"Marriage? Dream on! Who could I even marry?”
As the Godaime Mizukage, how could she find someone from outside? That was simply unrealistic. It was also impossible for her to marry an ordinary person, because an ordinary person’s physical fitness was not good, and he would be shaken to pieces by the shock.
‘Men! Where have all the damn men gone to?!’
"It's all Zabuza's fault. That guy really deserved to die!" Mei burped, her face is very close to Naruto, and she said drunkenly, "He really deserved to die!"
"Zabuza? He’s dead, right? Good riddance…" Naruto, who is also drunk, instinctively wrapped an arm around Mei’s waist, "Let’s bet again!"
"Eat? Eat what?"
"Drink... ah!"
"Uegh…!"
The two of them, completely lost in their own drunken worlds, stumbled into the bathroom, each clutching a sink as they vomited.
Fortunately, the bathroom was spacious enough, with two sinks.
After vomiting for a while, the two cleanliness-obsessed individuals each grabbed a showerhead and started washing up. The bathroom was filled with steam, making it impossible to see clearly.
Somehow, they ended up back in the living room, drinking again.
The lights in the suite were still on, and neither of them could remember what they had said, only that the room was spinning and they felt oddly... comfortable.
That night, Naruto dreamed of many strange scenes. At first, it felt like he was soaking in warm water, and then somehow, he was floating in the sky.
It was as if he had eaten some hallucinogenic mushrooms and fallen into a Genjutsu. Fragments of surreal images flashed through his mind.
One moment he was lifting the lid of Doraemon’s coffin, the next he was falling into the fountain of youth.
In his dream, he was eating in a martial arts world when suddenly, a fight broke out. A beautiful woman fell into his arms, only to transform into a fox and pounce on him.
He quickly raised his sword to block, but the sensation felt wrong. Looking down, he saw a maid with a flushed face looking up at him, calling out, "Darling, it’s time to take your medicine."
The fox, the maid, and the swordsman all lunged at him at once. Naruto was sweating profusely, but he didn't make any move.
Suddenly, a coffin board popped up from the ground, and a girl holding a sword emerged.
"Makoto-kun, the water in the kitchen is boiling!"
"Ah!" Naruto woke up in shock, sitting bolt upright.
Looking around, he found himself in a big, soft, snow-white bed. He was stunned for a few seconds, and when he turned around, he saw another person next to him, and he gasped in shock.
He quickly got out of bed quickly, and rushed to the bathroom without even bothering to put on his clothes. The effect of the Transformation Technique had worn off, and staring at his own blond-haired face in the mirror, he couldn't help but swallow.
He was trembling with fear for a while. Then, some fragmented memories came to his mind little by little,
Naruto’s eyes suddenly widened in horror, ‘I messed up big time.’
‘I had... with the Mizukage?
Although there was no movement in the room, Naruto's first thought was not to run away. Instead, he chose to use the Transformation Technique to change back quickly.
After all, he couldn't bear the blame.
With a bang, Naruto transformed back into Sasuke’s appearance and let out a long sigh of relief.
‘It’s Sasuke who did this, so what does it have to do with me, Uzumaki Naruto?’
On the other side of the room, Mei slowly woke up. She subconsciously reached out to cover her eyes, frowned for a long time, and then slowly opened her eyes.
Her memory of last night was a little hazy, and she remembered drinking a lot with that man. She struggled to sit up and suddenly found that something was wrong with her.
After being stunned for a while, Mei’s pupils suddenly dilated.
After a long while, she opened the door of the room and found that there was no one in the living room. So she frowned and walked towards the bathroom, but found that there was no one in the bathroom either.
"He’s gone?" Mei gritted her teeth. It was too humiliating.
After years of being the hunter, she had been blindsided by the prey. It was a bitter pill to swallow, and she couldn’t believe how things had spiraled out of control.
"Damn it! You’re dead meat!" Mei muttered under her breath. Of course, she wouldn’t make a scene or publicize this. She would handle it discreetly.
After cursing a few more times, she walked out of the room and tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened when she went downstairs.
It wasn’t until she was outside that she let out a deep breath.
Meanwhile, at this moment, Naruto had already slipped away. Knowing that Mei wouldn’t let this go, he decided to stake out the Mizukage Building. He was certain she would send someone after him.
Naruto knew if she wanted to continue investigating, she would need to assign the task to someone. Ao had already failed to capture him, so Mei wouldn’t use him again.
Besides, Ao was too cunning and might figure out her intentions from the mission details. If Mei wants to save her reputation, she wouldn’t let that old man handle this.
The only candidate left is undoubtedly the naive and shy Chojuro.
The key point was that the last of the Seven Ninja Swords, the Hiramekarei, was in Chojuro’s possession, and he never went anywhere without it.
As long as Chojuro took on the mission, he would definitely follow Mei’s orders to the letter.
That’s when Naruto’s opportunity would come. After all this back and forth, the inevitable was finally approaching.
Naruto hid in the canopy of a large tree southwest of the Mizukage Building, and secretly prepared himself. He stared at the Mizukage Building intently, not missing any movement.
…
Mizukage Building.
"Find someone?" Chojuro was a little surprised. He looked at Mei who was sitting at the desk and asked, "Mizukage-sama, are we looking for the intruder from that night?"
"No." Mei shook her head and pulled out a portrait, "Find this person. Once you locate him, don’t alert him. Keep him under surveillance and report back to me."
The portrait depicted Sasuke’s face, though with a different hairstyle and clothing. This was drawn by Mei based on her memory.
She also felt it was strange, ‘In my dream, that man didn’t quite look like this. His hair seemed… blond?’
But as soon as this idea appeared, she dismissed it.
After much deliberation, Mei thought that she was probably too drunk. In the end, she trusted her memory and decided to draw the portrait according to what she saw before she got drunk.
"This person... looks familiar?" Chojuro took the portrait and studied it carefully, then looked at Mei and asked, "Mizukage-sama, who is he?"
"This man…" Mei hesitated for a moment, and her dazed expression made Chojuro blush and look away.
Chojuro, who is in his late teens, was naturally shy around a mature and beautiful woman like Mei. He tried his best to avoid her gaze, not daring to look at her directly, and even less dared to have any improper thoughts.
He believed that someone as perfect as Mei remained unmarried simply because she was too exceptional. Perhaps no one could ever be worthy of her.
The more he thought about it, the more he admired Mei.
"This man... I know him, and he’s extremely dangerous, Chojuro." Mei suddenly snapped out of her thoughts and raised her voice with a serious look on her face.
"Huh? Yes!" Chojuro straightened his back, looking nervous.
"If you find him, do not, under any circumstances, engage him. Don’t even speak to him." Mei frowned and stared at him.
"Don’t ask him any questions. Understood?"
"Yes, I understand, Mizukage-sama!" Chojuro agreed and immediately walked out of the Mizukage's Office with a mix of confusion and curiosity.
From a distance, Naruto watched the entire scene through a telescope. The telescope in his hand was the same model as the one Jiraiya used for his ‘research’ at hot springs.
Naruto saw how useful it was, so he borrowed a couple from Jiraiya for his own use. It had never been used much before, but now, they finally came in handy.
In the Mizukage's Office, Mei clenched her fists as she watched Chojuro leave.
"Damn you, Choji! If you ever fall into my hands, I’ll make sure you experience the same humiliation, you wretched man!"