Chapter 40: Piggy, Goodbye
When Izayoi returned home, he didn't cook or take a shower immediately.

He walked into the room and came out carrying a locked box.

Judging from Izayoi's serious expression, this box must contain something very valuable.

The keys to the chain are hidden in a secret compartment in the living room.

When the box was opened, what was inside was not scrolls and weapons, but a red ceramic... piggy bank.

"Piggy...goodbye."

Izayoi took out the piggy bank, his hands and voice trembling slightly, and his expression was filled with grief.

After saying that, he turned his head away, closed his eyes, and slammed the piggy bank to the ground.

The ceramic piggy bank shattered into pieces in an instant, revealing coins all over the floor.

Izayoi squatted down and picked up the coins and banknotes one by one, just like putting them into a piggy bank from small to large.

This money was saved by Izayoi from his monthly pension and the remuneration for performing D-rank missions during this period.

As for the inheritance left by my parents, it has long been used up.

After all, he not only has to support himself, but also a big eater.

If the village hadn't provided monthly pension assistance, which only stopped after becoming a Genin, Izayoi would have been chewing tree bark and eating weeds long ago.

He put the coins into a bag and threw the twenty-three thousand ryo that he had just obtained into it.

Then he went out with the bag and came to a store.

With a thud, Izayoi slammed the bag onto the counter and pointed at something, saying, "Boss, here's 388,300 ryo. I want to buy a film camera. The rest of the money will be used to buy film and materials for developing photos."

"Okay, thank you for your patronage."

The boss's enthusiastic voice sounded immediately.

Not long after, Izayoi came out of the store holding a camera.

"I finally bought it. It's not too late now."

Izayoi couldn't let go of the camera, smiling and saying to himself: "Although I can't record the childhood scenes of Hinata and I, I can record Hanabi's growth. It's worth it!"

"I'm broke, and the food in the refrigerator is probably useless. Let's go hunting and barbecue tonight."

……

"Onii-chan, get up, the sun is shining on your butt."

The next day, Izayoi, who suffered from the syndrome of staying in bed, still enjoyed the princess's wake-up service.

But this time, it was not the eldest princess who woke him up, but the youngest princess.

The nose felt a little itchy, and Shizai opened his eyes. In the hazy vision, a delicate and cute little face slowly became clear.

Hanabi, wearing a yellow-brown kimono, was seen sitting astride Izayoi's body. She leaned over and held the bangs braid, using her hair to clean Izayoi's nose and face.

"You naughty girl, next time when you fall asleep, I'll do the same to you." Izayoi smiled and rubbed Hanabi's little face.

"Hehe... it was my sister who asked me to wake up Onii-chan. If you want to blame someone, blame my sister." Hanabi immediately rubbed Izayoi's palm and started to shift the blame.

"...You should go out first. Onii-chan still needs to wash up."

"it is good."

After playing with Hanabi on the bed for a while, Izayoi patted her little butt and signaled her to get out of bed.

Hanabi, wearing white socks, jumped out of bed and ran out. No wonder there was no sound at all.

After a quick wash, Izayoi opened the drawer of the desk and took out the camera inside.

As soon as he walked out of the room, Izayoi saw Hinata busy in the kitchen.

At this time, Hinata was not wearing her usual white windbreaker and black trousers, but a white kimono with purple and white petal patterns on the belt, cuffs, and hem.

Her long black hair was tied up into a bun at the back of her head.

She was wearing an apron and holding a frying pan, flipping the pan skillfully.

Hanabi, on the other hand, was wrapping a rice ball with seaweed on the dining table. Seeing this, Izayoi couldn't help but hold his breath, and walked on tiptoe with his camera, looking for the angle that would best match the light.

With a click, a picture of two sisters, back to back, one standing and the other kneeling, both wearing kimonos, busy with their own things, was instantly preserved forever.

Hinata and Hanabi looked over when they heard the camera shutter.

"camera!"

Looking at the camera in Izayoi's hand, Hanabi's eyes suddenly lit up. She took off her gloves and ran over, looking surprised and saying, "Onii-chan, when did you buy this camera?"

"I bought it yesterday."

"Onii-chan, let me see."

"Be careful, Onii-chan spent 300,000 taels to buy this. I used up all my savings and the money I earned from missions." Izayoi handed over the camera and reminded.

Hearing this, Hanabi wiped her hands vigorously on her expensive kimono, which should be enough to buy several cameras, and then took the camera.

"Onii-chan, how do you look at the photos?"

"You have to develop it first. After breakfast, Onii-chan will teach you how to develop photos."

"Okay, okay! Onii-chan, let's take a picture too."

"No hurry, wait until your sister finishes cooking, then we can take a picture together, that way it will be meaningful."

"Uh-huh……"

Looking at Izayoi and Hanabi who were playing, Hinata had a happy smile on her face.

After Hinata finished making breakfast and Izayoi and Hanabi finished making rice balls together, the three of them sat at the dining table, holding seaweed rice balls, and took their first photo together with bright smiles.

Izayoi sat in the middle, with the sisters on either side.

The person in charge of taking pictures was Izayoi's shadow clone.

A selfie stick is not as useful as a shadow clone.

After breakfast, the three of them stayed in Izayoi's room, drew the blackout curtains, and began to develop photos.

"So beautiful..."

Looking at the very artistic photos of the sisters, I can't think of any adjective to describe them as fireworks, I can only marvel at them.

Hinata stared at the photo of the three of them, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

At this moment, the girl felt the same regret as Izayoi.

If only she had a camera when she was a child, she could have recorded the process of her and Izayoi growing up.

But...it's not too late now.

So for the next day, Izayoi and the Hinata sisters started taking photos everywhere.

First, in various places in the house, such as the living room, balcony, gymnasium, yard...

Then we went outside to the familiar abandoned training ground and some beautiful waterfalls, and took photos of ourselves, or of couples and trios.

When passing by a big tree, Hinata took the initiative for once and pulled the sleeve of Izayoi's specially changed robe. Her face flushed as she asked, "Izayoi-kun, can you use the transformation technique?"

Hearing this, Izayoi was slightly stunned.

Then he followed Hinata's gaze and glanced at the big tree. Izayoi finally reacted and nodded with a smile: "Okay, let's go together."

"Ah."

Hinata nodded happily. After Izayoi performed the Shadow Clone Technique, the two stood facing each other and formed hand seals together: "Transformation Technique!"

The white smoke dissipated, and two children wearing ordinary clothes and with baby fat on their faces stood under the big tree and smiled at each other.

Then the two of them looked at Izayoi's shadow clone and smiled brightly.

With a click, the picture is preserved forever.

(End of this chapter)

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