way." Kakashi exhaled. "Dealing with them is exhausting. Actually, they don't have to be like this. I didn't plan on doing this for long anyway."

"Daimyo?" Naruto recalled, but he could no longer remember the daimyo's appearance. He usually did not come into contact with nobles of the daimyo's level.

"Why are those nobles targeting the ninja village instead of just having a good time at the silver party?"

"Heh." Kakashi said with a smile, as if he was looking at your ignorance, "The relationship between Konoha and the capital of the Land of Fire has always been complicated, and the Daimyo is not a representative of the nobility."

"There are many nobles who are on good terms with Konoha, but there are also many who dislike Konoha. The daimyo is a daimyo because he dislikes Konoha."

"Why?" Naruto was a little surprised. He rarely heard such secrets.

Even when the Fifth Hokage Tsunade was in power, she never brought up these matters with him. It's likely that Tsunade didn't care, after all, she was just a Fifth Hokage who was there to put out fires.

"The nobles are most afraid of the Daimyo and the Hokage being united, so they naturally won't elect a Daimyo who likes Konoha." Kakashi coughed.

"But... those don't matter anymore. I can't wait to abdicate anyway." Kakashi put one hand on the table and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I'm just worried that these next two years won't be easy. It's really annoying."

Hearing this, Naruto understood. After a moment of silence, he looked up again. He looked at Kakashi and spoke after a moment's hesitation.

"While this is true,... the Hokage can give, but only what is given to them is theirs, but they can't take it away."

"You'll get used to it. Those nobles are used to being so arrogant." Kakashi said, "Just ignore them. It's really not worth it to bother with them."

"Hmm." Naruto thought thoughtfully.

......

The land of snow.

A group of uninvited guests claiming to be envoys from the Grass Kingdom traveled thousands of miles to the Snow Kingdom, claiming that they wanted to meet the Queen of the Snow Kingdom, Fenghua Xiaoxue.

Fenghua Xiaoxue was stunned when she received the news, but then she calmed down.

"Let's meet."

Even so, Fenghua Xiaoxue still felt a little uneasy. How could those people, thousands of miles away, know about the Snow Country? What was their purpose in even traveling so far?

"Your Majesty, the Grass Country is not a loyal nation," the minister warned. "The Grass Country has always had a bad reputation, relying on reselling intelligence and treachery to survive."

"Besides, what those guys love most is stealing."

"Steal?" Fenghua Xiaoxue blinked. She had never been to the Land of Grass. "What do you mean?"

"It's best for the Grass Country to imitate the ninjutsu of other countries. Even if it's historical culture, if they steal it, they have to forcefully claim that it originated from them." The minister replied.

"This country has no righteousness and no backbone. Your Majesty, be careful. Those people are coming with ill intentions."

Fenghua Xiaoxue was a little nervous when she heard this, but then she thought that she could ask someone to help her, and she immediately calmed down.

Chapter 466 Ino

Fenghua Xiaoxue suddenly felt very lucky. Naruto finally came back and did not forget the Snow Country thousands of miles away, nor did he forget her.

Even though they were thousands of miles apart, they still had a way to communicate. A large part of this Snow Country was his hard work, and if something happened to the Snow Country, Naruto would not sit idly by.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt confident and stood up and said in a very domineering manner.

"It's okay, go meet them and see what they have to say."

"Your Majesty, but..." the minister said worriedly, his face full of worry, "It's obvious that those people from the Grass Country have bad intentions. There's no need to pay any attention to them."

"Since they're here, will they just let it go even if we ignore them?" Fenghua Xiaoxue said, "Don't worry. The Snow Country is no longer the bitter cold place it once was."

"It's precisely because of this that we've attracted the attention of others." The minister sighed. "The Grass Kingdom has always been treacherous and bullies the weak. We should have expected them to target the Snow Kingdom."

"I just didn't expect it to come so soon, and at this time. The bulk of this year's fiscal allocations were used for people's livelihoods, not to strengthen the military."

"Yeah, I know this." Fenghua Xiaoxue nodded.

Although Naruto left a large amount of funds to inject into the Snow Country, it has been developing for six years now. If it wants to speed up the pace of development, it has to make choices.

Fenghua Xiaoxue discussed with the top management for a long time and decided to take a risk and divert the money used for military affairs to promote the economy.

The Snow Country is located in the far north, and even before the floor heating system was put into use, it was already a place known in the ninja world for its bitter cold. Thinking that no one would pay attention to the Snow Country, they thought of overtaking it.

The minister stated that the current military strength of the Snow Country is not worth mentioning compared to that of the Grass Country.

"Let's go." She said nothing more, her expression solemn.

above the hall.

Several jonin from the Land of Grass looked at each other with amusement in their eyes. This Land of Snow was truly a treasure trove. Why hadn't they discovered it before?

After the ice and snow melted, the once bitter and cold land became a prosperous land.

Not only has it developed from a dilapidated situation of a small country and a small village to the current capital city and towns, but it has also developed together, which undoubtedly brought great surprise to several people.

Unfortunately, this place seemed to have an extremely weak military force. Since they entered the Snow Country, they had not seen many ninjas. Even the palace guards were ordinary people, without any deterrent power.

"I heard that the king of the Snow Country is a woman. I wonder what she looks like?" One of the ninjas, Takinoue, touched his chin with an intriguing smile on his face.

"Be careful, the situation is still unclear. It's impossible for the Snow Country to suddenly become like this for no reason." Another person, Cao Li, pushed his glasses and said cautiously.

"It doesn't matter. It has nothing to do with the five major countries." The third ninja, the big guy Shimu, grinned, and his smile looked a little ferocious.

"We have come here from thousands of miles away and spent quite some time on the road. How could the five major countries possibly care about the Snow Country?" Takigami smiled.

"Besides, all the actions of the five great nations are closely monitored by the other four nations. Any substantial attempt to win over the Snow Nation would surely be noticed by the other four nations. But so far, it seems no news has been released."

"Hey, stop imagining it," Takigami patted the shoulder of Kusari, who was also a jonin, "all the people here combined are no match for any of us."

"Besides, even if something unexpected happens, as long as we pass the news back to the village, the Snow Country will be in our hands."

Hearing this, the glasses-wearing ninja Kusanagi felt a little relieved.

He knew very well what the Kusagakure Village was like. As long as the benefits of occupying the Snow Country were greater than the investment, the people in the village would swarm in like locusts.

Soon, there was a noise behind the palace, and Fenghua Xiaoxue came out with her guards.