Naruto entry

Page 583

"I'll lead the way."

Yakushi Kabuto adjusted his round-framed glasses and led the way for Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi led Honglian and Heyu Fubuki inside.

"Teacher Nono."

Kiyoshi smiled slightly as he looked at Nono's surprised expression.

He and Nonou hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Kiyoshi, what brings you here?"

Yakushi Nonou did not expect Kiyoshi to return today.

“I received a letter from the orphanage.”

Kiyoshi said.

"A letter..."

Yakushi Nonou's expression became subtle.

The so-called letters were also sent out by her own hand.

The orphanage is growing larger and larger, and it is now the largest orphanage in the area.

Daily expenses naturally increased dramatically, requiring a large amount of money to be spent.

"sit down."

Yakushi Nonou found three stools for Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi and Honglian sat down.

Crane Wing Snowflakes stood there motionless, like a puppet.

Both Yakushi Kabuto and Urushi looked at Tsurugi Fubuki with curiosity.

For some reason, they felt that Crane Wing Snow's breathing was very faint and rhythmic.

It's as if everything is being suppressed to a minimum.

"Isn't she going to sit?"

Yakushi Nonou vaguely sensed something.

As the former top female intelligence officer who had been retired for many years, Yakushi Nonou had some idea of ​​what was going on.

This person is clearly under the influence of an illusion.

"The orphanage hasn't been doing too well lately."

Kiyoshi's gaze fell on the Pharmacist Nono, who was dressed in a black nun's habit and had a sorrowful and pitiful face.

If things go well, there's no need to send that letter.

"It's not very good."

Yakushi Nonou's words contained a bitter smile.

From its inception until now, the orphanage has never been doing well.

"It's alright, the funds that Konoha allocates to orphanages will be three times the amount of the past."

Kiyoshi held up three fingers.

As Hokage, he had considerable authority over these minor matters.

"three times?"

Yakushi Nonou's eyes widened.

In fact, Konoha has been increasing its funding for orphanages in recent years, but the size of the orphanages has also been increasing.

The orphanage's situation did not improve during the period of increase and decrease.

Now that Qing Si has given three times the amount, the orphanage will have a great financial surplus, and all difficulties will be easily resolved.

"Is this really okay?"

Yakushi Nono's emerald green eyes were fixed on Kiyoshi.

She knew that Kiyoshi had successfully run for Hokage, and if she hadn't been unable to leave at the time, Yakushi Nonou would have wanted to come to Konoha to congratulate Kiyoshi.

Yakushi Nonou believes that the best decision she ever made was taking on such an outstanding disciple as Kiyoshi.

"These are all trivial matters, as long as they can help Ms. Nonou."

Kiyoshi's gaze swept over Nono's more prominent features.

This unbridled and undisguised gaze was immediately noticed by Yakushi Nonou.

As a former top spy, she is very sensitive to how others perceive her.

Almost instantly, Nono knew what Kiyoshi was thinking.

At the time, she planned to go to Konoha to find Kiyoshi after she finished her work, and then try to guide Kiyoshi back on the right track, so that he could have more contact with women his own age and have normal values.

She was an older woman, and there was a significant age and generation gap between her and Kiyoshi.

Especially now that Kiyoshi has become Hokage, Nono doesn't want Kiyoshi's reputation to be affected.

"Kiyoshi, I'm glad you meant well, but there are some things..."

Nono hesitated, unsure how to speak to Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi's help to the orphanage was almost too much.

Without Kiyoshi's help, Nono felt that her orphanage would have gone out of business long ago.

Under Shimura Danzo's constant suppression, unless she is willing to return to Root, this is her only fate.

Later, after Shimura Danzo was dismissed and Namikaze Minato became the second leader of Root, the orphanage suffered much less suppression.

Most of these problems stem from the fact that orphanages have adopted too many orphans.

But Yakushi Nonou couldn't bring herself to turn away every poor orphan who came to the orphanage.

A young orphan was living a life of wandering outside. In order to survive, he had no choice but to steal and scavenge.

"what's up?"

Qing Si pretended not to understand.

"Kiyoshi, you should know that I'm about the same age as your teacher Tsunade."

Yakushi Nonou said cryptically.

"What's wrong?"

Kiyoshi looked puzzled.

Yakushi Nonou suddenly fell silent.

She and Kiyoshi had done that kind of thing before; it's either zero times or countless times.

Honglian was somewhat confused by the conversation between Kiyoshi and Yakushi Nonou, feeling as if the two were speaking in riddles.

"Dean..."

Kabuto Yakushi, who didn't quite understand matters between men and women, noticed the troubled expression on Nono Yakushi's face.

He felt very sad and wanted to share some of the burden with the dean.

After thinking for a moment, he stepped forward and said:

"If there is anything you wish to order, Lord Hokage, please give me your orders."

"Hmm, not bad, you're energetic."

Kiyoshi glanced back at Yakushi Kabuto.

Kabuto Yakushi is a promising talent; he could probably outperform many ordinary medical ninjas and would accelerate Kiyoshi's research projects.

"Gulian, Fubuki, you two go out first. I have something to talk to Teacher Nonou about."

Kiyoshi said.

“Dou, Urushi, you want to get out too.”

After a moment of silence, Yakushi Nonou gave the same instruction.

"Dean, if you encounter any difficulties, please feel free to call us. I will do my best to resolve them."

As Yakushi Kabuto stepped out, he spoke solemnly.

In his heart, he had long regarded the woman who gave him his name and a pair of glasses as his closest adoptive mother.

"What do you think the Dean and the Hokage are talking about?"

In the corridor along the road, Uruxi spoke up curiously.

"I do not know."

Kabuto Yakushi shook his head.

He was also curious about what Yakushi Nonou and Kiyoshi were talking about.

But Honglian and Heyi Chuixue stood at the entrance, towering like two guardian deities.

"Nonou-sensei, have you missed me since I left?"

Kiyoshi stood up and walked towards Yakushi Nonou.

"It's normal for a teacher to miss their student, isn't it?"

Yakushi Nonou spoke.

Kiyoshi is her first disciple and currently the person she is closest to in Konoha, so she must have thought about it to some extent.

"That's perfect, I'd like to as well."

Kiyoshi said.

He hadn't seen Yakushi Nonou for a long time.

Let him come and verify for himself whether Yakushi Nonou has changed.

As the saying goes, thirty is like...

Yakushi Nonou is clearly in her prime.

This has nothing to do with personality; it's purely a biological instinct.

Yakushi Nonou frowned slightly, feeling that she would be letting Kiyoshi down.

It will completely distort Kiyoshi's views on love.

God, why did you give me such a body that tempts people to sin and is full of sin?

Nono prayed to the gods.

But no matter how much she prayed, her guilt did not lessen in the slightest.

On the contrary, the closer the Qing Si got, the heavier it became.

……

When I got downstairs to the pharmacy, I noticed the light flicker.

Compared to that, Kabuto still harbored some of the curiosity he had just felt.

……

night.

Kiyoshi came down from upstairs.

"The orphanage is on the right track now, it's time to get our hands on the Five-Tails."

Kiyoshi plans to collect the last remaining tailed beast—the Five-Tails—after leaving the orphanage.

Once Kiyoshi collects the Five-Tails, he will have collected all the tailed beasts in the ninja world.

Even for a unique life form like the Zero-Tails, which isn't considered a tailed beast, Kiyoshi has a corresponding "Zero-Tails Technique".

"Dean..."