Chapter 203 First Snow

More than a month after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, winter gradually entered Konoha Village.

The central part of the Fire Country where Konoha Village is located has four distinct seasons, and the temperature drops significantly after winter.

As the temperature dropped, people became lazy. This morning, Che came to Hong's house and planned to stay at Hong's house.

Yuhi Zhenhong was still out on a mission. Hong and Che were leaning side by side on the sofa chatting, while Bai Tang was lying in his little nest with his butt sticking out and not moving at all.

"It's winter now. I really want winter to pass quickly."

Hong complained as she leaned on the sofa holding a pillow.

"Why?" Che looked at Hong tenderly with a playful smile.

"Winter is here, and I can't wear nice clothes anymore, and I don't want to go out to play." Hong pouted and muttered.

"Aren't you pretty enough now? Or are you saying that you don't want to stay at home with me?"

Faced with Che's inquiry, Hong didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Okay, I get it." Che put his arm around Hong, "I know you don't like winter, but there's nothing I can do to change the season."

"However, I can make time go faster."

Hong raised his eyes and looked at Che, wondering: "Can time still go faster?"

Che raised his eyebrows, blinked and said, "Of course."

"When you are with the person you like, doesn't time go faster?"

Hong blushed at first, then smiled brightly and said: "It's so disgusting, Che, where do you come from so many strange love words?"

Che patted Hong's head lovingly, "I don't know either."

Hong leaned on Che's shoulder and felt much better.

After the two got engaged, Hong is now able to accept Che's love generously.

Boom, boom, boom.

There was a knock on the door.

"Who is so annoying?" Hong frowned nicely.

Che smiled and walked over to open the door, "He is indeed an annoying guy." It seemed that Che already knew who was outside the door.

"Long time no see, Kakashi, what have you been busy with lately?"

"You can't refuse the ANBU mission." Kakashi, wearing ANBU costume, said with a pair of dead fish eyes.

"Come in, aren't you cold?" Che waved Kakashi in as a man of the house, and saw Kakashi's thin clothes.

Kakashi actually wore the ANBU's gray ninja vest in winter. Apart from the black mask and black armbands attached to his body, he had no extra clothing, and his upper arms were still exposed.

Only the yellow scarf around his neck showed that Kakashi was indeed in the winter season.

"No, I'm here to inform you about the mission." Kakashi shrugged, "If you were really worried about me being cold, you shouldn't have kept me searching for so long." Kakashi's words were full of resentment.

"It's because you don't know me well enough. I spend more time at Hong's house than at my own house."

Che pulled Kakashi in. He didn't want to keep talking against the cold wind outside the door.

Kakashi and Kurenai greeted politely.

"So what kind of mission is it? I asked you to come here in person." Che asked.

"It's a mission entrusted by the Daimyo of Snow Country. We won't know the details until we go to the Hokage Building." Kakashi stood in front of the entrance and did not walk in.

Che frowned, "The Daimyo of Snow Country? Then he should be going to Snow Country, which is the northernmost country in the ninja world."

"Maybe." Kakashi didn't seem to know the details of the mission.

"Okay." Che glanced at Hong and replied with some nostalgia, "I'll pack up and set off."

Che came to Hong and Hong said clearly, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you to come back in the village."

"By the way, wait a moment."

Hong suddenly remembered something and ran all the way to his room. After a while, Hong came out holding a stack of black scarves.

"I heard that it is freezing cold all year round in the Snow Country. Please bring this scarf with you."

"I originally planned to give it to you when it snows at the beginning of this year, so I haven't finished knitting it yet, so it might be a little short."

Che took the scarf and kissed her red and white forehead gently.

"Thanks."

Che wrapped the scarf twice around his neck and tucked the remaining bit from behind to secure it. The scarf stood on his neck, enough to withstand the cold winter wind.

From Hong's obsessed eyes, you can see how handsome Che looks after wearing the scarf.

"I have to go now."

The two parted reluctantly and fed Kakashi dog food.

Kakashi and Che then headed to the Hokage's building, the Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage was sitting in his seat as usual, smoking a pipe and handling government affairs. Che had seen this scene many times. As far as Che knew, the only one sitting in this seat was Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato was the Hokage's deputy. A year seems to last only a moment.

This is also the perception of most Konoha villagers.

The Third Hokage has been in office for too long and has worked hard even without merit. This has created Sarutobi Hiruzen's broad mass base and growing prestige.

"You are here." Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and temporarily put down the documents in his hands.

"Hokage-sama."

"This mission is extraordinary. It was personally announced by the Daimyo of the Land of Snow." Sarutobi Hiruzen rarely went directly to the topic, which showed from the side that this mission was indeed extraordinary.

"There is a rebellion in the country of snow."

Sarutobi Hiruzen crossed his hands on the table and said solemnly.

"Rebellion?" Kakashi and Che looked at each other in surprise.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said: "Yes, it is the rebellion."

"The younger brother of the Daimyo of Snow Country launched a rebellion to seize the Daimyo's position."

"In other words, the mission is to suppress the rebellion? Then Kakashi and I shouldn't be enough, right?" Che asked proactively.

"The mission issued by the Daimyo of Snow Country is to rescue Princess Fenghua Koyuki, but he has not issued a mission against the rebellion." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and changed the topic, "But, we Konoha are the five great ninjas. The head of the village cannot sit idly by."

"However, we are not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries without authorization. This will give other ninja villages a mouthful of words."

"So I posted another mission in my personal capacity."

"That is Che's mission, to single-handedly suppress the rebellion in the Kingdom of Snow, and to let everyone in the ninja world know the consequences of the rebellion."

"And Kakashi, when you go to complete the mission of rescuing the princess of Snow Country, you must ensure the safety of the princess."

"Here is information about the Kingdom of Snow and this rebellion. You should set out immediately and grasp this information on the way."

Both Che and Kakashi claimed so, and immediately left the Hokage's office and headed north.

On the way, the two of them browsed the information.

Che already understood the reason why Hiruzen Sarutobi entrusted him with the task of suppressing the rebellion.

The reason is nothing more than beating. After the Kyuubi Rebellion, the power of the village was weakened but the power of Uchiha was not only not weakened but also strengthened.

Moreover, Uchiha's reputation also began to improve, which had to make Sarutobi Hiruzen wary.

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Che to suppress the rebellion this time, in order to tell Che that the consequences of the rebellion would be to be suppressed.

Che smiled in his heart and didn't take it to heart at all.

Indeed, a failed rebellion ends up being suppressed, but if it succeeds, it is not called a rebellion, but a coup.

In the previous life of Japanese history, a man as powerful as Oda Nobunaga also fell due to a coup. How can the current Konoha and the Third Hokage not?

"Che, it's snowing." Kakashi opened his hands aside, watching the snowflakes fall on his palms, and then quickly melted into small water droplets by the temperature of his palms.

Che raised his head and saw the snowflakes blocked by the unlimited technique.

Che tugged on the scarf around his neck, feeling warm in his heart, "Yes, it's the first snow this year."

The tenderness in his eyes did not weaken Che's determination at all, but instead became the driving force for firm determination.