The Third Hokage seemed confident that Nawaki and the girls would fail this test. The fact that Tsunade used the strength of a jonin and they still managed to get through, was a big surprise for him.
Trying not to show it, the Third Hokage takes a deep breath and says: "Well... As you can see, they are very capable."
Jiraiya nodded: "Yeah, they surprised me a lot. Everyone was excellent, no wonder Tsunade was so fervent into forming a special team with them."
"They are very young, but already have a big force. Nawaki in particular has already caught my eye, and now, I regret even more that he wasn't part of my team." Said Orochimaru.
"Well, it's not like I don't understand how you feel, even Minato hasn't displayed a talent as great as his..." Jiraiya, who is quite proud of Minato, couldn't help but comment.
Apart from that Minato was older than Nawaki, he only stayed longer in the ninja school and lied about his age at the Third Hokage's command, but in reality, he was about to turn 14.
"By the way, Tsunade-sama, you've gotten prettier since I last saw you!" Mikoto said.
"Yes, yes, I thought the same." Hikari nodded heavily.
"Oh? I thought I was the only one who thought so, so I didn't say anything." Kushina said, "Tsunade-sama, are you wearing makeup? The one that grown women use to look prettier?"
Nawaki looked at Tsunade and nodded. 'Indeed, she became prettier...'
Since she transformed from a girl to a woman, she looked more attractive. Looking at her exquisite face, Nawaki thought of how he'd popped her cherry...
"No, I'm just wearing lipstick," Tsunade smiled and added as she pouted, pretending to be pitiful, "Wasn't I pretty before?"
Kushina quickly shook her head. "No, that's not it. You were already very beautiful. Now you are prettier dattebane!"
"Haha seriously? I'm happy~" Tsunade said, "Okay, let's stop talking about it for now. It's not lunchtime yet, but we can advance a little bit today, how about this Nawaki, you make something delicious for us, yeah~?"
"Of course, I already planned to do this even without you asking, Sis." Nawaki gave his classic smile: "Today is the day of celebration of the new Team 0!"
"Yep!" The girls raised one of their hands with a joyful squeal.
As they walked and talked, Tsunade used a sound isolation jutsu.
She had no idea if the Hokage was still watching them, but it was best that he did not listen.
"Seriously, the vegetables and even the fruits that Nawaki planted are out of this world dattebane!" This morning was the first day that Kushina had tasted a ripe banana.
One thing Nawaki learned was that if he uses a bit of wood style, it can speed up the tree's growth, however, because it's fast, it pulls nutrients out of the earth faster, so Nawaki had to create a fertilizer with the blood to keep up with the growth of fruit trees.
"How lucky for you, I'd like to try it too," Mikoto said with desire in her eyes.
"I have a banana cake recipe I will make for dessert," Nawaki said with a small gentle smile.
"Yay! I can't wait~" A beautiful smile bloomed on Mikoto's face.
Hikari also swallowed her saliva dry.
"By the way, there is a new person living in the Senju Clan," Tsunade spoke a little about Yugito Nii.
"I see, her parents died in the war and her closest relative was Mito-sama."
As girls sympathized with the story, (albeit a false story). But by saying it that way, they would be more cautious in asking questions, not try broaching the topic of her background, or her parents.
The less they know now the better.
Soon they arrived at the Senju Clan's entrance and Tsunade broke the sound isolation jutsu around them.
Meanwhile, in a room, a 3-year-old girl was sitting on a chair while looking out the window.
The little girl's elbows rested on the window as she had her hands on her cheeks and sighed.
The little girl's look didn't seem to belong to someone so young, it was a look of seriousness with a bit of maturity that one would only see in a person who has been through a lot.
'So I'm nothing more than a vessel for them…' She sighed.
Yugito Nii understood that, however, upon hearing the recording that Nawaki gave her, Yugito Nii understood very well the value she had to Cloud Village, however, now that she was no longer the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, she would still have any value to them?
Perhaps yes. If she were able to keep what is currently sealed inside her, perhaps he would do some experiments to try and uncover the secrets behind it.
She was young, however, she was forced to understand more difficult things even though she was so young, like the existence of experiments... If she went back, would she become a guinea pig for Cloud Village's experiments?
These thoughts scare her a lot.
Closing the window, Yugito Nii got down from the chair.
In the lower left corner, next to her bed, there was a silver tray. On top of the silver tray were a white plate, a glass, and some cutlery.
'Why was it so delicious?' She didn't understand her feelings, but Yugito Nii felt a tightness in her chest that made her reach out her hand to her chest and to tighten, crumpling the white T-shirt with blue stripes she was wearing.
Just like a sunny day in summer when it suddenly rains, Yugito Nii's eyes watered and she cried without even understanding why she was crying.
"Yuyu, are you crying?"
Someone had knocked on the door and for lack of response opened and saw the scene of the small girl with long red hair crying, looking like she was in a lot of pain.
Approaching, that person hugged her affectionately and said in a soft tone, "I don't know what happened, but it's going to be okay dattebane."
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