[Hokage] Flower Time

Before leaving for Konoha Village, Hanatoki meets Sasuke again.

It was mid-afternoon, and the weather in early summer was slightly swelteringly hot.Low shrubs grew densely around the feet, and now and then the gray surface of the rocks was scattered with leaves.Sasuke, who had already put on the black-bottomed red cloud robe, had already taken off the bandages on his forehead, shoulders and neck, and he pinned his Kusanagi sword to his waist, looking very cold.

Different from his indifferent expression, his eyes could not be concealed. When he kept looking at Hua, he secretly looked away, just like his lips that opened and closed several times, hesitating and hesitating.With such a somewhat familiar demeanor, Huashi couldn't help but think of Uchiha Itachi.

"What's wrong with you? Talk half, hide half, hesitating, hesitating, is this your brother's genetic disease?" She looked at Sasuke, and there was a rare ridicule in her words: "Yao is not so easy to deal with. Yes, let's make some preparations earlier. I still have things to do, so I won't accompany you."

Granted, she did have a lot to say to Sasuke, but Penn wasn't someone who would just wait.If she was one step late, the Nine Tails who passed her by twice might be hunted away by others.

"You..." Huashi's urging, which symbolized the exhaustion of patience, made Sasuke finally speak out. He frowned slightly and asked, "That day... the day you told me the truth, you said, Itachi was the first one that night. The person he killed was a good friend he grew up with."

"Who is that person?" Sasuke asked.

Hua Shi was startled, and after a few seconds, he asked back: "Is the answer important?"

Her words were a little careless, and compared with Sasuke's slightly frowning appearance, her expression seemed very indifferent.Tian's gaze was idly looking at the distant sky, and he continued to speak calmly: "He is an innocent child who knows nothing."

"Did you also participate in that mission?"

"How should I put it..." Hua Shi was a little distressed, and there was obvious impatience in his tone: "Whether I participated or not - speaking, it is a very complicated matter. Even if I tell it, no one will believe it. Self-certification is also very troublesome...forget it, let's not talk about it."

Her words were full of laziness.

Too much time has passed, and there is no need to explain these unimportant things to her.These so-called truths that should have been buried in the darkness were indifferent to her.

"I'm very busy." She looked at the black-haired boy in front of her and said, "If you want to find Itachi's past from me, or want me to change back to the old sister who always played hide-and-seek with you, that's impossible. Yes. I have my own business to do."

"You think too much." Sasuke snorted coldly, expressing disdain for her words: "I am no longer a child, and I am not innocent. I don't need you to do such ridiculous things. Put away your superficial words." Pity and contempt."

"Okay." Hua Shi straightened her expression, so as not to really show the slightest contempt - although in her opinion, Sasuke's strength is indeed not strong enough.She always unnaturally compares Sasuke with Itachi back then.Conclusions can be drawn without hesitation at all.

Maybe it was just the occasional flood of curiosity that made Sasuke ask these questions, and after he got an answer that he didn't know, Sasuke stopped asking.The partners of Eagle Squad were standing behind a rock not far behind him, talking to each other in low voices.The girl named Xianglin kept watching Sasuke's movements, as if she was worried that she would do something to him when Huahua was blooming.

"You're going to Konoha Ninja Village, right?" Sasuke said suddenly.

"Ah, yes." Huashi, who was about to lift his feet to leave, nodded, a little puzzled why he suddenly asked her whereabouts.After thinking about it for a while, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you still have the so-called 'companionship' towards that Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

"No." As soon as Hua Shi's voice fell, Sasuke quickly answered the question, as if hesitating for a few seconds was his veto.Immediately afterwards, he said: "The group of ninjas in Konoha Ninja Village have nothing to do with me."

"That's good." She raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm leaving, see you later, my companion...Sasuke-kun."

Huashi said, and then jumped into the forest not far away.

×

This base is not far from the Fire Country, but within a day and a half, she, Payne, Xiaonan and his party met in the forest not far from Konoha Ninja Village.The lush forest surrounding Konoha Ninja Village is full of verdant green, with different shades of green, as if someone has painted with different shades of paint with a green pen.

The sky is fine, the clouds are thin, and a round of sun hangs above the distant blue sky.The light passes through the gaps in the leaves, illuminating the scenery not far away for them.A faint corner of the tall fence surrounding Konoha Ninja Village was exposed, and Yan Yan, who was engraved with the heads of previous Hokages, showed a somewhat dark yellow color.

Huashi is both familiar and unfamiliar with the village where he has lived for 12 years.At this moment, she lowered her eyes to stare at the corner of Yan Yan in the distance, and turned to her leader.

Even if he has been a companion for many years, he seldom sees Payne himself during Huashi.She knew Payne's appearance and some of his abilities, and she also heard about the leader's five humanoid pendants.This is the first time she has acted with Payne in several years, and she couldn't help but start to look at the leader who replaced Obito and controlled the Akatsuki organization on the surface.

Short orange hair and the appearance of a young man—Penn looked the same as when she saw him back then.However, his partner, Xiao Nan, whom the people of the Country of Rain respectfully called "herald angel", had a slight change in appearance.

"Let me enter Konoha first?" She asked: "I can try to go directly through the barrier, so that the disturbance will be less."

"No need." Payne said, "Go straight in."

It seems that the leader is determined to win the Kyuubi.

"Breaking directly into the barrier will attract a lot of ninjas..." she reminded aloud, although she didn't think Payne hadn't considered this.As the leader of the Akatsuki organization, he naturally has the strength to match his name, so he has the power to dare to directly enter Konoha Ninja Village.

Even Obito dared not tell Konoha Shinobu village that he had invaded blatantly—maybe, maybe, Obito would rather sneak in by rubbing against the surface until his ass caught fire.

"You didn't need to come in the first place. Now is the time when combat power is lacking." Payne looked at her expressionlessly and said, "There are still other tailed beasts to capture."

Xiao Nan answered, seeming to explain Payne's actions: "Payne hasn't failed yet."

"It's really disappointing." Hua Shi spread his hands: "I just want to catch Jiuwei with my own hands. I didn't have the chance to catch him twice, which makes me feel a little unhappy."

"Although you are my leader," she said, "I'm sorry to say—please allow me to go ahead. The Kyuubi, which I missed because of Madara's obstruction, I am determined to win."

"This is not a childish competitive game." Xiao Nan said in a deep voice, trying to stop her from acting against her instructions, but after waving her hand, Hua Shi went straight towards Konoha Shinobi Village.

She quickly left the combination of Zero Wu and Baihu behind, and came outside the barrier of Konoha Ninja Village.As long as you pass through this layer of enchantment, and then pass through the tall ring wall that does not hinder at all, you can directly enter Konoha Ninja Village.For her who has Sharingan, it is okay to enter from the main entrance grandly, but that may attract more people's attention, which is not suitable for her actions.

When she left Konoha Ninja Village many years ago, she used other gods to obtain the enchantment formula from an Anbu member. Now it has been a long time, and the formula has been slightly changed.After pondering for a while, she unlocked the new technique and passed through the barrier without a sound.

Climbing up the tall wall, she covered her figure with a protruding thick tree trunk, overlooking the scenery of Konoha Ninja Village from the gaps in the branches and leaves.The villagers here are unaware of the coming attack, they are still busy with their own affairs, and the village is full of hustle and bustle.

At a glance, she spotted a few children returning from school, chasing and playing in the street.Looking at those carefree children, she couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

While contemplating, a straight figure pierced through the air from the very center of the barrier, passing through the barrier indifferently.The chakra fluctuations caught the attention of the ninjas from the enchantment class, and almost instantly, several teams of ninjas rushed towards the direction of the person's invasion.

Looking at the familiar red cloud robe with a black background, Hua Shi let go of the branch he was holding on to.

——Payne's movement is really big enough. In this way, I am afraid that the ninjas in the whole village will find out about this undisguised invasion.

It is really not an easy task to capture Jiuwei with his own hands.

Although she didn't care much about anything other than her elder brother, things like "letting Kyuubi escape from her hands" still hit her a little bit coddled - she still remembered that Hidan made her unable to bear it. I can't help but want to knock ten hooligans laughing away—it's really disgusting.

Now, she wants to catch Nine Tails with her own hands again, but there is another powerful leader to compete with her for the prey.

While thinking about it, Huashi locked the target in mid-air.She passed over the roof, her figure was extremely fast, and she ran straight towards the red-roofed building under Hokage Yanyan—that was the office building belonging to Hokage.

Muye Village suddenly became chaotic, and suddenly there was an explosion and the collapse of houses from nowhere.She landed on the window sill of Hokage's office and put her hand on the window.

Two Anbu members who were squatting outside the office spotted her in an instant, quickly drew out their weapons and attacked her, trying to send a contact signal.Before their hands reached into the ninja bag, Hana hit them at the key point with his elbow.Taking advantage of the pause between the two of them, she hooked her hands on the window eaves, swung back, then took out her own kunai, and threw it forward.

Accurate projection, coupled with the observation ability of Sharingan, the two kunai accurately penetrated their vitals.Before they could make a sound, they quietly fell to the ground.With the sound of their bodies falling to the ground, the people in Hokage's office were startled.