XX-level Hokage

Mashiro stroked Sakura's head with one hand, and with the other, she took two band-aids out of her pocket. Looking at the band-aids Mashiro pulled out, Sakura had a vague sense of foreboding.

Her hunch was right. Mashiro unbuttoned two buttons on her chest... and soon after, a smug Mashiro and a blushing Sakura walked out of the alley.

As they approached the street corner, Mashiro asked Sakura, who was standing behind him with her head down, "Have you eaten?" "No," Sakura replied listlessly.

Seemingly remembering something, Mashiro said, "Let's go eat barbecue." Without waiting for Sakura's reply, Mashiro pulled Sakura into the barbecue restaurant.

The two sat down, and Mashiro looked around and spotted three familiar figures. "Isn't that Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji?" Mashiro said.

Upon hearing Makoto's words, Sakura immediately tensed up and quickly looked around. Sure enough, she spotted Namino and the other two against the wall on the other side.

Sakura was about to suggest Mashiro find another spot when she saw this, but Mashiro smiled and greeted Ino. "Ino."

Namino saw Mashiro greeting him and quickly woke the dazed Shikamaru, calling out to Choji who was still eating. The three of them went to Mashiro's side together. "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into you here," Mashiro said with a smile.

"It's quite a coincidence. Today is Sunday. The three of us were supposed to practice our secret techniques together, but then Choji started clamoring for barbecue on the street. I never expected that..."

"I ran into you guys at the barbecue restaurant," Ino said, hugging Mashiro.

With five people in total, Mashiro asked the owner to move them to a larger private room.

In the private room, Ino, Mashiro, and Sakura sat together, while Shikamaru and Choji sat together.

"It's been a long time. I originally wanted to attend your ceremonies to succeed as head of the family and become the Hokage's disciple, but my father made me go to school and wouldn't let me go," Ino said with a sigh.

"It's a good thing you didn't go. There wasn't much to see there. It was just a bunch of shady characters, and the atmosphere was incredibly serious," Makoto said, stroking Ino's blond hair. "But why were you shopping with Sakura?" Ino asked curiously.

Upon hearing Ino's words, Sakura immediately tensed up, fearing that Mashiro might say something strange.

“Sakura has been tutoring Hinata lately. You know, Hinata’s grades aren’t very good. She’s about to graduate, so I thought I’d find her a tutor,” Mashiro said, glancing at Sakura.

"Your overall grades are the best in our class, why don't you teach Hinata yourself?" Ino asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Being the head of a family is very busy, especially for a large family like the Hyuga. I don’t think Mashiro would have time to tutor Tae,” Shikamaru said lazily.

After listening to Shikamaru's words, Mashiro nodded and then said, "Just like Shikamaru said, I'm very busy every day. Not only do I have to handle clan affairs, but also..."

"I have to make time to cultivate with my master, so I simply don't have time to teach Chuyou."

“Yeah, thinking about it, I’m really busy. Choji, stop eating, we don’t have any money to pay the bill.” Ino was marveling at Mashiro’s busyness when she noticed the tall plate of grilled meat in front of Choji.

“It’s alright, let Choji eat. Being the head of the family is busy, but it has certainly given me a lot of wealth,” Mashiro said to Ino. “Mashiro, you’re the best.” Hearing Mashiro’s words, Choji almost cried with emotion.

"Akimichi Choji's favorability +10" [Name: Akimichi Choji]

Gender: Male Age: 11 Affection Level: 45 Relationship: Friends

Favorability Bonus (50): Increased Defense Favorability Bonus (90): Multiplication Technique

Looking at the favorability rating in front of her, Mashiro took out a card and handed it to Choji, saying, "Choji, this is a membership card for the Ice Cream Shop. You can get free snacks at the Ice Cream Shop every week. I haven't been able to eat snacks lately because I've been training with my master, so I'll give you this card."

Choji stopped eating his grilled meat when he saw the card Mashiro handed him.

"Mashiro, thank you so much!" Choji burst into tears as he took the card. This made Shikamaru helplessly rub his head.

Choji Akimichi's favorability increased by 10, and he received the reward: increased defense. Feeling his body suddenly become more resilient, Mashiro smiled sincerely.

After finishing their barbecue, Ino and the others were heading to the training grounds to practice their secret techniques, so they said goodbye to Mashiro and the other two. "What's wrong? You seem so downcast."

After seeing Ino and the others off, Mashiro asked Sakura a question.

"It's nothing, I just remembered that I used to be best friends with Namino, but now..." Koro said with a bitter smile.

"Now that I'm not at school anymore, can't you play with Ino anymore? You and Ino exchanged glances so many times just now; you two just lack the courage to break the ice," Mashiro said calmly.

"This is a gift card from Yunzhi's family. The credit limit is enough for you and Ino to spend. Find some time to go shopping with her after school starts. Friendships never fade." Mashiro stuffed a gold card into Sakura's chest, her expression somewhat dazed, as if she was thinking of something.

Sakura held the gold card in her hand, completely unable to fathom Mashiro's thoughts. So she handed the gold card to Mashiro, saying, "This is too valuable." Mashiro didn't take it, his expression returning to calm. He smiled at Sakura and said, "Keep it. This card comes at a price, you know."

Sakura understood what Zhenbai meant, and then put the card away. She had seen it all, touched it all, and was no longer afraid.

Mashiro led Sakura to a restroom and pulled out a band-aid.

When he came out of the restroom, a triangular piece of fabric appeared in Zhenbai's pocket.

"I'm going back to school tomorrow. I want to see you wearing this outfit. Okay, go home now." Mashiro whispered in Sakura's ear before leaving.

Sakura, utterly embarrassed and blushing, remained standing there, repeatedly cursing Mashiro as a pervert. (Author's note)

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Chapter Fifteen: The Book of Seals (Part 1)

The weekend ended, and classes at the ninja academy resumed.

Because Namino woke up late, the classroom was already full of people when she arrived.

After greeting some acquaintances, Ino went to her seat, which was near Sakura's. For some reason, Ino felt that Sakura's expression and state were a bit off. How to put it? She seemed flustered and shy.

Ino simply assumed she had misread it and started staring blankly, holding her head.

In fact, Ino's feeling was not wrong. Sakura was indeed extremely panicked and shy. The three bandages on her body made Sakura feel very insecure and extremely ashamed. She had been silently cursing Mashiro since she arrived at school in the morning. Perhaps she did not even realize that, in addition to panic and shyness, there was also a strange excitement deep in her heart.

Mashiro wasn't lying to Koro; she was indeed going to the Hidden Ones Academy to calculate the time, and it was about time for Naruto to steal the Scroll of Seals.

Mashiro lazily got out of bed, washed up, got dressed, and then began to handle family affairs. Having been the Hokage and the Emperor of the Land of Fire in her previous life, she was very familiar with these matters.

After dealing with the family matters that had piled up over the past few days, it was almost noon. Mashiro then got up and headed to the Ninja Academy.

At this moment, in the ninja academy, as time passed little by little, Sakura couldn't help but start to have random thoughts.

"She's not not coming, is she? That bastard, I was so stupid to actually wear such a weird thing..."

Just then, an excited voice rang out. "Big Sister!"

Sakura looked up and saw Mashiro standing not far away, smiling.

Upon seeing Mashiro, Sakura quickly lay down on the table, pretending to be asleep. Then, she squinted and observed Mashiro through her fingers. A very contradictory feeling appeared on her; she both hoped that Mashiro would come and did not want Mashiro to come.

Mashiro approached Hinata's seat, patted Hinata's head, and said, "The school needs me to talk to them about something. Since I'm at school, I thought I'd come and see what's going on in the classroom."

"Big sister, shall we have lunch together near the school? It's been a long time since I've had a meal alone with you, big sister," Hinata said coquettishly, blushing.

"Tomorrow, I need to talk to Naruto and Sasuke about something at noon today. You'll be having lunch with Hanabi at the clan, otherwise she'll get angry again," Mashiro said to Hinata with a smile.

Although Ida was disappointed, there was nothing he could do, so he nodded to indicate that he understood. After talking with Yu, Mashiro turned around and found Naruto.

"Naruto, let's go have lunch together, it's on me," Mashiro said to Hinata with a smile.

"Okay, okay." Looking at Mashiro's smiling face, Naruto blushed and scratched his head, feeling incredibly excited. Yay! Going to eat with Mashiro.

But Naruto's joy didn't last long before Mashiro went to find Sasuke, which made Naruto curse Sasuke in his heart again.

Watching Mashiro go to find the others, Sakura felt inexplicably irritated. She didn't even notice that one of the people Mashiro went to was Sasuke. With the irritation in her heart, Sakura closed her eyes, and at that moment she seemed to really fall asleep.

"What's wrong? Are you upset that I didn't contact you right away?" A familiar voice rang in Xiaoying's ears.

Sakura opened her eyes and saw Mashiro's ambiguous smile. "No way!"

Sakura turned her head to the other side. "Go to the toilet."

After Mashiro finished speaking, she left the classroom. A little while later, Sakura also got up and went out. Ino, who had been silently watching the two of them, secretly followed them.

The toilet Mashiro mentioned was located in the playground, far from the classroom, so almost no one came there. When Sakura arrived at the toilet, Mashiro was already waiting at the door.

When Sakura arrived at the restroom, Mashiro reached out and touched her. Sakura did not resist, but turned her head to look around to see if anyone was there. After confirming that no one was there, she let Mashiro's hand caress her body.

"It's a genuine vehicle, but there's still a slight problem."

Mashiro tugged at Sakura's shorts. Sakura instantly understood what Mashiro meant. "Go to a toilet stall."

Sakura nodded and went inside. Mashiro glanced thoughtfully in one direction before also entering the restroom. Behind a large tree near the restroom, Ino's face was flushed red; she had just seen something.

"Ino, why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?" Sakura asked suspiciously. Ever since she came back from the restroom, Ino had been looking at her from time to time, which made her think that Ino had discovered something.

"It's nothing, I just think your hair tie looks really nice. Did you buy it from Yunzhi's shop?" Namino explained with a smile.

"Yes, I just bought it yesterday." Seeing that Ino didn't seem to be acting strangely, Sakura secretly breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile.

"I'm so envious! My allowance for this month isn't enough. Sakura, how much allowance do you have?" Ino said enviously.

"I don't have much pocket money, but I recently earned quite a bit of money tutoring Hinata and Hanabi," Sakura used the excuse Mashiro had given her.

"Let's go shopping together next week after I get my allowance," Ino said with a smile. "Okay!" Sakura was also very happy.

Then a piece of chalk fell onto Sakura's desk.

"Ninaga, Koro, don't talk in class," Iruka finally couldn't help but say during the lecture.

After school, Mashiro and Naruto sat and chatted at a barbecue restaurant near the ninja academy.

Just as Naruto was looking satisfied, Sasuke pushed open the door and walked in, then quietly sat down next to Mashiro.

Naruto immediately bristled: "You stinky Sasuke, what are you doing here? Get up from Mashiro's side!" Sasuke's expression remained unchanged as he coldly replied: "I have no obligation to explain myself to a loser like you."

"Who are you calling a loser, you arrogant Sasuke? Get out of here and don't disturb me and Mashiro's meal!" Naruto was even angrier. It looked like the two were about to start arguing.

Mashiro stood up and helped Sasuke to his feet, making him sit next to Naruto. Then Mashiro clapped her hands and said, "That's more like it, much better."

"I don't want to be with this arrogant jerk." "I don't want to be with this loser."

"It's time to eat. Anyone who doesn't want to eat can go out."

Before the two could finish speaking, they were interrupted by Mashiro's threatening words, and in the end, they silently took back what they were saying.

"Naruto, the graduation exam is in two days. Are you confident?" Mashiro asked, placing a piece of grilled meat on Naruto's plate. Hearing Mashiro's words, Naruto's face paled slightly, then he quickly smiled: "Of course! I'm Uzumaki Naruto!" "That's good. I knew Naruto would pass," Mashiro said with a smile.

After finishing their meal, Mashiro paid the bill and left first. Only Naruto and Sasuke remained in the restaurant.

"You won't pass." Sasuke said coldly.

"Mind your own business." Naruto made a face at Sasuke and ran off.

Sasuke sighed and walked away.

Chapter Sixteen: The Book of Seals (Part Two)

On the day of the test, most of Iruka's team passed, with only a handful failing, including Naruto.

Naruto became listless and extremely frustrated after failing the test. At this moment, Mizuki walked over with a smile. After receiving the news that Naruto had failed the test, Mashiro knew that tonight was the time to decide.

In Mashiro's view, the Book of Seals is an incredibly powerful existence. As a forbidden book kept by successive Hokage, the scrolls contain a series of forbidden techniques that have been sealed away.

The Four Symbols Seal, the Book of Multiple Shadow Clone Techniques, the Impure World Reincarnation, the Eight Gates Formation, and the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Talisman—these incredibly powerful forbidden techniques are all recorded in the Book of Seals.

But to be honest, very few people can learn the forbidden techniques recorded in the book, including Mashiro himself. In his previous life as Hokage, Mashiro also studied the Book of Sealing, but ultimately gained nothing.