Hokage Building In the office on the top floor, the heating is not turned on, but the atmosphere is stuffy and breathless.
Minato looked at the financial statement in front of him that was about to be dragged to the ground, and felt his temples beating wildly.
Orochimaru stood across from the desk, his pale face showing a kind of stubbornness.
His long tongue licked his chapped lips, and his eyes were almost glued to the budget sheet.
With a "bang" sound, Ye strode into the door and slapped a geothermal pressure test report on the table with her backhand.
Minato grabbed the pile of reports, rubbed the center of his eyebrows vigorously, and finally couldn't help but burst out:
"You guys really dare to spend money! Underground Money House No matter how strong the foundation is, it can't withstand your method of spending!"
"Konoha Military Police Force Tenten came to cry for poverty, and the defense team shouted to change their clothes."
"Now Orochimaru you want to add another batch of sky-high price constant temperature culture chambers? Do you really think Konoha that the money was blown by the strong wind?"
"Teacher, money must be spent wisely."
Ye held down the report he had brought with his knuckles and pushed the homepage towards Minato.
"Geothermal Pipelines in the east of the village has been overpressured and can be diverted tonight."
Before he finished speaking, a head wearing a ANBU cat face mask quietly peeked through the crack of the office door.
"Lord Hokage, excuse me... the pipeline construction team's balance sheet, would you like..."
"Let him line up! Come back tomorrow!"
Minato laughed angrily, grabbed Vermilion Brush and pointed at the door, "Whoever dares to hand over a reminder note to my desk today will go clean ANBU's toilet!"
ANBU outside the door shrank his neck severely, withdrew his head with a whoosh, and the door was tightly closed.
Orochimaru turned a deaf ear to Hokage's violent temper. He saw the opportunity and quietly pushed the list of the cultivation cabin forward half an inch:
"Lord Hokage, Medical Corps devices cannot be dragged."
"Without this constant temperature system, the special blood samples on the front line would not be preserved at all."
Ye, in front of Orochimaru, pulled out the sky-high price list and put it directly under the engineering drawing.
"We'll talk about the equipment tomorrow. The top priority now is Geothermal Generator."
Minato relaxed his shoulders in relief, grabbed a pen and signed the "Introduction to the Village East Branch Line".
Immediately afterwards, he replaced the Red Pen, gritted his teeth and painted the "Subsequent Additional Budget Column" at the bottom into a black pimple.
"I will only approve this issue of the village owner! If anyone dares to overspend later, don't come to me for money!"
After nightfall, the heavy snow Konoha didn't stop, and it was as if it had torn the quilt.
The old woman selling dumplings was wrapped in old clothes with leaky cotton wool and was digging at the charcoal pot under the stall with a pair of tongs.
The fire in the basin had long since bottomed out, leaving only a dying dark red circle.
"If the price of firewood continues to rise like this, we might as well not open this stall tomorrow."
The blacksmith in the shop next door stood in the snow nest with his arms folded and his feet took turns stamping Frozen Ground.
"Who says it isn't? Last night, my boy slept with his arms around the stove. When he woke up this morning, he was so cold that he couldn't even wipe his nose."
Two ninjas wrapped in thick cloaks hurriedly walked across the street corner. When they heard the complaints, they responded casually.
"Old man, please bear with me a little longer. I heard that Hokage Building built a big stove underground and will heat the east of the village tonight."
The blacksmith looked up at the pitch-black Hokage Rock, then looked at the back of his hands that were purple from the cold, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"One stove warms half a village? Are you the fourth generation to be able to bury the sun under the ground?"
At the same time, inside the main control station hundreds of meters underground, there was a completely different scene.
High-temperature water vapor flows straight out along the thick brass tube.
The pressure valve half a man's height was wrapped in white steam, and the screams made the iron plates under his feet numb.
"The pressure in the main vein has reached a critical value."
Orochimaru stared at the instrument panel with a row of hands that were about to break, and his hoarse laughter was mixed with the roar of steam.
"The Sealing Jutsu arranged by Kushina is quite sturdy."
Ye walked forward and held the master control lever with a thick gear with one hand.
The water flow deep underground was violently hitting the pipe wall, causing the entire platform to sway.
"All entrance nodes in the east of the village are connected!"
The person in charge of Sealing Squad raised his voice from a high place and shouted out the final reply.
Ye's eyes flashed, he exerted force on his wrist, and pushed the lever to the end!
The harsh scraping sound of metal penetrated the entire underground, and the heavy gate was directly driven to the bottom.
The gates are fully open!
"Three."
"Two."
"One."
The scalding heat flow was like a runaway wild horse, instantly smashing into the dry pipe network.
The indicator lights on the dashboard lit up like firecrackers.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Konoha was so cold that it was like an ice cave with a leaky bottom.
The cold wind was rushing in the alley, and the heavy snow was hitting the roofs of the houses with all their strength. The wooden archway at the street entrance had long been buried until only the tip was left.
It's not bright yet, but in Uchiha compound, the cold wind is blowing into the house like a knife along the crack of the door.
Obito huddled next to the charcoal pot that was about to go out, wrapped in two layers of thick quilts, and the whole person was rolled into a ball.
There was a translucent snot bubble hanging under the tip of his nose, his eyes were staring lifelessly at the door, and his face looked like ashes.
"Kakashi You lunatic... you have to go to the training ground to compete today."
Obito wrapped the quilt tightly and muttered through gritted teeth.
"On days like this when the door is closed due to heavy snow, people should stay under the covers! Whoever asks me to go out today, I will break up with anyone!"
Kakashi was sitting cross-legged opposite, slowly wiping the Short Sword with a rag, not even bothering to raise his head.
"You said the same thing yesterday. Didn't you and Lin go to Shopping Street for dinner later?"
"Lin is Lin! You are you! Do you deserve to be compared with Lin?"
Obito was immediately shocked.
At this moment, Ye walked in from outside the courtyard, her boots stepping on thick slush.
Looking at the "Obito ball" next to the stove that had obviously given up on being a human being, Ye couldn't help laughing.
Counting the time, the geothermal vapor that was pressed into the pipe network in the east of the village last night should now be pumped into every household.
As the night crossed the threshold, a dull roar suddenly came from the ground.
The movement was not big, but the whole ground was numb.
The tiles on the roof rattled, the charcoal ash remaining in the stove was shaken out of the basin, and the window paper shook like a pendulum.
Obito bounced up from the ground, and the bubble on the tip of his nose shattered on his philtrum with a "pop" sound.
He fell back onto the tatami, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.
"Holy shit! What's going on?! Is there an earthquake? Or is it that Iwagakure's gang has invaded the village?!"
The rapid ringing of copper bells immediately rang outside the clan.
I didn't wear any of the Uchiha Clansman shoes, so I rushed towards the street with my Kunai in my hand.
Fugaku stood on the porch of his home wearing a thick coat, holding a cup of hot tea steadily in his hand.
Looking at the panicked tribesmen, he slowly blew the floating tea without even raising his eyelids.
"What are you panicking about?"
"Notify Konoha Military Police Force, everyone goes to the streets. Tell the villagers running around outside that this is Geothermal Engineering caused by the Yondaime, not an earthquake."
In the house, Obito grabbed Forehead Protector and finally got up from the charcoal basin.
Ye threw a scarf into his arms, turned around and walked out of the hospital.
"Okay, let's go. Can the little wind outside still freeze you to death?"
If Kakashi opens this mouth, Obito will have to spray it back.
But Ye said something, and Obito could only curse in his heart while stepping barefoot into the yard.
Just when he was about to complain, he was stunned.
A strange heat suddenly came up from the soles of the feet. Through the snow shell, the hard Frozen Ground was actually feeling warm!
At this time, the street outside had completely exploded.
The aunt who went out to pour night fragrance didn't even want the bucket and screamed at the top of her voice; the boss who sold breakfast didn't even care about the steamer and ran along the wall.
Before the gang could wrap up their belongings, something even weirder happened.
"The snow is melting!"
There was a dull sound from the street, and thick snow chunks on the roof ridges crashed into the alley.
White smoke was rising from the bottom of the snowdrift, and hot air was flowing upwards along the tile ditch. As soon as the cold snow water reached the eaves, it evaporated into water vapor.
The white steam mixed together in the air, and the whole street was instantly filled with fairy spirit, like a big bathhouse.
An old ninja who retreated stretched out his hand blankly.
What fell was still heavy snow, which fell directly into warm water droplets on the palm of my hand.
A shirtless man next to him wiped the sweat off his face and was completely stunned.
It was so cold just now that I wanted to tear the door panel apart and chop firewood, but now it's so hot that I'm sweating in the coldest month of winter.
The blacksmith's wife stood at the door carrying a dustpan, her eyes widened.
"Didn't you say last night that... the Yondaime couldn't bury the sun under the ground?"