“It truly is the most suitable Village for living in the Ninja world.”
As Chizhao entered the Village, she silently marveled.
The clean streets, warm sunlight, colorful houses, and the villagers dressed in various clothes on the streets all brightened her eyes.
Chizhao was like a country girl entering a big city for the first time, full of curiosity and admiration for everything before her.
She widened her eyes, carefully observing this prosperous Village, not caring at all about the curious glances from those around her.
“How is it? This Village is beautiful, isn’t it? You’ll be living here from now on.”
Jiraiya looked at Chizhao, who was looking around, his tone full of pride.
After passing through a few streets, they arrived in front of a seemingly old residence.
The surrounding flowers and plants had not been tended to for a long time and grew wildly, appearing a bit unkempt, but it also had a unique charm.
“This will be your home from now on,” Jiraiya said, pointing at the house.
“What a beautiful house, Jiraiya-sama, you’ve gone to so much trouble.”
Keiko looked at Jiraiya with a gentle expression and a smile.
Jiraiya scratched his head and laughed heartily: “I don’t have such great ability; it was approved by the Third Hokage, who said it was specifically for you to temporarily stay in.”
“Hokage-sama? We are truly grateful.”
“Master, Granny, come in quickly!”
At some point, Chizhao had already eagerly darted into the house, calling out loudly from inside.
She looked at the simple yet elegant interior before her, already imagining her future comfortable life.
Jiraiya and Keiko also walked in one after another. Keiko was quite satisfied with the house as well. She put down her luggage and walked straight to the kitchen in the back.
“Master, will we be able to see each other often from now on?”
Chizhao looked at Jiraiya with her big, watery eyes and asked expectantly.
Jiraiya pinched his chin, pretending to think: “Probably, but I will also disappear for a while for some business.”
Of course, what he was thinking about in his head was that unfinished book.
As if remembering something else, he squatted down to look at Chizhao at eye level: “Three days from now, meet me at the back mountain of the Village.”
“What are we going to do?”
“I’ll teach you the most basic taijutsu.”
“Really? That’s great!”
Hearing about taijutsu, Chizhao was a little excited. She had long wanted to learn some powerful hand-to-hand combat skills, remembering how she was bullied by hooligans in her previous life, which made her furious.
If anyone tried to bully her in this world again, they would have to ask her fists if they agreed.
After Jiraiya explained the details, he bid them farewell and left.
Keiko and Chizhao were left alone, bustling about to clean the dust. Soon, the entire house shimmered with a golden glow, and the furniture and items were neatly arranged, finally creating a warm, homey atmosphere.
Looking at everything before them, Chizhao and Keiko exchanged a smile.
From today onwards, a new life in Konoha Village was about to begin, but for Chizhao, unknown challenges also awaited her arrival.
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Perhaps due to the fatigue of the past few days, Chizhao slept soundly, almost dreamlessly, enjoying a good night’s sleep after a long time.
The sunlight from outside the window, accompanied by birdsong, penetrated the room, putting her in a great mood.
Having shed the long robe she wore in Sunagakure and changed into light, casual clothes, Chizhao felt completely relaxed.
“Good morning, Granny!”
Chizhao greeted Keiko with a radiant smile as she walked downstairs.
Keiko placed breakfast on the table and said in a gentle tone: “Good morning, Chizhao, come and eat breakfast.”
Looking at the delicious breakfast in front of her, Chizhao’s happiness index rose significantly.
However, just then, the commotion outside broke the tranquility at the dining table, making the beautiful moment imperfect.
“You stop right there! You brat! Don’t run!”
“Come catch me! Hahahaha… you can’t!”
Chizhao’s eye twitched, and she grumbled inwardly:
Are people not allowed to enjoy a nice morning anymore?
But she didn’t expect the commotion outside to escalate, as if it was right at her doorstep.
Keiko put down her chopsticks, finally unable to contain herself.
“I’ll go see what’s happening.”
“I’ll go too!”
Chizhao swallowed the food in her mouth and followed Keiko out the door.
The sight outside was like a sudden blow. She widened her eyes, staring in shock at everything before her, frozen in place.
Colorful paints were splattered everywhere on the ground, and even the walls of the house they had just moved into were covered in large graffiti.
And the culprit was a child with golden-yellow hair and sapphire-blue eyes.
Chizhao recognized him at a glance.
Uzumaki Naruto?!
On her very first day in Konoha, she encountered the protagonist?
No, no, no, that wasn’t the point. The point was that he had messed up the house the Third Hokage had lent them for temporary stay!
“Oh my, cleaning this up is going to take some effort…”
Keiko looked at the outer wall of the house, feeling a bit of a headache. She hadn’t expected to encounter something like this on their very first day.
Chizhao angrily rolled up her sleeves, looking menacing: “No need to trouble Granny, I’ll find you a free laborer right now.”
With that, she darted out in a flash, yelling in Naruto’s direction: “Uzumaki Naruto! You stop right there!”
The child, who was happily vandalizing, froze when he heard his name and turned around: “How do you know my name? Do I know you?”
“Not now, but you will in a moment.”
Chizhao stepped forward and grabbed Naruto’s small hand, frowning as she pulled him towards her home.
“Hey! Let go! What are you doing!”
Naruto, holding a paint bucket, struggled incessantly, and the vibrant paint spilled onto both sides of the road, seeping into the soil.
“You dirtied my house, you have to take responsibility!”
“Huh? That place was originally uninhabited! What responsibility should I take?”
“From today onwards, I live there. So you must take responsibility for cleaning it up!”
Chizhao held his wrist with one hand and pointed at the graffiti on the wall with the other, her expression serious.
Seriously, who would want their new home to be maliciously vandalized? Not even Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto gave a sly smile, forcefully broke free from her grip, and spilled all the paint from the bucket:
“I don’t want to! You’re just unlucky, tee hee~.”
Looking at the girl covered in paint, Naruto made a face and ran off without looking back, secretly laughing in his heart:
She must be crying for her mommy now, right?
However, Naruto, who was running away, felt a chill behind him, which made him shiver involuntarily.
He looked back in confusion, only to see the girl, covered in paint, with red eyes, charging towards him furiously.
“You—stop—right—there!!” Chizhao’s angry roar echoed in the air.
“Oh no! How did she catch up?!”
Naruto, feeling that things were going badly, broke out in a cold sweat. He ran quickly towards the street as if his feet were greased.
This cunning little fox, running towards a crowded place.
Chizhao dodged through the crowd while searching for Naruto’s figure, finally pinpointing his location not far ahead.
“Stop!”
Naruto frowned, seeing the girl shouting and catching up behind him: “What a troublesome fellow.”
He looked around, quickly stepped forward, and with a nimble dodge, slipped into a hidden corner.
Chizhao followed closely, but when she reached the spot where Naruto had disappeared, she found herself in a dead end.
Wooden barrels were neatly arranged all around, some filled with water, dripping onto the ground, breaking the surrounding silence.
Chizhao scanned her surroundings, her heart filled with doubt.
How did this kid disappear? I clearly saw him come in.
Just as she was thinking, a figure suddenly leaped out from behind a wooden barrel, knocking over a small water bucket nearby. Water splashed into the air, and the sunlight passing through the droplets reflected rainbow-like colors.
Through the splashing water, Chizhao saw a pair of sapphire-blue eyes gleaming in the sunlight.
On his tender face were a few suspicious whisker marks, and a triumphant smile hung on the corner of his mouth. He brushed past her in an instant, and by the time she came to her senses, Naruto was already gone without a trace.
“Don’t run!”
Chizhao shouted, and another fierce chase began.
The two children weaved through the streets, their stamina gradually depleting, but both seemed to have an unyielding spirit, turning the chase into a tug-of-war.
Seeing the girl behind him about to catch up, Naruto gritted his teeth and sprinted forward with all his might, but he didn’t notice the construction site not far ahead, nor the conspicuous warning sign.
Chizhao saw the high-hanging wooden crate and the oblivious Naruto ahead, and an alarm blared in her heart.
“Stop quickly, it’s dangerous ahead!”
Naruto completely ignored the warning shouts from behind and didn’t stop. It wasn’t until he heard the sound of a rope snapping that he looked up in confusion.
He saw a huge wooden crate falling towards him. He stood frozen in place, unable to move.
“Bang!”
A heavy thud, accompanied by rising dust, rang out.
Naruto looked in shock at the violently coughing girl in front of him. The dangerous scene just now had made his limbs stiff, and he even started to feel afraid.
“Are… are you okay?” Naruto asked cautiously.
Chizhao didn’t answer. Because she had inhaled a large amount of dust, the uncomfortable feeling in her throat made her cough incessantly.
The speed she had burst out with just now was her limit. If she had been any slower, Naruto might have been finished, and the Ninja world would have been finished along with him.
【Good Deed Progress +5】