After tossing a healing potion to Sasuke, Naruto opened a portal and left directly.
However, just a few minutes later, the portal appeared in Sasuke's house again, but the person who came was not Naruto…
It's Sakura.
'Sakura-Bro, I can only help you up to this point.'
'If you don't step up your game, I'm really going to lose my daughter-in-law.'
…
The next day, early in the morning.
Naruto was still deep in sleep when the white-haired old man yanked him out of his blankets.
"Old man!!"
"It's not even six o'clock!! What the hell?!"
Naruto was so angry that he took out the iron door and was about to show the white-haired old man what the Door-Style was, but he dodged it effortlessly.
"Get up. The village wants us to find the Godaime Hokage and bring her back."
"Huh?"
"What 'huh'? Hurry up, move, move."
Jiraiya pushed Naruto out the door by the shoulders.
By the time Naruto fully processed what was happening, he found that he was already at the village's gates.
It wasn't surprising that the task of finding Tsunade had fallen to him and Jiraiya.
But Naruto had reason to suspect that the village's higher-ups' were using this reason to send them out of the village for a while.
The main reason why Jiraiya was so anxious was that he heard Koshiro say yesterday that a big fat sheep appeared in the Land of Hot Water.
Now, the gambling den's owners in the surrounding areas are starting to flock there, hoping to lure her into their establishments.
If they didn't hurry, who knows if they will have such an opportunity again.
However, when they arrived in the Land of Hot Water...
Naruto was standing alone outside a brothel, waiting for Jiraiya to finish his 'information gathering'.
What the white-haired old man said sounded quite nice, saying that going to places like brothels could help you obtain information you couldn't get anywhere else.
This was a last resort in order to find the Godaime Hokage.
In short, Naruto was speechless.
He also strongly suspected the real reason Jiraiya had been in such a hurry was just to get here and drink with women.
"Old man!!"
"Are you done yet?!"
"If you don't come out soon, I'm going back alone!"
After waiting for another ten minutes, Naruto really couldn't stand it anymore and started shouting right outside the door.
However, there was still no response from the white-haired old man.
Naruto was so angry that he turned around and found a random gambling den.
As soon as he stepped through the door, he was bumped into by two figures.
"Brat!"
"Get out of the way."
"Stop them!!"
"You think you can run after owing me 90 million ryo?"
"Catch that yellow-haired brat as well!!"
The two figures were running wildly with their arms swinging, so fast that Naruto could only see the golden ponytails fluttering in the air and the conspicuous gambling robe.
When he looked back, he saw a lot of thugs with weapons behind him.
There was no need to think too much. Those two people were definitely Tsunade and Shizune.
Naruto stood there thinking for a moment and felt that something was wrong.
Thinking back carefully to what these people just said...
'Wait.'
'What were they shouting just now??'
'Yellow-haired brat?!'
'Damn it!!'
'I, Uzumaki Naruto, was actually blamed for something!?'
Those ferocious-looking thugs in the distance, each holding a stick, could make a child cry just by looking at their expressions.
Naruto gritted his teeth and really wanted to take out his trusty iron door to deal with these people.
But he was really angry when Tsunade suddenly put the blame on him.
Out of desperation, Naruto could only memorize the name of the gambling den, as it would not be too late to take revenge on them after finding Tsunade.
With that decided, he immediately pulled out his iron door and flew to the skies.
The thugs behind him saw the yellow-haired brat rising into the sky and couldn't help but rubbed their eyes as they stopped.
There's no way they would continue. They are just hired muscle. There is no way they would dare to mess with flying Shinobi!
If anything, they were just relieved they hadn't pissed him off...
…
The view from the sky is very good, and Naruto could see every corner of the Land of Hot Water.
It didn't take long for Naruto to spot Tsunade's figure.
'The white-haired old man is next to her?!'
'What the hell!?'
'How come that white-haired old man get there before me?'
Naruto felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the two people who were happily chatting below.
'Damn it!'
'Did that white-haired old man even notice that his student was missing?'
With that thought, Naruto put away the door panel in the air and fell towards the two of them in a free fall posture.
"Tsunade, let me tell you..."
"I took in a pretty good student. You might not believe it, but..."
"He's always going on about becoming Hokage too."
"Oh?"
"There's actually someone else that stupid?"
Though Tsunade's tone was light, a flicker of sorrow passed through her eyes.
Boom…
Just as the two were about to continue their conversation, a figure crashed straight into the ground between them.
Just by listening to the sound, one can tell that it must be hurt.
Naruto gritted his teeth, patted his butt and stood up from the ground as if nothing had happened.
'Damn it!'
'My aim is too poor!'
When Jiraiya saw Naruto, his face turned pale.
He had just spent a long time laying the groundwork with Tsunade and was about to get to the crucial part of his pitch…
As a result, Naruto showed up and interrupted himself with such an entrance.
Tsunade and Shizune's expressions twisted, and they suddenly felt that the yellow-haired kid looked familiar.
'But judging by the sound, he'd just fallen from the sky.'
'If a normal person fell like that, they would be disabled if not dead, right?'
'What's going on with this kid?'
"My... my dear student."
"Are you alright?"
"Did you hurt yourself?"
Jiraiya forced a smile as he grabbed Naruto, desperately trying to keep him from ruining his plans.
And he kept winking at Naruto.
However, Naruto, who was still pissed after taking the blame, couldn't care less.
He immediately took out his trusty iron door and pointed it at Tsunade as he shouted, "Tsunade!"
"My master and I have been sent to bring you back to the village as the Godaime Hokage."
"I hope you won't make this difficult."
"There is an old saying in my hometown: Those who know the times... "
"Shut up, you damn brat!!"
Jiraiya was so angry that he raised his hand and punched Naruto. However, Naruto was very agile and quickly moved the iron door to block Jiraiya's punches.
"You mad Bro?"
"You mad Bro?"
The taunting voice from the door nearly made Jiraiya snap and start using Ninjutsu on the spot.
Tsunade's face darkened when she heard Naruto's words.
'What kind of nonsense was Jiraiya spouting?!'
'Is this the 'good student' he'd been talking about?!'
'Who the hell just challenges me outright like that?!'
Tsunade was very angry. She walked up to the bickering master and disciple, slightly bent her fingers, and used 30% of her monstrous strength to flick it at the yellow-haired brat's forehead.
According to her calculations, this brat would be sent flying by such a blow.
The force is also just right, enough to injure but not kill you on the spot.
"Brat, next time, remember to show some respect when speaking to your elders."
Tap…
A crisp ping rang out from the flick.
"OW—!!"
"THAT HURT, YOU CRAZY OLD HAG!!"
Naruto, who was still in scuffle with Jiraiya, was caught off guard. He put away the door panel, covered his forehead, and glared at Tsunade.
As Naruto finished his scolding, Jiraiya and Shizune's jaws dropped.
The two of them were well aware of the horror of Tsunade's monstrous strength.
So they wondered how the hell was Naruto completely fine.
Can he actually withstand Tsunade's powerful flick??
Tsunade narrowed her eyes.
She was a little surprised at Naruto, but mostly pissed.
'How many years had it been...'
'There is actually a little brat who dares to call me an old hag?!'
Without another word, she raised her right leg and slammed it down toward Naruto.
This time, she used 50% of her strength.
Boom…
Naruto crossed his arms and blocked Tsunade's strike.
He looked completely unharmed, but the ground under his feet shattered from the force.