Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 239 The Entire Clan Knows About the Romance

"Forget it..." Aokiji refused not because he was afraid Tsunade's cooking was bad, but simply because he felt sorry for her.

Tsunade's eyebrows drooped, and she seemed a little discouraged: "Is that not okay?"

Aokiji didn't think much of it and hummed in agreement: "You must be exhausted after your mission. You even cooked for me earlier. So I'll cook for you tonight, right?"

"..."

"What would you like to eat tonight? I can cook it for you."

Tsunade was silent for a moment before saying, "As expected, I still want to cook tonight."

Aokiji was puzzled as to why Tsunade insisted on cooking dinner.

Is being a freeloader no longer appealing?

Tsunade, with her hands behind her back, tapped her index finger and thumb back and forth: "Recently, when I heard about living with you..."

Aokiji hummed in agreement.

"I've always looked forward to shopping with you and cooking for you."

Aokiji: "..."

"I want to create so many wonderful memories with you, so... let me cook tonight, okay?"

Aokiji: "..."

"Of course, I know my cooking is terrible and you won't like it, but I will try my best... at least to the point where it's edible."

Tsunade raised her little face, her blinking eyes revealing a hint of insecurity: "For example, ingredients like crabs and lobsters, it seems that as long as they are steamed without any seasoning, they generally won't taste too bad. I think cooking like that shouldn't be too bad."

Aokiji lowered his head and fell into Tsunade's clear, overflowing eyes: "Your gaze is truly unfair. If we were to rank ninjutsu, it would definitely be S-rank."

Tsunade's face radiated an innocent smile: "Then it's settled."

Aokiji chuckled, "Since you want to be my cook, what good thing is this? Why would I stop you? Anyway, just do your best, from now on my three meals a day will be entirely in your hands."

Aokiji's hypocritical behavior after getting the benefit made Tsunade inexplicably unhappy, and she reverted to her usual pretentious demeanor: "Stop being so conceited. Who's your cook? I just wanted someone to practice my cooking skills with."

Aokiji raised an eyebrow with a hint of mockery: "Oh~ practice, huh?"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"If it's about practicing cooking, you can manage it all by yourself even without me, right?" Aokiji really enjoyed this kind of back-and-forth with Tsunade.

"Hmm~" Tsunade couldn't argue with Aokiji, so she handed him the basket of fresh vegetables: "You're so long-winded. Since we're waiting for dinner tonight, at least put in some effort."

Aokiji took the basket, saying "yes, yes" and other helpless words, while also shrugging his shoulders.

"This is the only time. I'm never cooking for you again." Tsunade felt like Aokiji had completely devoured her.

After buying a basket of vegetables, Aokiji was about to go back with Tsunade when someone suddenly called out to him on the road.

Aokiji looked over and saw a young man who was about the same age as him, with squinty eyes and short gray hair.

Aokiji recognized the person who called him; his name was Uchiha Yatsuhoku, and he belonged to the same clan. Because they were of similar age, the two had occasionally had brief exchanges within the clan.

"Yo, Aokiji..."

Although she was greeting Aokiji, her gaze kept glancing at Tsunade beside her.

Normally, Yashiro wouldn't go out on the street to greet Aokiji, but he recently heard about something that forced him to do so.

Fugaku was talking to the clan head at the Uchiha Police Station, with other people around him. Their conversation was naturally overheard by the clan members nearby.

When they learned that Aokiji had seduced the granddaughter of the First Hokage, the entire clan was stunned.

In just a short while, the news spread like wildfire throughout the entire Uchiha clan, from the old men to the young children. It became the subject of their casual conversations.

It was precisely for this reason that the Eighth Hokage of Uchiha made a point of greeting Aokiji and Tsunade when he saw them shopping together, wanting to verify their relationship.

After all, they were from the same clan, so Aokiji had to give them this much face. He nodded in response.

Seeing that the two had bought a huge amount of groceries, Yashiro joked, "You bought so much stuff, are you sure you can finish it all?"

Aokiji laughed and said, "It's okay, I can freeze the leftovers to extend their shelf life."

Yashiro was taken aback, then laughed and said, "That's true, your ability is really convenient."

Having said that, he stopped chatting, stepped forward, grabbed Aokiji, glanced furtively at Tsunade, and said in a low, somewhat veiled voice, "Aokiji, I heard you had that kind of relationship with this guy?"

Aokiji was a beat slow to realize that the other person was probably asking about that matter, and thought to himself that such things really spread fast: "Who told you that?"

Yatsushiro said in a deep voice, "The news came from Fugaku's mouth..."

Aokiji grumbled, "That brat Fugaku, what nonsense is he spouting everywhere?"

"Is that story fake?"

"Oh, so it's true."

Aokiji's nonchalant response greatly shocked Yashiro, confirming the rumors and causing him to gasp in shock.

I never imagined the rumors were true!

Aokiji really did seduce the granddaughter of the First Hokage.

After a long silence, he forced out a sentence through gritted teeth: "You really are something else."

The two were close in age, and although he had always been unconvinced by Aokiji, he was now completely convinced by the guy in front of him.

Aokiji casually asked, "How many people in the clan know about my relationship with Tsunade?"

"Uh... most people know, everyone's talking about you."

Aokiji: ...

The news spread like wildfire; he'd only been at Tsunade's place for a short time, how did the entire clan find out all of this at once?

Despite being the largest clan in Konoha, the Uchiha clan is actually quite small, with only about two or three hundred members at most. Moreover, most of them live together as neighbors, so any major news will be known to the entire clan immediately.

"Well, whatever, if they know, they know."

As his tone suggested, he didn't seem to care much about his relationship being made public.

He wouldn't be as obedient as Hiruzen Sarutobi, trying to keep it from being announced and saying things like it would have a bad impact.

First, he is now strong enough and has the confidence to back it up.

Secondly, he needs a good reason to be able to be with Tsunade on every mission.

Third, he also had to be wary of the higher-ups' suspicion of using him and then discarding him. Now that everyone in the clan knew about his relationship with Tsunade, the higher-ups would have to think twice about the power behind him if they wanted to touch him.

After saying goodbye to the Eighth Hokage, Tsunade, following beside Aokiji, couldn't help but ask curiously, "What did you two talk about just now?"

"It's nothing, I just know about you and me."

Tsunade was taken aback, and Aokiji explained, "To put it simply, it seems that everyone in our Uchiha clan knows about the relationship between you and me."

Tsunade exclaimed in surprise, "So fast!"

"Isn't this normal?" Aokiji said dismissively. "Soon, I think the whole village will know, and then I'm sure many people will have something to say about it, especially those young men who admire you. I can already picture it."

"Laughing, still laughing? Aren't you afraid of getting ganged up on?"

"This shows how popular you are in the village, Tsunade. I don't want you, this big fat sheep, to fall into the body of this big pervert."

"That's true, but what does that have to do with my popularity in the village?"

"Yes, of course there's a connection."

"What connection?"

"A sense of accomplishment."

"..."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go back first. I'm so hungry and tired after walking around with you for so long."

P.S.: I'm so sleepy, I need to take a nap.

(End of this chapter)