Chapter 429: The First Clues

In Konoha Village, since Tsunade succeeded to the fifth generation, the turbulent situation has also calmed down, and the forces of all parties that are about to move have also died down, and the tentative behaviors, large and small, have also been reined in a lot.

The impact of Uchiha Sasuke's defection is still relatively large, there is no turmoil on the surface, and I don't know how many people are watching the jokes of Konoha Village in secret.

Of the two families that founded the village, the last Uchiha defected, and Senju was not far from disappearing.

Tsunade, the existence of the Hokage's fifth generation, brings not only strength and prestige, but also symbolism that cannot be ignored.

Although the strength is not as good as before, it is necessary to set up the banner of "the strongest ninja village in the ninja world", once this "tiger skin" can't hold up, it will bring a series of problems.

Fortunately, the situation has not gotten worse to the worst.

The Gushan family stepped in at the right time and helped the crumbling Konoha Village economy.

The price is not unacceptable, the economic independence has declined, and the Konoha ninja is busier, which is not a big problem, as long as the force is maintained at the top of the ninja world, everything can be pulled back.

It is in this situation that the thirteenth class of Konoha Shinobi has been completing various tasks in an orderly manner.

There is a fragrant phosphorus in the middle of the ninja, and it can take on more advanced tasks, even if the leading teacher is not there, there is also a backbone.

The other shinobi squads don't have that kind of good luck.

Because of the increased strength of the Gushan family, the control of the Fire Country, and even the entire ninja world is unprecedented, and some robbers and bandits hiding in the deep mountains and old forests have nothing to hide.

With the acceleration of economic development, the living standards of the people of the Fire Nation are generally rising.

As a result, the demand for hired ninjas is not as high as it used to be.

Except for the share of tasks provided by the Gushan family, which is rising, everything else is declining. Over time, Konoha Village's big customers have become more and more single, and their dependence on the Gusugi family has become stronger and stronger.

This is also the key to the rise of people like Mizuki who can introduce jobs with stable incomes.

There are a limited number of good high-level tasks, and the general ninja team can't grab the thirteenth class.

Whether it's Xiang Phosphorus, Kurama Yakumo or Usami, they don't rely much on task commissions to get by, however, the conventional rules are like this, and the more freedom a high-level ninja with excellent performance is to accept entrusted tasks, the more ordinary shinobi can only complete those D-level tasks that are not high-commissioned, take too long, and are more troublesome.

That's all, you have to break your head to grab it.

On another sunny early summer afternoon, after completing the task of exterminating the gang of wandering ninjas who committed crimes, Kaori said goodbye to Kurama Yakumo and Usami, and after returning home, she rested for a while and prepared for the arrival of her governess.

Recently, my father has arranged more and more tutoring courses, and even if there is a foundation for ninja schools, the content taught now is too esoteric, especially mathematics and physics, and naturalism, which are not only esoteric, but also complex.

In terms of liberal arts, the courses in literature, art, appreciation, psychology and sociology, and history are also very intense, and I have to study dance, vocal music, and etiquette in my free time.

After finishing the teaching, I finished the day's homework before I changed my clothes and went to have a small gathering with my friends.

When I came to a newly opened seafood barbecue restaurant and walked into the reserved private room, Kurama Yakumo, Usami, Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hinata, and Yamanaka Ino were already waiting.

"It's so slow!"

The straightforward Yamanaka Ino feigned anger and complained,

"I'm hungry, my stomach is growling."

"Sorry, something ......"

"Tutoring lessons? If you want me to say, with your ability, what strange knowledge do you need to learn? The eldest lady in my impression is not like this. ”

"What's so weird? It's not that exaggerated. ”

Xiang Phosphorus responded with a smile, without specific explanation, and after sitting down, let the waiter prepare to serve the food.

Konoha Village is located inland, and unlike coastal cities, there are many seafood outlets, and there are not many gourmet restaurants that feature it.

With a canal system stretching across the continent to Shinjuku Town, residents of Konoha Village can eat seafood at affordable prices.

Even so, the price of the seafood specialty food shop is still relatively high.

Become a full-fledged ninja, and after you have the ability to make money, you can only occasionally come to consume once or twice, ordinary children, but they don't have the economic strength.

After the grill, pot soup and sauce came up, several people were busy eating and drinking, sweet and spicy, some people liked it.

Speaking of which, a few girls, the amount of food is on the large side, and when they are ninjas, they consume a lot, especially Hinata Hinata, after the rigorous practice, her stomach is hungry quickly, and she can eat very much.

However, Hinata Hinata is not the most edible, and Usami is not far behind, only at a special time, he is compared to the other party, and the daily food is still the most mysterious Usami.

After eating the relatively delicate Haruno Sakura, he tasted a few bites, and then asked with a smile:

"Hinata said that the consumption of practicing soft boxing with the blood limit and white eyes is relatively large, what is the reason why Usami can eat it so much?"

"Probably, I also have the Blood Inheritance Limit."

Usami, who was half-joking, swallowed a large piece of fatty beef, and said lightly,

"Didn't you notice that I'm growing up fast now?"

"Quick? Where's the fast? ”

Sakura Haruno glanced at Usami's chest a few times, and then looked at Hinata Hinata who gradually had a surplus omen, and couldn't help but stiffen her face,

"Do you mean...... Haha, you're kidding, right? ”

"If you can eat, you can grow."

Kurama Yakumo and Kaori were indifferent to such a joke, only Yamanaka Ino seemed to believe it a little, sandwiched a few pieces of oily and shiny meat, put them in his mouth, and after barely chewing a few times, he forcibly swallowed them, and as a result, it was a piece of meat stained with wasabi, quite spicy, which choked Yamanaka Ino uncomfortably sneezed, and drank a few sips of sweet and sour juice before he could barely suppress it.

"It's not good to be picky eaters, eat a little."

The food piled up on the plate in front of him had disappeared for the most part, and Hinata Hinata wiped her mouth and glanced at Yamanaka Ino worriedly,

"We ...... It's not time to worry about that yet. ”

"Only people who don't have to worry about it can say things so calmly."

Sakura Haruno sighed.

Ever since he followed Tsunade to learn medical ninja, he didn't have that much leisure time on weekdays.

It was supposed to be an uneventful apprentice life, but he was suddenly caught off guard by the news of Sasuke Uchiha's defection.

In the past few months, I have been in a daze, and I don't know how it happened.

Although he also reacted to Tsunade and wanted to thoroughly investigate the defection of Sasuke Uchiha, the results were always disappointing.

The incident itself does not have much to question, and the only key person who has the hope of overturning this conclusion, Shimura Danzo, is a respected and highly decorated advisor elder in the village, and even Tsunade cannot take strong measures to investigate without any evidence.

If you want to wash away the stigma of treachery and forbearance on Sasuke Uchiha, there is no way to talk about it at all.

Class 7 has actually collapsed, Sasuke Uchiha defected, Naruto Uzumaki went on a trip, Sakura Haruno followed Tsunade to learn medical ninjutsu, and Kakashi Hagi, the leading teacher, was also often out on tasks and had no time to take care of the situation in Class 7.

Whether you want to admit it or not, the squad is dead in name.

In addition to being bored, I can only take advantage of the time when everyone is free, get together, have some fun, and relieve the depression in my heart.

"I really envy you, it's actually a team of three girls, and the teacher is also a female ninja, so it must be much more harmonious than our tenth class."

When I think of the lazy Nara Shikamaru and the Autumn Road Choji who only knows how to eat, the bitter water in the stomach of the mountain Ino

"And Mr. Asma, who looks quite imposing, with a full beard and a twisted personality, it's too ruinous."

Actually, Ape Fei Asma is not bad, and Ebisu, the leading teacher of Class 8, exposes his true nature, but it is even more unbearable.

Fortunately, Ebisu knows that he lacks qualifications and abilities, and only his teaching expertise is remarkable, and he has always paid attention to his image when leading the team.

I have been working hard for more than a year, but I have left a lot of good impressions on everyone.

Of course, there is also a more sensitive gossip, that is, Ape Fei Asma secretly has a crush on Teacher Sunset Hong, which is almost known to everyone, but he still thinks he is hiding it very well.

Especially after chasing for so many years, there has been no substantial progress so far, so that several students can't help but feel anxious for him.

Speaking of this topic, Hinata Hinata couldn't help but interject:

"I think Teacher Hong is very gorgeous and beautiful. Ya and Shino also think she's fine......"

Kurama Yakumo, who was a little cold, looked at the faces of several people, and said leisurely:

"There are a lot of good-looking female ninjas in the village, most of them are single, are male ninjas unattractive?"

At this point, Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka didn't dare to agree, and moved out Uchiha Sasuke to prove that there were still handsome guys, Hinata Hinata blushed slightly, was silent, and quietly listened to the arguments of several people.

Immediately afterwards, Usami moved out of white to prove that there are still a lot of good-looking boys, but I don't know who can get it.

Between talking and laughing, Hinata Hinata mentioned that she was going to have younger brothers and sisters again, and her face was full of happiness.

"I'm going to have a brother too."

Xiang Phosphorus said, Hinata Hinata was surprised:

"How do you know it's a brother?"

"Father said, also, your family is likely to be a sister, in this case, they are the betrothed......"

"Marriage, marriage?"

Hinata Hinata was still in shock, and Yamanaka Ino said in surprise,

"Could it be that this is the legendary marriage of a big family, the first time I encountered it in reality. Specifically, I'm interested. ”

Facing everyone's curious eyes, Xiang Phosphorus coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and said a little unnaturally:

"Furusugi and Hinata, in fact, there is a marriage plan that has been delayed for three generations, if I and Hinata are a man and a woman, I'm afraid we will be the marriage partners."

"Eh, there's such a thing?"

Hinata Hinata's face, which was the first time to hear about such a thing, was suddenly full of excitement.

Although she is the eldest lady, her talent is not as good as her sister Huahuo, and her father, who is the patriarch, has never paid much attention to her, so naturally he will not talk to her so much.

Unexpectedly, there is such a secret at home.

"You shouldn't be wrong. In the future, Hinata and I will be sisters in righteousness......"

"Not necessarily!"

Hinata Hinata said stubbornly,

"Wouldn't it be nice if my sister grew up and had someone she liked, so she got married so abruptly?"

"Marriage, not because I like it."

Xiang Pho asked a little strangely,

"You are also the eldest lady of the Hyuga clan, how can you have such thoughts? It's hard to say anything about free love like us, but it's good to find someone who doesn't hate it in the future, and slowly cultivate feelings in the future. ”

"That's not right."

Hinata blushed and wanted to refute, but didn't know where to start.

"Okay, okay, let's not argue about the rights and wrongs of this. When you grow up, you will naturally have trade-offs. You're in such a hurry, do you have a favorite boy? ”

"This ......"

"You think you're well hidden? I blushed at every turn, and I didn't dare to look at people squarely, others thought I was timid and shy, but I couldn't hide it. ”

When it comes to the topic of good-looking boys, parties between girls are also very enthusiastic.

At the same time, at the Hokage's house hundreds of meters away, Tsunade looked at the newly obtained information in his hand and had a headache.

"After Sasuke Uchiha defected, he didn't go to Orochimaru, but went to the Land of Wind?"

In principle, there is no important reason for the Konoha ninja to go to that kind of place, so as not to cause misunderstanding among the sand ninjas.

It's just that it is the territory actually controlled by the Gushan family, and it doesn't mean that you can't "pass by", but the premise is to say hello.

Kneeling on one knee not far away, he responded to the shadow of the Hokage's fifth generation:

"Judging from the information obtained so far, Uchiha Sasuke and the secret gang of martial artists, the Eight Masters, are very close, and may even be one of them."

Tsunade flipped to the end of the intelligence.

"The Fire of Control...... Is this his title? What else, say it all together......"

"This is a secret society formed in the name of the gift of divine blood, its purpose is unknown, it is said that someone has seen the missing four-tailed man Zhu Li Lao Zi, and the grapevine says that he is one of the other core cadres of the Eight Masters Concentration - the dry earth."

"Really? That is, there are other people? ”

Tsunade pressed his temples with a headache,

"A 'Xiao' organization is enough of a headache, and another 'Eight Masterpieces' will really be chaotic. What is the attitude of the Furusugi family towards this matter...... By the way, they should know, right? ”

"Knowing, but acquiescing. Martial artists are originally a group of uncontrollable groups, and the organization of the martial artists association is also very loose, and there are too many large and small groups in name, which are as strong as Gushan, and I don't want to care about them, as long as I don't make trouble, let them go. ”

"That's right, as long as you don't provoke them, you don't even bother to care about rebellion."

Rather, the rebellion with a low asking price is more in line with their expectations, if it weren't for their poor reputation, I'm afraid that a large number of tasks would be handed over to those rebels who can sell anything for a place to stay.