"What a familiar voice...... "The young man's voice came from behind the door, "who is it?"

The orange-haired boy pushed open the door and walked in with a big smile on his face.

"It's Naruto......"

The corners of Sakura Haruno's mouth raised, and she squinted her eyes and smiled faintly.

"Long time no see!"

"Sakura-chan!?" Naruto's eyes lit up, and he walked over in three steps and two steps, and smiled, "Sure enough, it's you!"

"Ah, and Tsunade's mother-in-law!"

“…… You're back, Naruto!" Tsunade replied as he looked at Naruto's face, his eyes unconsciously looking out the door again.

As she expected, the gruff man followed.

With clogs under his feet, oil paint on his face, and an uninhibited smile on his face.

The corners of Tsunade's mouth curled slightly.

"Long time no see, Sakura-chan. The man waved his hand casually and greeted Sakura Haruno before putting his eyes on Tsunade's face.

"Hmm...... And Tsunade. The man said lightly.

The eyes of the two met in the air, Tsunade smiled faintly, his eyes rolled, lowered his eyes and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Jiraiya." ”

"It's been over a year. ”

Of course, Jiraiya still remembers that the last time he and her got together in Konoha was after last year's middle ninja exam.

It's been a year and three months now.

"yes, it's been a year. Tsunade sighed softly.

Jiraiya smiled, walked over and looked at Tsunade, his gaze stayed on the woman's face very regularly, and said, "You haven't changed much...... It seems to be getting younger. ”

Tsunade chuckled.

"Don't compliment me. She glanced sideways at the man, with a rare bit of feminine delicacy in her eyes, "The flamboyant tongue hasn't changed at all!"

I don't know what kind of laughter these words hooked, the two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"Alright. Tsunade waved his hand, stopped laughing, and said, "Let's get down to business." If you come back this time, you won't leave again, will you?"

"Who knows?"

Jiraiya looked deeply into Tsunade's eyes and said meaningfully.

"You may stay for a while and then leave, or you may stop there. He seemed to be expecting something.

"Huh?" Tsunade raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything.

"At least for the next few days, I'll stay in the village. Jiraiya smiled freely and explained, "Until Akatsuki's problem is solved, even it will be dangerous for me to wander outside the village rashly." ”

"If you meet that person, you're in trouble. ”

This sounds more like an excuse to Tsunade.

"Na......" Tsunade pursed his lips, paused, and whispered, "Since you're back, don't rush to leave." ”

Jiraiya was silent for a moment.

He looked straight into Tsunade's eyes, the woman's autumn-clear eyes hanging down, not meeting his gaze.

Is this retention?

"Hmm......" the man replied vaguely.

"You've been out and about for so many years, and it's time to stop...... This is your home. Tsunade fiddled with the pen in his hand, his eyes wandering, and said softly, "Konoha needs you." ”

"I ...... We need you. ”

The man's resolute and rugged face softened for a moment as if ice had melted.

He quietly looked at the blonde woman in front of him. She is strong on the surface, but the people she loves have died in front of her many times, and her heart has long been scarred. Although the phobia has been cured, the deeper heart has never healed, so that she does not dare to face Jiraiya's feelings.

That's not what he wanted to hear.

But he knew that this was already Tsunade's limit.

"Ah......h

Jiraiya, who wanders the ninja world like a prodigal son and shuttles through flowers, is good at voyeurism, drinking flower wine, writing little yellow essays and flirting with little girls, but when it comes to his own feelings, he is clumsy and cute.

What to say?

What should I respond to?

So he didn't say anything after all, laughed at himself, and wanted to say nothing, but said, "This...... Let's talk about it. By the way, what were you and Sakura discussing?"

I want to talk about it, but I say that the weather is cool and autumn.

Tsunade's smile dimmed for a moment, and when he raised his head, his smile was still bright and unremarkable: "Sakura just talked about the cultivation of the Yun Ninja's human pillar power, and she said that she could let Naruto try it, and before she finished speaking, you guys came." ”

"Yun Shinobi?"

"Yes, the real waterfall of Yun Nin. It's also the first time I've heard about it. ”

Tsunade nodded, and when she got down to business, she couldn't find Fang Cai's little daughter anymore, and only the perseverance and strength that belonged to the Hokage were left in her eyes.

After a brief introduction to the real waterfall, she said, "So Sakura wants Naruto to try it too......"

"I should confirm the authenticity of the information first, I can go there. Zilai was also subconsciously not very comfortable with the information from a single source, "But rashly spying on this kind of confidential information will affect the alliance, right?"

"No, I don't. ”

Tsunade shook his head: "Just ask Yun Ren directly." If Yun Shinobi really wanted to keep it a secret from us, Kirabi wouldn't have told us about the real waterfall. ”

Yun Ren wanted information on Konoha's medical ninjutsu, but they didn't have any bargaining chips in their hands that could be exchanged, and Yun Ninja's sword technique Konoha didn't look very well.

So just tell the real waterfall and see if Konoha is interested in talking to them.

"Hmm...... That's right. All right. Jiraiya rubbed his chin.

This kind of political exchange, he has little interest in learning about.

"Sakura still cares about Naruto. He smiled and said as he glanced at the two young ninjas beside him.

When the two of them get along, they don't have the same entanglement as Jiraiya and Tsunade.

"It's really enviable!"

Jiraiya looked at the simple and warm smile on Naruto's face and sighed.

It had been a long time since he had seen Naruto so happy.

Seeing that Jiraiya turned his head, Naruto waved excitedly and shouted, "uncle, come and see if I'm much taller than Sakura!"

From childhood to adulthood, Naruto was completely suppressed by Sakura Haruno...... Do you remember the first chapter? Since the time of the child, Sister Wang Sakura, Naruto has been stabilized by her. Now that he found that he had surpassed him in height, this heartless guy was suddenly pleasantly surprised.

"Look, I'm so much taller!" said Naruto Thief with a smile.

He made a gesture and spread his thumb and forefinger a full five or six centimeters wide, causing Sakura Haruno to angrily give him a pop-up chestnut.

"How can you be so tall!" the girl glared at him with her eye knife, "at most a palm taller!, you fool, don't count your hair into it!"

"You're standing up straight!"

She walked over and pressed Naruto's back against her back, gesturing her palms above her head.

Then he showed his palm very solemnly: "If you see it, it's so much! two centimeters at most!"

Speaking of which, Sasuke is also taller than her now, and Sakura Haruno doesn't have a problem with that.

But seeing Naruto smiling so sly and proudly showing off his height to Jiraiya that he had greatly surpassed herself, Sakura became angry and felt the need to correct his misconceptions!

Like this kind of friend who can always lower your IQ and fight with you, many people must have encountered it.

Jiraiya turned his head to look at Tsunade, and laughed in unison.

"Alright, don't mess with you two. Tsunade finally smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Let's get down to business." ”

"Ahem. ”

The woman looked at Naruto solemnly, and Masasei said, "Just now Sakura told me that there is a real waterfall in Cloud Ninja Village, which is said to be helpful for the cultivation of human pillar power. So, I'll discuss this with Thunder Shadow later, and you're ready to go abroad to practice. ”

"Are you going out again when you just come back?" Before Naruto could say anything, Sakura Haruno frowned.

"It's not that rushed. ”

Tsunade shook his head and said.

She explained: Naruto's Tailed Beast Transformation Cultivation will be carried out on the village's side until the bottleneck period, and then she will consider the issue of going to Yun Shinobi to practice.

"Let's consolidate it first. Jiraiya touched Naruto's head and said with a smile, "Let's master the six-tails state first." ”

"Sakura-chan will come to help then, right?"

"Okay. Sakura Haruno nodded as a matter of course, "I'll call Sasuke again." In fact, if it's just a six-tailed form, just the two of us will be enough. ”

"It's fine. Tsunade nodded, smiled and said, "You guys haven't practiced together for a long time, so it's just a good time to restore Kakashiban's tacit understanding, and then I might—"

Tsunade was halfway through his words when he suddenly stopped.

There was a sharp knock at the door.

"Come in. The fifth Hokage said in a deep voice.

"Tsunade-sama!" a shadow ninja hurriedly walked over, presented the secret document in his hand to Tsunade, and said with a slight gasp, "Water Country Urgent!"

"The Land of Water...... Kiri Ninja Village?"

The woman frowned slightly and took the letter.

She unfolded the letter, her eyes quickly brushing over the words on it, and the relaxed expression of her face quickly dissipated and became solemn.

After reading the urgency, Tsunade put it on the table and looked up, his eyes sweeping back and forth between Sakura Haruno and Naruto.

"Looks ...... Kakashiban's reorganization is imperative. Hokage-sama smiled playfully and said slowly.

"Konoha upper ninja Sakura, lower ninja uzumaki Naruto, listen to orders!"

Sakura and Naruto suddenly put away the smiles on their faces and straightened up.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

[Make up for last night's second shift.] Set a small goal: update two more chapters in the afternoon and evening. 】