Chapter 187: Ringo Ameyuri's Secret
Ringo Ameyuri walked through the doorway, carrying a large bundle of items in each hand.
Before she could set anything down, Haruna, barefoot, came running out of a room.
When Haruna saw the delicious food in Ringo Ameyuri's hands, her eyes lit up with a green glow.
Haruna opened her arms and threw herself at Ringo Ameyuri.
Ringo Ameyuri's eyelid twitched. She lifted her foot and kicked the charging Haruna back.
"That hurt! Big sister!"
Haruna clutched her stomach, her little fists clenched, and said with a dissatisfied expression.
"You skipped your training again and went out, didn't you?"
Ringo Ameyuri's eyes narrowed slightly, a dangerous expression appearing on her face.
The dissatisfied look on Haruna's face froze for a moment, and she was about to start making excuses.
"Forget what I do. The very basics of being a ninja is gathering intelligence. Besides, I don't even need to gather it; I just need to walk around the village to know where you've been all day."
A smile suddenly appeared on Ringo Ameyuri's face, and faint flashes of lightning crackled between her hands.
Haruna's face fell. She covered her head with her hands and knelt on the ground, saying in a small voice, "You can punish me, but you have to give me half of what you're holding."
Hearing Haruna's words, Ringo Ameyuri pressed her hand to her forehead and sighed helplessly.
Ringo Ameyuri placed the items she was carrying on the table and said in a resigned tone, "I'm checking your Three Body Techniques tomorrow. If you don't pass, you can expect a punishment."
After speaking, Ringo Ameyuri turned and walked toward her own room.
"Aren't you going to eat, big sister?"
Haruna quickly stood up, ran over to the table, and asked with a puzzled look.
"I already ate."
Ringo Ameyuri didn't even turn her head, her indifferent voice reaching Haruna's ears.
Crack!
Walking into her room and closing the door, Ringo Ameyuri finally let out a sigh of relief.
The next moment, a fine layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.
She covered her chest with her hand, a pained expression flashing across her face. With a thud, she knelt on the ground.
Outside the room, Haruna, who was about to dig into the feast, suddenly heard a muffled thud from Ringo Ameyuri's room.
Haruna looked at Ringo Ameyuri's room with a puzzled expression. "Big sister, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
An indifferent voice reached Haruna's ears.
"Oh." Haruna nodded, her attention returning to the mountain of food before her.
In the room.
Ringo Ameyuri knelt on the ground, the piercing pain in her chest causing her entire body to tremble.
After a long while, the relentless pain slowly began to subside.
Ringo Ameyuri took a deep breath and stood up as if nothing had happened. She sat on her bed with a calm expression.
"Is my condition getting worse?"
Ringo Ameyuri muttered to herself in a low voice.
The next day.
Mizukage's office.
Yuto sat leisurely on the nearby sofa, holding a bag of dangos.
"It's rare to have some free time."
Yuto took a bite of a dango, speaking with a look of satisfaction.
Mizukage, sitting at the desk, heard his words and showed a faint smile, propping her chin on her hand as she said, "I wouldn't be so sure, Lord Yuto. Ruining someone's good mood might leave you unwed."
Yuto curled his lip in a teasing remark.
At his words, Mizukage couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Click!
The sound of a door opening was heard. Chōjūrō entered with a respectful expression, holding a map.
"Lord Yuto, Mizukage-dono, the map is here."
Chōjūrō said respectfully to the two of them, then held up the map in his hands.
Yuto nodded and pointed slightly toward the wall in front of him.
Seeing Yuto's gesture, Chōjūrō immediately understood and quickly unfurled the map, securing it to the wall Yuto had indicated.
Yuto and Mizukage looked up at the Shinobi World map before them.
Yuto's gaze swept over it, then he took the stick from the empty dango bag and flicked it with his finger.
The stick flew out and landed at a specific spot on the map.
"Amegakure!"
Mizukage's eyes narrowed slightly as she saw where the stick had landed.
"That guy, Madara, is currently at that location."
Yuto continued to eat another string of dangos and said nonchalantly, "Should we send someone to watch Amegakure?"
Mizukage wore a serious expression and asked seriously, "Do we need to send someone to monitor Amegakure?"
"No need. Besides, we couldn't keep an eye on him anyway."
"Konan is in the village. You can get information from her about Amegakure, but don't get your hopes up."
"Konan still has some secret ties to Amegakure, and you could even say the village is still under her control, but that's only because Madara simply deigns not to interfere."
Yuto chuckled lightly and continued, "Even if Madara is in Amegakure now, the shinobi there might not even know where he is."
Hearing Yuto's words, Mizukage frowned slightly. After a moment, she asked with a hint of confusion, "Lord Yuto, are you saying we shouldn't do anything about Madara?"
Yuto shook his head, his gaze fixed on the location of Amegakure. "It's not that we shouldn't, it's just that it's not necessary right now."
"Amegakure is located at the intersection of the Fire, Earth, and Wind Countries. This location is special, but also rather insignificant."
Mizukage's gaze also turned to the map, and she nodded lightly. For the three great shinobi villages, this position was a buffer zone.
Although it looked extremely important, any movement there would likely be noticed immediately by the shinobi of the three great villages.
"Therefore, the ones who are truly concerned about this are not us, but the other three great villages."
"With the likes of Hashirama overseeing Konoha, we can rule them out first. That leaves only two."
Yuto stared at the map, a strange look flashing in his eyes.
He picked up two more sticks from the side and flicked them lightly.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Accompanied by two whistling sounds, two sticks were simultaneously embedded in the center of the Earth and Wind Countries on the map.
"Lord Yuto, are you suggesting that Madara might make a move against Iwagakure and Sunagakure?"
Mizukage's eyelid twitched, her voice filled with a hint of shock.
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