In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Mountain flower shop.

The bright small table reflected the awkward reflections of the two people. Ino, who was wearing a maid outfit, grabbed Naruto's clothes and almost tore the collar of the black short-sleeved shirt.

"I'm sorry," Naruto apologized quickly and sincerely, "I made Ino dress like that."

"I'm really sorry."

Ino was stunned at first, pursed her lips, and was about to open her mouth to defend Naruto.

"that......"

"Ino." The noble lady Yamanaka Rino frowned slightly, "Why are you bullying Naruto again? Even if you..."

Yamanaka Rino sighed halfway through her words, pulled Ino aside with a hint of disappointment, and whispered.

"Ino-chan, you can't just rely on violence to win the heart of the boy you like."

"I didn't, I'm not."

Ino was almost crying in anxiety. She pointed at her maid outfit and wanted to say something but finally held it back.

Yamanaka Rino pulled Ino back and looked at Naruto with a smile on her face. Her elegant temperament was completely different from Ino's, and her words were as gentle as spring breeze.

"Thank you for taking care of my daughter."

"No way, aunt, I'm the one being taken care of by Ino." Naruto replied.

Yamanaka Rino seemed to be very pleased to hear the word "Auntie". According to the custom of the Land of Fire, when meeting an older woman for the first time in a mask, only close friends would call her "Auntie".

Ino suddenly felt her hand loosen, and Yamanaka Rino let go of her hand, walked forward, held Naruto's hand and said.

"Ino is a child who is ignorant and has not been well taken care of. Please forgive me."

"No, it's my honor to have Ino as my friend, as my aunt is such a perfect mother."

Naruto looked well-behaved, and every word he said was full of praise for Yamanaka Rino. Yamanaka Rino already knew Ino's thoughts, and seeing Naruto had a filter, she was even more coaxed and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Ino was left aside and watched Naruto being taken away by his mother.

"Naruto, you are such a sensible kid. Try the cocoa your aunt made for you. Do you like cocoa?"

"I like it the most. Sorry to bother you, auntie."

"Leave it to me." Yamanaka Rino's tone suddenly became stern. She looked at Ino and said, "Ino, why don't you come here and learn something from me."

Ino: “….”

"Hai Yi."

While going upstairs, Yamanaka Rino spoke to Yamanaka Inichi who was standing aside.

"Have a good time, Naruto. I'll teach Ino how to make cocoa first."

"Okay." Yamanaka Hai, who was carrying a lot of bags, responded with an awkward smile.

"Hey, I can make cocoa!"

"Mom has a secret recipe that she wants to teach Ino."

"Eh? Does something like that really exist?"

The two people's voices faded away. Yamanaka Haiyi put the things aside and made a cup of tea for Naruto with a smile.

Naruto returned the polite greeting and called out "Uncle".

Yamanaka Hiichi leaned back on the sofa, feeling a little strange, yet suddenly relieved. What was going on? After a few words, the topic turned to Shikamaru again.

Yamanaka Inoichi has had high hopes for Shikamaru since he was a child, but unfortunately the two children are too familiar with each other and there is no chemistry between them.

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?

He looked at Naruto sitting upright on the sofa under the bright light, and in the blink of an eye, he remembered the scene he saw from afar in the rainstorm that day.

A corner of a huge body appeared in the white fog that could not be blown away by the heavy rain, a terrifying monster that suffocated people.

The whole eight directions were dark, and the flat land became a river.

In any case, it is difficult to associate the well-behaved boy sitting upright on the sofa with the terrifying tailed beast.

......

It's late at night.

Ino walked Naruto out the door and said goodbye under a large green tree not far from the Yamanaka Flower Shop.

"Hey, you...did you do that on purpose just now?" Ino said gritting her teeth.

"What's wrong with me?" Naruto asked.

"You're still playing dumb! You're the one who made me wear a maid outfit, and besides, you don't even like cocoa!"

Ino looked around and made sure that no one in the flower shop was staring at her. She grabbed Naruto's short-sleeved shirt by the collar and said contemptuously.

"You drank the whole cup of cocoa. You only took one sip of the one I made for you."

"I told you that I was the one who asked you to wear it, but Auntie didn't believe me." Naruto said helplessly, "I do hate drinking cocoa, but in that situation, I had no choice but to drink it."

"If you don't want to drink, just refuse! Why force yourself to drink something you don't like?"

Ino put her hands on her hips, staring at Naruto with her dark blue eyes, as if trying to determine whether he was lying.

Under the big green tree.

Naruto raised his clear eyes and looked at her, without saying a word, just smiling.

The streets of Konoha are endless, and large green trees can be seen everywhere.

The atmosphere of human life suddenly became lively, and even the old street lights became younger.

The light was bright enough, the night breeze blew through her hair, and Ino's heart suddenly began to beat heavily.

Chapter 80: Injured Hinata (Please Read)

The next day.

Naruto opened his eyes from his bed and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling for a second before remembering that he had moved.

He sat up from the bed groggily, staring into the dimly lit room without saying a word. The apartment was completely silent, and there was no knock at the door.

For unknown reasons, the top management did not seem to restart the Anbu's Jinchūriki supervision procedures.

It's like someone deliberately intervened...

Kakashi doesn't have this power, so there is only one person left who is closely related to him.

.........

"I am the Toad Sage of Myōboku Mountain. Why do you keep calling me the lecherous sage?"

Jiraiya lay on the roof, complained for a while, then put away the telescope, stood up and looked at Naruto with an unhappy face.

"I heard that you released the Nine-Tailed Fox a few days ago?"

"what."

Naruto, wearing an orange sweatshirt with a hood, stood on the roof and looked up, saying nonchalantly.

"It's out."

"You're amazing." Jiraiya became interested. "Are you really so confident?"

"But the higher-ups really can't do anything to you. Konoha has never had a perfect Jinchūriki before. You've given them hope. Even if you do something excessive, you'll still be tolerated by the higher-ups."

"Can someone like me be tolerated?" Naruto yawned, put his hands in his pockets, looked at Jiraiya with a pair of dead fish eyes and said, "Lecherous sage, stop lying to the kids."

"I'm curious how you did it? You... have already seen the Nine-Tailed Fox, right?"

"Ah."

"So what?" Jiraiya asked.

"No big deal, just an ordinary tailed beast." Naruto replied.

"You kid can say such words, it's really..." Jiraiya was a little speechless, staring at Naruto for a few seconds, "What's the new word for ordinary tailed beasts?"

Naruto asked after half a minute of silence without answering the question.

"You sent the Anbu to find me just to ask this?"

"Not really." Jiraiya looked at Naruto, "Naruto, follow me and train."

"No."

"What...what?" Jiraiya didn't expect Naruto to refuse so bluntly, "Don't you want to become stronger?"

"think."

"I am the Toad Sage, one of the legendary Three Ninjas!"

"No."

"why?"

"There's no reason, I simply don't want to practice."

Hearing this, Jiraiya was shocked. He stared at Naruto for a few seconds and said.

"How can you become stronger if you are so lazy?"

"I don't know." Naruto said directly, "I have no interest in such a troublesome thing as training. I'd rather stay home and sleep and read."

"If you're too strong, you'll be suspected, or you'll be assigned inexplicable and dangerous missions."

"Your twisted logic is quite..." Jiraiya sighed, "It's okay for you to say it in front of me, but it's best not to say anything nonsense in the high-level meeting later."

"Since you are unwilling to practice, then come with me to find someone. Once you find someone, I will no longer force you to practice."

"Whether I look for it or not, I won't practice."

"Your supervision is in my hands." Jiraiya said.

“…Who are you looking for?”

Seeing Naruto compromise, Jiraiya's expression improved a little and he said.

"Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, is also the future Godaime."

"I've heard of that." Naruto nodded. "Isn't it perfectly fine for a lecherous sage to not become the Godaime?"

"You know quite a lot, little brat." Jiraiya narrowed his eyes. "You've been getting close to the Yamanaka clan lately? Where did you hear that?"

"That's about right." Naruto said perfunctorily.

"My destiny has long been determined." Jiraiya patted Naruto's shoulder and turned around, making a pose that he thought was handsome.

"Kid, a hero won't stay in just one place."

"This is the true way of a real man!"

"Yeah." Naruto still had a dead look in his eyes.

"Your attitude is quite cold, Naruto, what is your ninja way?" Jiraiya asked.

"Alive."

"Don't say such depressing things, you little brat are really unlucky." Jiraiya patted Naruto's shoulders fiercely several times, "Forget it, the most important thing now is to find that Tsunade guy."

"The high-level meeting on how to deal with you will begin soon. The Fifth Hokage will have a large vote. It will not harm you to retrieve Tsunade."

"understood."

"But you don't have to worry too much. Although I don't know how you got involved with the Yamanaka clan, the Pig, Deer, and Butterfly have always been of the same clan. The two advisors are quite tolerant."

"Besides, I also have the voting rights, hehe."

......

Jiraiya set the day for departure, tomorrow morning.

It was still early, so Naruto slowly turned into the alley, ready to do some shopping. The apartment he had just moved into was so empty that he hadn't had time to buy many things.

Almost all the furniture in the old apartment was damaged by the rain, and Naruto was too lazy to move it around.

Halfway through the journey, he suddenly remembered something.

That girl Tayuya is probably still hiding in the abandoned building. I'm leaving tomorrow, so I'll take some time to go see her in the evening.