Their happy time together passed quickly. Over those two days, Ueno Kei ignored all affairs, handing everything over to Yugao and Zang in the Anbu to handle. He instructed them to report directly to the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, if anything arose, and not to bother him.
Although Tsunade gritted her teeth at Ueno Kei's completely justified slacking off—though Tsunade herself said she wanted to slack off and have a drink too, but Shizune kept too close an eye on her!—
Still, considering that Ueno Kei and his wife had not seen each other for so long, Tsunade gritted her teeth and, despite her words saying otherwise, forcibly held back her furious roar and did Ueno Kei's work as well. In truth, seeing how carefree Ueno Kei looked, Tsunade practically wanted to swallow him whole.
Two days later, Kazahana Yuki reluctantly bid Ueno Kei farewell. In fact, even without this mission of Ueno Kei's, Kazahana Yuki could only have remained in Konoha for two or three days. She had come under the pretext of a state visit. Naturally, Kazahana Yuki's name was not on the visiting list, but when a nation's daimyo arrived, the Land of Fire still had to receive them with due ceremony. The Land of Snow was not a country like the Land of Waves; no matter how small the Hidden Snow Village was, it was still a ninja village.
The Land of Snow's territory was also vast, nearly comparable to that of the Land of Fire, though its habitable area and population might not even amount to a tenth of the Land of Fire's.
Naturally, Sandayu led the delegation, and Kazahana Yuki had blended into it. They then contacted Konoha's liaison point in Kyoto and had Konoha ninja escort Kazahana Yuki to Konoha. On the day after