The genius of Naruto is a bit ordinary.

After the meal, when Ino was about to leave, Xia Li was also driven out by Sinai to send Ino home, although even if Sinai didn't say it, he would just do it.

Along the way, the atmosphere was somewhat silent, but Xia Li finally spoke first.

"Ino, I'm sorry for this year."

Ino shook his head, his blue eyes focused on Xia Li and said, "It doesn't matter. After all, this is the fate of ninjas. Some tasks need to be kept secret, right?"

"Hmm..." Xia Li nodded. This was not considered deception. At least the fact that he became an ANBU was generally not exposed.

Even though Mo Ying's identity was revealed a long time ago, it was Mo Ying's identity, not Xia Li's!

At this time, Yamanaka Ino waved his fist and said, "Xia Li, don't look at me like this. I am also a ninja. Although I am not as powerful as you, Xia Li, I will try my best!"

Originally, Yamanaka Ino felt very uncomfortable, but after learning that Xia Li had become a Jonin, she suddenly became enlightened.

The knowledge she learned from school told her that it was basically impossible for genin to have missions that required hiding their identities, but it was possible for chunin and even jounin.

So Xia Li really didn't mean to abandon her, and it was very important for her to understand this!

Xia Li looked at Ino, who was waving his fist in front of him. He had not seen him for more than a year. The figure in front of him seemed to overlap with the figure in the vague memory in his mind.

Under Ino's astonished gaze, Xia Li grasped the fist she was waving in the air, and then Ino felt a force coming from the warm palm, and her whole body couldn't help but fall forward. Finally, Falling into a warm and broad embrace.

For a moment, Ino's eyes widened, a little unbelievable. When did Xia Li take such initiative? It seems that being separated for a year is not all a bad thing?

Ino had no intention of resisting at all, she blushed silently and enjoyed the warmth of this moment. This embrace was so warm...

Of course, warmth is a given, because... the height difference between Xia Li and Ino is quite a bit, so at this moment Xia Li really hugged Ino into her arms, how can it not be warm...

At this time, Ino still whispered with a hint of crying, "In the future, if there is such a mission again, can you... tell me in advance, there is no need to tell me the content of the mission..."

"Yeah." Xia Li responded silently.

After Xia Li hugged Ino into her arms, she didn't say anything. She just hugged her silently and made no further movements. That was fine.

"Sorry..." Xia Li whispered. He was a little out of his mind those days and only remembered to give gifts to Sinai, but forgot about Ino... It really shouldn't have happened.

Ino said nothing, but hugged Xia Li tightly with both hands.

Xia Li actually thinks it's good to be apart for a while, because after separation, he can clearly see Ino's growth, and it won't make him feel like he has been cultivating...

Xia Li also silently counted the time at this time. He and Ino were both 12 years old this year, which meant there was still a gap of 4 years.

That's right, it was 4 years instead of 8 years or even more. He originally thought it was the same as in his previous life, but he found out after picking up some medical books.

The age of development in this world is different from that in the previous life, so the age of 16 is equivalent to the age at which development was completed in the previous life. If one has practiced spiritual practice, this age may be earlier.

Xia Li thought it was good to follow the Romans as the Romans did, and he didn't want to wait that long. If it was harmful to Ino, let's talk about it separately, but it wasn't harmful, so why wait until the age of the previous life...

So if there were still four years left, Xia Li felt that it was okay to wait a while.

What Xia Li and Ino did was seen by Mrs. Yamanaka who was standing by the window upstairs.

Mrs. Yamanaka sighed a little when she saw this scene. She had been saying that she would never talk to him again, but in the end she kept running to his house...

And to forgive the other party so easily, this is actually quite inappropriate in Mrs. Yamanaka's opinion. The other party's disappearance for a year is really too much.

So Mrs. Yamanaka decided to educate her daughter well, otherwise she would be bullied to death in the future?

When she learned from Inoguchi that the other party needed to hide his identity while doing a mission, she was a little dismissive. Didn't she never see the world, and a genin mission required him to hide his identity?

However, when she learned from Ino that Xia Li had become a special jounin, she was frightened. She immediately felt that Xia Li was lying. He should only be twelve years old. How could he be at this age...

Then Mrs. Yamanaka thought of a certain guy with short silver hair and fell silent, suppressing her inner doubts and curiosity. Finally, she waited until her husband came back and asked this question.

Yamanaka Hai paused when he heard the words, thinking about the possibility of the news, thinking about the other party's character and the color of his body, and coming out of the Hokage's office, he also had a vague guess in his mind.

But if this guess is true, then Xia Li's true identity is a bit scary, but he finally nodded, saying that it was indeed a possibility.

Suddenly, Mrs. Yamanaka lost her composure and pulled Ino and said.

"Ino, you can't just go to someone else's house all the time. If you have time, you can also call Xiao Xia Li to our house. Then I will cook for him personally."

Ino nodded in confusion and agreed.

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When Xia Li returned to the door of her house, she came to a big tree.

Soon a figure appeared beside him, looking at him respectfully.

"You've worked hard this year, Bai Diao." Xia Li said.

"It's not hard work. It's the right thing to do for Lord Moying." The ANBU looked at Xia Li with burning and admiring eyes.

"Don't call me Lord Mo Ying. I have quit the ANBU now." Xia Li smiled and said. The ANBU in front of him was the one he asked from the ANBU minister. He is a chuunin who is special in investigation and concealment. The most important thing is that the identity of the other party can basically be absolutely assured.

"But Lord Mo Ying is still Lord Mo Ying, and this will never change!" Bai Diao said in response. Which team in the ANBU doesn't know about Mo Ying? They all wanted to join Mo Ying's team, but unfortunately Mo Ying's team never accepted anyone.

"Okay, what happened recently?" Xia Li felt that she couldn't change the other person's thinking, so she gave up and asked.

Bai Diao did not hesitate and said directly, "Master Mo Ying's mother moves very regularly and usually does not go to dangerous places, so she has never encountered any danger, but..."

"But?" Xia Li narrowed her eyes slightly and asked.

"There were appearances of Genbu once or twice. Mr. Mo Ying was not around at that time. I reported it to the minister, and Genbu disappeared after that." Bai Diao said directly.

In an instant, Xia Li's eyes shrank, but on the surface he didn't show anything. He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, you did a good job."

With that said, Xia Li also took out some of the extra gains he got during the mission and handed them to Bai Diao.