In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"What are you doing? Do you have prickly heat?" Naruto looked at her impatiently.

"Is it not possible for me to not lie down?" Hongdou changed to a comfortable sitting position, which was a bit indecent.

Naruto glanced at her and couldn't help but glance again.

"What are you doing again?"

"Why do you care so much about me?" Hongdou said dissatisfiedly, "Is it okay if I can't sleep?"

"Okay." Naruto was speechless. He looked away again, staring at the hand seals on the scroll and continued to ponder. Then he suddenly added, "You can do whatever you want."

"Oh."

An hour passed, and the only sound outside the tent was the night wind. Naruto had set traps around the tent to drive away wild animals and serve as a warning.

Under normal circumstances, no reckless wild beasts would break in.

Under the dim light, Naruto was reading a scroll while Red Bean was in a daze.

He occasionally glanced at Hongdou, the corner of his mouth raised a little. She likes to be in a daze when she has nothing to do, her mind is stupid, she is indeed a stupid woman.

After a while, Hongdou felt that the light in the tent was a bit dazzling. She squinted her eyes and looked up for a while, and it was indeed very dazzling. She lowered her head, and her mind was a little dizzy.

Naruto took a break from his work and occasionally glanced at her, just in time to see her suddenly lower her head. He couldn't help but wonder if something had happened to her, or if she was just dazzled by the lights.

How could there be such a stupid person?

He wanted to ask more, but then he remembered Hongdou had told him to mind his own business, so he gave up. But just after he continued to read the scroll for a few seconds, he heard a thud next to him.

"What's wrong with you?" He couldn't help but ask as he saw Hongdou lying on the sleeping bag.

Anko didn't have the nerve to complain about the dizziness and buzzing from staring at the light for too long, so she simply ignored him. Naruto was a little worried that the woman was really dead, so he put away the scroll and stood up to move over.

The tent wasn't very big, and with his size he could only crawl through it.

"Wake up." A slap was gently placed on Hongdou's face, and the latter immediately opened her eyes.

"What?" She sounded a little irritated.

"See if you're dead." He spoke truthfully. "Although you're weak, you're quite resilient. You've managed to survive until now with the Heaven's Curse on your neck."

Seeing Naruto mocking her again, Hongdou couldn't help but become even more irritated. A nameless anger welled up in her heart, and when she saw the wide-open neckline, she was so irritated that she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Can I have a kiss?" she asked inexplicably.

"Are you out of your mind?" Naruto returned to his original position. "I consider you a friend, but you want to surpass me? Huh?? You stupid woman."

"Tsk, I'm just asking, I'm not serious." Hongdou turned over and sat up, looking bored, "Don't say such lewd words."

"Hmm? Didn't you bring it up first?"

"I wasn't thinking about that." Hongdou rolled her eyes and curled up in the sleeping bag, with only her head showing.

"Oh, I see. So you're a vegetarian. My apologies."

"No, but men are too troublesome." Anko said, looking at the top of the tent. "I'm not an eighteen-year-old girl anymore. I have no intention of falling in love."

"Work is already boring enough. I can't imagine having someone sleeping next to me and being woken up at any time. I don't want to fulfill my girlfriend's obligations at all, and I have to be restricted by all kinds of restrictions."

"I'm not as gentle as Hong, and I can't stand being controlled by others."

"Oh, going straight to the target? That's really amazing." Naruto exclaimed in admiration and took out the scroll to continue reading.

"It would be great if toys were alive. They are alive when turned on and dead when turned off." Hongdou started making outrageous remarks again, complaining bit by bit.

"Your ideals are too advanced. They would be quite explosive in any era." Naruto couldn't help but say, "Are you really a woman?"

"It's genuine." Hongdou said, "I just think the relationship between men and women is too complicated. Anything too serious is not suitable for me."

"Toys are better. You don't have to worry about other people's expressions."

"Really?" Naruto raised his eyelids, "It's a pity that there is no temperature."

"But isn't it enough to find someone who is compatible with you? He doesn't need to spend time with you, and he doesn't need any response from you. He's an ideal boyfriend." Hongdou stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers and said.

"I don't completely agree, but I still think what you said makes sense." Naruto supported himself with his hands and replied to her while looking at the scroll.

"As expected of you, you're reading the scroll while perfunctorily answering me. You've worked so hard." Hongdou frowned.

"It's not hard, just a piece of cake."

"Those who are capable should do more work. Speaking of which, Ino or Hinata, which one do you prefer?" Hongdou suddenly became interested and asked with a gossipy look on her face.

Hearing this, Naruto put the scroll down and stared at her curiously.

"What do you mean by choose?"

"The choice is..." Hongdou suddenly got stuck and turned to look at him, "Huh? Something's wrong with you!!! Aren't you tired of this? If you keep it secret from both sides, it will eventually be exposed."

"What are you talking about? When have I ever hidden anything?" Naruto spread his hands. "When it comes to love, it's a matter of mutual consent. Besides, I'm not at that stage yet."

"Which step?"

"Get out of singles."

"Oh oh." Hongdou thought about it carefully and felt that he was a scumbag. "You really deserve to die, Uzumaki Naruto. You will be struck by lightning if you are indecisive."

"Oh, I don't believe that." Naruto said perfunctorily.

"You're not pious at all. People like you..." Hongdou muttered as she turned over in her sleeping bag. "To be honest, I envy you. At least you don't get bored of interacting with people."

"But, isn't your ability to socialize a bit too strong?"

"Correction, we're not dating yet," Naruto said.

"What difference does it make? It's only a matter of time. Everything will happen naturally." Hongdou said, "I'm curious about what you will choose when the time comes."

"Pure love does not require choice." He picked up the scroll and continued reading, saying casually.

"I'm drooling with envy," Hongdou muttered. "This is so annoying! I wish you could live out your life alone like me. That would make me feel balanced."

"What kind of dark idea is this?" Naruto's face was full of question marks. "Oh, by the way, Kakashi is also a lonely man, so you can feel at ease now."

"Kakashi, he's different from us." Anko waved a hand that was exposed outside the sleeping bag. "If a few of them can step down from the position of Anbu captain, he might become the next Hokage."

"How do you know?" he asked in surprise.

"Tsunade-sama has already announced it, how could she not know?" Anko asked with a puzzled look on her face, "You didn't know?"

"I know, but I thought you didn't know." Naruto explained, then turned around and asked, "When did the announcement happen? How come I didn't know?"

"It was not long ago, last month or the month before last. Hmm... I forgot." Hongdou thought hard and finally gave up.

Naruto was stunned. Tsunade was fishing too? She didn't have to be so obvious about going after Danzo, did she? Was it really true that advanced tactics often employed the simplest of methods?

He thought back to the Inuzuka clan incident. Tsunade said it was settled, so it was settled. He didn't know how Tsunade was going to handle it, but it didn't seem simple.

After chatting for a while, Hongdou fell asleep.

With a click, the lights went out.

The next day, early in the morning.

The two of them squatted by the river to wash up, brushing their teeth and rinsing their mouths in sync. Hongdou seemed completely unfazed by what had been said the previous night, and suddenly spoke up to continue the conversation they had been having before bed.

Naruto actually didn't find it strange or awkward. He knew Anko was just like that, and they had been getting along like that for the past few years.

Sometimes we bump into each other on the street, exchange a few words, and then part ways. The next time we meet, we don't even say hello, but continue chatting without feeling awkward.

"Do you have special xp for feet?"

"No."

"Quibbling, I saw you looking at my feet that day." Hongdou washed her face with water and put away her toothbrush, "You were staring at me."

"Oh, so what? Can't I just take a look?" Naruto looked indifferent, washed his face casually, and took out two clean white towels from the sealed space.

He handed one to Hongdou and wiped it himself roughly.

"Tsk, you don't even let your friends go, you are really... shameless." Hongdou wanted to say that he was so hungry that he didn't choose the food, but he felt that it was inappropriate and made him look very low-class.

"Who said anything like a kiss last night?" He retorted mercilessly, "You're even more shameless, aren't you, old woman?"

"Okay, it's a bit shameless, but isn't it normal to like an 18-year-old?" Hongdou argued cunningly, "Is it wrong?"

"Let me correct you, we're not really friends either." Naruto said, "You only lower my IQ."

"If that's the case, why not ****?" Hongdou said casually. As soon as she said it, she was stunned.

Their eyes met and they looked away in tacit understanding.

"Ahem, let's talk soon." Hongdou said.

"I understand." Naruto scratched his face. "It's normal to talk in your sleep in broad daylight. Let's continue on our journey."

"That's right. We have more important things to do." Hongdou stretched, shielding her eyes and glancing at the sun. "If everything goes well today, we should be able to reach the border of the Land of Fire."

Keep going...

A day passed quickly, and as the sky gradually darkened, two figures emerged from a forest on the border of the Fire Country and looked at each other.

"Thank God, we finally arrived." Hongdou breathed a sigh of relief.

"This speed is quite reasonable. Actually, it doesn't matter if you're a day late." Naruto added, "We're not in such a rush. You won't be able to take a vacation when you go back anyway."

"Don't mention taking a vacation to me, it's all because of you." Hongdou complained.

"There's a river over there. Let's rest first." He didn't respond, but pointed ahead and skillfully changed the subject. "Walk over there. We can get there before it gets completely dark."

"oh oh."

After walking a little further, it was already dark. The journey was much longer than Naruto expected, so much so that even when the moon came out, they were still on their way.

"Didn't you say... you'd be here soon?"

"There's a slight deviation from the estimate, but it doesn't matter," he said stubbornly. "It's almost there, almost there. Just hold on, we'll be there soon."

"I believe you, I'm a dog," Hongdou panted, "Did you take us the wrong way?"

"Yes, this is it! If it's wrong, I'll eat it..."

.......

"I was wrong." Naruto admitted his mistake immediately, "Who would have thought that there would be two roads here, one above the other? When they're stacked together, it looks like... that!"

This was the border of the Fire Nation. Vast tracts of Fire Nation forest stretched out here, slowly transforming from a strip into scattered protrusions. At the end lay a narrow plain, and to the west lay the Valley of the End.

The moonlight fell on this somewhat rough strip of plain, as if it was covered with a silver veil.

"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way!" Hongdou's voice came from behind him.

"I didn't expect you to still believe me. I'm so touched." He whimpered in a fake voice. "I'll never call you stupid again."

Hongdou gnashed with hatred, "Didn't you slip and pull me down? You bastard! Sharing hardship is more than just talk, right?"

She clearly saw that the guy slipped and actually grabbed her with his backhand. She didn't react in time and fell down with him.

Damn, he's fine, I just fell on my foot. This guy... is such a scumbag!

"Alright, alright, I've admitted my mistake, haven't I?" He carried Hongdou in the right direction. "Besides, carrying you on my back is also my atonement."

"If you're still not satisfied, I can just let you, a bitch, take advantage of me."

"I'm not...wait, what did you say?" Hongdou frowned, thought for a second and decided, "This is fine."

"Ah, no? I treat you as a friend and you really want to...?"

"Is that how you treat your friends?" Hongdou slapped his shoulder angrily. "You're really good at sharing our hardships! Damn it!"

"The seal will be lifted tomorrow, and my foot is injured again. Who knows if you will abandon me and run away? What if I die there and can't wake up? It would be a huge loss if I didn't try once."

Chapter 320 You have a bad fate, but good legs

"Your speech is quite impressive. You're letting yourself go before you die?" Naruto wasn't surprised. This was the stupid woman he knew. "But the problem is, you won't die."

"I don't believe you." Anko said with a frown.

Well, this involves a trust issue. If Red Bean doesn't cooperate, there's no way to revive Orochimaru. He instantly spread his hands, indicating compromise.

"Then how can I cooperate with you?"

Hearing this, Hongdou was stunned. Although she had seen countless films, she actually had little experience. The key steps were either omitted or obscured by the holy light.

Besides, she thought Naruto would refuse, but she didn't expect him to agree.

"I...I don't know what to do first." Hongdou suddenly became embarrassed.