"That's right! We're the ninjas of Konoha and we don't have any ill will, we just happened to pass through here. Hinata also shouted.

"Have you learned all the Chinese classes in vain?" Looking at the behavior of these two guys, Love shook her head. Obviously, love is not very satisfied with their performance.

"Shuo Mao, it seems that they have forgotten how to get close to strangers to get information, you can demonstrate!" Love said to Shuo Mao.

"Okay, teacher." Shuo Mao nodded, and shouted to the surrounding residences, "Excuse me, is the head of this village here?" We are ninjas from Konoha Ninja Village, and since we passed through here, we want to replenish some supplies with you. Feel relieved! If we had bad intentions, we would have done it a long time ago. ”

Then, after a moment of silence, the door to one of the rooms opened. Then, a gray-haired old man came out on crutches.

"You ...... Hello ......" The old man stumbled a little nervously and said, "I am the head of this village, do you need any help?" ”

"Hello Village Chief!" Looking at the gray-haired old man in front of him, he bowed his head slightly to show politeness. Generally speaking, polite gestures can make people feel good and let go of their defenses. Of course, this action can't be too contrived.

After that, looking at the actions of Ai, the only adult, the village chief's expression softened a little. A polite person will not have a bad personality, so is what the village chief thinks in his heart.

"It's already dark today, and my students and I don't want to go any further. So, I want to disturb the village chief, may I ask if it is ...... Feel relieved! We won't live in vain, we can get paid. ”

"Pay!" The old man's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard the words of love. After that, he glanced at the four of them.

A woman, a little girl, two little boys, nothing dangerous to seem......

This year, because the number of ninjas is not to some extent. As a result, in the eyes of civilians, a ninja is a powerful individual who can use ninjutsu. Of course, you have to ask them, what is the ninja method? They can't answer, they just know that the power of a ninja is the ninja method.

Perhaps it was the deceptiveness of appearances that the village chief accepted the offer of love. After that, they were not placed anywhere, and the village chief led them back to their homes.

More than thirty years have passed since the Industrial Revolution in the Land of Fire was promoted by the Meiji era, but look here. Obviously, perhaps because of its remote location, the village still retains a strong agrarian society.

There are barriers between people, and most of the time it is due to a lack of communication between people. As the sky gradually darkened, the four of them talked with the village chief's family for a while, and they gradually became familiar with each other.

It's the end of July and the climate is temperate. So, it's a place with four seasons. However, because of the proximity of this place to the mountains, the summer heat is offset a lot.

At night, the temperature here always cools down quickly. Unlike Kyoto, the summer heat only cools down after 10 o'clock.

There is no nightlife in the countryside, and as soon as it gets dark, the peasants go to sleep. Because of the relationship of receiving guests, today's village chief's house lights candles to entertain and love them.

"Village chief, there should be someone else in your family!" Looking at a large hunting bow hanging on the wall, I love to think that it is impossible for an old man to pull and move. And judging from the traces of the use of the big bow, this bow has been used recently.

"Yes! I have two sons! The village chief took out a wooden homemade pipe and smoked it.

"The eldest son is married, but the second son is not. As for the grandchildren, one is still nursing, and the other is about the same age as your students. Here, Ai obviously noticed that the village chief was in a bad mood when he talked about his son. However, when it comes to the grandson, the mood is better again.

"What about your sons? You won't sleep, will you? Love asked tentatively.

"Alas~~" sighed, the village elder shook his head and said, "We are here!" It used to be a good place. But lately, I don't know that a band of robbers has come there, and they have taken up the hills to the west, and they have asked us to pay them tribute. What else do you say, if you don't give it, you will kill us all. ”

Speaking of this, the old man shook his head and said, "Now! The young people of the village are patrolling the west side of the village! ”

"Is the village chief trying to fight hard?" Love asked.

"Of course, bandits like that, not on a large scale. So, you can't get used to them. Otherwise, we won't have a good life here. Although we are just some mountain people, we have not fought the great generals (tigers) in the mountains! Here, the old man spoke extremely hard. Obviously, when he was young, he should have been quite a powerful character. However, old man is old after all, although the old man spoke hard, but his face was full of worry.

"Is that so?" Love smiled faintly. After that, she stood up and said to the three students beside her, "Shuo Mao, Yunzhi, and Dai, the three of you will go to the west mountain tomorrow to reconnoitre." Remember, don't get their attention, just eavesdrop on their conversation in the shadows first. ”

"Teacher, don't you just take action?" Listening to the request of love, Shuo Mao asked suspiciously. And in this regard, Ai did not continue, but shook her head with a smile.

"Rest early!" In the dim candlelight, the side of love looks a little blurry. After that, there was no procrastination, and Ai turned around and walked towards the room arranged by the village chief.

Nothing to say all night......

The next day, with the hazy light of the morning and the crow of the rooster, the village began to slowly come to life. On the love side, she sat on the roof of the village chief's house and watched the sun slowly rise.

At this time, she held an octagonal chess-sized stone in her hand and muttered something to herself. If you get closer, you can probably hear some seals, spells, and the like.

Compared to yesterday, after spending the night at the village chief's house, there is much less invisible estrangement between them and the villagers.

The village chief's family is also a big family, in addition to the village chief and his wife, there are four eldest sons and one younger son, a total of seven people.

Because of the relationship after getting along for a day, the people of the village chief's family are not so wary of loving them. Later, as the sky grew brighter, Ai also met the village chief's wife and his eldest daughter-in-law. Of course, the grandson he said was about the same age as Shuo Mao.