In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Shikamaru seemed to have thought of something and was faintly excited.

Shikamaru was not surprised and ate another piece of barbecue.

"If that's the case..." Shikamaru buried his head in the map again, writing and drawing, muttering to himself, "As expected! As expected..."

"It's clear once you connect the dots. The last place that person disappeared was..."

"The Kingdom of Water!"

Hearing this, Choji looked up and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it was the Land of Water. As long as he wasn't in the Land of Fire, he was fine. It was still winter, and it was the New Year's Festival.

If you participate in the battle at this time, it would be really uncomfortable.

"That can't be helped. The Land of Water is so far away from us, and the roads are frozen." Choji said lazily, "How about telling your father about this news first and letting him decide?"

"Well, that's all we can do for now," Shikamaru said. "This is just speculation for now. Without concrete evidence, I'm afraid my father won't completely believe it."

Looking at Shikamaru's serious expression, Choji suddenly recalled what Naruto said. He said that Shikamaru wanted to be Hokage in the future, which was different from their ambitions.

"Shikamaru."

"Ah."

"Do you want to be Hokage in the future?" asked Shikamaru.

"What?" Shikamaru was a little surprised and instinctively wanted to deny it, but when he thought of the words of the clan elders, he couldn't say it. "Why do you ask that?"

"Nothing, it just suddenly occurred to me. I just... I feel like if you want to be Hokage, Shikamaru, it should be easy for you to do it."

"I don't know." Shikamaru didn't deny wanting to become Hokage, or maybe he had never thought about it, but was just used to doing it first instead of setting a goal.

"Hokage... it's great." Choji sighed, "Naruto used to want to be Hokage too, and he told everyone he met about it."

"I asked him if he wanted to go get popsicles, and he asked me how I knew he wanted to be Hokage. That guy was a complete idiot back then. Come to think of it, he was pretty annoying."

"Yeah." Shikamaru didn't want to talk about the topic of Naruto anymore, it felt a bit awkward.

"What do you think Naruto is doing now?" asked Choji.

Shikamaru thought for a moment and blurted out, "Eat."

~~

"I can't eat anymore, not even a bite." Naruto walked on the streets of Konoha, holding on to the wall. It was already dark, and he had eaten five meals that day.

He had to eat in front of the Yamanaka couple, so he had to eat at least a little. After a day, Naruto was almost exhausted. Fortunately, the first day of the New Year Festival was successfully concluded, and he squeezed out twice as much of the day.

Yuyin.

"What's that posture?" Sakura looked at him in surprise, leaning against the doorway and laughing at him, "Why are you holding onto the wall when you walk?"

"Don't ask. Today is the New Year's Festival." Naruto took two steps without looking at her. "Going back and forth between Ino and Hinata, and having to hide it, I feel like I deserve to die."

"What if they guess it?" Sakura said.

"Not really. I put a little thought into it. Anyway... I won't say anymore." Naruto waved his hand, unable to tell whether he looked tired or depressed.

She saw Naruto straighten up and seemed to be mumbling something, but she couldn't hear what he said.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, today is the New Year Festival." He sighed and turned to look at Sakura.

"so?"

"What else can I do besides taking you home?" Naruto said, "Next year there will be more things to do, and it won't be this peaceful anymore."

"Okay, then I'll go get something." Sakura lowered her head and pursed her lips.

The lights outside the corridor were dim, and outside the building stood a silent steel tower. Fine snow fell from the dark sky. The footsteps were hard, like crushing crispy cookies.

"I said..." Sakura took a few steps into the house and then walked back quickly. Her footsteps sounded crisp, like a wooden stick knocking quickly on a stone.

"What?" He looked over when he heard the sound.

"Did you come back specially to pick me up?" Sakura asked with a smile, standing at the door.

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Naruto was stunned for a moment, then looked at her seriously.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could it be possible? It was just by the way."

Sakura: “…”

Okay, the filter is gone.

Sakura angrily went back to pack her things, but Naruto just smiled and didn't take it seriously. He leaned against the wall, looking at the fine snow outside the building, thinking that another year had passed.

After the New Year's Festival is over, I'll find Yakushi Kabuto and beat him to death.

Waiting is too frustrating, if it weren't for this great opportunity to solve the problem of Ino and Hinata. If they weren't pregnant, Naruto would have planned to stabilize it.

Now Kabuto Yakushi has become a corpse, and now he deserves to die even more.

~~

Sakura turned over and grabbed the upper position, her mouth slightly open, her long pink hair falling down and sticking to his chest that had been tempered countless times and was as hard as steel.

"I want a child too." She leaned close to his ear and said in a hoarse voice.

"No one is stopping you."

"If you are not diligent, what can I do?"

"Hardworking?" Naruto was speechless. "I have things to do on a daily basis. I can't stay together all day long. If it weren't for the New Year's Festival, I wouldn't come here."

"You're too realistic," she said, sweat dripping down her face.

"I'm just telling the truth. I've told too many lies, so I usually tell some truths to balance it out." He hugged Sakura, "But I did make a special trip to bring you home for the New Year's Festival."

"Is this true or false?"

"The truth."

"I'm really happy," she said.

"Ok?"

"Even though I know I only occupy a small place in your heart, there is still a small place that belongs to me, and I feel happy when I think about it."

"You don't have to be like this. I'll feel pressured." Naruto joked and reached out to touch Sakura's face. "Actually, I'm greedy. I always think everything should be mine."

"That's what I've thought from the beginning. You can never have too much. Whatever I like is mine."

"Didn't you hide from me at first?" Sakura asked, leaning over and hugging him. "You hid for a long time, as if you were going to run away if you saw me."

"To be honest, I hated troublesome things at that time, but I wasn't hiding from anything." Naruto seemed to have thought of something and stared into Sakura's eyes.

"who are you?"

"what?"

"Is she still her?" Naruto asked again, thinking that he was so stupid that he forgot that Sakura would repeatedly change her personality when stimulated.

Only now did I realize that Sakura seemed to be very calm from beginning to end.

"I..." Sakura suddenly became shy.

WTF.......

The next day.

When Naruto woke up, Sakura had already left. He had been up too late last night, and for a moment he couldn't remember what time he went to bed. It seemed like he went to bed at dawn, and now...

He propped himself up and glanced out the window, and sure enough, it was almost dusk outside.

Covering his eyes with his hands, Naruto thought back to yesterday's scene, still feeling a little... hmm. After a while, he took the initiative to get up and wash up. The New Year was almost over.

His daily life miraculously became regular. He got up early every day to have breakfast with Ino, chatted at noon, took time off, and went to the Snow Country to accompany Hinata.

He had already decided to trick Hanabi into the Snow Country and didn't care about anything else. Hinata's pregnancy reaction wasn't that severe yet. Pregnant women tend to have wild thoughts and need the company of their loved ones.

Hanabi has an active personality and a good relationship with Hinata, so she is naturally the best candidate.

The capital of the Snow Country was not desolate, but rather bustling with activity. Hinata's safety was under the watchful eye of someone in charge. Adding in Hanabi, a mediocre Chunin, there was basically no problem.

That place is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles, and no living beings can enter it at all. So far, it is considered one of the pure lands in the ninja world.

"Are you looking for me?" Hua Huo poked her head out from the other side of the backyard wall, looking confused.

"Come out first, don't let Lord Hiashi find out." He waved familiarly to Hinata Hanabi. The two of them were not strangers to each other.

"Oh."

Hanabi responded and retracted her head. About ten minutes later, she came back leisurely from another road, obviously taking a detour.

If it were Ino, she would have simply climbed over the wall. Hanabi wasn't a rigid person, she only took a detour out of the etiquette of the great clan.

Now Hanabi is fourteen years old, and has grown into a beautiful young lady, no longer the boyish girl she used to be. She wears a bright yellow yukata and has long hair.

The baby fat on her face has also faded, and her chin has become tighter, outlining the unique contours of a girl.

"What do you want from me? Where's my sister?"

"In the land of snow."

"So far?" Hua Huo shook her head, looking slightly dissatisfied. "We need to take a boat, right? My sister is still pregnant. Even for her safety, you can't..."

Hua Huo was very angry and spit out a mouthful of anger.

"Scumbag!"

“No boat.”

"Ah? You won't even let me take the boat? You're so stingy! I misjudged you. My sister is pregnant with your child! You heitui scumbag!" Huahuo's face became even worse.

Hearing this, Naruto was speechless, thinking that these two sisters really have different personalities. But then he thought, since Hanabi would know about the Yellow Springs Clan anyway, it would be hard to hide it.

"It's a space ninjutsu, so there's no need to travel long distances."

"Space ninjutsu?"

"It's pretty good over there, but Hinata needs someone to talk to. Do you want to go to the Snow Country to play?" Naruto asked tactfully.

"The Land of Snow... Yeah, I do want to." Hanabi looked up at Naruto, "It just so happens that I also want to go see my sister, but... this side of the village..."

"Hiashi-sama is very strong, he has no use for you at all."

"That being said, the war is imminent, and I am still a ninja of the Hyuga clan after all." Hanabi's attitude has softened somewhat, "Father's side..."

"It's because of the war that someone needs to take care of Hinata." Naruto's face turned serious and he said seriously, "I'm here to take care of the village, and Lord Hiashi is here to take care of the Hiashi clan."

"But......"

"Nothing, do you know how far the Snow Country is from the Fire Country?" Naruto asked, adding, "No one can control you. There are snow-capped mountains, igloos, and a capital city with spring all year round."

"I..." Hua Huo's mind went blank, and she began to feel dizzy, holding her face. "No, no, I am a member of the family, and I have to serve the family... the main family..."

"There's no need for branches of the main family these days. Aren't we all one family?" He began his best rhetoric, rambling on and on. "We'll soon be one family too, without any distinction between you and me."

"Is... is that so?" Huahu's mind was full of snow-capped mountains and all kinds of delicious food.

"Yeah, how could I lie to you?" Naruto said in a bewitching tone, "Think about it, I'm already in Konoha, how can Konoha not be stable? What about you? A Chunin, you can only do some odd jobs if you stay in Konoha."

"But when you get to the Snow Country, Hinata will need you too. Publicly, if you don't go, the Hyuga clan will have to send someone over. Privately, you're Hinata's sister."

"Besides, even if a fight breaks out outside, you're still a Chunin. Hinata-sama won't let you go to the battlefield, and it would be boring to stay in the village."

Facing Naruto's sugar-coated bullets, Hanabi became increasingly confused, mumbling something under her breath. Finally, she raised her head and made a final struggle.

"Would it be bad for me to do this?"

"No!" Naruto said firmly, "You are contributing to the Hyuga clan. Lord Hiashi will definitely be proud of you."

"Well, okay...okay." Hanabi had forgotten that a few minutes ago, she was still scolding the scumbag in front of her, but in the next few minutes, she had been completely bought off by him.

"when to go?"

"Now."

"Huh?" Hanabi was confused and looked at Naruto again, "Now? I still need to talk to my father. What if he doesn't agree..."

"I'll tell you, don't worry, why don't you agree?" He made a quick decision and used the same logic as before, "Hinata is your sister. You take care of her. How could your father not agree?"

"It seems so."