Kamishiro and Asuma were bickering with each other on the street.
Kurenai Yuhi, who had a headache from their arguing, stopped the two of them.
Kamishiro's way home overlapped with where Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi were going, so the three of them walked together for a while.
Asuma said to Kamishiro, "You'd better be careful lately."
Kamishiro scoffed, "What? Are you threatening me? Trying to stab me in the back? Are you even capable of that? You should ask around; my name, Kamishiro, is a symbol of heroism in Konoha!"
Asuma sneered, "If I had been in Konoha at the time, would you have even had a chance? Besides, I'm kindly warning you this time: that thing you gave my old man has been discovered by my mother."
Kamishiro stopped in his tracks, his expression filled with shock, "What the hell? It was discovered?!"
Kurenai Yuhi asked curiously, "What was discovered?"
Asuma exhaled a puff of smoke and sneered, "Kurenai, you know what kind of shop this guy opened."
Kurenai's gaze turned to Kamishiro, and she suddenly realized.
Kamishiro's adult puppets, huh~
Who would have thought that Hiruzen Sarutobi, who usually looks so serious, kind, and amiable, would also like this sort of thing.
However... I'm quite impressed with Kamishiro; to think he could actually sell this kind of business to the Third Hokage.
Kamishiro asked cautiously, "Did the Sandaime sell me out?"
Asuma teased, "Yo, scared, are you? The old man didn't sell you out..."
Before Kamishiro could breathe a sigh of relief, Asuma continued, "Because it makes no difference whether he sold you out or not; who else but you could come up with this kind of stuff?"
Kamishiro's heart tightened immediately, "So what's the situation now? What's up with the Sandaime? He clearly promised me everything would be fine!"
Asuma shrugged, "It seems my mom forgot to bring money when she went grocery shopping. When she went home to get it, she happened to run into it. I saw with my own eyes the old man being scolded so hard he didn't dare to breathe. So, I'm kindly reminding you: when my mom gets angry, it's terrifying."
Kamishiro wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "I need to make some improvements in the future. I have to add a device that sounds an alarm when someone approaches."
Asuma and Kurenai looked at Kamishiro with black lines on their foreheads.
This guy's first reaction was actually to think about improvements—how to avoid being discovered?
The three of them reached the intersection where they were to part ways.
Asuma said goodbye to Kamishiro, "Alright, we won't see each other for a while. Goodbye."
Kamishiro asked, puzzled, "What? Are you running away from home again?"
Asuma retorted irritably, "Who's running away from home? I've never run away from home! I was just searching for myself! Besides, I'm leaving this time to do serious business. The Daimyo wants to form the Twelve Guardian Ninja to specifically protect him, and I've been selected."
"Twelve Guardian Ninja? What kind of mess is that? It sounds like the Hokage Guard Platoon. Whatever, hope you have fun. Bye."
Kamishiro chuckled disdainfully and walked off to the left by himself.
Asuma said unhappily, "This guy, he's as infuriating as always!"
Kurenai asked suspiciously, "By the way, Asuma, why do you and Kamishiro bicker every time you meet? Isn't Kamishiro a pretty good guy?"
Asuma warned Kurenai, "He's a good guy? Kurenai, don't be fooled by him. That guy has a terrible personality. While I'm not in Konoha, you should have less contact with him. I'm afraid he'll lead you astray!"
Kurenai replied, "Have less contact with Kamishiro? I don't really have much contact with Kamishiro to begin with. Kamishiro rarely goes out and basically doesn't take on missions."
"That's good. I'm leaving tomorrow, so be careful when you go on missions with others in the future."
Originally, Asuma and Kurenai always went on missions together. Now that he was gone, Kurenai would definitely have to go on missions with others, and Asuma was still quite worried.
Kurenai smiled and said, "Don't worry. Don't underestimate me; my genjutsu is very strong!"
Time passed day by day.
The damage caused by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident had now been completely rebuilt.
During this period, Tsunade returned once to help treat the more seriously injured.
After the wounded were mostly treated, Tsunade left again with Shizune.
Under the leadership of Minato Namikaze, Konoha got back on track.
After Jiraiya left, he didn't return. He had been searching for Yahiko and Konan, keeping in touch with Minato Namikaze using communication frogs.
Since he didn't find Yahiko and Konan in the Land of Rain, Jiraiya went to other countries to search.
And half a year later.
Nagato finally completed the Six Paths of Pain. On the day he finished, he controlled the Six Paths of Pain to break into Hanzou's base, killed all of Hanzou's guards, and finally killed Hanzou.
Now, the Hidden Rain Village was under Nagato's control and had become the base of the Akatsuki Organization.
And as the Akatsuki Organization developed, new members began to join.
Pakura returned to work at the shop opened by the orphanage.
Kamishiro's adult puppet shop also reopened, but now the only employee was Uchiha Hikari, because Yakushi Kabuto had caught the eye of Orochimaru and was now following him.
At Uchiha Hikari's strong request, Kamishiro made two 'employees'—puppets specifically for introducing and promoting products.
Uchiha Hikari just had to sit there, let people fill out forms, and collect the money.
Kamishiro would also be in the puppet shop when he had nothing to do, but after all, he was a Konoha Ninja, so sometimes he still had to go on missions.
Sometimes he went with Obito and the others, and sometimes, if the three of them weren't around, Kamishiro would go on missions by himself.
Because of the Uchiha Clan's performance during the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident, and because the Konoha Military Police Force was no longer a private department of the Uchiha, and Uchiha Fugaku had been working hard to change the Uchiha, the results were now appearing.
Now, the villagers of Konoha had a greatly improved impression of the Uchiha Clan and were no longer afraid of or disgusted by the Uchiha.
Moreover, the Uchiha in various departments of Konoha were doing quite well, and everyone's relationships were quite good now.
Of course, there was still a portion of extreme Uchiha who believed that their clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, had abandoned the clan and damaged the Uchiha Clan's reputation. They had been opposing Uchiha Fugaku and attempting to incite other Uchiha to cause trouble.
But everyone else was living well now; only someone with a sick mind would cause trouble with them. Furthermore, Uchiha Fugaku didn't indulge them either; he wouldn't let them participate in any clan affairs and marginalized them directly.
If they were dissatisfied, let them be dissatisfied; if they were dissatisfied, they could hold it in. If they wanted to cause trouble, they were punished directly.
Danzo hadn't caused any trouble after the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident; he had stayed at home, not going out.
However, it would be strange if Danzo were to behave honestly. A year had passed since the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident, and Danzo wanted to stir up some trouble again.
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