Yamanaka Flower Shop.
"What? You're the Old Weirdo?" Ino looked at the handsome man in front of her, finding it hard to imagine that the Old Weirdo with a bandaged face, the subordinate her father admired, could be so handsome.
She scrutinised him, her small face full of suspicion.
He wouldn't be lying to her, would he?
Ino's Mom's eyes widened when she heard he was Satoru: "You... alright, no wonder you never show your face normally, it's quite troublesome to go shopping!"
"Haha, there are indeed some troubles, I'm already a father, and I just met a few girls who invited me out while shopping, which was quite embarrassing." Back in the village, Satoru exuded an aura of everyday life.
Ino pouted: "Darn it, why was the birthday gift you gave me wrapped up, and not looking like you do now?"
Thinking of that figurine, it was so ugly and awkward.
Recently, her father had been teaching her Chakra refinement, and although that thing was ugly, it could talk, so sometimes when she was bored, she would inject Chakra into it to make it speak.
Seriously, the real person is so handsome, but he gave her an ugly gift, How annoying.
"I remember that gift, as your miniature, it says, 'Satoru Uncle is the most handsome man in the world.'" Satoru stroked his chin and said.
"..." Ino's brows furrowed into a 'well' shape: "Never mind, let's not talk about it. What are you doing at the flower shop? I'm Mom's capable assistant, and I know all about flower language, you know."
There was pride in her tone.
Ino's Mom smiled: "That's right, Ino is the best, she can help you."
Satoru scratched his head. He had studied advanced mathematics, biology, geography, and other subjects, but he had never studied the course of flower language.
When reading enemies' memories, his focus wasn't on this either, so he was a bit stumped.
"Hmm, I spent a long time on this mission and just got back, so I want to bring a bouquet to my wife and child."
Ino heard this, and her small figure fell into thought. Soon, she had an idea: "Sunflowers, hope, sunshine, representing a positive attitude towards life and a joyful mood.
Tulips represent deep affection and sincere emotions.
Lilacs, representing longing, are also very suitable..."
Satoru thought she had some good suggestions, but she just recited all the flower meanings with good connotations like reading a book.
"I'll take a bouquet of lilacs. Longing, that's quite suitable." He ended Ino's rambling and chose a flower that represented longing.
"Yes."
Little short-legged Ino immediately went to wrap the lilacs and handed them to Satoru.
At the same time, she extended her small hand, her aquamarine eyes looking at him brightly.
"Haha."
Satoru smiled and paid.
Little Ino was too cute; he saw what his daughter would look like in a few years.
It's just that Ino will become a love-struck fool in the future, so she can't learn this. He was already thinking about how to educate his daughter to stay away from blondes.
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Hokage Office.
"Danzo, you've kept such important intelligence from me for two years?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed at the intelligence on the table, his face full of anger.
"This is for Konoha's good. If too many people knew about the existence of the Rinnegan, it wouldn't be a secret anymore." Danzo glanced at the table, his expressionless face.
He also didn't know that so many things were involved this time. If he had known, he wouldn't have sent out so few troops.
Besides the Rinnegan, there was also the Sharingan, and the person with the Sharingan could even use Wood Release.
It was too unexpected. He thought of Orochimaru. To possess the Sharingan and also be able to use Wood Release, he could only think of Orochimaru.
The Wood Release experiment was successful, and he didn't know which Uchiha person was killed to successfully create an experimental subject with two superpowers.
This was his conjecture.
Bang!
Hiruzen Sarutobi became even angrier upon hearing this, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, is this for Konoha's good? You're dragging Konoha back into war again.
"According to Satoru's intelligence, the current leader of the Hidden Rain Village has completely mastered the power of the Rinnegan. Once we go to war with such a person, it will plunge Konoha back into suffering.
"The power of Root is not for you to abuse."
Konoha had only emerged from war a few years ago, and its strength had just recovered. He didn't want another Ninja World War. He was old, and having experienced three Ninja World Wars, he detested war.
"This kind of power should not be in the hands of anyone outside of Konoha, Hiruzen." Danzo tried to persuade him.
Anyone who threatened Konoha deserved to die.
"Stop talking. From now on, you are not allowed to attack Rinnegan users again. You know, Konoha can't stand too much turmoil. You and I can't either. We are both old, not like when we were young!" Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.
The power of the Rinnegan, although Satoru reported that the enemy had been sealed by his trap and could not get out without special means.
But,
The report also stated that it was suspected that all six individuals were puppets.
It was unlikely that six pairs of the Rinnegan, the Ketsuryūgan of the Six Paths Sage, would exist simultaneously.
And the enemy's Summoning Beast also had the Rinnegan, which further supported this point.
The enemy could continuously create puppets. Even if their ability was limited and they couldn't create an army, six people were certainly possible.
And according to Satoru's combat intelligence, each Six Paths puppet possessed rare power in the Ninja World.
It was not easy to counter them, and in this battle, some of Satoru's abilities were also known to the enemy, making it impossible to set up another trap to seal the enemy's puppets.
"You will regret this, Hiruzen." Danzo gave him a dissatisfied look: "Then let's talk about the Uchiha. I didn't expect them to also master Wood Release. Combined with their current militant ideology, we cannot let that ideology develop further."
Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes upon hearing this.
Uchiha...
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Konoha Street.
"Fox demon, go away, I won't sell anything to you."
"It's all your fault, my husband died because of you."
"Get out, don't ever appear in front of me again."
"You're not welcome here."
"We don't want to play with you, you're a fox demon, you'll eat us."
Satoru, holding the lilacs, was walking home when he suddenly heard a commotion and looked over.
He saw little Naruto clutching his head and scurrying away, resisting the residents' barrage.
He looked dejected.
Soon, he scurried towards him, bumping into his leg and falling backwards.
"Ah, that hurts."
Little Naruto looked up to see a tall figure appear, a pair of bright eyes smiling at him.
"Yo, long time no see, little Naruto."
"Huh? Are you Satoru Uncle?" Little Naruto felt his aura, which was very familiar, but his handsome face made him doubt if he had mistaken him for someone else.
He shook his head, he couldn't be wrong, this was Satoru Uncle. Even though he hadn't seen him for over a year, he still remembered this uncle who didn't look at him with strange eyes.
After the last fishing and singing incident, Naruto had always hoped to see his uncle again, but he hadn't seen him for over a year, which made him give up hope.
He didn't expect to see him again now, and his eyes gradually brightened.
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