Even though she lost the bet again, she wasn't sad.
On the contrary, she was quite happy!
"It's good to be alive..."
Tsunade muttered, then looked at Naruto and said, "There's something I need your agreement on."
"What?"
"Considering that you're not very active in doing missions, I plan to break up Team Seven. What do you think?"
Now Tsunade doesn't expect Naruto to fulfill his duties as a ninja well, but there are still three excellent ninjas in his team!
Tsunade doesn't want Konoha to lose these excellent workers... ninjas... because of Naruto!
"I don't have any objections. Just ask Ino and Hinata for their opinions,"
Naruto shrugged. "But you have to leave Karin here for me. I need someone to cook at home!"
Tsunade: "..."
"Okay!"
Tsunade agreed, "Since you don't have any objections, I'll call Hinata and Ino over. Konoha is still short of manpower, especially for B-rank and higher missions. There's really no way to guarantee your team's formation..."
"You don't need to tell me so much. You're the Hokage. You can decide on your subordinates yourself. If there's nothing important, I'll leave first!"
Naruto waved his hand, looking like he couldn't be bothered to care, and then directly opened the door and left.
Tsunade watched Naruto's departing back and just rolled her eyes.
I can manage my subordinates? Then why aren't you under my control?
"Sigh, never mind. What a headache this kid is!"
Tsunade shook her head and said to the empty space, "Tenzo, go and call Hinata and Ino to the Hokage's office."
One hour later...
Tsunade watched Ino and Hinata leave, and sighed again.
This time, the team transfer didn't go too smoothly. Hinata and Ino didn't want to leave Team Seven. Because of this, they promised to persuade Naruto to do missions.
But this isn't an easy thing to do.
"It was good when Kakashi was in Team Seven!" Tsunade muttered, propping up her cheek.
When has she, the dignified Fifth Hokage, been so humble when facing her subordinates?
Missions can't be sent out, and a team transfer can't be done...
Only Naruto's Team Seven has this privilege!
"Forget it, let them do what they want."
...
On the other side, Naruto returned home after leaving the Hokage Building.
Even without anime to watch or Xiao Ai, Naruto is still enthusiastic about being a homebody.
As for the things Jiraiya taught him,
Peeping in bathhouses, bragging in bars, gambling in casinos... Naruto has done them all with Jiraiya, but he hasn't developed an interest in these things.
To enrich his life at home, Naruto bought many books, planted flowers, and made a Go board to play tic-tac-toe with Karin.
Because he has a good grasp of the rules, even if Naruto gives Karin six stones, he won't lose!
Naruto five in a row, win!
Karin five in a row, your placement of the fifth stone is wrong! Lose!
In front of the god who has mastered the rules, Naruto still maintains a perfect record in tic-tac-toe!
"I can't do it anymore, Naruto-kun... I can't win against you at all!"
"You can definitely win the next game."
"I lost again..."
"Try harder next game!"
"..."
"Should I go clean up?"
"Next game."
"Should I go water the flowers? The flowers haven't been watered today and they'll easily get scorched by the sun!"
"Finish the next game before going!"
"Finished, I lost again. I'm going to water the flowers!"
"Wait a minute!"
Naruto grabbed Karin who was about to run away, a ghostly terror in his eyes. "Do you not want to play with me?"
Karin gave an awkward laugh and said, "Didn't we agree to go water the flowers?"
Naruto stared at Karin without moving his eyes, clearly not planning to admit it!
Seeing this, Karin could only helplessly continue playing chess with Naruto.
Although tic-tac-toe is really boring, if you keep losing, you'll find... there's nothing more boring than playing tic-tac-toe!
A few minutes later...
Knock knock knock!
"Someone's here, I'll go open the door!"
Hearing the sound of knocking, Karin seemed to hear the music of angels. She immediately dashed towards the door, not even caring about the tic-tac-toe game in progress.
Naruto's hand, which was about to place a stone, stopped in mid-air, his eyes staring eerily at Karin's departing back.
Not good, murderous intent!
Run quickly!!
Karin sensed Naruto's murderous intent and sped up her pace!
She rushed to the door at top speed and yanked it open.
"You... H-hello!!"
Looking at Karin, who was panting and seemed to have experienced a great escape, Hinata and Ino were a little confused.
"What's wrong, Karin?" Ino, who was more outgoing, asked directly.
"It's you guys. It's nothing, it's just a little hot from playing chess!" Karin explained.
"Playing chess can make you hot?"
Ino walked into the house with a suspicious look.
"Excuse me," Hinata bowed to Karin, then followed behind.
The two came to the living room and saw Naruto sitting motionless in front of the chessboard, seemingly carefully thinking about the game.
What kind of game is so difficult to solve?
Even Naruto-kun is so serious?
Ino and Hinata didn't dare to interrupt Naruto and walked over with curious faces.
"This is!"
"Tic-tac-toe?!?"
Naruto was stunned, looked at Ino, who had a shocked expression, and asked, "You know it?"
"We played it when we were in the second grade in the ninja academy! Strange, Naruto, are you Kuroko? Why hasn't the white stone won even though it's formed five in a row?" Ino said.
Naruto: "..."
He thought this world didn't have tic-tac-toe, but he didn't expect that only Karin, who never went to school, didn't know it.
"It's nothing, this game is over. What are you here for?"
While Naruto was speaking, he quietly put away the chess pieces, his eyes constantly looking at Karin.
She shouldn't have seen anything, right?
"It's like this. Today, Tsunade-sama wanted to transfer us away from Team Seven, but we didn't want to leave Team Seven, so we came to find you, Captain!" Ino said.
"Don't want to leave Team Seven? Why?"
Naruto looked at the two in confusion. "Is there anything here that attracts you? I can change it, okay?"
Ino rolled her eyes and then said with a serious face, "I have a reason to stay in Team Seven, but I can't tell you what it is!"
"I... Me too!" Hinata said, following along.
A reason you can't say?
Naruto raised an eyebrow and directly eavesdropped on the two's thoughts.
Ino: 'Damn it, actually wanting me to leave Team Seven. How can I find the truth about Sakura's death if I leave Team Seven? Uchiha Sasuke is most likely to be found only in Team Seven, right?!'
Hinata: 'It's not easy to be in the same team as Naruto. Even if we can't do missions together, I don't want to leave!'