Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Nagato and Yahiko had a slight flush on their foreheads. Yahiko was so angry he wanted to punch Shirahoshi right then and there: "Enough! What exactly do you want to do! You've been in this room for hours! And you haven't done anything!"

"I caught the fish, Nagato set the grill, and Nagato and I cooked the meal together!"

"It's time you did something practical! We're not little kids anymore."

"If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."

Consider it repaying your kindness.

Yahiko and Nagato hadn't forgotten that Shirahoshi had helped them out of the theft incident, and also the explosion of the explosive tag.

"So, you still remember."

Bai Xing yawned again, walked to the mat in front of the grilled fish, sat cross-legged, picked up a skewer, and asked something:

"Speak of it."

"Where's the little one?"

Upon hearing this, the three fell silent for a moment, as many things had happened in the past five years.

"He's dead," Nagato said calmly. "It seems he contracted some kind of illness. Jiraiya-sensei took us to town to find a doctor, but the town doctor only treated people, and besides, he was so young..."

"That's good. It lived a year or two longer as a stray dog. It didn't lose out," Bai Xing said.

Upon hearing this, Nagato couldn't help but shed tears. Yahiko gritted his teeth, thinking to himself, "How can this person be so cold-blooded?" Konan even suspected that Guren was a girl that Shirahoshi had kidnapped.

Just as Shirahoshi was about to start eating, she put down the fish skewers and pointed to the two cushions in front of her, "Yahiko and Nagato, you two sit first. Konan and Guren, you sit here."

The sudden appearance of the ROOM space startled everyone, but they discovered that Shirahoshi seemed to be fiddling with something. She quickly raised her hands and, in full view of everyone, completed the 'creation out of thin air'.

"Amazing! This ability can even conjure up cushions?" Yahiko looked at the two clean and beautiful cushions, then looked at his own... and realized how poor he really was.

"Thank you." Xiao Nan coldly accepted Bai Xing's cushion and sat down. Hong Lian also thanked her master and sat down next to Bai Xing.

Followed by.

Shirahoshi conjured three more cans of luncheon meat, which could be stored for a long time and were purchased from Kumogakure. She placed them on the floor, then put them back into her ROOM space. In the empty space next to the grill, she placed the luncheon meat rack on the stove to grill...

"What is this? It looks like meat." Yahiko couldn't help but drool as he smelled the aroma of luncheon meat.

Chicken and pork are very expensive in the Land of Rain, and almost no one can afford them.

"Five hundred taels for one box."

Three boxes.

"Consider it my treat."

"Before we eat, let's... Oh, Honglian, you can eat a little to fill your stomach, but don't eat too much~ You need to give the three older brothers and sisters who are working more food, okay?"

"Know!"

"So cute~"

Shirahoshi stroked Guren's head, while Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan beside her were bewildered.

Give us back the emotion we just felt!

"Wait a minute." Xiao Nan noticed something was wrong. How could 500 Rain Coins possibly buy meat at this stage? "Where did you buy this? How come it's so cheap!"

"Oh right! Five hundred taels can buy such a big piece of meat. And the packaging is so nice!" Yahiko exclaimed in astonishment.

"Could it be some kind of promotional event?" Nagato guessed.

"That's possible!" x2

"no way."

"Eh?!" x3

Shirahoshi interrupted the boy and girl's fantasy and continued, "Because five hundred taels is Thunder Coin, which is the same as this product called Meat Chunk Canned Food, a common product in the Land of Thunder."

After hearing this, Yahiko seemed quite accepting. He leaned back, supported himself with his hands on the ground, and said in a cheerful tone:

"Truly befitting a great power."

"Dean, are you a ninja from the Land of Lightning?"

"No. I just sneaked into Kumogakure to watch a good show and bought some local specialties while I was at it." Shirahoshi calmly picked up a skewer of luncheon meat and handed it to Guren, completely unaware of the astonishment on the faces of the boy and girl in front of her: sneaked into Kumogakure to watch a good show and bought some local specialties while she was at it?!

What kind of Versailles-like talk is this?! Does having power really mean you can do whatever you want?!

"Oh right. I wasn't finished yet." Bai Xing looked at the three people in front of her: "Let's start with a formal self-introduction."

"You can tell me about any things you like, hobbies, or dreams."

Honglian happily nibbled on her grilled luncheon meat, blinking her big, watery eyes as she looked at Nagato and the other two.

"Shouldn't you introduce yourself before introducing yourself? A perverted old man who likes to peep on young girls?!" Xiao Nan hadn't forgotten Bai Xing's haggard appearance back then, and combined with their impressions from their second meeting to the present, she had a very bad feeling about Bai Xing.

"Honglian and I have already introduced ourselves."

"It's your turn."

Shirahoshi calmly ignored Konan's words and looked at Yahiko and Nagato.

Next, Yahiko could only talk about his hobbies, dreams, and so on. Nagato followed suit, and finally it was Konan's turn...

"Wait a minute. Something about your self-introductions feels off."

Bai Xing's lips twitched as she scanned the three people:

"Yahiko, you like fishing. Nagato and Konan, you two like to eat Yahiko's grilled fish. Oh, Nagato also likes the hot pot that Jiraiya used to make. And your hobby is training in ninjutsu, and your dream is to change this country. Is that what you mean?"

"That's right!" x3

By this time, the fire on the grill had gone out, and Xiao Nan, standing nearby, said smugly:

"Yahiko's fishing and grilling skills are both top-notch!"

"Hehe, it's not as good as you say—" Yahiko scratched his head shyly, fantasizing about opening a grilled fish restaurant with Konan in the future, but it quickly turned into a dream of achieving peace in the Land of Rain.

Nagato nodded, imagining himself and Konan Yahiko achieving their dream together... Finally, he invited Jiraiya and Shirahoshi to witness it all.

"Eh--"

"That idiot Jiraiya didn't teach you anything..." Shirahoshi muttered under her breath.

"Huh? Dean, did you mention Jiraiya-sensei's name?"

"It's nothing. That silly... cough cough, Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, you'll naturally meet again when you have the chance."

After responding to Yahiko's words, Shirahoshi looked at the three of them:

"You guys!"

"What a bunch..."

"A ninja who's incredibly bad at everything and loves to daydream!"

Click—x3

The three of them were immediately taken aback for a while. Then Bai Xing said to eat first and she would explain why after they finished eating: after all, the hot food was getting cold.

As the three picked up the luncheon meat skewers, they also looked curiously at Shirahoshi, who was about to take off her mask. They didn't dare to blink, wanting to see what the uncle they hadn't seen for five years looked like, or whether the uncle was actually using a transformation technique... Shirahoshi finished the fish in one bite and put the mask back on.

"tasty."

"?"x3

"That fish has a lot of bones, and you can't eat the skull!" Yahiko said, his voice filled with fear as he watched Shirahoshi eat.

A half-pound fish disappeared in an instant; it was absolutely terrifying.

Nagato couldn't help but swallow hard; even his Rinnegan couldn't see clearly. Konan was even more bewildered, blankly grabbing a skewer of luncheon meat. Looking at Shirahoshi's ravenous appearance, she thought, "You've never eaten grilled fish before, have you?!"

"Don't misunderstand." Bai Xing gently removed her mask, and a clump of grilled fish remains, containing fish bones and a skull, detached perfectly and was tossed into the trash can beside the table.

"It's just a way of using chakra."

"..."x3

The three of them exclaimed, "Can chakra really be used like this?!"

The three, taken aback, silently began to eat. After eating one piece, Shirahoshi stopped eating and instead gave the other four a little more. In the end, Honglian ate the most, while the other three only felt a little hungry.

"I'm so full!"

"Master, I'm going to read!"

"Good girl. Go on." Bai Xing loves obedient children the most.

After Honglian ran to the corner of the room and started studying, Baixing's gaze fell on the two boys who hadn't eaten luncheon meat and were still licking the metal skewers with dissatisfaction: Xiaonan was sorry, she could only watch.

"That's enough. If you're still hungry, I'll give you an extra meal tonight."

"but now."

"I can give you the opportunity to ask questions."

"I can answer almost anything you want to know."

Having lived two lives and possessing the knowledge base of another world, Shirahoshi is not afraid at all.

Hearing the first part, Yahiko and Nagato put down the iron skewer in shame. The next part, however, made their eyes light up, but Yahiko, as the squad leader, was the first to ask a question:

"Dean, if we join your organization, can we bring peace to the Land of Rain?"

"How long will it take approximately?"

Shirahoshi: "?"

He glanced at Honglian, who was still studying, then at the rainy weather outside the window, and finally said:

What is your definition of peace?

“This is of course an era without war!” Yahiko rubbed his nose.

“Yahiko is right.” Nagato knew all too well how much disaster war had brought, and he wanted to help Yahiko realize his dream.

After hearing this, Shirahoshi glanced at Konan, who smiled confidently and nodded in agreement with Yahiko.

then.

Shirahoshi smiled too.

The three empty cans were placed in front of the three people and put down.