Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 102 Fishman

Tsunade (⊙⊙): N-no, that's right. Gambling is something I do to remember my grandfather. I won't allow you to use it to make dirty money.

"Feel sorry."

Aokiji lowered his head, looking down at his nose and inwardly contemplating his own thoughts, his attitude sincere.

Tsunade placed her right hand on her chest. "Since you know you were wrong, I'll forgive you."

A sly glint flashed in Aokiji's eyes as he thought to himself, "Tsunade's silly and adorable appearance is really amusing."

"Want a ride on my bicycle?"

Aokiji patted the back seat and suggested, "Consider this my apology."

"Need not."

Tsunade realized that the bicycle could be loaded, but refused, maintaining her proud and aloof personality.

Then, after a while, she regretted it again, changing her mind as easily as turning the pages of a book.

"etc……"

Tsunade stopped walking, and Aokiji braked immediately.

Tsunade's eyes darted around, finally settling on the back seat of the bicycle. She gripped her left arm with her right hand and said bluntly, "My legs are a little sore from running for so long. To avoid slowing down our pace, and since the back seat of your bicycle looks like it could seat someone, I..."

"so?"

"Let me sit down."

"(—_-)"

"What are you doing? What kind of look is that? I already told you, I'm doing this so as not to delay the schedule."

"Alright, then sit down." Aokiji reluctantly agreed, "I don't need to teach you how to sit, do I?"

"Of course, I can tell just by looking at it."

Tsunade sat sideways in the back seat with a smug look on her face and gave the order: "Ikuso."

Aokiji joked, "You seem pretty happy."

"No," Tsunade denied immediately, urging, "Hurry up, don't dawdle, we still have a mission to carry out."

Amid the urging, Aokiji complained a few times, "I know," and then stepped on the pedal. With a push, the bike moved with him. It was Tsunade's first time riding a bicycle, and she almost lost her balance. Fortunately, she was well-prepared and didn't embarrass herself.

A gust of wind blew in her face, tossing her golden hair and making it dance lightly. The wind was cold, but Tsunade's cheeks were unusually red. In her eyes, this was not a real date.

For some reason, Tsunade has noticed that her face gets hot easily whenever she's alone with Aokiji.

The bicycle was traveling at a high speed, and in order to maintain her balance, Tsunade, who was sitting sideways, had to hold onto the back seat with both hands, but this made her very uncomfortable.

Tsunade stared at Aokiji's back, thinking that it would be very comfortable to hug him with both hands and have her cheek pressed against his back.

Wait, what is she thinking?

Tsunade's face was flushed red...

While lost in thought, she suddenly heard a thud, and a sudden descent caused Tsunade's body to be slightly lifted into the air. In her haste, she grabbed onto something—Aokiji's waist.

When I realized what had happened, I felt a little embarrassed.

"Oh dear."

With a soft cry, Tsunade quickly released her grip, lowered her gaze to the ground, and remained silent.

The scene was awkward, filled with a deathly silence, until Aokiji finally broke the ice: "Tsunade, why don't you learn to ride a bicycle?"

"I?"

"I've been riding for so long, my legs are sore, it's your turn to carry me now."

Aokiji was telling the truth.

"Ah, yes, that makes sense. If we take turns, we won't need to rest in between, and we'll be able to complete the task better."

Tsunade's lips curled slightly as a wicked thought popped into her head.

Tsunade has a tricky way of thinking and can always find a seemingly plausible reason for her actions, which Aokiji finds very interesting.

He taught Tsunade how to use the bicycle, thinking that she should be able to pick it up quickly given her skills. However, he never expected that Tsunade would be so clumsy in this regard and couldn't get the hang of it no matter what.

Aokiji teased, "Hey, are you even capable?"

Tsunade, with a shy yet proud expression, said, "Enough with the nagging. I'm sure I can do it this time. Get in the car."

Aokiji let out a sound of surprise, indicating that he had serious doubts about Aokiji's ability to drive without a license.

Under Tsunade's threatening gaze, Aokiji had no choice but to get into the car and sit behind her.

"Let me begin."

With that, Tsunade stepped on the pedals and began to ride, just like before, wobbling and about to fall.

Aokiji couldn't help but scoff, "Are you even capable?"

Tsunade seemed to get angry and adopted a strategy of using her strength to throw bricks. With her superhuman strength, she stepped on the pedals, and the bicycle instantly burst into amazing speed.

"Wait, this is too fast! I want to get off!!!"

Aokiji was terrified and, to avoid being thrown out, could only grab Tsunade's waist with both hands.

Tsunade ignored Aokiji's request, a sly glint in her eyes; this was exactly the effect she wanted.

That idiot Aokiji, does she really think that with her balance, she can't learn to ride a bicycle, such a simple tool?

That's right, she was just pretending the whole time, so that during the ride, she would be provoked by Aokiji and suddenly slam on the pedals. To prevent her from being thrown off, Aokiji would have to hold her tightly around the waist.

Based on a previous accident, Tsunade discovered that bicycles could be enjoyed in this way.

Perhaps because Tsunade exerted too much force, the time spent riding the bike passed very quickly.

Looking at the pile of wrecked study bikes on the ground, Tsunade frowned slightly, thinking that it would be great if the bike could last a little longer.

Aokiji stared at the wrecked bicycle on the ground. He had painstakingly built one, only to have it destroyed like this. His heart was bleeding: "Damn it, you owe me a bicycle!"

"Heh, is it my fault? Who told your bicycle to be so fragile? As expected, ninjas really can't rely on external forces."

Tsunade changed the subject, her brows furrowed, "And besides, you took advantage of me just now, didn't you?"

After saying that, she crossed her arms, covered her chest, and looked at Aokiji with a look that suggested he was a pervert.

"Trying to take advantage of you?"

"That's right, you bastard, you took advantage of me by putting your arm around my waist, isn't that taking advantage of me?"

Aokiji didn't understand: "What's blue?"

"A shortened form of Aokiji + pervert."

"Don't give me random nicknames."

"A lecherous guy like you who takes advantage of others deserves to be called 'blue'," Tsunade said righteously.

Aokiji cried out in protest: "Who told you to drive so fast? In that situation, if I hadn't grabbed your waist, I would have been sent flying."

Standing on her moral high ground, Tsunade retorted, "Who told you to make fun of me just now?"

Aokiji looked up to the sky and sighed, "Confucius was right after all: 'Women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with.'"

………………

It is a territory located near the coast of the Land of Fire.

A very impressive building.

The relatives of the daimyo of the Land of Fire, who are the lords of this territory, live there.

A figure sat opposite her, the two separated by a gauze curtain, and judging from the outline, it was a man.

This man is the lord of this territory.

Since they were on someone else's turf, Tsunade knelt on one knee not because of any hierarchy, but simply to show respect.

At this moment, Tsunade was meeting with the lord alone; she had originally intended to bring Aokiji along as well.

However, he said his legs weren't strong enough to kneel down, so he didn't come along and went to some maid cafe to spend money...

Tsunade had no choice but to meet with them alone. After a brief exchange, Tsunade was led to a room.

A moment later, two servants opened the gate, and Tsunade stepped inside. Soon after, she saw the human corpses inside, mutated by the sea monster infection.

Its body is shiny and smooth with a dark gray-green color, its belly is white, and its back has a high ridge covered with scales.

Its body is shaped like a human, its head resembles a fish, its eyes bulge out, and it has gills on both sides of its neck, as well as webbed hands and feet.

(End of this chapter)