Integration

"Lord Hokage!?"

The first thing that caught Kazuki's eye was the bright red Hokage seal, which was on the land deed she received yesterday, so it was still fresh in her memory.

"Hehe, how about that? Pretty impressive, right?"

"Wow, amazing!" Kazuki was truly shocked.

Although Shiro's words sounded sophisticated, with her years of experience as a wanderer, Kazuki was well aware of the true nature of the Crimson Group, which is why she was so surprised.

Furthermore, Kazuki also discovered that what Shiro had just read was all written on this, meaning that this had practical use!

This means it could be a powerful organization!

However, she was actually wrong. The seal and signature of the Third Hokage were correct, but the jurisdictional areas listed on them were fictitious.

The Third Hokage isn't stupid. Giving Kushina a title is enough for her to have some fun; he wouldn't allow them to interfere with the Police Force's work. Therefore, if Kushina were to do anything out of line under this pretext...

The Anbu will stop her and inform the Third Hokage.

Of course, Kushina was aware of this, so she exaggerated everything she wrote above, and basically no one with a brain would believe it, even though it was signed by the Hokage.

To put it bluntly, this thing is for showing off, but it's rarely used since Shiro graduated. Now it's finally time for it to make a comeback.

Seeing Kushina's expectant face, Kazuki finally agreed. Like Kushina, she also longed for someone to be with her.

Meanwhile, Shiro silently mourned for the Police Force, for the former Demon King had returned.

After Kazuki agreed, Kushina immediately felt refreshed and pulled Kazuki aside to discuss their grand plan. Seeing this, Minato and Shiro shook their heads and ignored them.

In any case, Kushina knew her limits; she knew what she could and couldn't do. Therefore, Shiro and Minato exchanged a glance and continued resting.

A little while later, Shiro and the others saw that it was almost time, so they got up and began the final preparations. Minato also used the Flying Thunder God to pick up the people.

Since this matter was agreed upon yesterday, there was no concern about them not having time. Therefore, Minato teleported directly to their doorstep. Well, no, not Taichi, Minato stopped in front of the Uchiha clan's territory.

He asked someone to call for him; it would be much more troublesome if he went in himself.

Cheers! x N

Although they said they were going to drink, apart from Kushina and Kazuki, everyone else just took a sip of the drink. Minato and Nakamura didn't like drinking because it would numb their brains and nerves, so they just drank it to get by.

They were all ninjas, so they had to be careful about such things. However, Shiro was different from them; he didn't even have the right to try a bite.

Too young to drink alcohol.

So he could only hold his juice and drink it all in one gulp. Fortunately, he didn't really like drinking, so he wasn't too bothered.

Kushina and Kazuki, on the other hand, downed their drinks in one gulp; theirs were real sake!

Even though it's just low-alcohol sake, they can't drink that much. Sure enough, after just one cup, their faces turned completely red.

At that moment, Kazuki placed the empty cup on the table, suddenly stood up, and bowed to Shiro and the others.

"I'm so sorry! I caused you trouble the other day. I was wrong to do those things!"

Kazuki was referring to the things she had done to test Shiro and the others. Although Shiro and the others didn't care, if she didn't tell them, it would still leave a lingering resentment in Kazuki's heart.

Therefore, she took this opportunity to speak out about it to express her apology.

At the same time, Kushina also stood up and bowed to them, saying, "Thank you so much."

Shiro and the others exchanged glances, and finally, Nakamura spoke up, "It's alright, this is what we should do, it's our mission. Besides, it's normal to be on guard in that situation, it's understandable."

"If it were me, I would behave the same way, so don't worry about it. It's a good habit, and you should keep it up."

"Ahem, Captain, you've worked hard. Here, have some, it's really delicious." Seeing that Nakamura Shiro about to start lecturing Kazuki, Shiro quickly picked up a piece of food for him to prevent him from continuing and to ease the atmosphere.

Nakamura, having Jonin many high-ranking ninja teams, has picked up the habit of being a nagging teacher. Once he starts lecturing, he can't stop for at least half a day.

Unfortunately, he only procrastinates during these times; during training, he is swift and decisive, which is a bad thing, although he is also very efficient at teaching Ninjutsu.

Therefore, Shiro interrupted Nakamura, worried that he would go on and on, and took the opportunity to refocus everyone's attention on the food.

However, it went a bit too far.

Kushina and Kazuki drank one glass after another, even more juice than Shiro drank.

However, they could understand each other, since their experiences were quite similar. Kushina only had more material benefits than Kazuki, and they were both lonely at the beginning.

However, Kushina was luckier. First, she met her destined lover, Minato, and then she met Shiro, who was like both a younger brother and an older brother to her. At the same time, the Third Hokage and the others were also concerned about her.

Therefore, her inner loneliness was slowly being filled, and for this reason, she felt even more sympathy for Kazuki.

This led to her being taught Ninjutsu and being invited to meals by Nakamura and the others, because she hoped that Kazuki could integrate into Konoha as soon as possible.

It's safe to say that no one present knew Konoha better than her, as Jinchuriki, even Shiro, who had seen the "plot."

After all, Shiro had only seen it, not experienced it. He didn't have a deep understanding of many things, only a superficial impression.

Kushina is different. She is Jinchuriki, and there is a Nine-Tails village and trying to escape. Therefore, she will constantly try to verify the Nine-Tails' claims.

As a result, she came into contact with the dark side of the village. However, she was, after all, a former princess of the Land of Whirlpools, and had received a rather harsh education since childhood.

This wasn't the first time she'd encountered these things, so more than anything else, Kushina saw the better side of the village during the verification process.

Admittedly, ninjas' hands are dirty, but they rarely swing their swords at their own people. In Konoha, darkness exists, but here, there is more light.

Therefore, Kushina genuinely hoped that Kazuki could integrate into Konoha. Of course, this was also what the Third Hokage wanted, which is why he gave her the green light in teaching Ninjutsu.

Strictly speaking, the Third Hokage's actions were against the rules. Minato others were supposed to teach Kazuki was the Shadow Clone Technique, which was a technique of the Second Hokage. Therefore, learning it required a certain amount of merit.

However, this time, even Danzo, had no objections, because it did not harm the village.