When Mizuki and his party returned to Konoha, the atmosphere of winter had completely disappeared. The weather was getting warmer day by day. The snow had long melted, and there was warm greenery everywhere. The season of wild bees flying was just around the corner. The nutrients accumulated throughout the winter began to nourish the rapidly growing flowers, plants and trees. The warm sunshine shone on people's faces, and the warm spring breeze blew, making people feel that this is indeed the most comfortable season of the year.

"Is this Konoha Village? It really is worthy of being the wealthy place of the Land of Fire." Most of the followers from the Land of Fire, as well as the Taki ninjas, had never been to Konoha. Unlike such a remote place like the Land of Fire, the flow of people seen here might be more than what one would see in the entire day in the Land of Fire.

Seeing these inexperienced guys looking at everything with curiosity, people around them cast strange eyes on them. Only the heartless Fu looked around without caring about anything, wanting to see everything.

Since entering Konoha Village, there have been special reception staff to accommodate the Tainoku Daimyo and his entourage. As for the Tainoku Ninja, Mizuki brought them directly to the Hokage's office after issuing the permit. Originally, Mizuki didn't need to worry so much, but the Jinchūriki still hurried to let Tsunade meet him first.

"Are we going to meet the Godaime Hokage soon? The first female leader of the five great ninja villages, I wonder what kind of person she is!"

Since arriving in Konoha Village, Fu has been particularly excited. She has been thinking about completing the formalities quickly so that she can go out to play. Takigakure Village doesn't have such a lively scene all year round. Of course, she is also very interested in the legendary Hokage and the silly female ninja. She is very curious about how a female ninja can be so famous and become a Hokage.

In the Hokage's office, after Mizuki handed in the mission report, he led the three Genin of Team 8 and left. Only Tsunade was left looking at the nine young Taki-nin curiously, especially Fu who was smiling with her eyes curved. Except for the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki who Tsunade looked at twice, everyone else was a little uneasy.

"Isn't there any senior ninja leading the team among the Taki ninja?" Tsunade asked, looking at the group of half-grown children.

A serious Takinin stepped forward and answered, "I am not talented enough, so I will be the leader of the Takinin team this time."

"Tochi?" Mizuki confirmed the ninja information in his hand.

"It's me."

Tsunade nodded, looked at the master disguised as a Genin and said, "There is still a week before the Chunin Exam begins. During this period, Konoha Village will be crowded with ninjas from various villages. No matter if you have known each other before or are enemies, you are not allowed to fight privately in the village. Until the exam is over or you are eliminated, you have the right to move freely in the village. But I hope you don't do anything that will cause misunderstanding!"

"clear!"

"During this time, you can visit Konoha Village as much as you want, and you can also ask for information about your competitors in the Chunin Exams. It's up to you. If you need anything, you can find the ninja in charge of reception, or you can come to me directly."

"Thank you very much for your advice!"

"If there is nothing else, go down and prepare!"

The leader Tochi bowed to Takinin and walked out.

"He's a bit dull indeed." Watching Takinin leave, Shizune laughed dumbly and said, "Are all Jinchūriki like Naruto?"

"Who knows?" Tsunade put away the documents at hand and said, "Maybe such a simple-minded person can control the tailed beast more easily!"

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Since becoming a jonin, Shuimu has never thought that he would have to worry about these trivial matters one day. As a "highly respected" jonin elite, he should think about how to maintain world peace and how to promote the ninja cause every day.

I never thought that I would have to worry about a few coins. This is so different from what I imagined. The heroes who travel the world for justice and justice don't have any pockets to put money in. They can travel the world with a broken sword. I have never seen them worry about money. Did they pick up money from anywhere? The protagonists are treated too well. After all, I am also a member of the army of time travelers. It is really embarrassing to be so embarrassed.

Although as a ninja, the expenses are still within the normal range, the key is that other expenses are too much. He has seven clones, Xiaochun has one clone, and there is Yukimura who is not useful for the time being. Karin comes to eat from time to time. Xiaochun, who is pregnant, cannot be neglected, and Miyuki, who will give birth in a few months, must also be taken care of carefully. With this calculation, it seems that the salary of a jonin is very high, but in fact it can't support such a large expense.

No wonder the Akatsuki organization, besides catching the tailed beasts, is most concerned with making money. A functioning organization, with all its plans and projects, is nothing without money. It took Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito so many years to accumulate only 100,000 White Zetsu. If not for the money squandered by the prodigal Konan, they could have added tens of thousands more White Zetsu.

Looking at the dinner in front of him, Shuimu always felt that there seemed to be two slices less of meat.

"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" Xiao Chun looked at Shuimu and asked curiously as he didn't move his chopsticks.

“No, it’s delicious.” Although it was probably just a psychological effect that made him unhappy, he couldn’t show it in front of his pregnant wife.

"There are too many people in the village lately. There's nowhere to go when we go out for a walk." Xiaochun said nonchalantly, "There are so many people in the Chunin Exam. I hope nothing will happen like last time!"

"Don't worry, it will be fine."

This time, the five major ninja villages participated in the Chunin Exam at the same time. All the ninja villages with a little reputation in the ninja world sent ninjas to participate. This kind of event is rare for many people to see once in their lifetime. Although there are elements of intrigue in it, anyone who makes trouble at this time is undoubtedly challenging the authority of the entire ninja world. Even the "Akatsuki" organization will not make obvious sabotage actions at this time.

Of course, there will inevitably be conspiracies and despicable means behind the scenes, and this requires people like Shuimu to deal with it.

"I hope so." Xiao Tsubaki just asked casually, "The flower shop's business was not good some time ago, but now winter is finally over. Although the small greenhouse you built didn't produce more flowers, they are growing faster than usual now. The flowers can be put on the market earlier, just in time for the excitement of the Chunin Exams, which should make our family a little more comfortable."