In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Naruto looked at the broken glass scattered across the living room floor, the wet curtains hanging on the balcony, and the warped railings. He was stunned for a moment, having completely forgotten about it.

The living room was extremely messy, and because the balcony was wide open, the floor was wet.

The whole house smelled musty and was extremely cold.

"Forget it, let's move somewhere else." Naruto sighed and dragged himself into the house to pack his things.

Discharged from the hospital in the morning and moved in the afternoon.

Naruto found a house that was better than the old apartment and moved in with his luggage.

The top management's opinion on how to deal with Naruto is still pending, and they will basically have to wait until the next Hokage takes office before making a statement.

The two advisors have always had different opinions from Danzo. When it comes to matters as important as the Jinchūriki, which concerns the safety of the village, a new voice is needed to break the balance.

After quickly tidying up, Naruto went out when it was getting dark and bought a doll as a gift.

The streets of Konoha are bustling with people, and there are lights of varying brightness and darkness on the side. They run along the main street all the way through the entire village and have been lit from seventy years ago until now.

The mountain flower shop was some distance away from Naruto's new residence. After walking for a long time, he finally stood under the big green tree.

Looking around, the lights in the mountain flower shop were bright.

Ino was standing in front of the counter, chatting and laughing with a familiar female customer. The light shone on her gentle face, which was full of smiles.

Until the female guest noticed the gaze outside, paused and pointed out the window. Ino turned around and saw Naruto standing under the big blue tree, and she couldn't help but pause.

Naruto watched as Ino waved at him through the window, a bright smile on her face.

He also waved and gestured with the gift in hand.

Ino in the store explained a few words to the female customer, then blushed when the female customer covered her face and teased her, and ran out of the store as quickly as if escaping.

"How did you come?"

Chapter 78 Ino Maid Costume Limited Edition (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Ino's face flushed, and she looked away with watery eyes, looking embarrassed.

"I moved and came to see you." Naruto handed the gift bag to Ino, "Were you okay that day?"

"I'm fine." Ino's face turned even redder.

When she heard Naruto mention that day, the scene of the knife picking up the lace underwear flashed through her mind continuously, and she also remembered the feeling of being hugged.

Suddenly I felt like there were ants crawling in my heart, making me feel sour, bitter and itchy.

She lowered her head, took the bag, and hummed. But she quickly raised her head again and asked as if she remembered something.

"Would you like to come into the store and sit down?"

"My father and mother are not here."

"Not here?" Naruto had a puzzled look on his face.

Ino instantly understood the ambiguity in her own words and was suddenly at a loss. Her pupils dilated slightly and her face turned red.

"I...I mean..."

"Oh~" Naruto nodded.

"Ahhhhhh!!! You don't know anything! Stop pretending to know everything! Take your oh back!"

Ino was furious and grabbed Naruto and dragged him into the store.

"Please wait a moment."

The female guest had already left, and Ino went upstairs carrying the gift bag. Naruto could only sit there bored and look at the flowers everywhere.

To be honest, he didn't know many kinds of flowers. He only knew that this one was probably a rose and that one was a white rose. When he saw the yellow and white flowers, Naruto immediately gave up thinking.

After watching for a while, there was a creaking sound from upstairs, followed by the sound of Ino coming downstairs.

She was holding two cups of hot drinks, which seemed to be brewed cocoa.

Even from a distance, Naruto could smell the bitter aroma. He didn't like cocoa, but if Ino brewed it, it was just okay.

"Where did you move to?"

"Upstairs at 404 Konoha Street." Naruto put down the cup and frowned slightly.

Ino's face instantly fell and she pursed her lips and said.

"If you don't like it, I'll pour it out."

"I will drink it with gratitude," Naruto said firmly.

"You don't have to be so exaggerated." Ino cleared her throat, the blush on her face fading. "I like your gift very much. Thank you."

Seeing that Naruto didn't answer, Ino looked over curiously. But she found that Naruto was staring at her legs in a daze, and she immediately became furious.

"You bastard!!!"

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die! Stop... strangling me!" Naruto begged for mercy.

After a long time, Ino let go of Naruto.

Naruto said with a sincere look on his face, a genuine apology.

"I'm sorry, Ino."

Looking at this guy who was better at being shy than anyone else and whose apologies were more sincere than anyone else, Ino held her forehead helplessly and kicked Naruto to the ground with her socks on, stepping on his chest without putting much force.

Her naturally formed thighs were tense, and a terrifying haze clouded her eyes.

"Go to hell, you bastard who doesn't deserve to live in this world."

"Sorry." Naruto said guiltily.

"Don't apologize and look like you're enjoying yourself, you pervert!!"

Ino was going crazy. She sat back down, cupping her cocoa in her hands. The residual warmth created a mist on the cup's walls. The steam steamed her face, and Ino's gaze wandered.

This person always says strange things. I can't say I hate him, but I can't say I like him either.

"Ino." Naruto stood up and looked out the window with his coffee.

"Do you remember what you promised me?"

"Sorry, I forgot." Ino was stunned for a moment, then she stood up calmly and was about to go upstairs.

"A liar will swallow a thousand needles."

Ino paused, stepped on the first staircase, and looked at Naruto with pursed lips. The latter smiled, took a sip of cocoa, and said hatefully.

"I just said it casually."

Ino clenched her fists and said through gritted teeth, "Just wear it."

After saying that, she stomped up the stairs. From the noise, Naruto had no doubt that Ino was going upstairs to get the knife.

This time it took a long time, so long that Naruto thought Ino was asleep upstairs.

I was already tired from moving in the afternoon, and the few sips of cocoa I drank just now didn't help at all. My mind suddenly became confused.

He thought of Jiraiya and the three generations that had died.

Tsunade will probably succeed the Fifth Hokage, and Jiraiya will surely come after her soon. As long as she doesn't accept the fate of being the child of prophecy...

Naruto's eyelids were so sleepy that they were fighting each other. The images of Uchiha Itachi's frighteningly calm face, Hoshigaki Kisame, and Orochimaru kept flashing through his mind.

The face of the Nine-Tails, the face of Uchiha Sasuke.

"Naruto, Naruto." Ino's voice sounded beside her ear, followed by a shaking, "Really, Naruto, how could you fall asleep at this time?"

"Sorry." Naruto, who was lying on the table, looked up and saw Ino in a maid outfit.

"Look quickly, I'm going to change after you see this! Pervert!" Ino's face flushed, and she looked reluctant, staring at Naruto as if he were a pervert.

In a daze, Naruto stared at Ino in a maid outfit for a long time.

With her blonde hair draped over her shoulders and two cat ears on her head, Ino's face was filled with shame, and the neckline of her fluffy, wide dress was cleverly tied with a red ribbon.

The entire arm was wrapped in slender black long sleeves, leaving only a pair of white hands exposed.

The chest is raised and the waist is slim.

The large lace skirt only covers the upper part of the slender white thighs, and the white stockings connected to the stockings extend all the way to the inside of the skirt.

Ino's reluctant look was almost saintly, her condescending eyes narrowed slightly as she looked down at Naruto with disdain.

"Thanks for the hospitality."

"Don't say such weird things!" Ino grabbed Naruto's clothes, put her face very close to him, gritted her teeth and said threateningly.

Naruto was about to apologize when he heard a noise coming from the store entrance.

"Ino, you can't be disrespectful to guests..."

There was a ding-ling sound of wind chimes, and the door was pushed open from the outside. A middle-aged couple stood at the door, staring at Ino and Naruto in a daze.

The words that Yamanaka Rino was about to say were stuck in her throat. Her pupils dilated slightly as she watched her daughter in a maid outfit grabbing a young boy's collar.

The two had clearly just returned from shopping, and the clan leader, Yamanaka Inoichi, was carrying bags of things. Seeing this scene, he was startled for a moment, then silently turned his gaze away.

"Father, Mother?" Ino was petrified instantly.

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The night wind howled. Above Hokage Rock, Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, stared silently at the nightscape of Konoha Village. Beside him stood two elderly advisors, Utane Koharu and Mitomon En.

"Jiraiya, we need the Fifth Hokage."

"What does this have to do with me?" Jiraiya didn't even turn his head, his face unusually serious.

"Yesterday, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire arrived in Konoha. During an emergency meeting between the higher-ups and the Daimyo, we decided to choose you as the Fifth Hokage."

"Jiraiya."

"The village needs a strong leader, and this is our decision."

"I'm used to being free and undisciplined, but I'm not the type to sit in the Hokage building." Jiraiya refused directly, "Tsunade is more suitable to be the Hokage than me."

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"Tsunade is indeed the most suitable candidate for the Fifth Hokage, but no one knows where she is." Mitomon En said.

"I'll go get her." Jiraiya turned around, "But I must have a vote at the high-level meeting on how to deal with the Jinchūriki. How about that?"

The two consultants looked at each other, their faces showing solemn expressions.

"Jiraiya, we have understood the situation and can promise you."

"But I need to inform you of the content of the recent high-level meeting. According to spies, the Lightning Nation is vigorously developing lightning energy technology, and the Wind Nation has also recently been mining an unknown metal mine."

"Most of the village's senior leaders are deeply uneasy about this. Konoha needs a more powerful Kage to lead us to see the direction and make choices."

Jiraiya heard the reluctance in the words, waved his hand to interrupt the two old guys and said.

"That Tsunade girl is the granddaughter of the first generation. She is much stronger than me."

"Also, I need to take Naruto out for a while."

"The Jinchūriki has been showing signs of losing control lately, and this is the only thing we cannot promise you, Jiraiya." The elderly female advisor, Utane Koharu, said with narrowed eyes.

"Forget it then." Jiraiya turned away in a very shameless manner, waving his hand. "You guys should choose Danzo as Hokage."

When they heard Jiraiya's suggestion to Danzo, Mitomonen and Utane Koharu's faces turned green.

Although the three generations are dead, their influence remains.

As senior advisors of Konoha, these two people participated in the decision-making of major village affairs. They had long stood firmly with the Third Hokage and would never choose to let Danzo, their old classmate who did the dirty work, become Hokage.

In their eyes, Danzo, their old classmate, is not qualified to be the Hokage, no matter his image or his character which is even darker than that of the old sinister one.

Mitomon En and Utane Koharu do not doubt Danzo's loyalty to the village, but they question Danzo's will of fire.

If there were no solid evidence, they would even directly suspect that the Ninja God who had disturbed the hearts of the villagers and discredited the Will of Fire some time ago was the work of Danzo.

To put it simply... I look down on him.

"Jiraiya." Mitomon En called out, "As a Sannin, you will be the one to keep the Jinchūriki for the time being."

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