[Hokage] One day to arrive

"Lu Jiu—"

The uncle boss's voice was still full of air, but he was obviously very happy.

Lu Jiu first put a pile of sacks in his hand on the car, and then looked at the boss with a puzzled expression.

"The war is finally coming to an end. Do you want to go to Konoha after loading these trucks?" The boss trusts Lu Jiu, who has been loading and unloading goods in his shop for more than three years. Said, "A few years ago it was always a time of war, and Konoha was heavily guarded, and it was not easy to bring strangers in and out. You haven't had a chance to go there yet, have you?"

"...Mmm." This was his goal in the first place, so naturally Lu Jiu would not refuse.He lowered his head to look at the coarse cloth clothes that didn't match him at all, and he squatted down and picked up the last few bags of goods and threw them into the car.

Because it is the nearest town to Konoha, a lot of goods need to be reloaded. Therefore, for more than three years here, even though it was a war period, Lu Jiu still had a lot of work. How much can be done in the wee hours or evening hours.

Therefore, even if they don’t pick up jobs during the day, no one thinks it’s strange—they are 12 to 16 years old, and they are not ninjas, so it’s not surprising that they like to play.

Lu Jiu's speed was so fast that when the convoy set off, there was only a faintly invisible gleam in the sky.The boss uncle did not follow along, and Lu Jiu was not familiar with the others, so he simply found a pressure-resistant truck and lay down on it, pretending to be sleeping, not only rejecting the familiar approach of others, but also finding the right time to do it. Some simple practices that are not afraid of being disturbed.

Strictly speaking, the town is not too far from Muye Village, but the convoy with more goods was moving slowly, and it was already in the afternoon when it arrived - this made Lu Jiu very satisfied, so after going through the inspection with the convoy, it was still After unloading the goods on the car with everyone, because they didn't plan to live with them, they listened to the team leader explain the time and place to gather in half a day and three days later, and then found a chance to get out, and followed the lively Konoha The street ran away in a hurry.

After avoiding the workers who came with him, Lu Jiu slowed down and looked at the streets of Konoha thoughtfully. Looking at the bustling and peaceful scene, he couldn't imagine that it was the scene after the war.

"...Three strings of three-color meatballs." The ninja with a fan pattern embroidered on his clothes and a Konoha forehead protector on his forehead was holding a small dumpling about five years younger than him, but with basically the same clothes, and stood. In front of the shop not far away, "Does Sasuke want meatballs? Or red bean soup?"

Xiaotuanzi named Sasuke raised his head and looked at his brother in a daze, then looked at the counter that was more than a head taller than him and flattened his mouth: "I want tomatoes."

As the elder brother, Ninja was obviously not surprised by his younger brother's reaction. He reached out to take the change handed over by the store and put it away. After holding the balls in his hand, he led his younger brother to the other side: "Mother Tomato will be there at night." Do it, Sasuke, do you want it now?"

"want!"

……

As the two brothers walked away from the conversation later on, Lu Jiu didn't intend to spend any effort to listen to it, but she walked to the dessert shop in a strange way, and the opposite-looking boss said: "Three... Three strings of three-color meatballs."

The boss looked at Lu Jiu, who was dressed plainly but not shabby, and quickly took out three strings of three-color meatballs, and laughed in a hearty voice: "Is this the first time, little brother? The Dafu and grass cakes here They are all very good, do you want to try some too?"

Lu Jiu heard that the names mentioned by the boss were not familiar, so she blinked and touched her pockets—is it a good thing he has the habit of carrying all his belongings with him?

"Then, take one of each flavor."

The boss moved quickly, and a big paper bag was stuffed into Lu Jiu's arms: "If you come to Konoha for the first time, have fun."

Lu Jiu is not used to dealing with this kind of person who is so enthusiastic when they just met, but obviously has no bad intentions.Uncomfortably holding the unexpectedly large paper bag in his arms with one hand, he freed up one hand to pay, then turned around and left as if fleeing.

After walking for a long distance, Lu Jiu's slightly stiff back eased, and he took out a bunch of three-color balls from the paper bag and took a bite.

Very sweet.

The one he ate was a green ball, with a hint of bitterness and fragrance of tea, but it didn't look obtrusive under the sweetness of the ball.

Unexpected, not annoying.

After stuffing the whole green ball into his mouth in two or three strokes, Lu Jiu bulged out his mouth and narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a faint smile.For some reason, he suddenly felt relaxed.

"Huh?" It was precisely because of the sudden relief that Lu Jiu seemed a little unwilling to pay attention to the sight of other people staring at her.

There should only be two people who would recognize him in Konoha, but he wouldn't be so stupid as to directly attack Konoha, so it's better to just ignore him... right?

I was a little distracted by thinking like this, until when I accidentally kicked a soft meat ball when passing by the corner, Lu Jiu managed to recover, and her eyes slowly moved down, and what she saw was a man who looked similar The blond cub who was about the same age as the ninja's younger brother just now was mixed with the scattered lunch boxes and the scattered meals, but the sand in the meals and the obviously not very fresh vegetables obviously couldn't be done like this in a short while of.

But the blond cub hugged his head and curled himself into a ball as much as possible. His small body was trembling, and there were many scars on the exposed skin, but he recovered quickly...

Seeing this situation, Lu Jiu couldn't help but slowly frowned, and ate the last ball on the bamboo stick in one gulp, then threw the bamboo stick aside casually, leaned over and stretched out her hand to grab the blond cub by his collar. Lifting up, if you want to shrink yourself into a ball, it is a difficult movement at this age. The blond cub obviously does not have this ability, so he has to stretch his body reluctantly and look at Lu Jiu.

The blue eyes of the blond cub were unexpectedly clear, and they were not filled with fear or other emotions as Lu Jiu thought. Instead, there seemed to be a flame in the depths of the eyes, not big, but stubborn.

This taste...

Lu Jiu suddenly shrugged her nose, and brought the blond cub a little closer, suddenly.

——Isn't this the smell of the nine-tailed demon fox who didn't look like a fox more than three years ago?Hmm... it seems like half of it is missing.

Sealed container?It's not quite like...

Lu Jiu couldn't figure it out, and didn't like this approach.After all, even if he doesn't look like a fox, that guy is the only guy he has seen over the years who can have a little relationship with their monster clan.

But since he didn't intervene back then, Lu Jiu naturally wouldn't do it rashly now, especially after he suddenly felt a lot of unkind eyes.

Lu Jiu put the blond cub back on the ground, turned his head to look at the food spilled on the ground, took out a three-color ball from the paper bag, gritted his teeth, and obviously reluctantly stuffed the whole paper bag into the bed In the arms of the stunned blond cub.

"For the cubs...be careful."

After speaking, Lu Jiu bypassed the troublesome blond cub and continued walking forward.

"Huh?" The blond cub was suddenly stuffed into his arms, and the paper bag, which was still slightly hot but not hot, obviously hadn't reacted yet, and just followed Lu Jiu's movements and turned around to look at it blankly. The other party's back suddenly yelled loudly, "Ah——what is a cub?!!!"