Night Light had no home, no family, and not a single brick or tile in Konoha.
After joining the Anbu, he also had to handle internal chores for the Anbu, so he lived there.
Now that he had three days off, he couldn't stay in the Anbu anymore. What if the Anbu had a mission and the captain saw Night Light there, ruining his vacation?
Night Light changed into casual clothes and, with extreme stealth, left the Death Forest where the Anbu was located, wandering leisurely through Konoha.
He stopped and turned his head, looking at the Hokage Rock not far away.
The colossal faces of the First, Second, and Third Hokage were immense, giving one a sense of megalophobia.
The closer one got to the base of the Hokage Rock, and the closer to the Hokage Building, the more one could feel the oppressive presence of the giant faces.
This Village lacked the youthful vigor of the shonen manga it was based on; instead, it was filled with the suppression brought by death.
Everyone, like Kakashi in the original story, had lost teammates, teachers, and friends, and more or less suffered from some mental illness.
A Village where everyone was mentally ill.
During the Second Ninja World War, most Ninja were on the front lines, and Konoha Village was somewhat desolate.
After walking aimlessly for half an hour, Night Light decided to find a cheap place to stay.
"Where's my wallet?"
Only when he went to pay did he realize that there was no wallet in his Ninja tool pouch.
After thinking carefully, Night Light concluded that he could only have left it at Crane Moon Izakaya.
After observing Crane Moon Izakaya from a distance for half an hour, Night Light saw the beautiful female boss from last night.
It was already noon, and with the Anbu's efficiency, if that female boss were also a Spy, she would have been executed by the Anbu overnight.
It was good that she wasn't a Spy.
The female boss was temporarily innocent, and Night Light breathed a sigh of relief, going in to look for his wallet.
The female boss had just gone to throw out the trash when she saw the Ninja from last night walking towards her from a distance, her teeth chattering with nervousness.
It was over.
Had her Spy identity been exposed after all?
That handsome young man from last night was no ordinary Ninja; he had directly stabbed her Spy teammate to death.
To avoid leaking information after death, her teammate had never met her or seen her face, so why was she still exposed?
What should she do?
The female boss pretended not to see him, turning and returning to the Izakaya.
Clutching a sharp fruit knife tightly, the female boss was slicing lemon wedges at the bar.
Seeing Night Light sit in front of her, the female boss looked up and said, "Do you still want a pot of sake?"
"Give me back my wallet, then I'll have money to order sake."
"Ah?"
The female boss stared at the Leaf Ninja in front of her in surprise, her grip on the fruit knife loosening and tightening, then loosening again.
He wasn't here to arrest her?
"What are you staring at?! Give me back my wallet!"
"Wallet? What wallet?"
Looking for a wallet?
The reason was too absurd to be fake.
After the emotional rollercoaster, the female boss's chest was filled with a sense of joy, her chest couldn't help but heave.
Night Light jumped off the high chair and walked to the side, heading straight for the backyard.
However, the female boss directly blocked Night Light.
"Customer! The backyard is under maintenance, you can't go in!"
The female boss was extremely scared.
After waking up last night, there was no one in the room.
Her teammate underground had disappeared, and that handsome customer had also disappeared.
She tried to contact her Spy teammate using unique methods, but there was no response.
There was a spot on the ground with a different color, as if someone had dug something out from underground and then restored the ground.
Night Light pushed open the female boss's hand and entered the backyard, only to find that the backyard was indeed under maintenance.
The floor tiles had been turned over; she didn't know what they were repairing.
"I told you it's under maintenance. How about this, customer, you go upstairs to the second floor to rest first, and I'll go into the backyard to find your wallet." The female boss wrapped both arms around one of Night Light's arms:
"I recognize you, you're the customer from last night!
Why did I faint? Why did you leave later? Didn't you say we were going to discuss Yin Release and Yang Release?"
"Last night, after you fell, your head hit the ground and you fainted. I like enthusiastic responses; I don't like lifeless ones."
With his arm surrounded by her ample curves, Night Light went up to the second floor and asked, "What's your name?"
"Qiao Yi."
Sitting in the private room on the second floor, Night Light said:
"Qiao Yi, my wallet has 150,000 ryo in it. You must find my wallet, and you must return my money!"
Leaf Ninja were famously known for their meager incomes.
He had performed missions in the Anbu for a month, constantly testing the limits on the edge of the death line, only earning 100,000 ryo. The remaining 50,000 ryo was what he had demanded from the captain last night.
Qiao Yi went downstairs to look.
She searched the backyard, the side room, and by every table and chair, but she couldn't find the wallet.
Going upstairs again, Qiao Yi composed herself, entering the private room with alluring eyes.
"Ninja-sama, I really couldn't find your wallet. I'm so foolish; why did it just occur to me that you didn't really come here to look for your wallet… Although I couldn't find your wallet, I can compensate you in other ways."
Qiao Yi heard that Night Light liked enthusiastic responses, so she used all her means.
In the main Izagaya hall on the first floor, the first table of customers for lunch came in to drink.
After more than ten minutes, the customers looked up.
Dust rustled down from between the wooden boards above their heads.
The floorboards creaked and groaned.
Another twenty minutes passed, and the door to the private room on the second floor opened.
Qiao Yi pulled her shoulder strap back onto her shoulder, breathing heavily, and closed the door.
Night Light shouted, "You said it! You lost my wallet, so I'm staying here for three days!"
"I will definitely compensate you for your losses in various ways."
Night Light was satisfied, lying on the bed feigning sleep.
Still young, lacking experience. Last night, he actually thought it wasn't soft or trembling. It was good, very good.
Three days later, Qiao Yi, heartbroken, saw Night Light off at the door.
This Leaf Ninja was truly tight-lipped; after three days, she couldn't get a single word out of him.
The floorboards of the Izagaya had been reinforced once. Was the Konoha Ninja's secrecy ability really that strong?
However, she was certain that the handsome Ninja wasn't there to investigate her.
Night Light returned to the Anbu under the cover of night.
Upon entering the Anbu, he saw his wallet in his locker!
He picked up the wallet in astonishment. How could the wallet be here?
He was very careful, very meticulous. Three days ago, when he left the Anbu, there was definitely no wallet in his locker!
Suddenly, the captain's voice came from behind him. The captain had appeared again at some unknown time.
"Fox, I took my 50,000 ryo, and I put down the reward for a B-rank mission, 100,000 ryo, for you. That means you now have 200,000 ryo in your wallet. Count it."
Counting it was irrelevant now.
Night Light just wanted to know, that beautiful female boss, Qiao Yi, these past few days… so enthusiastic… Ah… Hmm?
Wait, the female boss was too enthusiastic towards him, excessively so.
Could she really be a Spy?
Did the Anbu not find out? Or was she not a Spy?
Never mind, whether she was a Spy or not, what did it have to do with him? That was Konoha's business, not his.
Even if Konoha was destroyed, it had nothing to do with him.
Female Spies are good, female Spies need to be investigated frequently, deeply investigated.
The captain said, "Let's go, mission time. The Spy we brought back is from Iwagakure. We need to follow the trail."
Night Light put on his fox mask, sighing behind it.
Last time, a team also went to follow a trail, but they all died. Spies who dare to operate in Konoha Village have some strength; it's hard to say who is the vine and who is the melon.
After putting on his Anbu iron vest, strapping on his standard Ninja sword, and checking every detail, Night Light followed the captain and two other teammates, disappearing from the Anbu entrance.
He hoped to simply complete a C-rank mission.