bookbashuk Chapter 288 What? This style of painting is not right!
Chapter 288 What? This style of painting is not right!
Sound travels much faster than humans.
As long as the longing is there, the expectation will be there.
“It’s still really something to celebrate.”
People's voices were noisy, and the young man standing at the village gate was no longer the same as before.
He had grown a little taller, and had the appearance of a young man - the years away from home were a good time for growth and development. If someone who was not familiar with him saw him, who would recognize that this was Uzumaki Naruto?
Oh? You mean he's the only one among the Genin this class?
That's a good basis for judgment.
There was no one around Uzumaki Naruto. Jiraiya, who should be his master, left Naruto alone, saying that he was going to look for materials. He said he was leaving, but in fact he was leaving to go home to write.
Three years passed in a flash. Before he could fully realize what had happened, it had already passed. Naruto greedily inhaled the scent of the air - it was still Konoha. Nothing had changed here.
Thinking of this, he felt relieved. He jumped and landed steadily on the electric pole, taking in the entire street scene.
In front of me was a sister selling vegetables, still smiling so beautifully. Sometimes this sister would feel sorry for me and pick some cucumbers and celery and give them to me. Although both the cucumbers and celery were ugly and leftover defective products, they were indeed sincere care from a stranger.
Ganli Gan probably has new products, and the shop on the corner has the best timing, location and people. Of course, the rent is definitely not cheap.
There was a crowd of people gathered there. Naruto squatted down, put his hands in the shape of a telescope, and seemed to be watching seriously.
Suddenly, a gust of yellow sand flew up, followed by the screams of a child - but compared to the freshly-made child, this sound was a little softer. It sounded a little familiar, but not much.
"The Konohamaru Army is here to make their grand appearance!"
It was indeed a familiar person, a familiar smell, and a familiar little ghost.
It really makes me miss it! Uzumaki Naruto sighed in his heart again. During the three years of training, he missed the daily life in Konoha more than once, the happiness and laughter with a little sadness and regret.
"I don't know if Sakura and the others are doing well..."
Naruto looked up at the sun and immediately felt relieved. That was Sakura, how could she not be having a good life?
As he thought this, he made a gorgeous turn and landed right in front of Konohamaru as expected.
At times like this, it would be perfect for the "former master" to make his debut!
"Naruto-nii!"
The child was like a cannonball and rushed towards Uzumaki Naruto at the first moment. Three years have passed. Some people have grown up, while others are still as jumpy as they were when they were children.
Naruto casually grabbed Konohamaru's head and greeted the three children - this comparison can highlight the fact that he has grown up! Although Konohamaru and the others are still children, he has already stepped onto the ladder to adulthood!
But the child in his arms, I don't know if he was crying for joy or something, actually started crying with tears and snot, his body shaking, sobbing, and not forgetting to rub his tears and snot on Uzumaki Naruto's clothes.
These are the new clothes he changed into just for returning to the village!
But even Uzumaki Naruto noticed something was wrong. He was not Sasuke, so why was this kid crying as if he would never see him again? Naruto had a bit of narcissism in him, but this talent was never serious enough to make him think that Konohamaru liked him to this extent.
"Konohamaru..."
Naruto was about to ask a question when a familiar voice came from behind him.
"Look who's back?"
Nara Shikamaru, followed by two teammates, was walking slowly from the village gate, as if he had just completed a mission. He still looked sleepy, with a pair of dead fish eyes embedded in his face that could not be removed no matter how hard he tried.
“Click, click…”
Shikamaru held the potato chips and couldn't stop eating.
"Shikamaru, Ino, Choji!" Naruto carried Konohamaru and turned around, facing the Ino-Shika-Chou trio, his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "It's been a long time since we last met!"
Just as he had expected, these people really hadn't changed at all, just like they were before they parted... um... Uzumaki Naruto's poor vocabulary didn't allow him to think further.
"I guess so." Nara lowered his head and his eyes fell on Konohamaru: "This guy is still clinging to you like before."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at Yun, then lowered his head again and sighed, "What a hassle."
The saying "things have changed and people have changed" does not refer to the current situation, but it is almost the same.
But no matter what, Uzumaki Naruto returned to the village at the perfect time.
The light footsteps coming towards the Hokage's office were the indulgence and willfulness of the girl in her "home".
She came running, but she didn't seem to be in a hurry at first, until she reached a certain critical point, and then her pace began to speed up.
The pink color started as a small dot in the distance and grew bigger and bigger until both sides could see each other clearly.
"Naruto...?" Haruno Sakura was holding a scroll in her hand, as if she was running errands for someone to deliver something.
"You're back?" She looked up and down at Uzumaki Naruto, seeming a little incredulous.
He has grown taller. The little boy who was shorter than him before has grown so tall now.
In just three short years, there have been such changes - but Konoha seems to be no less impressive.
"I'm back! Sakura!"
Towards the girl he secretly loves, Uzumaki Naruto is still as silly as ever, but with a little more...
He narrowed his eyes and paused, "Xiaoying, you really haven't changed at all..."
Haruno Sakura was feeling touched, when she suddenly realized that the boy's gaze was right on the flat area on her chest.
Yes...Nothing has changed...
But this kid can't just say that.
"Uzumaki Naruto!" Haruno Sakura spoke each word clearly and swung her fist to hit Naruto's head, but before she could hit him, she saw the child in Naruto's arms.
A child crying loudly.
His daimyo, Konohamaru Sarutobi, and his koname, the village bully, are also the only grandson of the Sandaime Hokage.
When the Sandaime was still alive, he was a famous teacher who tried every possible way to educate his children, but he only taught a devil to grow up, and he even had a relationship with Uzumaki Naruto, the most problematic child in the village.
But now, apart from being a little noisy, they are too honest.
"Sakura?"
Naruto was fully prepared to receive the fist, but the expected pain did not come. Haruno Sakura stared at the child solemnly, unable to speak for a long time.
He just stuffed the scroll in his hand into Shikamaru's arms and said, "This is what the Hokage asked me to give you. Now that you have it, go and do the task. She is still waiting for you to finish the task and help her review documents."
Uzumaki Naruto immediately had a question mark in his mind. The Sandaime grandfather was very guarded about his documents, and no one could touch them. How could he let Shikamaru approve them now?
Nara Shikamaru secretly said it was troublesome and took the scroll: "Lady Tsunade really knows how to order people around." He said this, waved his hand and walked out of the village.
This shouldn't be an urgent task, otherwise these three people wouldn't be coming and going as if they were strolling in a garden.
Naruto thought about this and suddenly felt relieved - if that's the case, are they still Genin? Except for Shikamaru who became a Chunin after the Chunin Exam, are they all still Genin?
"It's an S-level mission."
Haruno Sakura took out a handkerchief and handed it to Konohamaru, saying indifferently, "You must be kidding. She knew what was going on in Naruto's mind right now."
"Besides Shikamaru who is a jonin, Ino and Choji below him are also chuunin."
? !
"Well, well, well..." Uzumaki Naruto was dumbfounded. Sakura was so good, she should be a Chunin...
"Everyone except you is a chunin."
"After all, you just missed three Chunin Exams in your three years of training."
Next, it's about the mission.
Haruno Sakura took a deep breath. The Yin seal on her forehead seemed to give her some courage: "Not long after you left, the Sandaime was assassinated."
"That may not be exactly what we call an assassination..."
"First, there was the assassination notice - a notice that clearly stated the time and location of the assassination."
The notice was delivered a week in advance. It was a leaf, green and creepy. It fluttered twice before landing in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hands.
And the assassination was carried out exactly as described in the announcement - flawlessly, to the minute.
"And now, a new preview book has appeared in Konoha."