Kurotsuchi's whip-like kick came fast, but in Aoba's eyes it clearly wasn't that fast.
He simply raised his hand slightly and easily grabbed her ankle.
Then Kurotsuchi's smooth, fair little foot… stopped right in front of his face.
Her round toes were neatly lined up, and the top of her foot reflected a milky sheen.
Kurotsuchi was still an honest person. Before kicking him, she had even deliberately taken off her shoe.
'Why is that?'
Aoba looked at her with a strange expression.
"Kurotsuchi, are you trying to kick me, or planning to reward me?"
Kurotsuchi's face turned bright red. She tried to pull her foot back, but couldn't quite break free.
She could only glare viciously at Aoba.
"Only a pervert like you would think this is a reward. Let go of me!"
Because she was sitting in the chair, she had simply lifted her leg and kicked toward Aoba, who was sitting beside her.
So now her body was leaning slightly backward, with her lower back pressing against the armrest of the seat.
This position made her somewhat uncomfortable, like something was digging into her.
Aoba noticed that as well.
Now that he knew Kurotsuchi was angry because she was jealous, he naturally wouldn't make things difficult for her.
So he stood up from the seat, pulled a stool from not far away, and sat down again.
Although sitting was more comfortable now, Kurotsuchi's face was still flushed red, with no sign of easing.
Because her foot was still in Aoba's hand.
"Y-you… what are you going to do now?"
Kurotsuchi stared at Aoba and questioned him, though her confidence sounded a bit weak.
She was a little worried that this guy might take advantage of the situation to do those strange things.
'This is the sacred Tsuchikage's office…'
'If it was in my own room then maybe, but absolutely not in the office.'
'No, wait! Even in my room it won't be allowed!'
"I think you must have been sitting in the Tsuchikage building all day, so the muscles in your legs have gotten a bit stiff. I want to help you relieve that."
Aoba noticed Kurotsuchi's tension and said calmly without changing expression.
"..."
Kurotsuchi didn't believe him. She glared at him, but in the end lost the staring contest.
Aoba couldn't help smiling and continued, "Don't you still have work? You do your work, I'll do mine. We won't disturb each other."
"You!"
Kurotsuchi ground her teeth. She really wanted to get angry and firmly pull her foot back.
But Aoba instantly grabbed her weak point.
She, in the blink of an eye became like a cat being held by the back of its neck, completely unable to resist.
"Then you're not allowed to disturb my work!"
After saying that in a fierce tone, she blushed and pulled the documents in front of her, starting to read them again.
"?"
'Does that mean that as long as I don't disturb her work, doing strange things is allowed?'
Aoba couldn't help feeling a little tempted.
But after thinking about it again, he decided to forget it, so he wouldn't scare her.
The atmosphere in the office quieted down, but the temperature seemed to rise.
Kurotsuchi originally wanted to distract herself with work, but after not looking at what was happening, she realized her sense of touch seemed even more focused.
All her senses became clear.
So much so that her face grew redder and redder.
"The other one."
"Oh?"
A slightly distracted Kurotsuchi subconsciously did as he said.
Only after she came back to her senses did she realize she seemed to have done something foolish.
Now she really couldn't hold it together anymore.
She simply tossed the documents onto the table and gave up.
Otherwise she couldn't concentrate on work like this, and she couldn't concentrate on enjoying it either.
"Finished with work?"
Aoba asked knowingly.
Kurotsuchi looked at him gloomily.
"I don't want to do it anymore. I'll deal with the rest tomorrow."
Aoba didn't mind and instead began explaining why he had appeared in the Hidden Stone Village two days ago.
"The reason I brought Ino to the Hidden Stone Village two days ago wasn't to wander around. It was because I accepted a commission. That place was closer to the Hidden Stone Village, and it was urgent, so I used Flying Thunder God to come here."
"A commission?"
Kurotsuchi, who had still been a bit annoyed, couldn't help feeling puzzled after hearing his explanation.
"What kind of commission would require you, the Hokage, to personally take action?"
"The demon of the Land of Demons, Moryo. You've heard of it, right?", Aoba asked.
"The demon of the Land of Demons?"
After thinking briefly, Kurotsuchi remembered.
"The demon that breaks its seal every once in a while, and then gets sealed again by the shrine maiden of the Land of Demons."
"So the commission two days ago was to go to the Land of Demons and deal with that demon?"
Even Konoha had records about the Land of Demons, let alone the Hidden Stone Village which was right next to it.
And as Kurotsuchi spoke, she realized what kind of commission Aoba meant.
"Mm."
Aoba nodded.
"I heard that demon has power close to that of a tailed beast?"
Kurotsuchi stared at Aoba, looking him up and down a few times.
"More or less. Because Moryo's essence is very close to that of a tailed beast… hm?"
Aoba gave a simple explanation and also noticed Kurotsuchi's gaze examining him. He couldn't help smiling knowingly.
"Don't worry. The troublesome part was just the traveling. Ino and I weren't injured."
"..."
After hearing that, Kurotsuchi curled her lips, though she didn't refute it.
After all, she wasn't truly tsundere like Yugito. Otherwise at this moment she would have replied with something like, "Tch! Stop flattering yourself. Who said I was worried about you?"
Aoba didn't continue focusing on that and instead asked, "Still angry?"
"Hm?"
Kurotsuchi crossed her arms over her chest, pushing up the small but already noticeable curves outlined by her qipao, and lifted her chin as she asked back, "Was I angry?"
"Heh!"
Seeing that she didn't want to admit it, Aoba didn't say anything more. He just chuckled and pressed down firmly.
Kurotsuchi immediately let out a muffled groan. Her face turned red as she gritted her teeth and said, "Are you trying to kill me?"
"Still angry?"
"I… I'm not angry anymore."
Kurotsuchi had wanted to keep being stubborn, but now her weakness was in this guy's hands, so she could only give in.
"That's better."
Aoba smiled.
Kurotsuchi didn't speak. She simply turned her face away.
There was no helping it. She wasn't as skilled as him.
Back when they had first met, she would occasionally say things like she would step on him someday.
But now she would never say something that overestimating again.
It wasn't just because she had clearly seen the gap between them.
It was also because if she really said it, this guy might actually lie down and let her…
No wonder whenever she had occasionally said something like that before, he would show that strange expression.
This guy was simply the biggest pervert and scumbag in the entire ninja world.
How did she end up falling into this guy's trap?
Thinking back from the time she first met Aoba to the half year since they got engaged,
Kurotsuchi couldn't help cursing herself in her heart for being so disappointing.
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