Chapter 57: The Eve of the Plot, Five Years as a Guardian Angel

  Five years later, in the world of Naruto, in front of the gate of Konohagakure, a girl with an angelic face and devilish physique stood with a pink hair that reached her waist, carrying a luggage. Beside her was a small pink ball bouncing on the ground.

  "It's been five years, and there's still not a single change here. I suppose it's about time for the story to start now, but don't worry, I'm already eager to begin. You think so too, right, Haro?" The young girl looked at the Konohagakure village in front of her and smiled at the small ball beside her called "Haro".

  "Who are you? You don't seem to be from Konohagakure. What brings you here...?" As she reached the center of the gate, the girl was stopped by a jonin ninja. But in the next moment, this jonin ninja was stunned by the girl's astonishing aura and appearance.

  "Hehe......" The girl didn't answer the dragon suit ninja's question, but smiled and pointed to a waistband tied around her waist with an embroidered "fire" character.

  "You, no, you are the Twelve Guardians of the Hokage? I don't know what important matter brought you to Konohagakure. Has something big happened at the Hokage's place?" asked the genin ninja.

  "I'd like to meet the Third Hokage now," said the girl with a smile.

  "Yes, I'll take you to see the Third Hokage right away." Although the extra ninja didn't understand why such a young girl could become one of the Twelve Guardians, he was sensible and saw that the girl's identity was not ordinary, so he immediately took her into Konohagakure...

  And this girl, who is one of the twelve guardians of the Hidden Leaf Village, is none other than Kaguya Tsukino, who left the village five years ago. The little Tsukino from back then has transformed into a lovely young lady today.

  When she first arrived at the Daimyo's mansion, Mugen's "Kawaii" appearance was deeply loved by the Daimyo's wife, Shizumi. Therefore, Mugen was arranged to become the Daimyo's wife's guardian ninja. In these five years, apart from being responsible for protecting the safety of the Daimyo's wife, Mugen spent all her spare time studying the divine techniques recorded in "The Book of Arms". Just a year ago, she completed the study of "The Book of Arms" and the chaotic divine power in her body had reached the peak of the "Heavenly Dao Nine Decisions" 'Arms' boundary. She only needs to find "The Book of Fights" to enter the next stage of cultivation.

  Without the cultivation of divine techniques, Meng Ling himself was not idle. In several accidental assassination events of the Daimyo, Meng Ling often used the combination of elemental fruits and divine techniques to defeat one powerful ninja after another, becoming the strongest existence among the twelve guardians of the Ninja clan. It was precisely because of this that in the following year, the Daimyo's mansion never suffered a ninja attack again.

  But in the remaining peaceful year, Meng Ling had an extremely unexpected event.

  During a break, she was bored and alone, so she used the power of chaos to stand on the pond in front of the Daming Mansion and started dancing some dances she had seen on Earth. Thinking about her current image, Meng Leng was also curious, so she imitated Lakshmi's style and sang a famous song "Silent Night". Because Meng Leng was immersed in her own singing, she didn't notice the situation around her at all, but as a result...

  After Meng Ling finished singing, everyone in the mansion, from the master to the maids and guards, stopped what they were doing and gathered around the pond where she was. They closed their eyes, seemingly entranced. Luckily, Meng Ling noticed the strange atmosphere as soon as she finished singing. When she saw that people had surrounded her, she really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She thought to herself, "Is it possible that I sang off-key? Why did everyone fall asleep around me?"

  That's right, Meng Ling used the Yasaka Mirror at that time and turned into a golden light to leave the place.

  But Meng Ling didn't know that the new voice she had obtained after having a new image was also outstanding. Just after Meng Ling left, the crowd who were still savoring with their eyes closed finally woke up. Suddenly, everyone was looking for Meng Ling's figure, shouting "One more song" and "Sing another tune", as if Meng Ling was a popular singer.

  Of course, Meng Ling didn't know at the time. With a gloomy mood, she directly left the Daming Mansion. But after seeing the musical instruments in the Fire Shadow World, Meng Ling couldn't help but furrow her brow.

  "It's really too lacking in artistry." Meng Ling said at the time, because all the instruments she saw were very rough, even the three famous Japanese flutes she knew from Earth, were extremely crude.

  Meng Ling liked music when he was on Earth, but due to his situation at the time, he couldn't learn this art. So, he only learned some knowledge of playing the guqin and blowing the sheng from his neighbor, Li Nainai. For some reason, Meng Ling's past life had an extremely high talent for music, so he learned very well. Originally, Meng Ling was going to be a musician in his previous life, but he gave up this path because he encountered obstacles everywhere.

  That's how, after seeing the musical instruments of this world, Meng Ling perhaps missed some bits and pieces of his past life. With nothing to do, that afternoon he made a guqin and a horizontal flute by himself.

  At night, Meng Ling returned to the mansion where Madame Daming lived and created three shadow clones in a pavilion using the Shadow Division Technique, as she had lost face during the day thinking that people at the Daming Mansion thought her singing was problematic.

  Four Dream Wings, one played the guqin, one blew the sheng, and the remaining two Dream Wings began to sing in harmony. It was unclear whether it was the vanity of the Dream Wings that was at play, but she had only one thought at that moment.

  Since I lost face in front of everyone, then I must get it back.

  So, that night, Meng Ling practiced singing in the pavilion all night. When she sang "The Water's Test" by Lakshmi Kline, because there was no instrument needed for this song, the four of them closed their eyes and clasped their hands together in prayer, and suddenly they burst into a grand chorus. It was at that moment that something strange happened.

  After hearing Meng Ling sing "Water's Proof", the purple jade of reincarnation on her chest suddenly shot out a pink light, but Meng Ling, who had closed her eyes, didn't notice anything unusual. Later, she suddenly found that the background music of "Water's Proof" was playing beside her, and she was startled awake. When she opened her eyes, all she saw was 'Halo' jumping non-stop in front of her.

  After that, it can be said that Meng Ling was asking for trouble. Thinking that everyone thought he was out of tune when singing for the first time, Meng Ling performed "Silent Night" again in front of everyone. However, Meng Ling didn't know that the last time everyone closed their eyes and showed a very enjoyable expression because they were immersed in his singing. This time, with the help of 'Halo' playing the background music of "Silent Night", let everyone hear the real heavenly sound.

  That was the day when a highly anticipated event was added to the Daimyo's residence, every Sunday, Meng Ling had to sing a song in front of everyone. Although Meng Ling knew she was very unwilling afterwards, who made her the Guardian Ninja Twelve at that time? When everyone saw Meng Ling's disagreement, the Daimyo of the Fire Country surprisingly took the lead and gave Meng Ling, the "Guardian Ninja Twelve", a death order with his own identity as the "Daimyo".

  Meng Ling was also helpless and could only follow the great name's intention, and took the opportunity to review some of the musical instrument playing methods she had learned in her previous life.

  Every Sunday, Meng Ling sang in the pavilion of the Daming Mansion, and her heavenly music spread to every corner of the Huo State. Many nobles who came to listen to Meng Ling's singing were countless. It was also because of this that Meng Ling had another nickname in the Daming Mansion of the Huo State - Guardian Angel (a combination of the words "Guardian" and "Heavenly Music").

  Now, Mugino's term as the Guardian of the Twelve has ended and he has returned to Konohagakure. At first, everyone in the Daimyo's mansion was unwilling, but Mugino kept using the agreement between the Third Hokage and the Daimyo as a shield. In the end, Mugino used his wits to return to Konoha smoothly, leaving the Daimyo's mansion in an eerie silence that day.

  Now, Meng Ling stood in the middle of the Fire Shadow Hall, facing the old man with scars etched on his face - the Third Generation Fire Shadow, recounting some unusual experiences from the past five years.

  "...That's right, Third Hokage. When my term as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja ends, I'll be returning here." Miren smiled at the Third Hokage who was smoking a cigarette.

  "Hmm, the experiences you've had in these five years are truly not ordinary, Xiao Menglong has also grown up. You should still remember what I said to you five years ago." The Third Hokage smiled and said.

  "Of course I remember, you want me to be the teacher of the next Hokage, right? Grandfather of the Third Fire Shadow?" Meng Ling smiled and replied.

  "Right, just in time. This time's Ninja Academy graduation exam is in a week, and you'll be able to choose three genin as your students then. I think that should be a piece of cake for someone who's already been a member of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas like you." The Third Hokage exhaled a stream of smoke, smiling at Mei Terumi.

  "Yes, Third Hokage Grandfather, I understand." Meng Ling replied, but her eyes had already gazed out the window.

  "A week later? Hehe, after preparing for so long and cultivating so much, the plot of Huoying that I've been expecting has finally begun......" Meng Ling smiled secretly in her heart.

  (This chapter only briefly mentioned some things about Meng Ling as one of the twelve guardian ninjas, all for the sake of laying the groundwork for later chapters. I personally think that this chapter didn't have much to write about, so I just glossed over it!!!)