Chapter 9 Tsunade’s Red-soled High Heels (Ch 9)

As soon as these words were spoken, Orochimaru’s face suddenly turned as cold as ice, and his snake eyes stared at Lu Guan.
“Harumitsu and I are running for the position of Hokage. Even if we lose, that is our own business within Konoha.”
“It seems that Lord Luguan’s management is a bit too broad.”
“Could this also be what the daimyo meant?”
Lu Guan also reacted immediately and realized that his test had gone a bit too far.
He chuckled twice, put down the half-eaten cake in his hand, and pretended to slap himself on the mouth twice: “Look at my dead mouth, I’m just stupid, no wonder my father doesn’t like me.”
“I just feel sorry for your talent, Orochimaru, that you have nowhere to use it. That’s not what I meant.”
How could Orochimaru not see through this hypocrisy?
Even if Ashiseki was no longer favored by the daimyo, he was still the daimyo’s son after all, so Orochimaru did not pursue the matter any further.
In the eyes of outsiders, Orochimaru was banished to this kind of mountain and forest area because he was depressed after losing the battle with Harumitsu for the position of Hokage.
But only Orochimaru and Harumitsu knew that Orochimaru came here on his own initiative, and he even supported the current Harumitsu more than anyone else in Konoha.
However, the reason why Ashikaga suddenly came to him this time and had such an attitude must be that Harumitsu’s actions in Konoha alarmed the daimyo. But Harumitsu had just taken office, so he couldn’t blame him directly, so he took a detour and came to him to make an indirect attack.
Then he had to continue playing this drama and see what the daimyo wanted to do.
Lu Guan’s provocation just now was definitely not unintentional. As the son of a daimyo, anyone who can live to this age is not a fool.
“Thank you for your kindness, Lord Luguan, but my talent will not be buried in these mountains and wilderness.” Orochimaru said with some reluctance and arrogance.
He picked up the wine glass that Lu Guan had filled earlier and drank it all in one gulp.
Lu Guan picked up the wine jug and filled it again, holding up the glass: “Of course.”
“Because of my belief in your ability, Orochimaru, my father has approved an additional 1.5 billion ryo for you to display your talents.”
“Although this Hillwood City is not big, it is stronger than Konoha. If it is well governed, it may not be worse than Konoha.”
Orochimaru’s pupils suddenly contracted and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but rise.
1.5 billion taels, this is 1.5 billion taels, and it is given to him to use with full authority.
You have to know that the construction funds for Hillwood City were all borne by Lu Guan himself. The 1.5 billion taels were equivalent to a political donation given to him for free. He had the final say on what to use them for.
He can now continue the experiments that were previously forced to stop due to lack of funds.
At least in the next year, he won’t have to worry about having no money.
“Thank you for your trust, Lord Daimyo.” Orochimaru smiled and clinked his glass with Ashikaga.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Guan continued to pursue his victory: “By the way, I haven’t finished talking about the twelve guardian ninjas just now…”
Orochimaru raised his hand to interrupt: “It’s okay, the war just ended, Harumi has just succeeded to the throne, and there are many things going on in Konoha. It is reasonable for the Daimyo to have such concerns.”
“It’s just to train 12 ninjas. I’ll send someone back with the news as soon as I get back.”
“Don’t worry, Qingguang is not an unreasonable person. He will definitely agree to this.”
Hearing Orochimaru’s promise, Lu Guan smiled knowingly.
As expected, Orochimaru’s previous mild anger was just an illusion. He was still dissatisfied with Haruki, and in exchange for a large sum of money, he showed his poisonous snake fangs.
With his influence in Konoha, it would be easy for him to cram 12 ninjas into Konoha’s newly built Ninja Academy.
After leaving here, Orochimaru put his fingers to his throat in the woods outside and spit out all the wine he had just taken.
Except when he was having dinner with Tsunade, Jiraiya and others, he never drank this kind of stuff.
He has a low alcohol tolerance and tends to talk nonsense, and he is well aware of this. He will only let down his guard when he is around people he truly trusts.
“I don’t know how Haruki will respond.” Orochimaru raised the corners of his mouth, with anticipation on his face, and handed the scroll to the summoned little white snake.
…
After receiving the transmission of the summoning contract, Rope Tree immediately took the scroll out of the little white snake’s mouth and rushed to the Hokage’s office.
“Hokage-sama, this is a scroll sent by Orochimaru-sensei.”
Since being rescued by Haruki, Nawaki has grown a lot under the guidance of Maruboshi Kosuke and is now a completely different person.
Especially in terms of character, although he is still sunny, optimistic and cheerful, his thinking has become much more careful.
This can be seen from the fact that when he saw Harumitsu, he no longer called him “Brother Harumitsu” but “Sama Hokage”.
“I don’t care what others call me. You are the grandson of the first generation, so just treat yourself the same as before.” Qingguang said with a smile while flipping through the scroll information.
But Sheng Shu shook his head: “I am no different from everyone else in the village. When I work, I have to use my job title. This is what Teacher Gu Jie taught me.”
“Yes, it seems you have really grown up.” Qingguang said with relief as he looked at the new scar on Shengshu’s cheek.
“Remember to ask your sister for medicine later. Scars like this can be easily healed.”
“No, I think this makes me look more like a man.” Only then did Sheng Shu return to his usual playful look and raised his hand to touch his nose.
Qingguang nodded.
“How is teacher Orochimaru doing recently?” Nawaki asked worriedly when seeing Harumitsu closing the scroll.
“Don’t worry, in order to accelerate the development of Hillwood City, the Great Ming has granted him an additional 1.5 billion taels. I’m afraid he is very happy now.”
“However, the harassment from the Land of Earth and the Land of Grass is constant, so he may be a little overwhelmed. The village needs to dispatch a group of ninjas with sufficient strength to support him.”
When Sheng Shu heard this, he immediately clenched his fists, frowned, and his eyes became sharp: “Brother Qingguang, I want to go to the teacher to help him.”
Today, he is no longer the heartless, impulsive and greedy kid he used to be.
The first thing he didn’t want to be seen with was the grandson of the Shodaime Hokage.
He also has his own name, Rope Tree.
Also a Konoha ninja.
Qingguang hesitated and said, “What about the big sister…”
“She will definitely not agree. I’ll leave that to you, Brother Qingguang.”
Seeing the determined look in Shengshu’s eyes, Qingguang had no choice but to nod: “Okay, tomorrow night, Mumu Gongdao will notify you to meet up and leave secretly.”
As he spoke, Haruki took out a scroll and handed it to Nawaki.
“This is?”
“I have left the spatial coordinates on the scroll of the Flying Thunder God Formation. As long as you learn this technique, you will be able to quickly transmit supplies and letters.”
“Pass it to Orochimaru for me. He knows exactly what to do. If you want to learn, you can try.”
After taking it, Nawaki took a look at it. He wanted to say that he wanted to learn it, but finally gave up and shook his head, saying, “Forget it. Senior Sakumo said that he had not been able to learn it for three years, and I know nothing about the art of curse seals.”
After Nawaki left, Harumitsu’s expression became subtle and he tapped his fingers on the table.
“Lord Harumitsu, has something happened with Orochimaru?”
When Qingguang looked like this, Xia knew that someone was going to suffer.
As for why, it was because she had suffered a lot because of it.
“Nothing, just a little trick to sow discord and do something behind the scenes.”
It seems that the establishment of the Chakra Academy has indeed made the daimyo feel a sense of crisis, otherwise he would not have suddenly wanted to form the Twelve Guardian Ninjas.
In the anime, this decision was not made until Asuma Sarutobi became a jonin, but now it has been advanced by more than ten years.
There is also a letter from Orochimaru, which explains everything very clearly.
Thinking of this, Qingguang wrote the letter of appointment.
As the vice-president of the Ninja Academy, Orochimaru will have the right to establish a branch school in Hillwood City.
Hillwood City is located at the junction of various countries, which will be able to more effectively cultivate and hone the practical combat capabilities of ninjas.
Xia looked at what Harumitsu had written and said worriedly, “Lord Harumitsu, aren’t you afraid that Orochimaru will really have some bad ideas?”
After stamping it, Qingguang handed it to Xia.
“No, he won’t.”
Orochimaru is a very smart man. He likes the changes brought by new things and has huge ambitions.
He can even see through many things that ordinary people cannot see through. Even the will of fire has no restraint on him at all.
However, he cherishes his life, which is his biggest shortcoming, but also his advantage.
There is no way he would overestimate his own abilities and become his enemy, because even if he follows behind him, he can still get what he wants.
Even easier.
If Orochimaru really had any bad intentions, Haruki wouldn’t mind trying to open a separate VIP cell in Takamagahara.
This kind of talent cannot be wasted like this.
Appointed Kimetsu Koto as the captain of this support team, there are a total of 31 jonin and special jonin, and 123 chuunin, all of which are high-end ninja teams.
These are also the warmongers and hawks within Konoha.
Under the cover of night, on the rooftop of the Hokage Building, this group of people lined up in front of Harumitsu.
After telling them the content of the mission, many of these people showed grumpy expressions on their faces, and they all hated evil.
These are people whose relatives and loved ones died in the war, or they are Orochimaru’s confidants.
Killing more ninjas from the enemy village is their only creed.
Haruki said calmly, “I know some of you think I’m too friendly. A hawkish leader like Orochimaru is someone you should follow.”
“I don’t mind you having such thoughts.”
“But you must never forget that both me and Orochimaru are ninjas of Konoha, and you are all fighting for Konoha.”
Watching this group of people leave, Qingguang stood alone on the roof and looked up at the half-moon.
The summer night breeze brings cool breezes, and the rustling of leaves plays a melody.
Until a sudden accompaniment inserted into the music score sounded.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da.
This is the sound made by the heels of slender high heels hitting the ground.
“Xia, it’s so late and you haven’t gone home yet?” Qingguang asked.
But the next moment, the footsteps stopped abruptly, and Qingguang smelled a hint of something bad.
Wait…could it be!?
Footsteps approached, and golden hair fluttered in the moonlight, swaying in the wind.
A slender hand pinched Qingguang’s waist, and the originally bright red nail polish emitted a cold glow under the moonlight.
“Hokage-sama seems to be in a good mood today. Why isn’t he going home so late at night? Is he here to admire the moon alone?” Tsunade gritted her teeth and said word by word.
Twist your fingers hard and pinch your nails inwards.
Haruki raised his hand and held Tsunade’s hand that was pinching him, forcing a far-fetched smile: “I just ordered a group of ninjas to go to Hillwood City to assist Orochimaru.”
“Where do I have the time to enjoy the moon?”
“But you, why are you here?”
Looking down, Haruki looked at the high heels Tsunade was wearing.
It was shiny black, and in the moonlight, you could vaguely see the red sole from the side.
The same red as Tsunade’s nail polish.
Feeling Haruki’s gaze, Tsunade looked up a little embarrassedly and smoothed the ends of her hair that were messed up by the wind.
She never wears this kind of high heels before, and they are not comfortable at all to walk in.
But since I came to Qingguang’s office several times, I couldn’t help feeling a little unhappy when I saw Xia wearing such shoes.
The woman was taller than her to begin with, and she looked even taller in high heels.
And the semi-transparent black stockings made her curse inwardly.
This vixen must be trying to seduce Qingguang in this way!
Although she is a little shorter, she is just as charming as that woman.
“You’re not at home, where else could you be except here?” After Tsunade went home and changed her shoes, she was about to rush to Harumitsu’s house.
To avenge the last time he was teased.
Seeing that the lights in Harumitsu’s house were off, he came here, and then he saw a group of ninjas leaving from the roof, so he came to the rooftop.
“By the way, have you seen Nawaki today? He doesn’t have any missions these two days. Why is he not at home tonight? Is he hooking up with some girl?” Tsunade suddenly asked.
The two of them lay on the handrail of the rooftop, gazing at Konoha under the starry sky.
“Well, I don’t know.”
Even though the evening breeze was cool, the summer night was still a bit hot. Tsunade took off the green coat she was wearing, revealing a sleeveless white vest that wrapped her heavy breasts. She folded the coat in front of her body with her white hands.
Every move and the up and down shaking caused it to shake slightly, and with the support of the forearm, it was about to burst out.
The already white vest became even whiter.
Qingguang felt his arm sinking deeply into the abyss from which he could not escape, but he remained calm.
As a big brother, he must act like a big brother. He absolutely cannot betray Shengshu at this time.
“You really don’t know?” Tsunade squeezed a little harder, looking at Haruki’s expression, trying to see something.
The little brother who used to be unable to lie has now learned bad habits and can now endure all this without changing his expression.
If she hadn’t felt the accelerated pulse on Qingguang’s wrist, she would have believed it.
“I really don’t know.”
Until Tsunade’s high heels gently kicked Haruki’s leg.
He lowered his head subconsciously.
Tsunade was seen pinching her trouser legs and pulling them up slightly, revealing the semi-transparent stockings with some hollow floral carvings underneath.
This…a rope tree.
Big brother, I have delayed you for a while and tried my best. Now you should be outside the Konoha Village.
You should be able to understand my brother’s difficulties.
“He followed Orochimaru as well.”
Suddenly, Tsunade’s high heels suddenly dropped down, and Haruki immediately moved a step.
clatter!
The soles of her high heels dug into the ground, and Qingguang couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
It was a close call. I almost didn’t dodge it.
“Why did you let him go to such a dangerous place!” Tsunade shouted angrily.
Haruki said nothing, looking into Tsunade’s eyes.
Only the whistling sound of the wind tells it all.
There are some things that Tsunade knows well, without Haruki telling her.
Shengshu is no longer a child, she can’t protect him forever.
After a long time, Tsunade slowly lowered her head. Haruki stepped forward, stroked her hair gently, and pressed her hands on her shoulders: “Don’t worry, Nawaki has grown up. If things don’t work out, there are Sakumo and Orochimaru over there.”
“He won’t make the same mistake twice.”
Only then did Tsunade feel much more relieved.
Then, she felt something dishonest falling on her thigh.
Tsunade gave Haruki a coquettish look and said, “Go home.”
Just as she was about to leave, Qingguang grabbed her wrist, pulled her into his arms and carried her.
Walk towards the office.
Two hours later, Tsunade, who had been helping Harumitsu deal with too many documents, could no longer bear it and collapsed from work.
Sweat soaked her hair and every bone in her body went limp.
Here, she seemed to be under some debuff.
Normally I can work overtime until late at night without any problem, but today I was exhausted after just two hours.
Because Qingguang’s files have not been processed yet.
Finally, Qingguang sent him home, and he accompanied Qingguang to work overtime until midnight, and he fainted from exhaustion…