Konoha, Year 61, January 8th.
Izayoi's new home suddenly had an invisible barrier erected, preventing all outsiders from entering and isolating all perception.
Click! Click...
"I... Izayoi-kun, is it okay now?"
On the veranda of the Traditional Building, the sound of the shutter being released rang out continuously, mixed with the shy voice of a young girl.
"Wait a moment, Hinata, bear with it a little longer, I'll change the angle... slurp."
Izayoi shouted excitedly, and at the end, there seemed to be the sound of him swallowing saliva.
There was no way around it, Hinata was just too tempting right now.
At this moment, Hinata was wearing a thin, transparent long dress specially tailored for her by Izayoi. The top was a white short-sleeved shirt, and the bottom was a pair of light blue split-leg culottes, which not only showed off her figure to the fullest but also revealed a hazy beauty.
Moreover, Hinata's current pose was a critical hit for Izayoi, with full destructive power.
Hinata was supporting herself with both hands, doing a handstand, drawing a bow and arrow with her feet, looking up ahead, with a red arrow held in her cherry-colored lips.
That's right, Hinata was once again coaxed by Izayoi into taking Artistic Photos.
She was originally wearing a shrine maiden outfit, practicing archery here on the Veranda, and then Izayoi appeared out of nowhere, taking pictures of her with a camera.
Taking pictures was fine, but as she was taking them, Hinata didn't know how she had agreed to Izayoi, changing into this outfit that, although not revealing, was even more embarrassing than the Pikachu and Squirtle T-shirts, and being directed by Izayoi to pose in a way that made her brain fill with blood even faster.
"...Okay!"
After who knows how long, Hinata finally heard a relieved voice and quickly put down her feet, ready to go inside and change back into her clothes.
"Hinata, wait..."
At this moment, Izayoi suddenly stopped Hinata, then took out a sword from who knows where and smiled, "Let's take a few more pictures, just now it was archery, now it's sword dancing."
"O... Only one last time," Hinata said, her face flushed, still unable to refuse Izayoi's request.
"Okay."
Immediately, Hinata danced with a long sword in the garden, and at Izayoi's request, she tried her best to calm her emotions, put on a cold expression, and her eyes were full of sharpness.
If she were wearing a long robe, Hinata at this time would simply be a sharp, noble, and sword-dojo-born young lady.
However, this thin, transparent long dress made Hinata full of pure desire and a sense of contrast, and Izayoi directly called out that he couldn't take it anymore.
Izayoi, who was frantically pressing the shutter, suddenly regretted choosing the Tenseigan route, instead of the Sharingan and Rinnegan routes with exclusive Eye Technique.
If it was the Sharingan route, Izayoi's Mind's Eye Technique would definitely be related to time and be able to travel to the future.
Although the first ten years were very short, Izayoi felt that these second ten years were passing very slowly.
After taking nearly one Film Roll, just as Izayoi was about to end the Artistic Photos.
Hinata, who had already suppressed her shyness, suddenly created a Shadow Clone, snatched the camera, and the Main Body pulled Izayoi in to have a sword fight with her.
Seeing Hinata offering benefits, Izayoi naturally accepted them without hesitation.
Taking out another sharp long sword, Izayoi used the long sword to cut holes in Hinata's clothes during the competition, making the hazy beauty even more apparent, almost embarrassing Hinata's Shadow Clone to the point of self-destruction.
But fortunately, this wasn't Hinata's first time taking Artistic Photos.
Compared to the blunder of the first time, this time was obviously much better, within acceptable limits.
Moreover, Izayoi now was her boyfriend.
When going out shopping, Hinata didn't need to hide their relationship anymore; she could openly hold Izayoi-kun's arm, and even share the same food.
Fulfilling her boyfriend's little hobbies was the duty of a girlfriend.
Especially since Hanabi had started school again, Karin had to go to the Hokage Building every day to help and train, and Sasuke Uchiha had become obsessed with training and showing off his strength on missions (posing), with no one to compete with her for Izayoi-kun, Hinata was also very infatuated with this atmosphere.
After working up a sweat, the two went swimming and soaked in the hot springs, then put on sportswear and played basketball in the indoor court.
After Izayoi showed off a few times, he demonstrated a double-handed ball break through the press, and a free throw line dunk, taking the hoop down with him.
The next day, Izayoi took Hinata to change into Snowman Suits and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the Land of Iron for skiing.
When they got tired of playing, they had a snowball fight. Izayoi let Hinata use her Byakugan, and he almost capsized in the gutter, getting a head full of snow.
The 'exasperated' Izayoi directly pounced on Hinata, and the two rolled down the hillside into a big snowball, then 'beat' each other, almost causing an avalanche.
Unfortunately, this happy life didn't last for many days before Izayoi and Hinata, the lazy dogs, were sanctioned by Tsunade.
"Izayoi-kun, Hinata, Teacher Tsunade wants you to go to the Hokage Office. Shizune-sensei has already gone to notify Shino."
With Karin's notification, Eighth Squad finally reunited after more than two months.
Looking at Izayoi and Hinata, who weren't wearing Green Vests and had lost all their ninja qualities, Shino Aburame couldn't help but say venomously, "I thought you guys had retired."
Since Tsunade took over as the Fifth Hokage, the other squads had started frantically carrying out missions.
When they happened to all have time, the Little Strong Ones came to Izayoi's house for a meal and shared their mission experiences.
Seventh Squad's experience was the most exciting. They not only encountered a missing-nin wielding the Thunder God Sword in the Land of Tea, but also helped Koyuki Kazahana, who was ostensibly the female celebrity Fujiyama Yukie, but was actually the princess of the Land of Snow, to reclaim her country.
Although the mission experiences of Sixth Squad and Tenth Squad were not as exciting as Seventh Squad's, they also encountered bandits and rogue ninja, and even ninja from small ninja villages, adding several C-Rank Mission and B-Rank Mission combat records to their resumes.
On the other hand, Eighth Squad, apart from adding two C-Rank Mission and one A-Rank Mission combat records in October, had not moved at all.
Shino Aburame, who had been at home for more than two months, almost thought he had retired at a young age.
Or... had those two guys actually forgotten about him and secretly used their Chunin privileges to carry out missions?
Shino Aburame had more than once surrendered to himself, thinking that it didn't matter if the Aburame became an Inuzuka.
He really wanted to carry out missions!
As if sensing Shino Aburame's resentment, Izayoi and Hinata couldn't help but smile awkwardly, feeling a little sorry for Shino Aburame.
Izayoi even patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, Shino, I will definitely help you get enough combat records so that you can successfully participate in the Chunin Exams in the first half of the year."
Even if his laziness flared up, he could just play two roles like during the fetal movement period, letting a Wood Clone replace himself and Hinata, taking Shino Aburame to carry out missions.
With the Wood Clone's realism, Shino Aburame would definitely not know it was a Wood Clone, so he wouldn't be sad.
"I hope so." Shino Aburame no longer had any hope for Izayoi's promise.
After being promoted to Chunin, he felt that he could change careers and join the Anbu.
Since he was so unnoticeable, he might as well join the Anbu and maximize his advantages.
Shino Aburame's negativity was unknown to anyone.
After the Eighth Squad finished chatting, Tsunade said with a serious face, "The reason I summoned you this time is to assign you an S-Rank Mission."
"Nani?"
Hinata and Shino Aburame were slightly surprised. The latter couldn't help but adjust his sunglasses and said, "Doesn't this level of mission require Teacher Kurenai to lead the team?"
"It's meaningless to have Kurenai lead the team." Tsunade shook her head and said, "Except for Karin, only your Eighth Squad is capable of completing this mission."
Hearing this, Shino Aburame and Hinata instantly became serious, waiting for Tsunade's next words.
Tsunade didn't waste any time and directly stated the mission content: "According to the information collected by the Anbu, Cloud Village is preparing to retaliate against the Akatsuki, and has already dispatched troops to Rain Country."
"The mission of your Eighth Squad is to observe the movements of Cloud Village and Rain Hidden Village. Once the war breaks out, you will compile the battle situation into a piece of intelligence and transmit it back in real time."
After speaking, Tsunade asked Hinata, "Hinata, do you have a Summoning Beast yet?"
"No." Hinata shook her head.
"Then, like Karin, sign a contract with Shikkotsu Forest." Tsunade instructed, "When the time comes to transmit information, you will use the Summoning Technique, and then hand the scroll to Slug Sage. Slug Sage can immediately send the scroll to my hand."
"Yes!" Hinata's face lit up with joy, and she nodded vigorously.
Immediately, Hinata was pulled away by the smiling Karin to the side to sign a contract with Shikkotsu Forest.
Tsunade then solemnly instructed Izayoi, "Be sure to hide yourself well. If you are discovered, I allow you to abandon the mission."
Although Izayoi possessed Wood Release, and even created Signless Secret Skill and Flying Ninjutsu, he completely had the strength to threaten the Five Kage.
However, just like what others thought, Tsunade also believed that Izayoi had not yet grown up.
After all, humans only begin to enter their peak period after adulthood.
Before adulthood, it is a period of growth.
Even after the end of Shippuden, Naruto and Sasuke's strength was still growing.
At the age of nineteen, even if Naruto Uzumaki didn't have Sage of Six Paths Mode, Yin-Yang Release and Truth-Seeking Ball, or even released half of the Nine Tails from his body to deal with Hamura's statue, he still defeated Toneri Otsutsuki.
Sasuke Uchiha was even so strong that he only needed one Chidori to smash half a meteorite.
It wasn't until Boruto that he and Sasuke Uchiha became kidney-deficient men.
Tsunade's reason for not agreeing to the crusade against the Akatsuki also included protecting Izayoi.
As long as they dragged on for a few years, until Izayoi grew up, Konoha would have an ultra-standard combat power.
Even if the opponent was Sage Eye, they would have the power to fight.
If it weren't for Hinata's Byakugan's farsightedness, which had broken through the limits of the Hyuga Clan, plus the information of Cloud Village and Akatsuki was extremely important, Tsunade really didn't want to let the Eighth Squad do such a dangerous thing.
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
Izayoi also nodded with a serious face.
"Go."
Tsunade waved her hand.
Having received the pre-arranged departure permit from Shizune, Eighth Squad quickly left the Hokage Building, then used Body Flicker Technique to return home to pack their belongings, and gathered at the village entrance to head towards Rain Country.
...
Rain Hidden Village, today was not Sunday, but it was a rare sunny day.
The villagers who received the angel's notice had already taken refuge in the underground shelters.
Now, in the vast Rain Hidden Village, only a dozen figures remained, all members of the Akatsuki organization, each with the strength of a Kage-level Expert.
Even the great Shinobi Villages would feel a tremor in their hearts at this lineup.
Apart from the 'intern' Tobi and Black and White Zetsu, as well as the rarely seen Konan and the Five Paths of Pain, the others, led by Deva Path Pain, were all S-Rank Missing-nin and dangerous individuals from various Shinobi Villages.
Itachi Uchiha, who annihilated his own clan at the age of thirteen, turning the number one clan in the Shinobi World into historical dust.
Kisame Hoshigaki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, known as the 'Tailed Beast without a Tail'.
Kakuzu, once the strongest in Takigakure, now a well-known 'Bounty Hunter' in the Black Market.
Sasori of the Red Sand, who once destroyed a small country and whose bounty now surpassed the 'Wood Release Ninja', ranking second on the Black Market list.
Deva Path Pain, the Akatsuki Leader who destroyed Cloud Village with one move, breaking the bottom line of the Shinobi World, and whose bounty was the only one to exceed one billion.
And Hidan and Deidara, whose information had not been exposed.
At this time, all the Akatsuki members were gathered on the rooftop where Deva Path Pain often watched the rain, looking at the rare sunny day.
"It's coming..."
White Zetsu in Black and White Zetsu suddenly said with a grin, "There are two of them."
As if in response to his words, two huge black spheres appeared out of thin air above Rain Hidden Village, far apart from each other, one in the south and one in the north.
Deva Path Pain floated into the air with an unchanged expression.
At the same time, a shout also rang out in a corner of Rain Hidden Village.
"Summoning Technique!"
With a loud bang, Preta Path on the rooftop immediately turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared, appearing below the Tailed Beast Ball in the south.
"Almighty Push!"
As the dignified voice sounded, a terrifying storm of Repulsion instantly turned into a green curtain rising into the sky.
The Tailed Beast Ball covered by the green curtain disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had been erased by a rubber.
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