People are in Konoha, this Naruto lies flat

Chapter 223 The beautiful little Ino in the world

Naruto climbed the stairs in three steps at a time and climbed to the highest floor of the Hokage building. Then he slowed down and carefully moved to the door of the Hokage's office and took a peek inside.

Tsunade is at work, and her face and mood don't look very good.

At the door here, Naruto was still hesitating whether to go in or not. Shizune looked at Naruto with her butt sticking out in confusion in the corridor and couldn't help but ask.

"Naruto, you."

Okay, now I have to go in.

In the Hokage's office, Shizune came in, delivered some documents and left. Tsunade raised her head and frowned at Naruto in front of her, and asked angrily.

"What's the matter?"

"Stamped it." Naruto nervously took out the application form.

Tsunade glanced at it, thought for a while and then stretched out her hand to cover it. She didn't show any emotion to him and let him go after a few words of warning.

She knew why Naruto insisted on interfering, but the more she understood, the more her face burned. At that moment, she tried her best to divert her attention and get rid of the thought.

"Something's wrong, why did you suddenly think of joining us on this mission?" Shikamaru glanced at Naruto suspiciously, then at Ino, and asked.

Naruto also noticed that Shikamaru and Asuma had a deeper relationship. Ino liked flowers, Choji was more concerned about eating them, and people like Shikamaru with excessive intelligence were more attracted to Asma.

Naruto's father, the Sandaime, smiled and forgave him, inherited the Sarutobi clan's family business, and had his childhood sweetheart Yuhi Kurenai waiting for him, making him a perfect template for a second-generation winner in life.

However, Ino didn't seem to have any reaction, choosing to ignore it as if she didn't see it.

When Asuma walked out, the first thing he said was, "Let's go, little Uzumaki Naruto, let's meet them together."

Asma smoked a cigarette and stared at the task list covered with formality stamps in his hand, turning it over and over. Well, the procedure was fair, so there was nothing wrong with it.

It was a rather fearful look. He glanced at it, stopped in his tracks and turned around to leave.

"Why don't you tell us such a big thing?" Shikamaru was also lying on the sofa, holding a glass of watermelon juice in his hand.

"Isn't that interesting enough?"

"Ino?" Naruto suddenly became clumsy. After calling out his name, he didn't know what to say. He stood there and opened his mouth, unable to say anything.

"I am worried about Master Dilu's safety. I have a good relationship with him, so I want to join."

It was just a move that had to be made since things had reached this point. Others thought Naruto was majestic, but that was not the case in her opinion.

"Let's go, take you back?" Naruto turned to look at Ino.

Ino seemed unusually quiet, mixing the sauce on the side.

He raised his head and looked at Naruto, "Naruto, can you go out for a moment? It's not convenient for me right now. This is the men's bathroom after all. Although you are also a man, but..."

So except for Naruto and Ino, no one actually took this mission too seriously. After all, it was just a simple investigation and search centered on the Fire Temple, so it was generally safe.

But he couldn't figure out whether this person had any other purpose?

Sparks flickered and the cigarette was smoked to the end.

"Ahem." Naruto retreated.

The journey was not too long, and it soon came to an end. Ino walked in front, and Naruto slowly followed behind, occasionally taking a few quick steps to reach the front of her.

"Who are you meeting?" Naruto was confused for a moment.

The body huddled together and hugged the knees with both hands. The dazzling blond hair seemed to have lost its luster, and the head tilted down, and the whole face was buried in the knees.

Choji devoured the roasted meat with a big mouthful, and his eyes the size of mung beans swept around and fixed on Naruto and Ino opposite them.

Shikamaru and Choji didn't see Ino's little move, but Asuma, who was sitting outside, noticed it. He just smiled, then stood up and said slightly melancholy.

"Okay!" He agreed first.

Afternoon.

"What's up?"

Ino is very good at reading the atmosphere, and naturally it is easier for others to detect clues from various rumors that are true and false and get the answer she wants.

"Naruto, do you know Master Jilu from the Fire Temple?" Choji stopped his chopsticks and asked suddenly.

"Well, it's nothing, let's talk about it when we get there." Ino said.

After opening the door, Ino squatted in the entrance and said nothing.

Asuma left due to something, Shikamaru and Choji also went back together, and Ino and Naruto were the only two people left in the seats. Naruto was about to say something, but the person outside the door glanced at them and left.

"This mission of yours is too dangerous, I'm worried about it," Naruto was about to say to Ino, when suddenly there was a sharp pain in his waist that was blocked by the table, which immediately made him tongue-tied.

In fact, she could see the embarrassing situation Naruto was facing. After staying with him for so long, she naturally knew his character, and she couldn't want to get into a high-level position for no reason.

Return to the mission center and place the stamped application form directly on the table.

The little old man has left, leaving a girl in her early twenties to deal with Naruto here, looking like a threatened hostage.

Apparently the incident happened not long ago, so they didn't talk much about the topic in the morning and quickly turned to the task.

The so-called majesty is just a last resort because of the jinchuriki's status. But now Naruto suddenly no longer is a jinchuriki. This was originally a good thing, but Ino always felt uncomfortable.

"Right away. Right away."

"What's going on?"

"I'm going outside to have a cigarette."

"Hurry up, don't dawdle." Naruto said angrily, which was completely different from the way he had just been lying down and doing nothing in the Hokage's office.

Born in the family of the Sandaime Hokage, who was born in a red-blooded family, he had everything he wanted at a young age. Because the Third Hokage said that the Hokage was not the most important person in Konoha, Asuma, a bad boy, instantly felt that the Hokage was too low-level.

Naruto spread his hands and saw that the dining table was full of friends who knew each other well. His body also grew taller, with long arms and legs, leaning comfortably on the long sofa, with Ino sitting next to him.

The main content of the mission is to go to the Temple of Fire to investigate, and then follow the clues for a period of time, and by the way, protect the land for a while until the end of the mission.

He resolutely left Konoha and rebelliously left Konoha to work as a personal bodyguard for the Fire Country Daimyo. He ran away as a young boy and returned ten years later as the Dragon King.

"Don't think too much." Ino glanced at him and tied up her golden ponytail skillfully, "I just have something to ask you, and it's not convenient in the store."

Dragon King bah, bad boy Asuma has had enough, and returned to Konoha dressed in all the villain's clothes.

Shikamaru frowned, "Asuma-sensei, didn't I tell you to stop smoking? Why did you start smoking again?"

Naruto was a little speechless, it was really unlucky that he could meet the people from the Hokage Building while having a meal.

After eating and drinking, Asma paid the bill. He was really not short of money. He was a complete second-generation son. Except for not having a wife and looking old, his life was almost complete.

"We're quite familiar with each other," Naruto said after hesitating for a moment, "Master Chiriku and Asuma-sensei both worked in the Twelve Guardian Ninjas, and they have a deeper friendship."

When he heard this sentence, Naruto felt a little uneasy. There was Tsunade in front of him and Ino in the back, and everyone had different reactions. Did he poke a hornet's nest?

However, running away from the Nine-Tails is indeed more dangerous than poking a hornet's nest, at least the latter is a tailed beast that eats people without blinking an eye or even feeling nauseated, but Naruto doesn't think so.

No matter how cruel the tailed beast is, it will still play chicken in the face of strength, but women are obviously a few cubic meters more complicated.

"How to say this, I don't know myself." Naruto curled his lips and said, "Besides, the incident happened suddenly, isn't it true that nothing happened now?"

Asuma had obviously heard the news about the high-level meeting in the morning. The name was mostly a joke, and he patted him on the shoulder. He was a direct descendant of Hokage and was happy to see this result.

The matter was not complicated, and I had no idea what the little old man said, but the little girl was quite frightened.

"This." Asma had already put the cigarette in his mouth, "the last one today."

"However, it may not be a bad thing now. At least there is no need to worry." Shikamaru said ambiguously, deliberately avoiding the topic of Jinchuuriki.

"Ah?" Ino blushed for a moment, feeling a little guilty.

The smiling face that was about to make a joke disappeared, and Naruto was a little at a loss. The hot summer wind blew in from outside the door, carrying the fishy smell of dried green leaves.

If after a period of investigation there is still no clue, the mission will most likely be cancelled.

These days, high-level officials also have to do tasks. Who wants him to be lonely and widowed? Even idle time is idle.

The afternoon sunlight slanted in through the crack in the door and hit his feet.

"I said, Naruto, you are too uninteresting."

"Huh?" Ino turned her head, seeming to realize something.

Just looking at Asuma's back leaving the store, why did Naruto feel a little desolate? Could it be that he stabbed the old bachelor in the back? But wasn't he and Yuhi Kurenai very close?

Forget it, I am still a herbivorous boy now, so I have no reason to pay attention to the secret love histories of these old men.

It's just that this time the timeline has been moved forward a bit, and Dilu was lucky enough to escape. So this mission is mainly an investigation and search, not a pursuit of the undead duo.

Ino went upstairs in silence, took out the key, expertly pushed it into the keyhole, and opened the door with a creak. Naruto followed, but the door was unlocked.

Ino thought for a while and said, "Go to your place."

Naruto was flattered for a moment. Ino hadn't been to him for a while, and he almost thought it was caused by his excessive force.

Naruto curled his lips and didn't say anything. He waited for the formalities to be completed, took the task list and went to report to Asuma.

Perhaps she felt that the whole thing had nothing to do with her. Even if Naruto was no longer a Jinchuuriki, nothing seemed to have changed, so she could only watch helplessly.

He pulled Ino's arm open and tried to pull her up, but was startled by her raised face. Her face was wet with tears, and her eyes were red and swollen as if they were infected.

Why can some people cry without making a sound? It's strange.

He was thinking this in his mind, but his heart skipped a beat.

Like the character card

(End of chapter)