Uchiha Hikari blended in very quickly. After Shizune and Konan returned, the whole big family held a simple welcome gathering for her.
Aoba personally cooked.
Although Uchiha Hikari had already eaten until she was stuffed on the commercial street, when faced with new rice-friendly dishes, she still finished a full two large bowls of rice.
Aoba even started to worry that Uchiha Hikari might turn into a big eater.
After all, unlike Hinata, who could eat over ten bowls of ramen with her stomach still flat, Uchiha Hikari's belly was genuinely starting to bulge a little.
But considering her past life that was basically like being in prison, it was normal for her to eat more the first time she had food this good.
Still, if it kept going like this later on, it would need a bit of control.
After dinner, Aoba did not stay at home for long.
———
He first went to the hospital to perform a simple eye replacement surgery for Sasuke. After all, it was hot-swappable. Even with him doing it personally, it was more for peace of mind. After that, Sasuke just needed two days of rest for the eyes to finish fusing.
Once Sasuke's eyes fully evolved, he would probably act arrogant again for a period of time.
As for Nagato, a few days of IV drips would be enough.
———
After finishing all this, he returned to the Land of Fire.
There were still many matters on the Land of Fire side.
Especially since a regime change had just taken place, and a small-scale war had just occurred in the Fire Capital.
He had already dumped the work on Tsunade for an entire day. He did not know whether she would go berserk when she saw him.
Aoba sensed the Flying Thunder God mark on Tsunade and appeared inside a grand hall where a meeting was in progress.
There was clearly a heated discussion going on inside the hall, all about the reconstruction of the Fire Capital.
Tsunade sat in the main seat. To match her status and temperament, she had deliberately dressed up.
She wore a jet-black, intricate kimono, and her long golden hair was tied up high behind her head.
Her expression was somewhat numb, but the moment she saw Aoba appear, her eyes widened immediately.
Grinding her teeth, she glared at him.
"Uh!"
Aoba felt like he might have arrived at a bad time.
"Greetings, Daimyo!"
His appearance naturally drew the attention of the other ministers, who hurriedly knelt and bowed toward him.
"Ahem! You're all still working so late. You've worked hard."
Aoba offered a word of consolation to the ministers nearby.
"Not hard at all. For the Daimyo, it's not hard!"
A minister immediately began flattering him.
With someone taking the lead, everyone else naturally joined in.
It made Aoba a bit speechless, "Alright, that's it for today's work. You may all withdraw."
"Yes!"
The group of ministers did not dare delay and filed out cleanly and efficiently.
In an instant, only Aoba and Tsunade were left in the hall.
After the hall doors closed, Aoba stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Tsunade's mature, sexy body.
"You worked hard today, Sensei."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the right hand that had been around Tsunade's waist moved as if it had auto-targeting enabled, slipping in from the hem of her clothes and resting on her smooth lower abdomen.
"Behave yourself. This is the council hall. It's a proper place!"
Tsunade shot him a reproachful glare.
Seriously. He left her here all day, and the moment he came back, he started getting handsy again.
Still, while Tsunade felt exasperated, she was also a little pleased.
'This brat only acts like this when he is with me. Those little girls at home are no match for me.'
"It's mainly because Sensei, you look too beautiful today."
"Smooth-talker!"
Tsunade could not help patting the restless hand inside her clothes, "I haven't even eaten yet!"
"Then let's eat first. I brought food over from home."
Aoba smiled, picked Tsunade up, and in a flash, they appeared inside a luxuriously decorated bedroom.
He set Tsunade down on a chair, then took all the food out of the sealing scroll and filled the table completely.
Looking at the color of the dishes, Tsunade picked up a piece of meat and took a bite, immediately understanding, "You made all of this?"
The brat saw how hard she had worked and even knew to cook her a meal to make it up to her. At least he had a bit of conscience.
"Uh!"
After knowing each other this deeply for so long, Aoba could tell what Tsunade was thinking at a glance, but he still told the truth.
"There might be one more housemate at home, so we prepared a welcome dinner for her."
Crack!
Before he could finish speaking, the sound of chopsticks snapping could be heard.
Worried that he himself might end up broken like the chopsticks, Aoba hurriedly added, "Of course, the portion made for Sensei was specially prepared. They're all dishes you like."
"Heh!"
Tsunade sneered, "Then what's this new housemate all about?"
"Well…"
Aoba briefly explained everything that had happened today.
But when it came to Uchiha Hikari's tragic life, he emphasized it and told it in detail.
After all, it was also to help Tsunade accept it more quickly.
"Leader of the Akatsuki… Uchiha Madara… an Uchiha sealed away hundreds of years ago…"
Tsunade murmured in surprise. She had originally thought this brat had just gone off slacking.
She had not expected that he had actually done so many major things.
Seen this way, she was the one being unreasonable.
"Hm?"
Just as Tsunade was feeling a tiny bit guilty over her own fussing, she suddenly exclaimed.
Because Aoba, who was sitting beside her, suddenly reached out, wrapped his arms around Tsunade's waist, and lifted her whole body up.
"Brat! What are you doing?"
Caught completely off guard, Tsunade cried out.
Fortunately, it was only for a moment. She ended up sitting face to face in Aoba's lap.
Her hands rested on his shoulders.
"You really worked hard today, Sensei. Let me properly serve you."
Aoba smiled, picked up his chopsticks, and held a piece of braised pork up to Tsunade's mouth.
Tsunade wanted to say it was unnecessary, but seeing the meat already right in front of her, she still opened her mouth and ate it.
But just as she swallowed that bite of meat, the next mouthful of vegetables arrived.
Tsunade simply decided to enjoy Aoba feeding her.
But as she kept eating, she suddenly felt as if some kind of restraint had disappeared, followed by a faint coolness.
Tsunade lowered her head to look, and immediately understood.
At some point, Aoba's hand had reached the tie on her body.
And then she was wide open down the front.
She could not help shooting this impatient brat a look.
"You're this impatient? Can't you wait until I finish eating?"
"It's fine. Teacher can eat while we do it."
Aoba brought another piece of pork chop to Tsunade's mouth.
Tsunade felt a bit speechless, but she did not refuse.
It actually felt pretty novel.
After eating that bite of pork chop, Tsunade stood up and stretched her body a bit, then sat back down again.
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