Chapter 275: Can't Catch Him, Can't Hit Him, Furious Tsunade
Tsunade froze on the spot, staring at Akiyama Makoto with wide eyes, as if she couldn't believe what had just happened.
It wasn't until her teeth were pried open that she realized she was being kissed.
This strange sensation made Tsunade's brain instantly short-circuit. Her iron-like fist immediately swung up, smashing down towards him.
But to her shock, he also raised his hand, pressing against her wrist.
The violent collision even created a sonic boom. If they hadn't just clashed their hands together and directed the force away from the surroundings, the inn they were in would have been reduced to rubble in an instant.
Tsunade looked at his hand, her eyes full of disbelief. He has this kind of strength?
No, she had known his strength wasn't weak.
His chakra wasn't low, and his physical fitness wasn't bad either. The only problem was that he had a bloodline disease, which led her to believe he might not have long to live—that was her judgment not long ago.
But now, she only felt that this guy probably thought his life was too long.
She then lifted her leg and kicked fiercely at his crotch.
He finally let go of her lips. With a light backflip, he retreated, causing her kick to miss.
Seeing that she was about to advance again, he raised his hand. "Grandma Tsunade, are you going back on your word? Then I'll have to write you into my book—"
In an instant, Tsunade was so angry her face turned red.
Being kissed, being called Grandma Tsunade, and being threatened with being written into a book... he was trying to make her die of social embarrassment!
The current her was not Grandma Tsunade. Her vital signs were no different from her twenty-something self.
Because her body had become younger, her mentality had also become younger. Faced with such a thing, her reason naturally collapsed.
Her chakra became tangible and visible as she said, "Is that so? You're still unrepentant. It seems I can only end this by beating you to death."
Then, roaring in anger, she chased after him again. He wasn't worried. He just used a Body Flicker, pushed open the window, and left, running out of Tanzaku Town.
Tsunade immediately chased after him. However, speed was the only weakness in her overall strength.
Although she could achieve a very strong impact speed by exploding with Chakra Enhanced Strength, facing the agile Makoto, she simply couldn't catch him.
As for her angry punch smashing the ground, he could easily flip dozens of meters into the air, then use a Wind Style jutsu like Gale Palm to turn nimbly, and finally land lightly.
This series of movements, although the level of ninjutsu and physical fitness used weren't particularly strong, when combined, displayed a strength that shocked even the furious Tsunade.
"Why do you have such strength? With strength like this, why aren't you a ninja? Why become a writer?"
Seeing that she was interested in talking, he said calmly, "Why become a ninja? Do you have to become a ninja just because you have chakra?"
"Writer, traveler, gambler, drinking and singing... there are so many interesting things to do. Why become a ninja and kill people?"
Tsunade was slightly taken aback, the anger in her heart lessening a bit.
Although she was furious that he had done such a thing to her, she had to acknowledge his words.
Wandering outside Konoha for so many years, she had also pondered this question more than once.
What was the meaning of a ninja's existence?
In the Warring States period, ninja had to kill to survive and earn rewards.
But in the current ninja world, ordinary people could survive too. Instead, it was often the ninja who caused chaos and slaughter.
Of course, she couldn't say these words to others.
Ordinary people wouldn't understand, and ninja would disdain to listen. It had reached the point where she summarized these thoughts as "only fools become Hokage."
Unfortunately, in the original storyline, she was Talk-no-Jutsu'd by Naruto and returned to Konoha to become Hokage, sacrificing herself for the village she had already given up on.
It couldn't be said that her choice was wrong, because apart from Konoha, there was no place for her in the ninja world. In the end, returning to her hometown and having a good ending was a decent life.
The only pity was that the insights and thoughts she had gained from traveling the ninja world for so many years hadn't played enough of a role. She hadn't changed Konoha, but had instead walked the old path of a Hokage.
"If you don't kill people, people will come to kill you. Don't you understand this?"
Tsunade scoffed, pretending to look down on his theory.
He said calmly, "Then let the killers be brought to justice, so that no one dares to act again. Anyone who acts will be punished."
Tsunade narrowed her eyes. "You mean letting the strongest person set the rules, and the rest follow them? I thought you would support my grandfather very much, seeing as you praised him to the skies in your book."
Makoto thought to himself, As expected. She had recognized the Hashirama Senju he wrote about in his book.
But this didn't mean she fully supported Hashirama's theory, because she herself was a victim of the subsequent Great Ninja Wars and knew the flaws in that theory.
So he said, "People shouldn't deny the meaning of the first two bowls of rice just because they're full after eating the third."
"The First Hokage ended the chaotic times and created the system of one village per country, transforming the ninja world from the Warring States era to relative peace."
"Each generation has to do its own generation's work. And what this generation needs to do is make the ninja world even more peaceful, not cling to the First Hokage's rules."
"Of course, the First Hokage's original intention was for people to understand each other and achieve peace. Therefore, the two goals of mutual understanding and achieving peace cannot change. The rest should be guided by the situation."
His next few sentences stunned her.
The conclusions she had drawn from traveling the ninja world for so many years were so easily spoken by him. This gave her the urge to confide in him.
But then she clenched her fist. "Bastard brat! This isn't what we're talking about! Saying all this, do you want to be Hokage? I'm asking you why you did that to me just now!"
She cursed inwardly. This guy kept calling her Grandma Tsunade to make her lower her guard, and then took the opportunity to sneak attack her. This level of shamelessness was a first for her.
He feigned surprise. "Didn't I say I wanted you to agree to a condition, Grandma Tsunade?"
"You closed your eyes, so I took it as you agreeing. Are you going back on your word? Then you can kiss me back, and I'll write you into my new book."
A vein throbbed on her forehead. How could a person be so shameless?
If she kissed him back, wouldn't she be losing out even more?
Right now, she felt she would probably remember this for the rest of her life.
The reason was simple: this was a rare memory of youth.
She had almost forgotten the feeling of her youth, and the feelings of this week might overwrite all her past memories of youth.
In the future, whenever she thought of the past, she would remember the feeling of being kissed by him. How could she grow old peacefully?
Furious, she started trying to track him down again. But this time, he stopped pretending, always staying just outside the range of her punches.
With his spiritual power and perception, he had completely memorized her attack range.
The annoyed Tsunade finally resorted to picking up rocks and throwing them at him. Now he couldn't dodge easily, could he?
But to her frustration, he simply opened his Yin Seal, used Chakra Enhanced Strength to catch all the giant rocks, and then nonchalantly sat on them.
This appearance made her so angry she almost ground her teeth to dust.
But her curiosity also arose. "What on earth is going on with you? Yin Seal, Uzumaki red hair, and Cell Activation similar to Grandfather's... When did Konoha give birth to a freak child like you?"
He spread his hands. "Who knows? Maybe, just like what I did with you just now, someone in my ancestry couldn't resist making a mistake."
"Who made a mistake with you?! You made the mistake! You!"
She pointed at him, jumping with rage. He looked at the current Tsunade with a smile.
This appearance of resentment, shame, and anger, wanting to bite him to death but being unable to, truly displayed her youthful vitality.
If her acquaintances saw her now, they would probably suspect they had accidentally traveled through time.
She angrily tried a few more times, and finally confirmed that she couldn't do anything to him.
She turned to leave, but he said faintly, "Then I'll write into my new book about how you raided me at night, took off my clothes, touched my body, stimulated my chakra, and played with my kidneys?"
She petrified, stopping in her tracks.
He simply crossed his arms and looked at her, waiting for her to turn around.
At this point, he had achieved his goal, paving the way for the next simulation.
So as long as he didn't completely expose her, he could do whatever he wanted next. He had plenty of time to make up for any errors in the simulation.
She was silent for a long time. With a roar, she punched the ground. Finally, she clenched her fists, clamped her arms to her sides, turned, and walked towards him. "Little bastard, what will it take for you to let me go?"
"You've already gotten what you wanted me to agree to. Aren't you satisfied?"
He was slightly taken aback. "Grandma Tsunade, you seem to have misunderstood. My condition wasn't just to kiss you once and be done with it. It was for you to be my girlfriend for a week."
"And I promise, anything we do after this won't exceed the limit of what we just did. What do you think?"
"In your dreams!"
"I am the magnificent Sannin Tsunade. How could I be threatened by a little bastard like you? Write it! Even if you write it, no one will believe you!"
Be his girlfriend for a week—loss for this little bastard to even think of it! He knows who I am, yet he still pesters me like this. Really—
She really wanted to summon up an emotion of extreme anger, but she subconsciously bit the corner of her lip. No matter how she thought about it, the feeling from just now lingered in her mind.
She knew very well that this was the surging hormones of a young body at work.
Later, she would have to find a way to use medical ninjutsu to limit the youthful state of her body—she had never thought that one day, being too young would make her feel ashamed and annoyed.
"Then I'll lower my request. Be my girlfriend for a week. At most, we'll just hold hands and hug. Is that acceptable?"
"In your dreams!"
"In that case, I'll have to tell the story just now to Sannin Jiraiya and ask him to help publish the book—"
He tilted his head, dodging a rock that flew like a bullet. Opposite him, in the distance, her face was green and red.
"You dare tell Jiraiya about what just happened? I'll kill you!"
"Eh? Didn't Grandma Tsunade say no one would believe it?"
"That's not a question of believing or not! It's—what if that bastard writes this into his book? I don't want to be a character in his book! Have you no shame?!"
He feigned surprise. "Doesn't Senpai Jiraiya write classic romance novels? What does that have to do with shame? He told me he's best at writing love stories between men and women. Was he lying to me?"
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