"The people who invaded your village have already been killed by me. These minerals are all my spoils of war. You don't have any objections, right?"
"No, no... Please, sir, feel free. Do you need our help?"
"No need for help. I'm in a hurry. Goodbye!"
After storing the corpses of the Black Hoe Clan and some minerals needed to make puppets into two large Storage Scrolls, Izayoi floated into the air, sometimes flying, sometimes using Body Flicker Technique, leaving the Land of Rivers as quickly as possible.
The next morning, Izayoi returned to the Land of Fire, and then went straight to the tailor shop. He separated a Shadow Clone with a huge amount of Chakra and handed over the scrolls containing the minerals and corpses to the Shadow Clone.
The main body didn't rest for even a quarter of an hour. He first went to a store to buy something, and then, carrying souvenirs for Hinata and Hanabi, rushed back to Konoha at full speed.
Finally, before six o'clock in the afternoon, Izayoi returned to Konoha.
Taking advantage of the shift change, Izayoi entered Konoha from another place, and then returned to the central street from the wilderness, and soon arrived home.
"I'm back."
Izayoi, doing as the locals do, shouted loudly while changing his shoes in the entrance hall.
Then, he carried the gift box and walked towards the second floor.
However, a cloth curtain was installed at the staircase at some point.
Izayoi pulled open the curtain, and what came into view was the dimness of the room with the blackout curtains drawn.
Only twelve candles were burning on the table in the living room, and below them was a five-layer cake.
The cake was very delicate, with three Q version Snowman Suits on each layer, which were Izayoi and the Hyuga sisters.
"Older Brother, happy Birthday!"
"Izayoi-kun, happy Birthday."
Hinata and Hanabi had been waiting for Izayoi in the living room for a long time. As for the Shadow Clone, it had been ruthlessly beaten to pieces by the two girls yesterday.
Seeing Izayoi return, Hinata and Hanabi came over one after another, giving Izayoi birthday wishes while pulling Izayoi to the cake, one on the left and one on the right.
That's right, today is June 16th, Izayoi's Birthday.
This was also the reason why Izayoi was in a hurry to come back.
Since the two became a trio, Hinata and Hanabi would celebrate Izayoi's Birthday every year at this time.
Especially after receiving the information that the Shadow Clone was beaten to pieces by the two girls, he knew that Hinata and Hanabi wanted to prepare a surprise for him.
Izayoi naturally didn't want to disappoint the two girls' expectations.
After pressing Izayoi onto the sofa, Hanabi knelt beside the coffee table, holding her chin in her hands, and said with a smile, "Older Brother, make a wish."
"Older Brother's wish is very simple, that is, I hope Hanabi grows up quickly, every day is as colorful as a rainbow, as bright as a star, and as beautiful as her sister." Izayoi made a praying gesture with his hands, closed his eyes, but said his wish.
But in the end, he added in his heart: I hope everything goes well, and let us all get rid of the limitations of lifespan.
After speaking, Izayoi blew out all the candles.
"Older Brother, I love you to death, Mu~~a!"
Hearing Izayoi's wish, Hanabi pounced directly and pecked Izayoi hard on the cheek.
Izayoi rubbed Hanabi's small face with both hands and said with a smile, "You've already made your wish, so where's Older Brother's birthday present?"
"My sister and I prepared it for you a long time ago."
Hanabi jumped off the sofa, walked into the room with Hinata, and then the two of them came out holding three exquisitely wrapped boxes.
"Older Brother, open it and see."
Hanabi put the gift boxes on the ground and said to Izayoi.
Hinata didn't draw the blackout curtains, but turned on the living room lights.
There were three gift boxes, two large and one small.
Izayoi untied the bows, tore off the wrapping paper, and opened the small box first.
Inside was a red scarf.
The moment Izayoi picked up the scarf, he seemed to realize something and couldn't help but look at the two girls, saying, "Did you knit this?"
"As expected of Older Brother, you guessed it right away."
Hanabi said with a giggle, "Then Older Brother, guess who knitted this scarf?"
"You already confessed it yourself."
Izayoi flicked Hanabi's forehead and said with a smile, "My sister definitely had a hand in it. Since it wasn't knitted by your sister alone, it must have been knitted by the two of you together."
"Moo..." Hanabi immediately pouted her small mouth.
Hinata watched this scene with a gentle smile, not surprised that Izayoi could guess.
"Autumn is coming soon, and winter will be here before long. I really like this scarf."
Izayoi put the scarf around his neck and continued to open the boxes.
This time, he opened both large boxes at once, and they were filled with clothes.
One was a heavy Snowman Suit, and the other was a more expensive white robe with flame patterns.
"Older Brother, can you guess who gave these two pieces of clothing?" Hanabi asked again.
"This one was given by Hinata." Izayoi picked up the Snowman Suit and smiled at Hinata.
"What about this one?"
Hanabi picked up the white robe and asked.
"You gave it together." Izayoi flicked Hanabi's forehead again and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten the flame pattern on your kimono? That's your favorite symbol. And you confessed it yourself again. Since the Snowman Suit was given by Hinata, then this one was either given by you, or the two of you gave it together."
"This isn't fun, Older Brother, can you read minds?" Hanabi immediately started acting spoiled, "I clearly wanted to win against Older Brother once this year."
"I told you, you can't fool Izayoi-kun." Hinata said with a smile.
"Alright, don't be angry."
Izayoi picked up Hanabi and put her aside, then picked up the gift box on the ground and said with a smile, "I also have souvenirs for you."
"Oh right, Older Brother, where have you been these past few days?" Hanabi's attention was successfully diverted, and she asked curiously, "The Shadow Clone said you went to do something big, what was it?"
"You'll know in the future, I can't tell you now." Izayoi didn't want to taint his little sister-in-law's pure heart.
"Older Brother is so annoying."
Hanabi made a face, then unwrapped the gift box Izayoi had placed in her arms, and analyzed it like Izayoi, "A flat, rectangular gift box, and so big, could it be clothes?"
"You guessed it, Hanabi is amazing."
Izayoi, who was winning big, immediately provided Hanabi with emotional value.
"Hehe..." Hanabi immediately smiled happily.
After coaxing his little sister-in-law, Izayoi pulled Hinata to sit on his other side, put the gift box in her arms, leaned close to her ear and smiled, "I really liked the gift you gave me, let's relive our childhood again this winter! This is a gift for you, open it quickly."
"...Okay."
Hinata, who originally wanted to wait until Hanabi finished looking at hers before opening her own, saw Izayoi's expectant expression and immediately looked forward to Izayoi's souvenir.
Quickly unwrapping the packaging, Hinata opened the gift box.
Immediately, her beautiful eyes widened slightly.
"This is..."
The Hyuga sisters spoke in unison, then turned to look at Izayoi, asking, "Older Brother/Izayoi-kun, what kind of clothes are these?"
"It's called... a Sailor Suit."
Izayoi said with slight excitement, "I made it myself, go try it on and see if it fits."
"Okay."
The Hyuga sisters, who were originally full of doubts, heard that the clothes were made by Izayoi himself, and their beautiful eyes lit up slightly, then they got up and walked into the room together.
Meanwhile, Izayoi activated his Tenseigan, not to peep, of course, but to find Hiruzen Sarutobi's location.
Seeing that the other party was already off work and having dinner with his grandson Konohamaru, and not using Crystal Ball Telepathy to snoop around, Izayoi withdrew his gaze.
However, before closing his Tenseigan, Izayoi glanced in a certain direction outside the house.
At the same time, Hanabi's surprised voice suddenly rang out from inside the room, causing a little cold sweat to appear on Izayoi's forehead, "It fits perfectly! Sister, how did Older Brother know your size?"
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