Chapter 192 Guarantee

After hearing Richard's answer, Asma looked at him seriously and continued, "Would you like to have a private chat with Mr. Richard?"

"sure!"

Richard replied.

After saying a few words to Yuhi Hong and Uozuki Xiyan, they came to an uninhabited corner of the street.

After arriving here, Asma first took out a pack of cigarettes and said to Richard, "Mr. Richard, do you smoke?"

"No, thank you!"

Although he would smoke cigars when he was bored before, Richard had no craving for cigarettes and shook his head.

Asuma nodded and lit one for himself.

After taking a hard puff, he continued: "Actually, after the funeral of the Third Hokage, I just wanted to have a good chat with you, Mr. Richard."

"But you left Konoha before I even went to find you."

Hearing this, Richard guessed what Asma was going to talk to him.

You don't need to ask to know that Asuma will definitely ask him why he didn't intervene in the battle between Orochimaru and the Third Hokage.

Although the four sound ninjas used the Four Purple Flame Formation to create a battlefield for Orochimaru that would not be disturbed by others.

But the Four Purple Flame Formation has no way to prevent a powerful being like Richard from intervening in the battle.

The Four Purple Flame Formation may be able to stop him for a while, but it cannot keep him out forever.

Richard's guess was not wrong, and Asma quickly asked him.

"Mr. Richard, you were also on the roof where Orochimaru and the Third Hokage fought."

"I'm not complaining, I just want to know why you didn't think of a way to stop Orochimaru, Mr. Richard."

"I know that Mr. Richard, you must have the strength to break the Four Purple Flame Formation. Not even one tail can stop your sword. As long as you think about it, there is no way the Four Purple Flame Formation can stop you from entering."

Asma looked at Richard with a serious expression and said quickly.

He is the son of the Third Hokage, and Richard is not surprised that he would ask himself such a question.

However, this did not mean that he had to answer Asuma honestly.

"The reason is simple, because I didn't expect the Third Hokage to use that kind of ninjutsu on Orochimaru."

"In other words, I originally thought that the Third Hokage would defeat Orochimaru."

"Although Orochimaru is very powerful, he was taught by the Third Hokage himself. The Third Hokage knew exactly how to deal with Orochimaru."

"In addition, there is another reason why I did not take action, and that is that the Third Hokage did not ask me for help."

"The Third Hokage knew that I was outside the barrier, but he still did not ask me for help. Instead, he planned to defeat Orochimaru on his own."

"Judging from the results, the choice made by the Third Hokage is not very wise."

"But under the circumstances, I chose to respect the Third Hokage's choice."

"He is the Hokage of Konoha. He probably doesn't want the outside world to talk about Konoha. He feels that Konoha can't even rely on its own strength to deal with the intruders."

Richard looked at Asma calmly and said slowly.

Although he didn't take action at that time mainly because he personally didn't like the Third Hokage very much.

But if the Third Hokage really asked him for help at that time, he didn't say that he would definitely take action, but at least he would consider it.

Among other things, helping an elderly person in need is a virtue.

Asma did not speak immediately, but looked at Richard with a complicated expression.

He has actually considered what Richard said.

But from the perspective of being a son of man, he still hopes that Richard will take the initiative to save the Third Hokage.

Of course, he also knew that Richard had no obligation to help the Third Hokage.

Although Richard now lives in Konoha, he is not a ninja in Konoha, he is just a foreigner who has temporarily settled in Konoha.

After sighing, Asma said to Richard: "I have no other questions, so I won't bother you anymore, Mr. Richard. Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions of mine."

"You are welcome."

Richard said slowly.

After chatting, they returned to Yuhi Hong and Uazuki Yuyan and continued their shopping.

After shopping in the night market for more than an hour and buying some daily necessities and gadgets, Richard and Uoyue Xiyan walked towards their residence.

After returning to her residence, Maoyue Xiyan first packed up the things she bought from the night market, and then said to Richard, "I'm going to take a shower first."

"Uh-huh."

Richard nodded.

After watching Uoyuki Xiyan enter the second bedroom, and then taking a change of clothes to the bathroom, he came to the study.

After sitting down behind the desk and thinking about tomorrow's arrangements, he used his super vision and looked towards Sasuke's home.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Even if Sasuke, Naruto and others went on a mission, as long as they did not leave the village, he should have returned home to rest by this time.

Normally, this is indeed the case.

But after looking at Sasuke's home with his super vision, Richard still didn't find Sasuke.

Did you leave the village on a mission?

This thought immediately flashed through Richard's mind.

Because of his arrival, Sasuke's fate has begun to change completely from the original.

In the original book, when Sasuke saw Itachi who returned to the village, and was easily defeated by Itachi and mocked that hatred was not strong enough, Sasuke had the idea of ​​joining Orochimaru.

Next, there is a plot where Sasuke is taken away from the village by the four sound ninjas, and Naruto, Neji and others leave the village, preparing to bring Sasuke back to the village.

However, now, this story, which occupies a lot of space in the original work, has no chance of happening.

Orochimaru has now temporarily given up his plan to "abduct" Sasuke.

In addition, because the souls of his hands were not sealed by the ghoul, Orochimaru at this time was not as eager to change his body as in the original work.

Although he didn't know what Sasuke was doing now, Richard didn't think too much and disabled his super vision.

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The next morning.

After enjoying the breakfast prepared by Uozuki Xiyan at his residence, Richard used his flying ability to leave the residence and flew towards the Hokage's office.

In addition to recommending Uzuki Yugan to Tsunade as a Jonin, he also planned to complete all the procedures required for the private office today.

Soon, he arrived outside the Hokage's office.

Just like yesterday, he did not choose to go in through the front door, but pushed open the window and flew in through the window.

As soon as he entered the Hokage's office, Tsunade's voice rang out.

"Can't you just come in through the front door like everyone else?"

Tsunade's clothes were no different from yesterday. She frowned and looked at Richard and said quickly.

"It takes a few more steps to come in from the main entrance, but it's more convenient to go through the window."

Richard said casually.

"This is the Hokage's office after all. You always come in uninvited, and you also come in through the window like a thief. If people find out, the impact will not be very good."

Tsunade continued.

"That's fine as long as no one else knows."

Richard said with a smile.

Looking at Richard, who was showing no intention of changing, Tsunade sighed helplessly.

"Tell me, what do you want from me today?"

"If you are here for private matters, just go to Shizune and she will help you handle it."

Tsunade asked directly without wasting any more time.

As Hokage, she now needs to deal with a lot of things every day.

Although she could also leave these matters to others to handle, this would make her seem lazy when she first took office, and she was unwilling to handle matters within the Hokage's scope personally.

"I'm not here for private business matters."

"I came here today mainly because I want to recommend someone to you to be promoted to Jonin."

Richard looked at Tsunade seriously and said quickly.

Although he hadn't said who it was yet, Tsunade immediately guessed who he was going to recommend.

"Do you want to recommend Uzuki Xiyan to be promoted to Jonin?"

Tsunade asked immediately.

"Yes."

Richard nodded.

"If I remember correctly, she is just a special jounin who is good at Konoha-style swordsmanship."

"Her sword skills are indeed good, and I heard from others that you personally coached her."

"But except for swordsmanship, her other abilities do not yet meet the requirements of a jounin."

Tsunade knew why Richard recommended Uatsuki Xiyan to be promoted to Jonin.

But from her point of view, the current Uzuki Yugao has not yet reached the level that a jounin should have, and is only suitable to be a special jounin.

"Except for swordsmanship, Xiyan's abilities in other aspects are indeed not very good."

"But the strength she has now is definitely not much worse than other jounin."

"In addition, her workload has also met the standards for promotion to Jonin."

"If you are still worried, I can be her guarantor."

"If something goes wrong after she is promoted to Jonin, you can come to me directly."

Richard came to Tsunade and told her the answer she wanted to hear.

Don't look at what Tsunade said just now, she looked like she was just doing business.

But Richard knew that Tsunade just wanted him to pay some corresponding price.

After hearing his answer, Tsunade smiled and said, "You said this yourself, I didn't force you."

"Since you are willing to be her guarantor, then I will let you be promoted to Jonin."

"I'll let Shizune handle the relevant procedures for her promotion to Jonin later."

"Do you have anything else to do?"

After Tsunade finished speaking, Richard really remembered something extra and said to her: "I want to know everything that happened after Uchiha Itachi returned to the village."

Uchiha Itachi?

Tsunade immediately frowned.

"Why do you want to know this?"

Tsunade asked immediately.

"Sasuke can be considered my student, so it's normal for me to care about some of his things."

Richard replied.

That's what he said, but what he really wants to care about now is not Sasuke, but whether Uchiha Itachi will fight against Kakashi, Jiraiya and others when he returns to Konoha like in the original work.

Itachi is a standard "younger brother".

Even if he comes back, he won't really hurt Sasuke, he will just encourage Sasuke to grow in his own way.

Although his motivation method is different from the motivation recognized by the public, in any case, he will not really hurt Sasuke.

Of course, it was inevitable to leave some psychological blow to Sasuke.

Tsunade did not answer Richard immediately.

After frowning and looking at him for more than ten seconds, Tsunade recounted in detail the story of Uchiha Itachi's return to the village.

After listening to Tsunade's story, Richard sighed quietly in his heart.

It’s still different!

In the original work, Itachi easily defeated Kakashi with Tsukuyomi, making Sasuke realize the huge gap in strength between Kakashi and him, which gave Sasuke the idea of ​​joining Orochimaru.

After a duel with Naruto on the rooftop and seeing the power of the Rasengan, Sasuke became more determined to join Orochimaru.

Then, there was a plot in which the four sound ninjas took him away from Konoha, and Naruto, Neji and others pursued him.

But here, because of the "butterfly effect" he brought, Uchiha Itachi did not fight Kakashi and others after returning to the village.

Although he did not fight against Kakashi and others like in the original work, Uchiha Itachi still showed his strength in Konoha.

He went directly to Danzo and had a fight with him.

Tsunade didn't know the specific process of the fight.

However, after fighting Uchiha Itachi, Danzo hid.

Tsunade didn't know where he was hiding now, let alone whether he was injured.

After asking Tsunade about Uchiha Itachi's return to the village, Richard left the Hokage's office and found Shizune.

With Shizune's help, he easily completed all the procedures for opening a private office.

After doing this, he came to the store that had been closed for more than three months.

Opening the door of the store, he found a cleaning company nearby and handed over the cleaning of the store to the cleaning company.

Then, he flew towards his residence near the Uchiha territory.

Back at his residence, he told Uzuki Yugan that Tsunade agreed to her promotion to Jonin and that his private office was about to open.

"Do you need my help at the office?"

Mao Yue Xiyan asked Richard.

"No, just mind your own business."

"After you are promoted to Jonin, Tsunade should assign you some tasks. You will be busier than me next."

Richard quickly replied.

"Uh-huh!"

Maoyue Xiyan nodded.

After lunch at his residence, Richard came to the shop that had been cleaned and prepared to transform the shop into his own private office.

After some simple planning, he completed the design drawings of the office.

The store was reorganized by him into two areas.

One is his office and the other is the reception area.

After completing the design drawings of the office, he found a decoration company, handed the design drawings to them, and told them his requirements.

The next thing is very simple, he is responsible for giving the money, and the decoration company is responsible for transforming the store into a private office.

After dealing with these things, it was already evening.

Just when he was about to return to his residence and have a warm dinner for two with Uzuki Xiyan, Shizune suddenly came to him and said to him seriously: "Tsunade-sama has something urgent to ask you."

Urgent matter?

Looking at Shizune with a serious expression, Richard frowned slightly.

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