In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Naruto, why don't we try that method?" Sakura suddenly said.

"what?"

"It's that... when I just woke up, that..." Sakura's face flushed red, and she dared to turn her head away. She felt even more like she was crazy.

But there was no better way out. Was this all going to be like this? Anyway…it was not like I had never done something like that before. I just had to stop thinking about it.

"No." Naruto refused without thinking.

"Why?" she stood up and asked. If she couldn't awaken her second personality, she wouldn't be able to regain her memories, and she would always be just a weak girl.

She didn't necessarily want to bring Sasuke back, but she had an obsession in her heart. Things that cannot be obtained become obsessions over time.

I just want to hear Sasuke's side of things in person, even if I can't do anything about it. To put it simply, it's like scratching off a lottery ticket and then scratching off the character "言" (speech) but then not giving up until I get the character "Thank you for your patronage."

"There's no reason. Even though you share the same body, it doesn't mean I have no principles." Naruto said righteously. His main purpose was to avoid giving Sakura any handle.

On the other hand, he really didn't want to do that with Pinking. The main personality wasn't attractive enough. The main personality was completely awkward, and there was no reason for him to do that.

"But... this is the last resort, isn't it?" Sakura said to Naruto in a distressed tone, "Besides, why don't you just treat me as her?"

"No need to say more!" Naruto stood up and left, turning to the balcony.

Sakura was indeed panicked, sitting on the sofa in a daze. She bit her lower lip, obviously not expecting Naruto to refuse directly. She felt a little ashamed.

She had indeed taken things for granted, thinking that she had misunderstood Naruto. He didn't like her body, but his second personality.

Wasn't this proposal forcing Naruto to cheat? It was really ill-considered. I shouldn't have proposed it so rashly.

After reflection, Sakura realized her mistake and tiptoed to the balcony, only to find Naruto standing there motionless, with only a silent back.

Was he trying to calm his anger? Sakura thought about this, feeling more and more guilty.

In reality, Naruto was wondering why Sasuke hadn't taken action yet, and how he would provoke him if he didn't. He wouldn't be able to rest until Danzo's gold coins exploded.

According to Naruto's guess, Sasuke should have gotten Uchiha Itachi's eyes. After all, without the Mangekyō Sharingan, the second pillar would not dare to approach Konoha.

"Huh?" He turned around subconsciously when he noticed some movement behind him.

"...Naruto." Sakura stood behind the curtains, bowed her head and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry for hurting you."

"???" Naruto was confused. He had caused harm to himself. What kind of harm?

He just pretended to get up and leave. If he was really angry, he should have gone to the room instead of standing on the balcony waiting for her to come and beg.

But since Sakura had said so, Naruto naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to refute her. It would be better to just go with the flow, maybe even get some concessions out of her.

"It's okay, I'm actually fine," Naruto said smoothly.

"Naruto..." Sakura was a little touched. "I know it's all my fault, but there's really no other way. Please agree."

"I'll make it up to you, please."

Ah, Naruto was a little hesitant. In fact, he was really hesitant. After taking Qiao for a while, the situation turned around. If he took Qiao again, would it be...

But he still didn't insist and decided to quit while he was ahead.

For both public and private reasons, he really needed Hei Ying's help as his right-hand man. During these few days of absence, he felt like all his plans were going nowhere.

"okay."

"That's great!" Sakura smiled.

But soon a question was put in front of her. She knew how to wake him up, but how to do it specifically? Sakura looked at Naruto, who scratched his face.

"Come here." He waved.

"Okay." She was a little nervous and moved over slowly.

"Um...you don't have to be so nervous, just relax and leave it to me." Naruto said, reaching out to pick her up and walking towards the sofa.

Sakura's heart was pounding as she silently thought to herself that it wouldn't take long, and as the book said, she just had to close her eyes, grit her teeth and bear it.

After half an hour.

She gritted her teeth, wondering why this wasn't like what was in the book. How...why didn't it end in just a few minutes? And my head felt...a little dizzy.

However, as long as I don't think about it, it will be fine. I only like Sasuke, and this body is not mine anyway. As long as I think about Sasuke, I will...

I passed out, I can't remember how many times I passed out. My consciousness gradually faded, and I felt the familiar feeling of sleep, and another layer of my personality seemed to be slowly awakening.

Is that really the case? Success... That's fine.

........

Hei Ying came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, dragged her tired body to look at the calendar on the wall, and was suddenly startled. She turned to look at Naruto who was resting on the sofa.

"I was in a coma... for that long? Almost half a month has passed?"

"What else?" Naruto said, "You were unconscious as you know. I almost thought you disappeared. The past half month has been pretty boring."

"Really? I'm happy to hear that." Hei Ying said with a smile.

"Do you want to do it again..." She gave Naruto a charming look, the meaning was self-evident.

"Yes, I have something important to do." Naruto's mouth twitched. He could raise his spear and charge now, but there was no need. He had to reconcile the two personalities first.

"Since you say so... okay." Kurosakura sat on the sofa, without putting her legs together, just looking at Naruto with a smile.

"Tell me, what did she say?"

"Nothing. She wants to share her memories with you and discuss the time allocation for using her body." Naruto mused, "It would have come to this sooner or later anyway."

"That being said, I can't have no conditions at all. I've been so hard-working during these years when she was asleep." Kurosakura glanced at Naruto.

"Not only does she have to work hard to practice, but she also has to endure someone's whipping and do research for free. What if she were given her memories and ran off to find that person?"

"Then just give less time and squeeze out the time," said Naruto.

Hearing this, Hei Ying finally smiled. This was exactly what she wanted to hear. In terms of time allocation, she would take up the majority, and the time left for Xiao Ying must be sporadic.

"Then I'll talk to her and tell you the result," she said.

"Ah."

The matter was finally resolved. Hei Ying occupied two-thirds of the day, leaving only one-third for Xiao Ying.

In other words, if Hei Ying works all day, Pink Ying will be ready to go to bed as soon as she opens her eyes.

Unless Kuroyura chooses the time to go to bed at night, as for when she chooses the time to go to bed... of course it depends on Naruto's time.

After dark, Kurosakura was about to say goodbye to Naruto's house. Before leaving, she suddenly thought of something, looked back at him and asked.

"What does it feel like to change people halfway through? Do you find it exciting?"

"Huh?" Naruto's head was buzzing. How could he tell the truth about something like this? "I didn't feel anything. I just had to do this to wake you up..."

"Really?" Hei Ying raised the corner of her mouth and pulled Naruto over to kiss him at the door.

Halfway through the kiss, Naruto suddenly felt something was wrong. Shit! Someone else has changed! He looked at Sakura's flushed face and immediately covered his face with his hands.

"Has the time you agreed upon arrived?"

"Ah."

"Okay, be careful on the road and remember to watch the road." What else could Naruto say? He could only say that Kurosakura really knows how to play. Damn, this guy is so flirty.

He really did follow through, didn't he? Damn it.

Sakura hurried away, running down the corridor to Konoha Street, holding onto the tree, her heart pounding. She felt a little swollen in her head, probably from the shared memories.

Recalling what happened that afternoon, her understanding was completely overturned. For a moment, her heart was a little confused. Even though she was trying her best to get closer, Sasuke's figure seemed even further away.

Two days passed in a flash, and Ino, who was supposed to meet him, was too busy and had to stand him up.

Naruto finally received news from Danzo. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire invited Danzo to stay in the palace for a few days. In fact, he was preparing to take over Danzo out of personal friendship.

Over the past few decades, Danzo has done a lot of dirty work for Konoha and also helped the nobles of the Land of Fire. He has a lot of shameful leverage over the nobles.

They naturally could not allow the fallen Danzo to stay in Konoha like this. If this old dog went crazy and gave everyone away, the Land of Fire would be in chaos.

"Why are you being taken away suddenly?" asked Shikamaru with a frown.

"It was those noble gentlemen who came up with the idea. They said it was an invitation, but they were afraid that Danzo would reveal their secrets," said Shikamaru.

"I can't believe that those noble lords would do this besides hosting gin parties?" Naruto said as he ate and drank to his heart's content while eating again.

"Naruto, don't be impulsive at this time..." Shikamaru advised, "I know you have conflicts with Danzo, but it's not worth it to be impulsive at this time."

"Even though Danzo has fallen from power, he still holds value in the eyes of many nobles. It's not worth offending all the Fire Nation nobles for the sake of Danzo."

"How could I be impulsive? Danzo is already like this, I'm too lazy to care about him." Naruto was busy eating and said vaguely.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat."

Shikamaru was clearly worried, but he swallowed the words back, silently thinking that this was for the best. He reached out his chopsticks to pick up some food and sighed softly.

Chapter 391: Ino's wedding date is one and a half years away, and Danzo is assassinated

"Who wants to pay the bill?" The boss came over.

A small stall under the shade of a tree was dimly lit. Naruto simply lowered his head to eat, ignoring the sound. Shikamaru coughed and began to search his pockets.

Choji stared blankly at Shikamaru rummaging through his pockets for a long time, pulling out a few scattered coins. He was stunned. What a sin, these two!

In the end, Shikamaru couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to pay the bill.

When he came back, he saw Shikamaru and Naruto chatting happily. They continued to eat and drink as if nothing had happened, and their freeloading skills were very smooth.

Naruto had been very poor recently, and Choji could understand that. But he looked at Shikamaru and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Shikamaru, where's your money?"

"My money? Where does the money come from? You're not a ninja anymore." Shikamaru said unhappily, picking up food with chopsticks and speaking from the bottom of his heart.

"I've been incredibly busy lately, and I'm not a high-ranking official. I just got married, and I need money everywhere. Where will I get the money?"

"Uncle Lu Jiu didn't..."

"No, I asked for it on my own initiative because I don't want to get involved in the affairs of the top management." Shikamaru waved his chopsticks and muttered impatiently.

"But now, as a price, I refuse my father's financial support."

Hearing this, Choji was a little dumbfounded. How could it be that in just a few days, his brothers suddenly became penniless? This was a bit weird.

"You guys..." Choji didn't know what to say, so he swallowed the words on his lips and turned to ask Naruto, "I heard that Ino is leaving the village with the project?"

"Yes, lend me some money to prepare a gift." Naruto offered his hand.

Chouji: “….”

I should have known not to say anything. This guy has no shame at all! Even so, Choji handed all the money he had to Naruto. He was not short of money.

The Akimichi clan valued only three things: food, their village, and their companions. Most importantly, he had no shortage of money; all the family wealth was at his disposal.

Money comes quickly, can't be spent, and there are no ambitions.

........

"This is a gift for you, do you like it?" Naruto gave Ino a parting gift, which was a heart-shaped platinum pendant, extremely exquisite.

This was bought with Choji's money, and then returned to Ino. Ino, Deer, and Chou are of the same origin, so in a sense, this can be considered as transferring money from one hand to the other.

So... Naruto doesn't plan to pay back the money. He'll just owe it to him and wait until he has money.

"Wow! I thought you wouldn't prepare a gift?" Ino took the pendant and put it around her neck, her eyes almost curved into crescents as she smiled.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something.

"Hey, I was busy with temporary work last time and didn't come to see you. You won't be angry, right?" Ino asked, riding on Naruto and hugging him with her backhand.

Ino was wearing a white slim-fitting shirt and a knee-length pleated skirt. Her blonde hair was casually tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, making her look youthful and lively.

"No." Naruto said, but his hands were not idle. He thought to himself that since he had invested so much money, he had to collect some interest first.

Ino giggled, her chest bulging as if hiding a treasure. Seeing Naruto's restless look, she bit her lip, but still pushed him away.

"Why are you so anxious?"

"It's been so long since we last met. You're always busy. Who knows when we'll meet again?" He went to kiss Ino's lips, covering them with a wet kiss.

Ino couldn't stand it anymore, so she pushed him away again and said with a slight gasp.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to take a shower."

"Okay." Naruto released her and watched Ino run to the bathroom with the bag.