Konoha: My wife is Tsunade

Chapter 144 Time flies, engagement is about to happen
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine yourself as mountains, rivers, grass, lakes, or even clouds.

Empty your thoughts, feel the hidden gifts of nature, and realize the unique charm of quiet life.

The above is meditation.

It’s just difficult to do this. Without a certain character of mind, the more you think about it, the more impatient you will feel. The more impatient you are, the less likely you are to enter the state.

Chiba Chishima, who meditated for the first time, encountered this situation.

He could imagine himself as everything in the world, but he couldn't let go of his thoughts, and the more he imagined, the more irritable he felt.

After just closing her eyes for more than ten minutes, Qiandao Chiba opened her eyes irritably and shook her head helplessly.

"Slug Immortal, I can't calm down..."

"If you feel that it is difficult to perform in the cave, I can take you to a place." Immortal Slug led the way, "Little Qianye, follow me."

Qiandao Qianye nodded and followed, and soon followed the Slug Immortal out of the cave and came to a high mountain in Shigu Forest.

It's still hot and humid here, but you can feel the wind brought by the air flow. If you smell it carefully, it's full of the smell of nature.

It smells of earth, water, and flowers and trees.

"This was once the place where Xiaozuma meditated before practicing immortal arts. Maybe it will be helpful to you."

Slug Immortal's tentacle-like eyes moved, "Moreover, meditation is not a day's work. It is normal for the first attempt to fail. At that time, it took half a year to complete the preliminary preparations for meditation." Work."

According to Immortal Slug, meditation is just the first preparation before practicing the Immortal Technique of the Shiky Bone Forest?
Qiandao Qianye couldn't help but ask, "Slug Immortal, after finishing meditation, are there any other preparations?"

"Of course there is, but don't be too ambitious now, and don't think too much. After you concentrate on meditating, you can talk about other things."

Slug Immortal warned him and turned around to leave. Qiandao Qianye also calmed down and sat cross-legged on the mountain peak. She closed her eyes and quietly felt the cool breeze caressing her face.

Gradually, Qiandao Qianye's mood was soothed, and her thoughts gradually became empty.

……

time flies.

During the period of training in the Chiba Chishi Bone Forest, the situation in the ninja world was very stable, and Konoha was also very stable.

After the reform of the ninja school, the graduation age of genin was raised. Although it increased the strength of genin, it would not make them pure cannon fodder.

However, as the age of genin graduates increases, the number of serving ninjas in Konoha Hidden Village grows slowly. Many trivial task orders are backlogged, and it is difficult to clear them all at once.

Therefore, after discussions between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha's senior officials, Konoha took the high-precision route, only accepting some tasks with higher risks and high rewards, and disdainful of low-level employment tasks.

Because of this move, Konoha's traditional three-person ninja team was abandoned and changed to a five-person team to adapt to the necessary risks brought by high-risk missions.

It has to be said that after Konoha carried out a series of measures, task orders fell seriously, but profits did not decrease much.

And because the original three-person team was expanded to a five-person team, the survival rate of Konoha ninjas has greatly increased when performing high-risk missions.

Therefore, the combat literacy of Konoha ninjas is also steadily improving. Even though the number of ninjas is growing slowly, Konoha's overall combat effectiveness is soaring.

At the same time, a large number of small and medium-sized task orders abandoned by Konoha Hidden Village were divided up by the remaining four hidden villages and other small and medium-sized ninja villages, and the village economy also ushered in a wave of high growth.

However, when sharing the middle and low-level task orders that Konoha did not want, some disputes arose between the four hidden villages and other small and medium-sized ninja villages.

One of the most acute conflicts is due to the rise of Sansho Hanzo and the emergence of the Rain Ninja Village in the ninja world.

Cloud Ninja Village is at best a medium-sized ninja village. The Country of Rain is also a small country on its back, and it is bordered by the Country of Earth to the north and the Country of Wind to the south.

The Country of Rain and the Rain Ninja Village, which are caught in the middle, must take food from the Iwagakure and Sunagakure villages if they want to develop.

Sansho Hanzo is now young and vigorous, and because of Sansho Hanzo's super strength, Amanobu Village has the idea of ​​​​competing with Sunagakure Village and Iwagakure Village.

As a rising star, Yu Ninja Village does not have the same influence as the Five Hidden Villages, and the number of task orders that naturally flow in is smaller.

They can only increase task orders in the village by reducing task rewards, and rely on sales to support the ninjas in the village.

As the village's economy improves, Yu Ninja Village also invests the money it earns in ninja training, thus forming a virtuous cycle.

From the perspective of the Rain Ninja Village, it is understandable that they do this. After all, they must do this if they want to develop.

But in the eyes of the neighboring Iwagakure and Sunagakure villages, the Rain Ninja Village is so hated!
A large number of mid-level and low-level task orders that were abandoned by Konoha were obtained by Ameno Village at a very favorable price. But can Sunagakure Village and Iwagakure Village lower their prices and enter into a price war with Ameno Village?
Obviously not.

As two of the five hidden villages in the ninja world, Sand Hidden Village and Iwa Ninja Village have their own pride, so they cannot lower their prices.The consequence of not lowering the price is that Yu Ren Village will have an overwhelming number of orders.

Sunagakure Village and Iwagakure Village couldn't bear to have the cake taken away from them by small countries and medium-sized ninja villages. In addition to taking action secretly, they also reprimanded Amano Ninja Village for maliciously lowering prices through diplomatic channels.

But it didn't work. Yuren Village is a small country. Although the price of task orders is cheap, the people's livelihood in the village has developed with the support of these cheap task rewards.

Sanshouyu Hanzo could not compromise on matters that were good for the village. He directly rejected the diplomatic proposals of Iwagakure and Sunagakure.

Moreover, Sanshouyu Hanzo was also very dissatisfied with what Iwagakure and Sunagakure did. He felt that the two big countries adjacent to him just didn't want to see his own development and deliberately came out to obstruct it.

In short, the three parties hold different opinions and dislike each other, and the secret disputes have never stopped.

Konoha Hidden Village did not expect that his profit-giving behavior would actually cause a series of turmoil in the ninja world.

But Hiruzaru Sarutobi and other Konoha executives didn't pay much attention to it, so they highlighted a muffled fortune, as long as the disputes between the three ninja villages did not affect their own development, then let it go.

And Konoha has no time to care about this now.

Chishima Chiba and Tsunade's engagement date is coming.

Uzumaki Mito and Sarutobi Hiruzen were busy taking care of this matter and had no other extra thoughts.

The Daimyo of the Country of Fire also asked twice, both covertly and overtly, and even proposed the idea of ​​having Chiba Chishima and Tsunade go to the capital of the Country of Fire to hold an engagement ceremony.

But at the end of the discussion, Chishima Chiba and Tsunade's engagement ceremony was still arranged to take place in Konoha Hidden Village.

Because of this, the pressure suddenly came to Sarutobi Hiruzen's head.

In addition to the engagement ceremony between Chiba Chiba and Tsunade that he needs to take care of, the safety of the Fire Country daimyo after coming to Konoha also needs to be worried about by Sarutobi Hiruzen.Although it is unlikely that an enemy ninja will assassinate the Fire Nation Daimyo within Konoha, what if it happens?
If something unexpected happens, Konoha Hidden Village will really be in big trouble!
Sarutobi Hiruzen had to be cautious.

Therefore, a vigorous internal purge campaign began. Some spy ninjas placed in Konoha Village by the enemy were uncovered, and many enemy contact points in the Land of Fire were followed.

Konoha's actions aroused the vigilance of the other four hidden villages, wondering if Konoha was doing something big.

But upon further investigation, it was discovered that Konoha was actually preparing for an engagement ceremony for a newlywed couple.

This……

Relying on the remaining intelligence network, the four hidden villages... no, the two hidden villages began to collect all the information about Chiba Chishima and Tsunade.

As for the Iwagakure and Sunagakure villages that had suffered losses at the hands of Chishima Chiba and Tsunade, they silently licked their wounds and waited for the opportunity to take revenge.

At the same time, at this juncture, Sand Hidden Village and Iwagakure Village didn't know when they met.

It may be because of the relationship between the Rain Ninja Village, or it may be because of the relationship between Chishima Chiba and Tsunade, but the most likely reason is because of the growing strength of Konoha Hidden Village.

Shayin Village understands long distance and close attack.

He and Konoha Hidden Village are too close, and Konoha is getting stronger and stronger, so Sunagakure Village is naturally worried.

As for Iwagakure, they have long disliked Konoha Hidden Village. This conflict has been buried since the Uchiha Madara period.

It's just that during the first battle, because of Kirigakure Village's arrogant manipulation, Iwagakure Village did not confront Konoha head-on, which has to be said to be a pity.

At the same time, in addition to the old hatred, Konoha also has new hatred for Iwagakure Village. Chiba Chishima has the lives of 7 elite Iwagakure Jonin in her hands. This is definitely a blood feud!
Therefore, when Sunagakure Village was interested in contacting Iwagakure Village, Tsuchikage Ohnoki immediately had an idea and secretly launched a series of negotiations with the Sandaime Kazekage Kawai, and an alliance between the two parties was imminent.

The Konoha side had no knowledge of these small moves between the two families, but they only had a little bit of information, and it was not clear what stage the negotiations between the two families had reached.

Konoha has increased its vigilance, but until both parties take action, they can only take precautions and cannot make practical actions.

……

In such a chaotic and ever-changing situation in the ninja world, time has taken another step forward and arrived in October of the 28th year of Konoha.

This year, Chiba Chishima turned 15, and Tsunade, who had just celebrated her birthday two months ago, naturally turned 15 as well.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya are the same age as Chiba and Tsunade, but Hatake Sakumo is one year older than the four of them, and is 16 years old this year.

The engagement ceremony of Chiba Chiba and Tsunade is scheduled for October 10th.

Konoha Research Department.

Tsunade looked at the calendar on the table and felt a little nervous.

The day after tomorrow is the engagement ceremony for the two of them, and Qianye has not yet returned from practicing in Shigu Forest.

Tsunade didn't rush to hurry.

In the past half year or so, Tsunade has not never been to Shigu Forest to visit Qiandao Qianye, but every time she went, she was driven back by the Slug Immortal.

The reason is very legitimate and sufficient: to prevent Tsunade from disturbing Chiba's practice.

Tsunade had a little tantrum at first, but it didn't take long for her to think about it, and she didn't make any more fuss, nor did she go to Shigu Forest to find Qiandao Chiba.

It's just that Qiandao Chiba didn't know that she should come back and see herself...

and.

"That bad guy Qianba...did he forget the date?"

Tsunade muttered in her heart, the sadness on her face was visible to the naked eye, "If you forget such an important day, I will never pay attention to you again!"

Tsunade secretly made up her mind, but she still couldn't hide the worry in her heart. She held her chin with one hand and worried about the gains and losses.

"Tsunade."

Just when Tsunade was lost in thought, Senju Ziharu walked in, followed by several maids and Konoha ANBU ninjas.

As the captain of the ANBU, Hatake Sakumo was among them.

"Mom, why are you here?"

"If I don't come to call you, why don't you go home and try on some clothes?"

After Senju Ziqing finished speaking, Tsunade's beautiful eyes lit up, "Is my wedding dress ready?"

"It's not considered a serious wedding dress. After all, you and Chiba are only engaged, not actually married. There are still some changes in the clothes."

"That's a wedding dress too!" Tsunade argued, not wanting to go to work anymore, "Mom, let's go home right now."

"Okay, okay, come with me."

Senju Ziqing stepped forward and took Tsunade in her hand, took her out of the medical department and rushed straight to the Senju station.

However, Tsunade happily put on her wedding clothes, and when she stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself, the smile on her face was suddenly replaced by sadness.

"Mom, do you think Chiba will forget..." Tsunade whispered with sadness in her heart, "The day is coming in one and a half days, and there is no movement from him yet."

"Tsunade, relax, Chiba is a stable child, and it is impossible to miss such an important thing."

"But I'm still worried..." Tsunade tangled her hands together, "Practicing celestial magic is no better than others. What if..."

"There is no such thing as a chance!" Senju Ziqing hugged Tsunade, "Believe in Chiba."

"Ah."

Tsunade nodded, her thoughts drifting away again.

How handsome was Chiba on the day of the engagement? !

(End of this chapter)