"Th-this…"
Samui froze for a moment, because Aoba's attitude was far too casual.
But she didn't doubt Aoba's ability. Since he said it, then he could definitely do it.
That wasn't something she needed to worry about.
"Then what do I need to do?"
"As for that… you should think about how to quickly stabilize the various regions within the Land of Lightning after dealing with the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning."
Aoba added another sentence.
"You're pretty smart, so while you're at it, think about the situations in the Land of Water, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Wind too. After some time I'll organize a Five Kage meeting. When the time comes, explain it to Mei-nee and Kurotsuchi and the others."
This was originally something he planned to talk about during the Five Kage meeting some time later. But since the Hidden Cloud Village was now a ninja village under Konoha's jurisdiction, he simply told Samui directly.
"..."
Samui couldn't help rolling her eyes and complaining.
"We're both women who share the same bed, so how come Yugito gets to have it so easy?"
"It's mainly because of Yugito's ability, Cough! Cough! Anyway, she can just cook at home. If we let her handle these kinds of things, her brain wouldn't be able to keep up."
It wasn't like Aoba had never tried letting Yugito get involved with the Hokage secretary's work before. But just as he said, he might as well let her and Kin stay home and cook.
At least after practicing cooking for so long, her skills were actually quite good.
"..."
Samui really had nothing to say about that.
"Then when Mabui wakes up tomorrow, I'll talk it over with her."
"You two have worked hard."
Aoba could only lower his head and kiss her lips as a form of comfort.
Although Samui's face didn't show much expression, she still responded earnestly.
She was a girl who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
'Mm, inside she is indeed very warm.'
After Samui recovered a fair bit of energy, cleaned up the whole room, and was asked to take care of Mabui for a while, Aoba left.
He had originally only come to have dinner with Samui, planning to leave after eating and chatting a bit.
There were other things he needed to do.
He just hadn't expected that Samui's purpose had been to perform that scene in front of Mabui.
Still, the sight of black and white complementing each other had made him somewhat reluctant to leave.
———
After leaving Samui's room, the place where Aoba appeared next was somewhere he didn't often come.
[The Tsuchikage Building, Tsuchikage's Office]
Aoba had come here by sensing the Flying Thunder God mark on Kurotsuchi's body. He just hadn't expected that even this late, Kurotsuchi was still in the office.
Looking at Kurotsuchi reading documents right now, Aoba couldn't help feeling a bit emotional.
This looked like the beginning of a development similar to Hokage Naruto in the Boruto era.
'This won't do.'
Kurotsuchi, who had been reading documents, also sensed an unusual gaze. As if feeling something, she raised her head.
Then she saw Aoba looking at her with a face full of emotion.
She couldn't help feeling a little surprised. Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she spoke in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
"You, such a busy person… how come you suddenly have time to come here?"
"..."
Aoba didn't mind the sarcasm in her words.
After all, he really did come here rarely, so it was normal to get a couple of sarcastic remarks.
"Why are you still working so late?"
Kurotsuchi gave him a speechless look.
"Because the work isn't finished, of course. Otherwise why would I still be working?"
"I'm not like you, who can dump everything on Konan-nee and Shizune-nee. Now you even have Temari and Karin helping you too. Every day you're so free you wander around everywhere."
"..."
Aoba felt like Kurotsuchi's words had a deeper meaning behind them, so he suggested, "Then you can just learn from me and pass the work down to the people under you."
"You think the Hidden Stone Village has as many talented people as your Konoha? Other than my dad, nobody else can really help much," Kurotsuchi crossed her arms with an unhappy look and crossed her legs.
"..."
Looking at the fair, slender leg that slipped out from the slit of her red qipao as she crossed her legs, Aoba said nothing more.
He simply walked over to her side.
Then, under her puzzled gaze, he nudged her slightly to the side and squeezed himself onto the spacious Tsuchikage seat, sitting tightly next to her.
Feeling the pressure from his hips and thighs pressing against her, Kurotsuchi's originally pale face immediately flushed red.
She pushed at Aoba and said, "What are you suddenly doing?"
"I'm helping you think things through so you can finish your work faster and get off work earlier."
Aoba said this with a completely serious expression.
"There's a chair right next to you. Do you have to sit on the same one as me?"
Although Kurotsuchi said that, she didn't move away herself and instead squeezed against him.
The soft flesh of her fair legs even deformed slightly from the pressure.
Yet Aoba didn't move at all.
"I also want to bond a little with my fiancee and figure out why she's unhappy. Is that not allowed?", Aoba said confidently.
Just as Kurotsuchi had said during her final conversation with Aoba before she left back then, not long after returning to the Hidden Stone Village and inheriting the position of Tsuchikage, she formed a political marriage alliance with Aoba.
Although part of the reason was that she didn't want a war to break out between the Hidden Stone Village and Konoha, judging by the blush on her face now, there were probably other reasons mixed in as well.
People often say that feelings grow over time. It was probably something like that.
Of course, the "time" here wasn't that kind of time.
"..."
After hearing that, Kurotsuchi fell silent for a moment. She snorted softly and didn't speak again for the time being.
The atmosphere in the office stayed quiet for a while. Kurotsuchi felt that being squeezed like this made it impossible for her to concentrate on reading, so she asked again, "So what exactly did you come here for this time?"
"Can't I come visit my cute fiancee even if there's nothing going on?", Aoba asked back.
"..."
Kurotsuchi curled her lips.
"If you really thought that, then why didn't you come see me when you came to the Hidden Stone Village two days ago?"
"Two days ago?", Aoba paused slightly.
"A few days ago the ANBU responsible for patrol said they saw you and a blonde girl appear inside the Hidden Stone Village, but you left soon after. That blonde girl was Ino, right?"
Kurotsuchi said expressionlessly.
"So that's what you were talking about…", Aoba suddenly understood.
Two days ago he had taken Ino to the Land of Demons. He had simply used a Flying Thunder God mark within the Land of Earth that was closer to the Land of Demons to teleport.
But in the Land of Demons he had only ever been to the Hidden Stone Village, and he hadn't hidden his appearance, so it was normal for him to be spotted.
It was just that Kurotsuchi's reaction.
"So you're jealous?"
"Hm?"
Kurotsuchi's pale face flushed red again.
"Wh-who would be jealous of a scumbag like you? I-I just wanted to see Ino."
"?"
Aoba looked a little surprised, "Kurotsuchi, I never expected you to have a tsundere side."
"I'm not!"
Kurotsuchi glared at him.
Aoba blinked, "Did you learn that from Yugito?"
"!"
"Damn it! You scumbag! I'll kick you to death!"
Kurotsuchi immediately flew into a rage from embarrassment. Her slender body displayed incredible flexibility.
Even while sitting in the chair, she could raise her leg and kick toward Aoba's face.
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