Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

The hall was filled with scrolls, kunai, shuriken, samurai swords, explosive tags, Hokage robes, wood-style sculptures... and dice.

It is said that the objects a child catches can predict their future interests and prospects.

These dice look somewhat familiar.

It seems that after the Hashirama couple returned from capturing the tailed beasts that day, Shinji specially bought him a gift—a casino-specific cheating die.

However, the dice were placed in the far corner, not as if they were deliberately displayed, but rather as if Hashirama had played with them and then casually put them there, forgetting to put them away.

Yes, that's very Hashirama.

They were so careless even with their granddaughter's first birthday celebration.

Among all the people present, Hashirama was the most excited. He cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone and shouted exaggeratedly behind Tsunade, "Little Tsunade! Grab both hands at once, grab the Divine Robe and the Wood Release sculpture!"

Hey! Did you cheat? With such direct outside interference, what's the point of this first birthday celebration?

Tsunade, who could already stand and walk steadily and had pigtails, strolled slowly around the hall, muttering in her childish voice, "Grandpa, you're so talkative!"

"Alright, alright, Grandpa won't argue anymore. You can choose carefully."

Tsunade put her chubby fingers in her mouth and chewed on them. With a personality as rebellious and unruly as a demon, she deliberately shifted her gaze away from the Hokage's robes and the Wood Release sculpture that Hashirama had been talking about, and her eyes slowly fell on...

dice!

The exquisite six-sided die instantly caught Tsunade's eye.

She walked over quickly.

"Oh no!" Hashirama exclaimed dramatically, rubbing his chin with both hands. "I forgot to put the dice away."

"Tsunade, you can't choose this! Please don't choose it!" he shouted.

"I want it." Tsunade grinned mischievously, grabbed the dice, and waved them triumphantly in her hand. "Hahahaha!"

Hashirama's hands hung limply at his sides, his head drooping dejected, and a palpable resentment emanated from him...

Even the art style has changed.

Hashirama's performance was partly theatrical, but his concerns were also genuine.

Not long ago, Tsunade tripped and fell while learning to walk, scraping her leg. At that time, Hashirama noticed that her wound healed at the same speed as that of an ordinary child. This means that Tsunade did not inherit her hand seal-less healing ability from a previous generation.

If physical constitution cannot be inherited, then what about Wood Release?

Hashirama was secretly anxious, but he could only patiently wait until Tsunade was older and able to refine her chakra on her own before making a confirmation.

He always said he would train Tsunade to become the strongest ninja in the ninja world, but in reality, it was just talk.

In terms of ninja training, he never forced Tsunade in the slightest; he only wanted to give her a carefree, peaceful, and happy childhood.

It brought tears to my eyes.

Hashirama rolled up his sleeves. "Damn it! Tsunade, if you won't learn anything good, then you'll only ever be my opponent at the gambling table!"

"Gamble! Gamble! Gamble!"

Tsunade, who knew nothing about gambling, unwittingly egged them on.

Seeing this, Tobirama Senju couldn't help but facepalm. Tsunade hadn't inherited Takayuki's composure; instead, she had inherited her older brother's unreliability.

What will become of the Senju clan in the future?

Shen Er walked up to Senju Kensuke and pretended to have a bad memory, asking, "Kensuke, what did you pick up during your first birthday celebration last year?"

Normal children can remember familiar people and places they often play by the age of 2 to 3, but these are fragmented and vague impressions that they may forget after a couple of days. However, children in the ninja world not only grow quickly, but also begin to have the ability to remember from the age of one.

Even things that happened last year will be remembered.

Senju Ken'yu answered honestly, "Uncle Senju, I caught the scroll and the samurai sword."

Compared to his niece Tsunade, Senju Ken'yu was much more disciplined and reserved, perfectly inheriting Tobirama's personality. Calm and rational, he lacked any childlike innocence and was not cute at all.

"Books and samurai swords, very nice."

Shen Er smiled as she looked at Xianxiong's heterochromatic eyes, but in her heart she began to think.

The custom of "grasping the first fruit upon birth" is a secular superstition, but in a place like the ninja world, filled with supernatural forces, superstition can sometimes reflect destiny. The end of science is metaphysics, and the end of metaphysics is theology.

Seeing Tsunade pick up the dice, and considering her future life trajectory, I was already somewhat convinced.

Similarly, does the image of Ken'yuu picking up a book and a samurai sword foreshadow that he will possess both top-notch scientific research talent and formidable ninja power in the future?

It sparks the imagination.

"Sigh, you're right. We really should teach Tsunade something good."

Hashirama's gaze shifted between Kenyu and Tsunade, and he sighed regretfully.

Xianxiong is the kind of good child that adults admire.

He and Tsunade were extremely close, even closer than when Takayuki was born; this was probably what is known as the special bond between grandparents and grandchildren. Hashirama vaguely felt that if he hadn't been able to teach Tsunade gambling before he passed away, it would have been the greatest regret between grandfather and granddaughter.

Just then.

Shen Er had already circled behind Tsunade, squatted down and gently pressed her shoulder, looking at the Senju brothers.

"Actually... picking up the dice isn't such a bad thing."

The two brothers turned around at the sound.

Tsunade tilted her little face up, her innocent eyes gazing at Shen Er.

Shen Er slowly asked, "If you were sitting at a table and found napkins in front of you, would you choose the napkin on the left or the napkin on the right?"

The seemingly inexplicable question prompted the two brothers to think.

Without hesitation, Hashirama replied, "Naturally, it's the right side. I'm used to using my right hand."

Tobirama, however, had a different perspective: "The left hand is the most respected in the world, and the same applies to daimyo."

“None of your answers are wrong, but the right answer is to follow the person who picks up the napkin first.”

"If the most distinguished person takes the right-hand napkin first, then everyone else must follow suit. If they take the left-hand napkin, then everyone will take the left-hand napkin. They have no choice but to do so."

"This is what is known as the ninja world."

"Who first determined the level of reward for a task? Who was the first to define the value of a task? Was it a consensus reached by the people, or did it arise from free competition?"

"Actually, neither is the answer. The answer is determined by who can pick up the napkin. The rule in this ninja world is either left or right. No matter the era, the direction of this world will only be like these napkins."

"And the person who can pick up the napkin must be someone respected by thousands. Not just anyone can do it. For example, rude people or those who worship strength will be excluded because they are not respected."

"The same principle applies to a baby's first birthday celebration."

"Whether it's a die or the Hokage's robe, its superiority or inferiority, its nobility or value, depends not on the object itself, but solely on the person who chooses it."

Shen Er gently rubbed Tsunade's head: "I have high hopes for Tsunade. Her dice will turn into a napkin, and she will be the first person to pick up the napkin."

The first person to pick up a napkin...

Shen Er's words lingered in everyone's hearts for a long time.

The words of the Sage Master of Konoha still offer philosophical food for thought.

Tobirama fell into deep thought. The first person to pick up the napkin could refer to the Hokage, or it could refer to someone other than the Hokage.

Tsunade was oblivious and only thought that her advisor was very handsome. At the same time, she also realized that her advisor was praising her.

When Master Shen praised her, she thought he was good; but when Second Master Fei scolded her, she thought he was bad!

Then Tsunade started jeering, "What a great advisor! What a wicked second master Tobirama!"

Xianxiong felt a pang of jealousy...

Uncle Shen had just praised him for picking up the knife and the book, so why was he praising Tsunade for being the first to pick up a napkin...? And what exactly is a napkin? He had no idea.

All I know is that it seems to be a very high-level compliment.

Even for someone as precocious as Hyun-woong, such profound philosophical principles were still too obscure for him at the age of two.

The one who benefited the most from this was Hashirama Senju.

I couldn't understand the beginning, I couldn't understand the middle, but I understood the last sentence and even thought Tsunade was a good candidate.

So, teaching Tsunade gambling skills wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Tsunade will prove that the first person to pick up the dice can still become an outstanding ninja. The hardships a ninja should endure during training will be taken care of by her Wood Release; she won't have to suffer at all.

"Good! Well said!"

Hashirama's voice broke the silence, and he immediately beckoned to Tsunade: "Tsunade, come here quickly. Grandpa will teach you how to play dice. Since you've chosen it, you have to become the best at playing dice among your peers!"

A Konoha person who strives for excellence throughout his life.

Chapter 91 Orochimaru's early years were lonely (5K)

The ceremony of Tsunade's first birthday celebration has come to a temporary end.

Shen Er's words greatly boosted morale, but gambling is never a good habit.

Ultimately, due to the joint opposition of Mito, Takayuki, and the princess, Hashirama temporarily gave up. He changed his practice of openly teaching Tsunade to play dice to teach her during her free time after class.

Tsunade cried, made a fuss, and acted spoiled and unreasonable.

However, the family vote was 3:2, and no matter how unwilling she was, or how much she was favored by Zhu, she had no choice but to accept this arrangement.

In order to learn how to play dice from her grandfather, Tsunade, who was usually playful, actually put aside her demonic nature and became exceptionally diligent in her studies.

The princess's etiquette lessons, the father's medical knowledge lessons, the grandfather's ninja history lessons, the grandmother's chakra refinement lessons...

The Naruto family, determined not to let their children lose at the starting line.

Shen Er witnessed this change.

It remains to be seen whether Tsunade, who was raised with excessive parenting pressure, will truly develop her talent and break through her future limits.

Tsunade's ninja talent was actually quite good.

However, due to post-war hemophobia and a gambling addiction, he wasted a lot of training time, which made him appear to be the weakest among the three legendary Sannin of Konoha.

However, she was born with top-notch talent for precise control of chakra, and no one would be stupid enough to master the Yin Seal.

Even now, I recall it.

If he remembers correctly, Tsunade possesses five chakra natures: fire, lightning, earth, water, and yang.