Go Cut Sugarcane in the Land of Water! (Revised)

The birds outside the window were already singing in low, lilting chirps.

Uchiha Chen turned over, avoiding the sunlight spilling into the room. Had he forgotten to close the curtains last night?

Uchiha Chen wanted to keep sleeping. But his consciousness was loudly urging his body to wake up.

"Chen, hurry up and get out of bed..."

Amid the birds' chirping, Uchiha Chen heard a voice as pleasant as tinkling bells.

He felt as though he were caught between reality and dreams. The hazy sense of reality intertwined with the unreal feeling of being omnipotent in a dream.

So when Kushina's voice appeared at this moment, telling him to get up, Uchiha Chen rejected it without thinking.

This was Nawaki's room. How could Kushina's voice be here?

"Mm... Kushina, let me sleep a little longer..."

"Huh? Ah, that's true. It's a rare day off, and Tsunade beat you up so badly last night. Of course you'd want to sleep in a little..."

"Mm, exactly. I dreamed that I beat Tsunade up... Let me dream a little longer."

"But you said several times last night that you were going to get up today and wait for Tsunade at the casino. You told me I had to wake you up... Chen, hurry up and get up. It's already morning."

Kushina shook Uchiha Chen's body without reservation.

This was supposed to wake Uchiha Chen up, but to him at that moment, it felt like he was lying in a cradle and being gently rocked. It was simply too comfortable.

Mm, let me sleep a little longer. Just give me the length of one song...

"Mm... Chen, you said that a few minutes ago." Kushina called to him relentlessly.

"Um, Chen, if you still don't get up—" Kushina's voice came.

"—I'll hit you in the face with Water Release."

Hm? Uchiha Chen jolted awake, every hair on his body standing on end.

"An evil aura is approaching!"

Instantly awake, Uchiha Chen turned his body to the side. His hands tightly shielded his face without leaving the slightest gap, while his legs secretly tensed, ready to sprint away at any moment.

Right before Uchiha Chen, who had assumed a complete defensive stance—

"Honestly, who are you calling evil?"

Tsunade stared at Uchiha Chen with icy eyes.

Uchiha Chen narrowed his wide eyes. He was currently sleeping in Nawaki's bed, and Tsunade stood before him with a threatening look on her face.

Calling Tsunade evil was a bit of an exaggeration, but Uchiha Chen felt there was no need to correct himself.

"Hurry up and get up. Brat, today is the last day of training. I'm going to Discipline you properly." Tsunade clenched her fists, making them crack.

"Treating an injured person like this? Forget an evil aura—this is downright criminal." Uchiha Chen glanced at Tsunade.

He took back what he had said. This was not an evil aura. Calling it criminal was more accurate.

"Chen, good morning."

"Ah, good morning, Kushina." Uchiha Chen looked at Kushina, who had been urging him to get up all morning.

Under the morning light, her long red hair seemed to gleam with a captivating sheen.

Her white-accented ninja outfit suited her temperament perfectly.

With her carefree smile, she seemed twenty percent more cheerful than yesterday.

"By the way, did you sleep well last night?" Uchiha Chen asked as he sat up in bed.

"Yes, very well. I had a very happy dream!"

The casual topic made Kushina smile happily.

Uchiha Chen could practically feel her joy. He had been worried that Kushina might suffer from insomnia in an unfamiliar environment. It was great that she had slept soundly.

"All right, enough nonsense. Get up already. Today is the final day of training." Tsunade interrupted them from where she stood with her arms crossed.

"I'm very busy. As a Jonin, I have to patrol the casino for criminals at night, and exercise and rest in bed during the day. I'm taking time out of my busy schedule to train you."

"More like you're squeezing work into your free time," Uchiha Chen quipped.

"Whatever. I'm getting up to wash my face first." Uchiha Chen picked up his Windbreaker and headed outside.

"Mm, go wash your face first." Tsunade yawned.

I really want to go catch up on sleep. I got a little too excited playing yesterday.

Uchiha Chen quickly left. He wanted to wash his face and wake himself up.

At that moment, only Tsunade and Kushina remained in the room, standing by the bed.

Uchiha Chen had just left Nawaki's room and was about to head toward the washbasin.

Just then, he inadvertently overheard a conversation between Tsunade and Kushina.

"Kushina, this is far too dangerous. How can a girl your age casually run into a boy's room?"

"What if something like last night happens?"

"Would there be danger? Yesterday, didn't we agree that it was a misunderstanding? Chen is my first good friend in Konoha, so there shouldn't be anything to worry about."

"No, no, no. Look at this book yourself. If you're not careful, Kushina might end up having something unforgivable done to her by a beast like Uchiha Chen!" As she spoke, Tsunade took out a comic book from a hidden compartment in the desk.

"Whoa... whoa!" Kushina let out an exaggerated cry.

Uchiha Chen hurriedly rushed back into the room. He saw Kushina blushing, her big eyes still fixed on Nawaki's comic book.

This seemed to be Nawaki's comic book about ethics and life.

Hey, hey, that isn't mine. It's Nawaki's prized collection. Don't pin all the blame on me.

Uchiha Chen left the room under Kushina's strange gaze.

After breakfast, Uchiha Chen spoke to Kushina, whose face had been red all morning.

"By the way, Kushina, what are you doing today?"

"Mm, I'm going to Grandma Mito's later to catch up on my lessons. She said there's still a lot I need to learn. Tomorrow, I'll be entering the Ninja Academy."

"Mm, that's good."

It seemed Grandma Mito was teaching Kushina knowledge about Sealing Jutsu and the like.

In Uchiha Chen's view, Sealing Jutsu was definitely one of the strongest things in the world of Hokage.

Not only did it counter Impure World Reincarnation, it also countered Tailed Beasts. Even Kaguya at the end had needed Sealing Jutsu to be sealed.

It was just a pity that, for some reason, his panel did not have a Sealing Jutsu category. Uchiha Chen decided to go back and ask his unreliable system.

After breakfast, Kushina left by herself.

Tsunade and Uchiha Chen, meanwhile, headed to the Training Ground.

"All right, brat. Today is the last day. Demonstrate your Chakra control for me. If it satisfies me, I'll teach you an incredibly powerful Ninjutsu as compensation for yesterday's misunderstanding."

"I nearly died at your hands yesterday, Teacher Tsunade! You think one Ninjutsu is enough to brush me off?"

"Speaking of which, why did you suddenly barge in and beat me up, Teacher?"

"Mm, well, I heard Kushina crying in your room from the yard. I also heard you say you would take responsibility. So I thought you'd done something people your age shouldn't do."

"I clearly said I would take responsibility for helping her teach Nawaki a lesson for making Mini Explosive Tags. Take your brain out of your heels and use it again. What you imagined was impossible."

"Mm-hm, so that's what happened," Tsunade muttered as she nodded.

"Anyway, nothing serious happened, and you're alive and well..."

After a long while—

Uchiha Chen suddenly let out a long breath.

"Take this kick!"

"How can you say 'nothing serious happened'?! Believe it or not, I'll throw you into the Land of Water to cut sugarcane!"