[Hokage] One day to arrive

?Third Hokage finally let go, and agreed that Lu Jiu would stay in Konoha as an ordinary person. Kakashi Hatake objected intentionally, but watched Yuan Weiyang take out the passbook with great interest to see the vibrant house. Look, he couldn't say anything against it—after all, he could see clearly that Lu Jiu was indeed not a ninja, even if it could be a little special, but it was true... Wuxin was an enemy of Konoha.

If you don't count the fact that you want to attack Yuan Weiyang for that kind of weird reason...then there is really nothing to criticize.

Forget it, it's a big deal and just keep an eye on it in the future.

Hatake Kakashi thought with a headache.

However, what no one knew was that after Lu Jiu was approved to settle in Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen had talked to Lu Jiu alone.No one knew that Lu Jiu had a dispensable attitude towards whether to stay in Konoha at the beginning.

——If it doesn’t work, he can go back to the Land of Wind and continue to live for a while. Although it is not as comfortable as the Land of Fire, and occasionally eats sand, the climate there is actually more suitable for him to practice... But now that his ability is stable, in Where it doesn't really matter.Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed in the Land of Fire for more than three years, neither rushing to act nor leaving.

But since he finally decided to stay in Konoha, it doesn't matter if he agrees to one or two conditions with the leader here.

"...don't do anything to your brother in Konoha anymore?" Lu Jiu didn't want to stay in the house that Yuan Weiyang bought, but... touching the lunch box with the dim sum made by Yuan Weiyang, Lu Jiu sighed for a long time, He turned his head and looked at the birds that were on the same tree as him, but stood neatly in a row on another branch.

"So, Yuan Weiyang's task now is to protect and monitor Nine-Tails Jinchuriki nearby? What is that?"

Obviously, the group of little birds who have been rooted in Konoha know more than those in the forest outside, and answer Lu Jiu's questions as if they are well-trained. The eagle with the same forehead to answer.

"The container that seals the nine-tailed demon fox, the strongest weapon of war? Is it the golden retriever cub?" To be honest, as a member of the demon clan who instinctively wants to protect the cub, Lu Jiu doesn't like this approach, especially when it involves The so-called nine-tailed demon fox.

Maybe it was because of the color of the cub's hair, or because the nine tails in the cub's body had been stripped of the "yin" part, in short, Lu Jiu felt good about him, at least, he looked pleasing to the eye.

Lu Jiu ate the last piece of snack, sat up straight unsatisfied, put away the empty lunch box, jumped off the tree, and walked towards the meatball shop not far away.

"Uncle Boss, give me a bunch of three-color meatballs."

Before he got to the place, he saw the blond cub he thought of before, tiptoeing as much as he could, handing the change he was holding carefully to the boss.

He looked dirty and looked like he had just been bullied.

"Go, go, you're here to make trouble with such a scattered pile, right? Don't make trouble here." The boss didn't have the same enthusiasm as Lu Jiu when he came last time, and swept away the pile of change in distaste all over the place.

The blond cub seemed to be used to it, but he couldn't help but pouted his mouth a little bit aggrieved, squatted down in frustration and picked up the scattered coins one by one.

Lu Jiu frowned and looked at it for a while, then walked over slowly, without looking at the boss's excellent face-changing skills, ignoring the enthusiasm that suddenly piled up on the other party's face, and said coldly: "Two strings of three-color meatballs, wrapped well .”

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice behind him, the blond cub couldn't help turning his head to take a closer look at Lu Jiu, who had completely changed into a new outfit. After staying for a long time, he suddenly jumped up, pointed at Lu Jiu and shouted loudly: "You are the one that day! The big brother at night?!"

Lu Jiu paid the money with one hand and picked up the two strings of three-color meatballs wrapped by the boss with the other, walked up to the blond cub, half-bent down, and handed the wrapped three-color meatballs to him: "I said, next time you buy something, it's better to buy it." Find out the price first. You have enough money to buy two strings and more.”

"Hey……?"

Uzumaki Naruto, who was treated by Lu Jiu as a blond cub, looked blankly at the coin in his hand and the two strings of three-color balls hanging in front of his eyes, and finally stopped on Lu Jiu who was carrying the balls.Can't quite figure out what happened.

Seeing this, Lu Jiu sighed and took the money out of the child's hand, picked up a few more and stuffed them into Naruto's arms along with the three-color balls.Naruto wobbled around Naruto who was staying there and walked towards the woods.

Originally, I wanted to replenish some of the snacks I had just eaten, but at this time, I was in no mood.Let's go back to the tree and sleep again...

Naruto was stunned for a long time, and suddenly his whole body trembled. He randomly stuffed the few coins that Lu Jiu and the three-color balls stuffed together into his pocket, and turned his head to run with both hands holding the well-wrapped three-color balls. While muttering in his mouth: "... Ningci! Oh, oh, oh, I almost forgot what to do... I won't be hated again..."

Naruto always looked pitiful, but unexpectedly he had good physical strength. He ran to a small lake in a hurry, and stopped halfway to catch his breath.Instead, his eyes lit up involuntarily when he saw the figure slightly bigger than himself sitting alone by the lake with his knees hugged.

That child had long, smooth and straight black hair at a young age, with a bandage on his forehead, and he exuded an aura of repelling others thousands of miles away.But the blond-haired cub didn't seem to feel it, and carefully approached it holding the three-color ball with bright eyes.

"Why are you back again?" Neji refused to admit that when he saw Naruto running back again, he was not as bored as he showed.

"Ningji, are you unhappy!" Naruto smiled at Neji, holding the three-color balls in front of Neji, looking a little silly, "I just found out a few days ago When eating three-color meatballs, there will be a feeling of softness, um... like 'happiness'!"

feeling of happiness?

Ning Ci's face changed slightly, but he would not be angry with a child who was younger than him and had been bullied just now.He just turned his head and continued to look at the lake in a daze, without reaching out to pick up the three-color meatballs handed over by the other party.

Naruto waited for a while, seeing that Neji ignored him, the smile on his face froze, but he quickly pulled himself together, put on an ugly smile, slowly retracted his hand, and Gu Zi unwrapped the package, took a bunch and took a bite, said vaguely, "It's delicious, but it's so expensive... If Ning Ci doesn't want to eat it, I'll eat it myself."

Ning Ci glanced sideways at Naruto, saw the smile on the other party's face for some reason, and always felt that the other party seemed sad at this time... After hesitating for a while, he still couldn't help but silently reached out and took another string The three-color meatball asked at the same time: "Since it is so... expensive, why do you want to eat it for me?"

Seeing Neji's actions, Naruto's eyes lit up, and the smile on his face became sincere, and he said loudly while dancing and gesticulating: "Because Neji helped me, and Neji is not afraid of me!"

Neji looked at Naruto who was smiling brightly and silently turned his head away, and said in a disdainful tone as much as possible: "...There is nothing terrible about a guy who is being bullied by a group of children. He must be too weak." After finishing speaking , subconsciously took a bite of the ball in his hand.

Sweet and soft, mung bean flavor.

It seems that it is quite delicious...