"Guests, here are the ingredients you ordered."

In the barbecue restaurant, the female clerk puts fresh meat and vegetables on the table.

"Sorry for the trouble, just leave it to us."

Looking at the fresh meat that had been put on the table and completely ignoring the vegetables, Ding Zuo couldn't wait to start drooling.

The female clerk nodded at this.

"Then, guests, please take it easy. If you need anything, you can always ask me."

The female clerk exited the single room and gave up the space.

"I can finally have a big meal. Barbecue from an exotic country is really worth looking forward to."

As a member of the Akimichi clan who loves meat, Ding Zao has always had a huge appetite for meat ingredients.

Moreover, the meat used for barbecue here is so tender and delicious just from the appearance. This business trip is really worth it.

"Hey, although the public funds are quite sufficient, don't use them too quickly...by the way, the ingredients here are very expensive."

Looking at the numbers on the ingredient list, Lujiu's eyelids twitched and he secretly clicked his tongue.

"Does it matter? Shikaku, you must be tired too. After all, you have been rushing to the Kingdom of Demons non-stop for several days, and you haven't had much rest on the way."

Yamanaka Haiichi said with a smile.

"It's really troublesome."

Shikaku shook the wine glass in his hand, poured himself a glass of sake, and drank while grumbling.

Indeed, this place is already a foreign country, a country of ghosts on the other side of the continent.

It has a completely different culture from the Fire Nation.

The monastic culture prevails in the Land of Fire, and the Temple of Fire is the source of the monastic culture in the Land of Fire.

But the Kingdom of Ghosts is completely different. The culture of witches is prevalent here, and there are also various monsters and ghosts. These are also stories worth talking about and passed down by word of mouth.

Along the way, you can see shrines or witches in many places.

It is said that in neighboring countries, there are also many shrine maidens from the Kingdom of Ghosts roaming there.

"Speaking of which, Shikaku, the alternative you mentioned..."

Ding Zuo asked subconsciously while flipping the barbecue with chopsticks.

Shikaku just put his finger in front of his lips and made a 'shh' gesture.

Ding Zuo realized something and didn't ask any further, concentrating on starting the barbecue.

It seemed that both Ding Zao and Hai Yi were worried, and Shikaku also knew what they were worried about.

After all, there are only three of them on this mission to the Kingdom of Demons. If they really want to cause trouble here, they will definitely be attacked by a group of ninjas from the Kingdom of Demons immediately and captured and imprisoned in a prison.

The two of them were worried that the so-called "alternative plan" was related to force action.

Shikaku comforted him and said: "Don't worry, our only rule here is to live in peace with the ninjas of the Ghost Country, and conflicts will not happen. Moreover, the person I want to wait for is almost here."

"Someone to wait for?"

Ding Zuo and Hai glanced at each other, and both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

Shikaku picked up the wine glass and took a sip, as if he was carefully tasting the foreign wine and feeling whether it was slightly different from Konoha's wine.

The smell of meat filled the whole room. Soon, the first plate of barbecue was ready. Just as Ding was about to pick up a piece of barbecue with chopsticks, there was a sudden sound outside the room.

"What are you doing? Is this right here?"

Hearing this slightly familiar voice, Ding Zuo kept his crotch posture and turned his head to look at the door of the room.

Haiyi also tilted his head, keeping almost the same movement as Dingzuo.

Only Shikaku smiled.

"Looks like we're already here, and the barbecue is ready."

The door to the room opened, and two women walked in from the outside.

The leading blond woman has a very fiery look, wears relatively light clothes, and looks carefree.

The woman following her was about in her twenties, with shoulder-length black short hair, holding a pink piglet in her arms, and followed the blond woman respectfully.

"Tsunade, Tsunade-sama!?"

The people who came in were Tsunade and Shizune.

Both Choza and Haiichi were a little surprised. They didn't expect that the person Shikaku was waiting for turned out to be one of the three ninjas.

It had been almost eight or nine years since the other party left Konoha. To suddenly meet under such circumstances, the two of them were really at a loss.

Looking at the two people who were in surprise, Tsunade waved her hands and said, "Don't look at me like that, you kid from the Akimichi and Yamanaka families. I'm just being entrusted by others. That old man is really good at calling people.

Everyone said that I don’t want to get involved in such things. No wonder I keep winning big prizes these days. I’ll just wait until I lose everything.”

When she said this, Tsunade was full of resentment.

He has linked his 'misfortune' to the arrangements of the village.

"Well, um, Tsunade-sama, please sit down."

Dingza and Haiyi stood up and offered their seats to Tsunade with great respect.

It can be said that most of the ninjas in Konoha have been favored by Tsunade.

Especially those Konoha ninjas who are often active on the battlefield. Many of their lives were directly or indirectly saved by Tsunade.

Even the Inar, Deer, and Butterflies families are the same, and they have received a lot of favors from Tsunade in the past.

Tsunade was not polite and sat down directly.

"excuse me."

Shizune said something to the three people in Dingzuo, and followed Tsunade to sit down.

Tsunade looked at the table full of rich barbecue ingredients and was speechless.

"You three are on an important mission to the Kingdom of Ghosts. People who don't know this might think you are here for a trip."

Lu Jiu smiled bitterly and explained: "I was rejected by that miko-sama, so I can only eat some good food here to relieve my depressed mood."

Anyway, the public funds are quite sufficient, so there is no need to wrong yourself.

Even if diplomacy does not succeed, you still have to eat.

"Isn't this natural? As you can imagine, the other party must have made arrangements for it. He is the kind of man who is overly cautious, whether it is medical ninjutsu or other things."

Tsunade snorted softly.

Thinking of this, Tsunade became unhappy again.

Shikaku didn't speak immediately. He didn't know much about Shiraishi's information.

A lot of information was left over from more than ten years ago. After more than ten years, it is actually impossible to accurately determine the opponent's behavior or strength.

The most important point is that he didn't have much communication with Shiraishi in the past, only to the extent that he knew this person.

And I only know it because he has a good teacher-student relationship with Tsunade, has close contacts with the geniuses of the Uchiha clan, and is the medical unit of the White Fang team.

Other than that, there seems to be nothing worth noting.

"So, why did the old man ask me to come here this time to cooperate with you three brats? Let's make sure you don't come to me about the fight. If you have any ulterior disease in your body, you can take a look at it."

After listening to Tsunade's words, Shikaku and the three of them had a little embarrassment on their faces. What is an ulterior disease?

They have three children and have entered the ninja school. How could they have some ulterior disease?

Lu Jiu coughed and said: "It's nothing. In fact, my negotiation with the miko failed before. I hope the village can send a more important person to come here to negotiate with the miko. After thinking about it, only Tsunade-sama meets this requirement.

condition."

The village's top officials would definitely not be easily sent out to serve as envoys to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

As the leader of Konoha's jounin squad, he had also failed in negotiations, so another one of the three ninjas became the first choice.

"Even if you let me come over, I can't change anything. You are the village's jounin think tank. If you can't do anything, then it's even less likely that I can do anything."

Tsunade poured herself a glass of wine, took a sip, and looked at Shikaku with squinted eyes.

"It all depends on people."

Lu Jiu smiled naturally.

Tsunade did not change her gaze, but stared closely at Shikaku's face, as if she wanted to see something from it.

Shikaku, who was calm and calm at first, felt a strong sense of oppression as Tsunade kept staring at him, and the expression on his face became a little nervous and unnatural.

"What's wrong, Tsunade-sama?"

"It's nothing." Tsunade turned back, put down the wine glass in her hand, turned to Shizune sitting beside her and said, "Shizune, let's go."

"Eh?"

Shizune was stunned, didn't he just arrive? Why are he leaving now?
To be continued...