Dong Dong Dong, the bathroom door rang.

Hear the sound.

Tayuya couldn't help but feel speechless, "Didn't you just come in directly?"

"Really? I don't remember." Naruto's voice came from outside the door, "Anyway, it would be rude not to knock. Can I come in now?"

"Whatever." Tayuya was a little irritated, her head covered in the bathtub.

She really didn't know what to do, so she just broke the pot. Anyway, her life was like this, it had always been dark and twisted.

No matter what it became, it was meaningless, and the money she earned was meaningless. She was a little depressed. This was an emotion she had never experienced before, and she didn't know what to do.

I can't say I hate it, nor can I say I like it. I subconsciously want to escape.

The door was pushed open.

Naruto took the dry hair towel and put it on the shelf, turned around and was about to leave. Suddenly he noticed that Tayuya was too silent, so he asked more questions.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I'll give you the money back." Tayuya said while shrinking in the bathtub.

"Why do you say this suddenly?" Naruto realized that something went wrong when he picked him up, but he didn't regret it much. He just wanted to raise Tayuya.

She didn't understand anything, there was something wrong with Orochimaru's education, and she didn't care about the cannon fodder under her. This gave him a chance, and he just happened to cheat.

"I don't want to stay here anymore. I'll give you all the money I owe you." Tayuya said in a low voice.

"That won't work."

"Why?" Tayuya turned around, not caring about being shy, and the sound of splashing water was heard, "I will pay you back the money. I don't owe you anything, and all the debts will be offset."

"This is not about money, that's not how it is calculated."

"Isn't it just about money? Anyway, I just want to get money from you and get some food." She said.

"I know all this, and I don't care." Naruto's eyes were calm, and he seemed to be at ease. In other words, he had already thought of this day.

I even thought that Tayou would disappear without a trace one day, and it might take some time to find it. But fortunately, that kind of troublesome thing did not happen, saving a lot of trouble.

The reason why Naruto went to such great lengths to keep Tayuya was because he just wanted to leave a way out for himself.

He is no longer the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, he has the strength of half a Nine-Tails, and he also has a dog fox by his side.

God knows how the people in that village will react when these things are revealed one day.

Moreover, Tsunade is not the only high-level person in Konoha. Shikamaru's personality is also different from that of his father, and he does not seem to have any interest in politics. Among the Twelve Young Masters, with his current connections and strength, it is easy to become Hokage.

Tsunade once vaguely mentioned to him that as long as he wanted to, the position of Hokage would be his sooner or later. Tsunade was the fifth generation, Jiraiya and Kakashi were both reserve Hokage, and the three major clans of Ino, Deer and Butterfly were friends with him.

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The same is true for the veteran Hyuga clan, the Inuzuka clan, and the Aburame clan. As long as he does not seek death, he can always stay in the Hokage reserve team and then move towards the path of being the strongest Hokage.

But everything is inevitable, not to mention that Naruto has never thought of becoming Hokage.

He stayed in Konoha not because of a sense of belonging, but because he was not too strong and didn't want to worry too much for the time being. But if he didn't become Hokage, he was destined not to stay in Konoha.

It’s a good thing that the next Sixth Generation is Kakashi. When Kakashi abdicates, who will take over? They will still be feared after all, so you still have to make plans to leave early.

After leaving, he might rebuild the Kingdom of Whirlpool, but the twenty-seven masks gave him a new direction. He didn't want to go searching alone, so he would probably bring Tayuya with him.

It's hard to say how things will develop in the future, but Tayuya is the escape route left by Naruto. If the worst happens in the future, he can still find Tayuya.

Therefore, he never thought of restricting her freedom from the beginning. She can go wherever she goes. It doesn't matter what she wants to do, and she has no objection to taking over the money exchange task.

But avoiding him won't work.

The so-called soul debt is just a mark that keeps Tayuya remembering him. Repeatedly, repeatedly, the debt is virtual, but it will continue to build up as the relationship deepens.

"What do you mean you don't care?" Tayuya felt a little aggrieved. If it hadn't been for him, he wouldn't have fallen into the eyes of money.

She didn't care about money at first, she never spent money at all. It was because of what he said about selling her soul that she started to care about money, but now Na Hun Dan says he doesn't care!

"You don't need to pay me back, I can give you a lot of money, as long as you need it." Naruto said bluntly.

"Then what are you planning?"

"What are you trying to do? Do you need a reason to give money to someone? Do you? I just give it if I like it."

"Do you like me?" Tayuya asked.

Naruto had to admire her brain circuitry, but in a sense, he was planning something. So, she seemed to be right.

"Yes." He nodded.

Tayuya was stunned for a moment, and curled up in the bathtub, without blushing or feeling any joy or disgust. He just stared blankly ahead, staring at the plain tile in trance.

Naruto subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he still remained calm. He looked at Tayuya curled up like a kitten leaving home for the first time, with a nervous look on his face.

He didn't know why Tayu was nervous, but he knew it was necessary to say something now to calm her down.

"It's not without reason that I'm willing to pay for you. You still remember, when we were in Konoha, we ate a lot of things together."

"I didn't have many friends during that time, so we should know each other well. Although you lied to me at that time, I already guessed it and don't care."

Naruto blinked and struggled to say this.

"We have an emotional foundation. If we eat and play together, we will easily develop a good impression. So I am willing to give you money, mainly because I am not short of money."

"Is that why you give me money because you like me?" Tayuya asked in a muffled voice, "So when you were nice to me in Konoha, was it also because you liked me?"

"Yes." Naruto nodded.

"But there's nothing worth liking about me. I don't even know what liking means." Tayuya said a little confused, "Does liking mean giving money to spend?"

"That's not entirely the case. Giving money is just a sign of liking." Naruto didn't know why the topic turned to money, but for now he could only try his best to quibble.

"There are many things worth liking about you, such as"

"For example?" Damn it, Tayuya raised his head and looked at him.

Naruto was speechless for a moment. It was not an easy task to find a few advantages from Tayuya. Although he loved bathing and being clean, it was not awkward for him to play with him.

Tayuya has very good qualities.

But these advantages are not enough to be seen clearly. At least when they are said out loud, it will make people think, ah, that's it, similar disappointing thoughts.

But now Tayu is also looking at him. If he disappoints her at this time, things may become more difficult to handle. In such a hurry, he cannot allow him to think too much.

"Install air conditioning!"

"Ah?" Tayuya was confused for a moment, as if he didn't understand what Naruto meant.

The water in the bathtub was clear and completely transparent. Waves of water rippled, reflecting Tayuya's dazed face.

"You know how to install air conditioners." Naruto gestured with his hands guiltily, "Have you forgotten? That time you came to my house in Konoha pretending to be a staff member who came to install air conditioners."

"Oh, that's not a pretense. We don't have money to eat. We can only do that temporarily and get information on the way." Tayuya explained, "So, this can be considered an advantage?"

"Doesn't this count? Girls who can install air conditioners are very powerful, right?" Naruto said seriously.

"Really?"

"Really." Naruto nodded. He really thought people who could install their own air conditioners were cool.

".I know more than that." Tayuya said.

"Huh?" Naruto was also a little panicked. He didn't know if his blind words would have any effect.

He saw the girl looking up, her long, wet red hair covering her small face, and she slowly revealed a small and cautious smile.

Seeing this, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you still living there?" Tayuya asked.

"No more, something happened, and I moved later." Naruto said, "Now I live upstairs at No. 404 Konoha Street, and I will probably live there for a few more years."

"Then will you come here again?" Tayuya had already turned his head away, curling up with his legs in the bathtub, the water line submerged his chin. There was no emotion in his voice, and he glanced at him quickly from the corner of his eye.
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"Yes, I will probably come more often in a while." Naruto expected that in a while, when facing Pain, there would be no need to hide the secret of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki.

Since he is no longer the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, and Tsunade and Jiraiya are there, he doesn't have so many restrictions.

"Oh." Tayuya nodded.

The atmosphere in the bathroom fell into silence, but this atmosphere was inherently weird. After all, who would reason in front of the bathtub. Under normal circumstances, this is a perverted behavior.

Realizing that he should exit, Naruto coughed slightly, "Well, you take a bath first, I'll go to the toilet downstairs."

Hearing this, Tayuya suddenly stood up from the bathtub with a splash, which shocked Naruto.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked.

Tayuya didn't seem shy at all. She just stared at his eyes for a second or two, then walked out of the bathtub dripping with water. She passed by him and ran directly out of the bathroom.

Under the bright yellow light, Naruto was slightly confused.

"Run away?"

Is this shy reflex arc a bit too long? Did you run back to the room directly? But that’s okay, this time it’s open to you.

As long as she doesn't want to hide from him, it doesn't matter what Tayuya does, even if he goes somewhere far away. As long as she recognizes this place, she will come back.

She has nowhere to go, so this place must at least become her nest.

As long as she can remember to come back, it will be fine. As for the question she is thinking about, why should she be nice to her? Naruto has a hundred reasons to convince her, what reason does it take to be nice to someone?

It's not necessary at all, it's just for sex, or it's just to pass the time. But these are not important anymore, no matter the deeds or the intentions, now he wants to be nice to her who doesn't ask for anything in return.

But as soon as this idea came to his mind, the sound of footsteps came from outside the wide-open bathroom door. He turned his head and looked there, why did his thoughts come back?

Outside the bathroom door, a girl with a jade-like body was holding a large amount of Fire Country currency in her arms, with wet red hair sticking to her face.

He held a handful of scattered banknotes in front of him and said.
Chapter completed!