Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

Seeing Temari Nanaya reminded me that she might have brought her yukata along too.

Would you like to take a look?

After all, he was his only disciple, the founding disciple of the Seven Nights School.

But after thinking about it carefully, I decided to forget about it.

When the time is right, we will meet.

He continued to fan himself as he wandered aimlessly through Konoha's night market.

The commotion caused by Temari was quite significant; at least, some people definitely knew about it.

However, he was not worried. Although he was labeled a rogue ninja, Konoha had not taken any further action except when Root sent a few ninjas to hunt him down right after he escaped.

After hearing Kakashi's report about the Land of Snow, he probably didn't want to provoke Shichiya anymore.

One expert is not scary; Konoha has many experts who are also capable.

The problem is that Qiye is not only a person with high personal strength, but also someone who can arm most people.

Look at the two fleets of the Land of Snow now. They just use their cannons to bombard anything that happens. Pirate ships have been blasted into pieces, and the fortresses built by pirates on the islands they occupied have been reduced to ruins. Even many wandering ninjas and defectors who have become pirates dare not target the Land of Snow's caravans, for fear of being blasted into pieces by accident.

Although naval cannons cannot easily hit them, they also need to rest. Many ninjas were killed by the Land of Snow while they were resting.

While their lack of strength is partly to blame, it's still best to avoid provoking them if possible.

If the fleet is so powerful, how will the army, which we've never seen before, be armed?

If that were all, it might not be enough to make people too wary.

The problem is that these soldiers are just ordinary people, and they are much easier to train than ninjas. It can be said that as long as there are enough soldiers, qualified soldiers can be trained continuously.

With a sufficient number of people and advanced weaponry, they could rival a ninja village.

Therefore, Konoha was unwilling to provoke Shichiya.

Therefore, Shichiya could walk around Konoha without any problems.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Original Agreement

night.

Konoha Ninja Village, Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant.

"Give me one bowl... no, two bowls... three bowls of ramen, large bowls, with lots of vegetables, all kinds, hurry up!"

"okay!"

It was no longer the familiar middle-aged man's voice, but a young girl's voice.

The girl responded sweetly and then began working.

Nanaya opened his left eye and looked at the girl. Has Ayame-san already started taking over her father's work?

Yes, I should definitely come here more often in the future.

The ramen made by a beautiful young girl is mouthwatering just thinking about it.

"Give me a bowl of ramen too."

"Me too."

Then came the voices of an older man and a young man.

They are all quite familiar to me.

I glanced at them and, as expected, it was Jiraiya and Kakashi.

It seems they have received the message.

Moreover, Kakashi was actually watching the compilation.

To read this kind of book in public, that's really...

A steadfast shrine devotee.

They sat down on either side of Qi Ye, as if to prevent him from escaping.

However, that's not the case.

Kakashi knew very well that Nanaya could teleport, so they couldn't prevent him from escaping.

He glanced at Kakashi on the left, then at Jiraiya on the right.

There seemed to be a strange meaning in Qiye's red left eye.

"Why are you two here together? Were you having sex earlier, and then came together after hearing my news? Did you wash your hands?"

"..."

Well, Jiraiya felt that Nanaya's thinking was really unhealthy, unlike him.

Even someone as virtuous as him only ever spied on women's bathhouses, but Qiye is the kind of guy who dares to think of anything.

They even dared to publish a book.

Things like the relationships between older sisters and younger brothers, older brothers and younger sisters, and fathers and daughters.

"Seven Nights, it's been so long since we last met, is this all you can say?"

"What else can we say? I don't recall any other relationship between us besides the notebook."

"While it's true, saying it so directly is really hurtful."

"Don't talk to me about feelings, talking about feelings will hurt my feelings."

"You're the one who talks to me about the script; talking about the script costs money."

Anyway, the notebooks I sold to them were always more expensive than those sold to others, which was obviously a way to rip them off.

However, I didn't come to see Qiye to talk about these things.

Three bowls of ramen were served quickly, and the three of them ate them slowly.

Outside, people were still coming and going.

The Ichiraku Ramen restaurant was relatively quiet.

Qi Ye guessed that they would come to him, but he didn't know what they would say.

He had nothing to say, so he just kept eating his ramen in silence.

Kakashi ate while flipping through the notebook without saying a word, perhaps because he was engrossed in reading.

After a long silence, Jiraiya finally spoke.

"Seven Nights, why did you run away back then?"

"If we don't run, are we supposed to wait for you to catch us?"

"How could that be? Everyone knows you were framed."

"hehe."

"..."

Okay, Jiraiya admits he was lying through his teeth.

Back then, because Orochimaru's affair was exposed, a certain rat contacted these people to smear Nanaya.

Although many ninjas believed that Shichiya was innocent, the general public was unaware of this.

So, under the guidance of certain individuals, the civilians and some ninjas, who had nowhere to vent their anger because Orochimaru had escaped, turned their rage on Shichiya.

If Qiye hadn't run away, he would have been arrested long ago.

They might even have to be stripped naked and paraded through the streets, then pelted with rotten eggs, tomatoes, and the like.

There's no other way but to run.

Speaking of what happened back then, Jiraiya also felt some regret.

He was chasing after Orochimaru at that time, so he couldn't help when the Nanaya incident happened.

Otherwise, things might not have escalated to the point where Qiye had to run away.

Anyway, he believed that Qiye would not conduct any human experiments.

Just kidding. With Nanaya's personality—who doesn't pay much attention to anything except doujinshi—how could he possibly do any human experiments?

You'd be better off using that time to sleep.

But it's all in the past, and there's no point in talking about it now.

Moreover, this time I'm not here to dwell on what happened back then.

This time, it was Kakashi who spoke.

"Orochimaru seems to be up to something. I ran into him a while ago. His target seems to be Sasuke. Do you know Sasuke? He's the last surviving member of the Uchiha clan."

"know."

"He has a strange curse mark on his body, I don't know what it is."

"What a coincidence, I don't know either."

As they were talking, Shichiya had already started eating his second bowl of ramen.

Every time he comes over, he seems to order three bowls of ramen.

Perhaps he also has the traits of a foodie.

Jiraiya, who was standing to the side, also spoke up.

"Orochimaru has gone astray and is drifting further and further away from us!"

There seemed to be some emotion and helplessness in his words.

He was indeed very helpless, unable to stop Orochimaru's defection, and unable to discover Orochimaru's change. He always believed it was his mistake.

This may be a lifelong regret for him.

Nanaya didn't offer any opinion, but instead ate his ramen at a pace that seemed slow but was actually quite fast.

Life is bound to have regrets.