After Xie Mao left the ward, he asked someone to ask where Ye Cang and Xiao Nan lived, and yesterday Jia Ruluo deliberately let the two live together, so that Ye Cang could help take care of Xiao Nan.

When Xie Mao asked for the location and went to look for it, he met the black-haired man with round-framed eyes in the corridor of the hospital again, and the other party took the initiative to introduce himself when they met again: "I met again, it's really fate, I'm a friend of Kazama, Yama Tachibana." ”

"Hello, I'm a scorpion." Xie Mao looked up.

"I've heard your name." Shan Tang smiled, "There is a famous genius in the village, very powerful. ”

You're just blowing it...... Xie Mao remained silent and did not respond.

This is the advantage of facial paralysis and indifferent persona, refuse to answer when you want to refuse to answer, and others will not dwell too much.

Shan Tang seemed to see that Xie Mao's interest in talking was not high, he glanced at the scenery outside the window next to him, and then smiled: "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”

"Goodbye."

Xie Mao said goodbye politely, the two separated, he looked in the direction where Shan Tang was coming, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

In front of it is the ward of Ye Cang and Xiao Nan, could it be that Shan Tang just came to visit Ye Cang?

Thinking of this, Xie Mao went to the room and knocked on the door.

"Please come in!" Ye Cang's rather neutral voice sounded.

Xie Mao pushed open the door and saw two single beds side by side in the clean ward, with Ye Cang and Xiao Nan sitting on one bed each.

Ye Cang was just reading a book, and when Xie Mao came in, she put away the book and looked at it, while Xiao Nan was nibbling on an apple, which sounded weirdly crispy.

"Looks like you're recovering well." Xie Mao walked into the room and said.

"Ah can't die, it's just that it's likely to leave some memorials, I hope there won't be a scar." Ye Cang pointed to her chest, where a little pink scar was faintly visible, and then she patted the chair next to her and motioned for Xie Mao to sit down.

"Did anyone just come to see you?" Xie Mao walked over and asked.

"Well, here comes a senior who is not very familiar." Ye Cang replied, but his eyes looked Xie Mao up and down.

"Mountain oranges?"

Ye Cang blinked, and asked in surprise, "You met on the way?" ”

Really...... Xie Mao sat down and said, "I also met him in Kazama's ward. ”

Hakura made a sudden appearance: "Yama Tachibana is indeed one of the few friends of Kazama." ”

Sure enough, it's a good friend, and Nayama Tachibana should know a lot about Kazama's past, so if I ask him, will I get the key information...... While Xie Mao was pondering, Ye Cang handed over a piece of red bean pastry with his hand, and showed a fierce expression when Xie Mao looked over.

Xie Mao glanced at Ye Cang, stretched out his hand to take the pastry and said, "Thank you, Senior Ye Cang." ”

"It's Sister Ye Cang!" Ye Cang immediately corrected in a crisp voice.

“…… Yes, Sister Hakura. Xie Mao did not resist this title, he just emphasized, "I can eat it myself." ”

"Then there is no feeling of feeding." Ye Cang said in a pleasant tone, she actually wanted to stuff the pastry directly into Xie Mao's mouth just now, but thinking of Xie Mao's character, she still dispelled the idea.

Xiao Nan on the side watched the interaction between the two, and couldn't help but think of the days when he lived with Teacher Jiraiya, and his nose couldn't help but wrinkle slightly, almost holding back his tears.

The original click-and-click background sound of eating apples disappeared, Xie Mao looked at Xiao Nan and asked, "How is her physical condition?" ”

"The injuries on her body are not serious, in fact, she can be discharged from the hospital after treatment yesterday." Ye Cang said truthfully, she didn't need someone to accompany her to the hospital, "But where to send her, orphanage?" ”

Xie Mao shook his head and said, "Grandma Chiyo decided to take her in. ”

Ye Cang was stunned for a second, she first turned her head to look at Xiao Nan carefully, and then turned back to look at Xie Mao, and a narrow smile gradually appeared on her face: "Oh? ”

What are you doing...... Xie Mao didn't bother Ye Cang, he looked at Xiao Nan and said, "Xiao Nan, you have no choice. ”

“…… I know. As a captive, Xiao Nan is still self-aware, but there is obvious resentment in his words.

At this time, Ye Cang leaned close to Xie Mao's ear, exhaled warm breath on his earlobe, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to accept her as a child daughter-in-law?" ”

Xie Mao tilted his head a little uncontrollably, he glanced at the woman who was smiling badly angrily, he got up and said to Xiao Nan: "You clean up immediately, I'll wait for you at the door." ”

With that, he walked out of the room with a slightly faster pace.

"Are you so shy?" Ye Cang watched Xie Mao leave the ward in surprise, she turned her head, and was even more surprised to see that Xiao Nan's whole face was about to turn red.

Seeing this, Ye Cang tilted his head, and sighed helplessly: "I just want to make a joke......"

Xie Mao waited at the door for almost ten minutes when Xiao Nan walked out of the ward with his head down, carrying a cloth bag in his hand, which was bulging.

Xie Mao expressed his doubts with his eyes, and Xiao Nan lifted the bag slightly, as if he was afraid that Xie Mao would snatch it: "It was Sister Garuna who gave me some clothes." ”

Yes, I don't know how long she'll stay in Sand Hidden Village after that, and she's going to go to a ninja school as well...... Xie Mao retracted his gaze and led the way in front: "Follow me." ”

Xiao Nan puffed out his cheeks lightly, and took a step to keep up with Xie Mao.

The afternoon sun was a little vicious, like a barbed tongue licking the skin, Xie Mao didn't care, but Xiao Nan, who was used to rainy days, couldn't adapt to it, Xie Mao had to teach her how to cover her face tightly with a headscarf.

Walking in the shadows as much as possible all the way, Xie Mao took Xiao Nan to a street specializing in selling clothes and found a children's clothing store.

"Let's go in and pick up some of your favorites." Xie Mao to Xiao Nandao.

"Huh?" Xiao Nan was stunned, his eyes peeking out of the turban widened slightly, and he looked surprised.

"Do you want to wear other people's old clothes all the time?" Xie Mao nodded sideways, "Go in and buy it." ”

"I ......" Xiao Nan glanced at the clerk at the door, shrunk his head and said, "The old clothes are very good." ”

"What are you awkward, don't waste time, hurry." Xie Mao took the cloth bag from Xiao Nan's hand, and then pushed Xiao Nan into the store.

"Woo~"

The lights in the store are quite bright, and the clothes suitable for children are arranged in different categories, and most of them are short-sleeved clothes that are suitable for the hot weather in the country of the wind.

Xiao Nan staggered into the store and saw the clerk walking towards him: "Children, where are your parents?" ”

Two people can't make one...... Xie Mao took out the money from his arms and gestured, "Let's buy it ourselves, can't we?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Seeing the money, of course, the clerk had no reason to refuse, "Do you both want to buy it?" ”

"No, she'll buy it."

Xie Mao signaled, and the clerk bent down slightly to look at Xiao Nandao: "Little sister, what kind of clothes do you want to buy?" ”

Xiao Nan looked left and right without any idea, and was gradually attracted by the beautiful clothes, and unconsciously moved his steps under the guidance of the clerk.

Xie Mao found a seat in the store and sat down, thinking about how to dig up the information he needed from Kazama's past.

"Since the hint of the mission is related to Kazama's past, it is likely that Kazama has direct or indirect contact and contact with the ninjas in the outer village, if you think about it this way, Kazama's friends, including that mountain orange, are suspicious, and if I rush to ask, it is likely to startle the snake."

"Maybe I can take a detour, that mountain orange is also a ninja, I can find a way to get the other party's file, and use the means of divination to determine whether the other party has a problem."

As long as Xie Mao knows enough about a person's information, he can use divination to expose the other party's old background, and no spies and undercover agents can guard against this method.

"It's a sudden reflection on it, and the only difficulty is whether I can read other people's files." When Xie Mao thought about other questions, he finally waited for Xiao Nan to buy clothes.

Looking at the colorful bags one after another, Xie Mao's eyes couldn't help twitching, feeling that what he saw in front of him seemed to be different from what he imagined.

"How many did you buy?" Xie Mao had to ask more.

Xiao Nan, who was immersed in the pleasure of shopping, was stunned for a moment, and reacted for two seconds before saying, "Probably... Seven or eight pieces? ”

Do you want to buy so much at once...... Xie Mao took the bill handed by the clerk and felt that his gaze was frozen.

"You... It won't be out of money, right? Seeing this, Xiao Nan asked cautiously, and the clerk on the side immediately changed his face slightly.

"It's enough money, but you like all these clothes?" Xie Mao glanced at Xiao Nan, suspecting that she was taking revenge on her wallet.

"Uh-huh, I like them all!" Xiao Nan hurriedly replied.

"In this case, then there is no way, I can only buy them all." Xie Mao raised his voice a little intentionally or unintentionally.

"Uh-huh!" Xiao Nan didn't seem to expect Xie Mao to speak so well, and the expression on his face suddenly moved.

"But I'll only give you the three most expensive ones for free, and the money for the rest of the clothes is what you owe me." Xie Mao said suddenly.

"Huh?" Xiao Nan's expression froze suddenly, and then the smile gradually disappeared.

"Even if the prisoner is in prison, he can't eat and live in vain, so work hard in my house and pay back." Xie Mao posted the bill on Xiao Nan's head, the cheapest clothes in it are almost 100 taels, this guy really dares to choose.

Xiao Nan tried to resist, but looked at Xie Mao, who was expressionless, and was stunned again.

Well, take the man short, don't worry about him!

After Xie Mao finished paying, he led Xiao Nan, who had carried a bunch of things, back to the street.

"I'll take you to buy some groceries." Xie Mao said.

"Do I owe it?" Xiao Nan asked cautiously.

How much can things such as toothbrushes and towels cost, Xie Mao said: "Don't just pick expensive ones, I'll give them to you." ”

Xiao Nan breathed a relaxed tone when he heard this, and saw that Xie Mao was more pleasing to the eye, and his courage came back a little: "What if I owe a lot of money and can't pay it back?" ”

"Then I will throw you in prison, and you will never be able to return to the Land of Rain for the rest of your life." Xie Mao frightened.

"Woo~" Xiao Nan coaxed again.

After buying daily necessities, Xie Mao took Xiao Nan home and assigned her a room.

"You'll live here in the future, and today I'll ask my grandmother to arrange for you to enter the ninja school, and you can usually practice ninjutsu in the backyard, and the cleaning of the house will be handed over to you, and if you can cook, the efficiency of repaying the money can be higher." Xie Mao commanded.

Xiao Nan looked left and right at the clean room, her face showed a fairly satisfied yearning, and only after hearing Xie Mao's words did she react and asked, "Speaking of which, how much do I owe?" ”

"I didn't calculate it, but the accommodation fee, water and electricity bills, meals, ninja school tuition, and miscellaneous expenses are all money, so you should work hard first." Xie Mao waved his hand and left, leaving Xiao Nan with a sluggish face.

These are all jokes, just let Xiao Nan stay here honestly, a little capable of work, and when Xie Mao is free, he will exchange ideals with Xiao Nan and really pull Xiao Nan into his chariot.

He has other things to do now, so he can only put Xiao Nan's affairs back a little.

How can I see Kazama and Yamamanchi's dossier?

Xie Mao walked to the window and looked at the Wind Shadow Building in the distance, frowning slightly and thinking about what to do.

Under normal circumstances, of course, he is not qualified to read the files of other ninjas, and even if he asks Chiyo, he will not get permission.

And there's no good reason not to look into someone's privacy just because he has no substantiated suspicions.

However, Xie Mao didn't think about it, he only needed to contact the file, and then he could restore and perform divination on top of the gray mist, which was equivalent to obtaining enough pre-information to make divination more accurate.

As long as he touches it, his thinking will be broadened all of a sudden, and besides, why should he contact it personally.

A small glass-colored snake came out of Xie Mao's neck and gently licked Xie Mao's side face, Xie Mao stretched out his hand to take the green pupil, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tilt slightly: "The green pupil can share my vision and senses with me, and if it touches it, it means that I touch it." ”

Retracting the green pupils, Xie Mao came to the backyard to continue practicing various techniques, his own chakra attributes are wind, fire and earth, and the environment of Sand Hidden Village is very suitable for him to practice related ninjutsu.

Although he is a puppeteer, Xie Mao prefers all kinds of ninjutsu that look cool, or the kind that is relatively powerful, which gives people a very powerful feeling at first glance.

Of course, puppetry, you still have to practice and be proficient from time to time, before sequence 5, Xie Mao should not be able to do without puppetry, but the existence of Qingtong can make him a little lazy.

With the help of the blue pupil clone, you can skillfully manipulate four puppets at the same time and cooperate with each other, which is already the level of the upper ninja.

In the end, the biggest reliance is actually a special reward, which is really exciting... Happy.

Near dinner, Xie Mao entered his puppet workshop, and improved some of the puppet's mechanisms based on his previous mission experience, making them more suitable for manipulation habits.

And he is already a mature mid-ninja, and the puppet should be maintained by himself as much as possible, which is conducive to deepening the connection between him and the puppet and making the manipulation more handy.

The damage and consumption of the puppets in the last mission need to be handled by Xie Mao himself, for example, the most used thousand book organs, Xie Mao needs to quench a new batch of thousand copies to dry, and then reload them into the puppet body.

It's best to be careful in this process, lest you accidentally get hurt by the poisonous Chibon, and every year in Sand Hidden Village, several unlucky ninjas are poisoned by themselves.

By the time it was time for dinner, Xie Mao, who was not very skilled, had only completed a third of the work.

It's boring enough...... Xie Mao left the workshop and went down to the hall, and when he was about to taste today's dinner, he saw Xiao Nan carefully walking to the table with a plate of fried chicken.

Seems reliable, but you started working so quickly...... Xie Mao commented in his heart, he knew that Xiao Nan was a kind and gentle child now.

Xie Mao silently walked over to prepare for dinner, and when she passed behind Xiao Nan, the little wind she brought up hit her neck, and Xiao Nan, who was already a ninja, turned her head keenly and saw Xie Mao who seemed to suddenly appear behind her.

"Ah!!h Xiao Nan was so frightened that he retreated, and threw away the plate in his hand in a panic.

Xie Mao was also frightened by Xiao Nan's scream and almost jumped away, but fortunately, the chicken nuggets in the air suppressed his idea of retreating, he hurriedly reached out and grabbed the flying plates, and caught the falling fried chickens one by one with more agility than ordinary people, without wasting anything.

Xiao Nan's mouth opened slightly, and he looked at Xie Mao's movements in dismay.

After making sure that the precious fried chicken was saved, Xie Mao said angrily: "What are you calling the ghost?" ”

"You, it's obvious that you suddenly appeared behind me and scared!" Xiao Nan's original stunned mood immediately turned into annoyance.

"I've obviously come here."

"Then why don't you make a sound when you walk?"

No sound? Xie Mao was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted.

After being promoted to [Joker] and greatly increasing his ability to control his body, coupled with the ninja's walking skills, he has been able to completely control the sound of his footsteps, and even easily concealed Xiao Nan, who is considered a quasi-ninja.

I didn't even notice...... Xie Mao handed out the fried chicken and said, "Try it, it's compensation." ”

Xiao Nan had long been curious about the aroma of fried chicken, and he didn't care about Xie Mao's scary just now, so he reached out and took a piece of fried chicken and bit it.

"Woo~"

"How?"

"It's so unpalatable...... Xiao Nan stuck out his little tongue, "Strange oily ......"

"......" Xie Mao retracted the fried chicken, "I don't like to eat pull-down." ”

After having dinner with Xiao Nan, Xie Mao didn't continue to stay at home, he went out and approached the brightly lit Fengying Building in the night.

He wasn't going to let the doubts stay overnight.