Tsunade, you're really drunk!

"Wow~" The sound of the door curtain being pulled open came from behind him, and then he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Ok?"

"Who is it?" His eyes subconsciously followed the palm and looked at its owner.

"Hey, Xiaodi, what's wrong? Are you drunk? You don't even recognize me?"

Deidara took a closer look and his body stiffened. He forced out a smile. The Qianye in front of him and the Qianye he had imagined in his mind on the road before seemed to overlap at this moment.

The devil whispers from Qianye's previous fantasy began to echo in his ears.

But his sober consciousness made him shake his head quickly, trying to get rid of the drunkenness.

Only then did I regain some clarity of mind.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going back to Iwagakure? Why are you back? Are you reluctant to leave Grandpa Scorpion who has been with you for so long?"

The bald owner of the izakaya next door heard Qianye's words and remembered that Deidara had just said that it seemed that the Iwagakure Village didn't want him anymore, so he planned to tell Qianye directly.

After all, it seems that this young man is drunk, so let his enthusiastic boss relay his thoughts for him!

"Um, Assistant-sama, this kid just said he was from Iwagakure..."

"That's right!" Just as the store owner was about to say the following words, Deidara slammed the table, forcibly interrupted the owner's speech, and shouted loudly.

Qianye smiled and looked at the bald boss, then at Deidara.

"What's right?"

Deidara paused awkwardly for two seconds. During these two seconds, his brain, which was not very clear to begin with, began to think rapidly, and finally, an idea flashed upon him!

"It's because I have no problem going back to the Hidden Rock Village, but I'm afraid that Grandpa Scorpion will not be used to being alone in Konoha. He will feel lonely without anyone to discuss art with him."

"For Grandpa Scorpion's physical and mental health, I decided to stay in Konoha!"

Qianye looked at Deidara who was talking nonsense, suppressed his smile, did not expose Deidara's last stubbornness, and nodded.

"In that case, then you should stay in Konoha."

"But Hidan and Sasori have joined the institute now, what are you going to do?"

While Qianye was asking the question, Deidara took the opportunity to drink a bowl of hangover soup handed to him by the boss, and immediately felt much more awake.

Likewise, Qianye's words suddenly made him return to confusion again.

Yes, Grandpa Scorpion decided to join the research institute a few days ago. What about me? What should I do?

Deidara was silent for a long time. After thinking it over, he really couldn't think of what he was suitable for.

"As long as I can continue to practice my art, I will do anything."

Deidara's tone sounded a little frustrated. After all, he had thought about it for a long time, but still didn't know what other uses his explosive ability had besides what he called art and combat.

When Qianye heard what Deidara said, and used the fairy chakra to sense the other party's lost emotions, he roughly guessed that Deidara was now in a state of confusion and hesitation.

I was suddenly overjoyed and confused. This was a good thing. Wasn't this another good candidate who was tricked into becoming an excellent employee?

"Ahem~! Xiaodi, I have a job tailor-made for you."

"It may consume a lot of chakra every day, but on the contrary, you can freely practice the art of explosion at work."

"I wonder what you think?"

Qianye's words suddenly made Deidara feel a little dazed. These three short sentences were like heavenly music to his ears. His heart beat faster and he wished he could just kneel down on the spot.

The whole person stopped at this moment, his eyes bright and shining with starlight, staring into Qianye's eyes.

“Brother Qianye, is it true!?”

Qianye nodded without hesitation, looking calm and composed.

"Of course, Xiaodi, I've already made arrangements with Scorpion, how could I lie to you?"

"Then wouldn't it be ridiculous for me to treat people differently?"

Hidan: So? Is this why you asked me to be your "experimental collaborator"?

"Brother Qianye, please tell me what kind of job it is that allows me to make full use of my explosive art?"

The bald boss on the side also walked to the door wisely and waved to Qianye and Deidara.

"Assistant, I'm going to the bathroom. You two can chat first. When you're done, just leave the money on the table~"

Then he quickly slipped away, leaving Chiya and Deidara alone in the pub.

"Recently, we in Konoha and Kirigakure are building a cross-sea bridge, although the problems of construction and transportation have been solved."

"But there are still too few ninjas who are proficient in earth escape, so collecting stones has become a huge problem."

"Well, your explosive clay is a good solution to the collection problem."

Deidara imagined it in his mind, but it felt like something was wrong.

"My explosive clay can indeed be used to collect stones through explosions, but those are just broken stones. How can they be used as materials for building bridges?"

"After it's built, won't it be like tofu dregs?"

Qianye was stunned by Deidara's metaphor. He didn't expect that this guy also knew about shoddy construction.

"You have to be blown to pieces so that it can be transported."

"In the beginning, we directly asked a large number of earth-style ninjas to release earth-style ninjutsu together to collect huge stones and transport them to the seaside using tree trunks as rollers, but this method of transportation was too slow."

"Then the workers came up with a new idea. They transported the broken stones directly to the seaside, and then had the earth-style ninja use earth-attribute chakra to mix them together again."

"It's just that the destructive power of their ninjutsu is not enough. Look, your detonating clay happens to be a ninjutsu with extremely high explosive power. It might be more difficult at that time. I wonder if you..."

"Yes, I promise!"

"Konoha is my home! Building it depends on everyone! Since Konoha needs me, I should contribute my part! This is my responsibility and obligation as a Konoha ninja!"

Qianye asked again tentatively.

"So how do you want to arrange your vacation? What's a suitable remuneration?"

Deidara raised his head and snorted╭(╯^╰)╮

"holiday?"

"Holiday? I don't need a holiday!"

"Only people who are useless to Konoha need a holiday! If I take a break, who will build Konoha? Who will build my home? Who will be responsible for the materials for the bridge?"

"Just give the mission reward as you see fit, everything is entirely up to Konoha!"

"By the way, where is the mission location? I have to report for work now. My artworks can't wait to show themselves!"

Deidara's astonishing performance made Qianye curious about what happened after Deidara returned to the Iwagakure Village.

It's amazing that this kid has such a strong desire for "sense of belonging", but I'll ask about these things in private when I meet that old man Ohnoki in the future...