In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 205 You’re Nuts!

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In the Hokage's Office, Tsunade was flipping through a mission report that Anko had revised five times, and her eyes finally stopped on the words ‘Land of Whirlpools’.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open.

Tsunade looked up and saw a man and a dog standing at the door, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"You’re here?"

"Ah, didn’t you summon me, Tsunade-sama?" Naruto was a little surprised.

"Yes, I did." Tsunade nodded, then raised the mission report in her hand and said, "I’m holding back your mission report. Delete the part about the Land of Whirlpools."

"Why?" Naruto was a little confused.

He didn’t mind much, as the Land of Whirlpools indeed had its secrets. But no one had uncovered the secrets in the past decades, so he felt that there wouldn’t be any problems even if it wasn’t kept hidden.

Anyway, he had already secured those twenty-seven masks, and no one else would be able to find any clues. When there were more leads on the masks, it would not be too late for him to go to the Land of Whirlpools again.

"Don’t ask so many questions about this. I’m just helping you remove it." Tsunade sighed, and the deadly weapon shook slightly. "You'll understand in due time."

‘What was this, some kind of cryptic game?’

‘I know everything about the Land of Whirlpools’ matters, not to mention the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan. But whatever, actions speak louder than words. I will show her when the time came to revitalize it.’

"Tsunade-sama... are you drinking fake sake again?"

"..." Tsunade’s face twitched slightly, "If you don’t know what to say, then shut up! What fake sake? I’ve long since......"

Halfway through, she sneakily peered out the window, then checked both sides of the doorway. Once she confirmed that Shizune wasn’t around, she raised her voice, "I’ve long since stopped drinking!"

"Oh." Naruto’s response was half-hearted, but then he shifted topics abruptly, "By the way, Tsunade-sama, I’d like to restart the mission to the Land of Snow."

"Isn’t that mission already canceled?" Tsunade leaned back into her office chair and said lazily, " You can’t just restart it on your whim. You need the Princess’s approval."

"What if she agrees?" He asked.

"Why are you so insistent on going to the Land of Snow?" Tsunade asked with narrowed eyes. She finally understood that Naruto was determined to go to the Land of Snow.

"Don’t tell me you’re..."

"No." Naruto interrupted directly, "My mission completion rate is 100%. Tsunade-sama, do you understand the value of a 100% success rate?"

Tsunade: "... You’re nuts."

Naruto felt deeply hurt. For a young man, being called crazy was quite damaging! So he began to pester her, sitting directly on her desk and gazing into the abyss.

Tsunade sneered and threw both Naruto and Kurama out of her office. With a bang, the door shut.

"You need to get Princess Fuun’s consent first."

…

‘What a misstep.’

The scene of Naruto and Kurama being thrown out was witnessed by Team 8, who had come to report back.

Hinata, Kiba, and Shino looked at Naruto who had fallen on the ground with a dazed look on their faces. The latter calmly stood up, dusted himself off, and said, "Cough, cough, the floor’s a bit slippery."

Kiba frowned and stared at Naruto for a long time, then asked with a complicated look, "You okay? I heard you were drifting at sea for almost a month."

"It's nothing." Naruto replied casually, "It's just a shipwreck at the sea. It's not a big deal. I just took a little detour and came back."

After a brief exchange, Kiba and Shino entered the Hokage’s Office. Hinata, blushing, paused beside Naruto and whispered shyly, "Can you wait for me? I have something I want to say to you, Naruto-kun."

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Sure, I’ll wait for you downstairs."

…

Naruto stood downstairs, yawning as he sat down on the edge of the railing.

The Hokage Tower was unusually quiet, with occasional birdsong and the sound of construction work echoing from within. It was already March in the blink of an eye, and the tall cherry blossom trees inside the compound were about to bloom.

‘Tsunade had already mentioned that if Koyuki requested the mission to be restarted, she would most likely agree as well.’

‘If that were the case, things would be much easier.’

Soon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from upstairs, and Hinata's petite figure ran down from upstairs. Before she reached the bottom floor, her eyes were already searching around anxiously.

The classic scene of a girl stepping on empty air while going down the stairs without looking at the road happened. Naruto was stunned when he saw this, but he still caught her, thinking that Hinata could be a bit clumsy.

Hinata blushed in Naruto’s arms and then nervously stood up. She walked around him twice, as if she wanted to confirm whether his limbs were intact, but she didn't have the courage to touch him directly.

"What's wrong?" Naruto wanted to laugh but held it in.

Footsteps echoed again from the inner stairwell, and Hinata, in a panic, blinked rapidly, pulling Naruto towards the other side of the Hokage Tower. They ran through a hallway and eventually stopped at a corner.

It was a decent spot, with a wide view located in the blind spot of two intersecting hallways. The people coming wouldn’t see them, but they could easily observe any movement from either direction.

If someone approached, they could just run up to the abandoned rooftop.

Naruto didn’t know why they were hiding from people, but since Hinata had dragged him there, he decided to wait and see. Perhaps she had something important to say, though it was probably unlikely.

Sure enough, Hinata looked up, her cheeks flushed and her eyes moist.

"Lately, I’ve been busy with missions… I can’t lose focus, but Tsunade-sama said you had an accident at sea."

"It's actually nothing serious." Naruto found it more and more strange, and quickly interrupted, "Look, I’m fine now, right? No need to worry about me."

"To be honest, if I were alone at sea, I’d have been back ashore in ten days."

"How could I not worry?" Hinata’s teary eyes almost shed a tear but then turned into a smile, "Naruto-kun, you promised to train with me."

"So, you were worried because of training?" Naruto asked with a mischievous look.

"N-no, it's not like that." Hinata looked down and her hands started fidgeting. Then, she hesitatingly said,  It’s not just because of training. I’ve already changed my training strategy."

 Thanks to your guidance, Naruto-kun… I just want to keep following you. Maybe someday, I can be like you."

"Really?" Naruto glanced at Hinata, who was just beginning to bloom. He knew that there was more than just a gap in strength between them, as there was also the system separating them.

"Then, next time, if I have time, I’ll train with you. Do you have any missions soon?" He asked.

"Yes." Hinata lowered her head and replied softly, "There are a lot of missions lately. I might have time next month, or maybe in two weeks."

"Next month, huh." Naruto thought about it carefully and estimated that Koyuki would be discharged from the hospital next month, so he simply agreed, "No problem, just let me know when you’re free."

After saying that, he added, "When I’m not on a mission, I’m usually just lying around at home."

"Okay." Hinata twirled her fingers in front of her chest and looked away shyly.

Naruto swore that he was talking seriously without any ulterior motive, but just then, someone approached, and Hinata quickly and nervously said her goodbyes before hurrying off.

As he stepped out of the Hokage Tower, Naruto suddenly realized he would be idle for the entire month.