The land of fire, inside Konoha Village.

It's been more than a month since the Konoha Collapse Project.

The village, which had been badly damaged by the war, has finally been restored to its original appearance after a period of restoration.

Although the people have not yet recovered from the wounds of the war, watching them busy with the reconstruction of the village will make it clear that the gloom that hangs over the village will not last long.

At sunset, in the intelligence torture room of the dark department.

Tian Tian is slowly walking out of it, step by step, it looks like she is very weak!

"Are you alright, Tiantian?"

Ah Kai and Xiao Li, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, were looking at her with worried faces.

"I'm fine, Mr. Akai, Lee!"

Although he waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, his low tone every day proved everything.

"I'm sorry, it's all the teacher's fault, I didn't chase Ning Ci back."

Akai looked at Tian Tian, who had been depressed since Ning Ci's defection, and couldn't help but blame himself.

"Don't worry about me, Mr. Akai, I'll be alone for a while."

With a smile barely floating on his face, he raised his head every day to look at Akai with a concerned face, and said slowly.

"Really, don't push yourself, every day?"

Knowing the mood of his disciples at the moment, Akai knew that he couldn't force them to forget everything, so he could only stare at the girl in front of him with his eyes, and his tone was still unstoppably concerned.

"You'd better go visit Kakashi-sensei, I'm really fine."

Tiantian forced a smile to show that he was really fine, but at this moment this girl seemed extremely vulnerable.

"I understand your feelings, but you can't be immersed in pain all the time, it's okay to release your emotions when necessary!"

After reaching out and patting Tian Tian on the shoulder, Akai had done everything he had to do, looking at Tian Tian who was still smiling, he could only shake his head and choose to continue to explain the girl.

"I see, Mr. Akai!"

After nodding, the girl's gaze seemed a little distracted, as if there was no focus.

"Li, you can take a walk with Tiantian."

Seeing that his disciple was distracted, Akai could only sigh secretly in his heart, and then commanded Xiao Li on the side.

"Leave it to me, Mr. Akai."

Xiao Li, who had never interjected, patted his chest and said.

Akai nodded, and the figure left the place in a flash.

On the street at sunset, there was only the shadow of the two of them.

"Every day, I understand your feelings, but just like what Mr. Akai said, since you and I can't change that fact, why can't we think about the good side?"

Looking at Tiantian, who was silent along the way, Xiao Li, as a companion, finally spoke.

"Xiao Li ......"

A little surprised that Xiao Li, who had always been rough-witted, comforted himself, biting his lip every day, and his originally low mood finally changed a little.

"Compared to facing the fate of death when you return to the village, Ning Ci is at least alive now, isn't he?"

Xiao Li turned his head, and the perseverance revealed in his eyes touched Tiantian, who had been immersed in depression and could not extricate himself.

"yes, it's a lot better to think about it!"

Under the sunset, the girl raised her head and looked at the afterglow of the sunset in the sky, and at that moment she also understood how disappointing her previous self was.

"Ning Ci, I really want to see you again!

At sunset, the girl still murmured her wishes. ”

Short Ce Street, a small country street away from the land of fire.

It's a bustling town born of gambling and sightseeing, and it's a constant stream of people coming and going every day.

Although gambling is the economic lifeblood of this town more than sightseeing.

Even the center of town, the wooden tower that has been built for some years, was only built because of the high profits of the gambling industry.

In the crowd that came and went, there were two more special guys.

The white-haired man in the red jacket was followed by a young blonde imp, who seemed to be inquiring about something from one casino to another, and it was not clear if they had received useful information, but it was clear from the look on his frown.

On the path away from Short Ce Street, a man in a red cloud robe with a wind chime hat tied to his head was waiting quietly under a large tree.

"Did you find it, absolutely?"

Looking at the man who was half of his body floating from the ground, the man under the tree asked rhetorically.

"I found the woman you were talking about, but I found something more interesting than that woman!"

Looking at Ning Ci standing under the tree, Hei Jue seemed to have found something interesting, and said in a hoarse tone.

"yes, I found something interesting too, not so long ago."

Looking at his companion beside him, Ning Ci lifted the hat, revealing a pair of white eyes under his eyes, and these eyes, which were strange in the eyes of ordinary people, looked straight in the direction of Short Ce Street.

"Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, and the human pillar force of the Nine-Tails, how can you do it, Ning Ci?"

This time it was Bai Jue who spoke, and what he said was even more unreliable than his out-of-the-box tone.

"Don't say stupid things, Bai Jue, now is not the time to reclaim the Tailed Beast, and that person is not a general, we have no reason to fight that kind of enemy now."

Before Ning Ci could answer, Hei Jue in the same body had already rejected this idea.

"Nine-Tails' human pillar force, Uzumaki Naruto?"

It seemed that being touched by this name reminded Ning Ci of something, and with a flash of light in his eyes, the name of that guy was inexplicably pronounced out of his mouth.

"Follow that fat sheep, Orochimaru shouldn't make us wait too long!"

After a while, Ning Ci came back to his senses and looked in the direction of Short Ce Street and said slowly.

After all, he was injured by the move of sealing the nine tails, even this big snake pill, who is known for his vitality, may not be able to hold on for too long, so the patience of the snake today is extremely poor, as long as he waits quietly by the woman's side, this guy will throw himself into the net!

"What about that Jiraiya, you must know that he is also looking for that woman,"

The body had completely detached from the ground, Hei Jue looked at Ning Ci on the side and asked.

"Don't worry about him, as long as he doesn't hinder our actions, there is no need to fight him, after all, it is the legendary three ninjas, and it is very difficult to fight against the two at the same time!"

Knowing where his boundaries were, although he hated that nine-tailed kid, Ning Ci would not act recklessly.

In the short street, with the inquiries of Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki one by one, they finally came to the location of Tsunade.

Far from the street, Tsunade, who was perched next to a gambling machine, frowned at the high rewards piled up at his feet. I unexpectedly felt uneasy in my heart.

"It's really rare, Tsunade-sama, who is bound to lose every gamble, actually has a time for transit!"

Shizune, who was holding the piglet on the side, watched this scene, and couldn't control his mood and became excited, after all, Tsunade lost too much money along the way, and this time there were occasional signs of returning to the capital, which made Shizune even more nervous.

"Let's go, mute."

However, seeing that he actually won the jackpot even later, Tsunade felt inexplicably irritable in his heart, pushed away the chair and stood up.

"Why, Tsunade-sama?"

Shizune asked puzzled, and at this time, even the little pig and guinea pig in Shizun's arms nodded and seemed to agree with this statement.

"I have a bad premonition, so let's get out of here early!"

Looking at everything prosperous around him, Tsunade felt even more inexplicably uneasy.

Not far from Short Ce Street, a cold man in a kimono was slowly walking towards this place with Yakushidou.