In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"This..." Naruto took the scroll, looked at the wine bottle and then at Tsunade.

"Then I'll just practice on my own."

Tsunade: “….”

She didn't expect Naruto to actually take the scroll and run away. Staring at the empty office, Tsunade frowned slightly. It was still raining outside, where was that guy going to practice?

On the open-air balcony of the Hokage Building, Naruto stood under the dry rooftop eaves to avoid the rain. Holding the scroll in his hand and unfolding it, Naruto's face showed a puzzled expression.

Just a few simple seals? But I don’t understand them at all!

Do you want to go back and ask?

Forget it! Just figure it out on your own. You can learn summoning techniques anytime, but this is the first time I've seen Tsunade get humiliated. It would be a shame to give in now!

Anyway, it's just a combination of seals, it can't be that difficult.

"Is this the seal of the Pig? Xu - You - Shen - Wei?"

"What are those two hand seals in the middle?" He was a little confused. He simply squatted down and put the scroll on the ground. "It should be okay to just imitate it casually."

"The worst that can happen is that the summoning fails. It's just a failure at best."

After forcibly forming a few seals, he finally became proficient in the seal-making process. The last step left was to inject chakra and start forming the seals.

"Hai-Xu-You-Shen-Wei!" Naruto's fingers flew up and down like a tangle of strings.

He deliberately mixed in a few unfamiliar hand seals, and after completing them all in one go, he felt his palms were extremely heavy! As if a weight was hanging on his hands and he was about to lose control, he couldn't help but shout!

"Who are you, evildoer? Show your true form!"

Extra: Wet Rainy Day

It's raining heavily outside the window.

The sound of the rain completely permeated the air in the living room, and it seemed to become humid as well.

"Well, Ino, can I have a bite of the barbecue on your plate?" Naruto suddenly looked up and asked.

"No!" Ino sat at the dining table and refused without hesitation, muttering, "Don't you have it on your plate?"

"What does that matter?" he said. "It's a rainy day!"

"What does the heavy rain have to do with you wanting to eat what's on my plate?" Ino sighed. She shouldn't have come here to hide from the rain.

It seemed as if God knew she was passing by, and as soon as she arrived here, it started to rain heavily.

"Of course it matters." Naruto raised his head and stared at Ino's fair neck. "In this kind of weather, there will definitely be lovers confessing their love."

"You...what nonsense are you talking about!" Ino's shoulders shrank slightly, her face blushed for a moment, and her eyes became evasive in an instant.

"It's that kind of plot, where because of missing the sudden tenderness, the other half rushes to another place in the heavy rain and stands in the rain looking at each other."

He twirled his chopsticks casually and spoke in a nonchalant manner.

"Then I confessed my love to her while soaking wet in the heavy rain. Then I didn't do anything and turned and left before she could react."

"Hey, what you said is so cliché." Ino said with disgust.

"Isn't it romantic? Idealism distills the most beautiful and pure part of love." He tilted his head and said, "It turns out that girls are completely indifferent to this kind of thing."

"Of course, like you said, this is too stupid." Ino said.

"If it were me, I would do the same, although you're right, it's a bit silly." Naruto said after thinking for a moment, "But there must be something that can capture the other person's heart."

"That's true, but if you can't feel the other person's feelings, you'll still feel confused, right?" Ino said this, but the knuckles of her hand holding the chopsticks were a little tight.

"Perhaps, but this youth and innocence is still easy to move people." Naruto said, "If it hadn't rained, there might not have been a confession."

"The rain will surely stop soon, and this urge will probably disappear with it."

"That kind of thing.....hmm..."

"Ino."

"Ah!" She was startled like a frightened rabbit.

"Can I have a bite of the barbecue on your plate?" he asked.

"Whatever you want!" Ino stood up suddenly, and her chopsticks fell to the ground with a clatter. She wanted to pick them up but suddenly felt something was wrong, so she said through gritted teeth.

"I do not care!"

With that, Ino rushed into the bathroom with her head down.

"Hmm?" Naruto looked confused.

In the bathroom, Ino slumped on the floor, breathing heavily, her ears flushed and her face completely red.

"Really, what weird things you said."

"It's raining...what are you talking about confessing?"

"Actually... wet rainy days and all."

In the afternoon, there was lightning and thunder!

Chapter 176: Letting go is such a joy

The rooftop of the Hokage Building.

Tsunade was worried for a moment, so she went up to the rooftop to see what that guy was up to. When she walked out of the small door on the rooftop, she heard a strange sound coming from Naruto.

"......evildoer....."

What a mess! Tsunade frowned, thinking to herself, could it be that this kid's mentality has exploded because he couldn't practice?

She glanced towards where the sound came from and was stunned.

With a bang, the white smoke dissipated, and a slug as tall as the Hokage Building was summoned out. It was located in the rain, in an open space within the walls of the Hokage Building.

The heavy rain blocked the view of the surrounding area.

Naruto was a little confused, it seemed like he got the slug out in one go, what should he do next?

He remembered Tsunade once saying that if you see a slug, you should call it "Slug-sama". So, could he just call it now? He wasn't sure if the slug could see him.

At this moment, he stood on the inner side of the rooftop, standing under the eaves that were less than one square meter, and could only see slugs as big as a hill. Having seen the Nine-Tailed Fox, he didn't have any fear of giants.

At this moment, he was like a young novice who accidentally walked into a massage parlor, hesitating about how to say the first words to the technician who pushed the door open.

Tsunade was stunned, but also amused.

She stood at the entrance of the rooftop and did not move forward.

I thought to myself, this guy really did channel my spirit, but wasn't the process a little too simple? But channeling my spirit was one thing, gaining the slug's approval was another.

The sudden noise startled the people in the Hokage Building, and when they realized it was Tsunade's summoning beast, the slug, they automatically retracted their gaze.

Two Anbu members arrived upon hearing the news and landed on the red dome of the Hokage Building. Drenched in the rain, they silently watched everything that happened below.

Tsunade crossed her arms, her eyes full of meaning. She had high expectations for Naruto, hoping he could climb higher and go to a more lively and distant place.

Not trapped in Konoha, like a prisoner with no sense of belonging.

Tsunade was also aware of that guy's unscrupulous character. It was precisely because of this that she was not blindly optimistic. She knew better than anyone that Naruto actually had no attachment to the village.

She stayed in Konoha only because it was a place to stay. She herself didn't know what would happen to Naruto in the future.

"Um..." Naruto began, extending his hand towards the slug, trying to say something to break the deadlock.

But the next moment, the slug slowly lowered its head and made a gesture of submission.

Naruto was stunned, then turned around suddenly and saw Tsunade leaning against the red wooden door of the rooftop.

He suddenly felt a little disappointed. It turned out to be Tsunade. He still thought that the slug was bowing to him. He couldn't help but sighed and opened his mouth, but heard Tsunade say.

"Okay, go back." She waved her hand, and the slug disappeared with a pop.

"Ah! How could my summoning beast listen to you!" Naruto's face was filled with sadness and resentment, "How could this be!!!"

Tsunade was speechless and waved at him.

"come here."

"Ah?" Naruto leaned over, but before he could react, Tsunade grabbed him and pressed him against the wall, unable to get him off even with his fingers.

"What do you mean by your summoning beast? It's yours once you get it, right?" Tsunade severely tortured the guy who tried to use the bus for personal gain. "I gave you the summoning scroll, understand?"

"I gave it to you!"

"......Understood." Naruto felt like his bones were about to fall apart and nodded in agreement.

Hearing this, Tsunade put it down, rubbed her forehead and said.

"Come with me, I have something to tell you."

"Oh."

The rain outside the window continued to fall. After Tsunade took Naruto away, the two Anbu looked at each other and disappeared.

With a rustle, the curtains in the Hokage's office were pulled shut by Tsunade.

Seeing this, Naruto's legs went weak and he squatted down next to the door, looking honest and saying with grievance.

"Tsunade-sama, this is not possible."

"What a mess." Tsunade plopped down in the Hokage's chair, glanced at Naruto sideways, and said, "The opinions on the reorganization of Team 7 have been announced."

"Do you want to know the specific results?"

He thought about it, then nodded, "Yes."

"The opinions of the top brass are actually just the opinions of those few people." Tsunade slumped lazily in her chair. "Anbu will send a guiding jonin, and the Root will send a genin."

Hearing this, Naruto basically understood the top management's plan for Team 7. The guiding jonin should be Yamato, who lived in a three-bedroom apartment, and Sai, a self-absorbed painter.

"My opinion is to temporarily stop the reorganization of Team 7." Tsunade suddenly said.

"Uh...why?" Naruto was a little surprised.

He didn't care about Team 7's reorganization. He was just going to make it anyway. When he reached adulthood, he would give Konoha a big surprise.

The chaotic laws of nature were watching him. If he had anything more than holding hands with an underage maid, he would explode!

But letting himself go brought him such joy that he couldn't wait to take over Jiraiya's mantle and become the next great writer in the ninja world.

So when he heard Tsunade say that Team 7 would be reorganized temporarily, he didn't really feel any ripples in his heart. It didn't matter. Even if they were to reorganize, he had no intention of redeeming Sai.

If he gets in the way, I'll smash his head.

"It will do you no good to reorganize Team 7 now. Danzo is too worried and I'm worried." Tsunade seemed to be talking about a very small matter.

"Since you can summon slugs, you don't have to worry about dying suddenly in a corner. From a selfish point of view, it would be better to let you concentrate on training for a few years. Konoha doesn't really need you for the time being."

"Train? I don't want to go at all." Naruto said subconsciously.

Hearing this, Tsunade was not angry for the first time. She just glanced at him deeply and said.

"It's all right. I just said it casually."

"Since you mentioned that, there's another thing." Tsunade paused and continued, "Gaara from the ally Sand Village is in some trouble, and the Anbu have already infiltrated the Sand Village."

"By this summer or next year at the latest, another faction from the Sand Village will take action, so you must be prepared. If necessary, you may have to enter the gray area between the Wind Country and the Fire Country to carry out your mission."

"it is good."

When Naruto left, Tsunade was the only one left in the office. She stared at the files on the table in silence for a while, then summoned the little slug.

With a bang, white smoke rose, and a slug the size of a teacup appeared on the table.

"Lady Tsunade," it called gently.

"Hmm." Tsunade supported her head with her left hand, staring at the slug and asked, "What happened on the rooftop just now? As soon as he was summoned, he recognized that kid?"

"This...isn't actually an endorsement." The slug said hesitantly in a girlish voice, "Is that person Tsunade-sama's disciple?"

"No." Tsunade waved her hand and said, "You don't have to be nice to that kid for my sake. Just do what needs to be done."

"That..." Slug interrupted Tsunade, "Lady Tsunade, it's not that I agree, but... I... I don't know how to say it."

"What?" Tsunade frowned slightly, not understanding what the slug meant at all.

"...It's fear." The slug said weakly, "It's like it's being dominated, completely unable to move... Lady Tsunade, you might not believe it."