Chapter 352: 352. Chapter 345: Chiyo: I Admit the Sound Just Now Was a Bit Loud

352. Chapter 345: Chiyo: I Admit the Sound Just Now Was a Bit Loud

"Little Hikari~"

"No, Gin-sensei!"

"Please~"

"Aiya ya..."

"Ding-a-ling~"

Uchiha Hikari almost fell into Uchiha Gin's pestering like coquetry. Just at this time, the bell on the door made a crisp sound, which pulled the girl who was about to waver back to reality.

"Please don't disturb my business, Gin-sensei."

Uchiha Hikari, who regained control of her brain, reached out and pressed down Uchiha Gin, who was pitiful in front of her, and then cast her cold gaze on the beautiful shadow that pushed the door and entered.

"Welcome."

"So many years have passed, and this place is still the same."

Returning to the cold drink shop that she had dreamed of in her childhood, Chiyo, who was already twenty years old, had a thick sense of nostalgia on her pretty face, and a faint light flowed in her beautiful eyes, carefully examining the decorations in the shop.

Time had passed, and Chiyo had grown into an excellent ninja who could stand on her own, while this shop, which had left many beautiful memories in her childhood, seemed to have been forgotten by time. All the decorations were still in the same appearance as back then.

Even that enthusiastic clerk lady hadn't changed a bit?

"Uh uh uh!!!"

Even though she had already experienced a similar event just now, when Chiyo saw Uchiha Hikari, whose appearance hadn't changed in more than ten years and even looked younger, she let out a shocked cry.

"Slap!"

Chiyo, with wide eyes, first slapped her pretty face fiercely with her palm, and her fair cheeks instantly became red and swollen.

After finding out she wasn't dreaming, she pressed a palm full of green light full of vitality onto her red and swollen face, raised her other hand, pointed tremblingly at Uchiha Hikari, who had a look of confusion, and her voice was full of suspicion.

"Are you human or ghost?"

Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Hikari, who were asked, looked at each other, and the views revealed in their eyes were surprisingly similar.

This girl looks quite pretty, but it's a pity that her brain is not very good.

"The menu is on the wall."

Uchiha Hikari didn't explain anything. The fact that she was ageless wasn't a secret in the village. Many people who were familiar with her knew the mystery, so she had always been indifferent to this kind of uninformed melon-eating crowd and didn't explain too much.

"Pain pain pain..."

Chiyo, whose nerves were a bit slow, only then felt the pain coming from her cheeks. She covered her pretty face, which had already subsided, looked at Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Hikari, and then moved her gaze to the menu on the wall.

"Give me a red bean ice cream!"

Whether you are human or ghost, eat first!

"By the way, give me a strawberry one too."

After ordering the red bean ice cream she had been thinking about day and night, Chiyo glanced at Uchiha Gin, who was dejected at the side, remembered the strawberry flavor recommended by this strange man many years ago, and reached out to order another one.

"Can you make two strawberry ones, Little Hikari~"

"No."

"..."

"Oishii!"

Holding her delicate little face with one hand, feeling the soft red beans melting in her mouth, Chiyo narrowed her eyes happily, and two long, beautiful legs hidden under her robe beat rhythmically. The whole person was immersed in the sweet ocean of ice cream.

"She shouldn't be a resident of Konoha, right?"

Uchiha Hikari, who had finished making the ice cream, untied her apron, looked at Uchiha Gin, who was lying on the bar counter in despair, and asked in a voice that only two people could hear.

Chiyo's clothing and her exotic appearance were destined to arouse suspicion.

"Land of Wind."

Looking at the purple-haired woman who was frantically showing off the ice cream with envy, Uchiha Gin curled his lip and revealed the other party's origin.

It was very simple. When he was outside, Uchiha Gin "inadvertently" aimed at the Hidden Sand forehead protector hidden deep in the woman's cleavage, thus confirming her identity.

As for why he had to stare at people's cleavage, Uchiha Gin expressed that he was very wronged. People were willing to show it themselves. If you didn't stare at it with wide eyes, wouldn't people be showing it for nothing!

"Land of Wind? Then it's fine~"

As long as it wasn't from the moon or across the sea.

"Thanks for the hospitality!"

Chiyo, who had finished two ice creams in a row, satisfiedly licked her full lips, savoring the sweetness between her lips and teeth, but her heart felt empty, and her expression also carried a few points of loss.

Such delicious ice cream, she wouldn't be able to eat it after going back~

"Uh? Is it not delicious?"

Looking at the ice cream bowl in front of the purple-haired woman that still had a little bit of residue, Uchiha Gin swallowed his saliva secretly. Eating so cleanly, and her eyebrows were still wrinkled so tightly, could it be that she was a person who came to eat for free?

"It's not that. I'm just thinking, what should I do if I can never eat such delicious ice cream again in the future?"

Learning that Uchiha Gin had misunderstood, Chiyo shook her head repeatedly, and then explained her worries.

"Don't you have ice cream there?"

Uchiha Hikari tilted her head and asked a soul-searching question.

"Sorry, our village really doesn't have it."

Chiyo shook her head with regret, and the expression on her face became more and more lost. Thanks to the unique climate advantage of their Land of Wind, water shortage all year round was a common occurrence, and many ordinary people couldn't step out of the desert in their entire lives.

Not to mention tasting cold drinks that were icy and cool.

"That's really a pity~"

Uchiha Gin nodded thoughtfully, while Uchiha Hikari at the side showed a look of pity.

"Thanks, I'll put the money here, I have something to do, so I'm leaving."

Although Chiyo wanted to have a few more portions, she had a mission now. That stupid kid Ebizo shouldn't run to find the Hokage by himself.

"Ding-a-ling~"

"Little Hikari, what do you think about opening a branch?"

After withdrawing his gaze from the purple-haired woman's long back, Uchiha Gin touched his chin and asked Uchiha Hikari, who was tidying up at the side.

"Huh? Gin-sensei, are you thinking..."

"That's right! The Land of Wind is a big cake. Opening a cold drink shop in the Hidden Sand Village will definitely make a lot of money!"

"But who should go?"

Uchiha Hikari was also a bit moved, but it wasn't because she could make a lot of money, but out of pity for the children who lacked delicious cold drinks during their short growth process.

"It doesn't have to be us! We can recruit an agent!"

Nowadays, opening a shop doesn't require doing it yourself. It's all about finding a few "dage"s to join, letting the other party spend money to buy technology and raw materials, and you just have to count the money.

"But I don't know anyone in the Land of Wind?"

"I do! As long as you arrange a honey shaved ice for me, I will definitely plant Mixue Bingcheng all over the ninja world!"

"..."

Uchiha Gin showed his true colors. It turned out that Xiang Zhuang was dancing the sword, aiming at Pei Gong. He said so much, but it was just to cheat a dessert.

Uchiha Hikari helplessly supported her forehead, then took a deep breath, and there was a bit of hidden doting in her half-closed beautiful eyes.

"This is the last time, Gin-sensei."

"Great!"

Holding the shaved ice with double the sugar, Uchiha Gin didn't mind the cold, sucked it up quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the huge iceberg turned into a basin.

Satisfied, he licked his lips, looked at the little apprentice who was staring at him with her chin in her hands, and smiled with a serious expression.

"Little Hikari, I wasn't joking with you just now."

"Huh?"

"After I finish this period of time, I will help you achieve the Snow King's business empire!"

"Are you okay?"

Gin-sensei, don't have your brain frozen by ice, right?

If it weren't for Senju Tobirama's invitation, Uchiha Gin would still be thinking about continuing to hang out at Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's shop to properly feed his little apprentice some sweet talk, and incidentally freeload a few desserts.

"Tsk! Pity~"

Uchiha Gin, with his hands behind his head, strolled to the Hokage building built by his big cousin with embezzled public funds. After so many years, the reason why this Konoha landmark building could be as new as ever was thanks to the annual designated maintenance by the Land of Waves engineering team.

"What? You said my brother has already gone in?"

Just when Uchiha Gin was sighing at his big cousin's lack of thrift and random spending, a familiar voice came from the gate not far away.

"Sorry, you don't have a pass, we need to verify it before you can go in."

The two guards at the door stopped the woman from the Hidden Sand Village he had just met in the cold drink shop. The two, who were selfless, didn't choose to carry out unspeakable secret threats because of the other party's outstanding appearance and proud figure, but were selfless and insisted on multi-party verification.

"Tsk! Ebizo, that idiot, I told him long ago that the sun in the Land of Fire is different from the Land of Wind. Don't stare at the sun to calculate the time. Is it expensive to buy a watch?"

Chiyo, who was annoyed, rubbed her swollen temples helplessly, wishing she could let him taste the taste of the wooden donkey puppet.

Earlier today, the two siblings agreed on the time to meet the Hokage. After going out, Chiyo saw that there was still plenty of time, so she let her brother Ebizo move freely first and meet up when the time was almost up, while she went to explore the taste of childhood.

She hadn't expected that Ebizo, that silly boy, was used to calculating time according to the sun's trajectory and thought he was late, so he ran to the Hokage building in a hurry.

However, because he didn't see his sister at the door, he was anxious and showed his pass, and as a result, he was directly taken to the Hokage office to face the black and white evil spirits.

"What happened?"

With the mentality of watching the fun, Uchiha Gin leaned over. Seeing that the guards were also acquaintances, he asked.

"Gin-sama! This woman wants to see the Hokage-sama and the secretary-sama, but she doesn't have relevant documents."

As soon as the guards saw Uchiha Gin, they immediately stood at attention. This was the good big brother of the First Hokage and the future Second Hokage, and he must not be offended.

"What business are you here for?"

Uchiha Gin turned his head and looked at the purple-haired woman whose teeth were about to break, and asked curiously.

Coming up to see his big cousin and the others, this woman's background must be extraordinary, maybe a big client.

"None of your business!"

Chiyo, who was in the middle of a fire, how could she still have the mood to explain to Uchiha Gin? Besides, her mission was a secret within a secret, how could it be revealed to an unknown cat or dog at will.

"Alright then, I'll go first..."

Since your mouth is so hard, then continue waiting. Uchiha Gin nodded casually.

"Gin-sama, take care~"

The guards respectfully pushed open the big door, and their attitude was simply heaven and earth compared to when they treated Chiyo just now.

Uh?

That is...

Just when he was about to turn around and leave, Uchiha Gin suddenly caught a glimpse of a very familiar short stick tucked under the scroll carried by the woman.

He rubbed his eyes in confusion, Uchiha Gin opened his perception a little bit, and the familiar energy reflected back made him a bit confused.

So he stopped his steps, and with a pair of dead-fish eyes wide open, he looked at the purple-haired woman who was full of anger from 360 degrees without blind spots.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Now, as long as there was a bowl of rice, Uchiha Gin could buckle it rotten.

No matter how he racked his brains, he couldn't equate this charming purple-haired beauty with that shriveled old woman who was pretending to be dead in his memory.

It's over, the recruitment picture of swimsuit Chiyo is attacking me again!

"What are you looking at? Don't you want your eyes anymore?"

Sensing Uchiha Gin's slightly offensive gaze, Chiyo, whose little face was flushed with anger, had a flash of displeasure in her eyes. She had seen many such impolite gazes, and the price paid by the other party naturally wasn't small.

"Hold on~"

Seeing that Chiyo was radiating an unkind aura, Uchiha Gin immediately took back his gaze, raised his hands to his chest, palms outward, signaling that he had no other thoughts.

"Hmph!"

"That..."

Chiyo, who was holding back fire, looked at Uchiha Gin, whose expression was strange, and frowned slightly. Was this curly-haired guy trying to pick her up?

"Speak if you have something to say!"

"May I ask, is your name Chiyo?"

"Ah?"

Originally wanting to teach this Uchiha Gin who came to the door a good lesson, his sentence hardened Chiyo for a few seconds. Her wide beautiful eyes carried a bit of incomprehension.

This was Chiyo's second time coming to Konoha. More than ten years had passed since the last time, and she wasn't a powerhouse with great fame, so how did this dead-fish-eyed curly-haired guy know her name?

"What is your purpose?"

After a short surprise, Chiyo was only left with vigilance. She had passed the age of a girl's spring and no longer believed in any destined love.

So there was only one answer,

Her information was exposed, there was a traitor in the Hidden Sand Village!

"Don't be agitated! Your father and I were old acquaintances. By seniority, you should call me Uncle~"

Uchiha Gin looked at the vigilant Chiyo, recalling that purple-haired young man who had acted as his desert guide back in the day; the two of them had chatted quite congenially along the way, and the other party had almost dragged him into becoming sworn brothers.

"Thump!"

However, just as Uchiha Gin finished speaking, the wary Chiyo across from him vanished from her spot in an instant. The next moment, a short staff radiating purple chakra was already pressed against his forehead, and a hoarse voice tinged with annoyance rang out:

"Don't even think about lying to me! My father passed away long ago, and he never once stepped out of the Land of Wind in his entire life. How could he possibly know a flaky guy like you!"

To actually use her late father as an excuse to pick her up—this curly-haired guy really is asking for a beating!

"Let go of Lord Gin!"

The two guards who were just watching the show had expected to see a grand drama of a scumbag hitting on a girl, but they hadn't expected Chiyo to actually make a move. Terrified, the two of them hurriedly shouted to stop her.

"It's fine, the little lady is just playing around with me~"

Uchiha Gin waved his hand at the two diligent guards, signaling them not to worry, then sighed slightly.

"Sigh."

So that purple-haired young man is no longer in this world~

"My condolences, but I really wasn't lying to you. This big stick is exactly what I gave your father back then."

The dead are to be respected; Uchiha Gin did not blame Chiyo for her rude behavior. He extended a finger to move the useless big stick away from his forehead, then spoke in a very sincere tone.

"Still lying!"

Chiyo gritted her teeth, her fair little face flushed with anger. This magical ninja tool was one of a kind in the whole world; she hadn't seen a second one in all her years.

"Believe me!"

Seeing that empty words were useless, Uchiha Gin had no choice but to reach into his bag. After fumbling around for a bit, he slowly pulled out an identical useless big stick produced by the system and tossed it to the blushing Chiyo.

"Here~ take a look!"

"This..."

Holding two identical useless big sticks in her hands, Chiyo's little brain instantly stalled. The patterns, the length, the feel—most importantly, the chakra they radiated—all proved that both ninja tools came from the same person's hand.

"Maybe you just happened to get it by chance."

The stubborn Chiyo still didn't want to believe that the curly-haired guy in front of her was an elder of the same generation as her father.

"Oh, then how about this?"

Uchiha Gin specialized in curing stubbornness. Seeing that Chiyo still didn't believe him, he reached into his backpack and pulled out a bundle of tied-up useless big sticks, tossing them up and down in his hand.

Although this action was somewhat arrogant, it was full of credibility.

"Hello, Uncle~" (End of chapter)