Naruto: They are all reborn.

Chapter 46 Who is the most important person in your heart? (Part 4)

Tsunade ate her eel rice in small bites, and when she felt choked, she drank some miso soup. Her usually beloved sake was set aside.

The night wind ruffled the sleeping leaves, making a rustling sound as if in protest. Tsunade covered her face with her lid and smiled, a faint sweetness welling up in her heart.

So cute!

"Teacher, can you...?"

"Damn it!"

"I haven't finished speaking yet."

"I can tell from your expression that you're thinking about some lewd things."

After finishing the last piece of eel, Tsunade licked her lips with lingering satisfaction, then picked up the snacks and sake bottle in front of her and began to slowly savor them.

"Shi Xu, you probably guessed it already."

Shi Xu nodded: "Naruto Namikaze's appearance makes time travel not just baseless speculation."

Tsunade turned to look at him, pondering for a moment: "Do you think I came back like Naruto Namikaze?"

"Who knows?" Shi Xu raised an eyebrow slightly and said with a smile, "Because the teacher never gets old and is always so beautiful."

Tsunade blushed at his praise and crossed her legs to hide her embarrassment, but this action revealed most of the scenery hidden under her tight shorts.

"Unlike Naruto Namikaze, my consciousness traveled through time to return to the present. Rather than time travel, it would be more accurate to describe it as rebirth. I've sorted it out a bit: my timeline before rebirth is A, Naruto Namikaze's timeline is B, and the current timeline is C."

Shi Xu asked with considerable interest, "How did you obtain this?"

"Because in timeline A... you are already dead."

"Oh, I see. So how did I die?"

Tsunade pouted slightly, like a little girl whose prank had backfired: "Why aren't you surprised at all?"

Shi Xu spread his hands: "Because I was just a listener, I didn't feel anything at all."

"...You suddenly defected during the Third Shinobi World War, and not long after, I found your body in the Land of Rain...cough cough!!!"

After saying this, Tsunade took a big gulp from the bottle, choking because she drank too fast. The spicy alcohol irritated her throat and turned her cheeks red.

"The Land of Rain?" Shi Xu murmured, handing over a glass of cold water. "The only reason I can think of for returning to the Land of Rain is that Konan and the others need me, and the fact that they left in such a hurry must mean they've encountered danger."

"it's out of the question!"

Why?

"Because...because they died a long time ago." Tsunade's eyes darted away, not daring to look at him. "Back when the Third Shinobi World War had just begun, Jiraiya received news that those three children had died in the war. That was the first time you drank alcohol. Although you were not yet an adult, I allowed you to."

"After I sobered up, we made a promise to return to the Land of Rain together to pay our respects after the war ended. But not long after, I received news that you had defected from the battlefield in the Land of Earth."

Just then, Shi Xu asked seriously, "Teacher, what kind of person do you think I am?"

"Smart, handsome, considerate..."

"Wait a minute, don't rush to praise me. I'm talking about personality or mindset." Normally, Tokio would patiently listen to Tsunade's praise.

After thinking for a long time, Tsunade replied, "Rational, possessing excellent action ability, an outstanding ninja who can remain calm and make decisions in any environment."

"In timeline A, you showed excellent tactical acumen from your genin days, even better than the Nara clan ninjas. The only drawback was that your tactics always involved setting up a large number of explosive tags."

"After the war began, you naturally became a tactical advisor in the Hokage's office, and your opinions were incorporated into the entire Konoha's battle plan. It was only after that incident that you were assigned to the Land of Earth battlefield as a battlefield commander."

"Ahem!"

Shi Xu coughed twice and continued, "If that's the case, under what circumstances would I lose my mind and defect without saying a word?"

"You mean?"

"That's right... someone wants me dead." Shi Xu paused for a moment before continuing, "He must have given me some reason that I couldn't refuse, such as... Xiao Nan and the others are still alive but in a dangerous situation, and he must have given me very concrete evidence, otherwise I would never believe him."

"Then the information Jiraiya received must be fake news. The mastermind behind it all schemed against me, Konan, and Jiraiya. So his purpose is..."

As they were talking, Shi Xu suddenly remembered Nagato's unusual eyes, which looked like strange tree rings.

Rinnegan!

His goal is the Rinnegan!

"Teacher, you just said... I was in command on the battlefield in the Land of Earth. If that's the case, then how was that person able to bypass the defenses of the Konoha camp and bring the evidence to me?" Shi Xu spoke faster and faster, and his thoughts became clearer and clearer.

Before Tsunade could answer, he gave his own answer: "Either he possesses an exceptionally high level of infiltration ability, enough to deceive the entire Konoha camp, or... he's one of us. Sensei, after my death, did you find anything out?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tsunade's expression froze, her eyes darting around: "Um... after you died, I've been drinking heavily and haven't taken care of anything... I haven't even been to the hospital."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

……

Shi Xu sighed, a deep sigh.

"The teacher is clearly a very strong person, so why?"

Tsunade stopped drinking, simply looking up at the moon, and smiled as if talking to herself: "Am I really that strong?"

"That was just being forced to be strong... I have no family left, no one important to me, no one I wanted to protect. Shi Xu, whether it's me in timeline A or me now, you're all I have left."

"You've always been so reliable, so mature since you were little. Sometimes... I can even be a carefree child in front of you. I can actually rely on you, rely on my own disciple..."

Shi Xu listened quietly and attentively to her rambling, the sorrow in her words seeming to solidify into a ribbon, the other end held in his hand.

Finally, he stood up, bowed slightly, and said very seriously, "Teacher, will you marry me in the future?"

Tsunade stood frozen in her chair, staring blankly at him, the wine glass already at her lips but she forgot to drink: "You...are you serious?"

"I'm always serious."

"...What about Kushina?"

"I'm a greedy person, so I'll... hiss!"

Bang!

Shi Xu, along with his chair, flew out of the pavilion and crashed into the courtyard.

Tsunade put her wine glass on the table and said irritably, "Scumbag."

Shi Xu got up and brushed the straw off his hair: "Teacher, I have an idol named Wei Xiaobao. He married seven wives."

Tsunade sneered: "So you're going to marry seven too?"

"No," Shi Xu shook her head, "it's because he's so openly a scumbag, and I just like them all, I just want them all. You can scold me, you can hit me, but I'm going to marry you all."

(End of this chapter)