Yes. Time and tears flowed into the sewers.
As they flowed, the water and time stopped moving.
It was already April 7th, Year 61 of Konoha.
National capital of the Fire Country. The silent negotiations between the three countries of wind, fire and water were finally coming to an end. Finally, the sun peeked through the layers of dark clouds, revealing a strand of golden hair.
The heavy rain that had been roaring through the entire Fire Country had finally stopped.
But Konoha, which was always favored by the sun, was still raining. Even the rainy season in summer shouldn't last for a whole week like this.
And what made Mr. Sewer even more depressed was that
This was a week of heavy rain. Yes, the Konoha drainage system that was built in the same year as the Naruto Building finally collapsed, just like the building that had been through the vicissitudes of life. It's just that the Hokage Building is constantly leaking.
And all the water was poured into various underground units.
For example,
Konoha's Dark Department and poor Gen. But the drainage system was the opposite.
It just didn't leak underground. But it looked like it could probably last for a few more days.
If God could let go of Konoha in these few days, then Konoha would be in trouble.
Anyway, the Logistics Minister Hinata, who stayed in Konoha with the Dark Department, had been sighing for a few days. He was now sitting straight in his office in the old Naruto Building, listening to the sound of the window.
He carefully looked through the various accident reports that his subordinates had just handed in. Finally, a comprehensive renovation of Konoha's public water and sewer system was at the forefront of his "spending" schedule. The aging pipes needed to be replaced.
The underground secret tunnel needed to be rebuilt, the river had to be widened, and a reservoir had to be built to store water and generate electricity.
And the old wires that were shorted from time to time were also replaced. Although when there was a shortage of electricity, the National capital's power plant could be easily transferred.
But as an independent unit, Konoha,
It was better to be self-sufficient. Thanks to the gold coins. The Logistics Minister couldn't help but sigh.
If Konoha's finances weren't so abundant, who knows if Konoha would become a ruin because of the heavy rain.
Especially his poor office. Hiashi looked up and saw the fresh water stains under the window beside him. When she looked up again, the rainwater was still seeping in through the window frame. The cloth used to block the gap was already soaked. He had to pull back the heavy blanket covering his legs, and shuffle to take the rag off, wring it dry, and plugging it up again. Then he dragged his leg back. His right tibia had suffered a minor injury in the past, but because it was not serious, it healed on its own. That was why he had forgotten to treat it. So now his calf deserved to be more swollen than his uninjured one?
Alas, they had been guarding against both internal and external troubles all day long, but they had forgotten to guard against God. The year before last, they couldn't stand the cold. This year, they couldn't stand the heat. Next year, they might as well kill these middle-aged ninjas as soon as possible!
"Kakashi, when will Four Generations -sama come back to work?!"
Kakashi's sudden appearance was startled by the head of the logistics department who rarely spoke loudly, but he didn't think that Naruto's building was suitable for a patient who hadn't fully recovered from the cold yet. "I'm here to get the documents for his signature. Don't worry, I'll teach him a lesson."
"You'd better let him come back to work." Hiashi gritted his teeth and stood up, opened the drawer, and threw a tall stack of documents in front of Kakashi. "I think I need to take a sick leave too."
"Senpai, I know this weather is stressful for everyone, but please hold on for a few more days. Actually, you can consider letting Hizashi-senpai come out to replace you for a few days. He's a good actor anyway."
"But Hizashi-senpai is already in the hospital." Hiashi sighed heavily. "Okay, I got it. Tomorrow. "
"Yes, yes, tomorrow." Kakashi was scared by Hiashi's unusual stare and wanted to run away.
"Stop!" Hiashi saw Kakashi was about to run away and coldly shouted.
Kakashi stopped and stood straight.
Hiashi nodded with satisfaction and opened the work diary in his hand. "1, Sandaime-sama asked Four Generations -sama when they are going to meet the Mizukage. 2, Hiroyuki Yamanaka from the General Staff Department asked Anbu Minister Hatake Kakashi whether the matter of Kissing Doll and Root has been investigated. 3, Kakashi, please inform Four Generations -sama to prepare to move. The Logistics Department's engineering team believes that Naruto's house is indeed not suitable for human habitation, and there is indeed no value in repairing it. "
"What?" Kakashi was startled, he automatically ignored the first two points, put down the document in his hand and sat opposite to Hinata. He was ready to talk about the third point in detail. "What do you mean no value in repairing it, we just need to fix the roof?"
Hiashi ignored Kakashi's question and continued, "Regarding the Mizukage, Four Generations -sama's original order is that I can't say that he's too sick to get up, and I can't refuse, and I absolutely can't see him. I sent her to Sandaime-sama, but it's been a few days, and Sandaime-sama said that he really can't find an excuse. "
Kakashi didn't care about the Mizukage, "I know that his house is not sturdy, and now almost the whole roof is dripping with water, but even if the roof is replaced, I still have to fix it. I told him that I will completely fix the roof, so I tricked him into living with me first, but now it's raining, so don't say that you don't want to fix it."
Hiashi pretended that he didn't hear Kakashi's words, he was still looking at the notebook and talking to himself, "Forget it, anyway, the Mizukage will have to go back as soon as the negotiations with National Capital are over, and it's only a few days, so let Sandaime-sama do something. Kakashi, you can tell the National Capital about Kissing Doll, but you have to give an explanation to Konoha's internal department, there may be an inquiry for you, so please prepare in advance."
"If you can fix it, let him fix it. If I could fix it, I wouldn't have bothered a professional. Now, the leak has spread to his bedroom. You can't let him sleep with a clanking basin every time it rains. "Kakashi sighed." Is it a financial problem? There are a lot of things that need money now. But if it's money, I won't use Konoha's logistics funds, I'll personally pay for it. Although the Hatake family's property isn't much, it's not to the extent that we can't even afford to fix sensei's house. "
"Kakashi." Realizing that he couldn't force Kakashi to listen to him seriously, the logistics department head, whose leg was hurting, had to talk about the house first. "It's not a matter of money. I know that you have always been dissatisfied with the restrictions on Four Generations, but it's not to the extent that Naruto has no home to return to. To be honest, if he wants to build a palace as his new home, Konoha can afford it. But fixing antiques? His house was almost a dilapidated house when it was first built. Now it's not just the roof, but also the beams, walls, foundation, circuits, and water, plus the renovation, what's the difference if it's all repaired? That way, the word 'house' won't be the one in his heart. "
"Can't you fix it so that he can't see it?" Kakashi was annoyed.
"Do you think your sensei is an idiot?" Hiashi was annoyed as well.
"How would I know if I don't coax him — he's really capable of doing that — if the house collapses, he'll just stick it to the wall and continue sleeping."
"Just tell him the truth, Kakashi." Hiashi patted Kakashi's shoulder, picked up the documents on the table, and stuffed them into his hands. "Tell him that the house can be preserved as it is, and I promise that he can visit it occasionally, but it's impossible for him to live in it."
"Why don't you tell him that?" Kakashi picked up the documents, stood up, and left with a sigh.
"Don't forget, the kissing doll, question him," Hiashi reminded Kakashi's back. "Also, you can ask Naruto to talk to him."
No matter what Naruto said, his father would agree.
In the small study room of the Hatake family's residence.
The lights were bright, and the chairs and tables, regardless of the materials or the angles, were all subtly comfortable. The air conditioner was also running quietly, and the temperature and humidity were so subtle that Watergate didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. Overall, if it wasn't for the fact that the heavy rain outside was a little annoying, this was a comfortable house that many people dreamed of. Whether it was for the people who used it for office work or for the people who supervised it.
"Dad, drink this."
"Okay."
"Dad, eat this."
"Okay."
"Dad, you've been sitting for an hour, stand up and move."
"Okay." Watergate put down the pen in his hand and obediently stood up to do some simple exercises between classes.
Naruto nodded with satisfaction, sat down at a small table, and peeled an apple for his father. "Eat this."
"Okay." Watergate took the apple and took a bite. Looking at Naruto who was about to smash a walnut, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure. "Naruto, let's go, you're going to be late for the mission gathering. Didn't you say yesterday that you and Sasuke and Sakura would go together today?"
"I'm still worried about you." Naruto looked seriously at his father who was smiling after taking a bite of the apple. He smashed the walnut with a small hammer, but immediately put down the hammer. It wasn't that he gave up the idea of continuing to feed his father, but when he saw the crushed walnut shells and kernels mixed together under his hand, he decided to use another hand.
"But Dad is really fine, Naruto." Minato looked at the increasing number of walnuts on the plate, swallowed his saliva, and nibbled on the apple obediently. "Look, Dou Ba has checked Dad over and over again so many times. Dad was too tired a while ago, and some of his physical and mental strength couldn't keep up. Now that he has rested well, everything is fine. "
"Well, the cold is gone. But in this kind of weather, the hospital is full of unlucky people of your age. It's either painful here or swollen there — all the old injuries have relapsed. "Naruto put a plate of walnuts on his father's desk." Finish the apple and eat the walnuts. "
"Okay …" Watergate felt that his voice was slightly trembling. "But I really have no problem. Although I said that my old injuries had relapsed, it was to avoid Ms. Mizukage who would bring endless trouble to Dad. Your father is the golden flash who has never lost a battle. Of course, it didn't count when I fought with your mother. "
"Never losing a battle doesn't mean that you have never been injured! Who was the one who had a high fever a few days ago? " Naruto was still worried. "Even if you went out to deal with something and caught a cold, you are too easy to get sick. How can I believe the so-called examination report?"
"Everyone is like that when they are overworked. I am fine now. You have to believe in professionals. It's like repairing the roof. Kakashi can't fix it well."
"Don't try to change the topic. My focus is on the old injuries!" Naruto was still worried. "If professionals want to be trusted, they have to do something convincing! On the night of the first, I was worried about you and sneaked to the hospital. What was the result? You're lying there alone, burning so badly that you can't even recognize anyone, and there's no one by your side! Is this how they take care of their Naruto? If I didn't want to take you home, who knows what would have happened. "
"Naruto." Watergate looked at his son who was about to cry. He hurried over and hugged his head. "I said it was a misunderstanding. It was you who caused it. Who taught my little Naruto the Shadow Clone Technique? Naruto was regarded as an assassin. At that time, we had just come back from outside. Dou and Kakashi were about to give me an injection when you came in. You are so bad. You didn't say anything when you learned the Shadow Clone Technique. Think about it. There are four Naruto. What if they are fake? You also gave the intercom to the Shadow Clone Technique. Kakashi always thought that Naruto, who fixed the roof at home and prepared tomorrow's meal for Dad, was the real one. "
"That's because he is stupid. Anyway, their loyalty has yet to be verified. " Naruto pouted. "The first reaction of seeing a suspected assassin should be to protect you, not to leave the sick Naruto alone as bait to catch the assassin."
"It was Dad's order." Watergate smiled. "What if it was really you? At that time, Dad could only make a plan according to the Anbu's report. That was the best way. You see, you still don't want to say who taught you the Forbidden Technique. We didn't know at that time. "
"Then they shouldn't listen to your orders. Putting the target and the patient in danger – that's nothing. "
"Okay, okay, don't be angry." Watergate sighed. "Go to the mission assembly. Now there is a shortage of people everywhere. The Shadow Clone Technique can help a lot."
"I'm not going. I'll stay with you for another day. Anyway, it's flooded. Uncle Hiashi also said that it's basically the problem with the entire drainage system. It's the pumps that work. Dredging the leakage of the drainage system is meaningless. "
"Give everyone some moral support. At least we can see that the Konoha Ninjas are still working hard." Watergate scratched Naruto's nose. "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Help Dad put the approved documents according to color. If I knew that sorting was so troublesome, I wouldn't have let your Brother Itachi go to National Capital."
"Okay, but you have to finish the apple, Dad."
Watergate raised the half-eaten apple in his hand, thought for a moment, and stuffed it into his son's mouth with a smile.
…
At this moment.
In the southeast corner of Konoha, the usual hustle and bustle was gone. Every door was closed, and tall sacks were guarding the private property of the owners. On the street, the shallow waves seemed to have washed away all the rootless and ownerless things in Konoha. Therefore, the diligent Konoha Genin could only bend over and collect the "public property" while dripping knee-deep water.
"It's raining, it's raining every day. We're Konoha, the Land of Fire, not the Land of Mist, the Water Country. Is it really because of the Mizukage that came to Konoha? "
"Don't talk like Naruto, okay?" Sasuke looked at Sakura who was complaining inexplicably. He pulled his raincoat and reached out to take out the branch that was blocking the drainage. The accumulated rainwater was instantly released. "Please work hard, we still have a lot of drainage to check."
Sakura caught the branch that was thrown out by Sasuke, which caused many households to be flooded, and pouted like Naruto. "I know, but this kind of work …"
"It's necessary. We're Genin, and this is the job of a Genin." Sasuke bent down again and carefully checked the drainage hole. After confirming that there were no obstacles, he continued to drip to another drainage hole.
"But why didn't Naruto show up!" Sakura clenched her teeth and crushed the branch in her hand. "It's bad enough that he can't go out of the village to do the mission, but we're companions, so of course we should share the joys and sorrows together. But him? Last time, he was caught by Yamato -sensei using a Shadow Clone. This time, we can't even find him! "
She has more important tasks, such as taking care of Naruto who has a relapse of his old injury and monitoring his father to make sure that he doesn't bring back a stepmother … Sasuke opened his mouth and almost couldn't help but say something that he shouldn't tell the Genin. But in the end, he pretended not to hear it, as if the sound of rain and water was too loud. But the annoying Naruto does deserve to be complained about — why, why, why, why! Just because he's the young master of the Naruto family, his father is more important than his job!? He also wants to go home and personally pour tea for his mother who can't walk because of her old knee injury!
But Sasuke can only complain about it. Before the people sent to the National capital come back, he has to work, even if the work is simple enough that any civilian can do it. But … Sasuke recalled the old planning map of Konoha he saw when he was assigning tasks. Those dense secret doors disguised as drainage holes are still confidential even if they've been in disrepair for a long time.
So, the young master of the Uchiha family can only bend down again and reach out with his hands. He wants to take out the things he's familiar with, but this time it doesn't go so smoothly.
Sakura, who was waiting to receive the obstacles, wondered why Sasuke didn't get up for a long time. She quickly ran over, "What's wrong?"
Sasuke looked at the sewage up to his elbows and sighed, "It's stuck."
"I said I'll do it. Your hands are so big, it'll be strange if they don't get stuck." Sakura also sighed and threw the branch in her hand to the roof, "Don't use your strength. If you break it, it might leak somewhere."
"Then I'll just squat like this?" Sasuke, who was about to use brute force to pull out his hand, turned pale.
"How is that possible!" Sakura raised her eyebrows, rolled up her sleeves and searched along Sasuke's arm. She immediately touched Sasuke's hand, "Don't move, let me feel it."
Sasuke also felt Sakura's hand at the same time. It was different from his hand that had been in contact with cold water. It was warm. It was also different from the branches or strange garbage. It was fleshy. Now, with such a pair of hands stroking his hand back and forth, he felt a little warm all over his body. "Are you done?"
"Don't rush me." Sakura finally caught the unknown object and made a judgment – an irregular cylindrical solid metal, which happened to be at an inappropriate angle with Sasuke's hand.
"Hurry up." Sasuke's face was scratched by Sakura's hair, which was exposed under her raincoat. It was so itchy that he wanted to scratch it, but he didn't have the hands now.
"Don't rush." Sakura stretched her arm down and grabbed the object from the other side.
Sasuke suddenly felt his hands loosen and quickly rubbed his shoulder.
Sakura immediately took out the obstacle. The two of them looked and saw that it was a twisted nunchaku.
"Could it be Xiao Li's abandoned object?" Sasuke grabbed it and twisted it even more, then threw it high on the roof, "Let's go, next one."
"Yes, yes, yes." Sakura looked at Sasuke who was rubbing his red wrist with a serious expression and sighed – when they were in school, she had taken a fancy to his handsome face. But now that she thought about it, this young master of the Uchiha family was actually quite reliable. But his skin was too thin! A boy's skin would turn red if he got stuck! So this time, Sakura squatted down to dig for the drain and successfully threw out a tangled box of instant noodles.
Sasuke took it and saw the old oil stains on it. He threw it up in disgust. Then he looked at Sakura who continued to work with a face full of disbelief. Don't all girls hate dirty things? Whether it was Infield or Hinata, when they played together as children, they didn't even want to step into small puddles – why was Sakura like this? But … they're really good at what they do. Konoha's ninjas are really tough.
"Sasuke." “
Sasuke ran a few steps to catch up with Sakura.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Konoha girl … no, that female Mizukage, when will she leave Konoha?"
…
"You see, you also think that the Mizukage is unlucky." Sakura nodded and solemnly handed the trash in her hand to Sasuke.
Sasuke took it and accidentally covered Sakura's hand with his palm. It was still warm … He suddenly felt that it was actually quite good that the noisy Naruto didn't come to do the mission.
Like mistakes, you won't realize it immediately.
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