“Why are you still acting like a child?”

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade helplessly. They were both adults at the age of 18, and would be 19 after the New Year.

“I just suddenly felt like soaking in the tub for a while.”

Tsunade pushed Uchiha Hikaru aside and said with a smile, “Hikaru, I’m sorry.”

“It’s ok.”

Uchiha Guang pretended not to care, but in fact he cared a lot. The two of them exchanged glances and sparks flew.

It’s better for me not to join in the fun…

Hinata Mio used her Byakugan to see the scene in the bathroom, and she didn’t even think about going in to take a shower. She decided to wait until they finished showering before going in.

“Miao, please help me…”

Orochimaru lay on the bed, and Hinata Mio’s snow-white fingers pressed the acupuncture points on her body, releasing chakra from her fingertips to stimulate the acupuncture points to relieve her fatigue, leaving red fingerprints on her cold white skin.

“It’s good to be able to relieve your fatigue. This is one of the few things I can do.”

Hinata Mio smiled slightly and concentrated on massaging Orochimaru.

so envious……

Tsunade and Uchiha Hikaru looked at Hinata Mio with envy. Only Hinata Mio, who had the Byakugan, was the most suitable person for massage. Even Tsunade, who was proficient in medical ninjutsu, could not compare with her.

Volume 167: Chapter 4 (K) Iwagakure’s Vanguard

In the 32nd year of Konoha, winter has passed and spring has arrived, and all things are reviving. The war that had cooled down in winter is heating up again.

The country of earth, the village of Iwagakure.

In the conference room of the Tsuchikage building, the top leaders of Iwagakure gathered here to discuss how to deal with Konoha. When the four major ninja villages were at war, only Konoha was still developing.

“We should take advantage of the peace that Konoha enjoys and send out ninja troops to attack Konoha. We should conduct a blitzkrieg as quickly as possible! We should try to inflict heavy damage on Konoha before it can react!”

“How can we waste such a rare opportunity? We can’t let Konoha continue to grow stronger!”

“It would be great if other ninja villages could join us.”

“Your thoughts are those of a coward! We, Iwagakure, are already strong enough! Why do we need to act together with other ninja villages? We’re lucky they don’t launch a surprise attack on us!”

The top leaders were discussing the matter. After experiencing a series of battles with Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Sand Village, the morale of the Iwagakure was at its highest. They all believed that Konoha could not be allowed to become stronger. Konoha’s strength was a threat to them!

“Lord Tsuchikage!”

The senior executives looked at Ohnoki, who had a thoughtful look on his face and hadn’t spoken a word. At the age of 43, he was in his prime and at his strongest.

“A rash attack would be sending the village’s ninja to their deaths. We need a more comprehensive plan before we can attack Konoha.”

Ohnoki’s hands were on the table, he had made up his mind to attack Konoha.

“How about the Kamisui Ryu Clan? As the insect manipulators of the Hidden Rock Village, they are good at manipulating bees to fight. Using the abilities of the Kamisui Ryu Clan as the vanguard to cause chaos in Konoha, our main force will be able to attack Konoha!”

A senior executive suggested.

“Well, let’s do it.”

Ohnoki nodded, thinking that the plan was very feasible.

In this way, the Iwagakure Village first sent the Kamisui Ryu clan as the vanguard to secretly enter the Land of Fire, and then sent thousands of Iwagakure troops through the Land of Rain to the Land of Fire.

This information was obtained by the intelligence ninja stationed in the Hidden Rock Village and was passed to Konoha by all means.

Konoha, Hokage Building.

In the conference room, Konoha’s top leaders gathered.

boom–!

“Huruzen, I’ve suggested to you countless times that we take action first. This is a time of war, how can Konoha remain immune?”

Danzo Shimura slammed the table and glared at Sarutobi Hiruzen with indescribable anger. If he had listened to him earlier, things would not have turned out like this.

“What’s the use of talking about this now?”

Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted his mistakes, but there was no point in saying that now.

“The most important things right now are intelligence and preparations to meet the enemy. The vanguard of the Iwagakure Village has already infiltrated the Land of Fire. Is it meaningful for you to still be arguing about who is right and who is wrong?”

Utane Koharu said loudly.

“The Iwagakure Village used the Kamisui Ryu Clan as their vanguard, clearly intending for the Kamisui Ryu Clan’s ninjas to cause chaos in Konoha, allowing the thousands of Iwagakure troops to take advantage of the chaos and launch a massive attack on Konoha.”

Mitomon En guessed the Iwagakure’s intentions and suggested, “The Kamisui Ryu clan is a ninja clan from Iwagakure Village that is good at controlling bees. It would be most appropriate to let the Aburame clan deal with the Kamisui Ryu clan.”

“Then, be prepared to meet the enemy, and we must also be ready to support the battlefield at all times!”

Sarutobi Hiruzen had a premonition that this time he might have to fight against the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki of the Iwagakure Village. The Second Tsuchikage’s Dust Release was very famous in the ninja world. Once the opponent was about to go to the battlefield, he had to rush over as quickly as possible.

If Konoha ninjas were to face a Kage-level expert, the casualties they would incur would be something Konoha could not afford.

After the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen gave the order, the ninjas who had been prepared for war quickly put on their combat armor. Since the war between the four major ninja villages began, everyone had sensed the arrival of this day, and sooner or later they would join the war.

At Orochimaru’s house, Orochimaru was adjusting the forehead protector on his forehead with an uneasy feeling. It had been 13 years since she got the forehead protector, and she had worn it only a few times. Even when she went to protect the daimyo, she did not wear the forehead protector on her forehead.

Now it’s a war, in order to distinguish between friend and foe, there is no choice but to wear Konoha’s forehead protector.

“Orochimaru, I…”

Uchiha Hikaru walked up to Orochimaru and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

“Xiao Guang, this is not your war.”

Orochimaru interrupted Uchiha Hikaru’s unfinished words, looked at her from the corner of his eye, smiled slightly and said: “I don’t want you to be dragged into the war either.”

“But I want to help you! You always treat me like a child, but I’m not a child anymore!”

Uchiha Hikaru hugged Orochimaru. She really wanted to do something for Orochimaru and didn’t want to be treated like a child all the time.

She has always been taken care of by Orochimaru. She wants to protect Orochimaru who brings her warmth. She doesn’t care what will happen to Konoha or the ninja world. She only cares about Orochimaru.

Orochimaru placed his hand on Uchiha Hikaru’s head, stroked it gently, and said with a smile: “Hikaru, you worry too much. It’s just a war with Iwagakure. It’s no big deal.”

“But……”

“If you don’t want me to treat you like a child, wait until you’re 18 before we talk!” Orochimaru pinched Uchiha Hikaru’s cheeks with both hands. “You haven’t finished learning the sealing technique yet. I’ll continue teaching you the sealing technique when I come back!”

“I’m not a kid anymore!”

Uchiha Guang’s face flushed with annoyance. He grabbed her collar with both hands, pulled it hard, stood on tiptoes, and kissed her.

? !

Orochimaru opened his eyes wide and looked at Uchiha Hikaru’s flushed little face. He was completely confused at that moment. This was the first time in her two lifetimes that she was forcibly kissed.

Was I… forcefully kissed?

I was forcibly kissed by a child!

Why did Xiaoguang kiss me?

To prove to me that you are an adult?

This, isn’t this right?

Could it be that she was secretly looking at the emperor’s uncle?

At this moment, Orochimaru wanted to cover his face, but he blamed himself for writing about the emperor’s uncle at home, taking all the blame on himself, and never thought that Uchiha Hikaru might like her.

“I’m not a kid anymore!”

Uchiha Guang said stubbornly, and when he thought about what he had just done, his delicate little face turned red visibly. He shyly ran out of the living room, returned to his room, threw himself on the bed and wrapped himself in the quilt.

“Xiao Guang, wait a minute…”

When Orochimaru wanted to go find Uchiha Hikaru, he heard the doorbell ring, followed by the sound of the door opening.

“Tsunade, is this combat armor?”

Hinata Mio looked at the two sets of combat armor in Tsunade’s hands and knew that one of them was Tsunade’s own.

“Yeah, it’s so ugly, but I have to wear it…”

Tsunade said reluctantly, looking at the combat armor with a look full of disgust.

“No way, you and Orochimaru are going to the battlefield…”

Hinata Mio knew the strength of Orochimaru and Tsunade, and didn’t think anything would happen to them, but she was still very worried about them. Even though Tsunade was her love rival, she didn’t want anything to happen to Tsunade.

Her parents died in the First Shinobi World War, protecting the main family.

“Mio, don’t worry about us.”

Tsunade patted Hinata Mio’s shoulder and went to find Orochimaru with the combat armor.

“The combat armor has less defensive power than the robes I wear.”

Orochimaru looked at the combat armor in Tsunade’s hand with disdain. He really didn’t want to wear this combat armor whose defense was not as good as the white robe on his body. He put his hand on the clothes, and the loose white robe quickly shrank from a robe to a close-fitting white clothes.

“How can combat armor compare to the snake slough of the Serpent Princess Immortal that you wear?”

Tsunade could see how much Orochimaru resisted and disliked this combat armor. She didn’t like it either, but the problem was that it was a war now, and she had to wear it no matter how much she disliked it.

“Yeah, there’s no way…”

Orochimaru reluctantly put on his combat armor and patted the arm guard on his arm. The thickness of the arm guard could almost block the attack of ordinary ninja tools, but it would be difficult for him to block the attack of ninja tools attached with chakra.

“Orochimaru, help me.”

Tsunade took off her clothes and changed into black clothes. The close-fitting clothes were breathable and had a good sweat-wicking effect, so she didn’t feel stuffy even when wearing combat armor.

“I’m coming.”

Orochimaru didn’t continue to worry about why Uchiha Hikaru suddenly kissed her. He decided to ask her when he had time.

“Why do you feel ugly and unsuitable for you?”

Orochimaru helped Tsunade put on her combat armor, combed her long light yellow hair into two ponytails hanging behind her head, and finally put on a forehead protector for her.

“Orochimaru, I want to give it to you.”

Tsunade took off the necklace that she had worn since she was a child.

“Isn’t this your grandfather’s relic?”

Orochimaru looked at the necklace in Tsunade’s hand with a look of surprise.

This necklace is a chakra crystal that can react with Hashirama Senju’s chakra.

No, rather than saying it was a reaction to the First Hokage’s chakra, it would be more accurate to say that Hashirama Senju used chakra to condense the chakra into chakra crystals and gave it to Tsunade as a gift.

I don’t know if he spent all his money on gambling. When it came time to give Tsunade a gift, he had nothing to give her, so he could only use his chakra to condense chakra crystals to make a necklace.

“It’s my grandfather’s relic and a gift from him to me.”

Tsunade looked at Orochimaru with her bright brown eyes, hoping she would accept it.

“I don’t have any great dreams of becoming Hokage, is it really okay to give it to me?”

Orochimaru said, lowering his head to let Tsunade put the necklace on him.

“What a coincidence! I don’t want to be Hokage either. We’re the same!”

Tsunade looked at the necklace around Orochimaru’s neck and gave her signature smile.

“Let’s go, it’s almost time to gather.”

Orochimaru put the necklace close to his body, looked at Hinata Mio and said, “Mio, I’ll trouble you with everything at home.”

“Ah.”

Hinata Mio nodded slightly, a faint smile on her face, walked up to Orochimaru, hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward and hugged her.

That is……

Hinata Mio noticed the necklace on Orochimaru’s neck and recognized it as Tsunade’s necklace. Thinking that the things she had prepared were a bit embarrassing, she hesitated for a while and finally put the amulet she had prepared in Orochimaru’s hand.

“Orochimaru, you and Tsunade should be more careful.”

“Ah.”

Orochimaru looked at the amulet in his hand and could tell that it was sewn by Hinata Mio herself. He put it close to his body and pulled Tsunade out.

If I had known earlier, I would have prepared an amulet…