I sell sweets in Konoha

This time also put Tomoko in a dilemma, Shiro, a young boy as pure as snow.It is indeed appropriate for him to give this gift, but everyone has selfish motives.My sister's things are indeed a huge temptation, especially the delicious food she made by herself, which is so huge that almost no one can refuse it.She just wanted to have a little taste, anyway, the fat pig-like name couldn't be seen.

How could he possibly see that there was a piece of cake missing, a mouthful of rice missing, a little curry missing?

It's just that compared to the huge temptation, first of all, this is indeed the thing that Sister Junko values ​​the most. Secondly, Baidu begged her like this. She really can't find a reason, and it seems that she can't completely make up her mind to refuse this person who looks like Snow. The same clean and pure boy.

Tomoko stroked the food box in her hand. She knew it was time for her to make a decision. If she refused, it might not just ruin Junko's plan.

If Zabuza and his group were really pushed against him, it might also have an impact on his bet with Junko.

Now I have to reluctantly give up my love!

"Okay." Tomoko still held back. She placed the food box in front of Bai and took out a wooden sign and a piece of paper and said, "This is a special pass to meet the lord."

"You have to put on a set of formal and beautiful clothes and go in. Forget that you are a ninja and just treat yourself as an ordinary attendant."

"The note is how my sister eats the food in the food box. You have to remember it clearly."

"Don't miss anything!"

Chapter 12 Is this the light before dawn?

The daimyo of Wave Country, the de facto ruler of Wave Country.

Although he is a person who has no role at all in the original work, there is actually no need for him to have any role.Although the daimyo is the actual ruler of Wave Country, they do not rule directly. They often play the role of a mascot.As long as the person who truly represents the daimyo's rights does not cause domestic public outrage and greatly affects his rule, the daimyo often does not care about the rule of the person who actually represents the daimyo's rights and actually rules the country.

Of course, there is a corresponding price to pay for the right to act on behalf of the daimyo. Simply put, it means meeting the various needs of the daimyo.

Status, material things, etc., among which food is naturally one of them.

The Daimyo of Wave Country is so fat that I dare not say that he does not refuse food from all sources. He eats everything that is edible and eats indiscriminately.It can only be said that he is actually quite picky about food, but even though he is a famous name in a small country, in his position, food is almost equivalent to an unlimited supply.Ordinary people rarely eat delicious food a few times in their lives. To him, it may be just an ordinary simple meal.

So when he heard that someone was going to bring him delicious food, the daimyo didn't feel too excited.

gourmet food?There are so many delicacies in his Daming Mansion, and it can be said that it is inexhaustible even if it is a wine pool and a forest of meat. Would he pay attention to the tributes from those rebellious ninjas who are not very loyal to him from who knows where?

meeting!

He had already heard about the traitorous ninja opening a shop in the Land of Waves. Although Cardo did not bring him some snacks made by the traitorous ninja, he had heard about the traitorous ninja's craftsmanship from his guards and retainers. Pretty good.This time he took the initiative to serve it, so he must have a good taste to see if the food made by the traitorous ninja was as delicious as the legend.

The daimyo met one of the rebel nin who came to give a gift in his backyard.

A boy...well, a boy who looks as delicate as a beautiful girl.He was completely different from the ninjas he knew from the stories and Cardo's descriptions, who were generally ferocious, with fierce eyes and miserable looks.This young man is handsome and can be said to be quite handsome.Her smile is gentle and pure, without any falsehood. Her clean and pure eyes reveal a little tenderness and a little bit of loneliness and strength.

This is really a boy that people can't help but hold in their arms and play with.

But he is a normal daimyo, at least in orientation.No matter how pitiful the boy in front of him was, it couldn't move him too much. The daimyo focused more on the food box in front of him.

Four-tiered square food box with gold leaves on a black background.Judging from the appearance, it doesn't look very expensive, nor can it be said to be exquisite.The food boxes I use when I go on an outing with my family are much more exquisite than this one.Just this look made the Daimyo lose interest. How could the food not be served in exquisite food boxes be any kind of delicacy?

"Is this a gift?" the daimyo asked contemptuously.

"This is made by my eldest daughter personally for the Daimyo-sama." Bai said neither humble nor arrogantly: "It just doesn't look good in appearance, but if the Daimyo-sama is willing to try it himself, he will definitely be surprised."

surprise?Just by looking at it, I don’t think there will be any surprises.The daimyo didn't take Shiro's words to heart at all.But since everything has been delivered, let’s try it reluctantly.The daimyo glanced at the maid next to him. The maid suddenly understood and opened the food boxes and placed them in front of the daimyo one after another.Then the daimyo became even more disappointed.

"Is this something carefully made?"

Sliced ​​meat, green onions, pancakes, rice, and that pile of batter?What is this?

"Curry, roast duck, and roasted buns." Bai Yiyi introduced: "Curry is the most common food eaten by civilians. It can be eaten with rice or that small pancake. Roasted buns and roast duck are from exotic places. Delicious food. If the Daimyo is willing, I can teach you how to eat this food first."

"Curry..." The daimyo gently blocked his nose and looked at the pile of paste in front of him and said, "Is this curry?"

It's not that Daimyo has never eaten curry before, but he has never seen curry like this.It was a bunch of mushy stuff, and curry was indeed mushy, but this one... The Daimyo hesitated for a long time and decided to give it a try.After all, his retainers and attendants said that the food cooked by the traitorous ninja was quite good.

To give it a try, Daimyo decided to start with the roast duck which seemed more acceptable.

Roast duck, the meat has been sliced ​​in advance, the light brown meat and the soy sauce-colored skin are shiny and appetizing.When the Daimyo thought he was eating it directly, he found that it was not eaten directly in his mouth as he thought. Instead, under Shiro's guidance, he picked up a piece of meat and dipped it in the sweet noodle sauce. The meat piece was coated in the sweet noodle sauce. Place it on top of the white flour pancake, add some shredded green onions, place it in the pancake and roll it together.

The next thing is to stuff it in and eat!

The process of picking, dipping and rolling is all done by the maid, and all the daimyo has to do is eat.

When the first bite of roast duck arrives in your mouth...

Well-deserved reputation!The daimyo suddenly felt that the delicacies he had eaten before were not considered delicacies. !The dough is full of toughness and has the aroma of wheat, the sweet noodle sauce, the roast duck that drips oil with every bite, and the crispy and frosty shredded green onions.Putting these things together produced a different reaction in the daimyo's mouth.

The skin of the roast duck is crispy, and the meat is soft and full of oil. The overcooked duck meat, which should have been greasy at first, is added with scallions, giving it a crisp and refreshing feeling. The bread absorbs the excess oil, making the bread more fragrant. Tough and delicious.

The sweet noodle sauce just breaks up the greasiness of the duck, and the crispy green onions, soft duck meat, crispy duck skin, and wheat-flavored dough bring a very rich and well-defined taste. It looks just right and not messy.

The daimyo had never eaten anything so delicious.

He couldn't wait to take a bite of the curry. It was a very strange feeling, completely different from the curry he had ever eaten.It seemed to have been added with lemon juice, a bit of mint, and something he couldn't put his finger on.This... this seemed completely different from the curries he had eaten.

Although it is delicious, I always feel...

"Is this folk curry?" Daimyo asked while tasting the curry.

"No," Bai said, "According to the eldest lady, this is the most primitive kind of curry. People generally can't eat it."

There is a big difference between Japanese curry and Indian curry, so it is completely normal for daimyo to have a different feeling, but...

"The people of Wave Country now may not even be able to eat the most common curry." Shiro continued.

The daimyo didn't seem to have any feelings about Bai's words. He focused all his attention on the food in front of him and didn't even listen to what Bai was saying.No, so what if I heard it?What do ordinary civilians mean to him?So what if I can’t eat curry?They're just a bunch of poor ghosts, as long as they don't starve to death.

If he could afford curry, the daimyo was already very kind.

"Lord Daimyo, have you ever felt hungry?" Bai continued to ask without waiting for the Daimyo to say anything.

Feeling hungry?Of course the Daimyo had never experienced it. In his impression, he would have endless food no matter what time he wanted to eat.hunger?what is that?

"I have experienced it." Bai said: "When people are hungry, they can do anything for a bite to eat. As long as there is a bite to eat, even if it is what others have eaten and thrown into the trash can, it may be an excellent meal. . Sometimes we even have to compete with wild dogs for food.”

"Competing with wild dogs for food." The daimyo said mockingly, "You are really despicable."

"Yes." Bai said lightly: "It's very humble. Because of humility and hunger, he has forgotten everything. He didn't know that there was a famous name in the country, let alone that there was a shadow in the Ninja Village. To a person who is so hungry and humble, For the ultimate people, just a piece of rotten meat left over from eating is enough for them to do anything.”

"No matter who he is, as long as he can give someone who stutters, as long as he can live with a little dignity and make people feel needed, and no longer a helpless and humble existence, he will follow him, and he will set his goal Seeing it as his own goal, he will sacrifice his life for everything he has to do."

"This person is Zabuza-sama to Haku." Haku said, "So no matter what Zabuza-sama does, Haku will follow him for the rest of his life."

"Huh?" The daimyo finally stopped talking and looked at Shiro, who seemed a little annoyed and said, "Are you threatening me? How dare a traitorous ninja talk about loyalty in front of my daimyo?"

"For Bai, loyalty will only be given to those who are worthy of following Bai for his whole life." Bai said flatly: "The reason why Miss Junko makes curry for you is because she wants to tell you about the ordinary under luxury. You do It’s a daimyo, but the people of Wave Country will ultimately only follow the person who gives them hope to live. Follow the person who allows them to afford curry rice.”

"You should be lucky. Although the people of Wave Country may not always be able to eat curry rice, at least they can still eat it." Bai said, "But some people don't have much time to eat. You must have never been to the private sector. market."

"It is already difficult for Miss Junko to purchase ingredients from the private sector when opening her own store. Every ingredient in this gift comes from the market in the Land of Waves."

"This curry is actually not delicious. Miss Junko herself said that although she has put great care into it, many of the ingredients are difficult to find."

"If even Miss Junko can't make curry, the people of Wave Country may no longer remember the name."

Chapter 13 Accident or surprise

The librarian once hated the decision to move into Zhongnanhai because he knew clearly that the dragon-slaying boy who once left the people would start to grow fangs.

So what about the person who was originally a dragon?

Perhaps to them, people are just words that exist in various documents and books.

Junko's plan was half successful. After listening to Shiro's report, she didn't quite know what the daimyo was thinking.What exactly are the sufferings of the people?Maybe for him it was the joke: "The old man was a kind-hearted man and hated the poor, so he drove them away." 'The big boss among them, maybe he does have some feelings. At least Bai is a real example that makes him have to consider whether his position under the butt can be secure if things go on like this for a long time.

Of course, the most likely reason is that Bai reminded him of someone he had almost forgotten.

Kesha!

A fisherman is regarded as a hero by the people of Wave Country. This may be the first time that the Daimyo of Wave Country senses a crisis.He is the famous name of the Country of Waves, but no one praises him in the Country of Waves. That man is just a refugee who fled from a foreign country but became a citizen of the Country of Waves.Even after he was executed in the name of launching KG doctrine, the people of Wave Country still cannot forget this man.

Perhaps it was this man, this man who was regarded as a hero by the people of Wave Country, who gave him a hint of crisis plus the deeds of Haku and Zabuza.

The daimyo of Wave Country finally took some action. He planned to secretly invite Junko, Tomoko, and Zabuza to his daimyo mansion.He didn't explicitly say what they were being invited to do, but Junko could probably guess a little bit.Kado is a good dog, but if the dog does something that threatens its owner, it will be killed without hesitation.

Especially judging from the performance in the original work, by the time Naruto and the others came to the Kingdom of Waves, all industries in the Kingdom of Waves were basically in decline, and the economy was already on the verge of collapse.

Or it has collapsed. At this time, as long as a Kesha-like character is released, the position of the master of the country of waves will completely change.Therefore, Naruto's arrival is not so much about helping the people of Wave Country regain confidence and unity as it is about diverting conflicts for the daimyo, passing on the crisis, and temporarily stabilizing his position with the death of Kado and Zabuza. .

Therefore, if the Daimyo is smarter, even if he is not seeking the welfare of the people of Wave Country, he should know to find someone to check and balance Cardo, lest he is really unscrupulous and causes public complaints and affects his position.

"This island looks quite big." Standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the approaching island, Junko sighed: "A daimyo mansion occupies an entire island. This daimyo is really extravagant."

"It's more about safety than luxury." Zabuza said, leaning on the railing beside the boat: "The country of Waves, as a small country, has been able to continue from the Warring States Period to the present thanks to the sea, which is a natural barrier. , the Country of Waves is a country composed of many islands, and the capital of the Country of Waves, Damingfu, is on the innermost core island. If you want to conquer the Country of Waves, you have to fight one island at a time. You can It is said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, the Kingdom of Waves itself is not rich, lacks strategic value, and is difficult to attack. Even if it takes down a few islands, it is very troublesome to defend it. Therefore, the big countries will hardly disturb the minds of the Kingdom of Waves."

"What about you?" Junko asked again, "Is this the reason why you like the Land of Waves?"

Junko remembered that the reason why Zabuza was willing to come over to work for Cardo in the Land of Waves was because he wanted to replace him first.But it was also the appearance of Team [-] that disrupted his plan, which ultimately led to his failure.

"The geographical conditions are indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack." Zabuza said with a bit of fun: "But the Country of Waves is too poor to support a ninja village. However, the Country of Waves is close to the Country of Fire, and it is difficult to enter the Country of Water to the east. Across the Fire Country peninsula, there is a Bear Country on the peninsula. Come on, this is the southernmost point of the Fire Country. The Fire Country’s attention is not here, and the pursuit troops retreating from Kirigakure Village must first cross the Bear Country and the Fire Country.”

"Although the great powers will condone a small number of ninja teams passing through the country, they will definitely intercept the large forces. Therefore, for Kirigakure Village, a small force will not help, and the large force will definitely be intercepted and easily cause international conflicts."

"I understand." Tomoko interjected: "So although the Kingdom of Waves is not the most ideal base for you, it is the most ideal base for advancement. It is the closest to the Kingdom of Water and there are two countries as buffers. Even if You are blatantly gathering ninja Kirigakure here and there is nothing you can do about it."

"It can't be fair and aboveboard." Zabuza said: "The Fire Nation is not happy to see a small country full of rebellious ninjas appearing next to itself, so it is better to keep a low profile."

"No more words, we are about to go ashore."

Daming Mansion is on an island in the core of the Country of Waves, and Daming Mansion is not the only building.There are also the residences and barracks of several important nobles in the Kingdom of Waves. Well, yes, barracks.Although this is the age of ninjas, traditional troops have not died out. Although a small country like Wave Country does not have a ninja village, there will be some traditional troops.

There are not many people, and they are basically just show-offs. They are basically amateurs in external stations, and they are basically amateurs in civil war, but they are experts in scaring their own people.

However, Junko and the others did not land at the luxurious pier on Daming Island. Instead, they chose a remote wooden pier to wait for the Daming Mansion.Under the guidance of the attendants who came to greet them, and under the cover of night, several people quickly entered the Daming Mansion and came to the interior of the Daming Mansion.

"This...this place..." Junko looked around and said, "It's almost the same as the Daimyo Palace of the Fire Country Daimyo."

"Do all designers in the ninja world use the same design?"

"Have you been to the Daming Mansion in the Land of Fire?" Zabuza asked curiously.

"Of course I have been there, and I stayed there for a long time." Junko said without seeming to miss it very much: "Anyway, something happened... something... ah... why did I suddenly feel a little bit weird? A good hunch?"

"Bad premonition?" Tomoko seemed to have thought of something and asked: "Do you feel that you will meet Tsunade's mother here?"

"I always feel a sense of déjà vu." Junko said reluctantly recalling: "I always feel that if I can meet Tsunade here, it might be a very lucky thing. If I can't meet Tsunade, I might be very lucky. What trouble could there be?"

"What's the trouble?" Tomoko said, still not understanding: "Sound ninja? They won't do anything here, right?"

"I don't know, just take it one step at a time." Junko said a little worried.

Following the maid who led the way, he entered a secret room in Daming Mansion. Why is it called a secret room?Although the decoration here was acceptable, the damp and gloomy feeling made Junko sure that this was not a normal room.It was most likely a room in the Daming Mansion that was specially decorated for discussing important and less visible matters.

After waiting for a while, I heard a heavy sound, dong dong dong~ It should be the sound of people going downstairs. The person who can make such a heavy sound must be a daimyo.

After waiting for a while, a secret door on the left side in front of several people was opened, and a chubby meat mountain squeezed in through the secret door under the push and pull of several attendants.

"Ah~ I'm sorry for being late, you guys..." He just turned around and sat down, pointing at Junko and Tomoko and wanted to say something but suddenly stopped.He seemed surprised and looked at Junko and Tomoko, looked at them carefully for a while and then rubbed his eyes.As if he was making sure that he had seen something correctly, he said anxiously: "You two, come here and let me take a look! Take a closer look!"

"Is there any problem?" Junko's heart skipped a beat, and her intuition told her that something bad might be going on.

"You, what is your relationship with Tsunade, one of the three ninjas?" he asked immediately.

"This has something to do with us..." Junko was about to change the subject, but Tomoko suddenly interrupted: "You seem to know our mother."

"Mom!?" The Daimyo clapped his hands and said: "I heard from Kado at the beginning that you and Tsunade have something to do with each other. I thought it was some minions who jumped out of nowhere and used the name of the Slug Princess. Now it seems It’s really...”

"We don't need to pretend." Tomoko crossed her arms and said arrogantly: "Since you know our mother, I think the next words will be easy to say."

"Of course~of course~" the daimyo said with a smile.

The more the daimyo smiles, the more uneasy Junko becomes. She is now very sure and certain that the daimyo is not laughing for any good reason.At least it wouldn't be a good thing in their eyes.

"You!" The daimyo pointed to a man next to him who looked like a civil servant and said, "Hurry up and bring me everything!"

"What?" Tomoko was a little confused when she saw that things did not develop according to her ideas.

"It's not something important." The daimyo said with a smile: "Your mother, Princess Slug likes gambling, and you know that you will lose every time you gamble, right?"

Come on!Junko almost knew what it was as soon as she heard it, and she nodded numbly.

"She came to my place once." The daimyo said: "As for the Sannin, I still entertained her very warmly, eating, drinking, and having fun. And seeing that she didn't have much money, I took the initiative to lend it to her. She had some money. But she took the money and played for a while before running away with the brunette beside her."

"Let's put it this way, it is natural to pay back debts. Although the money is not owed to you, they are mother and daughter after all."

"A mother's debt must be paid to her daughter, the debt she owes me..."

"Do you have to clear it for me?"

Chapter 14 Being tricked before seeing the person

"Three thousand seventy-eight thousand one hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and forty-five taels?" Junko exclaimed while holding the IOU.