Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 375 Agreement Signing

"It is a pleasure to sign this peace agreement with you!"

"May the friendship between Konoha and Kumogakure last forever!"

In Konoha Village, after half a month of bumpy negotiations, the Cloud Ninja envoys, represented by Tsuchida, arrived in Konoha.

The two sides finally signed a reasonably acceptable peace agreement.

"Of course, we Cloud Ninja also look forward to this hard-won peace!"

Leaving aside the jubilant Homura Mitokado on Konoha's side, Tsuchida's expression was far less pleasant.

The Cloud Ninja didn't gain anything from this peace agreement at all. After learning the details, who knows how much trouble the villagers will cause.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Who told the damned Hidden Stone Village to find out? Faced with pressure from both sides, they had no choice but to make some concessions.

Goodbye, Toshiro!

"When I hold my own concert, I'll definitely invite you!"

At the Konoha Northern Camp, Killer Bee was saying his final goodbyes to Toshiro as the Cloud Ninja envoy arrived.

Seeing his reluctant expression, Yunren frowned.

If the other person weren't Raikage's good friend, he would have suspected that the other person had been turned by the people of Konoha.

"Ah! I hope that when we meet again, it won't be on the battlefield!"

"We'll definitely have a good drink then!"

Seeing Killer Bee looking unusually serious, Toshiro also felt that this guy had a pretty good temper, and he had enjoyed spending time with him these past few days.

No wonder he can become friends with the Eight-Tails.

"Come visit our Cloud Village then! Our Cloud Village's strong liquor is famous throughout the ninja world!"

Killer Bee gave Toshiro a big smile, waved, and left the Konoha camp with the Cloud Ninja.

He was muttering to himself as he walked.

Having finished all that, Toshiro, Kushina, and the others did not linger in the front-line camp and began packing up to return to the village.

Kushina, in particular, hadn't seen Naruto for almost ten days and was very worried. Since Naruto was born, they had never been separated for such a long time.

I wonder if this little guy is doing well while I'm not around.

But when she hurriedly returned to Konoha and saw Naruto…

"Naruto... Mom's back!"

Kushina was very pleased to see Naruto building a snowman with a group of children his age, and nodded to Kakashi, who was hiding in the shadows protecting Naruto.

"Kassan, welcome back!"

He suddenly threw himself into Kushina's arms.

Ignoring his dirty clothes, Naruto missed Kushina a little after not seeing her for more than ten days. Fortunately, he had made a lot of good friends during this time.

"Mom, this is my new best friend, Hinata Hyuga!"

Upon thinking of his new friend, Naruto immediately thought of Hinata Hyuga. He quickly broke free from his mother's embrace, took a little girl with short blue-black hair, and came to Kushina.

"...Auntie...hello!"

"I...I'm Naruto's new friend...Hinata Hyuga...Nice to meet you!"

For some reason, Hinata became unusually nervous whenever she saw Naruto's mother. However, having played with Naruto for the past few days and become a little more cheerful, Hinata mustered up the courage to greet Kushina.

In fact, we have to thank the Cloud Ninja for all of this. These days, because of his younger brother's affairs, Hyuga Hiashi has not been able to supervise his daughter's training at all.

This gave Hinata time to go out and play.

"Is her name Hinata? She's such a shy child!"

"Naruto's a bit reckless, I hope he hasn't caused you any trouble!"

Upon seeing the blushing, shy girl, Kushina was reminded of herself and Minato when they were children, and how she looked at Hinata with even more tenderness than when she looked at Naruto.

"If he bullies you, Aunt Kushina will take care of him for you!"

It seems I need to work even harder. The young lady of the Hyuga family must prepare a very, very, very extraordinary betrothal gift!

It's still far from being finalized, but the optimistic Kushina is already thinking about all sorts of things.

"Hinata, it's about time now. Your aunt just got back today, so how about we go visit her?"

Looking at the sky, it was almost lunchtime. Kushina smiled gently at Hinata and invited her to her home.

"The fried chicken that Auntie makes tastes really good!"

"This...isn't that a bad idea!"

"It's alright. Auntie doesn't usually have many guests. It's rare to meet such a cute girl like Hinata today, so it's decided!"

"But...but..."

Shy Hinata doesn't know how to refuse other people's kindness, especially Kushina's enthusiastic attitude.

However, her good upbringing made her prepared to politely decline the other party's kindness.

"This...this is really too much of a bother! And...my family will worry!"

"What a well-behaved child!"

Hinata declined her invitation, but Kushina was not angry at all; instead, she smiled even more brightly.

"In that case, Auntie, surely you can take Hinata home?"

"You can't refuse!"

Worried that the shy child would refuse, Kushina added another sentence.

The Uzumaki family's sensory abilities are very special. As soon as she saw this little girl, she sensed the gentle and shy aura emanating from the girl's chakra.

Hinata's appearance only strengthened Hinata's resolve.

"Okay... alright!"

Hinata responded softly and obediently stayed beside Kushina, her head down as she fiddled with the hem of her dress.

"Alright, Naruto, go say hello to your friends!"

Not long after, on the road leading to the Hyuga clan, Kushina held Hinata's hand behind them, while Naruto skipped and hopped ahead, leaving deep footprints in the snow.

They had only taken a few steps when heavy snow began to fall.

Kushina's red hair, amidst the swirling snowflakes, resembled a flame burning in winter. She smiled, her eyes filled with tenderness and care, gently brushing the snowflakes from Hinata's head from time to time, and stroking Hinata's cheek with her warm palm.

Hinata, whose little hand was being held by Kushina, secretly glanced at Naruto in front of her and her Aunt Kushina, whom she had just met. She felt that being with them made the cold environment around her not so cold anymore.

"Please have Kushina bring Hinata back. That child is so inconsiderate!"

"How could that be! Hinata is so cute. If I have the chance, I'd like to invite her to my house. I hope Hiashi won't object!"

"How could that be! I'm just worried that the child might do something impolite and cause you trouble!"

"Hinata, did you hear that? You can't refuse Auntie's invitation next time!"

Kushina winked at Hinata, then led Naruto away from the Hyuga mansion, while Hiashi, gazing at his daughter, fell into deep thought…

(End of this chapter)