Chapter 111: Shibuki
The little girl with long light yellow hair pointed to a room in the distance: "This beautiful big sister seems to live in the room over there."
The three of them rushed in the direction she pointed in a rage. The little loli took two steps at a time and ran downstairs, and met Ino who was going upstairs.
Ino: “.”
She didn't know what to say, just say hello?
As a fifty-year-old woman, you are really a real person! Tsunade was also stunned for a moment. She didn't know Ino, but the Konoha forehead protector on Ino's head was shining brightly, and it was impossible for her not to see it.
For a moment, both of them were a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Tsunade is old and the three ninjas are thick-skinned. They reacted very quickly and waved their hands: "Don't stand there, keep up with the speed!"
Ino followed her out of the inn inexplicably, and then went to a house at the other end of the town to meet Tsunade's follower, and the female jonin of the same period as Kakashi and Asuma, Shizune.
Shizune is also holding a pet pig named "Tuntun".
The pet pig was stunned when it saw Ino. After looking at each other, it made a "Puyoupuyou" sound and then kept burrowing into Shizune's arms.
Returning to her own territory, Tsunade lifted the transformation technique. She looked outside the door and saw that none of the creditors had chased her. She put her hands on her hips and smiled proudly.
"You bunch of idiots, you still want to stop me? Hahahaha——"
After she finished laughing, she looked at Ino and said something frighteningly blunt: "I know you are from the Yamanaka family, right? Do you want to become my disciple? I need a gift for becoming my disciple. Do you have money?"
Shizune was extremely embarrassed. She anxiously advised: "Lady Tsunade, it is really rude of you to say that."
The pet pig Tuntun also uttered a few "puyoupuyou" sounds, but when it saw Ino's gaze, it was frightened and shrank back into Shizune's arms.
Ino scratched her head. To be honest, she didn't have much money right now, and she couldn't give Tsunade the impression that she was rich. Once she left this impression, she would have to borrow money from her repeatedly in the future.
That's a huge pit that no amount of money can fill.
Ino said hesitantly, "I'm just a Genin. I just graduated and my family cut off my pocket money. The money I earn from missions is really not much."
Shizune said in a fair tone: "Yes, yes, it is inappropriate for you to say such things, Tsunade-sama."
Tsunade scratched her ears to show that she didn't care at all.
"Really no money?"
"Really not"
"Not at all? I can get my money back with just five million taels!"
This time, Ino's answer was much more sincere: "Indeed, no, the village has not yet settled my payment for this month's mission."
Tsunade nodded with deep understanding: "The Third Hokage is indeed very slow in doing things. Well, what should we do? I have an idea!"
She snapped her fingers vigorously, then whispered something to Shizune.
Shizune looked at Ino for a while, then at Tsunade, and then began to shake her head violently. Under Tsunade's glare, she hesitated extremely, and finally had to go to the next room and brought a young man with a happy face.
The young man was also wearing a ninja forehead protector. He was a ninja from the Takigakure Village and looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Tsunade smiled at Ino, motioning her to wait a moment before pulling the young man away and whispering quietly.
Ino could only hear some voices like "500,000", "5 million", "600,000", "4 million". She was very upset. Are you bargaining?
Not long after, in the young man's somewhat depressed expression, Tsunade pulled the young man into the house.
She asked Ino bluntly: "You want to learn from me and become my disciple, right? Do you know what that means?"
"Yes, Lady Tsunade, I would like to become your disciple, and I am mentally prepared to endure hardships." Although today's interview scenario was completely different from what she had expected, Ino still answered firmly.
Tsunade pointed at the young man next to her and said, "His name is Shibuki. His father and I have some friendship. Now I will give you a task. If you escort him safely to Konoha Village, I will agree to accept you as my apprentice. How about it?"
Sending the ninjas from Takigakure to Konoha? If it was someone else, Ino would definitely suspect that the other person had ulterior motives, but Tsunade was fine. Who was she? She was the granddaughter of the first Hokage. Anyone would betray the village, but she wouldn't.
Ino was thinking about the relationship between the two villages. Konoha Village and Takigakure Village were allies, but this alliance was too fragile for the Ninja Village.
The young man named Shibuki looked nervous, his expression even more cowardly than any other man Ino had ever seen Chojuro.
Ino is young, but she has defeated strong enemies many times and has developed confidence.
She glanced at the young man twice, and he took two steps back and then smiled in a flattering manner.
Ino turned around and asked, "Tsunade-sama, are we just escorting this person back to the village? Will it be during the mission?"
Tsunade understood what she meant immediately: "Then you need to judge for yourself. He must have some troubles, otherwise he wouldn't have come to me. You decide for yourself."
Ino thought about it and felt that even if there was trouble, she could handle it. The trouble of Takigakure Village couldn't be Kakuzu, right? Kakuzu was busy making money for Akatsuki at this time. He ignored Takigakure Village, and Takigakure Village didn't dare to provoke him as a traitor. It should be time for Kakuzu to return to Takigakure Village to catch the tailed beast, but it was obviously not time yet.
"So shall we set off now?"
Tsunade waved her hand, "Just discuss it among yourselves, no need to ask me. When the mission is completed, come back to find me. If I'm not in this town, then forget it. Your Yamanaka family will definitely be able to find me."
"I understand, Lady Tsunade, Senior Shizune, I will take my leave now."
Ino takes Shibuki out of town and heads to Konoha Village.
On the way, she asked about Shibuki's intentions. Although the probability was small, what if he wanted to go to Konoha to carry rice? She had to ask clearly.
"What are you going to do in Konoha?"
Shibuki's voice was very low: "Well, I have a mission to entrust to Konoha Village."
Ino suddenly realized: "You mean you want to issue a commission to Konoha Village, so you want me to escort you to Konoha Village first?"
“Yes, yes!”
Ino thought for a moment and said, "Then are you prepared to pay me for my escort to Konoha?"
The other party was stunned: "I have already paid Tsunade-sama."
Ino looked unhappy: "You mean to say that I came all the way here, encountered ninjas on the way, and risked my life to send you to Konoha Village, but I didn't get any labor fee? Look into my eyes and say it again."
Shibuki counted on his fingers for a long time: "Wait! Let me calculate, that, that can be counted as another task, I'll pay for it!"
Ino was very satisfied. Young man, you are very sensible and have a bright future! (End of this chapter)
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