Chapter 188 "I'm Back", "Welcome Home" (3rd Update, Please Subscribe!)

Outside the Ninja School, a girl in a white dress looked inside.

She had black, beautiful waist-length hair and crystal clear skin.

Her face was delicate, especially her big, snow-white eyes, which were eye-catching. Her light purple pupils made her look even more beautiful.

But her beautiful eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and she was obviously in a bad mood.

At this time, a young ninja standing not far behind her came forward and said:

"Miss Ayane, that child is just a child adopted by a civilian. Why do you have to come here every day? With you..."

"Enough! Kazushi, as a guard, you don't need to be so close to me!" Ayane's face sank slightly, and her tone became much colder.

"Yes!" Hyuga Kazushi bowed his head and stepped back, his eyes full of resentment and anger.

Ayane climbed up the guardrail with one hand and looked at the students coming in and out of the teaching building.

She was waiting for Karin to finish school.

Since Chihe's 'disappearance' in the Ghost Country mission three and a half years ago, Ayane returned to the village in a state of despair. After a few months of depression, she regained her spirits.

She never believed that Chihe died so easily.

However, whether she wanted to believe it or not, Chihe never came back.

After Chihe's disappearance, Ayane would go to Chihe's home whenever she had time. On the one hand, she had to take care of Karin, and on the other hand, she also thought that if Chihe came back, she would definitely go home to see her first.

No matter how slim the hope was, Ayane would insist on taking care of Karin. As long as she had time, she would pick up and drop off Karin on time every day, even if Karin didn't want to bother her later, she still insisted.

Chihe's 'death' brought great pain to Karin and Ayane.

Ayane suddenly found that her life suddenly became boring without Chihe.

For more than three years, she had hardly been to the meatball shop, because she went there a few times later and the taste "changed", so she didn't like it anymore.

Since she is also a daughter of the main family, she can choose to refuse many tasks. Since she started learning medical ninjutsu, she has not fought for a long time and almost does not have to perform tasks.

For more than three years, except for meeting Karin, Ayane's life is all about learning medical ninjutsu and practicing.

From her grandfather, she learned that the next Hokage is likely to be Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, and she wants to worship Tsunade as a teacher and join the master-disciple system of Hokage.

Because she wants to become Hokage, the reason for becoming Hokage is also very simple, she wants to make Kumogakure pay the price.

When Yukito took action, Ayane saw it clearly, that he wanted to kill Qianhe deliberately.

For the so-called peace, the village can reconcile with Kumogakure, but she can't!

Ayane knows that her talent is not as good as Qianhe, and it is almost impossible to kill Yukito, the human pillar, by personal strength, so she can only rely on power.

With her background, as long as she can worship Tsunade as a teacher, the chance of becoming Hokage is very high.

As for the Third Hokage, in Ayane's opinion, at his age, he will not be able to occupy the position of Hokage for many years.

The Third Hokage will give up his position sooner or later, and during this period, Ayane will practice hard.

Especially in the past year, Ayane's grandfather's old illness relapsed and his health deteriorated. The Hyuga clan was also stepping up its search for Tsunade's whereabouts, but they could not find her.

For Ayane, after losing Chihe, if her grandfather was also lost, then she would have no meaning of existence except revenge.

Because her grandfather was in poor health, several elders of the Hyuga clan began to worry about Ayane's "future" and replaced her guards one after another, all of whom were talented ninjas of the younger generation of the branch family.

If she was not afraid of a bad relationship with several elders, she would have directly beaten these people away. Recently, this Hyuga Kazushi was the most annoying of the guards.

Ayane looked into the distance through the barbed wire fence, and as her thoughts flew away, her eyes gradually became gloomy.

However, she seemed to have seen something suddenly, and a rare smile appeared on her face.

She waved to a place not far away and said:

"Karin, here!"

Karin, who was walking out of the teaching building with her head down, heard the call and couldn't help but raise her head. Seeing Ayane waving at her, she also showed a rare smile on her face.

For more than three years, Ayane has become a family member of Karin, just like Qianhe in the past.

When Qianhe was there, Ayane would play with Karin.

But since Qianhe was gone, Karin felt that Ayane was like a big sister and a mother who took care of her.

Karin was very grateful to Ayane, but she liked the old Ayane more.

"Sister Ayane." Karin came to Ayane and took her hand with a smile.

Only when facing Ayane, Karin would not have a gloomy face, because she knew that Ayane's pain would not be less than hers. Only by trying to keep a happy look, they would not recall that incident together.

"Karin, what do you want to eat today?" Ayane touched Karin's head affectionately.

Karin was stunned for a moment and said, "Let's go buy some food and cook at home."

"Yeah, okay." Ayane was not surprised by Karin's answer.

Qianhe didn't leave much savings for Karin. She didn't live a rich life. Even Qianhe's house was almost taken back by the village. Ayane didn't know who did it.

As for Qianhe's tens of millions of deposits in Konoha Bank, the village refused to return them to her on the grounds that Karin was not yet an adult, and the amount she was given each month was limited.

As for the reward after the mission in the Demon Country, the village did not give it to Karin.

The reason seems to be that the village is short of funds in peacetime.

Karin couldn't argue with the village for such a ridiculous reason, but Ayane couldn't stand it. Not only did she have a dispute with the village, she also went to the Third Hokage in person.

In the end, the Third Hokage agreed to wait until Karin came of age to inherit the huge inheritance, and during this period, he would pay Karin interest in installments, because the village needed funds to turn over. After all, it was tens of millions of taels, which was very useful to the village in peacetime.

The Third Hokage explained it this way, and Ayane couldn't take a tougher attitude.

Since the money couldn't be returned, Ayane used her accumulated mission savings to help Karin. Even the meal money that Naruto paid for at Ichiraku Ramen was given by Ayane later. Naruto was stupid and thought that the money given by Chiho would last for several years.

As for working to pay off the debt, Naruto had already prepared to pay it back to Karin in the future, but it was a pity that Karin was an outstanding student in the class second only to Sasuke. Even if she was bullied by boys, she would fight several boys alone, and Naruto had no chance to "draw her sword to help" at all.

The sensible Karin was unwilling to spend more of Ayane's money. She started cooking at home since she could reach the stove, which saved money.

In order to take care of Karin's feelings, Ayane even learned her cooking skills. She was used to buying vegetables and cooking at Qianhe's house.

Ayane smiled and asked, "What do you want to eat today?"

"Let's eat fish." Karin said without hesitation. It's not that she likes to eat fish, but fish is cheap and nutritious.

Ayane said, "Then make thick fish grilled and assorted tempura. In addition, you have finished drinking the milk at home. Go buy some later. Do you have any snacks you want to eat?"

"No." Karin wanted to say that she couldn't eat so much, but thinking of Ayane's personality, she didn't say much.

"Then let's go." Ayane took Karin's hand.

"Hey~ Ayane? You are here too!"

A familiar and 'strange' voice sounded, and Ayane and Karin both trembled slightly.

The two turned around and looked at the boy walking towards the corner of the street.

The boy smiled and opened his hands to them.

Ayane froze as she looked at the boy, whose height and appearance had changed drastically, and the familiar outline and smile.

Karin unconsciously let go of Ayane's hand, and she was also stunned.

Qianhe stood there and kept moving, but the two lolita, one big and one small, were stunned and motionless, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

At this time, Ayane seemed to have reacted.

She only heard a loud "wow" and rushed directly towards Qianhe, and then jumped directly into Qianhe's arms.

Her hands tightly hugged Qianhe's neck, her legs wrapped around his waist, and she hugged Qianhe tightly like an octopus, as if she was afraid that Qianhe would disappear if she let go.

"Be gentle, you're still wearing a skirt!" Qianhe was strangled by Ayane and was a little breathless. She quickly supported her with one hand and pulled her skirt down with the other hand.

Hearing Qianhe's complaints, Ayane burst into tears.

Her hoarse cry attracted everyone's attention.

Qianhe was startled by her cry.

However, the emotion he felt from Caiyin's cry made Qianhe feel hot in his eyes.

He gently put Caiyin down, hugged her, and gently patted her back, like coaxing a child, and said softly:

"Don't cry, I'm back, right?"

"Qianhe, is it really... you?" Caiyin sobbed and let go of Qianhe, but her hands were still tightly grasping Qianhe's collar.

"Is there anyone who looks as handsome as me?" Qianhe wiped Caiyin's tears with his hands, trying to make a joke to divert her attention.

Slurp~

"Pretentious!" Caiyin burst into laughter, looking at Qianhe with red eyes.

"You're crying and laughing at the same time. You're going to scratch your nose." Qianhe gently scratched Caiyin's nose, then exaggeratedly shook his hand, "Hey, you cry so ugly! There's snot."

"How could it be?!"

Caiyin quickly let go of Qianhe's clothes and wiped her nose. When she found out that she was deceived, she clenched her fist and gently hit Qianhe.

"Liar!"

Qianhe looked at Caiyin's tear-stained face, crying like a cat, and hugged Caiyin again, whispering in her ear:

"I'm back."

"Welcome home." Caiyin hugged him tighter.