Chapter 89: Your Council of Elders is Quite Young
Soon, a month and a half passed by.
The year Konoha 43 also quietly slipped away, and today was the first day of Konoha 44. (Currently, the Konoha calendar is being used.)
It was the first day of the New Year, and even more so, the day Ebizo and Uzumaki Roka were to be married!
The wedding of the two was held in the Central Plaza of the Hidden Sand Village, and all the villagers of the Hidden Sand Village could attend. The plaza was currently filled with tables, which would soon be the place where delicious food was served.
Actually, Ebizo had initially refused to hold the wedding in the Central Plaza.
The main reason was that under Saito's care, he now looked like a handsome middle-aged man in his thirties. With some wedding makeup, people would even believe he was a handsome young man in his twenties.
If he showed his face to the whole village and was seen by some spies, it wouldn't be good if some important intelligence was exposed.
For this reason, Ebizo specifically sought out Saito, intending to settle it privately.
But how could Saito agree?
What kind of figure was Ebizo?
Compared to Konoha, he was a figure on par with Danzo Shimura!
A true Hidden Sand Village Mastermind! An intelligence chief!
If word got out that the wedding was so simple, wouldn't that be losing face for the Hidden Sand Village?
People who didn't know better might think the Hidden Sand Village was broke!
It had to be done! And it had to be a grand affair!
As for his youthful appearance being revealed, it couldn't be hidden for many more years anyway.
So why bother hiding it? He might as well stop hiding, though he wouldn't go out of his way to announce it either.
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Meanwhile, inside the Sunagakure Hospital.
A certain legendary spy was walking down the hospital corridor.
Seeing the corridor completely empty and even the wards devoid of people.
Yakushi Nonō was filled with doubt.
"Eh~ how strange. In the time it took me to go in and write a medical journal entry, there's not a single person left in the hospital."
"Hey, hey, hey!!! There's someone! There's someone! There's still one person left!"
Just as Yakushi Nonō's voice trailed off, a shout came from the ward at the end of the corridor.
It was very urgent, as if afraid she would run away.
Out of concern for the patient, Yakushi Nonō hurried forward to check.
If she remembered correctly, the person in that room should be... "Hehe! Old man! Was that you shouting just now?"
"Nonsense, of course it was me! Who else is left in this hospital besides the two of us!"
"But old man, aren't you hard of hearing?"
"You young girls are just naive! You can't believe everything an old man says!"
Yakushi Nonō: "!!!"
[What an evil old man!]
"Then, old man, do you know where everyone in the hospital went?"
"What! You're taking me to the Central Plaza for the wedding feast! Little girl, I knew you were a good child! Come, hurry and help me push the wheelchair over!"
"Fine~ I knew it."
At least she knew where everyone had gone.
"Old man, why are the streets empty too?"
At this moment, Yakushi Nonō was pushing the old man down the street below the hospital.
"Of course there's no one! Today the whole village went to the Central Plaza for the wedding feast. Anyone who can eat and drink for free and doesn't go is a fool!"
"Ah! The whole village went? Then why didn't I know?"
The old man in the wheelchair immediately rolled his eyes upon hearing Yakushi Nonō's words.
"How could you not know? There were two notifications yesterday. One was at 10:30 AM. What were you doing?"
"Making records in my room."
"Then there was another notification at 2:30 PM. What were you doing?"
"In the operating room."
"So now you know why you didn't know."
"..."
[Damn Danzo! Damn being an outstanding talent!]
Although she was cursing Danzo Shimura in her heart, she still maintained the professionalism of a top spy.
So she decided to first probe this sharp-eared old man; perhaps she could get some useful intelligence.
"Old man, do you know who's holding the wedding? To be able to afford a meal for the whole village?"
"Hehe, you asked the right person. Let me tell you, I might not have other skills, but when it comes to news in this village, I'm very well-informed."
"The person getting married this time is quite extraordinary. Even the wedding is being personally hosted by the Kazekage-sama."
Yakushi Nonō: "..."
[Aren't you just stating the obvious? Of course I know someone who can treat the whole village is impressive.]
"Hehe! Then old man, specifically who is getting married?"
"Look at you, young people are always so impatient. Fine, I'll tell you."
Seeing that the old man was finally getting to the point, Yakushi Nonō secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, he's finally going to say it. If he didn't, they'd already be at the plaza.
"I'm telling you, the person getting married is an elder of the Hidden Sand Village, Ebizo-sama."
"Ebizo!"
"What 'Ebizo'? Call him Ebizo-sama! How rude!"
"Oh, oh, oh! Then old man, from what I know, isn't Ebizo-sama already in his forties? Getting married at that age?"
"Eh~ how can you say that, little girl? Why can't someone in their forties get married? Isn't it perfectly normal to get married when you meet your true love!"
[Well, that true love was met quite late then.]
"Besides, being in your forties is the prime age for striving! That's still young."
"Look at me, I'm over seventy, and don't I still peek at the widow next door taking a bath!"
Yakushi Nonō: "..."
"Old man, you're already in a wheelchair, and you're still so... so..."
Yakushi Nonō struggled for a long time but couldn't squeeze out a word.
But that didn't stop the old man from catching her drift.
"So 'hale and hearty' despite the age, right!"
"..."
"Sigh~ I'm old, no good anymore. It was because of the peeking that I broke my leg."
"Were you caught and had it broken?"
"Not really, it was insufficient blood supply; my legs went weak, and then I fell."
[Hehe! As expected, what kind of Kage, what kind of villager!]
After pushing the old man for a full half-hour, Yakushi Nonō finally arrived at the Central Plaza.
The wedding had already been underway for quite some time, and it was now the turn for the Kazekage to go on stage and give his congratulations.
But at this moment, Yakushi Nonō wasn't listening to what Saito was saying on stage at all; instead, her eyes were wide as she stared at the groom to Saito's left.
"Old man."
"Eh, what's wrong, girl?"
"Are you sure the groom of this wedding is Ebizo-sama?"
"Eh~ you girl, why still don't you believe me? When has I ever told a lie!"
"Then tell me, how old is Ebizo-sama this year?"
"Over forty."
"Then tell me, where does the groom on stage look like he's in his forties!"
After saying that, Yakushi Nonō even pointed her finger for the old man, as if afraid he would mistake someone else.
And the old man looked in the direction Yakushi Nonō was pointing.
Actually, even without pointing, the old man wouldn't have looked at the wrong person; there were only two men standing on the stage right now.
Beside Saito on the stage stood a mature, upright man who looked to be in his twenties.
He was wearing a black formal suit with a large red flower pinned to his chest. His hair was slicked back until it shone, and his face was flushed with excitement.
"Sigh~ well, people have to wear makeup for their wedding. It's perfectly normal to look a bit younger."
"Fine, fine, fine. Then what's with the purple-haired woman going on stage? The Kazekage-sama just said he's letting Elder Chiyo hand the wedding rings to the couple."
"Sigh~ well, Ebizo-sama is Chiyo-sama's younger brother after all. It's perfectly normal for Chiyo-sama to wear some makeup too."
"Fine, fine, fine. Then the front table is the Elders' Table, right? The elders of the Hidden Sand Village are all quite young; their faces are all rosy and glowing!"
"Sigh~ isn't it the New Year? Plus Ebizo-sama is getting married. It's perfectly normal to dress up a bit and apply some rouge before coming."
"I'm done talking to you, I see Nidaime-sama! I'm going to say hello. Little girl, find a seat for yourself; I'll head back on my own later!"
Having said that, he ignored Yakushi Nonō and began turning his wheelchair forward on his own.
Yakushi Nonō: "???!!!"
[Nidaime(2nd)!!!]
[He's still alive!!!]
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