Chapter 280: Won't Be My Girlfriend? Then Let's Go to Heaven!
Itachi Uchiha's expression remained unchanged. He knew Kisame wouldn't die, although Akiyama Makoto might not know that.
Makoto pretended not to know either and said, "This is a lesson for you. Now scram."
Then, he flashed to the front of the Konoha gate. Kakashi and the others had already used Earth Style to try and block the huge wave in front of them, but it seemed too late.
Makoto quickly formed hand seals, building on their foundation, and his Yin Seal was also released.
The next second, he cast a super-ninjutsu: Earth Style: Thousand-Li Mud Wall!
An earth wall thirty meters high and over ten li long appeared in front of the huge wave, blocking the surge caused by Kisame's Water Style.
Because this wave had no source and no subsequent continuous impact, after blocking the first wave, the crisis was completely resolved.
Seeing this scene, the Konoha villagers behind, who had just realized the danger, cheered.
Kakashi looked at him with admiration. He hadn't expected this young man to have completely grown into the guardian of Konoha.
It's just a pity he doesn't want to be Hokage...
"Well done, Makoto-kun!"
Guy gave him a thumbs-up. Kurenai, with a face full of peach blossoms, pounced on him, hugged his neck, and kissed his cheek.
Asuma, who had been smiling happily, froze. But after a few seconds, his stiff smile slowly became sincere.
Asuma wasn't a protagonist. He considered his life a failure, a prodigal's life.
As a child, he was a second-generation rich kid running rampant in Konoha. When he grew up, he quarreled with the Hokage and wandered outside, becoming one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja. As a result, part of the Twelve Guardian Ninja rebelled, leading to the dissolution of the organization, and he could only return to Konoha.
Now he was just continuing this failed life... Maybe this was the meaning of his life. Since he couldn't become the "King," he could only become the person who protected the "King."
The huge wave receded, and Makoto withdrew his Earth Style ninjutsu. Then he exchanged intelligence with Kakashi and the others.
He told them about Itachi's Tsukuyomi, and then told them that Itachi's purpose in coming was to try and take Sasuke away.
But after this blow, he probably wouldn't attack Konoha easily again.
Hearing his description, everyone felt relieved.
Konoha couldn't even find a person in charge right now, so they really couldn't afford another huge crisis.
But just as they were discussing, a ninja came to report that Sasuke Uchiha had rushed out of the village.
The commotion just now had been so big that almost the entire Konoha knew about it.
Sasuke had probably seen the battle in the distance from the wall and deduced who had come.
"Sasuke, that guy... Guy, do me a favor. Let's go chase him back."
As the team leader, Kakashi was the first person responsible, so he naturally couldn't shirk the blame.
Guy nodded. He would go through fire and water for his good friend, so he was naturally duty-bound.
However, Kakashi didn't dare call Makoto, because he felt he wasn't familiar enough with Makoto to casually ask him to act.
Kurenai glanced at him. He naturally understood her thoughts and said, "Let them go. Itachi Uchiha has no malice and won't hurt them."
"As for that Kisame, he won't have combat power for a short time."
"But Sasuke... he's probably going to suffer a big loss."
Kurenai naturally believed his judgment and watched Kakashi and Guy go after Sasuke with peace of mind.
Asuma led a team to clean up the mess.
Although Kisame's Water Style hadn't caused any casualties, the drowned animals and dried-up aquatic products in the forest still had to be cleaned up to prevent epidemics.
As for Makoto, after returning home and confirming everything was normal, he gave Kurenai another ninjutsu crystal, then swapped places with his shadow clone and returned to Tsunade's side.
At this time, Tsunade was still sleeping, and he wasn't in a hurry.
The Chūnin Exam turmoil was basically resolved. Next were the peace talks with the Sand Village and Sasuke's defection.
He had already laid the groundwork for the former, and he didn't need to care about the latter; that was a game between Orochimaru and Itachi.
In addition, he had to go to the Hidden Mist Village to intervene in their civil war, but there was a specific timeline for this, so there was no need to rush for now.
On the contrary, there were only a few days left before Jiraiya found Tsunade, so he naturally had to completely conquer Tsunade.
Even if he couldn't conquer her, he had to completely break the relationship between himself and Tsunade, making it impossible for her to reject him again.
He sat beside her, watching her, until noon, when she rubbed her eyes and sat up, shouting, "Shizune, I'm hungry—"
The room was empty and silent. Only then did Tsunade realize what absurd things had happened to her in the past two days.
To escape a young man's confession, she had actually fled in panic...
Tsunade covered her face with a bitter smile, but there was a trace of guilty red in her smile, because she knew she really had lost control a little.
If it were the Tsunade of the past, no matter how outstanding he was, she couldn't possibly agree to establish a relationship with someone like him.
But the current her always had some special physical reactions. Although she could still control them with reason, her mood also began to become strange.
Tsunade knew this was due to the hormonal effects of her body becoming younger. However, knowing was one thing; facing these feelings and his constant advances, being unable to remain indifferent was another.
She sighed, preparing to get up and eat, but suddenly realized there was someone beside her.
Her pupils constricted. Just as she was about to strike, his eyes flickered, and everything around them instantly became chaotic.
The original wooden room turned into white walls, and the original tatami turned into wooden floors. Even the familiar large bed appeared before her eyes. It was the scenery of his room before he transmigrated.
He looked at all this in surprise. This was a genjutsu space he had created subconsciously, and then pulled her spirit into it.
It sounded complicated, but simply put, it was casting a genjutsu on her, making her share the same five senses as him, and then covering everything around them with the genjutsu space.
In summary, this was a crude imitation of Tsukuyomi. Since he didn't have the Sharingan, this was also a helpless move.
But even so, this genjutsu was already very amazing. Even Tsunade looked at all this in shock and said, "You know this kind of thing too?"
"Just figured it out. I'm smart, right?"
She looked at him with complex eyes. She didn't know his past.
However, even if she treated him as a genius who had started training at a few years old, his strength was already amazing, even vaguely exceeding the strength of her grandfather at the same age.
Faced with the pursuit of such a genius, she had become somewhat powerless.
She could only solemnly declare again, "Akiyama Makoto, we are not suitable. How can I make you understand what I'm saying?"
"Big Sister Tsunade, it's you who doesn't understand me, right?"
He looked at her in surprise. "Clearly, you lost the bet and refused to fulfill it. It was just being my girlfriend for a week, and after that, I wouldn't pursue you anymore."
"But you insisted on running away and making things complicated. Is it because you don't want to fulfill the bet, or do you think you'll fall in love with me after this week?"
"Bastard! I won't fall in love with you! I just—"
Her face flushed red. Sure enough, it wasn't so easy to muddle through in front of him.
As for falling in love with him or something, she couldn't admit it even more. But did she really have to be his girlfriend for a week?
"No reason, or dare not say the reason?"
A contemptuous smile appeared on his lips. "The dignified Sannin can't even accept defeat? What happened to the Legendary Sucker?"
"Tsunade, your gambling character is terrible!"
Tsunade immediately flew into a rage and punched at him.
As a result, her fist passed through his body, turning everything around them into ripples and disappearing.
He looked at his genjutsu space with regret. He had just mastered the use of Yin Release chakra, so his methods were indeed lacking.
But this was already a good start, because his Genjutsu stat still had a lot of room for growth.
"Makoto-kun... let me go."
Seeing that hard tactics wouldn't work, she decided to go soft.
She clasped her hands together in a pleading gesture. "Why are you so obsessed with an old woman like me? You're so outstanding, you can totally pursue more young girls!"
"Look, how about I introduce Shizune to you?"
"Not good. She's not as good as you."
"Where exactly is she not as good as me?!"
He pointed unceremoniously at her chest. She crossed her arms over her chest and stepped back, blushing.
In the past, the height of her peaks was her proud capital. Now, she felt that having a slightly worse figure might not be unacceptable.
"I—"
She desperately thought of excuses. He changed the subject. "Big Sister Tsunade, if you really don't want to, then give me your necklace."
"Necklace?"
She took out the necklace in surprise. This was a relic of the First Hokage, containing his chakra, and had a certain suppressive effect on Jinchūriki.
"Do you know what this is?"
Her expression became even more complicated. Not because the necklace was precious, but because she had once given it to her brother, and he had died tragically.
So she felt that this necklace was probably unlucky, just like her.
Whoever she loved would die. Whoever she gave the necklace to would die.
Compared to that, she might as well be his girlfriend for a week. At least if the fake didn't become real, it wouldn't count as love, and probably wouldn't trigger her curse.
It should be better than giving the necklace, right?!
"I don't know, but I want a souvenir."
"Impossible. This is my grandfather's relic, worth more than three mountains. I won't give it to any outsider."
He suddenly stood up, startling her. "What are you doing?"
"It's not what I'm doing, but what you're doing, Big Sister Tsunade."
"This won't do, that won't do either. It's very hard for me too."
Then, he suddenly flicked his wrist, and a kunai shot through the window into the sky like a rocket, disappearing from sight.
Before she understood what was happening, the next second, his hand was on her shoulder, and the two of them were above the clouds.
He had used the Flying Thunder God to send himself and Tsunade into the sky!
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