Chapter 425: No Brain and Unhappy

Seeing Tsunade's absent-minded appearance when answering, Kato Dan, who was more delicate among the few, asked softly.

"Tsunade, did you encounter something?"

The eyes of others were also attracted. As classmates who lived together day and night, they naturally discovered that Tsunade's state recently was not quite right.

"Ha~ Dan, you worry too much. Tsunade drinks Mixue Bingcheng until she's full every day, how could she have any worries."

However, there are always some people who are born to like to court death. As it happens, Jiraiya is one of them.

"Thump!"

Everyone felt a blur before their eyes. Jiraiya, who was just looking arrogant, actually disappeared out of thin air. The milk tea that lost its owner fell from mid-air, but fortunately, it was caught by Might Dai, who had quick eyes and fast hands.

"Jiraiya, if you dare to call that nickname again, I will tear your big mouth apart!"

Tsunade, with anger on her face, gritted her teeth, slowly lowered her smoking fist, and glared at Jiraiya, who was embedded in the wall, with watery big eyes. Her little face, full of collagen, was full of shame and anger.

So what if it's flat?

Which woman of the Senju clan have you seen that is small?

"Jiraiya!!!"

Looking at Jiraiya, who was embedded in the wall with his mouth open and eyes closed, Orochimaru screamed and ran over to save him. However, with his small arms and legs, he couldn't dig his childhood friend out of the wall at all.

"You guys help out!"

Orochimaru's little face was red, and tears were swirling in his eye sockets. Orochimaru, who witnessed all this, seemed to have become accustomed to it, and didn't have any intention of wanting to help. Kato Dan also had a crying-and-laughing expression.

"Sigh... really, this guy Jiraiya, how come he just doesn't learn to behave?"

Seeing that others were indifferent, Hatake Sakumo, who had a softer heart, sighed and stood up, shook his head, and waved to Might Dai beside him.

"Dai, give me a hand, dig this idiot out."

"Coming!"

In Orochimaru's grateful gaze, the two who rolled up their sleeves saved Jiraiya, who was rolling his eyes.

"Jiraiya~"

"This..."

Hatake Sakumo, who finished his daily task, looked up at the abrupt big hole in the clean white wall in the shop, and his brow furrowed slightly.

Their group was originally here to freeload drinks at Mixue Bingcheng. Now that they were blatantly destroying the environment in someone's shop, it was a bit unreasonable in terms of emotion and reason.

"Tap... tap... tap."

Glancing at a shop assistant walking slowly toward them, Hatake Sakumo rubbed his temples with a headache.

How should he explain it to the shop assistant?

"You guys..."

The purple-haired woman wearing a shop assistant uniform walked in front of the few children. Her black eyes swept across their faces and finally stayed on Tsunade, who had an indignant face, with a few more playful looks.

Feeling the air around them stagnate, except for Tsunade, the little faces of the other children had a few more flustered looks.

"Sorry! We didn't mean it!"

Even without performing the perception technique, Hatake Sakumo, who was sensitive to aura by nature, still felt unprecedented pressure from this purple-haired woman. So before the other party could finish speaking, he bowed 90 degrees first to show sincerity.

"Oh?"

The purple-haired shop assistant raised her eyebrows lightly and moved her gaze to the little white-haired boy who was bowing.

"This shouldn't be what you did, right? Why are you apologizing?"

"But they are all my companions..."

The purple-haired shop assistant's voice was unexpectedly gentle, not as cold as they had imagined. Hatake Sakumo swallowed his saliva and explained tremblingly.

"Never abandon, never give up, this is my Ninja Way."

"Truly worthy of being my lifelong opponent, Sakumo, my youth will definitely not let you down!"

Watching Hatake Sakumo say the toughest words with the most cowardly expression, Might Dai was moved to tears on the spot. Kato Dan and Orochimaru's eyes moved slightly, full of inexplicable looks.

"Sakumo, I thank you on behalf of Jiraiya!"

Orochimaru, who was taking care of the unconscious Jiraiya, was also excited with a red little face.

Seeing that the atmosphere was all set, the moved few were almost about to hold their straws and swear brotherhood on the spot.

As a result, this beautiful scene was ruthlessly broken by an impatient voice.

"You guys, what kind of bond-themed play are you rehearsing here?"

Tsunade, holding milk tea and gulping it down, had her beautiful big eyes rolled until only the whites were left. Her cute little face was full of disgust.

After complaining about her classmates, she turned her head, looked at the purple-haired shop assistant, and revealed a sweet smile.

"Sister Zhili, how come you have time to come to the shop today?"

"Mr. Gin asked me to rest for a few days. It just so happened that I had nothing to do, so I came to the shop to take a look."

A gentle smile hung on her cold corners of the mouth. Uchiha Zhili patted Tsunade's little head and explained softly.

Because Uchiha Zhili practiced too hard on the moon, Uchiha Gin, who couldn't bear to watch it, forcibly ordered her to rest for a period of time, instructing his disciple that work and rest combined could lead to long-term development.

Phew...

It turned out to be an acquaintance.

Seeing the scene of Tsunade interacting intimately with the purple-haired shop assistant, the remaining few children let out a long breath, with an expression of relief.

"Scared me to death, Tsunade, why didn't you say earlier that this person is your acquaintance."

"Who told you to kneel so fast? I didn't even have time to say hello, and you started apologizing."

Facing Hatake Sakumo's questioning, Tsunade curled her lips in disdain, but her eyes revealed thick laughter.

If I had said it, would I still be able to see such an interesting scene?

"Little Tsunade, your classmates are quite interesting."

Uchiha Zhili also had laughter in her eyes. She hadn't seen such an interesting good show for a long time.

"It's okay, they are quite good at teasing."

Nodding seriously, Tsunade waved to her classmates and introduced them.

"This sister is the future executive director of Mixue Bingcheng, and also the only closed-door disciple of Grandpa Gin."

"Hello everyone, I am Uchiha Zhili."

Smiling and nodding to the few children, the aura on Uchiha Zhili's body was retracted, turning into an ordinary person who was harmless to humans and animals.

Upon hearing Uchiha Zhili's identity, the expressions on the children's faces were incomparably wonderful.

They actually met the behind-the-scenes boss of Mixue Bingcheng. You know, Mixue Bingcheng has now opened in every corner of the Ninja World, and the daily turnover is no less than the annual income of a country.

However, Uchiha Zhili's other identity also aroused the curiosity of the children.

"Sister, you are actually Grandpa Gin's disciple, even though you look so young."

Uchiha Gin is a person of the generation of the First Hokage's brother. No matter how you say it, his disciple's age wouldn't be that small. So looking at Uchiha Zhili's paper age of around twenty, they couldn't help but ask.

"Do you know what a woman's biggest secret is?"

Without answering the innocent questions of the children, Uchiha Zhili, with her eyes narrowed, held up a finger in front of her mouth and made a "shh" gesture.

"What is it?"

The children immediately pricked up their ears, listening attentively.

"Age~"

Releasing a wisp of the aura she had just restrained, Uchiha Zhili, with a black-bellied face, decided to give these children who stepped on the mine an unforgettable memory.

"Ah!"

Captured by the terrifying aura, the children felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and they all hugged their shoulders, barely stopping their bodies from trembling.

"Ding-a-ling~"

"Give me a cup of lemonade, more ice, double sugar~"

Just then, a lazy voice sounded in the shop. Hearing the familiar voice, the expression on Uchiha Zhili's face changed, and the released aura instantly disappeared without a trace.

"Mr. Gin~"

Uchiha Zhili, with a charming smile on her face, waved and greeted Uchiha Gin, who had just entered the shop.

"Eh? Little Zhili, didn't I tell you to go home and rest?"

Uchiha Gin, who was skipping work to buy small sweet water, looked at Uchiha Zhili wearing the shop assistant uniform, his face full of confusion.

"I couldn't stay idle at home. It just so happened that a shop assistant asked for leave today, so I came to cover for half a day."

Walking gracefully to Uchiha Gin, Uchiha Zhili patiently explained to him why she was here.

"Sure enough, Little Zhili is still that Little Zhili."

Recalling the scene of his first meeting with Uchiha Zhili, Uchiha Gin nodded with emotion.

Little Zhili is really a diligent child. Being able to be her father is really a blessing accumulated for eight lifetimes.

"Grandpa Gin, hello!"

Tsunade and the others also politely stepped forward to greet him.

Uchiha Gin looked down at the strange-looking children, and a gentle smile immediately hung on his face.

"Children, Sashiburi~"

"Grandpa Gin, I have something I want to ask you."

Finally encountering an elder to whom she could pour out her heart, Tsunade's slightly furrowed brow gradually stretched out. Uchiha Gin nodded upon seeing this and sat down naturally at the children's table.

"Mr. Gin, when the lemonade is ready, I'll send it over to you."

Because there was still work to do, Uchiha Zhili had to give up joining the discussion and got up to get busy in the shop.

"Being young is good, falling asleep when you don't agree."

Turning his head to look at the unconscious Jiraiya, Uchiha Gin had an envious expression, directly ignoring the conspicuous big bump on the other party's head.

"Don't pay attention to him, who told this guy to talk nonsense!"

Glaring fiercely at Jiraiya, Tsunade turned her head and looked at Uchiha Gin with eyes like torches.

"Did something happen?"

Uchiha Gin looked at little Tsunade with great interest.

"It's Grandfather and Second Grandfather. Recently, for some reason, they not only don't play with me, but they also don't sleep all night long. Grandmother is so worried~"

Little Tsunade puffed up her angry little face and accused the Senju brothers of neglecting their family.

"Ha?"

His brow furrowed slightly, and Uchiha Gin's keen intuition told him that there must be a big story in it.

The Senju brothers have something strange!

"Don't just be angry, tell me the specific situation."

"Usually, Grandfather and Second Grandfather play with me in the training ground for a while after work."

"Play for a while? Play what?"

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

Seeing Uchiha Gin's confused look, little Tsunade stood up immediately, raised her little fist wrapped in strange power, and gestured with wind and fire.

"Good, okay, I know."

Raising his hand to refuse little Tsunade's invitation for a real fight, a trace of thought flashed in Uchiha Gin's eyes.

"Continue."

"They also don't sleep or rest. Grandmother urged Grandfather to go to bed several times in a row, but he remained unmoved, just saying that there were accounts that hadn't been calculated yet."

Even the basic marital life is gone. It seems that something really happened.

The Senju brothers active in Konoha are likely not human.

Shadow Clone: Are you polite?

"Then they didn't say anything to you?"

Uchiha Gin asked while touching his chin.

"Uh... Grandfather said he was really too busy and wanted to find me a teacher."

"Teacher? Yes, it's about time."

Uchiha Gin, who was still a bit confused, suddenly discovered that Tsunade was no longer the little brat she once was, and the Ninja Academy couldn't teach her anything anymore.

"In short, Grandfather and Second Grandfather have problems. Grandpa Gin, help me think of a way~"

Tsunade, who pouted her little mouth, stepped forward and grabbed Uchiha Gin's sleeve to act like a spoiled child.

"Alright, alright, I know. I'll go help you take a look later."

Patting Tsunade's head comfortingly, Uchiha Gin turned his gaze to Uchiha Zhili, who was walking slowly. Looking at the orange-yellow lemonade in her hand, saliva began to overflow in his mouth.

"Mr. Gin, your lemonade~"

"Trouble you, Little Zhili."

Smiling, he took the lemonade, backhanded the straw into it, and took a big sip.

"Slurp~ Slurp~ Slurp... Pfft!"

However, the lemonade that entered his mouth was not the sweet and greasy one Uchiha Gin imagined, but a sourness that penetrated into the bone marrow. With a bitter face, he raised his head and saw Uchiha Zhili's face full of teasing smiles.

"Little Zhili, it's you!"

"Sorry, Mr. Gin, your sugar quota for this month has already..."

Seeing Uchiha Gin looking at her, Uchiha Zhili immediately restrained her smile, straightened her little face, and explained seriously.

"Phew... phew... phew..."

He didn't expect that at his age, he would still be backstabbed by his disciple. Uchiha Gin, who was so angry that he touched his chest, couldn't help but shed sad tears. But compared to lemonade without sugar, what did this bit of bitterness count for?

After saying goodbye to the children, Uchiha Gin didn't choose to return to his unit to slack off, but instead strolled slowly toward the Hokage building.

On the way, he guessed what kind of tricks the Senju brothers were playing. Not playing strange-power rock-paper-scissors with Tsunade, not sleeping in the same bed with his wife—all these behaviors revealed a terrifying reality.

"They wouldn't be using shadow clones to slack off too, right?"

With strange thoughts, Uchiha Gin finally arrived at the Hokage building. The guards at the door were also familiar faces, and they let him in without any obstruction.

Passing through the gorgeous corridor and walking up the rotating stairs, before long, Uchiha Gin, who had been unimpeded all the way, stood at the entrance of the Hokage's office.

Bang, bang, bang~

"Come in."

Uchiha Gin frowned upon hearing this. Although this was Senju Hashirama's voice, it was somewhat lacking in vigor.

Creak~

"Gin big brother? What wind blew you here?"

Senju Hashirama, who was hunched over his desk processing documents, immediately revealed a brilliant smile upon seeing the familiar curly hair. Uchiha Gin nodded toward him, which served as a greeting.

"You curly-haired guy, skipping work again?"

Senju Tobirama, sitting in another corner, looked at Uchiha Gin, who was running around during work hours, and questioned coldly.

"Hashirama, I'm here to inquire about the retirement of grassroots ninjas."

Ignoring the annoying white-haired guy, Uchiha Gin said the excuse he had thought of in advance, while secretly opening his super-strong perception.

"Oh, oh, oh, this matter, let me think about it."

Senju Hashirama, sitting on the Hokage's seat, nodded busily, furrowed his brow, and tried hard to recall.

This bit of chakra, shadow clone no doubt!

Taking advantage of this gap, Uchiha Gin's perception swept over, and he really discovered the secret of the Senju brothers' shadow clones, but his face didn't show any expression.

"Sorry, Gin big brother, regarding this question, we haven't discussed a result yet, please wait a few more days."

"It's fine, if you guys are busy, just be busy. Notify me when there is news."

Uchiha Gin, who wasn't here to inquire about this matter anyway, nodded and then turned and left very smoothly.

After Uchiha Gin left, Senju Tobirama in the corner raised his head, a trace of fatigue that was not easily detectable hidden in his eyes.

"Big brother, why don't we take turns? If this continues, both of our clones will collapse."

"I can still move! And you, Tobirama, you are really neglecting training. It's only been a few days, and you're already starting to retreat."

Senju Hashirama straightened his expression and began to educate his younger brother who wanted to be lazy. He was as strong as an Eight-Tails, and he didn't feel any fatigue at all.

"You have the nerve to say that. If I hadn't been flying all the time, how could the mission have been done so fast?"

Looking at Senju Hashirama, who was killing the donkey after the mill was finished, Senju Tobirama was furious. He was the backbone of their combination. Without him, it would be impossible for the two to be so fast.

"Alright, the money is almost enough, and we can complete the mission!"

Senju Hashirama might have felt that he had indeed said the wrong thing. A brilliant smile hung on his face again, and he held up the account book filled with red lines to Senju Tobirama.

"Phew... finally don't have to run around anymore!"

Looking at the hole that was gradually being filled, Senju Tobirama's hanging heart finally fell.

For nearly a month, the brothers didn't dare to sleep for too long. Closing their eyes and opening them, they began to search for the targets on the bounty list day and night.

Among them, Senju Tobirama was responsible for finding people, and Senju Hashirama was responsible for convincing people with virtue.

In the end, through their unremitting efforts to brush orders, the two finally leveled the account to less than a hundred billion, and they would soon be able to fill the loss of being cheated back then.

"If we don't end it, we will be exposed."

Senju Hashirama shook his head with a lingering fear. Although he was a wood clone that was much stronger than a shadow clone, he was also afraid of heavy blows. Little Tsunade's strange-power punch was not easy to deal with. A slight carelessness and he could be beaten to pieces.

Not to mention the secret invitation of Toka. If he went, it was estimated that he would be crushed in the first round.

"Hope the main body is fine~"

The two clones prayed secretly and then entered work mode again.

Just when the clones were working hard in the bright and beautiful office, the Senju brothers, who formed the combination, stood in front of an Exchange Center, carrying a string of storage scrolls, all of which were their mission items.

"Tobirama, if you really can't hold on, let me go alone."

Senju Hashirama, who had transformed into a decadent middle-aged curly-haired man, looked with worry at Senju Tobirama, who was exuding decadence.

In this month, the number of times Senju Tobirama used the Flying Thunder God Technique was more than all his previous decades combined. Gasping for breath, he gritted his teeth and refused.

"Don't worry about me, I can still fly!"

Their combination, if lacking Senju Tobirama, the efficiency would definitely be greatly reduced.

"Tap... tap..."

Just as the brothers were comforting each other, a figure wearing a pointed cloak walked out of the Exchange Center. Judging from the other party's steady aura, he was by no means weak.

"You... you are the duo that has been in the limelight recently?"

Similarly, Kakuzu, who came out of the Exchange Center, was also attracted by the two at the door. After a rough perception, his green eyeballs shrank slightly, as if he recognized the Senju brothers' vest.

"That's right, we are..."

"I didn't expect the famous hunter Knight Sword? Would also come to such a remote Exchange Center."

Interrupting Senju Hashirama, who had a smug face, one step ahead, Senju Tobirama's face twitched unnaturally, and he turned to stare at the appearing Kakuzu.

"Hehe, compared to your combination, what am I now?"

"Don't you think so, No Brain."

Kakuzu's gaze passed over Senju Tobirama, who had a fierce expression, and fell on Senju Hashirama, who had a hearty smile, his tone revealing an inexplicable meaning.

"Haha, you guy, you aren't as hard to get along with as the people in the Exchange Center said~"

Senju Hashirama laughed, and the look in his eyes toward Kakuzu lost a few points of vigilance.

In the several Exchange Centers they had been to before, they were all complaining that the hunter Knight Sword was hard to get along with. As a result, at the first meeting, the other party left a not-bad impression on Senju Hashirama.

"Bai Chi, didn't you hear he was mocking you?"

Senju Tobirama, who was as careful as hair, how could he not hear the subtext in Kakuzu's words? He gritted his teeth and knocked on his big brother's back of the head.

"Ha! Did he?"

"When did I mock the two, Unhappy."

"Slap!"

Kakuzu blinked innocently, looking at the broken bricks under Senju Tobirama's feet, and was a bit confused for a while.

He was just simply connecting feelings with the super-newcomers, thinking about cooperating to earn money in the future, how did he provoke the one-eyed dragon with a fierce look among the two to be full of hostility toward him?

"Everyone is mixing for a bite to eat in this line, no need to make it unpleasant."

As one of the largest gray industries in the Ninja World, bounty hunters have actually been surviving in the cracks.

The Exchange Center also doesn't hope for too many conflicts between bounty hunters, delaying their progress in earning money. Reasonable internal volume is acceptable, but killing for no reason is strictly prohibited.

"You guy, still quibbling, always mentioning that ridiculous nickname there, if it's not provocation, what is it?"

Forcing himself to endure the urge to raise his finger, Senju Tobirama said hatefully.

If there was anything Senju Tobirama regretted, besides not stealing Uchiha Izuna's kidney at the Naka River back then, it was the matter of the nickname not long ago.

If the Sage of Six Paths could give him another chance, he would definitely consider it carefully in the matter of naming, instead of randomly clicking a randomly generated nickname to save money.

"Ridiculous nickname?"

Hearing this, Kakuzu blinked in confusion, touched his increasingly pointed head, and opened his mouth very sincerely.

"I don't think the nicknames of the two are inappropriate, but rather feel they are very fitting~" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 426 =====