"Summoning Jutsu!" Lady Tsunade slapped the ground with her palm.
Along with a puff of smoke, a slug as small as an arm appeared in front of the two.
"Lady Tsunade, what do you need from me?"
The slug was chubby, very polite, and spoke with a very gentle voice.
"Katsuyu, this is my newly taken disciple, Kaze. See if he is qualified to sign a contract with the Shikkotsu Forest."
Lady Tsunade bent down, picked up the slug with both hands, and presented it in front of Kaze, getting straight to the point.
"Oh? A disciple of Lady Tsunade?"
The slug, having no eyes, stretched out four antennae in Kaze's direction and observed him in its own way.
"Hello, hello. I'm Kaze. Nice to meet you. Please take care of me."
Kaze was very respectful. He stepped forward two steps and took the slug from Lady Tsunade to make it easier for it to observe him.
He knew.
The slug in front of him was a split body of the slug sage, which was equivalent to the slug sage coming in person to some extent.
"Hello, Little Kaze. You're such a polite child." the slug said gently.
Kaze was a bit embarrassed. "Well, everyone says so, but I'm just being ordinary."
"..."
The slug stopped talking. Instead, it released chakra and seeped it into Kaze's body, as if investigating something.
After a while.
Suddenly, Kaze felt a pain in his hand. Bright red blood flowed out and was sucked into the slug's mouth.
[Selection successful. Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract!]
"Is it done? No need to press my handprint on the scroll or something?"
After getting the system's prompt, Kaze was stunned at first, and then overjoyed.
Biu~biu~biu~
The slug wrapped around Kaze's wound. The next moment, his wound healed instantly.
"Alright, Little Kaze. You're fated with my Shikkotsu Forest. I've already signed a summoning contract with you."
The slug said, "If you need anything in the future, you can summon me at any time to help."
To be honest.
Compared with the summon masters of the other two great holy lands, the slug's service attitude was simply impeccable.
Kaze nodded repeatedly. "Sure, sure. Thank you, Lady Slug."
"This kid actually got the recognition of the slug sage!"
Lady Tsunade looked surprised.
She had even prepared to comfort Kaze if he failed.
"Could it be that I've found a treasure this time?" Lady Tsunade murmured softly.
"Lady Tsunade, do you need me to do anything else?" the slug asked, looking at Lady Tsunade.
Lady Tsunade shook her head. "No. You can go back. Thank you, slug."
"Okay. Goodbye, Lady Tsunade, Little Kaze."
After politely saying goodbye to the two, the slug turned into smoke and disappeared.
"You kid, you're amazing! You really got recognized!"
Lady Tsunade put her arm around Kaze and said carelessly.
Now, the two have become master and apprentice and signed a contract with Shikkotsu Forest together. Naturally, they are closer than before.
"Hehe, I've got to thank you, Master, for giving me this opportunity!" Kaze said with a smile.
"Stop flattering me. We've finished the task. Let's go back and play a few rounds of the game!" Tsunade urged.
"No problem!" Kaze thumped his chest and said, "Don't mention just two rounds. You can play as many rounds as you like with me!"
When they got back to Kushina's place, the five of them started the game right away.
Throughout the night, Kaze played steadily, but no matter how he played, he just couldn't win a single round of the game.
Early the next morning.
He returned to the Shimura Residence with Kaori, with two big dark circles under his heavy - lidded eyes.
"Kaze." Just then, Kaori beside him poked him.
"What's up?"
As soon as Kaze turned around, his head was pulled into Kaori's embrace.
Kaze was stunned: "What the...?"
He struggled free from Kaori's embrace and asked in a daze, "What are you doing, Kaori?"
Kaori whispered, "I saw Sister Tsunade hug you like this before, and you seemed to enjoy it."
Oh, this...
Kaze scratched his head, not knowing how to explain it to Kaori.
"Pay less attention to this kind of nonsense in the future and focus more on your training. Got it?" Kaze admonished.
"Okay." Kaori nodded her little head, but it was hard to tell if she really listened.
After dropping Kaori off at her place, Kaze yawned and planned to go and see the three little ones this weekend.
It was still the Shimura Residence (winking face).
"Brother Kaze!" The moment they saw Kaze, the three little kids happily rushed towards him.
Konan pouted and complained, "Brother Kaze, you haven't come for ages!"
"But Brother Kaze came just a week ago," Yahiko scratched his head and said matter - of - factly.
"Mind your own business, Yahiko!" Konan glared at Yahiko and said angrily.
Yahiko shrank his neck and immediately didn't dare to say a word.
Now that Konan was in charge of the family's finances, Yahiko didn't dare to offend her.
The four of them sat in the courtyard and chatted and laughed.
"Brother Kaze, we're graduating next year. Do you have any plans for us?" Nagato asked.
"Time flies so fast..." Kaze felt a bit dazed for a moment.
In his memory, the three were just little kids yesterday, but now, in a blink of an eye, they were about to graduate from the Ninja Academy.
Kaze quickly came to his senses, shook his head and said, "Not yet. Let's talk about it when the time comes."
"..."
After chatting for a while, Kaze suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I have something that I need you three to help with."
Need our help?
Can we help Brother Kaze?!
The three of them glanced at each other and all got excited.
"What is it, Brother Kaze? Just tell us!"
"Yeah, tell us quickly!"
"Well, it's like this." Kaze showed a mysterious smile.
"There's a kid named Obito Uchiha in your school. I hope you can give him some 'special attention' for me."
Monday.
"Oh no! I'm gonna be late again!"
Obito gasped as he trotted all the way and finally rushed through the school gate.
"Dude, what the hell! School's out. Just go home already."
A student passed by Obito, curled his lips, and walked straight out of the school gate.
Obito: "..."
After that student, students kept coming out of the classrooms and walking towards the gate.
Sure enough, school was really over.
"Argh! I just overslept for two minutes. How could this happen!"
Obito was on the verge of tears.
Just then, a cold voice came from behind Obito.
"Hey, are you Obito Uchiha?"
Maybe it was just Obito's illusion.
As soon as the voice rang out, the noisy whispers on the campus disappeared instantly, and the whole world fell silent.
He slowly turned around and saw three figures walking towards him side by side.
[I dominate the world, and everyone looks up to me! I dominate the world, and I never look back!]
The three of them seemed to have an invisible aura that cleared the way. Wherever they went, the nearby students quickly stepped aside.
Even the young members of great clans like Uchiha, Sarutobi, and Hyūga avoided them like the plague.
The originally crowded crowd literally made a path about three or four meters wide for the three of them.
What?!
The moment Obito locked eyes with the three of them, his heart almost stopped!
It was... the Akatsuki!
An organization formed by three senior students that had never been defeated in the entire Ninja Academy!
It was said that even some teachers were no match for them!
"Oh no! Why are they coming after me? Did I accidentally offend them somewhere?!"
Obito is really panicking right now.
Especially when he realized that the one who had just spoken to him was the leader of the three, Konan, the Zero!
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