Shuimu said that he had something to do, and it was not a lie. There were indeed some small things that needed to be dealt with.

I don’t have many friends and very few acquaintances that I interact with regularly, but there are still some that I need to visit.

In the residential area not far from the main road of Konoha Village, every household has hung festive lights.

It's past noon, and there are fewer people outside. At this time, everyone stays at home to enjoy the rare leisure time. Throughout the year, we should always have some carefree time.

Mizuki walked to an ordinary three-story apartment building and stopped. The layout was similar to most houses in other Konoha villages. The first floor was basically a store run or rented out by locals, and the upper floors were used as apartments.

Just as I was about to step up the stairs, I heard hurried footsteps from above, and a middle-aged woman came downstairs pulling a middle-aged man to meet me.

The hurried situation really scared Shuimu.

"Mr. Mizuki, welcome. Thank you for taking care of my Sakura."

The woman with a big smile on her face is Sakura's mother, Haruno Meibuki, who has short orange hair, is about forty years old, and has the look of a shrewd housewife.

Standing next to him was a tall middle-aged man with dark red hair, looking at Mizuki with a simple and honest look. He was dressed casually but looked neat and tidy. This was Sakura's father, Haruno Zhao.

"Excuse me."

Mizuki smiled and greeted him.

Haruno Meibuki turned around and glared at Haruno Zhao fiercely.

"Why don't you say hello? Didn't I just give you instructions?"

Sakura's mother is probably the most powerful person in her family.

Haruno Zhao nodded with some embarrassment.

"I can only tell a few jokes, how can I remember so many?"

"Your jokes are all so old, who wants to hear them..."

It seems that Sakura's father should be the head of the family who lives a comfortable life but has no status. He has the ambition to be a part-time joke teller, but he only has the talent of telling bad jokes.

"You are so polite."

Mizuki said kindly as he stopped the quarreling couple.

"I brought some small gifts. It's not a token of respect, please accept them!"

"How can this be so embarrassing?"

Haruno Meibuki smiled in a sophisticated and experienced manner.

"It's not appropriate to talk outside, Mr. Mizuki, please come sit inside!"

"Thank you for your help."

After a brief greeting, Mizuki followed the Haruno couple upstairs and into Sakura's home.

This visit was not a spur-of-the-moment idea, Shuimu had always had this idea.

A young girl became his disciple, but the communication between them was very poor.

In the past, Sakura's parents had visited Mizuki's house two or three times, but Mizuki was always away for something.

Shuimu had never found a suitable opportunity to make a formal visit. They had only met once on the street and said hello before, and they were not very familiar with each other.

Today, taking advantage of the New Year holiday, Shuimu came to visit and put his mind at ease.

There is a big difference between Sakura's family and Mizuki's family. Both husband and wife are ninjas, and their living habits are very different from those of an ordinary family.

Haruno Aki is a typical Konoha villager, with no remarkable heritage or historical origins to boast about. Sakura's mother's ancestors were a well-known ninja family, but unfortunately they have disappeared and the specific details can no longer be verified, but their family emblem has always been passed down.

The ring embroidered on the back of Sakura's clothes and on the cheongsam that Haruno Meibuki often wears is said to be the final proof of the existence of this family.

In the ninja world, there are countless small families that disappeared silently, and Mizuki has no interest in researching anything for a family that no longer exists.

However, for a family whose ninja heritage had been broken long ago, having an outstanding child was a rare event.

In Sakura's house, Mizuki didn't see many things related to ninjas. It seemed that as parents of only one child becoming a ninja, they were still quite unfamiliar with the life of a ninja. However, the atmosphere of harmony and warmth was much stronger than that in Mizuki's house.

Mizuki sat in the small but tidy living room. Haruno and his wife chatted with Mizuki, but Sakura helped to serve tea and water.

According to her mother, Sakura did almost nothing at home, using the excuse of missions and training to slip away and avoid doing housework whenever she had time.

Her mother kept telling her embarrassing stories at home. Sakura felt very embarrassed and kept complaining. Haruno Azune watched the two bickering with a smile on his face.

An ordinary and family-oriented father and a shrewd and sophisticated mother who cares deeply about her children, it is really a good environment. Sakura's personality is mostly inherited from her mother.

Mizuki spent most of the time watching the three of them talking. Haruno Meibuki quietly inquired about Sakura's situation and asked a lot of questions in a roundabout way, which Mizuki patiently answered one by one.

Being a parent is mostly about caring.

After all, Mizuki is the deputy director of the Security Department. For this family, he is already a very important person, so it is understandable that he is a little worried.

Although there were some bad rumors about Mizuki, the Fifth Hokage Tsunade did not care about it, and ordinary villagers naturally did not dare to criticize a powerful and accomplished jonin.

After staying for a while, Shuimu stood up and said goodbye. It was not suitable to disturb others for too long today, and he also wanted to go home early to be with his family.

After leaving Haruno's house, Mizuki walked slowly on the way home.

A moment later, a figure followed and walked side by side with Mizuki.

"How do you feel?"

“It’s as tiring as a teacher’s home visit.”

“Isn’t it just this reason?”

"It's possible."

These clones are not allowed to share the original body's memories, but because of the same values ​​and thinking habits, the conclusions they draw will not differ too much, and many ideas cannot be hidden from them.

"It's a bit difficult to deal with! Even though I didn't use my power to overwhelm others, my own aura still created a huge gap in the communication between high-level ninjas and ordinary people."

Being in a high position, it is inevitable that your unconscious actions may cause other people to be wary and misunderstand you. Although you don't have any idea that you are superior to others, you always feel a little uncomfortable in a way of interacting with others that requires you to consider other people's feelings all the time.

"It's still easier to communicate with ninjas like Kakashi."

"It's normal. Birds of a feather flock together. That's how different classes are formed. People living in different worlds will gradually have communication barriers and lose the basis for harmonious communication."

"Sakura's parents are considered easy to get along with, but the main reason is that we don't know each other well enough!"

It would be too arbitrary to simply blame it on the status gap. Perhaps the situation would improve if you could practice your social skills more.