Konoha: Uchiha, I get stronger by causing trouble.

Chapter 117 Mentor

Hiruzen Sarutobi himself didn't believe his own explanation.

Seeing Chika and Kushina looking at him like that, he could only lay his cards on the table and say, "Alright, I'll tell you the truth. You two have been in Konoha for a year and a half, and you've done quite a few crazy things."

"Danzo, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and others have long been dissatisfied, and the pile of complaint letters is higher than Hokage Cliff."

Even so, I still gritted my teeth and helped you two get through it.

"But you two, have you considered my health? I'm over fifty years old, and every day I not only have to worry about the village's affairs, but I also have to speak well of Danzo and others for your sake. Do you think it's easy for me?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi reasoned with him and appealed to his emotions, even wiping away tears from the corners of his eyes to express how difficult the past year and a half had been.

While wiping away his tears, Hiruzen Sarutobi stole glances at Chika and Kushina, only to find that the two remained unmoved.

With a fierce determination in his heart, he continued:

"Besides, you two can't keep fooling around like this forever, can you?"

"Kushina, you'll marry Minato sooner or later. Husbands and wives are supposed to be one, so you don't want the resentment those people have for you to transfer onto Minato, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Kushina's expression finally changed slightly.

"As for Chiga, your Uchiha clan must be getting tired of your nonsense, right?"

"The Land of Earth only kept you from leaving the village because they offered you a bounty."

"A year and a half has passed now, and although the bounty has not been withdrawn, not many people are paying attention to it anymore."

"Besides, you don't have much money left, do you? Aren't you going out on a mission to earn some?"

At this point, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Chika with a half-smile.

Chiga's face also stiffened. In the past year and a half, in order to test Sage Mode, he had used a lot of the Inuzuka clan's secret medicines among the crows.

The money was spent like a waterfall, and the savings plummeted.

The Inuzuka family all considered him a big customer and gave him a VIP card, allowing him to enjoy a 20% discount.

The rewards from the two S-rank missions have long been squandered.

He didn't actually have much money on him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi lectured the two of them, and he really hit their sore spots.

It seems that Hiruzen Sarutobi had thought about these words for a long time before coming up with them.

Kushina and Chiga exchanged a glance, realizing that Hiruzen Sarutobi was determined not to let the two continue their antics.

Chiga thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I accept the job of being your mentor."

In fact, if it weren't for Hiruzen Sarutobi's incident, Chiga was also planning to request an overseas mission.

Kushina didn't object when she heard this. Although she was a little unhappy, Chiga still had to raise crows and make daily expenses. He even had to get married in the future, so it would be difficult to manage without money.

She couldn't let her own willfulness affect Chika's entire life.

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and handed a document to Chiga.

"These are the genin of Team 8 this year. Take a look."

After taking the items, Chiga glanced at them briefly before looking up at Hiruzen Sarutobi and asking, "Wait, Third Hokage, are these three really here on a mission?"

Kushina looked surprised. Although she often angered Hiruzen Sarutobi, Chiga had never spoken to him in this tone before.

"What, are your teammates bad? Let me see."

She immediately took the documents from Qianhe's hand out of curiosity.

Kushina only glanced at him before looking at Hiruzen Sarutobi with disdain.

"Old man, you're really clever. You talked a lot of nonsense just to try and get your son Asuma to go to Chiga."

"Nonsense, these three are all outstanding graduates of Konoha. I selected them after a long and careful process."

"Sarutobi Hiruzen said righteously."

"cut!"

Kushina looked incredulous, but didn't say anything more. After all, everyone has selfish motives, even if they are the Hokage who is wholeheartedly devoted to the village.

Moreover, it must be said that Sarutobi Asuma was indeed an outstanding graduate. Apart from Chika and Kakashi, Asuma was the top student in this year's Ninja Academy.

Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi's selfish motive was simply to provide Asuma with an extra layer of protection. The Flying Thunder God Technique is known for its speed in battle, and also for escaping.

Kushina didn't dwell on this question for long, then looked at the other set of information, frowned, and asked:

"Speaking of which, what's going on with Shizune? Shouldn't this little one be leaving the village with Tsunade? I remember Tsunade saying that she would take Shizune out to explore the world after she graduated."

"I did not agree."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "You know, back in the casino, someone pretended to be a gambler and used Tsunade's hemophobia to swindle a sum of money from her."

"Tsunade's hemophobia is a secret; very few people in the entire village know about it. Therefore, in order to protect Tsunade, I had to issue an order prohibiting her from leaving the village."

"I see."

Kushina glanced at Chiga without showing any emotion, and thought that it was indeed the right thing to do to keep it from Chiga back then.

She didn't want to see Tsunade leave the village either.

"I made quite a few sacrifices to keep Tsunade in the village!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed; Tsunade was treating him like an ATM.

"Hehe, so that's why Tsunade hasn't been asking me for money lately. Turns out she's found a sucker!"

Kushina looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with schadenfreude. She knew that Tsunade never paid back the money she borrowed.

"Alright, Chiga, go see your teammates first. They've been waiting for you at Konoha's Second Training Ground for quite some time."

"Kushina, stay here for a moment."

Seeing that Chiga had agreed to lead the team, Hiruzen Sarutobi waved for Chiga to leave first.

"Alright, then I'll take my leave, Third Hokage!"

Chiga glanced at Kushina, then left the Hokage's office and headed towards Konoha's Second Training Ground.

"Old man, what are you doing?"

Kushina still harbored some resentment towards Hiruzen Sarutobi for breaking up her and Chiga's relationship, so her tone was very harsh.

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't care about Kushina's attitude, and simply asked, "You can tell Chiga about that matter, as long as he can keep it a secret."

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Kushina was slightly taken aback. She had wanted to tell Chiga about her being the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki several times.

"Why did you suddenly decide to expose my identity to Chiga?"

"Firstly, the two of you have already established a so-called bond, and secondly, it's time for your disciple to know about this."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said meaningfully.

The second step to becoming the perfect Jinchūriki requires Chiga to exert her power.

I always feel like you're hiding something.

Kushina looked up at Hiruzen Sarutobi for a couple of seconds and muttered something.

Kushina had felt guilty towards Chiga for hiding this from her, so she was quite happy to be able to tell Chiga the specific reason.

(End of this chapter)