? Konoha Ninja Village, on a forest walkway not far from Anbu stronghold.
"I remember I told you clearly last time!!"
"Gekko Hayate, I beg you not to pester me anymore!!"
After taking off her mask after completing her mission, Uzuki Yugao strode forward helplessly, while Gekko Hayate followed her like a hanged man.
"Yugao..."
"Why do you still have this attitude towards me after so long?!"
Gekko Hayate, who was walking behind, quickly caught up with Uzuki Yugao. As a few years passed, the characteristics of tuberculosis on his body seemed to have become more obvious, with a sickly pale complexion and thick dark circles under his eyelids.
But the Uzuki Yugao in front of her has become more graceful and beautiful in the past few years. Her long purple hair has grown to her waist, and her face is very pretty. She can attract everyone's attention all the time when she walks on the street.
"Could it be..."
Seemingly thinking of something, Gekko Hayate suddenly shouted excitedly, "That brat, that traitorous ninja, you've been gone for so long and you still haven't forgotten him?!"
"Rebel?!"
Hearing Gekko Hayate's roar, Uzuki Yugao suddenly stopped, with a frosty look on his face, "I'll tell you one last time! Yu is not a traitor! He just left Konoha temporarily!!"
"Lord Hokage didn't even issue a wanted notice saying that he is a traitorous ninja, why do you say that to him?!"
At the end of the conversation, Yugao's expression began to become excited. Since Yu left Konoha, she had been under more or less pressure alone in the village - such as the harassment from Gekko Hayate in front of her.
"Yakushi Hane...Yakushi Hane again..."
Saying this name with hatred in his mouth, Gekko Hayate's face began to look a little ferocious. He would never forget how much shame this name brought him, "That boy is simply lying to you! Guys like him..."
"After offending so many high-level officials in the village, do you think he will come back to you? He is just playing tricks on you!!"
Gekko Hayate's words seemed to hit Yugao's pain point. She gradually calmed down and looked at Gekko Hayate indifferently, "Even if he is really playing tricks on me... I am willing to..."
"Gekko Hayate, this is the last time I will treat you as my friend, don't let me see you again."
When he finished saying this, Yugao turned around and left, never looking at Gekko Hayate again.
"Yugao, you..."
Hearing Yugao's decisive words, Gekko Hayate was stunned when he saw her back turning to leave.
"Yugao, long time no see."
At this moment, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded. Yugao and Gekko Hayate were both stunned, and at the same time they looked back in disbelief.
"Yu?!"
With a look of anticipation and hope on his face, Yugao turned his head back with some ecstasy and looked in the direction of the light.
Under the refraction of the sun, a young man in black clothes and white hair was walking towards her. His perfect figure and handsome facial features were embellished with a pair of clear amber eyes. He was wearing a loose ninja kimono, and his white hair looked particularly dazzling and bright.
"Is it really you? Yu..."
Seeing that the boy he had been waiting for day and night actually appeared, Yugao was so excited that he was a little incoherent.
Yu was also looking at her. He hadn't seen her for a while, and Yugao looked more and more beautiful, but a little less beautiful. It seemed that it was because he missed her so much that he didn't bother to say a word. When he saw Yugao in front of him, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Yu stepped forward and hugged her tightly.
"You... you you...Yakushi Hane?!"
"How dare you show up at Konoha?!"
Looking at Yu who suddenly appeared in front of him and hugged Yugao, Gekko Hayate next to him couldn't believe his eyes. He didn't expect that Yu made such a big fuss after leaving Konoha, and now he dared to openly return to Konoha.
"Kacha..."
Subconsciously, with vigilant eyes, Gekko Hayate reflexively reached out to touch the Anbu standard sword carried on his back.
But a blue chakra light flashed in front of him, and Yu who was hugging Yugao in front of him just moved his fingers lightly, and the blue Chakra Threads that burst out had already knocked the sword on his back away, and nailed it to the big tree next to him!
"Oh yes, I almost forgot..."
"There's also this noisy guy like you..."
After the blue Chakra Threads shot out of his hand directly knocked away Gekko Hayate's weapon, Yu finally let go of Yugao's arms, and turned his dull gaze to Gekko Hayate next to him, and the power of String-String Fruit in his body quietly activated.
"Oops... Oops..."
"This guy is too dangerous... I have to notify everyone to come here..."
When Bai Yu's eyes fell on him seemingly casually, Gekko Hayate suddenly felt as if he were on ice. Feeling that the strength gap between the two sides was not at the same level at all, he reflexively reached out to send a signal to Konoha and other Anbu Ninja to come over.
Rabbit Hair Needle!!
However, Yu's movements were faster than his. Countless tiny needles and threads cut through the air, with Haki Imbuement's blue current faintly glowing on them. Under Observation Haki's perception, they directly and accurately shot Gekko Hayate's body!
"Damn it... this is?!"
Gekko Hayate, who was standing on the spot, was shaken all over. He felt a numbness and tingling pain all over his body. Then all the main meridians and meridians in his body were blocked by feathers. Suddenly, his whole body felt as if cement had been poured and he was stuck there unable to move. He could not even lift a finger.
"Although I really want to kill you, this annoying guy, after all, you are Yugao's friend, so let me forget this unpleasant memory..."
After launching Rabbit Hair Needle to fix the Gekko Hayate seal in place, looking at his angry and reddened face, Yu curled his lips slightly, flicked his fingers, and used String-String Fruit's ability to shoot out a thread as small as a fine needle.
Brainwashing Sand Technique!!
In Gekko Hayate's pupils contracted due to fear, the extremely fine needles and threads shot out by Yu's finger directly penetrated his brain, and after entering the memory center of his brain, it was immediately sealed and erased from his memory.
Although Special Jōnin is already a very powerful Konoha, but with the huge gap in strength like a chasm, Gekko Hayate can only be at the mercy of Yu like a puppet on strings.
"Solved..."
"Let's go Yugao, accompany me to the orphanage."
After moving his fingers to smooth out Gekko Hayate next to him, Yu continued to put his arm around Yugao's shoulders and walked towards the dense, deserted woods on the side, "By the way... where's Hong? Why didn't I sense her chakra..."
The purpose of returning to Konoha this time was that in addition to wanting to see Yugao, Yu naturally also wanted to see Kurenai Yuhi, whom he had not seen for a long time, but Observation Haki covered the entire Konoha Ninja village and no trace of her was detected.
"Hong just left the village to perform a mission these days..."
He looked back at Gekko Hayate, who was standing there in a daze like a clay sculpture after losing his memory. Yugao's eyes once again looked expectantly at Yu next to him, "By the way, she is about to become a Jonin! I must tell her the good news that you are back!!"
For a moment, the lovers were in love, and this deserted forest walkway framed this somewhat strange picture.