A few rays of white light slanted in through the half-open window, making people's eyes turn red, and the dreamy world they had fallen in love with returned to reality.
The clock on the wall was ticking, there was a whistling wind outside the window, the window screen was swinging there, and the whole bedroom was quiet.
Ayano didn't know when she opened her eyes, but she was still lying there motionless. Maybe she wasn't sleeping properly, and the tatami was in a mess.
There were sounds in the living room. Ayano glanced at the time on the wall out of the corner of her eye, then pulled off the quilt and stood up slowly, finding a pair of pajamas to put on.
Chun Cha was cleaning the room in the living room. She didn't know what happened after she left last night. There was a pile of broken glass from cups on the floor next to the coffee table.
There was a sound of opening the door in the bedroom. She turned around and saw Ayano walking out with messy hair. It looked like she had just woken up.
Chun Cha was a little surprised. It was the first time she had seen Ayano so careless about her image, and she actually slept in late today which was rare.
"Spring tea."
"……exist."
"You don't have to come here anymore."
After Ayano finished speaking, she turned around and went to the bathroom without looking at her, leaving Chuncha alone in a daze.
She had talked to her sister Xia when she went back last night, and wanted to ask through Xia if she could stop herself from serving Ayano in the future.
Has this woman figured it out or recognized reality?
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The Kirigakure Village handed over a peace request, which was sent by Shikaku from the front line.
The general idea is that they want to have a truce with each other, conclude a peace treaty, and are willing to pay Konoha a certain amount of war money, but hope that Konoha can return the seven ninja swords and the three tails.
After really seeing it, he showed it to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru acted very calmly about this and just said that it would be up to him to do whatever he wanted.
He has been spending all day in the research institute recently, concentrating on tinkering with his own experiments. He does not care about all affairs in the village, no matter how big or small, and leaves them all to Zhen.
Zhen would go to the research institute from time to time to find Orochimaru, inform him of some important matters, and let him make decisions.
This annoyed Orochimaru so much that he finally said that there was no need to ask him about all government and military affairs in the village, and that he could just let Shin decide on his own.
Even Zhen couldn't help but sigh that Orochimaru was really big-hearted, but this result was also what he expected.
Immediately he wrote another letter and sent it to the daimyo along with the letter asking for peace from Kirigakure Village.
Winning the battle with Hidden Mist Village was within the expectations of many people.
Although the Daimyo was not surprised, winning the war was a good thing after all, so he rewarded Konoha for the sake of honor, and approved all the requests that Shin euphemistically put forward in the letter, and also gave Konoha many rewards.
Afterwards, Zhen notified the front line to prepare for negotiations with Kirigakure Village.
This kind of thing usually requires the Hokage to come forward, but looking at Orochimaru's appearance, he knew there was no chance. At this time, Minato and Shikaku were fully responsible. If the price given by Kirigakure was suitable, the Seven Ninja Swords could be returned.
This is suitable for Konoha, whether Kirigakure Village can accept it is another matter.
As for the three tails, Shinobu didn't mention it in the letter, and he didn't need to say that it was impossible for Minato to hand over his students.
Moreover, the significance of tailed beasts is extraordinary and cannot be measured with money.
However, not long after Zhenzhen sent the letter, Mito Kaden and Koharu came to the Hokage's office together.
If he saw them, he would know that they might be coming with bad intentions, so he got up from his seat and greeted them respectfully: "Master Yan, Master Xiaochun."
Mito Kadenen asked directly: "Has Kirigakure handed over the surrender letter?"
Zhen replied: "It's a peace request. It just arrived from the front line."
After turning to bed, Koharu asked again: "What does Yondaime mean?"
Zhen said: "I have written a letter to convey the wishes of Lord Hokage to Minato-senpai and Shikaku-senpai on the front lines."
Xiaochun turned to bed and frowned: "Why don't you come and ask us?"
Zhen immediately said: "It was Hokage-sama who said that this matter is extremely urgent and asked me to inform Minato-senpai immediately. Maybe he was out of consideration for the two adults' advanced age and didn't want to bother them with this matter.
He directly blamed Orochimaru for the matter.
It was really obvious that these two old guys came here for him. If it was really about Kirigakure, they could go directly to Orochimaru.
Xiaochun turned to bed and glanced sideways: "Why, do you think we two are already old?"
Zhen immediately panicked and said, "Master Yan has wronged me. I was just helping Master Hokage. How dare I have such thoughts."
Then there was a burst of compliments, saying that the two Hokage advisors were the heroes who governed the village with the Sandaime. The Leaf Village could not be so strong without the two of them, and he had always regarded the two as his role models.
Xiaochun was speechless after hearing this.
Mito Kadoyan continued to question: "You arranged ten Hyuga clan members into the ANBU?"
"There is such a thing."
Mito Monoyan was immediately dissatisfied and said: "The Anbu review is strict, how can you be so casual!"
Zhen continued to blame the blame: "The Hokage requested it by name, saying that our Hyuga clan's Byakugan ability would be of great use to him. I am also worried that they are not qualified, but I cannot disobey the Hokage."
Mito Kadoyan couldn't help but choke on his words, thinking that this boy is really good at wrangling, and he would never leave Hokage-sama.
The implication is also very obvious, don't rush at me, I'm just a part-time worker, if you have something to do, go to Orochimaru.
The two Hokage advisors were angry and helpless.
Zhen Ze suddenly spoke with a miserable face, saying that he was trembling in his current position for fear that his inability to do things would harm the interests of the village. Now it seems that this is indeed the case, otherwise he would not have made Master Yan and Master Xiaochun dissatisfied.
I will go to the Hokage-sama to resign from this position and ask the Hokage-sama to hire another Gao Ming and listen to the opinions of two more consultants.
Mito Kadoyan and Koharu, who had gone to bed, felt dizzy after hearing this, and their tone softened: "Really, we didn't mean to accuse you."
He said pitifully: "Really?"
This look coupled with his young face makes it easy for people to believe him, but Mito Kado and Koharu know that this kid is acting again.
Orochimaru promoted this boy, he is indeed not a stupid person.
"We just hope that you think carefully before doing anything. If you are not sure, you can come to us."
"But I don't make the decision on anything. It's all decided by Hokage-sama. The only things that make me make the decision are about disputes between villagers and the like."
Mito Menyan: "..."
Xiaochun went to bed: "..."
"Speaking of which, there was a conflict between Heiji and Kotaro on West Street over setting up a stall and occupying space. I've been putting it off and haven't dealt with it. How about... the two advisors please help me out?"
Mito Kadoyan and Koharu, who had gone to bed, suddenly became angry, snorted coldly, turned around and left with a puff of sleeves.
It was only when the office door closed that the smile on his face subsided.
These two old guys really thought they had lived too long.
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That afternoon, Ayano came over.
Zhen placed her in a side room and did not let her be with other servants.
But letting her come here is not for her to enjoy it. It really arranges a lot of things for her to do, allowing this usually pampered woman to change her living habits.
The servants at home were quite surprised when they saw Ayano, and they talked in private.
Ayano expected this to happen, so she paid no attention to anyone during the whole process, and just kept busy doing her own thing. However, she was too clumsy when doing housework, which often caused a noise in the room. The maid here saw this and took the initiative to help out of kindness.
She didn't even say thank you.
Only when she annoyed someone reading in the study and came out to scold her, would she kneel on the ground and apologize.
Ayano knocked on the door with tea and walked into the study. She was sitting there, concentrating on reading.
This place is very different from before. There are more books and the copybooks that Rizu wrote before are gone.
Ayano hasn't been here for a while. The last time she came, she still brought tea to Hizu, but Hizu's attitude towards her at that time became very cold.
She found that besides reading, she would also make some comments on the book, as if she was studying her homework in school.
He was really learning, absorbing new knowledge every day. He no longer went to the training ground to practice, but began to try to stimulate the muscles through the vibration of chakra in the body, thereby achieving the effect of increasing physical fitness.
It's just that this feeling is far more sore and refreshing than sweating on the training ground. It's like peeling off the skin and directly beating the muscles inside. I almost can't hold it down every time, and I don't dare to exercise for too long. It's too torture.
People.
This effect is very significant. I can really feel that my body is getting stronger and stronger. If you take off your coat, you will see extremely obvious muscle lines.
"Wait a minute." Zhen called to Ayano who put down the tea and turned to leave.
"Go to the kitchen and make me something to eat. No need for staple food, just snacks like pastries."
"..."
After she finished speaking, there was no response. I couldn't help but look up at her and found that she was standing there with a shy look on her face, holding the corners of her clothes with both hands.
"What's wrong?"
"I...I won't do it." Ayano whispered.
I feel really strange: "Didn't you give it to me before?"
Ayano was even more embarrassed: "That's made of spring tea."
real:"……"
He asked again: "Can you cook?"
Ayano immediately said: "I can learn."
I was really helpless about this, thinking that these two sisters were exactly the same.