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Chapter 399 Pain, so much pain! (Seeking monthly votes)

Konoha 53, April 10th.

At ten o'clock in the morning, a group of white clouds, carried by a gentle breeze, drifted over Konoha Village, shielding it from the scorching sun.

A bright ray of sunlight shone through the gaps in the clouds and onto the stage in the center of Konoha Square.

There, the sun in the hearts of the people of Konoha, the reformer who ended the corrupt regime of Sarutobi, the hero who single-handedly ended the war.
The great, compassionate Fifth Hokage of Konoha, who dedicated his life to world peace, is delivering his inaugural address.

The square was already packed with people who came to watch the ceremony, and the line even stretched out onto several streets outside the square.

On the high platform, Mu Sheng wore a white robe with gold patterns, resembling the Hokage. On the podium in front of him was a Hokage hat.

On the front of the Hokage's hat is a character for "fire" that resembles a burning flame.

"Hello, villagers of Konoha!"

Mu Sheng waved to the crowds in several directions in turn.

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"Lord Kanbaru! So handsome!"

"Long live the Hokage!"

The villagers of Konoha reacted enthusiastically; after all, who wouldn't like a Hokage who gives them money?

In addition, with the addition of Mu Sheng's unique talk-no-jutsu—pillow talk—after a few months of this, Mu Sheng's popularity in Konoha has skyrocketed.

With his hands pressed down lightly, and after the villagers calmed down, Mu Sheng continued:

"Today is a special day. In recent years, the people of Konoha have suffered greatly."

"We barely survived the Third Shinobi World War, but not long after, we suffered a terrorist attack, in which even the Fourth Hokage perished."

At the very front of the crowd, Kakashi held Naruto's arm, unconsciously tightening his grip, and looked down at the bewildered little Naruto.

The latter was unaware that the Fourth Hokage, whom Mu Sheng had mentioned as having sacrificed his life, was his father.

On the top of a building to the left of the square, Little Nine-Tailed Fox sheepishly retracted its eight tails, pretending that the matter had nothing to do with it.

Although Obito Uchiha was the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' rampage, most of the casualties among Konoha's personnel were directly caused by the Nine-Tails.

"Meow~"

Little Black patted Little Nine-Tailed Fox's head, raised its head, and meowed.

"Who needs your protection, you stupid cat? I'm not afraid of those humans at all!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox glared at Little Black with dissatisfaction. It was the most powerful tailed beast in the world. When did it fall so low that it needed a stupid cat to protect it?
Just looking at its small body, Nine-Tails felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Damn it! Is this the price of freedom?"

When you have power, you have no freedom; when you have freedom, you lose power!

"However, the suffering did not end there. While we were still immersed in pain, the Hidden Cloud Village took the opportunity to start a war. It was at that time that I, who had not yet graduated from the Ninja Academy, was conscripted and sent to the front line."

Mu Sheng then described his war experiences on the front lines of the Hidden Clouds.

When they heard that he had been ambushed by the Cloud Ninja and was on the verge of death, the villagers couldn't help but imagine the scene and angrily cursed the Cloud Village for starting the war.

The Cloud Village delegation, not far away, kept wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads, fearing that these enraged villagers would swarm them and trample them into mincemeat.

They have been in Konoha for more than two months, but the peace talks have not yet been reached.

"A billion in compensation, plus the village's secret Lightning Release Armor technique."

The Cloud Village envoy felt uneasy thinking about Konoha's outrageous demands.

How come these civilized people from Konoha, who consider themselves the leaders of the Five Great Ninja Villages, are more barbaric and greedy than us Cloud Ninja?
"Damn it! When will the village give us their reply?"

He didn't want to stay in Konoha for another second longer!

"When I learned that the merits I earned on the battlefield, which I fought so hard for, were being pocketed by those Sarutobi ninjas hiding in the rear."

I knew it! Konoha Village is sick!

Mu Sheng's tone became low and his expression became serious, and the villagers of Konoha could feel his concern for the village at that time.

"Where leaves dance in the air, fire will burn."

As Mu Sheng spoke, a phantom image of a tree hundreds of meters tall was projected into the sky above the square.

Withered yellow leaves drifted down from the tree, burning in the air and turning to ashes before settling on the soil beneath.

Nourished by the ashes, new buds sprouted from the branches of the tree, making it even stronger and more lush.

However, several huge pests covered in terrifying downy hairs appeared in the canopy and began to gnaw on the branches and leaves of the jackfruit tree.

The insects had names like Sarutobi and Shimura clearly marked on their heads, while the branches and leaves they were munching on bore the names of people like Shinbara, Tanaka, Mikami, and Aoi.

Many people found leaves on the big tree that matched their own surnames, when they saw these leaves being eaten by pests such as 'Sarutobi' and 'Shimura'.

A surge of indignation welled up in the villagers' hearts!
No wonder their lives are getting harder and harder; it's all because of these pests.

"Konoha does not belong to any one person or any one family; Konoha belongs to all the villagers of Konoha!"

Mu Sheng raised his right hand high and declared emphatically, "When evil attempts to destroy Konoha, the Will of Fire will ignite!"

A raging fire instantly erupted on the phantom image of the large tree above the square, burning all the pests to ashes.

The flames materialized, engulfing the entire square in flames.

The dense clouds evaporated and dissipated under the scorching heat of the flames, and the bright sunlight instantly illuminated the entire Hidden Leaf Village!

The sky suddenly brightened!

"I, Katsumi Kambara, hereby swear that I will let the light of fairness and justice shine in Konoha, and let the doves of peace fly freely in the sky of Konoha, flying to the whole world!"

As Mu Sheng made his powerful announcement, a deafening roar of cheers erupted once again in Konoha Square.

The surging sound instantly spread throughout the entire Hidden Leaf Village, even startling the birds in the dense forest outside the village into flight.

"Fly to the whole world."

Outside the crowd, Jiraiya, with his white hair, murmured something.

He could hear the undisguised ambition in the words that stirred the hearts of the Konoha villagers.

"I wonder if it's a good thing or a bad thing that Konoha Village has produced such a Hokage."

A bad feeling lingered in Jiraiya's mind and wouldn't go away.

"According to the Toad Sage's prophecy, I will have a disciple who can stand alone and bring about tremendous changes to the ninja world."

"Perhaps what I need to do now is to take on a few more disciples."

Jiraiya knew he couldn't stop Maki's ambition, so he could only place his hopes on the prophesied savior.

He had previously thought that disciple was Nagato, but he hadn't heard from him for a long time and didn't know whether Nagato and the others were alive or dead.

After realizing Mu Sheng's ambition, Jiraiya stopped worrying. Since he couldn't confirm it, he might as well take on more disciples.

'It's a pity I didn't meet Shinbara Masaru sooner; otherwise, given his age, he would have been a perfect candidate to become my disciple.'

Jiraiya looked at the young Hokage bathed in sunlight and felt a pang of regret.

Then he laughed at himself, realizing he was being too unrealistic.

After the Hokage ceremony concluded, the crowd dispersed in an orderly manner under the guidance of the Konoha Police Department.

However, the celebrations in the village were not over yet, and the streets were filled with groups of villagers celebrating the new Hokage.

"Come and take a look! These are freshly baked meat pies. Even the Hokage said they were delicious!"

"Surprise discount! Surprise discount! To celebrate..."

"Hey! That meatball shop is having a promotion, 200 off for every 500 spent, wow, let's go check it out!"

On a street lined with delicious food, Mitarashi Anko pulled her best friend toward a dango shop.

"Boss, give me a hundred skewers of meatballs! Thirty skewers of three-color meatballs, thirty skewers of sweet red bean paste meatballs, and another twenty skewers."

Seeing all the different kinds of dumplings in the shop, Mitarashi Anko's eyes lit up.

"Red Bean, you bought too much. How are we going to finish it all?"

Kurenai grabbed her friend's arm, trying to stop her from going on a shopping spree.

"Huh? Oh right!" Mitarashi Anko suddenly realized, "I forgot to buy yours! Boss, another twenty skewers, please!"

Kurenai Yuhi “.”

A few minutes later, Mitarashi Anko left the dango shop carrying a basket. She had bought too many dango, so she had to carry them with her.

Kurenai held several strings of tricolor dumplings in her hand, eating them slowly, one bite at a time.

Mitarashi Aoko, on the other hand, ate skewers like they were eating skewers, one bite at a time, and the number of meatballs in her chest basket was visibly decreasing.

"Red Bean, be careful you don't become a big fat person if you eat like this."

Kurenai said with some concern, "These are all sweets."

"Climbing snakes? We can just increase our physical training!"

Mitarashi Azuko mumbled incoherently, her mouth never stopping chewing.

After struggling to swallow the meatball in his mouth, he continued, "Once the Ministry of Finance's billion-dollar subsidy campaign is over, there won't be meatballs this cheap anymore."

Only then did Yuhi Hong realize that her best friend had been taking advantage of her!
"Are you serious?" Kurenai couldn't help but roll her eyes at her!

"Of course it's necessary, how could it not be necessary?"

Mitarashi Anko said confidently, "It doesn't matter who gets this subsidy. If I don't take advantage of it, plenty of others will, so why shouldn't I?"

Kurenai Yuhi remained silent, took a bite of a dumpling, and said, "Whatever makes you happy."

"Ugh~"

As they were talking, Kurenai suddenly started gagging.

"What's wrong, Hong? Are you alright?"

Seeing this, Mitarashi Anko stopped her frantic eating and stepped forward to help Yuhi Kurenai with some concern.

"It's nothing, I'm just tired of it, these meatballs are too sweet."

After gagging a few times, Kurenai felt much better, but she had no appetite for the dumplings and put them into the food basket hanging on Mitarashi Anko's chest.

"Sweet?" Mitarashi Anko looked down in surprise. "It's not that sweet, is it?"

"It's not the meatballs' fault, it's mine."

"You?" Mitarashi Anko was even more surprised.

"Yes!" Kurenai's cheeks flushed slightly as she said, "Yes, I'm pregnant!"

"What!?"

"You're pregnant!?"

Mitarashi Anko was so shocked that she dropped the dumpling she was holding.

And a villager not far from them suddenly froze in his tracks.

"Shh! Keep your voice down!"

Kurenai quickly covered her mouth; this was something that was always a little difficult to talk about.

After all, Mu Sheng was her student in a sense, and much younger than her.

Thinking back to Mu Sheng's many tricks in that area, even in the Hokage's office...
Yuhi Kurenai's cheeks turned even redder, and her large red eyes softened.
Mitarashi Anko quickly pulled away the hand covering her mouth and asked in a soft but urgent voice:
"Hong, when did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"

"Wait a minute! Who's the father of the child? How come I didn't know you were dating anyone?"

Mitarashi Anko suddenly felt a loss of love. She had no idea that her best friend had been secretly dating, and now she even had a child.

"Yes, yes, I will win!" Although Kurenai was somewhat embarrassed, she still told Mitarashi Anko about her relationship with Maki Katsu.

After all, she's already more than three months pregnant and will soon be showing; she won't be able to hide it anymore.

"The victory you're talking about, you don't mean that kind of victory, do you?" Mitarashi Anko's eyes widened as she pointed upwards.

"Yes!" Kurenai Yuhi nodded, somewhat proudly, "It's him, Katsumi Kanbara, the newly appointed Fifth Hokage!"

Her man becoming Hokage was something to be proud of. If it weren't for their special relationship, Kurenai would have told everyone long ago.

"Kurenai Yuhi, you're a ruthless person!"

Mitarashi Anko was shocked. That was the youngest Hokage in Konoha's history! Even among the five great ninja villages, there was no one as young as her.

"No, I remember the Hokage only just started this year."

Mitarashi Anko suddenly realized the Hokage's age: "Anko, you're actually an old cow eating young grass!"

"Pah! What do you mean by 'old cow eating young grass'? That sounds awful!" Kurenai Yuhi slapped Anko Mitarashi in annoyance and scolded her.

"My God, my best friend is actually the Hokage's wife!"

Mitarashi Anko was still trying to process the news when her body instinctively bent down and picked up the dumpling that had fallen to the ground.

He wiped it on his clothes and then put it in his mouth and started chewing.

A few seconds later, Mitarashi Anko's eyes suddenly lit up.

If her best friend is the Hokage's wife, doesn't that mean she also has the privileges of the Hokage's wife?
Since she's already the Hokage's wife, getting some subsidy coupons should be pretty easy, right?
"Hong, can you get me a few consumption subsidy vouchers from the finance department? I don't need many, just a few million will do. I'm not greedy!"

Mitarashi Anko grabbed Yuhi Kurenai's arm and pleaded.

"Several million? And you call that casually?"

Kurenai Yuhi pinched Anko Mitarashi's waist hard: "Why don't you just say you'll be the head of the finance department!"

"Ouch!" Mitarashi Anko cried out in pain.

Then, looking at Kurenai with anticipation, she said, "If you can do it, I'm not incapable of doing it either."

Forget about it, I can't do it!

"Ah~ Aren't you the Hokage's wife? You can't even do this little thing? Why don't you threaten the Hokage with the child in your belly, he'll definitely agree!"

"Let me threaten you first! Don't run away!"

"Ah! Help! Hong, I was wrong!"

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Kurenai Yuhi and Anko Mitarashi quickly walked away, laughing and joking.

Only when the two figures disappeared into the crowd did Asuma dare to raise his head and look at Kurenai's retreating figure.

pain!It hurts so much!
The feeling of having a crush on your goddess for years being pregnant with another man's child is just too painful!

Asma clutched her chest, feeling even more grief than when she heard the news of her father's death.

bang~
Because of the intense pain, Asuma's shadow clone exploded!

(End of this chapter)