"Arrangements? You can look after the flower shop. There shouldn't be anything important to do in the near future. If you have time, you can also give more guidance to Sakura and Karin."

Anyway, it was still a little strange to see two identical people frequently appearing in everyone's sight. If they appeared in the same village, it was better to keep a distance and not show too many differences.

"It's really a troublesome matter!"

"It's pretty free now, isn't it? It's much better than staying underground and rarely seeing the sun."

"That's true."

Influenced by the last time the fake Jinchūriki clone acted on his own, the communication between them has increased. It is basically impossible for them to meet once a month as before, and then the difference between the clone and the original body will become bigger and bigger. However, the frequent meetings have increased the chances of the clones and underground laboratories hidden in the dark being discovered.

Faced with this dilemma, Shuimu had to do his best to maintain the balance of the situation. For a moment, he really didn't know how to deal with this problem.

After a moment of silence, the fake Jinchuriki suddenly said, "A stopgap solution cannot last long. The problem must be solved as soon as possible."

"Um."

At this moment, two figures, a man and a woman, walked over from the distance from the village entrance. They were Kurotsuchi and Akagi who represented the Iwagakure Village.

"Want to go up and say hello?"

The fake Jinchuriki clone asked.

"After all, we fought side by side. It would be rude to ignore it!"

"Go ahead, I have something else to deal with."

After saying that, he formed hand seals and used a teleportation technique to leave the spot, leaving only the fake Jinchūriki clone behind.

…

No matter which world it is, as long as there is a calendar, the day when the year ends is a rare celebration. Festive days always make people happy. Of course, it is still a little far away from that time, but at this season, it is no longer as far away as before, and one can barely count the days and wait for that day to come.

Shuimu sat in the temporary office of the barrier class, checking the pile of documents on the table.

This is not because Shuimu is hardworking. In fact, most of the time, Shuimu is lazy. If he really checks every detail, Shuimu will die of exhaustion and still not be able to check everything. So he can only pick out the key points and check them carefully, and just glance at the rest for show.

"It really makes me sleepy."

Shuimu threw down the documents in his hand and stretched.

Just then, the office door was pushed open, and a figure walked in and handed over a cup of tea. It was Mizuki’s wife, Chie Tsubaki!

"Are you slacking off again?"

"How could that be?" Shuimu said with a wry smile, "I am just taking a break from my busy schedule. For such a boring job, you need a combination of work and rest to be efficient!"

Xiaochun helped to clean up the messy desk and said, "Your work is very important. You can't be careless. The safety of the village depends on you!"

“Yes, yes!”

"Just once is enough!" Shuimu's perfunctory tone made Xiaochun a little dissatisfied, "Don't sneak away again today!"

"Understood, let's go home together later."

Mizuki assured.

"That's good." After saying that, Xiaochun left Mizuki's office.

"Hey, no wonder office romances are not encouraged. Either they affect each other, or they can't cheat! It's really tiring for couples to work too close to each other!"

The relationship between seals and barriers is so close that a large part of the theory overlaps. In addition to the slightly different external manifestations of ninjutsu, many barriers are just seals after a facelift, and seals are redeveloped and become barriers. This happens too often. Given the inseparable relationship between the two, the offices of the seal class and barrier class are arranged very close, and they are on the upper and lower floors. For a ninja with a slightly better perception, this distance is the same as no distance at all.

Ever since Mizuki came to the barrier class to perform the duties of an advisor, Xiaochun often came up to see if Mizuki had sneaked away again.

In fact, this was totally unnecessary, but Shuimu was not in a position to tell Xiaochun about it.

The barrier scheme that has been effective in the village for so many years cannot be sorted out in a short period of time. Minor changes are worse than no changes, and major changes will have a huge impact and are not cost-effective.

To put it bluntly, this mission is like a war between two armies. The commander and the army are all in the barrier class, and Mizuki is just a supervisor to keep them from doing anything rash. Occasionally, he will use his power to bully others, give some suggestions, evaluate their abilities, and report to Tsunade.

Of course, important areas such as the perception and detection barrier, the protection of the Chunin Exam and the surveillance of the Death Forest, as well as the exploration of the main activity locations of politicians from various countries, must require Mizuki's approval.

So far, Mizuki hasn't discovered who is doing anything in there. It's not easy for Mizuki to sneak in without being discovered like Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame did.

Picking up the tea brought by Xiaochun, Shuimu Shu leaned back comfortably in the chair, drinking while flipping through the documents at hand.

…

Mizuki, who had finally waited patiently until the end of get off work, called Xiaochun and left this boring place without waiting a moment.

"Xiaochun, you do this every day, don't you feel bored?"

"No, working hard can reduce the casualties of ninjas fighting on the front line. We are all used to it."

"Maybe I've had too many combat missions recently, and I'm not used to this kind of boring work. When I was a teacher in the ninja school before, I didn't find it that hard!"

Environment can change a person, and Shuimu also felt that his temperament seemed to have changed a little.

"Speaking of which, Tsubaki, are you still practicing your chakra nature changes?"

"Of course, that's what you asked for."

Xiaochun smiled and said.

"The nature change of water attribute chakra has been completed long ago, but the training of wind and water forming ice escape has basically made no progress. It seems that there are some unexpected obstacles."

"I see." Mizuki thought for a while and replied, "There may be other restrictions. As far as I know, the only one who possesses two bloodline limits at the same time is the Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi, who has just taken office. The bloodline elimination formed by the change of three chakra properties is also only passed down among the Tsuchikage. You already have an unknown fusion bloodline limit, so there is no need to force a second one!"

"Sorry, I wasn't able to help!"

"I should be the one saying sorry. Without your help, I would have given up!" Shuimu tightened his arms around Xiaochun's shoulders. "The weather is a bit cold. Let's go back and eat hotpot..."