After the Chunin Exam, the village, which had been a bit noisy, slowly calmed down. The undercurrents lurking in the ninja world became more and more intense, but the surface peace remained unbroken.

At this time, little Miyuki also turned one year old.

In the ninja world, there is no custom of holding banquets on the occasions of a full moon, a hundred days, or a first birthday. Only a few traditional activities such as the "Zhuazhou" ceremony are still occasionally practiced.

Of course, these have long lost their solemn significance and have become purely entertaining rituals.

Surprisingly, Miyuki, whose parents are ninjas, is not keen on toy kunai and shuriken, and she is also indifferent to fancy clothes and dolls. Instead, she is obsessed with books and pens.

The little guy who seemed to be very noisy was actually interested in these things, which made everyone feel interesting.

"She will be a quiet girl who loves learning in the future!"

Xianglin, who saw the opportunity to come to Mizuki's house for a free meal, sighed.

"not necessarily!"

Shuimu and Xiaochun don’t like being in a busy place, so when they have free time, they stay at home and read books.

The significance of parents' words and deeds is still very large. It is normal for children who remain at the stage of imitating adults to develop a personality similar to their parents.

But Mizuki doesn't think this is Xiao Meixing's hobby.

Sure enough, after a while, the little guy tore the book into pieces.

As if she was still unsatisfied, little Meixing became interested in researching. With her trembling little hands, she followed her parents' example, picked up the brush, dipped the tip in ink, and began to scribble everywhere. Soon, her body was covered with ink, especially her fair face, which no longer looked like its original appearance.

The little guy felt that he had done something great and couldn't help but smile, and he didn't know what he was happy about!

"You won't stop it?"

Mizuki shook his head.

"Wait until he has had enough fun, otherwise he won't be happy!"

Xiaochun came over with dissatisfaction and wiped the ink off Xiao Miyuki's face.

"You spoil her too much!"

Ignoring the little guy's dissatisfaction, Xiao Chun put all the things away.

Faced with the pleading looks, Shuimu could only smile helplessly.

When it comes to educating my daughter, Xiaochun is more reliable.

“That’s great!”

Xianglin was very envious of the happy scene.

"Mizuki-senpai and Tsubaki-nee are so close, how did they get together in the past?"

"Why are you interested in this?"

"I always feel like both of you have somewhat cold personalities, it's strange that you could be married!"

"That's really rude!"

Mizuki glanced at Karin who spoke without any respect. Puberty girls were the most troublesome. It was always difficult to understand what was going on in their minds.

"We were both adopted from an orphanage and have been together since we were young. What's so strange about the good relationship between two childhood sweethearts?"

"But I've never seen you guys interacting with other orphanage friends!"

"Well..."

Shuimu didn't know how to answer for a moment.

There are many children in the orphanage, but only a few of them have the qualifications to be ninjas, and even fewer of them successfully become ninjas without giving up halfway.

What followed was the baptism of the Third Ninja World War. There were not many people left, and not a single one of them was close enough for Mizuki, who was in a high position, to have the audacity to come and nag him. The gap caused by the difference in identity and status was not something that everyone could so heartlessly ignore.

Of course, I couldn't tell Karin the real reason.

"It's fate's choice!"

"destiny?"

"Don't you think our names match?"

Mizuki and Chun are both plants, but their meanings are different.

Shuimu means the growth and prosperity of trees, and has a strong festive connotation; but Chun is the camellia that symbolizes disaster and misfortune.

The two have opposite meanings, so it’s perfect that they form a perfect complementary whole.

This was of course just a reason Mizuki made up, and Xianglin, who knew a lot about flowers, would understand it.

There are many ninjas in the ninja world who have such meaningful names. The names of Kabuto Yakushi, Ken Misumi, and Akado Kamo are all weapons, meaning tools; the names of Sakatsuki Stirrup, Toss Anvil, and Kintsuchi are all auditory ossicles in the ear, echoing the sound ninja; as for Karin's name, it means only love.

"I didn't expect that seniors would believe in these weird things!"

Xianglin looked at Shuimu with suspicion and didn't believe Shuimu's explanation at all.

Just then, Xiaochun came out of the bathroom holding the clean Xiao Miyuki.

"What are you talking about?"

"Talking about the past of our predecessors!"

Karin said excitedly.

"Sister Tsubaki, how did you get along with Mizuki-senpai in the past?"

“This!”

Xiaochun recalled.

"It seems there wasn't any special opportunity. When I was in the orphanage, there were sometimes shortages of supplies, and there were often not enough candies and snacks to go around. Shuimu was very popular, so no one would snatch his share, so he would occasionally give me some!"

"That's it? I thought there would be a story of a hero saving a beautiful girl!"

"I'm really sorry that it's so mediocre."

Surprise and touching moments are probably what these young and ignorant little girls yearn for the most. Unfortunately, the unexpected things in life often do not bring good things, especially for ninjas.

…

"The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki has been abducted?"

Mizuki, standing in front of Tsunade, had an extremely ugly expression on his face.

In Takikuni, Mizuki made countless preparations. He even placed the Flying Thunder God Mark in several places and even sent out two clones disguised as Jinchūriki to emit Tailed Beast Chakra from time to time to attract attention. Even Takuma went to Takigakure several times. Under the observation of the Byakugan, there should be no fish that slipped through the net, but even in this situation, he was still exploited.

"The other party has perfect camouflage skills and arranged a careful plan to transfer the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki away from the village, and then captured Fu who fell into the trap."

"It took a whole day to notice anything unusual. The Takinin Village are really a bunch of idiots."

As long as we hold on for a while, Shuimu will come to support us. We will never let others succeed so easily.

Mizuki was unable to distinguish the changes in White Zetsu's objects with his abilities, so it was normal that Takinin didn't notice it. However, for a ninja village with a strict system, it took more than a day for them to notice that the Jinchūriki had been taken away, which meant that the entire village's defense system was completely controlled by the enemy.

"Is it too late to rescue?"

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate!"

It takes several days for official members of the Akatsuki organization to perform the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealing to seal the tailed beasts into the Outer Path Demon Statue. As the number of people performing the spell decreases, the time required will increase.

The problem is that Mizuki doesn't know where the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was taken.

Mizuki knew where the Outer Path Demon Statue resided, but it could be communicated with at will by the Rinnegan, so his exact location could not be determined.

"I need help!"