Chapter 290: Tsunade Ascends the Throne, A New Era Begins
Originally, Akiyama Makoto had planned to obtain a noble title from the Daimyō of the Land of Fire.
However, at that time, he had only expected his strength to be around Jōnin level. Now that he was a Kage-level powerhouse, he naturally couldn't be subservient to others.
Of course, if the Daimyō of the Land of Fire wanted to give him a noble title, he wouldn't refuse.
In that case, his status in Konoha would be even more stable, and no one would find it strange that a strong man like him, who wasn't a ninja, lived in Konoha.
Currently, many nobles and merchants had settled in Konoha because people subconsciously felt that living in Konoha would be very safe—in this sense, the Konoha Crush plan had greatly affected Konoha's real estate business.
And Makoto knew very well that this impact was just the beginning; there was more to come.
After listening to Makoto's boasting, Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and Karin all praised him, expressing that he was amazing.
Now that everyone was free, Makoto planned to take them out to play.
But when he saw Temari, he saw that she was unhappy.
"What's wrong? Is something on your mind?"
He asked knowingly. Temari looked at him, wanting to speak but stopping.
He smiled and reached out his hand to Temari. Temari hesitated slightly, but still held his hand tightly.
The next second, Temari was in front of Gaara and Kankurō.
Looking at her two brothers who suddenly appeared in front of her, a look of surprise appeared in Temari's eyes. Makoto really understood her!
But Kankurō's next words made her unhappy.
"Sister!"
Kankurō was weeping. "Did that guy do something to you? Damn it, I will definitely take revenge on him in the future—"
Temari reached into Kankurō's cell. Before Kankurō could react, his ear was twisted by his sister, causing him to squeal like a pig being slaughtered.
"Sister, what are you doing? What did I do wrong? Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
"Bastard! You're not allowed to speak ill of him!"
Temari was indeed a little angry.
During the days when Makoto's main body was with Tsunade, Temari had thought about a lot of things.
Recently, she finally came to the conclusion that if the Sand Village wanted to maintain its position as one of the Five Great Nations, it had to cling to Makoto's thigh.
Even pleasing Tsunade had to be secondary. This meant she had to become Makoto's woman.
Although Temari and Makoto didn't have a very deep relationship yet, as the daughter of the Kazekage, Temari had long been mentally prepared for this.
Moreover, Makoto was not only excellent in strength but also gentle to her. Apart from being a playboy, he had almost no shortcomings.
Even for Temari, Makoto being a playboy might not be a shortcoming.
This meant that after becoming his woman, she didn't need to serve him every day. Instead, she would have more time to do her own things, such as helping the Sand Village stabilize the situation.
Having figured this out, Temari already considered herself Makoto's concubine, so naturally, she wouldn't allow Kankurō to speak ill of him.
"Sister... is he good to you?"
Gaara spoke at this time. Although his words were simple, his voice was very gentle, which meant Gaara had completely changed his personality.
Temari looked at Gaara, withdrew her hand, gave a thumbs up, and smiled brightly. "He is a good man!"
Next, Temari told her two brothers about her decision.
As for the Sand Village's major policies later, she naturally couldn't say them here, but she believed her two brothers would understand.
Gaara was relatively calm, but Kankurō had gone to squat in the corner.
He naturally still disliked Makoto, but he was powerless to change the status quo and could only accept reality.
After half an hour, Makoto sent a shadow clone to pick up Temari.
Then, Makoto took them and started a trip around the ninja world like he did with Tsunade.
Having had previous experience, Makoto was well prepared this time. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all stored in scrolls by Tenten. They played until they almost forgot their identities as ninja.
In the end, after a few drinks, the girls boldly dragged Makoto to a mixed bath.
He wanted to refuse, but seeing them all use the Harem Jutsu together, he could only reluctantly oblige.
They played various games until late at night before he left their room and returned to his own.
The reason he didn't sleep with them was that his shadow clone was being severely questioned by Tsunade.
The shadow clone naturally wouldn't say a word, but there were some things Makoto needed to resolve.
With a thought, Makoto swapped places with his shadow clone.
Sitting in the Hokage's chair, Tsunade was scrutinizing Makoto with a gloomy face.
For the past two days, she had been busy with the handover of the Hokage position, so busy that she hadn't even left the Hokage's office, so naturally, she didn't have time to find Makoto.
Today, she finally had a chance to breathe and wanted to ask how Makoto was doing, but Shizune stammered.
Finally, under Tsunade's interrogation, Shizune revealed exactly how many people were around Makoto.
Tsunade counted on her fingers and was shocked to find that if Hanabi and Moegi were included, there were more than ten girls revolving around Makoto!
Then what was she?
At this thought, Tsunade was full of grievances.
Seeing Makoto arrive, Tsunade said, "Don't you have anything to explain to me?"
"I don't understand."
He shrugged. Tsunade slammed her fist on the table.
"When I met you, I didn't know you were a playboy!"
"When I met you, I didn't know you were an old grandma either!"
Tsunade was so angry that she almost flipped the table and smashed it at him. Fortunately, he raised his hand and pressed the table back down.
Seeing that the table was about to shatter under their wrestling, he said, "There aren't many relics of the Third Hokage left. This table counts as one."
Only then did Tsunade let go, but she still looked at him unkindly.
He said calmly, "Alright, we met in a game, and we end in a game."
"I didn't deceive you, and you didn't deceive me."
"Now that we know the real each other and are tired of each other, isn't that a good thing?"
"Fine, fine, fine! Just like that! Tired of each other!"
Almost gritting her teeth, Tsunade said to him, "Now get out! I don't want to see you again!"
He smiled slightly and used a shadow clone to return to his home.
Here, Kurenai, Anko, and Yūgao had just soaked in the hot spring and were planning to return to their rooms to rest.
Tenten and the others were still Genin, so they naturally didn't need to participate in major events like the Hokage's succession, but Kurenai and the other two were already extremely busy.
Even Yūgao, whom the Third Hokage had appointed to live by Makoto's side, was recalled. Yūgao had even specially asked for his opinion on this.
He had no objection to this, because although Yūgao wasn't suitable to be a ninja, it was impossible to make her forget that she was a ninja.
Life needed to change slowly. Yūgao could just do what she liked for now.
But now, seeing him, the three women changed their minds.
"It feels like we haven't been intimate for a long time."
Anko hugged his waist, licking her lips, looking as if she was ready to eat a red bean bun.
"Kurenai, Yūgao, let's go together!"
She even shamelessly turned back to greet her two sisters, making Kurenai blush slightly.
However, she didn't refuse.
Makoto had long become the absolute hero in her heart. Faced with the hero's conquest, Kurenai would only surrender instantly.
Yūgao was the shyest and wanted to refuse, but Makoto took the initiative to hold her hand.
"Just playing around simply. After all, you have to work tomorrow. Just treat it as relaxation—"
Yūgao's face burned red, and she nodded slowly. If it's just simple playing... Soon Yūgao knew that she was too young to believe his words.
It wasn't until the latter half of the night that Yūgao was let off and had the chance to fall asleep.
As for tomorrow's work, Yūgao couldn't care less.
Fortunately, the next day, Yūgao was surprised to find that she wasn't tired at all.
Having figured this out, Yūgao looked at Makoto, with Kurenai on his left and Anko on his right, and infinite affection welled up in her heart. She lowered her head and kissed his chest.
But then she regretted her decision, because she saw him stand up, aroused.
An hour later, the three women rushed out of the room, ate breakfast, and hurriedly went to work.
Only then did Makoto go downstairs leisurely, receiving disdainful looks from Moegi and Hanabi.
He looked at Hanabi in surprise. "Why are you here too?"
"Is it strange that I sleep at a friend's house?"
Hanabi crossed her arms and said, "Also, the soundproofing in your room needs to be optimized. It was so noisy we couldn't sleep."
He looked at Hanabi in astonishment, then slowly smiled. "Then what did you hear?"
"Of course it was—you guys playing cards!"
Hanabi said it as a matter of course. Beside her, Moegi covered her mouth trying to stifle her laughter, but then couldn't hold it back and rolled on the floor laughing.
Hanabi looked at Moegi blankly. Makoto had already figured out what happened. He picked up a grain of rice and flicked it at Moegi's butt, making Moegi scream and sit up rubbing her butt.
"Don't corrupt the children. My room has been soundproofed with sealing jutsu. You couldn't have heard it."
With so many people living in his house now, he naturally wouldn't let the women's voices affect the girls' rest.
He wasn't an exhibitionist, even in front of close people.
Clearly, Moegi was teaching Hanabi strange knowledge. Moegi had learned the Harem Jutsu at this age, so she obviously had a wealth of knowledge.
Moegi pouted, then whispered the truth into Hanabi's ear.
Hanabi's face turned red visibly, and finally, she covered her face and ran out screaming.
Moegi immediately chased after her. Makoto shook his head and packed the breakfast made by Moegi's grandmother.
The next second, he appeared in the girls' room.
Looking at the girls sleeping on the tatami, their blankets had long been kicked off, revealing various beautiful scenes. Even he couldn't help but feel moved.
Fortunately, it was only a movement of the heart, because the movement of the body had been handed over to Anko and the others.
"Cough, wake up for breakfast."
He coughed lightly, and Tenten and the others began to wake up.
Then the girls looked at each other, then at him. Screams exploded in the room, and the girls worked together to throw him out of the window.
He flipped and landed steadily, not angry at all, even finding it amusing.
After all, seeing their regretful looks for drinking and messing things up yesterday was indeed a rare experience.
When he saw them again, he received four eye-rolls in a row.
The reason it was four was because Karin was only shy, and Temari was even eager to try again.
Temari was the oldest of the girls. Yesterday she had clarified her thoughts with her two brothers. Now the rest was to go further with Makoto.
Seeing Tenten and the others crossing their arms, looking like they didn't intend to speak to him first, he took out a stack of tickets.
"What is this?"
Ino took the tickets curiously, and then screamed.
The girls quickly picked them up and were surprised to find that he had chartered a cruise ship!
In fact, this cruise ship was his private property, just under the name of the Land of Waves.
The next second, he received a hug from Ino, who was already looking forward to the romantic sea breeze.
Seeing Ino betray the team, Sakura naturally didn't want to be outdone.
Tenten glanced helplessly at Hinata. Hinata was already resting her cheek on her hand, switching to the Yamato Nadeshiko mode, clearly not planning to pursue yesterday's matter. Tenten could only helplessly choose to forgive him.
Honestly—who told her heart to have no room for anyone else?
Happy times were always short. A few days later, the shadow clone sent news that the Hokage succession ceremony was about to be officially held.
He then took the girls, who had changed clothes, back to Konoha and joined the crowd.
But because they arrived late, they were quite far from the Hokage building.
He didn't care much about this. Anyway, he was already extremely familiar with Tsunade.
"Thank you."
He turned his head and saw Sasuke sitting on the roof.
He greeted him with a smile. "Looks like you've recovered."
Sasuke had been mentally injured by Itachi's Tsukuyomi to the point of collapse. Makoto had stabilized his injuries, and Tsunade had completely cured him after returning.
Rock Lee had a similar experience. This was also an opportunity for Tsunade to gain prestige, and Makoto had no objection to this.
It was just that Sasuke clearly knew that for him, Makoto was the one who truly gave him emergency treatment.
Sasuke nodded, and after a moment of silence, said, "Can you continue to teach me to become stronger? I heard you repelled that guy."
He naturally knew who Sasuke was talking about, but he shook his head.
A look of panic and unease appeared in Sasuke's eyes. Clearly, he was shaken by the huge gap in strength between himself and Itachi.
Then Makoto said, "I can teach you, and even help you grow into a Kage-level powerhouse. But if I teach you, you won't become that strong in two or three years."
"Because I will only teach you how to cultivate and spar with you, but I can't make you kill. And the one who can meet these conditions... I think you know who I'm talking about."
Sasuke was silent. The confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared, finally turning into determination.
"From today on, I am the Fifth Hokage who rules this village!"
At this moment, Tsunade's powerful voice came. Makoto turned back and applauded her.
Regardless of what Tsunade was like in private, during her time as Hokage, she undoubtedly practiced the Will of Fire and protected the village with her life.
For this point alone, she deserved his applause.
However, amidst the applause, Sasuke's figure disappeared into the darkness, seeming to have made a certain decision.
Sakura, beside Makoto, looked at Sasuke, then at Makoto, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped.
He pulled her to him, held her in his arms, and whispered gently in her ear, "Good girl, let a man walk a man's path."
"If you want to grow up fast, you have to suffer."
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