The maid prepared the tea and went down, leaving only Shiraishi and Uchiha Quartet in the living room, as well as the Uchiha Kamishino Guard.

After the Uchiha Quartet finished using the tea, he looked around the living room, and then said: "There are still no obvious changes here and in the past, since childhood, Ruri is a special child." How's it going, it's sometimes hard to get along with her, right? ”

He smiled kindly.

"I don't find it particularly difficult to get along with."

After Shiraishi finished speaking, he secretly observed the Uchiha Quartet.

Dressed in a black kimono that has faded from fashion but is finely made, he has white hair, wrinkles, a thin face, and a beard under his chin.

The body should be considered a relatively thin type, and the body is a little rickety, but it gives people not a body full of devastation, but a majestic and awe-inspiring momentum.

When he was younger, he must have been a battle-hardened ninja.

Even now that he is retired, the majesty that belongs to the elite ninja is becoming more and more precipitated at this age, and it looks extraordinary.

"Is there something wrong with the Quartet Elder coming to find Liuli?"

"It's not an important thing, I mainly haven't been out for a long time, and I happened to pass by here today, so I came in and had a look."

The Quartet Elder said casually.

Because Bai Shi didn't know this Quartet Elder, he wasn't sure if the other party really came here to hang out casually.

It's just that this reason is quite reasonable, and people can't see the flaws.

However, he had heard Ruri say before that this Quartet Elder was the leader of the radical faction of the Uchiha clan, and his status in the Uchiha clan was above the patriarch.

It is said that he used to be a follower of that Uchiha Madara, and since the death of the second Hokage Senjuma, the Hokage Ichikage family, headed by the third Hokage, is also very jealous of this old man's ability.

Although on the surface, this is just a reclusive old man who was once majestic and now takes a back seat and doesn't care about the world.

For the general questions of the Quartet Elders, Bai Shi just answered them one by one, no matter what, he is also Liuli's mentor, and he can't be easily neglected.

"Have you ever considered getting married?"

Elder Quartet asked suddenly, as if he was just talking casually just like just now.

"Huh?"

Shiraishi was stunned for a moment.

This kind of question didn't surprise him, but it made him feel very strange about the sudden suggestion of such a thing.

"Today's young people don't know why they have become so mother-in-law, in our era, as long as both parties look at each other, they basically get married in the first and second years."

The Quartet Elders seemed to be complaining.

Shiraishi smiled awkwardly.

"You two will be eighteen years old after this year, and it's time to think about getting married. Ninja is a highly dangerous profession, and it is not surprising when it dies, but it is better to leave offspring earlier. ”

The Quartet Elder whispered in such a whisper, no different from an ordinary old man who was in a hurry to hold his grandson.

This kind of words are like cursing others to death, which is really unlucky. Shiraishi complained in his heart.

But since the other party is an elder, Shiraishi can only complain in his heart.

"Well, I'll seriously consider it with Ruri."

Only then did the Quartet Elder smile with satisfaction and continue to drink tea.

"Alright, it's almost time, and it's time for me to go."

"So fast? Why don't you stay for dinner? ”

Shiraishi stood up with Elder Sifang and asked him to have dinner here.

"Don't bother. Originally, I just wanted to go out for a walk and see if the village was any different from before. When people get old, they become attached to the things they used to do. ”

Shiraishi could only nod yes.

In front of this Quartet Elder, even the three generations of Hokage have to call themselves juniors, let alone a new generation of ninjas like Shiraishi.

It's just that when he thinks of worrying about the affairs of the Uchiha clan at such an age, and serving as the leader of the Uchiha radical faction, this Quartet Elder may not be as weak as he seems, at least the ambition of his youth has not been extinguished in his heart.

Let Shiraishi stay at the door, and the Quartet Elder continued to walk forward with the Uchiha Shinobi guards beside him, and did not return the same way, did he really come out for a walk?

Bai Shi stood at the door and thought, he really couldn't figure out what this Quartet Elder was thinking, anyway, it had nothing to do with him, there was no need to be attached to this kind of thing.

"Do you really want to do this? Quartet Elders? ”

On the way forward, the Shangnin Guards beside the Elders of the Four Directions couldn't help but ask.

"Leaving the fire, this is the only way out for the Uchiha clan now."

The kind smile on the face of the Elder of the Four Directions disappeared and became incomparably deep and indifferent.

"If Ruri had known, you would have died. You know better than I know what kind of person she is. ”

"For the sake of a younger and more vigorous Uchiha flame, shouldn't I feel fortunate that my old bones still have a role at this age?"

The guardian Shinobu Uchiha sighed from the fire.

Yes, as Liuli's mentor, how could the Quartet Elders not understand the other party's character.

It was after the other party understood this that he made this decision to sacrifice himself and protect his clan.

"The current Uchiha clan is like me on this path. A thousand hands have forced our people to the point where we can only take this one path. ”

The old man who was dying of old age, walking on a road solemnized by the night, could not see the light.

"But the three generations of Hokage, he's trying to repair the village's relationship with our clan."

Lihuo's face was a little unbearable.

At this age, the Quartet Elder should have enjoyed his old age in peace, instead of continuing to fight in the political arena and sacrificing his life to light the way forward for the clan.

"It's just a raccoon dog. Ape Fei Ri slashed this little ghost, either in the process of thinking of a way, or in the process of trying to find a way to solve it, it will never be possible to get a positive answer from his mouth. Sooner or later, the Uchiha will be ruined by his hesitant political stance of 'finding a way'. is the Hokage, but the decisiveness and responsibility of the shadowless are far worse than those of a thousand hands. ”

The Quartet Elder snorted coldly.

Silence from the fire.

He thought of the conflict between Root and Ruri a few years ago.

I thought about a lot of things from earlier.

Every time the Hokage is maintaining balance, but there are some things that involve the principles of the village, which are obviously not tolerated and must be balanced.

As the Elder of the Four Directions said, you can trust the Hokage Ape Tobi Hichi's loyalty to Konoha and his love for the entire village, but you can't trust his ability to govern.

The root can be said to be the darkness born of his connivance and hesitation.

"The Uchiha can only save themselves in the future, don't pin the hopes of the clan on outsiders. The men and women of the Uchiha, even if they die, can only die on the battlefield. Let's go, get away from the fire. ”

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Late, seven o'clock.

"Are you back? It's hard to carry out the task outside, hurry up and come over to eat, if you don't eat again, it will be cold. ”

At the dining table, Shiraishi had already set up the dishes and chopsticks, waiting for Ruri to come over and enjoy dinner together.

Ruri didn't say anything, just sat at the table as usual, eating dinner with Shiraishi.

"How's your mission today?"

"It's a very usual C-level mission, and next year I'll take those three imps to take the middle ninja exam, and as long as I pass, I can go to the A-level mission. There's nothing to be fun with in C-rank missions. ”

When Baishi heard Ruri say this, he could only express his silence for the three shinobi in the Ruri team.

C-rank and D-rank missions do not involve ninja battles, but from B-rank quests onwards, the difficulty of the quests will change qualitatively, and you will encounter ninja battles.

In A-level missions, you will encounter an enemy at the upper ninja level, and if you are not careful, you will fail, and it will also lead to the annihilation of the whole army.

Nakashinobi is indeed qualified to take on B-level and A-class missions.

Generally speaking, when a member of the team has just become a middle ninja's upper ninja team, the captain will also carefully choose B-level tasks, accumulate experience, and then go to A-level tasks.

But Shiraishi wants to use the temperament of Liuli, and after the three lower ninjas in the team become middle ninjas, it is estimated that he will directly choose to start accumulating experience from A-level tasks.

Rather than leading the Shinobi, Ruri prefers to have fun for herself.

A-rank missions are indeed much more interesting than B-rank and C-rank missions, although for new mid-rank ninjas, they can die at any time.

No matter how bad the upper ninja is, it can also carry out a crushing battle against the middle ninja.

The difference between each level of the ninja is very large.

"By the way, Elder Sifang came to you today, you weren't at home, he drank a cup of tea here and left."

Shiraishi thought of something, and told Ruri about the visit of the Quartet Elders in the evening.

"Elders of the Quartet?"

Liuli ate for a moment, and then frowned.

"What, aren't you happy? I remember that he once taught you all kinds of ninja fighting techniques, you respect him a lot, right? ”

"A rotten old man on the verge of death."

Ruri snorted coldly.

"That's a faux pas."

"Did he say anything too much to you when he came here?"

There was a look of dissatisfaction in Liuli's eyes.

Now the Uchiha clan holds important positions in the clan, all of them are ninjas of the radical faction, and the Uchiha Quartet is the leader of the Uchiha radical faction.

In her eyes, the radicals had problems with their brains.

They are so passionate about the power of the village that they seem to think that the only way to save the Uchiha is to become the Hokage.

Indulging in the glory of the past, it can be said that it is a combination of force and arrogance, except for stupid guys who have no brains.

Although Ruri didn't clearly separate herself from them, she also knew that she couldn't fit into that atmosphere.

His own power and mind are incompatible with the environment there.

Even the Quartet Elder, she hadn't been there for a long time.

Even if the Quartet Elder had the method of opening the Kaleidoscope Writing Wheel in her hands, she didn't want to meet the people who made her dissatisfied, and when she went to the Hokage, she was even more businesslike, and she didn't want to have too much contact, so the rejection and dissatisfaction were clearly written on her face.

And after cultivating the immortal mode, how about the kaleidoscope writing wheel eye, do you need it or not, and you are not so keen on this legendary pupil technique.

What's more, after cultivating immortal arts, Liuli feels that her mood can calm down many times and think about problems with a calm mind.

Of course, there are moments when you can't calm down.

Thinking of this, Liuli glared at Baishi with unhappy eyes and ate two bites of food.

Shiraishi looked dazed, not knowing where he had her off again?

Is it because when I hugged two days ago, I kissed for 30 seconds less?

Why don't you catch it up tonight?

"Why, he just came to take a look, I think he's a very kind old man."

Shiraishi told the truth.

Listening to Ayane, the elders of the Hyuga clan are very old-fashioned and mean, and they always have rules and regulations, which makes her feel very bored, but she always has to keep a smile on her face.

And in such a comparison, Shiraishi found that the Quartet Elder, although he held an important position in the Uchiha clan, had a good personality, and he did not object to the matter of himself and Ruri, but agreed with it.

What an enlightened elder.

"Don't be deceived by his kind appearance, his political skills are even more terrifying than the three generations. Until now, I couldn't see what he was thinking or what he was plotting. In short, you be careful. ”

Ruri's expression was serious.

"It's not that scary, is it?"

"He's a hardliner who can talk and laugh with you one second, and get rid of you with a smile the next, and he's a cold-blooded old guy to the extreme. The useful and useless things in the family have already been decided in his heart. ”

Bai Shi was a little surprised to hear Liuli comment on the kind and kind Quartet Elder.

In his early years, many Uchiha people opposed him as the leader of the radical faction, but within a few years, he was the only voice left in the Uchiha clan. The people who voted against him are now not a single one left, and they have either died in the mission or mysteriously disappeared. Among the Uchiha clan, he is the most feared guy in the Hokage family. ”

"Really?"

Knowing that Liuli would not exaggerate, it seems that the Quartet Elder is really a great person.

To be old and not to die is to be a thief...... That's what it means.

After all, the other party is also an old antique that has gone through the Warring States period and the Konoha establishment era, survived the first and second generations of Hokage, and has been in power for the third generation of Hokage until now, and is still alive.

It is not an exaggeration to call him a witness of the times.

But...... What does this have to do with him?

He is the man that the future star of their clan has a crush on, no matter what, he won't hit him with his idea, right?

Thinking about it this way, Shiraishi felt much more at ease.

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December passed quickly, and the time came to January.

Because of the arrival of the New Year's festival, Konoha Village began to be lively.

The tasks on the hands of the ninjas stopped, and only the ninjas with special professions were still working overtime at their posts.

Many of the Konoha ninjas who defended at the border returned to the village for the New Year.

However, the situation in Shayin Village is still calm, and there is no awareness of starting a war.

If it weren't for the fact that there were a large number of medicines and materials purchased by the Aster Flower Company on the order of the Aster Flower Company, and even now, the Aster Flower Company was still asking the Aster Flower Company to step up the manufacture of medical supplies, not only medicines, but also medical gauze, medical cotton, bandages, etc., Shiraishi wondered if the Sand Cain Village had given up the idea of attacking the Fire Country.

Could it be that Shayin Village also wants to have a happy New Year, hold a lively New Year's festival, and then start the war after the New Year?

If you think about it this way, that Lord of the Three Generations of Kazekage seems to be quite humane.

It's like you don't want to see blood during the New Year, after all, the signs of war during the New Year are ominous.

On the night of the Konoha New Year's Festival.

"How?"

Ruri, who had changed into a kimono, gently turned around and showed Shiraishi her beautiful figure.

The long black hair comparable to silk is flying, the light blue kimono is fresh and elegant, with a little good-looking printed on it, the color is very bright, and the moon-white ribbon around the waist is tied into a bow behind the back, which adds a bit of agility, without the usual indifference, and the eyes are much gentler.

"It's beautiful."

Shiraishi replied a little dizzy.

It seems that leaving Konoha after the Chinese New Year is also a good choice.

It's just how to explain to Liuli, and when to choose to confess...... Shiraishi had an even bigger headache.

Obviously, he is not a hesitant person, why would he drop the chain at such a critical time?

Holding hands with Ruri, he walked out of the Uchiha clan's clan.

When I arrived at the commercial street in the village, I saw a sea of people in front of me.

Rather than calling the village, Shiraishi prefers to use the word town to describe the size of Konoha Village.

I bought some barbecue at a barbecue stall and ate it while walking, but openly played a game of feeding each other on the street.

Although he was a little ashamed and embarrassed, seeing that Ruri's face was blushing and a little happy, Shiraishi was cheeky.

"Ahem......"

I choked on it because I was in too much of a hurry.

"Stupid, you're in too much of a hurry."

"Sorry, it's so delicious."

"What's so delicious?"

Ruri looked up at Shiraishi.

With the beautiful and lively festival as the background, the girl's long black hair hung down to her waist, like a gentle moonlight, and her eyes flickered.

"Hmmm......"

This question is really philosophical, is the food delicious, or is it the unmarried girl who is 'delicious'?

When Shiraishi was about to answer, a familiar voice intervened, and it was very unceremoniously a little ridiculous:

"You two imps, is it fun to put flashbangs in a place like this?"

Tsunade wears a blue kimono with pale yellow flower ornaments, which has a bit of a lady's temperament.

And he has a great mind that can make countless warriors earn their heads and blood.

Beside her, Shizun, who was also wearing a small kimono, was staring at Shiraishi and Ruri with a curious expression.

I didn't expect such an ordinary person as Senior Shiraishi to have such a beautiful girlfriend.

I really underestimated him.

That's what she had in mind.

"Tsunade-sensei, and Mute, you two are there too?"

"With such a lively festival, how can you afford not to come out and have a big drink?"

Tsunade's bold voice directly destroyed her beautiful temperament.

"Is that so?"

To be drunk at such a happy festival?

Shiraishi saw Shizune standing there helplessly, and knew how hard she was going to work tonight.

"Yo, Tsunade, you're here."

Another voice intervened.

Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, has taken off his ninja costume and put on casual clothes, but he has a mature masculinity.

Although the smile on his face is still hanging.

And the eyes have been peeking at Tsunade's great mind as if nothing.

Perverts.

Beside him was a pale-complexioned man who felt cold-blooded like a snake.

The same is the big snake pill of the three ninjas.

Is tonight a three-ninja party? Shiraishi thought to himself.

But since there are these two people, he doesn't have to worry, after Tsunade gets drunk like this, Shizune works hard to send Tsunade home alone.

"It's you, Jiraiya. Didn't you say you were going to spend this festival with Watergate? ”

Tsunade asked.

"Don't say it, the young people nowadays are really better than the other. Watergate and Kushina are together, and I used to be a light bulb that only embarrassed them. ”

Jiraiya smiled helplessly.

"Do you idiot still have the time to think about other people's feelings?"

Tsunade is unforgiving.

"How about a drink tonight? Orochimaru is also together, we haven't drunk together for a long time, right? ”

Jirai didn't care about Tsunade's sneering attitude, but invited Tsunade over for a drink.

"Don't pull me along."

Orochimaru frowned with a headache, these two people can drink the most at every party, and regardless of the distress of others, they drink until they can't walk.

The character is poor, and the wine is even worse.

"Does it matter? Behind that guy with Tuanzang, you've been getting colder and colder to me lately, and now is the time to renew your friendship. ”

Jiraiya hooked Orochimaru's shoulders and grinned.

"Stupid."

Orochimaru snorted and twisted his face away.

"It doesn't matter if one person drinks three people...... Hmm, by the way, Boy Shiraishi, can I ask you a favor? ”

Tsunade looked at Shiraishi.

"Busy? What's busy? ”

"The three of us are going to drink, and I'll leave the silence to you."

Tsunade pushed out the overwhelmed mute.

Shiraishi was about to say something, but Tsunade and Jiraiya were drifting away from Orochimaru on the street, and all she could see was waving her hand.

"Well, then, I'll bother you."

“……”

Don't give him an excuse to refuse.

Shiraishi scratched his head in annoyance.

Damn, in this way, there is no way to secretly do something shameful with Liuli.

Tsunade-sensei, you demon! You're not a medical ninja at all!

"That, Shiraishi-senpai, Ruri-senpai, I'll trouble you. Don't worry, I won't make a mess for you. ”

Shizune walked over and bowed meekly.

"How can you say troublesome? Actually, I think it's a little more lively when there are more people. ”

Shiraishi continued to scratch his head and smile.

"Hypocrisy."

Liuli interjected coldly.

Walked towards a clothing store.

Shiraishi said to Shizune, "Mute, how about you play alone first?" I'll pick you up later. ”

Shizune thought about it, and knew that he could only be a light bulb with Shiraishi and Ruri, not only would the other party be embarrassed, but he would also be embarrassed, although he nodded.

"Then I'll just get something to eat there."

Mute pointed to the barbecue restaurant not far away where Shiraishi and Ruri had just been.

"Good. Then please, when Liuli and I finish shopping, I'll come and pick you up. ”

Shiraishi took out the money from his wallet and put it in Shizun's hand, telling her to go and have a good meal.

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Damn it! Damn it!

It's the last festival in Konoha, but I can't kiss me with Shiraishi-kun!

This is what Ayane Hinata has in mind.

Although she was wearing a kimono given to her by Shiraishi, it still couldn't satisfy and fill her hollow body.

She had a lot of things in front of her, such as takoyaki, yakitori, and yakisoba, which she stuffed into her mouth one by one to vent her dissatisfaction.

"Boss, another fifty skewers of takoyaki, ten bowls of char siu ramen! Hurry up! ”

"Okay, okay, wait a minute."

Obviously a very cute girl, why is she so able to eat? The shopkeeper looked at the girl who was eating in the store with a frightened gaze, and his heart was uneasy.

If this continues, it feels like his small shop is going bankrupt.

After all, it was he who wrote the slogan 'You can eat for three hours in a row' on the front of the store, and you don't have to pay.

In order to attract people, he ended up catching a real queen with a big stomach.

Now the other party has been eating for an hour and a half in a row, eating every minute and every second, and his hands and mouth can't stop at all.

"Even though Hizo-sama allows us to have a little fun, you don't have to eat like this."

On the side, acting with Ayane, Hinata split the family to shinobi Hinata Fuyuma, watching the mountains of food in front of Ayane fade at a speed visible to the naked eye, and I was a little dumbfounded.

If it weren't for the identification of Ayane, he really suspected that Ayane was a spy sent by the Akido clan to the Hyuga clan.

No, even the Autumn Dao clan rarely has something like this.

"Anyway, it's not just our group that protects the Hizoku adults, why don't the seniors in winter come and eat together?"

"No need. My mission is to protect Hizoga-sama. ”

"Oh."

Originally, it meant to him, and Ayane didn't want him to sit down and eat together, which was quite self-aware.

Just the thought of not being able to spend the last festival in Konoha with Shiraishi tonight, and also doing some embarrassing things with Ruri, hugging, kissing, and ......

Ayane's heart once again turned her grief and anger into food, full of dark emotions.

Tremble, all Konoha restaurants that hold free tastings of Big Stomach King tonight!

See the power of the Hyuga clan's white eyes!

Ayane took a bite and took a bite, ahhh......hh

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Humans are really noisy creatures.

This is the only thought in General Tu's mind.

He just doesn't have the ability to speak, but he's not mentally retarded.

He buried himself in the soil, and he could feel the noise and noise of Konoha at the moment.

So, because of this hustle and bustle, he had no motivation to swim freely in the soil.

Obviously, it is such a noisy world, and you can go deeper into the ground, where you will not have a sound to swim, but why should you yearn for such a noise?

There was a light in his dark eyes, and he stayed in the dark corner, silently watching the festival of Konoha.

If only one day, I could participate in such an event in the open......

The child ran over his head and stepped on his head by the way.

“……”

Konoha is so annoying.

Another day, he will be quiet by stuffing a few detonators in his house.

However, there is no task today, so the time is really free.

Usually used to running errands, but now that he is suddenly idle, General Tu suddenly doesn't know what to do.

The younger sister of Tenyu and the younger brother of Thunder Ming Maru work in the country of ghosts, and the younger sister of the shadow dancer is always like a child who does not grow up, sticking to her father and mother.

Although he was only three years old, his father said that he was no longer a child, but a mature adult.

So you can't be coquettish, and you can't be as naïve as your younger siblings.

A man who loves his work is a mature man.

Even if it is a festival, you must be vigilant and not be careless.

General Tu worked diligently.

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Halfway through the festival, Shiraishi and Ruri returned early.

You can still feel the lively festival atmosphere in the village, and the event is still going on, and it should not end until midnight.

The sound of an explosion rang out in the night sky, and it was an incomparably brilliant fire that bloomed in the air, depicting a colorful and beautiful pattern.

"It's beautiful."

"yes."

Although the sporadic sparks are fleeting, all the sporadic sparks come together and make people feel moved.

Just like human beings, the light that one person can bloom is limited after all, but when everyone gathers together, the light that blooms will form the beauty of the night sky at this moment.

If one person's spark is fleeting, then ten people, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, and more people spark together, and that is the light of the prairie fire.

Villages, countries, and the world are all made up in this way.

What Shiraishi sees is not fireworks, but the love and hard work of human beings, who are doing their best to pursue their own happiness.

In the somewhat quiet courtyard, Shiraishi and Ruri watched the fireworks bloom in the night sky together, and although they were far away from the hustle and bustle, they also shared the joy and excitement with the people of Konoha.

Shiraishi couldn't help but pull Ruri into his arms, and Ruri also fell on Shiraishi's shoulder with a blushing face, snuggling up to each other, secretly savoring the happiness that belonged to the two of them.

Shiraishi gently combed his long glass hair like silk.

Gradually, all the sounds around me seemed to disappear, and even though the fireworks were still exploding, the sound was no longer visible, and only the fragments of fire shone in my eyes.

Only each other's heartbeats can be heard clearly.

Ruri took the initiative to kiss it.

Shiraishi also hugged her delicate waist and kissed her passionately.

The smoothness of the skin and the softness of the body are like a warm fire.

Then, the position is reversed suddenly.

“？”

Shiraishi looked at the girl riding on him in a daze, his face flushed.

At this point, there is no need to question anything or understand anything.

Let's do it. There was such a soft murmur in my ears.

Shiraishi, who understands everything, unties the ribbon of the kimono around the glazed waist.

Against the backdrop of the night and fireworks, the figure of the girl ** is particularly attractive.

We......

Let's sink together.

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At the end of the festival, the hustle and bustle is gone.

"That, little girl, our store is closing, aren't you leaving?"

The owner of the barbecue restaurant shouted to Mute, who was sitting outside with a cold breeze.

Mute didn't seem to hear the barbecue owner's shouts, just sat blankly on the cold-winded street, looking ahead.

Why......

Why......

Why hasn't Shiraishi-senpai come to pick me up yet?

Didn't you say okay, after buying things from Liuli's seniors, come and pick me up?

Shiraishi-senpai, you big liar!

I'll tell Tsunade-sama about this, and you'll just wait to die, Shiraishi-senpai!

Shizune's heart was full of grievances and anger.