Hawking's Surefire Mate Selection (Part 2)

"Alright, since Lady Tsunade agreed so readily, let's get started now."

Hawking nodded, then sat cross-legged on the floor of his office.

"Please, Lady Tsunade, protect me!"

"Is it really that direct?"

Seeing Hawking begin like this, Tsunade was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly got up from her seat and rushed to Hawking's side.

"It truly damages the soul!"

Soon, she noticed that Hawking's head drooped, and he seemed to have lost all his life force, as if his soul had been hollowed out.

"Looks like I was overthinking it."

Actually, she was somewhat skeptical when Hawking said it would damage his soul, but now that she has personally witnessed Hawking's soul aura truly dissipate after he used his abilities, she knows that what he said was true.

I couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

So she secretly decided that if Hawking's predictions about the future were to come true, she would definitely seek out the ninjas in Konoha who were most skilled in Sealing Technique and teach Hawking Sealing Technique.

While Tsunade was protecting Hawking's soul was actually standing opposite Tsunade.

It turned out that right after he sat down cross-legged, he entered Reaper mode, and his Shinigami Garb separated from his physical body.

In normal Shinigami Mode, the soul leaves the body and is invisible to ordinary people, even more effective than invisibility.

Of course, if an attack is launched, those with keen senses will certainly be able to detect it.

He was simply watching quietly, neither launching an attack nor using his spiritual power, and he wasn't conveying any malicious intent, so Tsunade was also unable to detect the existence of his soul.

He planned to wait a few minutes before his soul returned to its original state, and then continue pretending to be a charlatan to Tsunade.

"I still prefer grand principles. If I'm looking for a wife in the future, I don't need her to be all grand principles, but at least half of them will do."

With an appreciative eye, Hawking looked at Tsunade across from him, stroking his chin and thinking to himself.

He wasn't a eunuch; having been reborn, he naturally considered getting married and having children.

However, he also has certain requirements for his other half.

He's not a looks-obsessed person, so as for appearance, he just needs someone who's pleasing to the eye. Of course, he prefers a good figure, but the flat-chested type isn't his type.

Most importantly, he doesn't believe in love at first sight; he prefers love that develops over time.

He believes that love at first sight is essentially lust at first sight, while love that develops over time is the result of getting to know each other and being attracted to each other in various ways, which is the only way to make a relationship last.

However, such things are usually difficult, which is why I never found a suitable partner in my past life.

It's much harder to develop feelings over time than to fall in love at first sight, especially after entering society. Your social circle is only so big, and there are even fewer single people of the opposite sex with whom you can get along for a long time.

In this lifetime, he has yet to encounter such a person.

The main reason is that I don't have time. I'm busy with cultivation, so I simply don't have time to spend with any girl Tenten and develop feelings for her.

He wasn't in a hurry. He was still quite young in this life, and the Future Company. More and more female Super Hero would join them to fight evil and get rid of bad guys. Maybe he would meet a suitable one then.

"That's about it."

Coming to his senses, he realized that almost fifteen minutes had passed. He quickly regained his senses and opened his eyes.

Seeing that Hawking had opened his eyes, Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hawking, how are you? Are you alright?"

Hawking's body remained silent, and she almost thought that the backlash from using his abilities had caused serious problems.

"It's nothing, just that my soul is a little weak and will need time to recover, but it won't affect my normal performance."

Hawking waved his hand, then began to speak solemnly:

"I saw some scenes of Asuma's future death, including a scene where you, Lady Tsunade, summoned dozens of Hidden Leaf Ninjas to issue a mission, and Asuma was killed by two very powerful ninjas during this mission."

Therefore, if you want to prevent Asuma's inevitable death, then you just need to keep Asuma from leaving the village to carry out missions during this period.

"I summoned a lot of ninjas and issued missions?"

After listening to Hawking's words, Tsunade fell into deep thought.

Normally, Konoha's missions are carried out in small teams. Even when they helped Sunagakure rescue Gaara, they didn't send dozens of ninjas to carry out the mission at the same time.

What must have happened to warrant her dispatching so many ninjas at once?

"Yes, I saw Asuma, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Yamashiro Aoba, and Izumo Kamizuki."

Hawking rattled off the names of nearly thirty Hidden Leaf Ninjas in one breath.

One hour a day for so many days, he had long since gotten to know all the ninjas in Konoha who were publicly known.

I wouldn't say I know everyone, but I can exchange a few words with them when we meet.

"So many! This is almost all the ninjas she can mobilize, except for those who are out on other missions or have to stay behind in the village."

Tsunade frowned.

Do you know who those two enemies are? What are their distinguishing features?

"I've only been to Konoha before. They aren't Konoha ninjas, so I don't know them."

However, both of them were wearing long black robes with a fiery cloud pattern, and their ninja Forehead Protector had stripes on them, suggesting they were missing-nin from your world.

Hawking said, pretending to recall something.

"It's dawn!"

Tsunade contracted instantly, and she knew who Hawking was referring to.

She had already clashed with Akatsuki once when she helped Sunagakure save Gaara, and with the information Jiraiya had gathered, she was able to make a judgment based on the characteristics Hawking had described.

Who else but Akatsuki could provoke her into sending out so many ninjas on a mission and kill Asuma?

"Hawking, thank you for your help to Konoha. Regarding the learning of Sealing Technique, I will find the best Sealing Technique ninja to guide you. You can learn all the Sealing Technique in Konoha."

At this moment, she was 70-80% convinced of Hawking.

Because information about Akatsuki must be kept secret by the ninjas who know it, and they cannot tell anyone else without her orders. Naruto would not tell Hawking either.

Therefore, the future that Hawking saw may very well be real.

Moreover, she felt that the possibility of Hawking lying about this was very small, and it would be too easy to expose him. There was no need to wait a few days to verify before giving it to him, as that would make her, as the Hokage, seem too stingy.

Even if it's fake, a few days is still just learning some basics.

"Okay, it's been almost an hour, I'm going back to my world."

Realizing the time was up, Hawking waved to Tsunade and disappeared from the spot.

After Hawking left, Tsunade immediately summoned Shizune:

"Shizune, have any intelligence reports come back about Akatsuki lately? Or have any reports of unusual activity been discovered?"

"No, according to the intelligence reports from various places, there has been no unusual activity, and no trace of Akatsuki has been found."

Reply in Shizune.