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"What do you mean you've surpassed me? Let me see!"

Tsunade, dressed in blue, walked in through the main entrance.

Because there were many people in the courtyard today, Xiao Guang didn't close the gate. Otherwise, Tsunade would definitely have climbed over the wall, and if she was unlucky, she might have had to build a wall.

At this moment, Tsunade was wearing a long blue robe, holding a wine bottle in her hand, and her cheeks were flushed with wine, making her look slightly tipsy.

She looked at the enormous shaded area that Rope Tree had built, and casually sat down, saying, "Not bad! It's much cooler here than outside! By the way, you just said you surpassed me? What did you mean by surpassing me?"

Chapter 96 Mikoto's Inquiry

Although Tsunade was slightly tipsy, she still retained her basic rationality. Looking at the shade that Nawaki had built, she waited for her brother's explanation.

Nawaki proudly explained his abilities to Tsunade again, then waited smugly for his sister's praise.

Tsunade was also startled by Nawaki's move. According to Nawaki, the healing ability of his vines was even greater than that of his slugs. If this appeared on the battlefield, it could change the course of the battle in an instant!

For a moment, tears welled up in Tsunade's eyes.

"My foolish little brother, he's finally made something of himself!"

At that moment, Minato, whose eyes were filled with disappointment, suddenly spoke up: "Your vines can transmit life force, so they should also be able to absorb life force, right?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze sharpened!

Yes, if it can give life force, then extracting life force would be a piece of cake, right?

Nawaki himself was taken aback. He had never thought of it that way before. Now, with Minato's reminder, Nawaki's mind suddenly clicked. He clapped his hands and said with a shocked expression, "So I'm Big C?"

Faced with this situation, the others could only roll their eyes at him.

But they all realized the power of the Rope Tree. Zhang Shan brought a white mouse and gave it to the Rope Tree, asking it to use its vines to devour the mouse's life force.

Rope Tree did as instructed, and a vine appeared, wrapping around the white mouse. With a thought, it controlled the vine to begin absorbing the white mouse's life force.

The once lively white mouse visibly withered and died, eventually turning to ashes and disappearing into the world without even a complete corpse remaining.

"It dissipated?" Zhang Shan's eyelids twitched violently; he was also shocked by Rope Tree's move!

To instantly drain the life force from a living being—that's an ability only the Divine Tree possessed in the original story, right? And now this fool, Rope Tree, has actually gotten it?

"Although I had some doubts earlier, I can now confirm that Nawaki's Wood Release is very orthodox. Like Hashirama, it comes from the God Tree. It's just that he was corrupted by Jiraiya before, which is why his awakened Wood Release is so monstrous!"

Tsunade was also taken aback, her gaze towards her younger brother filled with disbelief.

If the previous healer was already a strategic move, then this ability to absorb the life force of others is enough to allow Konoha to completely crush the other countries and once again become the most powerful country in the world!

Thinking of this, Tsunade's expression turned serious, and she said to Nawaki, "Nawaki, restore this place, and then come with me to see the Hokage!"

Nawaki was overjoyed. After being a ninja for so long, he finally felt that he was being valued!

In an instant, the sunshade that had sheltered everyone withered and disappeared. After Rope Tree restored Zhang Shan's courtyard with Wood Release, he happily left with Tsunade.

Zhang Shan and the others were left looking at each other in bewilderment. Xiao Guang said somewhat speechlessly, "Everything has to be reported to the Hokage. Can't the Hokage keep an eye on Konoha's every move and come to check on anything that happens?"

Hearing Xiaoguang's dissatisfaction, Zhang Shan couldn't help but think of the Seventh Hokage, Naruto, who used countless shadow clones to keep an eye on everything in Konoha at all times, ready to help anyone.

He's just not very bright; he's always helping others, neglecting his own family in the process. This has led to Pineapple Head becoming somewhat rebellious and even harboring resentment towards the position of Hokage.

However, the pineapple-headed guy Zhang Shan encountered last time didn't seem to dislike the Naruto that much.

It seems that, due to my own actions, the future has already changed quite a bit.

Of course, the only good news that this matter could convey to Zhang Shan was that he was certain that there were no parallel worlds on his side, and that there was only one timeline from beginning to end.

After Nawaki left, Minato and Kushina remained. Minato said to Zhang Shan, "Zhang Shan, are you going to do a mission? I'm planning to take on some B-rank missions to earn some money."

“A B-level mission…” Zhang Shan thought for a moment before finding the corresponding difficulty level of a B-level mission.

It's just about helping clients fight off bandits and such. Even if you encounter wandering ninjas, they're mostly weak genin; it's rare to even meet a chunin.

The reward for the task was so-so, not as good as my monthly bonus.

So Zhang Shan refused without even thinking.

Minato was somewhat helpless. Although his team was supposed to be a four-person squad, he was always alone whenever they went on a mission. Although he didn't have to share the rewards with his teammates, it was still quite boring.

After seeing Minato and the other person off, Zhang Shan turned his gaze to Mikoto, who was still sitting on the lawn, and asked in confusion, "Aren't you leaving yet?"

"Is this an invitation to leave?" Mikoto asked with a smile, her expression unchanged.

Zhang Shan shook his head: "No, that's not it."

He thought Mikoto and Hikaru were about to whisper something, and as he turned to leave, Mikoto spoke again: "Zhang Shan, have you ever researched the bloodline of the Uchiha clan?"

Zhang Shan was slightly taken aback by the sudden question, wondering to himself, "Why would Mikoto suddenly ask me about this? Has she discovered something?"

Although somewhat doubtful, Zhang Shan remained resolute. Turning around, he said without changing his expression, "The Uchiha bloodline... I'm very interested. What, Mikoto-chan, are you going to offer me some help?"

Looking at Zhang Shan, Mikoto even considered activating her Sharingan to interrogate him at close range... to observe him.

With a sigh, Mikoto decided to ask directly, "Zhang Shan, on the day I met Kushina, I was knocked unconscious. Do you have any clues?"

"I don't know. I'm in the lab doing research every day and rarely go out. How would I know about something like this?" Zhang Shan shrugged. He would never admit that he had knocked Mikoto unconscious, especially not in front of her!

After staring at Zhang Shan with her large, dark eyes for a few minutes, Mikoto sighed helplessly, "Okay, maybe I really am overthinking it."

After saying that, Mikoto got up and strode away with her long legs.

Although she said that, Mikoto was 100% certain in her heart that it was Zhang Shan who knocked her down!

However, she had no evidence to prove her suspicions.

After Mikoto left, Hikaru nudged Zhang Shan with his elbow and whispered, "Did you really do it?"

Zhang Shan shook his head decisively: "How could I do such a lawless thing!"

Xiao Guang rolled his eyes. He knew Zhang Shan's character all too well. If it really wasn't him, Zhang Shan would definitely be teasing Mei Qin with a playful expression right now, and asking her if she wanted his help in finding that audacious person!

At this moment, Zhang Shan looked righteous and had an expression of defiance towards evil. It was obvious that this guy was covering up the truth!

"What kind of ability is your kaleidoscope?" Hikaru asked.

Seeing this, Zhang Shan sighed. He knew he couldn't fool Xiao Guang anymore, but Xiao Guang kept urging him, "Tell me already! Honestly, you've kept it from me for so long!"

Chapter 97 Young is better

Zhang Shan didn't want to show off his abilities, but as Xiao Guang got closer and closer, a pleasant fragrance wafted to his nose, making him feel very comfortable.

"Okay, okay, I'll only show it to you once."

As he spoke, Zhang Shan reached out and took Xiao Guang's small hand. Under her questioning gaze, Zhang Shan's pupils changed, and a pair of eerie blood-red pupils appeared in Xiao Guang's vision. The next moment, she suddenly felt that everything around her slowed down, and at one moment, everything around her seemed to have entered a state of stillness.

"This!" Xiao Guang's mouth gaped slightly, her large eyes staring at Zhang Shan in disbelief: "Is this your eye technique? It's actually time-based?"

Zhang Shan nodded and said to Xiao Guang in a slow and unhurried manner, "I've told you my most important secret, so don't tell anyone!"

"I know, I know! Don't you trust me?" Xiao Guang laughed. "Your eye technique is ridiculously powerful! Under the power of time, who can fight you?"

After deactivating his ability, Zhang Shan smiled and said, "So, you must keep this a secret! Even if my Sharingan is exposed in the future, just say it's a dojutsu that increases my speed!"

"Mmm!" Xiao Guang nodded sweetly, "What about your other eye technique?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Guang suddenly felt something like his buttocks being touched.

Looking at Zhang Shan's smiling face, she even forgot her shyness and covered her mouth in disbelief, saying, "No! No way?"

Zhang Shan nodded: "That's right, just like you imagined. Keep it a secret!"

Xiao Guang nodded, then pretended to be angry and said, "Where did you touch me just now?!"

Zhang Shan extended his right hand and made a couple of loose clenching motions in the air, as if savoring something.

Xiao Guang blushed instantly and raised his little fist as if to hit someone.

Zhang Shan turned and ran away, and the two of them started playing around in the big villa.

That evening, Xiao Guang and Zhang Shan lay embracing on the large sofa at home. After their honest confession that day, their relationship had become even closer. If they weren't too young, neither of them would have worn clothes that day.

Xiao Guang drew circles on Zhang Shan's chest with her index finger and asked, "I always feel like you're hiding something from me, but I'm magnanimous and won't hold it against you. However, don't bring too many people back. There are only so many rooms in the house. If there aren't enough rooms, I'll really get angry!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you so much for your generosity, Master Xiaoguang!"

"By the way, when is Little Nan coming back?"

"I guess it'll be a few more years? Xiao Nan isn't planning to come over yet."

“Alright, anyway, you have the Flying Thunder God Technique now, you can go there anytime…” Xiao Guang suddenly poked Zhang Shan’s chest with some force and said quietly, “By the way, you’ve been disappearing for a while lately, have you been going to see Xiao Nan? When you came back, you had a strange smell on you. I didn’t think about it before, but I just realized that the smell on you is really off!”

Zhang Shan's face immediately flushed red, and he coughed twice, saying, "This...that..."

After stammering for a while, Zhang Shan decided to press Xiao Guang down onto the bed.

Hey! What are you doing?!

Seeing Xiao Guang's beaming face, Zhang Shan couldn't hold back for even a second longer! If he couldn't eat it, couldn't he have something else?

That evening, two figures flickered incessantly in the living room, kitchen, bathtub, porch, and bedroom, as if an accelerator had been pressed.

After that day, Zhang Shan became even busier. If it weren't for his shadow clone helping him with research in the lab, he would have had to temporarily put aside his scientific research identity.

"Actually, I have brothers from the Corpse Brothers world to do scientific research, so I don't really need to be this busy..."

Once the thought of being negligent arises, it becomes uncontrollable.

For the next few days, Zhang Shan was immersed in a life of pleasure, enjoying sweetness to the point of being sickening.

That day, Mikoto and Kushina came to find Hikari to go on a shopping spree. Under Zhang Shan's gloomy gaze, Hikari quickly grabbed her best friend and ran out.

Once she left home, Xiao Guang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Under the strange looks from the two men, Xiao Guang blushed, raised her head, crossed her arms, and said with a haughty expression, "Don't overthink it! I was just a little annoyed by him clinging to me lately, so I wanted to go out and clear my head!"

Kushina and Mikoto exchanged a glance, wondering what Hikaru was being so arrogant about.

After the three left, Zhang Shan slowly got up, stretched lazily, looked at the distant sky, and said slowly, "This gentle paradise is too comfortable, but I am not invincible yet, so it is not time for me to rest."

With a sigh, Zhang Shan was about to regroup and continue to work hard when Shuimen, who had been gone for a week, suddenly appeared in their yard.

Upon seeing Zhang Shan, Minato said with a serious expression, "Zhang Shan! I've discovered something truly terrifying!"

"What?" Zhang Shan calmly looked at Minato, waiting for him to continue.

"This is a complicated matter, come with me quickly!"

As he spoke, Minato placed his hand on Zhang Shan's body. The next moment, the scenery changed, and the smell of blood filled the air!