In an ordinary flower shop in Konoha Village, Mizuki sat behind a counter that was mostly covered by flowers, concentrating on studying the information at hand, and occasionally writing and drawing on paper with a pen. His busy appearance discouraged many customers who originally wanted to come in to patronize the business.
Shuimu originally just wanted to work as a temporary clerk before Xiaochun took care of everything, but the work of recruiting clerks had not made any progress. In the past few days, he had become a well-known flower shop owner in the neighborhood, which made Shuimu very conflicted.
"Have I been fooled?" Mizuki realized later that Xiaochun had set a trap for him. "Too many things have happened in the past few months. Xiaochun's insecurity is hard to eliminate for the time being. Are you using this method to find something for the two of you to do together and increase your time together? Are you still worried that you will follow Orochimaru regardless of everything?"
The hearts of young girls are really hard to understand, but it’s also a good thing because I have more time to read and learn more, and maybe I’ll get some unexpected gains from interacting with some people.
Shuimu, who had been sitting for a long time, was about to stretch his muscles when he found someone looking at his flower shop.
"Teacher Mizuki, why are you here? Do you own this flower shop?" The person turned out to be the beautiful girl with blonde hair, Yamanaka Ino.
"It's Ino. This flower shop belongs to my family. But if I remember correctly, Ino, your family also owns a flower shop. Why are you spying on the business secrets of our competitors so soon?"
"No, what business secrets does a flower shop have?" Ino quickly denied, "I just heard that a new store opened here, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect it was opened by Mizuki-sensei."
"Actually, this flower shop is owned by my fiancée, and I'm just taking care of it on her behalf." Mizuki let the cat out of the bag. "Actually, I think it would be better to open a barbecue restaurant. After all, there are many big eaters like Choji in Konoha, so it wouldn't be a problem to support a few restaurants. But I don't have any cooking skills or recipes to show off, so it's not easy to make."
"So you changed it to a flower shop?"
"Yes, after all, my fiancée is quite interested in this area and is quite proficient in it. But I can't do that. I don't understand it at all."
"Just looking at the layout, I can tell you're an amateur, Mr. Mizuki." Ino said with a sly smile, "Although it looks like the real deal, a lot of the combinations are wrong. You'll lose a lot of money if you open a flower shop like this."
"Oh, no way, they look almost the same, how could they be wrong?" Shuimu, who had no talent for this, really couldn't figure out why two flowers with the same color and very similar appearance were not the same species.
Ino, who has been dealing with flowers since childhood, could not tolerate Mizuki's perfunctory and destructive behavior towards flowers, and spent a lot of time rearranging the places that she didn't like.
"Ino, don't bother." Looking at the busy Yamanaka Ino, Mizuki said, "Xiaochun will be here soon, let her clean it up."
"Xiaochun is the teacher's fiancée? What kind of person is she? Are they getting married?"
"Is it not possible? After all, I am a mature adult. You should pay more attention to your Sasuke. I heard that Haruno Sakura and Sasuke are together day and night, and their relationship is progressing rapidly. After all, they are close to each other. I don't think your hope is much, Ino."
"Nonsense, I won't lose to Broad Forehead Sakura."
"Who knows? But Ino, don't Genin have to do missions? Why are you so idle?"
"I just finished a mission and came back. I'm on vacation." Ino explained: "Doesn't Mizuki-sensei have nothing to do?"
"I'm special, but I'll be very busy soon."
The Genin and the team leader have all returned to the village. It seems that the Chunin Exam is only a few days away.
"Ino, thank you for today." Shuimu couldn't help but sigh. Girls are more concerned about flowers and plants. "This bouquet of flowers is given to you as a thank you gift."
"Mizuki-sensei." Yamanaka Ino didn't answer. "This is for funerals~"
"No way?" Shuimu laughed awkwardly, "Then let's change to this."
"This is for courtship in marriage, Mr. Mizuki, you are harassing me."
In the end, Ino picked one herself and took it away. Was it a rose? Or a Chinese rose? Or some other kind? Anyway, she managed to fool him.
"The secret technique of the Yamanaka family, I really want it, maybe it can solve my troubles."
Shuimu also knew that it was almost impossible to get a family's inherited secret technique. However, it seemed that Yamashiro Aoba had been taught a little bit. How did he get it? The relationship was really complicated.
Mizuki, who was thinking this, hadn't made the next move when he suddenly turned into a puff of chakra smoke and disappeared. Then another figure appeared, and it was Mizuki again.
"Is the time up again? It seems like it still won't work. We have to find another way."
In fact, it was just a shadow clone of Mizuki who had been watching the shop. For this legendary ninjutsu created by the second generation Hokage, in Mizuki's opinion, the most important value is the strange feature that the memory and experience of the clone will be transmitted to the main body. In order to figure this out, Mizuki used the sealing technique combined with the shadow clone technique, which greatly improved the flexibility of use, made it more convenient to distribute chakra, and had stronger resistance to blows. However, after a few days of experimentation, he still could not break through the shackles of the usage time. As long as the chakra is consumed, it will disappear, which is really inconvenient. It would be great if he could develop a better clone technique.
For several days, Shuimu was almost always dealing with the Shadow Clone Technique and the Sealing Technique, and also studied the Summoning Technique, but the time was short and the results were few. There were gradually more strangers in Konoha Village, and there were also more ninjas from other villages wearing forehead protectors. Until one day, the mobilization order of Konoha was issued. Looking at the birds singing in the sky, Shuimu didn't really want to go. But after all, he was also a participant in the Chunin Exam mission, and he had been idle for so long, and his body was almost healed, so he might as well go and take a look.
Mizuki, having made up his mind, came to the Hokage's office after a long absence.
Along the way, some familiar ninjas greeted each other. When Mizuki arrived, he found a place at the back to hang out. What happened next really didn't excite Mizuki. The Sandai kept talking and talking, and then the three leading jonin came on stage to recommend newcomers, and then Iruka came on stage to argue. The last two factions argued, which was really boring. Should the Sandai play it safe and have a preliminary exam?
"I really want to go back." Shuimu couldn't help but yawn.
Suddenly, Izumo next to him poked his arm.
"What are you doing?" Shuimu came back to his senses and asked. Suddenly he realized something was wrong, "Why are you all looking over here?"
"Ahem." Sandai asked, "Shuimu, are you still not well?"
"What's wrong with this script?" Shuimu replied calmly, "It's all right now."
"That's good. Do you have any suggestions for the preparatory exam?"
"No, it's all up to the Third Generation Master to give his orders." So what did you just say? What does it have to do with me?
"Since there are no objections, then everyone go down and get ready."
Then everyone filed out, and Shuimu really wanted to find someone to ask what was going on.
Just when Mizuki was confused, Iruka caught up with him and said, "Mizuki, thank you for agreeing to help me."
"What did I promise?" Shuimu had a feeling that trouble was coming.
"Which one are you going to test? Sasuke? Naruto? Or Sakura?"
Could it be that Iruka felt that it was not enough for him alone and wanted to ask me to help? No wonder they were all looking at me. He really wanted to cause trouble for me.
"Let's just choose Haruno Sakura, she's the right one." Mizuki resigned himself to the fact and chose the easiest one. Uzumaki Naruto was out of the question, because either he would be knocked down by a genjutsu or he would be beaten up by a group of people, which would not have any effect anyway. Forget Sasuke, because he was not compatible with the gloomy kid, and it would be too troublesome to fight against the Sharingan. At present, Haruno Sakura was still a soft persimmon, and if he didn't take the opportunity to pinch her, there would be few opportunities to bully her in the future.
"Sakura, well, Mizuki, you've just recovered from your illness, so leave the others to me. I'm sorry to bother you this time, so consider it as repaying the favor I did you last time."
"Iruka, my favor is not cheap. Is it okay to use it for such a small matter? Then you will suffer a loss."
"How come? Isn't it good?"
"Since you said so, I can't just do it half-heartedly. I have to prepare well."
"Are you in charge of Sakura's test, Mizuki?" Kakashi suddenly appeared, "I'm suddenly worried about the future of my subordinates."
"Don't worry, Kakashi, you have to have confidence in them, otherwise why would you recommend them?"
"That being said, I naturally believe them. I'm not worried about them, I'm worried about you."
"Don't make me sound like a bad guy. Just watch carefully. Right, Iruka?"
"Just don't go too far. After all, you are just new Genin, Mizuki." Iruka suggested.
"Don't worry, I know my limits."
Looking at Mizuki's smile as if he had discovered a new toy, Kakashi couldn't help but worry about Sakura.
Being temporarily pulled in by Iruka to make up the numbers for this preparatory exam is not a big deal, but it is indeed a good opportunity to test the results of my research in the past few days. It is also just right that the target is Haruno Sakura, an opponent who is not up to the standard at the moment.
"However, a standard test of strength is really too boring. Haruno Sakura's weakness is too obvious, and it would be embarrassing not to take advantage of it."
"As long as I don't mess up, Kakashi won't blame me. I'll just let him worry about it. That's it."
Shuimu made up his mind and bit his finger, quickly forming a seal. As the spiritual runes spread, a figure appeared.
"It looks relatively stable now. Let's see how it performs in its first appearance. Although it's not complete yet and can only be used as a temporary measure, it's the most feasible method at the moment."