ps: Thanks to "ngstone" for the reward

At this moment, Ito Cheng felt his spiritual power move in vain, and a feeling of being spied on instantly rose from the bottom of his heart.

"Who is it?" Ito Cheng shouted and threw a kunai in the direction of the sense of peeping.

"Ding!" A soft sound of gold and iron was heard in the forest, and then a vague figure flashed in the forest, jumping away from the place where Ito Cheng was attacked.

Seeing this, Ito Cheng didn't talk nonsense. He used the teleportation technique as he wished and rushed towards the place where the figure moved.

"Ding! Ding!" The two shurikens flew towards Ito Cheng who was moving at high speed, but were immediately blocked by the kunai that suddenly appeared in Ito Cheng's hand. Not only did it not have the slightest effect, it also The location of their owners is even more obvious.

But the moment Ito Cheng arrived near the black shadow, the black shadow suddenly disappeared from the forest.

"Illusion - Kirito." Seeing this, Ito Cheng's heart moved, and he immediately mobilized his mental power to break free from the illusion. He then wore red trousers, a green vest on his upper body, and a Konoha Village ninja forehead protector. , Yuri Kurenai with long black hair appeared in Ito Cheng's eyes.

Seeing this, Ito Cheng smiled slightly in his heart and continued to pretend to be post-operative. He looked around with a wary expression. Then when Kurenai Yuri appeared behind him and was about to wipe his neck with kunai, Suddenly he grabbed Xi Rihong's wrist, turned his steps, and quickly came behind Xi Rihong. At the same time, he pressed and raised his hands, and used a grappling technique to push Xi Rihong to the ground and imprison him.

"Long time no see, Yuri Kurenai, but your welcome was too warm." Ito Cheng, who was half-kneeling beside Yuri Kurenai, looked at her and said with a smile.

"It's been a long time since I last saw you, but I didn't expect that you would already have such strength when we meet again. It's really impressive. I think Hongdou will be very surprised when he finds out." Xirihong said coldly.

"I can't help it. A lot of things have happened this year." Ito Cheng said with a smile, and then released the imprisoned Yuri Hong, stepped back two steps, and immediately jumped up from the ground and said Xi Rihong looked at her with a wary face and said, "Don't worry. I have no ill intentions towards you."

It's just that Yuri Hong didn't believe what Ito Cheng said at all. Still staring at him with a wary look and saying nothing.

"It looks like you have just finished your mission and are preparing to return to Konoha. It just so happens that I am going to Konoha too, let's go together." Seeing Yuri Kurenai's appearance. Ito Cheng shrugged helplessly and spoke again.

Hearing this, Yuri Kurenai frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing in Konoha?"

"Of course I'm going to see you and Anko. We haven't seen each other for a year. I miss you two very much." Ito Cheng said to Yuri Kurenai with a smile on his face.

Hearing this, Yuri Kurenai frowned again, and suddenly took out a shuriken and threw it at Ito Cheng.

"Ding!" Ito Cheng raised his hand and used the kunai in his hand to block the shuriken thrown by Yuri Kurenai, and then explained, "Okay, okay, that's all I said, except for what I just said about going to Konoha to see Besides you and Anko, there are others who will send a letter to the Third Hokage."

After hearing Ito Cheng's explanation, Yuri Kurenai looked at him seriously for a moment. Then he doubtfully put away his defensive posture.

"Haha~ let's go." Seeing Yuri Hong put away her guard, Ito Cheng said to her with a smile

"Okay." Yuri Kurenai and Ito Cheng distanced themselves some distance, then jumped onto the branch with Ito Cheng and headed towards the direction of Konoha Village at high speed.

"Xuri Hong, you are a Jonin now." On the way. Ito Cheng said without anything to say.

"Yes." Xi Rihong said expressionlessly.

"Congratulations then. When you return to Konoha, call Anko and let's go celebrate together." Ito Cheng turned to look at Yuri Kurenai and said.

"No need." Xi Rihong said as before, still cherishing her words like gold.

"Don't be so wary of me. We are friends after all, right?" Ito Cheng said with a depressed look.

"Until we can determine your identity, we are still enemies." Kurenai Yuri glanced at Ito Cheng and said.

"That's good." Ito Cheng sighed. Then he said to Xi Rihong again, "But after I prove my identity, you have to come out and have a meal with me alone to make up for my hurt heart. How about it?"

Hearing this, Yuri Kurenai looked at Ito Cheng quite speechlessly, remembering that he was a very polite person when he was the store owner. How could he become such a rogue after not seeing him for a year.

"How is it?" Ito Cheng asked again.

"Let's wait until your identity is proven before we talk." Xi Rihong said.

"Don't worry, it will definitely be proven." Ito Cheng said confidently. Although he didn't know what was written in Steel Hand's letter, since he was allowed to send the letter, and depending on the situation, it was related to experience, it was all about making him a ninja of Konoha, so it proved to be almost It's a matter of course.

Hearing Ito Cheng's words, Yuri Kurenai said nothing and followed Ito Cheng silently towards Konoha.

Both of them were not slow, so after a day and a half, they reached the security range of Konoha Village, then jumped off the branches and walked towards the gate of Konoha Village.

"It's red." As soon as Ito Cheng and Yuri Kurenai arrived at the door, a man wearing a black hat, a forehead protector tied behind his head, and a long toothpick in his mouth appeared at the door. Xi Rihong greeted.

"It's your turn to be on duty today?" Xi Rihong said while handing the other party the certificate of leaving the village for inspection.

"Yes." The man carefully checked Yuri Kurenai's certificate of leaving the village. After confirming that it was genuine, he handed it back to Yuri Kurenai. Then he turned to look at Ito Cheng and asked, "Is this... …”

"His name is Ito Cheng. I met him on the road. He said he was delivering a message to Hokage-sama for someone else." Yuri Kurenai glanced at Ito Cheng next to her and explained.

"Oh?" The man raised his eyebrows, looked at Ito Cheng in surprise, and then said to Ito Cheng, "Please give me the letter, and I will forward it to the Hokage for you."

Ito Cheng ignored the male ninja's words, but looked directly at Yuri Kurenai and asked her what she meant. Yuri Kurenai didn't expect that Ito Nari would cast questioning eyes on her, so she nodded helplessly and said, "Leave it to him."

"I listen to you, Kurenai." Ito Cheng nodded, took the letter out of his arms with a very obedient look, and handed it to the male ninja beside him.

The latter took the letter handed over by Ito Cheng with a strange look on his face, and after taking a look at Yuri Kurenai, he activated the teleportation technique and headed towards the Hokage's office building.

"What are you doing!" Kurenai Yuri, who was embarrassed by the male ninja, immediately shouted to Ito Cheng after the other party left.

"Hehe~" Ito Cheng didn't explain, but smiled proudly, ignoring Yuri Kurenai's anger.

"Hmph." Seeing this, Yuri Hong snorted coldly, and also activated the teleportation technique and headed towards the Hokage's office building. Ito Cheng, who stayed where he was, went to the waiting area to wait under the instructions of another ninja.

A moment later, the male ninja with a toothpick in his mouth reappeared in front of Ito Cheng and said to him, "Hokage-sama wants to see you."

Hearing this, Ito Cheng nodded, stood up from his seat, and followed the male ninja towards the Hokage's office building. About five minutes later, Ito Cheng arrived at the Hokage's office building and saw the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Rizan, who was still wearing a white imperial robe and a white hat with a red fire character printed on the forehead.

"I remember you were the one who sold women's products in Konoha Village a year ago." The Third Hokage, who rested his elbows on the table and clasped his fingers in front of his body, looked at Ito Cheng and said kindly.

"Yes." Ito Cheng replied honestly.

"Can you tell me about her current situation?" the Third Hokage said with nostalgia.

"She is living a good life now. She eats well and sleeps well every day. Apart from being frequently visited by debt collectors because she owes a lot of gambling debts, she is very carefree." Seeing that the Third Hokage did not directly call the steel hand by his name. , but Ito Cheng, who used her instead, also answered directly with her.

"Really? It seems that she still hasn't given up on her gambling problem." Upon hearing Ito Cheng's answer, Sandai's eyes flashed with admiration and he laughed.

"Do you know why she asked you to come to Konoha?" After laughing for a while, the Third Hokage stopped laughing and looked at Ito Cheng and asked.

"I don't know." Yi Tengcheng shook his head slightly.

"Really, then take a look." The Third Hokage nodded slightly when he heard this, reached out and handed the letter on the table to Ito Cheng and said. The latter took a step forward, took the letter in his hand, lowered his head and read it.

"What do you think about her arrangement?" After a moment, the Third Hokage asked Ito Cheng who had read the letter.

"No, just do as it says." Ito Cheng put the letter back on the Hokage's desk, shook his head and said.

"Okay." The Third Hokage nodded and said, then turned to the ninja beside him and said, "Take him to xx town and arrange a house for him there."

"Yes." The ninja responded.

"You go down and rest first. I will ask someone to inform you when things are arranged." The Third Hokage said.

"Okay." Ito Cheng agreed, then bowed slightly to the Third Hokage and said, "I'll take my leave now."

Then he followed the ninja out of the Hokage's office building and walked towards the residence in a certain town assigned to him.

"Mudun..." The Third Hokage took the letter on the table in front of him, mobilized the chakra in his body and entered it into the letter. Then he saw the font on the surface of the letter suddenly changed, and the content was completely different from what he had seen before. The words appeared on the paper. Then the Third Hokage shook his hand slightly, and the letter immediately became inflamed. After a while, it turned into a pile of black ashes and fell to the table.