The next day, waking up from the land of tenderness, Aoba was groggy, feeling not fully awake.
It had been quite a long time since he last woke up early.
From under the covers, Uzuki Yugao also stretched out a bare arm, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"You're up this early today?"
"Mm. I have some things to do later, Yugao nee-san, you sleep a bit more."
Aoba covered Uzuki Yugao with the quilt again.
"Which girl are you going to accompany today?"
Uzuki Yugao reached out from under the covers, pinching Aoba's ear.
"I have serious business today."
Aoba found the situation both funny and annoying; why was it assumed that every time he went out, he was going to find girls.
"Is that so? What a pity."
Uzuki Yugao disappointedly withdrew her hand.
Aoba blinked, "Does Yugao nee-san have something going on?"
"After your body got bigger, the clothes at home don't fit anymore…"
Uzuki Yugao said.
"Actually... then let's go buy some together in a couple of days. I have some matters with my sensei these two days."
Aoba originally wanted to say that Ino and the others had bought him quite a few clothes, since after he grew taller, he became a new clothes hanger again.
But fortunately, he caught himself in time.
"Okay."
Uzuki Yugao smiled brightly, lightly kissing the corner of Aoba's mouth.
"Then stay and laze with me a little longer."
After hurriedly eating the breakfast prepared by Kin, he went out with Konan.
———
"Rushing out so early in such a hurry today, he must be going to mess around with other girls again."
Yugito bit off half a fried egg in one mouthful, complaining discontentedly.
'This guy said last time he'll go shopping with me next time, but several days have passed now. Every day he either locks himself in his room or goes shopping with other girls.'
'What a dishonest, despicable guy.'
Thinking this, Yugito fiercely ate the other half of the fried egg.
———
"Achoo!"
Walking on the road, Aoba suddenly couldn't help but sneeze.
"Brat, did you catch a cold?"
Tsunade asked, somewhat surprised.
Him sneezing so suddenly was quite a rare occurrence.
Konan and Shizune, however, glanced at each other. Shizune thought of Koyuki Kazahana, and couldn't help saying, "Probably too many girls he's messed with, someone is secretly cursing him behind his back."
Last night he was strong as an ox, like a volcanic eruption, how could he possibly have a cold.
Both women subconsciously touched their lower abdomens, feeling as if something was still inside.
"Heh, maybe," Aoba smiled somewhat awkwardly.
He thought that in the future, he would need to build a large residence for everyone to live together. Whoever cursed him would get a 'shot' as treatment.
Guaranteed to cure the ailment.
"Then it's probably that Daimyo Koyuki. She's a big client, you better accompany her properly later," Tsunade said sarcastically.
Aoba couldn't help but roll his eyes. The way she said it made it sound like some underhanded deal.
"I think Yugito is also quite likely. But if it's her, your sneezing probably wouldn't stop, Aoba," Konan also offered her own opinion.
The three of them bantered like this, one line after another, all the way to the Hokage Building entrance.
The three of them had to go upstairs to work, while Aoba continued forward, his destination being the Konoha Prison.
He also saw quite a few familiar faces.
For example, those students from Kumogakure who participated in the Chunin Exams before.
They are still locked up in the prison.
But they are in the uppermost level area. With Samui and Mabui carrying the weight for them, their lives are still pretty good.
Aoba had no time to bother with them either; his target was the death row inmates located in the innermost layers.
———
As noon approached, Aoba went to the Hokage's office again.
Tsunade looked up and gave him a cold glance, also knowing what he had just been doing, "How did it go?"
For some reason, Aoba felt that Tsunade was looking at him with extreme displeasure right now.
It left him somewhat baffled, but he still reported the results of the morning's experiments.
"It's ready. The Impure World Reincarnation can be performed tomorrow."
He tested it on a few death row prisoners this morning, and the results were very successful.
Tsunade pondered for a moment, "Then tomorrow afternoon. Perform it directly in the Konoha Prison."
"I know. Then I'll go tell Naruto."
After saying this, Aoba prepared to make a quick escape.
"Wait a moment!"
Tsunade called him to a halt again.
"Sensei, is there something else?"
Aoba turned his head and looked at Tsunade sheepishly again.
Tsunade took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Go find that Daimyo first. Go placate her properly."
"Ah?"
For a moment, Aoba didn't quite process it, "Did Koyuki do something?"
"That girl has been pestering me since I started work this morning. If you don't go find her, I won't be able to work at all."
She came to ask every little while; Tsunade was almost driven crazy.
As she spoke, she was also angrily slapping the desk, showing just how fed up she was with Kazahana Koyuki.
"Ah, this...", Aoba clearly hadn't anticipated this situation, "Then I'll go right now."
"Wait again."
Tsunade stopped him once more, "Come here first."
Aoba hesitated slightly, "Sensei, you're not going to take out your anger towards Koyuki on me, are you?"
"Koyuki this, Koyuki that, you call her name quite smoothly."
Tsunade sneered.
'Right, when a girl is angry, anything a boy says is wrong.'
Aoba simply stopped caring and walked directly towards Tsunade.
He decided, if Tsunade really wanted to hit him for this reason, then he would have to properly collect some interest in return.
But when he walked up to Tsunade, she directly stood up, grabbed his collar, and then pressed him down onto the office desk.
Aoba couldn't help but feel a bit panicked; he had no idea what Tsunade intended to do.
"Sensei..."
"My anger is very big right now."
Before he could even finish his question, Tsunade, looking utterly pent-up, pressed down on him.
After it was over, Tsunade sat back in her seat looking refreshed, wiping her mouth.
"You can go now."
At this moment, Aoba was still lying disheveled on the office desk, his eyes vacant, looking like he had lost all his dreams.
Tsunade couldn't help but roll her eyes and kicked him with her foot, "Stop pretending, someone might come in a moment."
Aoba's eyes instantly regained their sparkle. He sat up from the desk, looking somewhat resentfully at Tsunade.
"Sensei is always like this, only caring about your own enjoyment, stopping halfway."
Tsunade's expression froze slightly, because when Aoba sat up, he had already activated Partial Multi-Size Technique.
Tsunade couldn't help but purse her lips.
"Someone will come in a moment. It's too late."
Given Aoba's usual speed, and the frequency of Kazahana Koyuki's visits, there definitely wasn't enough time.
"Using ordinary methods, it's certainly too late, but if..."
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