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Seeing the little brat in front of her with his mouth stuffed full of char siu, Tsunade's stiff face finally softened a bit.
She watched his face turn red, then let out a soft hmph, looking quite displeased.
It's good enough that I let you take a peek after showering, and you still have opinions?
As a Kunoichi who could combine the Yin Seal, a storage Ninjutsu, with medical Ninjutsu, allowing her to maintain her youthful appearance even into her seventies or eighties, no matter how boisterous Tsunade usually appeared, deep down she still harbored a love for beauty no different from ordinary people, and naturally, she had her own sense of propriety.
However, noticing Uchiha Megumi's cold expression, she unconsciously puffed out her chest, proudly resting her arm on the table, propping up her cheek with one hand.
At the same time, her peripheral vision inadvertently swept over the girl's 'delicate and tender' figure, and she scoffed.
Megumi's sensitivity to gazes was astonishing; she instantly detected the direction of Tsunade's gaze and instinctively shrunk back behind Sawara Kiri.
In truth, her figure at this age was no longer considered tender, but compared to a mountain like Tsunade, who stood proudly at the peak of the Ninja World, it was truly a bit overconfident. She would need to go back and cultivate for several more years, waiting until she grew up to truly compete.
Seemingly feeling that her posture was a bit cowardly, the girl simply continued to move her chair closer to Kiri, pressing her entire body against him, struggling to declare her ownership.
Noticing the silent competition between the two, Sawara Kiri subtly revealed a nuanced expression and quietly interjected:
"Occasionally, just occasionally…"
"Hmph."
Uchiha Megumi turned away, let out a soft hmph, then reached out, picked up her chopsticks, and placed a fish cake from her seafood noodles into Kiri's bowl, saying nonchalantly:
"When people get older, even with Ninjutsu, it's impossible to subtly alter endocrine levels. Just like when they're at their prime and no one wants them, anything can happen."
"Kiri, you must be careful not to be deceived by an old woman."
"Screech—"
The chair scraping against the stone floor emitted a sharp, piercing sound, which simultaneously muffled the sound of someone grinding their teeth in secret.
The topic related to age directly hit a weak spot, like a knife plunged into her heart, causing Tsunade to react instantly. She couldn't even control her movements; the 'bundles' that were pressed against the tabletop suddenly expanded with a violent gasp.
Sawara Kiri, surrounded in the center, felt his entire body tense up slightly. He quickly chewed the char siu, glancing at Tsunade from the corner of his eye.
Then, he saw Tsunade calmly and properly slurping her noodles, with a serene expression.
If only she were as calm as she appeared.
Sawara Kiri thought to himself.
As expected, as soon as Tsunade bit off her noodles, she looked up and scoffed softly, sweeping her gaze towards the girl:
"Your understanding of the Yin Seal is indeed only at this level."
"If you were a bit more accomplished and had thoroughly researched the specific principles of rejuvenation, you would know that my Ninjutsu not only maintains the superficial activity of the body but also keeps all cells in the state of a twenty-year-old."
"Did you just skim over some superficial knowledge and assume everyone is only at your level?"
"I was truly underestimated."
Megumi narrowed her eyes, sweeping her gaze over Tsunade's voluptuous figure, and suddenly realized that the problem might not be so simple.
However, she showed no quarter on her face:
"When Chakra is exhausted, you'll still revert to your original old appearance. What's the difference?"
"When Chakra is exhausted, people die. What does it matter to you if a dead person gets old or not?"
"As expected of a Ninjutsu created by an old woman, even its reaction after dissipation is so unadorned."
"Hard-earned research results are always better than those obtained by a desperate stalker. Even your childhood friend and all your abilities were obtained through pity and charity. Others touch it, and you know you definitely can't keep it."
"That's still better than an old Senju hag trying to prey on young grass."
"Uchiha Clan's inherently evil brat, I'll…"
Sawara Kiri had no idea how the conversation between the two suddenly shifted from targeting him to targeting each other.
Seeing that both their noodle bowls were put down, effectively sandwiching him in the middle, they were almost about to fight in the street, attracting the attention of many passersby. Even Teuchi in the back kitchen instinctively put down the dough on the counter, watching the argument escalate. Even his head was being squeezed between the soft 'things' on both sides, almost sinking in. Sawara Kiri immediately realized it was time for a hero's entrance.
"Wait a moment!"
The voices of both parties suddenly fell silent.
It was as if they suddenly realized the main person was still here.
Sawara, sandwiched between the two, reached out and, with a serious expression, lowered his voice: "Actually, I still have a communication channel with that side that I haven't reported."
The moment they heard this, the two who had just been at loggerheads suddenly froze, realizing that the duck in their pot still had a chance to fly away. Their hearts instantly tightened.
The next moment, Tsunade grabbed his collar, her gaze sharply fixed on him:
"What do you mean?"
Sawara Kiri's expression was calm: "For a period of time, the Ninja World will definitely be in a period of peace. It will be difficult for either side to provoke war again, so I want to try to solve the problem through other means."
"Kiri is going back?!"
Megumi immediately pushed Tsunade's face away, staring straight at him.
"Not exactly…" Sawara Kiri gave an awkward smile, "It's just a contact method, but it's not suitable to discuss here."
Tsunade and Megumi both froze at his words.
They turned around and saw that the crowd behind them was gathering more and more.
Women arguing, and over a man at that.
Who doesn't like to watch such a drama?
And one of them is the Konoha princess!
Isn't that why people gathered?
The atmosphere in the small noodle shop instantly solidified; clearly, they couldn't argue anymore.
Sawara Kiri secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, just as he managed to relax, his hand was already grabbed by Tsunade, and he was dragged onto the road, as if about to fly.
"What are you doing?!"
Uchiha Megumi stood in front of the two, her Sharingan already spinning, her face full of vigilance as she looked at the old woman in front of her, while her other hand gripped Sawara Kiri's arm.
"To the Hokage Building for a meeting!"
"Then I also…"
"Hm?"
Tsunade's single glance quelled the other party, and with a serious expression, she said: "Top-secret matters. No unauthorized personnel."
Megumi's eyes widened, looking at the other party in astonishment.
Her actual Kage-level strength, and she could still be excluded from the high ranks?!
However, in this situation, Sawara Kiri could only give her a comforting look, placing a finger to his lips, meaning to discuss serious matters first, and everything else later.
Uchiha Megumi's steps halted. She took a deep breath but said nothing more, reluctantly letting go of his hand.
Tsunade then scoffed dismissively, dragging Sawara Kiri towards the Hokage Building.
Seeing that the fun of women fighting was gone, the surrounding people gradually dispersed.
Teuchi went back to kneading dough in the kitchen.
Namikaze Minato, who had been burying his head in his noodle bowl since the start, slurped down the entire bowl, soup and noodles included, without a word, and immediately used Flying Thunder God to vanish from the spot.
Perhaps his wife was about to give birth.
In just a short while, the small noodle stall was completely empty.
Megumi watched the two retreating figures with a look of unwillingness, a violent, dark Chakra subtly overflowing from beneath her feet, yet it was fiercely suppressed deep within her heart as she desperately tried to calm her emotions.
After a long while, she finally let out a long sigh.
However, her head still felt slightly heavy, as if something was weighing it down.
That inherently evil old hag of the Senju!
Damn it…
However, her emotions couldn't help but feel a bit dejected.
Although the words were harsh, compared to that old woman, renowned throughout the Ninja World and standing at the peak of the Land of Fire, she herself was lacking in many aspects besides youth. Her signature Jutsu was merely something Kiri used as a transitional tool.
Aside from all that, she was just a Jonin with only somewhat outstanding talent.
Was she, like this, truly qualified to stand alongside Kiri?
In addition.
Uchiha Megumi's gaze deepened, and in her memory, the woman who had forced Kiri to go all out during their first meeting unconsciously surfaced.
There were simply too many, and too strong, competitors.
Before, because she had always followed behind Kiri, that sense of threat wasn't as strong.
However, once she cast all that aside, the oppressive feeling became so intense that she found it difficult to even breathe.
She couldn't let this continue.
Uchiha Megumi took a deep breath and strode back towards the Clan grounds.
In a corner the girl hadn't noticed, the Yin Chakra in her mind was constantly compressing and accumulating like solidified black mud, waiting for the moment of its explosive release.
Behind her, the innocent voice of Teuchi, the owner, drifted from afar:
"Lady Megumi! You haven't paid yet!"
"Charge it to that fat woman!"
"Oh."
Meanwhile, in the Hokage Building.
It was lunchtime, and the Hokage Office was empty; the messages to Orochimaru and Jiraiya had just been sent out and would likely take some time to arrive.
At this moment, Sawara Kiri, who had been caught by Tsunade, was sitting on the guest sofa in the Hokage Office, his gaze a little unfocused.
Tsunade, on the other hand, stood by the filing cabinet, pretending to look at the documents in her hand, not even noticing they were upside down.
When her temper flared earlier, she spoke without reservation, saying whatever came to mind.
But now that she had calmed down and replayed the scene, Tsunade felt her cheeks burn, so embarrassed that her toes nearly poked out of her Ninja sandals, wanting to dig a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment into the floor; she wished she could travel back ten minutes to slap her past self for talking such nonsense.
Arguing or even fighting with the Uchiha Clan was a traditional custom for the Senju Clan, so there was nothing to say about that.
But what kind of situation was it to argue over a little guy more than a decade younger than herself?
This boy usually lived in her house; they saw each other every day.
She wasn't actually going to snatch Kiri and eat him.
Of course, if it were the Uchiha Clan's prospective son-in-law, then acting on it immediately didn't seem so bad either.
Complex emotions conflicted and swirled in Tsunade's heart, causing her to occasionally let out a grinding sound while looking at the documents, unsure what she hated, or perhaps just being hard on herself.
Sawara Kiri's gaze subconsciously swept over Tsunade's back, his own feelings similarly complex.
Although he had a fair amount of contact with Tsunade on a daily basis, due to her usual boisterous demeanor, he felt like he was almost used to her unconventional manner; his usual survival pressure was also quite high, and he had many responsibilities on his shoulders, so most of the time he didn't think in that direction, only treating her as a rather uninhibited senior.
However, after hearing what she said just now, if he truly had no thoughts at all, then he would either be impotent or interested in men.
Seventeen or eighteen-year-olds are at the age where they could break steel plates with an early morning erection; such thoughts, once sparked, immediately soar towards the Pegasus Meteor Fist.
At this moment, his gaze had just swept over, and he could still see Tsunade's back.
Beneath her light golden long hair was a standard hourglass figure; even the dark long pants clinging to her body couldn't hide the undulating curve of her large buttocks, making the fabric taut, and as it continued upwards, the lines quickly tightened along the contours of her waist and legs, cinching into a slender waist, outlining a voluptuous and graceful physique, with the shadows at the edges as deep as ink, bottomless.
The thirty-year-old peach was almost overripe, at an age like a tigress, yet her skin was still as delicate as a young girl's, fair with a hint of pink.
The Yin Seal was truly an excellent Ninjutsu.
A masterpiece.
Mr. Sawara's gaze gradually deepened, inadvertently revealing the unique appreciative posture of an old artist.
His aura was perfectly controlled.
However, as if noticing the gaze from behind her, Tsunade subconsciously turned her head and looked at him with some confusion.
Somehow, her face was still flushed with a lingering blush, which was particularly noticeable against her fair, smooth skin.
Once she turned her head and noticed Sawara Kiri's deeply engrossed expression, she seemed to relax slightly and continued to lower her head.
A misconception?
Fortunately, Sawara Kiri's appearance did make her feel a little more at ease; she still had her back to him, maintaining the posture of a busy elder, and said as calmly as possible:
"Don't take what I said just now to heart."
"However, the Uchiha Clan's personality is indeed not very suitable; their extreme Yin Chakra will lead their personalities to extremes, and the deeper they love, the stronger the power they unleash."
"While you two are still young and have future opportunities, it's best to find someone else to be with."
However, it was unclear who she was hinting at with the words 'someone else'.
As if she had thought of something, Tsunade's voice suddenly paused, but then she quickly adopted the air of an experienced person, pretending to say casually:
"By the way, how far have you two progressed?"
"Have you done it?"
Sawara Kiri was stunned by her words; how could he dare to progress so quickly?
He hadn't done anything yet, and Megumi's emotional knots were already skyrocketing; wouldn't being more aggressive immediately lead to the final bond?
"Not yet..." His voice was a little sheepish. "We just confirmed our relationship not long ago."
"However, Megumi and I actually get along quite well."
"There shouldn't be any of the issues Tsunade mentioned."
He hoped so.
Sawara Kiri thought this to himself.
Tsunade's knuckles were still gripping the page, and the entire paper was almost crumpled when she asked that question.
Upon hearing his reply, she immediately let out a long sigh of relief, and her action of turning the page became much gentler; she didn't even know what she had been so nervous about.
However, her tone immediately changed from calm to slightly frivolous and arrogant:
"As expected~"
"Still just immature children!"
Even though she herself was still a maiden, when talking about others, she somehow exuded an extraordinary grace, as if she had been through many battles, with a smile on her lips, she immediately adopted the demeanor of an experienced person, turning to look at him, seeing his downcast, slightly evasive youthful expression, she slapped the table in front of him with one hand, slightly raised her chin, and teased:
"Do you want your big sister to teach you?"
She called her fat, and now she's bragging?
Sawara Kiri's expression immediately became subtle; he looked at her with suspicion and whispered, "Tsunade, when you wear that at home... is it really on purpose?"
"Cough cough cough."
Tsunade couldn't help but cough lightly, turning her face away, her expression a little stiff.
This brat, why is he still harping on this?
There was usually no one else at home; wasn't she allowed to dress for coolness indoors?
But then, as if noticing Kiri's teasing expression, she feigned toughness and reached out to pinch one of his cheeks, saying discontentedly, "Hah? You brat, your hair isn't even fully grown yet, and you're meddling in adult affairs!"
"What? Just looking isn't enough, do you want to bathe with me, old hag?"
"Ow ow ow, that hurts--"
Sawara Kiri wasn't using 「Limitless」 at this moment, so all the hits were real damage; his face was pinched so hard it was almost peeling, and he repeatedly patted Tsunade's hand.
"Hmph."
Seeing his reaction, Tsunade reluctantly released her grip.
But verbally, she remained defiant, crossing her arms and supporting her already impressive chest.
Sawara Kiri rubbed his cheek and said dismissively, "Lady Tsunade is only tough when she's talking..."
"You brat!?"
Tsunade's temper immediately flared up; she wrapped one arm around his neck, flattening her chest, as if to make him experience the prowess of an experienced person, or perhaps to suffocate him in one go.
"Mmm mmm mmm."
Sawara Kiri was pressed down onto the sofa, kicking his legs repeatedly.
Clearly.
High-level hunters often appear in the form of prey.
Didn't he just fall into the trap!
Sawara Kiri felt that if he wanted to survive future life-and-death crises, he might only be able to embark on this scoundrel's path and never return.
Seeing that he still dared to struggle, Tsunade said exasperatedly:
"Next time I bathe, I'll see if you, damn brat, have the guts to come in!"
"Mmm mmm mmm!"
Sawara Kiri, who was both in pain and enjoying himself, suddenly seemed to sense something and abruptly patted Tsunade's arm.
Tsunade looked down at him, still a bit confused.
Just as she was wondering, the door suddenly creaked open from the outside.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya walked into the office side by side and saw the two of them entangled on the sofa, causing them to look on with confusion.
"Hmm?"
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