Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 138 Naruto Uzumaki

"An old cow eating young grass, you really dare to say that."

The smiling Tsunade's face instantly turned icy cold, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze as well.

Jiraiya vividly recalled the nightmare of being dominated by Tsunade and the miserable days spent in the ICU, his face turning pale with fright. He quickly changed the subject:

"Tsunade, you've ordered a lot of food. Are you sure you can finish it all?" He looked at the table full of food and then sat down on the long chair next to Tsunade.

He then beckoned to the blond, blue-eyed boy beside him and called out, "Naruto, come and sit down too."

The boy named Naruto didn't stand on ceremony and sat down next to Aokiji in a very casual manner.

There were two long rows of chairs, one full of adults and the other full of children.

After his initial surprise, Aokiji glanced at the "Prince" and examined his appearance. He had a golden spiky hairstyle, deep blue eyes like the ocean, thick eyebrows, and big eyes. However, his most distinctive feature was the six whisker-like lines on his cheeks.

In anime, the six whiskers are very obvious, but in real life, they are not so obvious.

He was dressed in an orange jacket suit with blue shoulder pads and a white collar. The back of the jacket and the left arm were sewn with the insignia of the Uzumaki clan, and he wore a Konoha headband on his forehead.

It was none other than Naruto Uzumaki, the chosen one of this world, even his disguise was exactly the same.

Compared to Aokiji's interest in Naruto, Tsunade was more interested in the future Jiraiya, her eyes darting around as she sized him up. Just then, she happened to catch Jiraiya looking at her.

Their eyes met, and Tsunade feigned innocence: "What are you looking at?"

Jiraiya smiled at Tsunade, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Both your appearance and your temperament are exactly the same as you used to be."

"Of course."

The strategist had a cheerful expression.

Tsunade is her past, how could she not be like her?

However, Jiraiya interprets it differently.

The more Tsunade resembles Tsunade, the more it proves that she is Tsunade's biological daughter.

For a moment, Jiraiya felt a pang of sadness. The woman he had pursued for so many years had been stolen away by some bastard without him even realizing it.

"Who is his father?" Jiraiya asked. "Do I know him?"

"You don't know him, and he's already dead."

Sometimes the dead are more useful than the living, and Tsunade didn't want to continue discussing this issue with Jiraiya.

"I'm sorry, I asked you a question that makes me sad."

"Don't worry about it."

Tsunade took a sip of sake; after all, this was just a fictional character to shut Jiraiya up.

"Um, if you don't mind..."

Jiraiya suddenly became hesitant when he said this, leaving Tsunade completely bewildered and unable to understand.

"what?"

"I can take the child's surname." Jiraiya grinned, revealing his signature smirk.

"Huh?" Daisuke was taken aback, then rubbed his forehead.

Tsunade and Aokiji locked eyes, each seeing a speechless expression in the other's pupils. Whether in the past or in this era, Jiraiya hadn't improved at all.

At this moment, Tsunade noticed the remaining red mark on his forehead, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed, looking unhappy.

Aokiji asked her what happened.

"How long are you going to leave that lipstick on your face? If you don't know how to remove it, I'm willing to use water magic to wash it off for you."

Aokiji quickly wiped it off.

Tsunade smiled with satisfaction.

Tsuna… Aokiji held back his real name that was about to slip out, paused, and said in a sly tone, “Rangiku, if you really mind, I think you can kiss me on the forehead to cover it up.”

Tsunade retorted, "You're dreaming!"

Aokiji laughed and said, "Okay, okay."

"???" Tsunade was a little confused by the other person's train of thought.

The two were flirting, which Jiraiya noticed. He then asked the person next to him, "Tsunade, honestly, who exactly is this kid to you?"

"Didn't I tell you? This is my new boyfriend."

Tsunade looked completely calm and collected, and in a way, that statement was correct.

"Tsunade, you're kidding me. I know you're not the type to do things recklessly."

Jiraiya refused to believe that the other party would really stoop so low as to have an affair with a young woman, and even with a mother and daughter...

"He is actually my son," Dagang sighed inwardly, even though she was telling the truth.

Jiraiya exhaled, his expression softening slightly.

However, the next second, something felt wrong.

???

Wait, siblings?

That won't work either.

"Adopted son".

The tsunade then added a sentence.

Jiraiya took a breath and tentatively accepted the reason.

"But then again, I did run into quite a few familiar faces today."

After drinking too much, Daigangshou's face flushed, and he began to sigh.

Jiraiya noticed the change in her tone, looked into her eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing..."

Daisuke brushed it off with a casual remark: "You're still hanging around here, not only because you're freeloading and interested in my family affairs, but there must be something else going on."

Jiraiya scratched his head and said directly, "As expected, nothing can satisfy you."

"What's wrong?"

"Tsunade, the village plans to invite you back to become the Fifth Hokage."

Da Gang's expression faltered, his pupils trembling slightly.

Upon hearing this, Tsunade glanced at her future self.

Naruto, who was eating, was so shocked by the news that his eyes rolled back and he almost choked to death.

Jiraiya explained the whole story.

Tsunade gave a curt "Oh," and said, "I heard about it. Orochimaru did it, didn't he?"

Naruto was shocked to hear that Orochimaru had killed the Third Hokage and asked Jiraiya about Orochimaru.

Jiraiya, looking grim, relayed the information.

Upon hearing about the complicated relationship between the three legendary Sannin, Naruto shouted and kept asking questions.

Tsunade found it annoying and glanced at him coldly: "Who is this brat? Your son?"

Her indifferent attitude displeased Naruto, who clicked his tongue in protest.

"How could that be? He's my disciple..." Jiraiya said in a deep voice, then paused and continued, "Naruto Uzumaki."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes, staring at the blond-haired, blue-eyed boy in front of her. This was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"Wait, I haven't finished yet."

Naruto stood up and angrily slammed his fist on the table. With a loud thud, the table shook three times.

Jiraiya advised, "Naruto, calm down."

Naruto looked indignant, hesitating to speak: "But..."

Jiraiya glanced over, his tone becoming more serious: "Stop talking nonsense, shut up."

Naruto's pupils trembled slightly. He had never seen Jiraiya so serious before. His voice was hoarse as he sat down sullenly.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment as Tsunade and Jiraiya reminisced about the past.

After a long silence, Jiraiya broke the silence and continued to extend the invitation, asking her to return to the village and become Hokage.

Tsunade closed her eyes. If all went well, Tsunade and Aokiji would return to the past, and everything here would change accordingly.

Then the world will undergo earth-shattering changes.

She had staked everything on the two of them, so naturally she didn't have much time to be Hokage. She'd rather spend that time living a carefree life.

"I refuse."

The strategist refused decisively.

Jiraiya was not surprised by the answer, and even joked about it to ease the heavy atmosphere.

Shizune glanced at Tsunade, then at Tsunade and Aokiji. She could understand why Lady Tsunade was so tough and decisive.

After these two returned, the world was no longer the same, so naturally they had little interest in becoming Hokage.

Naruto had a very bad impression of Tsunade, and he yelled and covered his head, saying that Konoha would invite someone like her to be Hokage.

Jiraiya comforted her and explained Tsunade's special status.

Naruto had been chattering incessantly from the very beginning, which annoyed Tsunade. She glanced at him and smiled dismissively, "This kid is just like your previous disciple. He's far inferior in eloquence, intelligence, and even appearance."

Being openly criticized, Naruto clenched his fists, gritting his teeth in anger: "What did you say?!"

The disciple was looked down upon, and Jiraiya not only didn't help him, but instead sided with him: "Compared to the Fourth Hokage, everyone is a step behind, because that guy's aptitude as a ninja is outstanding, no one can surpass him, he is a true genius. In addition, he is also quick-witted and deeply loved."

He lavished praise on the Fourth Hokage, describing it as having golden lotuses springing from the ground, and then, not forgetting to take the opportunity to boast about himself: "Well... just like me."

Reflecting on the fact that even the Fourth Hokage died young, Tsunade, with a hint of mockery, recounted the causes of death of the Hokage from the First to the Fourth Hokage.

Seeing Tsunade from the past become like this, Jiraiya felt a pang of sadness, realizing how much things had changed. Orochimaru was like this, and so was Tsunade. He said, "Tsunade, you've changed."

"The only constant in this world is change."

Tsunade's gaze fell on Aokiji and Tsunade, and she laughed self-deprecatingly: "When you're alive, you have everything; when you're dead, you have nothing. Only a fool would become Hokage, a title that's just empty fame."

These words were spoken to her past self, reminding her not to wait until she lost something to realize its value.

However, this was a different matter to Naruto. He would not allow Tsunade to insult his dream, as well as the Hokage predecessors of all time.

Enraged, he jumped up, stood on the table, and said with a ferocious expression, "Anyone who belittles the Third Hokage and the Fourth Hokage in front of me, even if she's a woman, I'll beat her to a pulp."

After saying that, he clenched his fists tightly, making a loud slap, to express his serious and firm attitude.

Tsunade and Aokiji exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves that this guy was really impulsive.

Jiraiya sighed helplessly.

Tsunade narrowed her eyes, staring at her target. Something amusing occurred to her. She stood up, a slight smile playing on her lips: "You've got some nerve, daring to talk to me like that, kid."

Facing one of the Legendary Sannin, Naruto showed no fear and met his gaze head-on.

Aokiji glanced at Tsunade, wondering if these two were going to have a one-on-one fight as originally planned.

He was wrong. It was indeed a one-on-one fight, but the opponent was not Tsunade and Naruto, but someone else.

(End of this chapter)