Ameyuri Ringo walked through the front door, carrying large bags in each hand.
Before she could even put the things down, Haruna, with bare little feet, had already run out of her room.
When Haruna saw the large amount of delicious food in Ameyuri Ringo's hands, her eyes immediately gleamed with a green light.
Haruna spread her arms and pounced towards Ameyuri Ringo.
Ameyuri Ringo's eyelid twitched slightly. She lifted her foot and kicked forcefully, sending the pouncing Haruna flying back.
"Ouch! Haruna's sister!"
Haruna covered her stomach, clutching her small fists, and said with a look of dissatisfaction.
"Did you sneak out again today instead of training?"
Ameyuri Ringo's eyes narrowed slightly, and a dangerous look appeared on her face.
The dissatisfied look on Haruna's face froze slightly. She was about to open her mouth to argue.
"Don't forget what I do. The most basic foundation of a Ninja is information gathering. What's more, I don't even need to gather information about you; I can just walk around the street and know where you went during the day."
Ameyuri Ringo's face suddenly broke into a smile, and faint lightning even flickered between her hands.
Haruna's little face fell. She covered her head with her hands, knelt on the ground, and said softly:
"Punishment is fine, but you have to share half of what you have in your hands with me."
Hearing Haruna's words, Ameyuri Ringo reached up and held her forehead, sighing helplessly.
Ameyuri Ringo placed the things she was carrying on the table and said in a helpless tone:
"Tomorrow, I'm checking your Three-Body Technique. If you don't pass, you can just wait for your punishment."
After speaking, Ameyuri Ringo turned and walked towards her room.
"Haruna's sister, aren't you eating?"
Haruna quickly stood up, scurried over to the table, and then asked with some confusion.
"I ate."
Ameyuri Ringo didn't turn her head, her calm voice reaching Haruna's ears.
Click!
After walking into her room and closing the door, Ameyuri Ringo suddenly let out a sigh of relief.
The next moment, a layer of cold sweat appeared on Ameyuri Ringo's forehead.
Reaching out to cover her chest, a pained expression flashed across Ameyuri Ringo's face, and she half-knelt on the ground with a "bang".
Haruna, who was outside the room preparing to feast, suddenly heard a muffled thud from Ameyuri Ringo's room.
Haruna looked towards Ameyuri Ringo's room with a confused expression: "Haruna's sister, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
A calm voice reached Haruna's ears.
"Oh." Haruna nodded, her attention returning to the large pile of delicious food in front of her.
Inside the room.
Ameyuri Ringo half-knelt on the ground. The intense pain from her chest made Ameyuri Ringo's entire body tremble slightly.
It took a full while for the continuous intense pain to slowly begin to subside.
Ameyuri Ringo let out a soft, rough breath, stood up from the ground as if nothing had happened, sat on her bed, and wore a calm expression.
"Are my body's problems getting worse?"
Ameyuri Ringo muttered to herself in a slightly low voice.
The next day.
Mizukage Office.
Yūto sat leisurely on the sofa nearby, holding a bag of fish balls in his hand.
"Finally got some free time."
Yūto finished a fish ball and said with a satisfied look.
At this moment, Mei Terumī, who was sitting at the Mizukage's desk, heard Yūto's words and let out a light chuckle, propping her chin as she spoke:
"That's not necessarily true, Yūto-sama."
"Ruining someone's good mood means you won't be able to get married."
Yūto pouted and teased.
Hearing Yūto's words, Mei Terumī couldn't help but roll her Byakugan.
Just then.
Click!
The sound of a door opening rang out, and Chōjūrō walked in with a respectful expression, holding a map in his hand.
"Yūto-sama, Mizukage, I've brought the map."
Chōjūrō said respectfully to the two, then held up the map in his hand.
Yūto nodded, then slightly pointed towards the wall in front.
Seeing Yūto's gesture, Chōjūrō immediately understood. He quickly unfolded the map and fixed it onto the wall Yūto pointed to.
Yūto and Mei Terumī simultaneously looked up at the Ninja World map in front of them.
Yūto's gaze swept lightly across it. Then, he picked up the skewer remaining from the fish balls he had finished eating and flicked it with his finger.
Swish!
The skewer flew straight out and landed on a certain spot on the map.
"Hidden Rain Village!"
Mei Terumī's eyes narrowed slightly when she saw the location marked by the skewer.
"That guy, Uchiha Madara, is currently staying at this location."
Yūto continued to take out a string of fish balls and ate them, speaking casually.
"Do we need to send people to monitor Hidden Rain Village?"
Mei Terumī spoke seriously, wearing a solemn expression on her face.
"No need. We also can't monitor that guy."
"Isn't Konan in the Village? You can get some information about Hidden Rain Village from her, but don't have too much hope."
"Konan still has some connections with Hidden Rain Village in secret. You could even say that Hidden Rain Village is currently still under Konan's control, but that's only because Uchiha Madara disdains it."
Yūto chuckled lightly at this point, then continued to speak:
"Even if Uchiha Madara is staying in Hidden Rain Village now, the Ninja there might not necessarily know where Uchiha Madara is."
Hearing Yūto's words, Mei Terumī furrowed her brows slightly. After a while, her voice carried a hint of confusion:
"Does Yūto-sama mean that we don't need to worry about Uchiha Madara?"
Yūto shook his head, his gaze calmly fixed on the location of Hidden Rain Village:
"It's not that we don't need to, it's just that there's no necessity at the moment."
"Hidden Rain Village is located right at the border of the Land of Fire, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Wind. This location is very special, and at the same time, it's also rather useless."
Mei Terumī's gaze also looked over, and she nodded lightly. Such a location serves as a buffer zone for the Three Great Ninja Villages.
Although it seems extremely important, if any activity occurs in this location, it will likely be immediately noticed by people from the Three Great Ninja Villages.
"Therefore, the ones who are truly concerned about this matter are not us, but the other Three Great Ninja Villages."
"Konoha Village has Senju Hashirama stationed there, so that's the first one to be excluded. Then there are only two left."
Yūto looked at the map, a hint of an unreadable expression flashing in his eyes.
He picked up two more skewers from the side and flicked them lightly.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Accompanied by two sounds of cutting through the air.
The two skewers simultaneously stuck into the center locations of the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind on the map.
"Does Yūto-sama mean that Uchiha Madara might take action against Iwagakure and Hidden Sand Village?"
Mei Terumī's eyelid twitched, and a trace of shock appeared on her face.