At the same time, the Land of Rain, the Hidden Rain Village.
The highest administrative center of the Kingdom of Rain is located on the upper level of the tower.
The negotiations with Sunagakure representatives that had lasted for several months were completely ended. Yahiko, who had just returned to the office and sat at his desk, felt extremely exhausted.
Looking at the pile of documents on the table waiting for his personal review and approval, Yahiko felt a little regretful in his heart.
How could I be so mean-mouthed in the first place?
You're a little brat and you made an oath to change the country? Wouldn't it be nice to find a beautiful girl to hide away and live a loving and loving life?
Boom!
Hearing the knock on the door, Yahiko shook away the random thoughts in his mind and sat upright.
"Enter."
Squeak——
"Yahiko, I heard that one of the clauses in the cooperation agreement with Sunagakure is that the Land of Rain will give them a 30% discount on the price of fully automatic warm water toilets for three years?"
Looking at Xiaonan who pushed the door open and asked directly, Yahiko nodded: "Well, this is also to show the sincerity of our country of rain for this cooperation."
Hearing this, Konan, the Finance Minister of the Country of Rain, who knew that this was indeed the case and that the document had been signed and could not go back on it, bent his eyes and showed a sweet smile.
"Yahiko, you must have been sitting in the conference room for so many days and want to have some activities, right?"
Hearing this, Yahiko finally came to his senses and his heart thumped, wondering if Xiaonan was going to come to punish him?
Looking at Yahiko whose face was full of rejection, Xiao Nan also smiled and waved his hand, speaking first without giving the other party a chance to refuse.
"Don't think too much, it's just to let you move a little and have a long-awaited sparring session. In terms of physical skills, only physical skills."
Yahiko breathed a little sigh of relief. Of course, it was only a little bit relieved, but Yahiko still felt a little bit uneasy in his heart.
After all, Xiaonan used to be in the upper echelons of the Akatsuki organization, and she was known to everyone as a snake... cough cough, the most poisonous woman... No, she does things unscrupulously... cough cough!
In short, you can’t be careless!
"Xonan, you can't use blades!"
…
There was an indoor training room about the size of a basketball court. Before the competition started, Konan and Yahiko, who were standing in the center of the training room, nodded politely to each other.
"Then, let's go..."
Nagato, who was standing aside, raised his arms high and was about to announce the start of the sparring, but was suddenly interrupted by a clang.
Looking at the kunai that accidentally slipped out of Konan's spacious cuffs and fell to the ground, Yahiko fell into silence and blinked several times.
According to Yahiko's many years of experience, it is not difficult to tell from the color of this kunai that the blade is definitely coated with poison!
"Then what..."
"I'm a ninja, right?"
Konan, who didn't panic at all, looked matter-of-fact and continued: "Isn't it normal to have one or two poisoned kunai on your body? Wait, you don't doubt that I will use it against you, right?
How is it possible? I already said it’s just a sparring session without cutting tools. How could I possibly do such a thing?”
"Well……"
After thinking about it, it did make sense, and Yahiko, who couldn't see any intention of lying from the other party's face, finally accepted this statement and nodded.
"Okay, Nagato, please start over."
"Get ready, start..."
Wow——! Dang! Ping! Pong! Dong!
Looking at the pile of kunai, short swords, tachi, detonating charms, smoke bombs, gas bombs, pepper spray, long whips and other types of blades that fell from the opponent's body on the ground, Yahiko blinked again.
"this…"
"What's wrong?" Xiaonan asked.
"Then what...is this too much? Even if you are going to the battlefield, you can't prepare so many blades, right? And at least half of them are poisoned, right?"
Because of Yahiko's mother-in-law, Xiao Nan also showed a bit of impatience and scolded.
"You're so long-winded! Where did you come from? Give me enough! Don't you know? Besides being a ninja, I'm also a soft woman!
Teacher Gui once said that women are a vulnerable group and must protect themselves! So is there anything wrong with me preparing an extra weapon to protect against perverts and men with evil intentions? Is there something wrong with it?!"
Yahiko, who was speechless after being retorted by Konan again, had already backed down, but before he could speak, Konan beat him to it again.
"Nagato, hurry up and start shouting!"
Nagato, who was awakened by Konan's call, once again raised his arms high and spoke:
"open…"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Looking at the big hammer and chains that fell to the ground from Xiaonan, Yahiko also knew that if he didn't run away, he would really be in trouble!
"Yahiko, actually the roof over there at the ninja school is leaking. Since there is a shortage of manpower, I can only repair it myself with a hammer. And the chain is actually just what I use to fix the roof..."
Before she finished speaking, Xiaonan noticed that Yahiko had already turned around and ran away with a long stride.
"Xiaonan, I suddenly remembered that there are still some very urgent documents that have not been approved. Let's wait until next time when we have time!"
Xiaonan frowned, and all the murderous aura that had been hidden burst out.
"Don't even think about running away——!"
…
Outside the tower, in a hidden corner with no one around.
Hidden in the corner, Yahiko took his breath and cautiously stuck his head out to watch secretly.
When he saw Xiao Nan, who was gritting his teeth and looking fierce, carrying a big hammer and a chain, searching aggressively in the opposite direction, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that I finally dodged a bullet!
Yahiko, who was leaning against the wall, put his right hand against his chest and let out a long sigh of relief. After all, it would be really bad if Konan caught him.
"Really, why did Xiaonan learn Teacher Gui's words "For something that cannot be lost, you will do whatever it takes" so thoroughly? She was obviously much cuter before..."
Yahiko muttered softly.
"Isn't it cute now?"
Hearing the sound, Yahiko folded his hands, closed his eyes and nodded in agreement: "Yeah, that's right! Because it's too fierce, it's not cute at all! There's no cuteness at all! It's better to say it's getting better and better.
The more you look less like a girl!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yahiko suddenly felt that something was wrong. His expression suddenly changed and he turned his head slowly and mechanically.
When he saw Konan with bent eyes and a very sweet smile, but could not feel any smile at all, Yahiko's face was instantly covered with sweat, and sweat poured down like rain!
Suffer!
At this moment, Yahiko also knew full well what a cruel encounter he was about to face next!
Looking at Nagato, who was standing aside looking at the sky and the earth but not at him, Yahiko understood something instantly.
It was this traitor who brought the Japanese here!
"Nagato...!"
"I heard that a new noodle shop has opened in the village. It's just a good time to go and have a bowl of soba noodles while I'm not working. You two will slowly learn from each other. See you later!"
Having said that, Nagato, who ignored Yahiko, waved his hands and left without looking back. After all, if he stayed here, he might be accidentally injured by Konan who had lost his mind!
And I heard that the widowed proprietress of soba noodles had some stories, and I...