"Sheren, you are back."

Lingxiang was overjoyed when she saw Sheren's appearance.

Although Toneri had informed her before coming back, when she actually saw it, she couldn't help but feel happy.

Toneri smiled and stretched out his hand, gently rubbing Lingxiang's head.

"Business has been slow lately, right?"

Feeling the warmth on her palm, the smile on Lingxiang's face became brighter.

After hearing his question, she slightly stuck out her tongue and said, "Yes, since the war started, business has suddenly dropped a lot."

"It doesn't matter, this is inevitable. We are not the only ones with bad business in Konoha. After all, the general environment is not very good."

While talking, he took off his slightly worn coat.

Lingxiang skillfully took the coat that Toneri took off, folded it gently and put it aside.

The well-behaved look made Toneri couldn't help but rub her head again.

"Red hair suits you better."

Hearing this, Lingxiang's expression and hand movements froze slightly.

Red hair represents the Uzumaki clan. Showing red hair undoubtedly reveals her identity as a Uzumaki clan. She can't help but think of the bad memories she didn't want to recall in Kusagakure Village. For Reika,

, the identity of the Uzumaki clan is not only not glory and help, but also a nightmare.

Sensing Lingxiang's state, Toneri was stunned for a moment, and then realized that her unintentional words reminded her of her not-so-good past.

He said slightly apologetically, "Sorry..."

Lingxiang slowly tilted her head away and bit her lip, "If you need me, I'm available at any time."

Why does this sound a little weird?

Shiren was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook the dirty thought out of his mind.

Looking at Lingxiang's well-behaved appearance, he smiled, shook his head, and tapped her on the head.

"Okay! I'm hungry now. Are you ready to eat?"

I thought it was the moment to return to my identity, but I didn't expect such a request.

He nodded vigorously, said "hmm" happily and said, "It's ready, I'll bring it out to you right away!"

"Close it, there hasn't been much business lately anyway.

After a period of time, just open the door in the morning. If you want to do something in the afternoon, you can do whatever you like and don't be restricted."

Sit down at the dining table and watch the busy Lingxiang bringing out plates of dishes.

It can be seen from the smoke rising from these dishes that she carefully kept them warm after she finished cooking them, just to wait for Toneri's return.

Looking at these delicious, tasty and delicious dishes, Shiren immediately moved his index fingers, picked up his rice bowl and started eating.

Halfway through eating, I saw Lingxiang sitting silently aside, supporting her head with a slightly silly smile on her face.

Shiren put down his chopsticks and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"Huh?" Lingxiang looked at Toneri who suddenly came back to his senses, a little stunned.

"Well, what? Let's eat together. It's boring to eat alone." Toneri waved his hand.

"oh--"

Lingxiang stuck out her tongue, took a pair of bowls and chopsticks, sat down and started eating in small bites.

With Sheren's appetite, he didn't care about the bit Lingxiang took away, but Lingxiang obviously knew how terrible his appetite was, so he made a lot more.

I just didn’t expect that even if I cooked too much, I would still be eaten by Shiren.

"It's so satisfying! It's so satisfying! It's been a long time since I've had such a satisfying meal." He patted his belly with a satisfied look on his face.

On the front line, although we didn't have enough to eat, the food didn't taste very good, which can be described perfectly as tasteless.

There is nothing wrong with eating for a day or two, but having to eat for ten days and a half is still a bit uncomfortable for a person like Sheren who puts food first.

Looking at Toneri's satisfied look, Lingxiang felt that everything she had done was worthwhile.

I cleared away the dishes, poured him a cup of tea, and then went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Lying comfortably on the chair, Toneri thought to himself that in peaceful times, living such a life would actually be quite happy.

But unfortunately, being born in this cruel ninja world and still in a war-torn era makes it even more so.

If you don't have enough strength, you can't protect yourself, but once you have more strength, you will face more dangers. This is a very contradictory situation.

Because if you don’t have the strength, you may not even be able to protect yourself, and your own life will not be your own.

It is better to work hard to improve your strength. Although the danger is also great, at least there is a chance of salvation.

After finishing everything, Lingxiang also came to the table and sat down slowly.

Toneri pushed himself up, sat upright and asked: "Lingxiang, how has your mastery of chakra and ninjutsu been going during this period?"

Lingxiang's expression also became slightly serious.

In this world, it is difficult to survive without strength. What Shiren needs is a helper, not a burden.

If Reika had chosen to be an ordinary person from the beginning, Toneri would not have brought her back to Konoha and let her live outside. She could just come to her when she really needed it. There was no need to waste so much time.

time and effort.

But since we have brought her back, it proves that she must have a certain ability to protect herself, be able to help at critical moments, and not become a burden.

"I have basically learned and mastered the techniques you gave me." Lingxiang responded.

"oh?"

Toneri raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. Although the techniques he used were not too difficult, they were definitely not simple. He didn't expect that Lingxiang was quite talented in techniques.

"Try it."

As he spoke, he spread his palms, and a small ball of black smoke-like chakra emerged from his hands.

With the appearance of this black gas, it seems that the temperature in the entire air has dropped a lot, and just getting close to it will give you a feeling of repulsion.

Yin attribute chakra, and it is a very strong yin attribute chakra.

Lingxiang understood what she meant.

The fair and slender hands formed a calm seal.

"Seal of evil!"

He shouted loudly.

Densely packed special inscriptions emerged from Lingxiang's palm, and were quickly drawn into a new curse seal formation, surrounding the ball of Yin-type chakra.

Immediately afterwards, Reika looked around the table, and finally stared at the steaming tea cup in front of Toneri.

He grabbed it and put the evil seal on the tea cup.

When his palm left, he saw a seal forming on the porcelain tea cup.

The aura of Yin attribute chakra dissipated, but in contrast, the steaming tea cup had completely dissipated at this moment, and when I touched the tea cup with my hand, a cold and biting feeling spread from my fingers.

Come.

“It feels really good to use this method with iced drinks in the summer.”

Shiren nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he took out a kunai from his ninja tool bag, put his index finger in the ring at the end of the kunai, flicked it gently, held it with his backhand, and stabbed directly towards his left arm.

"don't want!!"

Lingxiang couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw his actions.

Poof——

The base of the kunai was embedded in the arm, and the tip protruded from the other side of the arm.

Gurgling blood began to flow.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and grimaced in pain. If I had known better, I wouldn't have stopped pretending, and yet I was using it against myself. Didn't I still know how much pain I could bear?

Even though I felt a little regretful, I did it after all.

"It hurts. Let's see your medical ninjutsu next."

Tears were welling up in Lingxiang's eyes, but she didn't let them stay. She just bit her lips to prevent herself from making any sound. A faint fluorescence appeared in her right hand, and she carefully and slowly removed the kunai with her left hand.

During the process, he kept crying and howling, as if he wanted to use this method to affect Lingxiang's judgment and medical ability.

Or maybe it’s just that I’m really in pain.

However, Lingxiang just frowned tightly, moved more carefully, and treated faster and faster.

What she used was the Palm Immortal Technique taught by Sheren.

Looking at his slowly healing arm, he stopped howling, and raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect Lingxiang's control over chakra to be so strong.
To be continued...