Naruto, this game world seems a bit real.

Chapter 112 Sober

Two hours later, Hua Ling finally got up and came out of the hot spring pool.

A maid immediately stepped forward to assist her in dressing. She glanced past the screen at the kneeling guard and said slowly, "Lead the way!"

Upon hearing this, the guard immediately stood up, ignoring the numbness in his legs from kneeling for so long, and led the way.

It was only a short distance, but he was soaked in cold sweat, as if drenched in water.

"Your Highness, we've arrived." The guard called out respectfully, then pushed open the door and quickly stood back by the door.

Hua Ling didn't even glance at it before stepping inside.

Once His Highness went inside, the guards finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

I don't know why, but His Highness, despite his seemingly gentle demeanor, puts more pressure on me than anyone else.

Hua Ling walked around two corners and came to a door. The servants on both sides of the door quickly opened it.

She stood straight in front of the door and called out, "Father, you wanted to see me?"

Daming was enraged by his attitude and pointed at him through the screen, angrily shouting, "Where are your rules and manners?"

"Rules and etiquette?"

"Rules and etiquette are made by people, and I am now the master who makes the rules and etiquette. I can modify them at will. Father, you should hurry up and tell me what you want to see me about, so we don't waste each other's time."

Hua Ling ignored the famous man's furious expression and spoke calmly as usual.

"You...you...you..." Upon hearing this, Daming fainted on the spot from anger.

Hua Ling covered the lower half of her face with a folding fan, chuckled, and then turned and left. "Not challenging at all!"

"I really hope the days ahead will bring me some happiness."

Not long after she left, Daming slowly woke up and immediately sent word that he had woken up.

"Taking back power is just a matter of him saying a few words."

However, things turned out to be completely different from what he had imagined. Three days passed, and only a handful of people came to visit.

Hua Ling looked at the intelligence report in her hand. "So many days have passed, and this is all the commotion we've made." Her interest vanished instantly. "We should have let her lend a hand; otherwise, it's all so pointless!"

She summoned her subordinates, gave them some brief instructions, and then sat down to watch the show.

As she had predicted, for the next period of time, the daimyo did not make a single mistake, steadily falling into the trap she had set, and never choosing to give her the final dignity.

"Will the 'Twelve Guardian Ninjas' around the Daimyo make a move next?"

"Let's look forward to it!"

Hua Ling yawned lightly and lay down to sleep. Before falling asleep, the image of a person flashed through her mind: "With Zhi Shui gone, I'm so bored."

Konoha Village.

"Strange, Konoha Hospital is much quieter today."

"Even her secret agents aren't here."

Uchiha Ye opened her eyes and sat up. "It's rare that no one came to see her today!"

"She's been pretending to be unconscious for so many days, she can finally move around a bit."

She had just gotten out of bed when Itachi pushed open the door to the ward.

Upon hearing the sound, Uchiha Ye immediately lay back down.

"They were moving so fast, the people who came in probably didn't see them!"

She secretly opened her eyes a crack and, seeing that it was only Itachi who had come, immediately scrambled to her feet. "Itachi, I want to be discharged."

"Ye, you're awake..." The surprise came so suddenly that he was stunned for a moment before hugging the person tightly.

Ten minutes later.

"Itachi, have you hugged enough?"

"Come out for a walk with me, I'm getting bored," Uchiha Ye nudged Itachi and reminded him.

Itachi blushed and let go of her hand somewhat embarrassedly.

He stared at her intently, and the anxiety that had been building up for so long finally subsided.

After a while, he finally spoke up to comfort her, "Ye, you haven't fully recovered yet, you need to rest more."

"I know." Uchiha Ye replied lazily, then lay back down on the bed and covered his head with the blanket. "Itachi has changed. He won't even go for a walk with her."

She thought about it sullenly, feeling more and more aggrieved.

"Ye, what's wrong with her?"

"He looks very unhappy."

Itachi recalled what he had just said and instantly realized he had made a mistake.

Ye has been in the hospital for so long, and given her personality, she must be eager to leave. The fact that he told her to rest more just now suggests he's angry.

He called out several times, but received no response. He began to panic. "Ye, the Cloud Shadow Envoy is here today to discuss a ceasefire agreement. Do you want to go and see him?"

Uchiha Ye curled his lip. "It's too late to invite her out now."

"The Cloud Recluse?"

"Isn't this just a plot point that's almost a year late?" Uchiha Ye immediately thought of the incident where Hyuga Fuyuta was captured by the Cloud Village envoys, which led to a series of events.

"No wonder no one came to see her today except Itachi. So that's why. They must all be assigned to security duties."

"Itachi, I'm suddenly so sleepy and want to go to sleep. You should go back first!" She lifted the blanket and rubbed her eyes, looking very sleepy, then closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow," Itachi said, tucking the blanket around her, then turned and left the ward, closing the door behind him.

He leaned against the wall, waiting for Ye to take action.

Uchiha Ye calculated the time, and when Itachi was almost gone, he threw off the covers and got up, not forgetting to complain, "Itachi's friendship with her has really faded a lot. He invited her out and there was no follow-up. Next time, their friendship will probably capsize."

These words broke Itachi's defenses at the door, leaving him unsure of what to do. After all, he was the one in the wrong; if he had gone along with her from the beginning, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

"However, Ye, my feelings for you are not just friendship."

It seems he didn't make it obvious enough, which led Ye to have such a misconception.

After finishing her rant, Uchiha Ye jumped out of the window. "This time she directly stopped the Cloud Village envoy from entering the Hyuga clan's territory. She doesn't believe that Hyuga Hizashi needs to die in her place."

I wonder how Hyuga Neji, who couldn't be portrayed as a caged bird, is doing now.

If his father could also be spared from death this time, the outcome would probably be good!

Uchiha Ye was lost in thought and didn't notice that someone was following her.

"I really don't understand. Kumogakure was the defeated side, so why are they welcoming them like this? Is Hiruzen Sarutobi out of his mind?"

What she couldn't understand was that Hiruzen Sarutobi's order for the Hyuga clan leader to die led to Hizashi Hyuga's death. It was clearly the Cloud Village that came to the Hyuga clan's territory to arrest people, yet Konoha was required to give an explanation. It was utterly speechless.

After memorizing the faces of the three Cloud Village envoys, Uchiha Hajime turned and left, wandering the streets.

"Huh, how come she never noticed there was a jewelry store here before?"

"Is it newly opened?" She stepped inside.

There was no one else in the store; she guessed that everyone must have rushed out to welcome them.

"These earrings look quite unique, but why is there only one on one side?" She picked them up and glanced at them, noticing that a stud was hidden beneath the dangling earring that she had overlooked.

She silently put it back, "Couple earrings, she doesn't have a lover."

"I finally found a piece of jewelry I liked, but this is so boring..." Uchiha Ye had no desire to look any further, turned around and left the jewelry store, walking aimlessly.

No sooner had she left than Itachi, who had been following her, turned around and went into the jewelry store, where he bought the earrings.

When it came time to pay, Itachi realized that these were couple earrings, and his ears instantly turned red. He didn't even know how he walked out of the jewelry store.

"No wonder he saw the joy in Ye's eyes but didn't buy it. He thought she didn't have any money on her and was planning to give her a surprise tomorrow."