Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 246 So annoying~

When the Five-Tails pointed it out so directly, Tsunade blushed so much that she wanted to disappear into nowhere.

That tailed beast is really annoying when it talks.

Aokiji laughed, "Little Five, stop making fun of Tsunade."

The Five-Tails ignored Aokiji, its deep blue eyes fixed on Tsunade, and a neutral voice emerged from its throat: "Human, what kind of being am I in your eyes?"

Having recovered from her earlier embarrassment, Tsunade thought carefully and responded, "Based on my understanding of you tailed beasts, they are evil beasts that bring disaster to humanity."

"Tsunade..." Aokiji reminded her, thinking to himself that her answer was practically a negative number.

As expected, the Five-Tails immediately became displeased upon hearing this. It was clearly the humans' fault that it had become a calamity beast. If humans hadn't always liked to provoke it, it would have been a fool to turn into this.

Tsunade, seeing the Five-Tails' displeased expression, did not change her tone or attitude. Instead, she further provoked it: "Isn't that right? You wreaked havoc in Konoha and caused many innocent casualties."

The five tails remained silent and offered no explanation.

As a tailed beast, it is too proud to explain these things to humans unless they can directly understand it like Aokiji, in which case it will patiently communicate with them for a few words.

Seeing that the atmosphere seemed to have frozen, Aokiji desperately needed someone to lighten the mood. Like him.

Just as Aokiji was about to interject, Tsunade acted first, shaking her head and adding the transition word "however," continuing, "That's all in the past. After witnessing your conversation with Aokiji just now, I think I've always had some prejudice against the Tailed Beasts. Perhaps I should re-evaluate my understanding of them."

A slight ripple appeared in the eyes of the five-tailed fox, who cast a surprised glance at it.

"Of course, it's impossible for me to change my opinion of you tailed beasts based solely on my impression of you just now. To be honest, I still hold a grudge against you for hurting Konoha, which my grandfather founded."

"In the end, it's not that I believe you, but that I choose to believe Aokiji, nothing more."

Tsunade gave this explanation while meeting the Five-Tails' gaze, and upon hearing it, a hint of approval appeared deep in the Five-Tails' blue eyes.

If Tsunade were to show that she doesn't hold a grudge, it would seem hypocritical. The fact that she said that shows that the other person is an unpretentious human being.

The five-tailed beast spoke: "My name is Little... King Mu."

"Little King Mu?" Tsunade was taken aback. What a strange name.

King Mu corrected him, "It is King Mu."

Damn it, being called that by that stinky Jinchuriki every day has made my body almost conditioned to it.

In this way, Tsunade and the Five-Tails officially became acquainted, but their interaction ended there. The Five-Tails gave them the order to leave: "Alright, we've met each other, now you'd better take her away, or don't blame me for being impolite."

Although the Five-Tails said that, it had more or less accepted Tsunade in its heart. However, its pride as a tailed beast prevented it from showing such enthusiasm right away.

Seeing this, Aokiji didn't waste any words and directly led Tsunade away from this world of consciousness.

He understood the principle that haste makes waste. Even he had to deceive the Five-Tails inside him for a long time before their relationship became as harmonious as it is now, and they could even bicker from time to time.

It's already quite remarkable that the Five-Tails can now have a calm conversation with Tsunade.

Leaving the mental world, Tsunade opened her eyes. As soon as she returned to the real world, she heard a certain jerk's teasing voice: "Did I scare you just now?"

Not wanting to rub salt in the wound, Tsunade playfully pinched Aokiji's waist. "You bastard, you didn't even ask before doing this to me!"

"My dear Tsunade, stop pinching, it hurts!" Aokiji pleaded with a forced smile.

"Hmph, that's good, it hurts." Tsunade pinched him symbolically: "Hey, I have a question for you, tell me the truth."

"What's wrong?"

"If I remember correctly, my grandmother also had a tailed beast inside her, right?"

Aokiji said leisurely, "Oh right~ It's called Nine-Tailed Fox, but it's quite different from the one inside me. It's much more irritable."

Tsunade gleaned a crucial piece of information from Aokiji's words: "Judging from your tone, you've seen the Nine-Tails?"

"More or less."

Aokiji organized his thoughts and explained his situation with Mito in more detail to Tsunade.

Tsunade was shocked when she heard this.

Aokiji laughed and said, "That's why I said Grandma Mito knew."

Tsunade paused for a moment, then asked, "Is the tailed beast inside Mito's body the same as the tailed beast inside you?"

"The same? What do you mean by that?"

"Is the relationship between Kurama and my grandmother the same as your relationship with the Five-Tails?" Seeing the relationship between the Five-Tails and Aokiji gave Tsunade the illusion that tailed beasts were easy to deal with.

"I'm different from Grandma Mito." Aokiji shook his head. "Although it sounds like I'm bragging, I should be considered the first perfect Jinchuriki in history. As for Grandma Mito, she's still within the category of a normal Jinchuriki. The Nine-Tails inside Grandma Mito hates your grandmother very much. And this hatred doesn't just refer to your grandmother, but to all of humanity."

"Why do you hate all of humanity?"

"That's easy to understand," Aokiji explained. "If you were targeted every day for thousands of years, and even forcibly implanted into a stranger's body, do you think you would develop any affection for humans?"

Tsunade lowered her eyes, understanding why the tailed beasts hated humans so much through empathy, but one thing still remained unclear to her: "If you can do it, why can't Grandma?"

"Each tailed beast has a different personality. As for Little Five, its personality is relatively gentle. In addition, due to the reasons I told you before, it's able to talk to me so calmly right now. As for Nine-Tails, I knew from the first glance that it was extremely unruly, and its power seems to be the strongest among the nine tailed beasts, so trying to tame it..."

At this point, Aokiji realized that his wording was somewhat inappropriate and corrected himself: "Reconciliation won't be as easy as it is for me. Oh, of course, I mean easy is relative. Under normal circumstances, it is extremely difficult for tailed beasts and humans to understand each other. My situation is an extremely special case. The right time, the right place, and the right people are all indispensable."

Tsunade nodded, recalling the concept Aokiji had mentioned earlier: "What did you mean by 'perfect Jinchuriki'?"

Mentioning this made Aokiji excited, since he was about to show off in front of his girlfriend: "Oh, you mean this? Speaking of this, we need to talk about the concept of Jinchuriki. I don't need to explain what a Jinchuriki is, right?"

Tsunade nodded, signaling him to continue.

Aokiji received the message and continued explaining, "Jinchūriki, through rigorous training, increase their strength and can control and use the power of the tailed beasts within them. However, this is not done voluntarily by the tailed beasts; it falls under the category of coercion..."

He paused deliberately, setting a trap for Tsunade to ask a question.

Soon, Tsunade, unable to wait any longer, pressed on, "And what about you?"

Mentioning this, Aokiji smiled broadly, deliberately drawing out the "Oh~" tone, and said arrogantly, "I'm different. I'm a perfect Jinchūriki. The tailed beast inside me will give me power on its own."

"initiative?"

"Yes, because I don't treat the Tailed Beasts like other Jinchūriki do, but as cold tools. I treat them as close partners. That's why I'll introduce the Five-Tails to you."

Tsunade nodded in understanding, finally grasping Aokiji's intention in bringing the tailed beast to her.

"The perfect Jinchuriki not only doesn't have to worry about the power of the Tailed Beast inside them going berserk, but more importantly, they can perfectly unleash the power of the Tailed Beast inside them."

Aokiji boasted, "Ordinary Jinchuriki can only unleash a few tens of percent of a Tailed Beast's power at most, while I can unleash 100%, and might even surpass that limit."

Tsunade, sensing his arrogant tone, looked surprised and asked, "So, you're already capable of doing this?"

Halfway through his boast, Aokiji couldn't keep up and awkwardly said, "Uh, we don't have that yet."

Tsunade tilted her head slightly, looking confused, as if she didn't quite understand what the other person meant.

"Although I have earned the Tailed Beast's approval in terms of character, it seems that my strength has not yet met its requirements."

Aokiji sighed deeply, his tone tinged with complaint: "Honestly, it was bound to happen sooner or later anyway, so what difference does it make?"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade recalled that when Aokiji met the Five-Tails, he seemed to have said that he wanted the other party to submit to him. So that was the meaning behind it.

Aokiji's expression turned solemn: "In short, I'm telling you all this to put your mind at ease. After all, we're living together now."

Tsunade replied, "I've always trusted you."

Aokiji said seriously, "You can think that way, but as your man, I can't think that way."

Tsunade spat out, "What do you mean 'my man'? We've just started living together, we're not married yet."

Aokiji chuckled: "Your body is now in my shape."

Tsunade's face flushed red instantly.

Before she could actually give him a good beating, Aokiji cleverly preemptively said seriously, "Alright, let's leave the jokes at that. There's something I want to ask you."

Honestly, Tsunade was about to hit someone when Aokiji suddenly said that, which felt like punching cotton, leaving her with nowhere to vent her frustration.

"I don't know," Tsunade said irritably.

Aokiji chuckled, "I didn't say anything, how come you didn't know?"

"If I don't know, I don't know. Don't ask me."

Tsunade looked like a child who was angry.

(▼ヘ▼#)

Aokiji was helpless. Suddenly, as if he had seen something, he stretched his neck forward with a soft "Eh."

Upon seeing this, Tsunade instinctively turned around, only to find that there was no one behind her.

Strange, there's nothing there.

What did Aokiji see?

Filled with doubt, Tsunade turned her head, about to ask a question, but before she could even utter a sound, something sealed her lips.

Tsunade opened her eyes and saw a figure standing in front of her.

Their lips parted, and Aokiji stepped back, a wicked smile playing on his smirk: "Now you should be simmering with anger, right?"

"Hmph, that stinky man only knows how to bully me."

Tsunade is so annoyed!

This jerk always takes advantage of his feelings for her and bullies her relentlessly. What's worse, her body actually seems to enjoy it.

Seeing Tsunade's arrogant demeanor, Aokiji would have loved to continue teasing her if he didn't have something important to do: "I have a question for you. Do you know anything about those ninjutsu that absorb chakra?"

(End of this chapter)