Heart Seal Love Burial Tsunade

Chapter 23: Tsunade of the Heart Seal Love Burial

After the surgery, Anko's mother stood outside the operating room and said with immense gratitude, "Lady Nonou, Lady Tsunade, thank you so much!"

Nonou smiled and teased, "It seems you've forgotten to thank one more person."

Hearing this, Anko's mother quickly reacted, "Little Doctor Soseki, and you too, thank you very much!"

Little Soseki's face was tense, but the corners of his mouth couldn't stop turning upwards. "This is the first time anyone's ever called me a doctor."

Seeing this, everyone else also smiled. They hadn't expected that the usually steady and reliable little Soseki would be so overwhelmed by just being called a doctor.

However, this kind of Soseki was more like a child!

Anko, with her big, round eyes, looked at Soseki, her gaze full of... appetite!

"Big brother, can I have dreams like that again in the future?"

"Of course, as long as you learn Illusion Arts, Anko, you can dream whatever you want."

"Wow! Then I want to eat Mochi Balls, Three-Color Balls, Red Bean Balls... Ah, Mom, don't pull me!"

"Are you trying to die? Even if it's a dream... eating so many sweets, do you want to get so fat you can't walk later?"

"Aaaah, I don't care, being too fat to walk is better than being too hungry to walk!"

The mother and daughter walked away, playfully bickering and laughing. Everyone watched the heartwarming scene with smiles. Suddenly, Soseki looked up and asked, "Lady Tsunade, is our Konoha the victor of the last war?"

Although she didn't understand why Soseki would suddenly ask this, Tsunade sighed with empathy, "In war, where are there any victors?"

Soseki bit his lower lip tightly. "I was just thinking, even our Konoha villagers live such difficult lives. How much harder must the people in the small countries affected by the war be living?"

Tsunade suddenly fell silent, inexplicably remembering the three little ones Jiraiya had saved in Amegakure.

"However, this way of thinking." Tsunade looked at Soseki, her eyes hazy. "It's really very similar to that guy Jiraiya, and also..."

"Can learning medicine truly save this world?" Soseki "whispered" confusedly, then he perked up and looked at Tsunade. "Lady Tsunade, may I ask you to guide my training?"

Tsunade was taken aback and after a moment of silence, asked, "Why me?"

Soseki said as a matter of course, "Of course, because you are the greatest Medical Ninja in our Konoha!"

"The greatest Medical Ninja?" Tsunade gave a self-mocking laugh, then shook her head under Soseki's expectant gaze. "I have no intention of taking on disciples."

"Lady Tsunade, you..." Nonou's expression grew anxious, wanting to persuade her.

"It's okay, Sister Nonou." Soseki was a little dejected at first, but quickly became energetic again. "It must be because I'm not good enough yet that Lady Tsunade doesn't want to guide my training."

As he spoke, Soseki walked away, shouting loudly, "Lady Tsunade, I won't give up!"

Watching Soseki's receding back, Tsunade's expression turned somber. "You really are so much like him... Nawaki!"

As if reliving that nightmarish scene, the blood couldn't be stopped, and Tsunade trembled with fear.

"Blood, blood..." she murmured, then suddenly woke up from her nightmare. It was only then that she finally noticed a fact she had previously overlooked. "Although I didn't perform the surgery this time, I also didn't deliberately avoid it. Why didn't I feel that sense of fear and despair... Could it be that I was influenced by his conviction?"

On the other hand, Soseki, back in the lounge, also felt a bit helpless.

"Sigh, as expected of Princess Tsunade of the Heart Seal Love Burial. It seems I'll have to approach this hurdle from a different angle."

Even so, Soseki wasn't too discouraged. Planning was, after all, just about pushing forward one of the higher possibilities.

If it were too easy, he might not have cherished it.

"Since that's the case, it's time to let those rumors out." Thinking this, a gentle and sunny smile appeared on Soseki's lips. "You'd better not disappoint me, senpais!"

A week later, at the Ninja Academy, in a secluded and quiet corner.

The originally peaceful atmosphere was broken by a burst of laughter and mockery.

"Is this your confidence? Doesn't seem like much!"

"Don't think you're a ninja just because you learned some Shadow Clone Technique. You're still far from it!"

"Yeah, if you want to resist us, at least show us a D-rank Ninjutsu."

"D-rank Ninjutsu? Are you looking down on Shūnen-boss's strength?"

A group of third-year students, dressed like delinquents, were fooling around. The boy they were surrounding frowned, "Alright, don't waste time with them."

"Understood." One of the delinquents, with a lazy demeanor, stepped forward and crouched down. "Looking at you, you seem unconvinced?"

Several younger-looking students were knocked to the ground, glaring at them angrily.

"It's no use being unconvinced. In the world of ninjas, strength is everything!" The lazy delinquent patted the leader's face and chuckled, "As a reward for teaching you this lesson, shouldn't you 'lend' us the money you have on you?"

The leading boy's face turned red. "I will never lend my money to scum like you!"

The lazy delinquent wasn't angry at being cursed, still maintaining a smiling face. "Of course, whether you lend it or not is your freedom. But, we might come to 'exchange' with you every day then."

"You!"

"Don't be so happy. After all, we third-year students are your best big brothers!"

Hearing him say that, the other second-year students also became a little scared.

"Yota, just give it to them."

"Yeah, it's not the first time anyway."

Seeing his companions back down, Yota could only say with a look of humiliation, "I agree."

Seeing this, the other delinquents jeered and laughed loudly.

"So boring, you're already giving up!"

"I thought we'd get to see some good show today."

Provoked by them, Yota, with hot blood rushing to his head, shouted, "You guys only dare to bully us! If you have the guts, go find trouble with the first-years!"

At his words, the faces of the delinquents turned a bit grim. Yota, ignoring everything, continued to shout, "And you call yourselves the prestigious Uchiha? You don't even dare to fart in front of the Hokage!"

"What did you say?" Shūnen, who had been watching coldly, suddenly looked over with a chilling expression.

"Did I say something wrong?" Yota yelled, sticking his neck out. "It's already spread throughout the school that you people of the Uchiha clan don't even have the courage to stand in front of Sarutobi Asuma!"

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