Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

However, since Lord Shinto had already said so much, he couldn't make his point clear. After all, Lord Shinto's historical status in Sunagakure was basically second only to Lord Chiyo, making him the second most important figure in history. He couldn't afford to offend the Senju clan, and he certainly couldn't afford to offend this powerful figure.

Now, Lord Shinto is even bringing the heir of the Senju clan to seduce my daughter. If he weren't truly outmatched, he'd probably leave a few shoe prints on his face to see what he's thinking. I only asked you to persuade my daughter to leave the Anbu, and you've come here to seduce her...

"What's good or bad about it? I know what you're worried about, but I think you don't need to panic at all. It's true that Nawaki is from Konoha, and it's true that the Senju clan has a special status in Konoha, but think about it, the Senju clan has declined. There are only two members left in the clan, and Tsunade is known for only spending and not earning. To tell you the truth, she squandered the Senju clan's wealth many years ago. The only land deeds are with Hiruzen Sarutobi. Nawaki is also a sissy, and he has never been independent in all these years. Do you think he has the financial means to support a family? Moreover, considering their personalities and Konoha's tradition of being afraid of one's wife, won't Pakura be the one in charge in the end? If Konoha really wants to join the battle... why not just have two children? One on each side, and then no one will have to fight over them, right?"

Seeing Yekura's father's troubled expression, even without using Observation Haki, Zhen Dou knew what he was thinking. The mindset of each village was deeply ingrained, and small clans only cared about continuing their lineage, lacking the grand ambitions of larger clans. Although the Senju clan had declined, their reputation was still incredibly strong, both during the Warring States period and in the current era of ninja villages. It was understandable that Yekura's father was worried, since he only had one daughter, Yekura, who was also a genius who had awakened the Scorching Release. If his daughter were to marry into Konoha, it would be a double blow to their family of over ten people.

However, after Kaguya appears in about ten years, although the ninja world will still be fragmented, the villages will be largely separated. Even Gaara's sister will have married into Konoha by then. Although it's ten years earlier now, it's not a big problem. As long as Nawaki finds a new home, Tsunade won't take him back to Konoha. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the retired Hokage, won't have anything to do with Nawaki. Once Minato Namikaze is dead and Hiruzen Sarutobi takes over, Konoha's forces will be weak, and Hiruzen won't care about Nawaki anymore. Then, when Hiruzen Sarutobi is killed by Orochimaru and Tsunade becomes Hokage, Nawaki will be a veteran of three reigns. Who will care that Nawaki's wife is from Sunagakure?

With Hiruzen Sarutobi gone, only Danzo among the other three giants of Konoha had any backbone and refused to collude with them. The other two, Koharu Utatane and the cultured Homura Mitokado, were civilians without any allies to protect them and couldn't withstand Tsunade's domineering presence, so they completely withdrew from the political stage of Konoha.

"Well... let them decide for themselves. So if Yekura agrees, I have no objections."

It wasn't that she was really good at arguing, but rather that Pakura had to give him face after he'd been rambling on for so long. Besides, the last thing he said really resonated with him. At worst, they could just have two children, one on each side, and then there would be no need to fight over them. Although their family had always had a lot of only children and their population wasn't very large, they heard that the Kazekage was already planning for a third child right after he was born. The Senju clan was so resilient, having a second child shouldn't be a problem.

Moreover, his daughter has indeed been quite sought after recently. Several family heads, including Mei Chuan, Yu Sha, and Mao Chuan, have come to him, making it difficult for him to refuse. However, he only has one daughter, and the hierarchy in large families is very strict. His wife's status is low, and even though she has the title of Master Zhen Dou's disciple, her status is not very high. He only has one daughter, so naturally he doesn't want her to suffer. Now that Master Zhen Dou is standing in front of him, those large families naturally won't have too many objections.

"That's more like it... You're the only one in the whole village who sees things clearly, Pakura-kun. As long as you don't have any objections, I'll have Nawaki go and talk to her after Yekura gets off work..."

Seeing Pakura nod, Shinto was happy. Pakura was a quiet person. In recent years, apart from the Anbu and her home, the last time she went abroad was when they were still genin and went to Konoha with him to hunt in the wild. It had been seven or eight years since then. Although Nawaki's talent was not that great, his personality was not so quiet. In addition, he had been out with Tsunade for so many years and knew a lot about things. Shinto really didn't believe that Nawaki couldn't handle this Pakura girl.

.....

"Lady Chiyo, I have elderly parents and young children to support, and they all depend on me to earn money to make a living. That Tsunade-hime borrowed all our money again this morning, and then gambled it all away..."

"Yes! Lady Chiyo, it's not easy for us to make a living..."

"..."

When Masato returned home, he saw several burly men with thick gold chains around their necks, looking menacing and like gangsters, cowering in front of Chiyo, who was holding her great-granddaughter. They looked like they had been abandoned and were about to hang themselves.

"What's going on? (⊙_⊙)?"

Masato looks like he's here to collect a debt, but his appearance and the way he collects debts are completely incongruous.

Given your style, shouldn't debt collectors be carrying machetes and red paint to match your image?

"Alright, alright, I'll have someone bring you the money Tsunade borrowed from you tonight..."

Chiyo, holding her great-granddaughter, glared at her beloved nephew before speaking to several gruff-faced gangsters.

"How's it going? How's it progressing with Tsunade?"

After the gangsters left, Thousand Hands asked calmly.

Now that their family has reached the fourth generation, Chiyo's mindset has lessened her nephew's obsession with having offspring.

However, the more Chiyo thought about how much money her family had invested in Tsunade over the years, the more uncomfortable she felt. Her nephew had tricked her into coming back and then left early in the morning, so she figured things must have progressed by now.

So many years have passed, and Scorpion was already flirting before he was even born. Now he even has a daughter... Even if his skills are terrible, he should at least be able to hold hands and make some waves, right...?

771. Advanced maternal age is very dangerous.

"That's exactly right. Tsunade is pretty much the same as you. There aren't many extraordinary women like you who are easy to seduce. Back then, your uncle had to fight Madara one-on-one and get beaten to a pulp before he could seduce you. At least your uncle had a rival. Your nephew doesn't have any rivals! Even if he did, they couldn't beat me..."

Masato said helplessly, shrugging his shoulders.

"The person has been dead for decades, so let's not make these kinds of jokes, lest the younger generation laugh at us. But what have you been doing going back so late this morning?"

Chiyo said irritably, she didn't know how those words got out back then, causing a huge uproar in the ninja world. If she hadn't been involved and knew it was fake, she almost would have believed it herself.

She had met Madara Uchiha back then, and his domineering aura, his disdainful gaze that made everyone look down on him, was simply not her type. Besides, she was just a little girl then, and Madara Uchiha wouldn't even notice a little girl like her, let alone be interested in her. Tobirama Senju was the type she liked...

"Hey! It's all because of my disciple Ye Cang. Pakura came to me every day trying to get me to pull Ye Cang out of the Anbu. You know the Anbu isn't a place for humans, especially since Ye Cang is a girl. The number of kills she's accumulated over the years is more than all the heads I've collected in all those years. I tried to persuade her before, but it didn't work. So I had to find another way, to find Ye Cang a true love, so she'd know there's no time for romance in the Anbu. Then she went to Rasa and applied to leave the Anbu herself, didn't she?"

"You know what kind of people the younger generation in the village are. Those who come to me are all after my status as their disciple, and their talent is mediocre at best. I originally wanted to keep them for your precious grandson as concubines, but your precious grandson can't even handle one girl, and there's no one in the village suitable. So I thought, 'Why let the good stuff go to outsiders?' My future brother-in-law, although not from Sunagakure and with mediocre talent, is still Hashirama Senju's grandson, so his bloodline power is still there. Although he hasn't defected, he has indeed been away from Konoha for several years. Anyway, the two have met. It's better to let one of our own people benefit than to let Hiruzen Sarutobi get away with it. Knowing Hiruzen Sarutobi as I do, I reckon if I'm any slower, he'll have to let those Sarutobi clan girls take their place..."

"I'm so proud of myself," Masato said.

"You...brought them to the village just for this?"

Looking at her smug nephew, Chiyo was astonished. She finally understood why her nephew had been trying to flirt for so many years but still couldn't win anyone over. It wasn't because Tsunade was too tough, but because this brat was too arrogant!

They've already lured them back and spent so much money. This is their own territory, so what's wrong with forcing them?

Who dares to say anything?

But this guy lured people back and instead of fighting for them to dine at various casinos, he went off to do other things. What else could this be but a big heart?

If this brat had the same talent as her son in this area, plus all that perseverance and willpower over the years, he would have already won her over!

Looking at her nephew who hadn't yet realized his problem, Chiyo sighed helplessly. The boy was already in his forties, and Tsunade was almost forty too. She felt that even if her nephew did manage to seduce Tsunade one day, he would still be destined to be a lonely old woman. It was true that Tsunade had the Yin Seal, but it was very dangerous for an elderly woman to give birth!

"Of course, it's not all about that."

Masato, looking at Chiyo's face changing several times in a second, shook his head and said, wondering where she got so much drama from.

Phew... thankfully, there's still hope for this brat...

Seeing Masato shake his head, Chiyo breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it wasn't all about this matter; at least there were other things. If this brat had tricked Tsunade into coming here just for this, and then made her spend so much money to support him, she would have wanted to rush into the kitchen and grab a cleaver!

"Before I went to the Land of Fire, Jie analyzed things for me. The first thing to do to win over Tsunade was to separate her from her younger brother. Otherwise, if her brother stayed by her side, there would be no chance. The only way to separate them was to kill her brother, but we live in a peaceful era, and I never do such illegal things. Besides, I have no intention of slaughtering entire families to achieve enlightenment... So, that leaves only one option: help Nawaki find a girl so he can settle down as soon as possible. Once Nawaki is married, Tsunade can't stay by his side forever. Then I can take advantage of the situation and bring her into the enemy..." "It's all within the family. Finding a girl for Nawaki isn't easy; she'd have to meet Tsunade's standards. Honestly, there aren't many girls of their generation who are presentable in the entire ninja world. The one from Konoha, like Shuri, is a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from the Uzumaki clan, but she was already reserved by Minato Namikaze and is now the Hokage's wife. The other one is also reserved by your precious grandson; he already has a daughter. So, after much deliberation, I thought of my disciple. Pakura has been coming to me every day recently to get his daughter to leave the Anbu. Wouldn't this kill three birds with one stone?"

Masato explained while playing with Karin, who was half asleep in his arms.

"...Only you could do something like this. But Yekura is the only one in our village with the Scorching Release. If Ebizo finds out that you deliberately gave that little girl to a Senju brat, be careful he doesn't come after you."

Chiyo looked speechlessly at her smug nephew. It was one thing for this kid not to grow up, but how come even her own son didn't grow up? She was a grandfather, yet she was still fooling around with this brat.

She's older now, and has witnessed too much life and death. Her attachment to the village isn't as strong as it was when she was younger. Besides, her nephew is in love with Tsunade, so any lingering feelings have long been worn away.

Therefore, while they value the village's only Scorch Release technique, it's not indispensable. Their village's current status is all thanks to their nephew's achievements in the ninja world over the years, not from his bloodline limit. Their nephew also possesses Magnet Release, which is even more powerful than the Third Hokage's, and he's the one who provides support for it...

But her younger brother, Ebizo, is a different story. Ebizo has been a high-ranking military advisor for many years and has dedicated his entire life to the village. If he knew that this kid had given away the village's only scorching ninja in order to win Tsunade's heart, he would definitely fight him to the death.

"Look at what you're saying, what do you mean by 'giving away'? Young people are all in the early stages of their romantic lives, I don't interfere. Whether he succeeds or not is my brother-in-law's own business. I'm just giving them each other a chance. Look at Kudo, he's the same age as Yekura, and he's already a father. Yekura, on the other hand, is still leading her team to kill people all the time. This can't go on!"

772. He's at least the grandson of the first-generation "King of Mouths"

"Brother-in-law, I've done the research for you and talked to Ye Cang's father. Every evening, Ye Cang passes through this road on her way home from work. You can arrange a chance encounter with her then, and the rest is up to you. I've heard that Hiruzen Sarutobi is planning to send you a few girls from the Sarutobi and Shimura clans. You know what Sarutobi and Shimura girls are like, right? They're either short or ugly. I heard that Sarutobi girls have more beards than me after they turn sixteen. If you can't handle them, you'll have to go back and take on those short, ugly girls. Compared to them, Ye Cang is practically the flower of the ninja world. Your brother-in-law will always be on your side. Whether you can handle it or not depends on you..."

The following evening, Tsunade continued her 24-hour revelry at the casino as usual. The Senju clan endowed her with powerful vitality, allowing her to go a month without sleep. Coupled with ample funds for her extravagant lifestyle, she began to lose herself in the moment.

These past few days have been tough for Nawaki. His good friend, handsome Sasori, has become a key member of a terrorist organization. Although he's quite familiar with "Conan's dad" and the others, "Conan's dad" is now a father, while Nawaki is still single. The two aren't really good friends and can't really connect.

Mei Chuan Neiyi is now a total shut-in, hasn't left his house in years, and is a tech geek. He has absolutely no connection with Nawaki, who's practically illiterate. As for Yekura, the ANBU operations captain he really wants to flirt with, she's been nowhere to be seen since she arrived, and during this time, Shinto has been helping her establish the Heaven-Earth Connection. Otherwise, coming to someone's village to flirt with a girl who's all alone, especially the only one with Scorch Release, even with Shinto's protection, he'd be easy prey for someone ambushing him. Before Shinto establishes the Heaven-Earth Connection, Nawaki doesn't dare go to Yekura on his own and can only follow Tsunade around, going to various casinos every day. It seems like here there's food and lodging, unlike in the Land of Fire where he was starving nine times out of three days, and even his rations tasted like chicken...

After Shinto opened the Heaven and Earth Line, he only needed to notify Ebizo and Rasa. He brought Nawaki over, as this was Yokura's daily commute route. As long as Nawaki was quick, ruthless, and accurate, he could take down Yokura before Ebizo and Rasa could react. Even if Ebizo and Rasa found out, they couldn't do anything about it. They were in love, so how could they be separated?

It's better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage; forcing a couple apart is far more immoral than digging up someone's ancestral grave.

"...Yes! Don't worry, brother-in-law. Although I don't have much experience, I'm still very confident!"

I don't know if it was the bearded girl from the Sarutobi clan and the ugly guy from the Shimura clan that gave Nawaki such strong confidence. Just thinking about waking up every morning and seeing either a bearded girl or an ugly guy gives me a strong sense of courage and determination. If I take a step back, it's a cliff, and there's no way back!

Nawaki nodded with high spirits, exuding an aura of fearlessness that even inspired Masato on the side.

"Go for it! You can do it!"

.....

About ten minutes after Masato encouraged Nawaki, Pakura appeared, still wearing her usual backless dress. Masato wondered if it was just her nature. He remembered when he first formed the group, this girl was only eleven years old and came to the audition wearing a backless dress. Masato had to persuade her to change back because she was too young to wear such an outfit for fighting. However, after the three of them were promoted to Chunin and the ninja team disbanded, this girl started to let loose again. But at that time, Masato was too lazy to say anything. In Sunagakure, the sandstorm was raging and the sun was scorching during the day, with temperatures reaching 40 or 50 degrees Celsius. To prevent dehydration and protect their skin, people would dress very warmly. Even Masato's usual short-sleeved shirt and floral shorts were considered strange attire. A girl dressed like Pakura was truly unique.

When he saw Yokura appear and greet the villagers he met along the way, Nawaki took a deep breath as if he were going to his death, without Shinto even having to tell him what to do, and walked towards Yokura.

Having spent so many years in the ninja world, especially in the casinos alongside Tsunade, Nawaki's acting skills were quite good. When he walked up to Pakura and was about to brush past her, he feigned surprise, as if he had run into an old friend after many years. It looked so natural and seamless, and to Masato in the distance, it really did look perfectly natural.

He doesn't have a habit of eavesdropping on other people's sweet talk. He doesn't know if the other person would feel awkward, but he would definitely feel extremely awkward if he heard it.

So even though she couldn't hear anything, she could see Nawaki gesturing wildly and drooling at Yekura, making Yekura giggle and cover her mouth. Yekura usually only acted like this in front of "Conan's dad" and her two friends, Umekawa Nai-i. Even when facing her teacher, Yekura would only show some subtle expressions. In front of strangers, she always had a deadpan expression. Plus, having been in the Anbu for too long, she couldn't hide the faint killing intent on her body, making it difficult for strangers to get close to her.

This shows that although Nawaki was beaten by Tsunade since childhood and had no autonomy, he was still quite eloquent. Speaking of which, it seems that most people in Konoha who are not academic geniuses are good at talking. From Jiraiya to Obito who has turned to the dark side, they all have considerable skill in talking. The savior is even more amazing. He can even bring the dead back to life with his words. He is simply a master of talking.

Nawaki seems to be the bottom of the class, and his personality is similar to that of the future savior. So naturally, he's not bad at talking. His grandfather was the first generation of the King of Talk. Even if he wasn't talented, the genes were still passed down. In just a few minutes, he managed to coax the murderous Yekura, who was always keeping his distance, into having a smile on his face without ever opening his eyes. That's talent!

The two chatted on the main street for half an hour, oblivious to everyone else. Then, Nawaki said something, and Yekura nodded with a smile. Finally, they walked side by side into the distance... Hmm, there seems to be a hotel at the end of this street...

Seeing the two leave together, Masato knew that the matter was settled!

"...You lured Tsunade and Nawaki here just so Nawaki could seduce your disciple? -_-||"

Hiruzen Sarutobi invited Sakumo Hatake to secretly protect Nawaki. Using his transformation technique to become an ordinary middle-aged villager, Sakumo Hatake witnessed all of this. After Nawaki and Yotsuki left, Sakumo Hatake finally couldn't sit still and appeared beside Masato, gazing at the sky speechlessly.

Given Nawaki's importance to Hiruzen Sarutobi, he certainly wouldn't trust sending an ANBU member to protect her. So when Hiruzen learned that Tsunade and Nawaki had left the Land of Fire, he rushed to the Hatake clan that very night to find his leader. Sunagakure was an area he knew very well.

773. What if one day your son and Onoki's granddaughter unexpectedly get pregnant?

As a veteran of Konoha, Hatake Sakumo naturally valued Nawaki highly. Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn't said anything, he would have gone to Minato to discuss protecting Nawaki. After all, his son was now in the Anbu and under the protection of his old subordinates, so there wouldn't be any problems. Therefore, after hearing his former boss's words, he immediately set off, running through more than a dozen red lights at a speed of 300 horses per second. It took him two days to catch up with the three of them and protect them from the shadows all the way to Sunagakure.

The former boss had told him that Shiki had used Nawaki as an excuse to lure Tsunade and the others to Sunagakure, so that he could protect Nawaki and also see what Shiki was up to. However, several days had passed since they arrived in Sunagakure, and Shiki had disappeared since the first day he arranged for Tsunade and Nawaki to stay. Tsunade was still taking Nawaki to the casino to have fun as usual, and no one knew what this guy was up to.

Until this evening, when he saw this guy bring Nawaki out of the casino, and then the two of them seemed to be discussing something on the street, and then when they saw the female disciple of Golden Lion appear, and Nawaki took a deep breath and went up to flirt with her, he seemed to know what Golden Lion was trying to do. He wanted Nawaki to flirt with his female disciple!

But then another problem arose. Although he had left the Anbu and hadn't been the leader for many years, he was still very well-informed. This female disciple of Golden Lion was famous even in their Konoha Anbu. She had completely inherited Golden Lion's ruthless killing instinct, preferring to kill rather than cripple. Moreover, she was quite strong and was a Sunagakure scorching ninja. In this respect, there were very few women like her in the entire ninja world. The last one was Tsunade.

He knew the importance of bloodline limits to a village. Although puppeteers and Magnet Release were the mainstream in Sunagakure, Scorch Release was also highly valued, not to mention that he was the only Scorch Release ninja. He was practically Sunagakure's treasure. Golden Lion was so generous in letting Nawaki flirt with his disciple... Wasn't he afraid that Ebizo and the others would come and block him with kitchen knives?

"Yo...! Isn't this Lord White Fang? You've finally come out after following me for so long. I thought you were going to continue diving. Your world record has been broken..."

Looking at Sakumo Hatake, who had turned into a middle-aged villager, Shinto joked that his Observation Haki had detected Sakumo Hatake following them as early as the third day after they left the Land of Fire. The meaning was obvious: he was just protecting Nawaki, Konoha's precious treasure.

Although Hatake Sakumo is no longer the head of Konoha's Anbu, it would be an exaggeration to say he's just an ordinary junior Jonin. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze wouldn't dare send him out on missions casually. Although they know he didn't kill the Third Kazekage, the blame has already been placed on him and he can't get rid of it. If he were to appear in Iwagakure, and Onoki happens to be inexplicably going to find his beautiful stepmother, the blame would definitely fall on their heads again... At that point, another world war would probably break out.

So, as Konoha's half-sleeve Hokage, aside from the World War, Hiruzen Sarutobi has kept him in the village to maintain order in recent years. In this respect, he is much more reliable than the Uchiha who only causes trouble and fights five against one. And who else but Konoha's precious Nawaki could hire such a big shot as Konoha's White Fang as a bodyguard?

He also knew that the show they put on when Nawaki came to Sunagakure last time probably provoked Hiruzen Sarutobi, which is why he sent Sakumo Hatake to protect him personally.

"You mean you're planning to let Nawaki seduce your disciple? She's the only Scorch Release ninja in your village."

Sakumo Hatake ignored his teasing and frowned as he spoke.

He couldn't understand why Golden Lion would do such a thing. Wasn't this sending away the village's only Scorch Release ninja?

Anyway, he never expected Rope Tree to come to his door.

joke!

Would their precious Konoha really become Sunagakure's son-in-law? Aren't they afraid that the First Hokage will be resurrected and come to plant trees and reforest the land?

It seems impossible for Sunagakure's only Scorch Release ninja to marry outside the village; the Sunagakure leadership and the Fourth Kazekage would definitely disagree...

"What do you mean by 'buying'? You put it so harshly. It's just about letting them make friends. It's not even close to happening yet. Besides, Nawaki has been calling me brother-in-law for years. Minato Namikaze is a year or two younger than him and he's already married. I don't think this brother-in-law has accomplished anything yet. What's wrong with using my resources to help him get married? My disciple, apart from not having a family background comparable to the Senju clan, has outstanding talent. In recent years, she has been one of the most outstanding and progressive young women in the ninja world. She's worthy of Nawaki's Senju genes, isn't she?"