On the night of the Nine-Tails, I shattered the Tailed Beast Ball with a single punch.

Kushina, who was taking a walk outside with Minato, also saw this scene, and her eyes lit up instantly. She said:

"I never knew Nagasawa had this trick up his sleeve. How romantic! Minato, you should get me one too."

Minato scratched the back of his head and then said, "I'm not very good at Fire Release."

"I was just joking, our relationship doesn't require that," Kushina said with a grin.

More and more people looked up at the sky, marveling at how ninjas could do things this way, and wishing well to the girl named Nono.

Nono stared at the huge fire character in the sky, momentarily stunned.

Only she, as a ninja, knew how incredibly difficult it was to complete this task and how much chakra it would require.

Nagasawa wrapped his right arm around Nonou and whispered in her ear:

"How about it? Aren't you touched?"

Nonou didn't answer with words, but with actions; she gave Nagasawa a passionate kiss, a breathtaking kiss.

At this moment, Nonou had a few tears in the corners of her eyes, but she also seemed to be smiling. She asked Nagasawa, "Why are you so good to me?"

Doing this must be tiring and consume a lot of chakra, and with such a commotion, you'll probably be punished if you're discovered.

It's not worth it just to make me happy.

Nono felt that she didn't deserve Nagasawa's kindness towards her.

She didn't do anything for Nagasawa, and she wasn't a respectable person; she was just a Nono.

Nagasawa gently stroked Nono's blonde hair and smiled, "I think you deserve it, that's all."

Chapter 89 Spoilers

"We can't neglect chakra either."

The next day, feeling completely drained, Nagasawa sighed.

Yesterday, in order to create that line of text, he created dozens of shadow clones.

Some of the shadow clones used Fire Release, while others used Sun Breathing and swordsmanship in combination to create the large flame character that could be seen throughout Konoha.

After retracting all the shadow clones, I immediately felt much weaker; the fatigue of dozens of times over was truly exhausting.

The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is indeed amazing. If the shadow clones you create do nothing, then there is almost no energy consumption.

If your shadow clones keep doing things and expend a lot of chakra, the moment they come back, it's incredibly satisfying.

When they arrived at the Anbu base, Kakashi's gaze towards Nagasawa instantly turned strange. He had changed shifts today and was now guarding the saltwater area.

Seeing that Kakashi seemed to be having some bad thoughts, Nagasawa decisively flashed behind Kakashi and gave his white-haired head a whack.

"What are you thinking? You can't even conceal your presence properly, still hiding on the roof. Intensify your training."

This familiar pain reminded Kakashi of the terror of being dominated by Nagasawa when practicing Observation Haki, so he quickly pulled his distracting thoughts back and began to lead his group of Anbu members in practicing the Six Powers.

He's not like Inuzuka Midori, who's so mischievous and has to act up every few days if he doesn't get a beating.

Kakashi didn't want to see Hana with a bruised and swollen face. Last week, he had to perform a guard duty and didn't see Hana for seven whole days, so he planned to go to Hana's house to play after training today.

After reprimanding Kakashi, Nagasawa checked the training progress of all the training teams. The first monthly exam was about to begin, and Minato would be there to watch.

Yongze didn't want the training team's first appearance to be a disaster; he needed to keep track of the progress of all the groups.

After making a round of inspections and confirming that all the groups were on track, Nagasawa went to the Hokage Building.

He planned to mention to Minato the matter of guiding Tsunade back to the village.

In order to minimize the danger of the Nine-Tails' night, Tsunade's return to the village was a crucial step.

Konoha Hospital may have other Jonin who are proficient in medical ninjutsu, but they are far from Tsunade's level.

In Nagasawa's view, there are only two kinds of medical ninjas in the ninja world: Tsunade and all other medical ninjas.

Nagasawa knocked on the Hokage's office door and went inside.

Upon seeing that it was Nagasawa, Minato put down the documents in his hand and teased with a smile, "What's wrong? Are you planning to create another 'Nonou is the most beautiful in the world' event today?"

"You've really put me in a difficult position! Yesterday, Kushina wanted me to use one too, but my fire jutsu isn't as strong as yours."

Nagasawa scratched his head a little embarrassedly, but quickly recovered and suggested:

"Why don't you call up more fire-style ninjas? Call up a hundred or so ninjas who are good at fire-style techniques, and have them practice their teamwork. Even if they aren't as good as mine, the effect won't be much worse."

Minato shook his head and said with a smile, "If I dared to use the Hokage's power like that, I'm afraid Elder Danzo would be so excited that he couldn't sleep and would write an article impeaching me overnight."

"Ever since he dismantled the roots, he's been keeping a close eye on me, trying to find fault with even the way I walk."

Hearing Minato say that, Nagasawa laughed. The more Danzo acted like that, the more anxious he became.

"You can post it as a mission; maybe it will become a unique feature of Konoha in the future."

After saying this, Nagasawa's expression turned serious, his smile vanished, and he said to Minato:

"Minato, I want Lady Tsunade to return to the village."

Minato glanced at Nagasawa's serious face and knew that Nagasawa was in work mode and not joking.

After a moment of contemplation, Minato raised his head and said, "Lady Tsunade is indeed important to Konoha. She is the founder of Konoha's medical ninja system."

Minato showed great respect for Tsunade, who was one of the Legendary Sannin along with his master Jiraiya, even though she was already the Hokage, he still addressed her as "adult".

"But whether she returns to the village depends on her own wishes. We can't force her, after all, what happened."

Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki, and her lover, Dan Kato, both died in the war.

Kato Dan even died right before Tsunade's eyes, causing her immense pain and even leading her to develop hemophobia.

Minato wondered to himself, if Kushina died in front of him, forget about hemophobia, he might even commit suicide on the spot.

Minato couldn't imagine what life would be like without Kushina; it was too terrible, he couldn't bear to think about it.

"I'll figure out a way to persuade her to come back, but Minato, you need to find her location first," Nagasawa said after thinking for a moment.

To be honest, he wasn't 100% sure he could persuade Tsunade to come back.

After all, he's not Naruto, and his talk-no-jutsu isn't as sharp.

But if Tsunade doesn't come back, he will bring her back by force.

Tsunade is indispensable to ensure Kushina's safety.

Once the Nine-Tails' night is over, Nagasawa won't care where Tsunade goes; he might even give her a large sum of money as gambling funds.

But before the Nine-Tails' night, Tsunade had to stay in Konoha for a while.

Minato nodded and said, "I will arrange for ninjas to investigate Lady Tsunade's whereabouts, and I will inform you once I have definite news."

"But you seem to be in a hurry to get Lady Tsunade back to the village. Is there something wrong?" Minato asked.

Although Tsunade plays a significant role, she is not absolutely necessary for Konoha at this moment.

Considering Tsunade's superb medical ninjutsu, Minato thought that it was Nagasawa or someone Nagasawa knew who had a health problem.

Nagasawa looked into Minato's eyes and asked a question that would seem rather strange to others.

"Minato, do you believe me?"

Minato nodded and smiled without hesitation, "Of course I believe you. I don't think Nagasawa would do anything to harm me."

"If I told you that Konoha might soon face a crisis that would endanger both you and Kushina, which is why I had to bring Tsunade back, would you believe me?"

"I believe you." Minato's smile faded, and his expression turned serious.

"Is it during childbirth?" Minato asked in a deep voice.

If we had to name a crisis, this would definitely be the first one that Minato thought of.

"Hmm." Nagasawa didn't play the riddle-maker and nodded.

"I will arrange for people to search for Lady Tsunade's whereabouts as soon as possible." Minato did not ask about Nagasawa's source of information, nor did he inquire about the final outcome.

There are many wondrous things in the ninja world, and it is not impossible to foresee the future. He knows that there is a Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku who can make prophecies. Minato does not want to delve too deeply into the secrets of Nagasawa.

Chapter 90 My Lab Is Quite Large

Seeing Minato's somewhat somber expression, Nagasawa punched him in the chest and laughed:

"What are you thinking? I won't let you retire so easily. You'll have to work for Konoha for at least thirty years."

"Thirty years, that's a really long time. The job of Hokage is very tiring." Minato also regained his usual warm smile.

He was never one to worry about the future, but he was concerned about Kushina because he heard that there would be problems during her childbirth.

“Tired? There are so many people who want to be tired but don’t have the opportunity, like our Elder Danzo, who has worked so hard for Konoha.” Nagasawa dragged Danzo into the conversation again to rub salt in the wound.

Minato couldn't help but laugh when he heard Nagasawa's sarcastic mockery of Danzo.

Afterwards, Nagasawa talked to Minato about the training team, and then Nagasawa left the Hokage Building and returned to the Anbu.

After Nagasawa left, Minato stood up and turned to stand in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

The Hokage Building is very tall, offering a perfect view of Konoha.

Standing before the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, Minato gazed upon the peaceful scene of Konoha.

Because the war did not reach Konoha's homeland, Konoha did not look like it had experienced the Fourth Shinobi World War at all; the village was thriving.

"The Nine-Tails... I will absolutely not let you ruin this beautiful moment."

Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating Minato, who was dressed in a divine robe. At that moment, Minato resembled a small sun, radiating golden light.

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In a hidden laboratory beneath Konoha, Orochimaru frowned as he looked at all the dead test subjects.

"Damn it, why can't even ninjas withstand the erosion of Hashirama's cells?" Orochimaru couldn't help but feel annoyed after yet another failure.

Since he made his request to Danzo last time, Danzo has sent over a batch of ninjas with severed hands and feet, in addition to ordinary people.

Although they were all disabled ninjas, Orochimaru didn't care. Losing hands or feet was a minor matter, as long as they were ninjas.

However, he didn't expect that in the face of Hashirama's cells, ninjas seemed no different from ordinary people, only that they died a little later.