After two days, Aoba, who swore that he would never come again, brought Naruto to Akamichi's barbecue shop.
After all, ordinary shops would not serve them, but Akamichi's family naturally would not be like those stupid people who believed in rumors and became cold and violent to a child.
Although it was a bit expensive, the quality and taste of the meat at Akamichi's barbecue shop were indeed good!
However, his wallet had already been squeezed dry. Therefore, although Aoba ordered the most expensive food, he only ate a little. Most of the time, he was taking care of Naruto. Occasionally, he would ask some questions or listen to Naruto excitedly talk about trivial matters.
When Naruto was so full that he couldn't eat anymore, he swept away the rest of the barbecue!
The total was 10,000 ryo!
Naruto could only eat so much at this age, and he had not even eaten a few mouthfuls... This price was heartbreaking.
At the same time, Aoba also made up his mind that he must complete a wave of tasks and then come back to eat!
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Next, Aoba took Naruto to the park.
Because of their arrival, the children who were playing in the park and the adults at the side all left with cold faces.
In this regard, not only was Aoba not angry, he even wanted to laugh.
It would be better if they left! It's not like this place was reserved by them!
Therefore, Little Naruto, who usually had no one willing to play with him, happily spent his time as if he had forgotten all his worries, so much so that when he returned home, he was still in high spirits.
And this was the childhood life that Naruto should have in his heart.
Although his starting point was due to the kindness of Minato and his wife, after getting to know each other, Aoba began to like Naruto more and more.
After sending Naruto home, Aoba gave Naruto a thousand ryo of pocket money and then told him to go straight to the ramen if he was hungry in the future.
In any case, even if he ate noodles daily, Naruto would not be tired of it and would only be happy!
However, when it was time to separate again, Naruto was still very reluctant!
Especially when he heard that Aoba's big brother said that from tomorrow on, he was going to carry out the task again, Naruto's mood was very low.
But after all, this was something that could not be helped. Even without Sarutobi's warning, Aoba could not accompany Naruto every day, just like how the brother-con Itachi could not stay at home every day to accompany Sasuke.
First of all, they were a ninja, and then they could care about other things.
Therefore, in the face of the depressed little Naruto, Aoba could only touch his head while gently saying, "Don't worry, as long as there is time, big brother will definitely come to see you."
Although Naruto was young, he was actually very sensible, so he immediately made himself optimistic, stretched out a finger and rubbed it horizontally under his nose, and shouted, "When I grow up, I will also become a powerful ninja, like Big Brother Aoba!"
"Okay, Big Brother believes you will definitely become a great ninja."
"En!"
After saying goodbye to Naruto, Aoba sighed in his heart and left.
As for everything he had done with Naruto today, and every word he had said, as expected, they should have been reported to Sarutobi by now.
However, the guy that he had always been wary of never appeared. This made Aoba, who had returned home all the way, frown.
This was more or less like the calm before the storm.
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The next day, Mikawa's class, who had returned from the day off, officially entered work.
It was just that the C-level mission had completely lost its challenge and interest to them.
However, Aoba still did the C-level mission to earn some living expenses.
Among them, the mission of catching or eliminating ferocious beasts, which took a relatively short time but was also relatively 'dangerous', was especially favored by Mikawa's class!
That scene was simply a massacre!
The efficiency was so high that it was scary!
For a time, many people were saying that the 'Mad Demon' mission team had returned!
It's just that the good times don't last long. After killing all the beasts around Konoha, the remaining tasks will only be a waste of time.
For example, private bodyguards' missions may sound cool. However, they are actually like silent detective tasks.
If the beast tasks were the specialty of Shinomiya Aoba and Mikawa-sensei, then the bodyguard tasks mainly relied on Gekkou Hayate to complete them!
The transparent Escape technique is definitely the most suitable for this kind of tracking and stealing information!
However, after helping several rich ladies catch adulterers in bed several times, Gekkou Hayate really wanted to quit!
What does it mean to help others catch cheating and stealing the opponent's trade secrets every day?
Although those rich people were quite generous, the money earned was dirty money!
Aoba scoffed at Gekkou Hayate's extremely hypocritical idea.
For things like money, who could tell which one was clean and which one was dirty?
Besides, the profession of ninja was actually no different from mercenaries. As long as you could afford the money to issue missions, people would naturally be willing to accept them.
In this regard, Konoha was already considered to have done a better job. At least, they would not take on the job of assassinating ordinary people.
But it was not without loopholes to exploit. You could send a mission to assassinate the other party and invite the ninja to protect you!
In addition, they could also post any tasks in the underground black market. Otherwise, how could those wandering Ninjas and rebel Ninjas eat?
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Land of Tea was located at the south end of the Land of Fire. Due to geomorphological reasons, the east and west sides are surrounded by the sea, and there was only a land road connecting the north and south, which was closely connected to the Land of Fire and the Land of Waves below.
However, there was only one bridge that connected the Land of Waves to the outside world. Not only the number of ninjas in the country is almost zero, but also the economy is poor, and the people live in poverty.
So all along, the Land of Tea had been trading tea leaves through the Land of Fire.
But in fact, many years ago, this only land route could lead to the Land of Whirlpools, which is located on the southeast side of the Land of Fire.
However, the former Land of Whirlpools had long since become history.
Therefore, the war between Konoha and Kumogakure not only dragged the Land of Fire into a quagmire once again but also made the Land of Tea, which was firmly blocked by the Land of Fire's natural barrier, feel helpless.
If not for the fact that they could still sell the tea leaves to the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers through sea transportation, their days would have been even more difficult.
However, seeing that the war had already been going on for more than a year and there was no end to it, the Land of Tea, which was forced to stop all land transportation, finally began to panic.