In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 316 The Approaching Storm, The Next Asura

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"Pervy Sage wouldn’t have gone to investigate Amegakure on his own, would he? After all, it’s related to the Akatsuki." Naruto asked with some concern, "That shouldn't happen, right?"

"It's hard to say." Tsunade mused, "With his chauvinistic personality, he might already be in Amegakure by now."

"Didn't I ask you to warn him?" Naruto scratched his head in frustration, feeling his usually calm mind start to crack a little.

"Huh? You’re blaming me?" Tsunade gave him a surprised glare, suppressing her own annoyance as she pulled out a piece of intelligence from her drawer.

"I don't know where Jiraiya is going, but I have some information. Read it first."

"Oh." Naruto reached out and took it.

It was a letter, crumpled from being folded multiple times. Upon opening it, he saw a string of hastily scrawled handwriting. Naruto immediately recognized the handwriting… it was Jiraiya’s.

"Child of Pro—phecy?" He raised his head.

Tsunade looked at him with a knowing smile, "Jiraiya probably didn’t go to the Land of Rain."

"Tsunade-sama, are you teasing me?" Naruto looked a little dissatisfied, and his gaze became more unscrupulous.

"Hahaha, seeing you walk in looking like that, it would’ve been a shame not to mess with you a bit." Tsunade laughed so hard that her chest almost popped out.

"Come on, don’t get mad."

Seeing Tsunade like this, Naruto wasn’t actually angry. When he first entered and saw her tired expression, it didn’t look like an act, so he felt that letting her tease him a bit wasn’t a big deal.

Some people show another side of themselves when under stress or during intense work. All in all, the almost forbidden scene unfolding before him wasn’t too bad.

Time had passed, and he indeed felt the changes brought by growth. Not just physically, but also in how people around him treated him and interacted with him.

Basically, they started treating him as an adult. Sixteen-year-old Shinobi falling in love and getting married are also not that rare.

He had an adult soul to begin with, so he adapted to this quickly. It seemed like a sign that he’d soon have to take on more responsibilities. Even his special allowance had stopped long ago.

He stared at Tsunade for a while, and as his eyes swept over her, the childish aura on his body was swept away. It was like snow melting in the winter sun, revealing the green of the treetops.

He smiled a little, " So, Pervy Sage went to look for this 'Child of Prophecy' mentioned in this intelligence?"

"Yeah." Seeing that he wasn’t mad, Tsunade’s face showed a rare, cute expression, "Why don't you seem upset at all?"

"Why would I be upset? I’ve got nothing better to do?"

"Tsk, that's boring."

"Tsk, bad taste." Naruto also sarcastically replied with his hands crossed.

"So cold." Tsunade wanted to slump onto the desk but realized she couldn’t. So she placed her two ‘not-so-little Tsunades’ on the desk instead, looking depressed.

"What is this 'Child of Prophecy' thing?" Naruto sniffed.

A loud rumble came from outside, and suddenly, torrential rain began pouring down. The temperature around dropped sharply, and the sticky feeling on the skin vanished, replaced by a refreshing coolness as the rain fell.

The cool rain threads blew in through the cracks in the window and along the hallway.

"I’m not sure, probably someone destined to change the future of the Shinobi World." Tsunade supported her head with her hands, looking lazy, "But does such a person really exist? Forget about changing the future of the Shinobi World, someone save me instead."

"Yeah, and give me some money while they’re at it." Naruto added smoothly.

"Hmm?" Tsunade glanced at him and asked, "Are you short of money recently?"

"Not really, just complaining." Naruto replied, "I don't have many places to spend it, so for now, it’s enough."

"Oh, well, make sure to develop good spending habits." She advised, though coming from a gambler, it didn’t hold much credibility.

"Tsunade-sama, it’s been a long time since you played pachinko, hasn’t it?" He asked.

"Yeah, ever since I became Hokage, I haven’t had much personal time. I really hope Kakashi can take over soon." Tsunade stretched, her smooth, pale skin drawing attention.

Seeing the news about the Child of Prophecy, Naruto finally relaxed. The prophecy referred to someone else, and whoever it was didn’t matter to him. After all, Asura's fate never ended well.

‘As for Asura’s chakra, the system must have extracted it from my body by now, which explained why there was a new Child of Prophecy. So, in a way, wasn’t the system itself the prophecy?’

‘A cheerful and invincible system that was like a saintly big brother… just one that couldn’t talk.’

But since the system didn’t care, neither did Naruto. After all, the system had even stolen powers from deities like Jashin and Shinigami, so there was nothing to worry about.

He’d better stick to being his usual scheming self, joyfully breaking down each opponent with his silver tongue.

"Poor Kakashi-sensei, so young, and he’s already being roped into becoming Hokage." Naruto shook his head and sighed to express his sympathy.

Outside, the heavy rain turned into a soft drizzle, lightly misting the scene.

"Yeah, poor guy." Tsunade echoed his sentiment, "But before that, Danzo was ahead of him. After all, this thing still depends on seniority."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"That old guy is such an eyesore." Naruto complained as he sat at the edge of the desk.

"Yeah, a real eyesore."

"We should figure out a way to get rid of him. Then Kakashi-sensei can smoothly take over as the Hokage." Naruto said casually, "That way, you can finally get some rest too, Tsunade-sama."

"True enough." Tsunade lazily agreed, as if she had no interest in working anymore.

The topic came to an abrupt end here, as if it was just a daily complaint. However, both Tsunade and Naruto knew that if they went any further, the topic would shift to how to deal with that old guy.

After all, Danzo has made great contributions to Konoha, so he’d need to slip up first before they had evidence to take action against him. Tsunade didn’t have the time to deal with Danzo, and Naruto was more concerned about when Jiraiya would return, so the timing wasn’t right yet.

A brief silence filled the office as Tsunade covered her eyes with one hand, as if taking a rest. The sound of rain was clear, the droplets tapping on the window and gently seeping in.

"It seems like there are no missions recently." Naruto remarked.

"Aren't you only interested in the mission related to Jiraiya?" Tsunade said lazily, "There was a mission assigned to you, but I turned it down for you."

"As expected of Tsunade-sama, you know me well. Thank you for that." Naruto pushed himself off the desk. "I should get going."

"Since Pervy Sage is fine, I’ll head back and take care of those three kids."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work." Tsunade’s voice remained lazy, her hand still covering her eyes, "Remember to bring some food next time you come."

Halfway out, Naruto suddenly thought of Kakashi, who had been working nonstop, and turned around to speak.

"Send my regards to Kakashi-sensei. I wish him all the best in becoming the Sixth Hokage."

"Will do. I hope so too." Tsunade replied, still lying back in her chair with her eyes closed.

Naruto reached the doorway, stepping onto the stairs, but the faint scent of perfume still lingered in the air. After a moment’s thought, he turned back and gave Tsunade a shoulder massage.

Tsunade let out a series of exaggerated moan, which made Naruto a bit exasperated.

Naruto: “…”

‘Could you be a little?’

Tsunade had completely relaxed and didn’t pay him any attention. She raised her head and opened her eyes to look at him.

"My chest is too big, so I can’t lie down on the desk to sleep."

Naruto didn’t bother listening to her explanation, and he could only perfunctorily say, "Yes, yes, your shoulders must get sore. It’s hard being you, Tsunade-sama."

Tsunade seemed to be very pleased with what she heard and nodded solemnly.

"Finally, you said something human."

Naruto: “…”

Before leaving the office, Naruto gave Tsunade a light hug. There was no deeper meaning to it… he just felt that this was all he could do to help.

Tsunade didn't react and fell into a deep sleep in her chair.

When Naruto returned to the training ground, he found the three kids soaking wet in the rain.

He led them home one by one, had them clean themselves up, and then began teaching them how to use Rasengan using water balloons.