Chapter 837

"That guy, looking the way he does, actually wants to pursue little Tsunade, honestly…."

Senju Hashirama raised his hand to cover his eyes; he truly didn't think much of Jiraiya's chances.

Besides, a person who carries the whole world in his heart isn't suited for Tsunade either—he can't even manage to be by her side.

Not to mention, that's a lecherous man who likes sneaking peeks at Kuinuzaotang; even if Tsunade could take a liking to him, as an elder I absolutely couldn't agree to it!

Right now, the person Konoha universally agrees is the most unforgivable is the already-dead Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the reason everyone thinks this way is precisely because everyone knows Sarutobi Hiruzen sneaked peeks at the women's bathhouse every single day.

So after the incident of Jiraiya running off to peek at Tsunade's bathhouse, the village's opinion of Jiraiya had already become: of course he's Sarutobi Hiruzen's student.

Everything else about him is fine, yet he inexplicably picked up the one hobby of peeping that nobody can tolerate.

The perfectly fine Toad Sage has been thoroughly cast as a villain, yet Jiraiya himself still acts as if he hasn't noticed at all.

"This really is rather exasperating, but if Tsunade becomes Hokage, it could indeed let her put certain things out of her mind. Worst case, in a few years if she doesn't want the job anymore, just pick another one. You tell her this: when to choose the Sixth Hokage is for the Fifth Hokage to decide."

Lin Cheng gave Senju Hashirama a reminder—wanting Tsunade to resolve the current situation really wasn't difficult.

After all, the Fourth Hokage really had already died once; even though he's alive now, Minato's side has been very clear about what they said.

He's already been a dead man for over a dozen years, so he can't keep occupying this position and delay the succession of the next Hokage; and besides, he truly is no longer that familiar with Konoha.

"I'll just tell her this: after she becomes Hokage, I'll have someone prepare a rule set down by the First Hokage—that without error and without casualties, one cannot step down within three years."

Senju Hashirama, now having a method to keep Tsunade in the Hokage seat, immediately prepared to act.

Moreover, he very kindly prepared a fallback, to prevent Tsunade from stepping down the moment she takes office.

"So you see, you're actually plenty rotten!"

Lin Cheng stood up from the ground, smiled and shook his head at Senju Hashirama, then went off to the side to tidy up those flowers and plants.

These were the things Senju Hashirama hadn't finished earlier, and he seemed to have been a very, very long time since he'd been close to these delicate flowers and plants.

"Then I'll go find little Tsunade. You go on and do whatever you need to do. Tonight I might be at the Hokage building, preparing a gift for little Tsunade to become Hokage."

Senju Hashirama had things to handle tonight, so for now he wouldn't take Lin Cheng back to the room to treat the scars.

"Go on and be busy. Once I clear out these weeds I'll go back and check on Tobirama and Izuna—those two glare at each other every day now, harmonious on the surface, but behind each other's backs both are thinking about not letting the other off."

Lin Cheng waved his hand, letting Senju Hashirama do as he pleased; today he'd been tormented by Orochimaru, and truly had no other mood.

After Senju Hashirama left with a smile, he cleared away those weeds and then turned and left as well, returning to the wooden cabin where he'd been trapped for two days and a night by the sandstorm.

"Are you two never going to stop?"

Adult Lin Cheng appeared inside the cabin, raised his hand, and smacked Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna each on the head.

Those two, because they'd been locked inside the house, would start fighting with taijutsu again after just a little while.

And the few people sitting in a row at the stairway watching the show, upon seeing Adult Lin Cheng appear, had as their first reaction to scramble up and run toward the upper floor.

"What are you running for?"

Lin Cheng looked at the stairway that in an instant had only Kakashi left—did these little ones really need to be this afraid of him?

"Can't be helped, these two seniors have too much fire—if it actually blew up, this whole first floor would be done for. Look here, we didn't even prepare a table; that's because they smashed them all to pieces."

Naruto shouted from upstairs, clearly fed up with these two who had to make a scene every single day.

Tables and chairs were all smashed to bits; if it weren't for the fact that they still knew they needed to eat, probably even the kitchen wouldn't be left standing.

And on the first floor, aside from the load-bearing pillars, the only thing left was the kitchen.

"Having a good time fighting, are you? Come on, come on, I'll take you somewhere—you can fight all you want, killing people is fine, slashing as many times as you like."

Adult Lin Cheng looked at the messy house; even though he'd left a clone here, the reason the Shadow Clone hadn't shown up was the same as him now—already thoroughly fed up with the commotion.

Since they want to fight, then let them fight to their heart's content!

"Seniors, they…."

Kakashi looked at the two who had suddenly collapsed to the ground; although he knew it was the power of genjutsu, he still couldn't help feeling a bit worried.

"It's fine, they won't die; even if they did, worst case I'll just go to the Pure Land and bring them back!"

Adult Lin Cheng lightly tapped with his finger, and all those wood fragments on the ground vanished into nothing.

Aside from the daily needed tables and chairs, he also took a set of soft sofa out from his space, then tossed the two of them onto it respectively.

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Cheng, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Izuna, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Minato, Orochimaru, Kakashi, Naruto, Kuinuzaotang, First Hokage, Fourth Hokage, Fifth Hokage, Sixth Hokage, Toad Sage, Konoha, Pure Land, Shadow Clone】