Chapter 165: The Spy.

The next day, Naruto habitually went to Oda Naoko's barbecue shop for a meal. At this stage, many shops had already closed down, and it was hard to make a living. But Oda Naoko was different, she could still continue to rebuild a shop to sell barbecue.

It's just a lot more expensive than before...

In addition, Naruto had long discovered that Oda Naoko was not just an ordinary shopkeeper, but a spy from a foreign country. It was precisely because he knew her identity that he dared to brazenly ask for discounts, and she had no choice but to accept.

As a spy, Oda Naoko did a very good job. No one in Konohagakure could detect anything unusual about her. If Naruto hadn't sensed her anomaly from his sense of good and evil, he probably wouldn't have discovered it.

And now...

"The shop... it's closed."

Naruto, with one hand in his pocket, squinted slightly at the closed shop. He could feel that Oda Naoko closing the shop at this time definitely meant something unusual was happening.

Could it be... she's scared of being tricked by me?

No, no, no, that's impossible, absolutely impossible!

Isn't it just that the prices are now ten times higher than usual, and I'm still spending as I did before, and even after the discount, I'm eating at her place every day? Is this too much? As a foreign spy, she wouldn't even have this much assets, would she?

So, she must be transmitting information to her village because of the current special situation.

Now that Konohagakure village has been destroyed, it's probably hard for her to contact her original direct contact person, so it's a wise choice to decisively escape at this time.

Yes, it must be like this. I noticed a few days ago when I was eating at their place that there were fewer and fewer waiters in their shop, and Oda Naoko, as the shopkeeper, was getting busier and busier. She must have done this to prepare for leaving now.

This guy must have wanted to run a long time ago!

"Hey, don't lie to yourself, the spy was bankrupted by your eating." Nine-Tails suddenly said.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how can a spy run away because of bankruptcy? At this time, shouldn't she be working harder to explore intelligence, and then make a more advantageous choice?" Naruto said righteously.

Hearing this, Namikaze Minato weakly said, "That... after encountering a foreign spy... don't you plan to arrest and interrogate her? If important information is leaked, it could have serious consequences in the future."

"Leak intelligence? What do I care, compared to such boring little things, I prefer to live a life where I can get a discount on barbecue every day, it's very comfortable."

Naruto said indifferently.

"Ah? This..."

Namikaze Minato felt that this was not very good, but he didn't want to refute it, because he also knew that Konohagakure was the first to wrong Naruto, so even if Naruto deliberately didn't expose it, no one could blame him.

Because Naruto just knew but didn't say, and didn't actively do anything harmful to Konohagakure, so as long as he pretended not to know anything, didn't say anything, no one would know that he actually knew, and blame... was even more out of the question.

"You might as well worry about Konohagakure continuing to be led by those who think they are very capable, that's the real deadly place."

"Once or twice being spied on for intelligence, at most it's just being defeated and having benefits taken away. Really important intelligence shouldn't be so easily taken away. If the intelligence work is already so bad, then the problem is big... it's also the leader's problem."

"Whether it's Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, or Mitokado Homura, their political skills are too poor. Add to that Danzo, who likes to stir things up, they can't suppress him, nor can they make good use of such a person. Therefore, under their leadership, it's inevitable that Konohagakure will decline," Naruto said.

"Why don't you step forward, inherit the Fifth Hokage, and prove your abilities?" Namikaze Minato asked softly.

He didn't doubt Naruto's abilities or strength. Having lived in the Tevyat world for thousands of years, even as a military commander, he would have some understanding of politics, and his perspective would certainly be broader than that of the shadows in the ninja world.

The history of ninjas is only so many years...

It's normal for the system management to be immature...

"Why should I prove it? Who do I need to prove anything to? What benefits do these things bring me? Whether on an emotional or rational level, I have no reason to change by succeeding the Hokage."

Naruto paused slightly, straightened his back, and looked at Namikaze Minato proudly, "I am a man of the Glass Moon in life and a ghost of the Glass Moon in death. I am the Red Sun Fox of the Glass Moon, and I will only voluntarily dedicate my power to the Glass Moon... because there are my beloved people. As for Konohagakure? It's no different to me than Kirigakure Village, Sunagakure Ninja, or Kumogakure Village. I have no good feelings for Konohagakure."

"This... sigh." Namikaze Minato was at a loss for words, could only smile bitterly and sigh. In some places, Konohagakure did indeed fail.

"It's good that he didn't demolish Konohagakure."

Nine-Tails (covering mouth, squinting eyes, cunning smile emoji).

...

Naruto stood in place, looking at the closed barbecue shop in silence for a long time, finally saying, "No, I can't just let that guy get away."

Inside the sealed space, Namikaze Minato said with surprise, "Could it be that you finally..."

Naruto seriously said, "No, now the whole Konohagakure only has their barbecue shop. Other shops can't even gather a packet of seasoning. If this shop is gone, who will I legally mooch off for food in the future?"

"Ah, this..." Namikaze Minato was at a loss.JPG

Nine-Tails: "Still fantasizing? Laughing to death."

...

At the entrance of Konohagakure Village.

Oda Naoko gathered the remaining funds and a few employees. Those employees were just ordinary people of Konohagakure. They just wanted to go to other cities to develop well, not spies from other villages.

Taking them along was just to make ordinary people look more natural and normal, which was more in line with her persona in Konohagakure.

"Damn it, it's all that Nine-Tails' fault. If it weren't for him, Miss Oda wouldn't have gone bankrupt at this time, and we wouldn't have to..." an employee said resentfully.

"It's okay, at worst we'll just open a shop in another place. I'm very familiar with the Takigakure Village," Oda Naoko said with a gentle smile.

Although she said this, she wouldn't actually do it. She would find some excuse to slip away on the road, then directly return to the Iwagakure Village to hand over the intelligence. This was her plan.

As long as she explained the relevant matters to the higher-ups, they should understand. Because she had already reported to her own higher-ups many times before, saying that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had recognized her true identity, leaving now wouldn't be abrupt.

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