As Jiraiya's voice faded into the distance, Tsunade couldn't help but pause. He... kind of had a point. When it came to debating and making arguments, Xin was far better than she was.
He always left her speechless, unable to argue back, even when she was furious. The only thing Tsunade feared was that Xin might embarrass her in public again, like he did with the whole "pole-dancing" thing.
He claimed he only suggested it to humiliate the Third Kazekage, but still-when you're under someone's control, you don't get to choose what kind of dance you end up doing.
That's why Tsunade was careful to keep her interactions with Xin civil-she didn't want to risk her reputation.
If that ever happened in front of a crowd, she'd have to leave the village in shame.
"Alright, old man," Tsunade grumbled, grabbing a scroll and writing her response. "If you want me to handle this, then you're going to promote Xin to jonin, or you can handle it yourself."
With that, she sent the message back to the village.
Within just a few hours, the messenger hawk carrying the intel flew back from the Land of Rain to Konoha. The intel department swiftly delivered the scroll to the Third Hokage's desk.
At this point, the Third Hokage had already changed into his sleeping robe, ready to finally rest. He had been so swamped with work that he didn't even bother going home and was preparing to spend the night at the office.
But, of course, before he could even lie down, more work showed up.
"Hokage-sama, this is a report from Lady Tsunade, sent from the camp in the Land of Rain," Shinobi delivering the message.
"Thank you," Third Hokage nodded and opened the scroll. But after just a few moments of reading, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"That damn Tsunade!" He muttered, half amused, half exasperated. "Is she serious?"
She was suggesting sending a ten-year-old kid to represent the village in peace negotiations. If that wasn't ridiculous, what was? And to make matters worse, Tsunade herself was being incredibly stubborn. If Xin didn't help out, she outright refused to go to the talks.
She even said, "Whoever wants to go can go. I'm not dealing with it."
Rubbing his temples to soothe his growing headache, the Third Hokage pulled out Xin's file, reviewing all the boy's accomplishments and the records of his contributions in the field.
After a careful review, the Hokage let out a sigh of relief. Xin's record and achievements were more than enough to justify promoting him to jonin. Making him take the jonin exam wasn't exactly against the rules.
Even the council members, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, wouldn't be able to argue with this.
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