Naruto: Nawaki was already dead, how could you bring him back to life?

A tall figure emerged from the gold exchange, looking at the latest bounty list in his hand. A rare ripple appeared in his usually calm, emerald-green eyes.

"The Land of Fire has acquired a lot of valuables lately. It seems necessary to make a trip there," the figure muttered to himself.

The figure put the list back into his arms, glanced at the map in his hand, and headed towards the Land of Fire.

Chapter 79 Sis, Chiba's gone on a date

On his way back to Konoha, Chiba tried to combine the two Four Symbols Seals together to create what he understood as the Eight Trigrams Seal, and surprisingly, it worked.

The Eight-Tails' chakra within him was completely contained within his body, perfectly hidden in a sealed space, waiting to be released during battle so it could be used as a power bank.

The group returned to Konoha and went directly to the Hokage's office to report the details of the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"...There were four Cloud Hidden Guards in total. Three were killed and one escaped. This is a scroll containing the corpse of Squad Leader Gale. What do you think we should do with it?"

Chiba truthfully reported the entire process of the mission, but omitted the part about his fight with the Eight-Tails.

As for whether the rumors will spread from Kumogakure, that's none of his business. He doesn't believe or spread rumors. What makes Chiba think he's a match for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?

This must be a conspiracy by the Hidden Cloud Village to kill him by praising him too much!

"You did a great job on this mission and did not disappoint my expectations for your class."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took the scroll from Chiba's hand and said with deep emotion, "If my Konoha hero were to be 'exiled' to a foreign land, I would truly be unable to eat or sleep in peace."

"6. So you're not going to mention those three ANBU at all?" Chiba thought to himself.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go back and rest for a couple of days before reporting to the Anbu."

Hiruzen Sarutobi put the scroll away, waved his hand, and began to shoo people away.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

The four of them responded in unison and left the Hokage's office.

As soon as he stepped out, Kosuke took his leave. His back injury had flared up again, and he needed to rest for a few days.

"Could it be because of me..." Nawaki muttered to himself.

"What do you think?" Chiba said irritably, "If it weren't for you, you good-for-nothing, would I have been able to travel those extra hundreds of miles? And at full speed, no less?"

"If I hadn't given Grandpa Kosuke some treatment on the spot, he might be in the hospital right now!"

"Hehe, um, Chiba..."

Nawaki chuckled twice, and was just about to ask Chiba to go out and play together when Nono beat him to it.

"Chiba, do you have any plans for the future? If you'd like, would you like to come with me to see the children later?" Nono asked softly.

"Okay, no problem. Let me go back and pack my things, then we'll meet at the orphanage entrance."

Since she had promised Nonou before and happened to have some free time, Chiba smiled and agreed.

"okay!"

Nono nodded heavily, a fleeting hint of joy in her beautiful eyes.

"Oh, right, Rope Tree."

After making the promise with Nonou, Chiba looked at Nawaki beside her and asked with some confusion, "What were you trying to say just now?"

"No, it's nothing. You guys chat, I'll be going now."

To Chiba's bewildered gaze, Nawaki quickly walked away from the two of them, turned into a side street, and sullenly headed towards home.

When it was just the three of them, Chiba and he were incredibly close. Aside from training, they would get together and play whenever they had free time.

But now there's another pharmacist, Nonou... This is so annoying!

It took Rope Tree half an hour to walk what should have been a ten-minute walk. He climbed into the house through the window and said listlessly, "Sis, are you home? I'm back."

Tsunade walked out of the house with a stack of documents in her hand. She glanced at Nawaki to make sure her younger brother was alright, and then casually asked, "Is Chiba alright too?"

"Him? Hmph, of course he's fine, he's perfectly alright now!"

Thinking of Chiba, that bastard who forgot his brothers for the sake of women, Nawaki said through gritted teeth.

"Phew, at least he's still alive."

Tsunade secretly breathed a sigh of relief, not paying much attention to Nawaki's attitude, assuming that the two of them had some kind of conflict again.

"By the way, isn't that pharmacist Nono U also in your class now? Has she returned? I need to talk to her about something."

Tsunade looked at the documents in her hand. Konoha had just experienced a great war, and there were many war orphans in the orphanage. She wanted to select a group of talented children to cultivate as "seeds" for the new medical reform.

However, to complete the process in a compliant and proper manner, Dean Nono needs to give her approval and issue a written document.

"He's back. He's probably on a date with Chiba right now at the Konoha Orphanage. If you go there now, you might even run into them kissing."

Rope Tree's tone was sour; he was sour because his brother wasn't keeping him company, and sour because his brother had a girl and that's why he wasn't keeping him company.

"what?!"

Tsunade's roar startled Nawaki, who had just been lying on the sofa, and Old Wang next door, who jumped up in fright.

Bang!

With a loud bang, a large hole in the shape of Tsunade appeared in the wall, and Tsunade had already rushed out, heading straight for the Konoha Orphanage. Only a few documents remained, slowly drifting down from the spot.

"Sis, are you going to find Chiba? I want to go too!" Nawaki shouted.

Nawaki was initially too proud to talk to Chiba, thinking that if Chiba didn't ask him out, he would ignore her completely.

But now that he had a legitimate reason to go to Chiba, Nawaki decided to put aside his pride; pride was nothing compared to Chiba!

"Well……"

Rope Tree rushed to the door, glanced at the door, then at the large hole in the wall, and finally chose to crawl out through the hole.

"Sis, wait for me! Why are you running so fast, like you've caught someone cheating on me!"

……

Konoha Orphanage.

Looking at Chiba, who was among a group of children, chatting and laughing as she played with them, Nono's gaze softened even more.

Perhaps it was the suspension bridge effect, but Nono had a strange feeling about this boy who had changed his fate twice.

Seeing that Chiba not only did not look down on the children in the orphanage, but instead became friends with these little ones, her feelings for them grew even stronger.

Before, back in the root area, it was a luxury for Nono to even catch a glimpse of the children, but now, looking at the scene before her, Nono suddenly understood the word "happiness."

"If I could make this moment last forever, I would pay any price," Nono thought absentmindedly.

"Chiba, have some water."

Although she didn't want to disturb this happy scene, Nono felt a little sorry for Chiba and called her to stop after she had been shouting for so long.

"it is good."

Seeing that Nono was waving her water cup at her, Chiba smiled and got up from among the children, gesturing for the little ones to play by themselves for a while, before walking over to Nono's side.

"Chiba, do you really like children?" Nono asked, fiddling with the hem of her skirt and biting her lip.

“Yes, I felt carefree when I was with them, which made me feel like I was still a child.” Chiba took a sip of water and answered with a smile.

"You weren't that old to begin with!"

After glancing at Chiba's perfect profile, Nono quickly turned her head to the side, blushing as she asked, "Then, have you ever thought about having one... or many children of your own?"

"Why do these two always bring up the most sensitive topics?"

Chiba said with a hint of helplessness, "How could I have thought that far ahead? I haven't even had a girlfriend yet."

After Chiba finished speaking, Nono didn't respond for a long time. He turned his head in confusion and met Nono's beautiful eyes.

Thump, thump.

The two locked eyes, and at that moment, time seemed to slow down; Nono could even hear her own heartbeat.

"So you want to have a woman..."

Bang!

Just as Nono had finally mustered the courage to speak shyly, the orphanage door was suddenly kicked open with tremendous force, startling both of them.

Chiba looked towards the entrance and saw a woman with twin ponytails floating in the air and an angry expression walking in step by step.

"Tsunade-sama? What brings you here?"

Chiba looked at the newcomer with a surprised expression.

"If I hadn't come soon, my house would have been robbed!"

Tsunade glanced at Chiba, then at Nono beside her, and thought to herself with a gloomy expression.

Nonou seemed to have sensed something as well. Her beautiful eyes behind her glasses narrowed into slits, her previous gentleness gone, and she met Tsunade's gaze with a cold expression.

Chapter 80 Tsunade vs. Nonou, Chiba narrowly escapes death

"Who am I? Where am I? What happened?"

Inside the Konoha Orphanage, Chiba was drenched in cold sweat and dared not utter a word. He felt as if the temperature in the room had suddenly dropped by twenty degrees.

Tsunade and Nono stared intently at each other, glancing at him every now and then... no, it was more like they were sandwiching him between them, exchanging glances from afar!

"That shouldn't be the case. Lady Tsunade and Nonou shouldn't have much interaction, so why do they seem like they're at each other's throats?"

Under their icy gazes, Chiba Shiro—or rather, trembled—felt like she was about to freeze.

"Humph!"

Tsunade was the first to look away, turning to Chiba and scoffing, "I'm here to discuss something with Dean Nonou. What are you doing here again?!"

Before Chiba could answer, Nonou smiled gently and said, "Chiba is here to help me look after the children. We made that promise beforehand, right, Chiba?"

Not knowing what was going on, Chiba didn't dare to speak rashly. She nodded and subtly began to wriggle backward...

After explaining on Chiba's behalf, Nonou even smiled at Tsunade. In Chiba's view, this was Nonou's way of showing goodwill to Tsunade.

?

But in Tsunade's eyes, this was a blatant provocation, and the anger she had managed to suppress suddenly erupted again.