"Mizuki-sensei is joking!" Shikamaru said a little embarrassedly, "It's still a long way off!"

"It's just a joke, but it's also a hope. Since we grew up earlier, our vacations can be longer."

While Mizuki and Nara Shikamaru were chatting, the bearded Asma Sarutobi appeared in front of them.

"Shukamaru, it's been a long wait. Hey, isn't this Mizuki? Long time no see."

"Asma? I heard that you went to negotiate with the daimyo and came back so soon?"

"Don't mention it, socializing with big people is more tiring than fighting with real knives and real guns!"

"That's really hard work. It's not easy to convince the big guys."

"Yeah!" Asma lit a cigarette, "one?"

"Thank you, no need!" If the occasional drink is still needed for entertainment, cigarettes are not interested at all.

"You really don't have any special hobbies!" Saying that, Asma let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"With such a big addiction to smoking, Hong Shangren doesn't care about you?"

"Occasionally I've been complained!" Asma admitted generously, unlike before.

Mizuki exchanged a few words, and then asked, "Have you made an appointment with Shikamaru?"

"Yeah!" Asma nodded, "I will play shogi with Shikamaru when I have time, but I rarely beat him."

"I've never won at all!" Nara Shikamaru exclaimed.

"Haha." Asma smiled awkwardly, "Indeed, I have never won, so I want to win!"

"Since you have an appointment, then don't bother." After Mizuki finished speaking, he waved his hand and left.

Looking at the back of Mizuki leaving, Nara Shikamaru asked, "Are Asma-sensei and Mizuki-sensei very familiar?"

"It's alright. Speaking of which, I owe him a lot of favors. He's a good guy."

Although one or two rescue missions helped Mizuki, he received more favors. Before Tsunade came back, Mizuki had the best medical ninjutsu effect. If it weren't for him, Yuhihiko might have died.

"I always feel that Mr. Mizuki seems to be a little cold when dealing with people." Nara Shikamaru said with some doubts, "I can't say what is strange, Mr. Mizuki doesn't seem to be as enthusiastic in appearance and words."

"Um?"

Hearing Shikamaru's question, Asma thought for a while and said, "Ninjas, it's not surprising to have some personalities and quirks. Especially at the level of Joinin, the more responsibility you have, the more pressure you will have on your body. The environment The change of the genus requires a certain period of adaptation, just like you, when you were promoted from the lower end to the middle, didn’t you become a little more motivated?”

"Really? I think too much!"

Seeing that Shikamaru still seemed to have some doubts, Asma patted Shikamaru on the shoulder and said, "Able to do the job of Jōnin, Mizuki is definitely not an easy guy, maybe you have heard some rumors about him and know a little bit of the inside story. The past is not important, as a Jōnin, Mizuki will definitely handle his own mental state.”

Regarding this point, Asma is convinced that the troubles in the process of growing up have never been absent. Even he ran away from home and turned against his father and three generations of Hokage. Mizuki this little problem is really nothing. The substantial increase in strength in a short period of time coincided with the big changes in the village and the huge changes in the environment. It is natural for people to feel uncomfortable.

Asma flicked the cigarette ash, and said to Shikamaru as he walked, "When Mizuki-sensei was at the ninja school, he was a year older than me, Hong, Kakashi and Kai, and used to get along well with classmates. , There are many people in the lower grades who know him, and he is considered a popular civilian ninja at the middle and upper levels of strength. However, because of the lack of inheritance, he became a crowd. It is mediocre, but in fact, it is only with us. Compared to Shinobi, seriously speaking, he is already quite an outstanding talent among civilian ninjas.”

Nara Shikamaru patiently listened to Asma recalling the past.

"Later, some things happened, some were true and some were false, some were good and some were bad, and they were more or less circulated outside. It was not easy for Shuimu to get through the difficulties well. But now, he is also a woodcutter. There are many strong men in Ye, and their actions are worthy of the reputation of Konoha Joinin!"

"Very strong?" Nara Shikamaru interjected.

"Among the very strong ninjas of the same age, only Hatake Kakashi and Matekai may have a chance to beat him. If it is to learn skills, I can still have a relationship with him, but he is serious. If so, I'm guessing it's very hanging."

Shikamaru nodded and said, "Immortal mode, I heard from my father, is it really that powerful?"

"Being named "immortal", do you think it's that simple? There are currently only two immortals in the village, one is Lord Jiraiya and the other is him! Although he is not as skilled as Lord Jiraiya, it is quite remarkable. The secret skill."

"Listening to Teacher Asma's tone, it seems that Jiraiya is not there, and the village is not confident?" Nara Shikamaru's eyes lit up, "The Chunin exam is not really dangerous?"

"Of course!" Asma said proudly, "I've come into contact with some classified information, and I'm a little worried? You have to believe us seniors, at least now, it's not your turn to worry about the safety of the village. It's really dangerous, and some are standing up to it. The hero that emerges, the will of fire will not wither."

...

It didn't take long for him to stay, and Shuimu, who took a quick look at the flowers, went home contentedly. The sound of pushing the door alarmed Xiao Chun who was reading in the study.

"came back?"

"I met an acquaintance and chatted for a while." Mizuki took off the vest outside and hung it up.

"Is there something you need to prepare for?"

"What's up?"

Tsubaki's words surprised Mizuki, are you ready? What else is there to prepare for between husband and wife? Could it be that……

"It's about Xiang Rin. She will be recruited into the medical class soon, and she will no longer be able to work in our shop in the future."

"That's it!" Shui Mu breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether she was happy or disappointed, "Let her go with this matter, it's a matter of time anyway, she can't be a gardener all her life."

"I always feel a little reluctant, like the child is going to run away from home?"

"What's this?" Shuimu walked into the kitchen and poured a cup of tea, "We can't bear to give birth to one, and we can raise it as we want!"

"Yeah, that's what I thought, so I'm going to be a mom!"

The teacup in Mizuki's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

"What are you talking about? Can you say something like this casually?" Xiao Chun's sense of humor really caught people off guard, "So, I want to think of two names now? No, I have to think of a surname for myself first. …”