Chapter 574 Protecting Mizu?!
In the Kirigakure Village.
Kaito still did not make it too grand when he returned to the village this time.
The establishment of the Maintenance Force and Hoshigaki Kisame becoming the commander may be a relatively important matter for the top leaders of each village.
However, for those lower-level villagers and even ninjas, it is at most a topic of conversation after dinner.
'The village is getting stronger, and Kisame-sama really brought glory to our Blood Mist.'
It was just a simple discussion like this, and everyone returned to their daily lives again.
So Kaito only returned to the village in a low-key manner. After going to the Mizukage office and talking to the elder Genji and Ao-senei, he gave himself a day off and went home to rest.
However, as soon as he opened the door.
Kaito saw that there were two girls, one big and one small, in the house at this time, mumbling in the house.
On the table in front of the two, there was a pile of food such as melon seeds and snacks neatly placed.
Blue and Yoshi were also sitting around the table, staring with their big eyes, listening to the conversation between the two girls with great interest.
'Is this a tea party at home while I'm away?'
Seeing these guys concentrating, Kaito couldn't help but smile.
However, what made him a little strange was that at this moment, it seemed that the little girl, who was only five or six years old, was talking, while the other older girl, on the contrary, was like a primary school student listening to a lecture, nodding and agreeing with something.
'Hey, is Hikari giving advice to that little girl Uchiha Izumi again?'
'At such a young age, she doesn't practice well, and she just wants to be around Uchiha Itachi every day.'
Uchiha Hikari has a good relationship with Uchiha Izumi, and often acts as her military advisor and gives her advice on how to pursue Uchiha Itachi. Kaito has known about this for a long time.
But he didn't expect that these two girls would come to his house to discuss this time.
However, after seeing Blue listening with great interest, Kaito understood what was going on.
Although his mansion was nominally the residence of the Mizukage, it actually did not hide any secrets. The truly confidential things had long been placed in the "secret space" by Kaito.
So Kaito never refused Blue to bring his friends home to play.
Nakamurai Kabuto and his other disciples, Zabuza and Mei, and Uchiha Hikari in front of him, were all frequent visitors to Kaito's home.
'But Uchiha Izumi's social skills are really amazing. How did she fail to win Itachi in the original story?'
Looking at Uchiha Izumi in front of him, Kaito thought of the "CP" of Hoshigaki Kisame in his head.
The little girl named Miru was also forced into the maintenance force by Kaito, serving as Hoshigaki Kisame's assistant and doing some errands within her ability.
'I don't know if the two of them can create any sparks.'
Perhaps because he was back home, Kaito instinctively relaxed, and in his wild thoughts, he did not deliberately hide his footsteps.
The guys who were chatting enthusiastically were startled when they heard someone coming in.
They turned around suddenly and saw Kaito who was walking into the house.
Uchiha Izumi didn't have much contact with Kaito. At this time, she was very nervous and took the initiative to greet him with a trembling voice.
"Mi-Mi-Mizukage."
Before Uchiha Izumi could finish her sentence, Uchiha Hikari, who was also a little nervous after seeing Kaito, seemed to have thought of something, and her pair of beautiful big eyes suddenly turned.
Although her expression did not change, her mouth made a sweet voice.
"Kaito, you are back~~"
While speaking, Uchiha Hikari stood up quickly like a young swallow returning to the nest, and with a "thud", she bumped into Kaito's arms.
Facing this Uchiha Hikari who was completely different from her usual cold and aloof appearance and suddenly bumped into his arms.
Kaito felt a pain in his chest, and the whole person was struck by lightning, and froze on the spot.
For a moment, he didn't know where to put his hands.
On the contrary, Uchiha Hikari, who was in Kaito's arms, saw that Kaito's reaction seemed to be different from the "textbook".
Although it was a bit inexplicable, she immediately puffed up her little face and moved up and down and left and right like a bear rubbing against a tree.
Zabuza, who was supposed to stay at the door and wait for orders when he returned to the village with Kaito as his bodyguard heard a "thud" from inside the house, he did not think that Kaito would be in any danger, but in order to fulfill his duties, he still pushed open the door and looked inside the house with some doubts.
As a result, Zabuza covered his face with his hands with a "smack".
'It's over.'
Before he could close the door, the next moment, watching Zabuza's actions, Mei, who was also looking inside, had her pupils dilated instantly, and her mind went blank.
She trembled and pointed at the two people.
"Y-Y-You two!!!"
"Ahhh——"
A sharp and piercing sound penetrated the roof.
Then.
"Swish swish swish~"
More than a dozen Anbu guards around the room appeared in the room instantly.
"Protect! Mizu!!?!"
The whole place was in dead silence.
As more than a dozen Anbu were celebrating the standard masks of the Kirigakure Anbu, Kaito raised his hand somewhat powerlessly to wave them away.
Looking at the three girls who were sitting obediently in a row in front of him, Kaito sighed helplessly.
Mei on the left had a red face and kept her head down, not daring to speak. The single ponytail behind her head trembled.
Uchiha Izumi in the middle was trembling all over, with her eyes tightly closed, waiting for the Mizukage to speak and punish her.
On the other hand, Uchiha Hikari, who was the instigator on the right, had a cold expression on her face at this time, and looked at Kaito calmly, as if what happened just now had nothing to do with her.
"..."
Kaito almost opened his mouth, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.
On the other side, in the corner of the living room.
Zabuza couldn't stand or sit, so he could only move to Blue's side in small steps.
Who knows, before he could get close, Blue turned into a cloud of white smoke with a "bang~", and returned to the "secret space" with Yoshi.
However, in this quiet living room, the slight explosion of Blue's return also broke the calmness of the scene.
"Hakari"
"Hmm?"
Looking at Uchiha Hikari who tilted her head and looked at him in confusion, Kaito rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.
"Take the little bastard Izumi back to Kurosaki's house first."
Uchiha Hikari was a bachelor enough. She picked up Uchiha Izumi who was still trying to speak and ran out of the room.
"Forget it, Mei, you should go back too. Be calmer next time."
Looking at Terumi Mei who was about to cry with her head down, Kaito couldn't say anything harsh after all, so he had to let her go home and reflect on herself.
Hearing this, Terumi Mei held her mouth tightly, muttered something like "Obviously", and also got up and left silently.
The last remaining Zabuza was trying to sneak away behind Mei.
But a voice as cold as the Netherworld came from behind him.
"Zabuza, you seem to be a little slack in your training recently, right?!"
(End of this chapter)