[Try Moving!]

After going over the details, Hyuga Bin, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin split up to search for the lost Orange Cat, using the spot where it had gone missing as the center of their search.

Nohara Rin was responsible for the busy market district, Uchiha Obito for the residential area, and Hyuga Bin for the Izakaya, gambling dens, and the Red Light District, which was closed during the day.

Only a few minutes into the mission, Hyuga Bin ran into Tsunade, her face flushed red as she walked out of an Izakaya.

Getting drunk first thing in the morning—Tsunade's life in Konoha was simply dull and... decadent.

Hyuga Bin did not pretend not to see her. Instead, he chose to greet her.

Because of some ridiculous incidents a few years ago, he and Tsunade could be considered acquaintances.

Of course, Hyuga Bin always kept a safe distance from Tsunade.

After all, Tsunade's body might be soft, but her fists were hard.

One slip, and who knew whether tomorrow or an accident would arrive first!

Hyuga Bin stopped three meters away from Tsunade and greeted her. While doing so, he also asked about the mission. "Lord Tsunade, have you seen a very fat Orange Cat?"

"No." Tsunade shook her head drunkenly, her eyes unfocused.

"Alright, thank you, Lord Tsunade." After saying that, Hyuga Bin planned to leave, avoiding any further entanglement with Tsunade.

After all, the first time Tsunade had accidentally injured him had been when she was drunk.

Drunk Tsunade was terrifying.

As for the option mission he had accepted years ago, he had already given up on it and was prepared to face failure.

He was not an Asura Reincarnation. How could he possibly rely on nothing but his mouth to untie Tsunade's emotional knot, help her overcome her psychological trauma, and begin a new life?

"Kid, do you have some ulterior motive toward me?" Perhaps because she was drunk, Tsunade finally voiced the question she had always wanted to ask as she watched Hyuga Bin's back.

Over the years she had known and spent time with Hyuga Bin, she had felt quite comfortable around him. She did not need to deliberately hide her emotions.

Some of the things Hyuga Bin said from time to time also made her feel that he was not a child of only a few years old, but someone her own age.

But all of it was too coincidental. Combined with her identity and current circumstances, she could not help but suspect that "Hyuga Bin was a tool the Hyuga Clan had sent to win her over."

However, she wanted to believe in another possibility deep down, which was why she had never said these words to Hyuga Bin.

"I don't." Hyuga Bin stopped and spoke seriously to Tsunade. "Also, Lord Tsunade, my name is Hyuga Bin."

He felt that Tsunade still had room for improvement when it came to respecting him. Every time she got drunk, she called him "kid," which was really going too far.

Of course, he did have an ulterior motive toward Tsunade, but not the kind of ulterior motive she imagined, so there was naturally no need to admit it.

Besides, Tsunade could no longer serve as his mission-farming tool. There was no need for him to deliberately curry favor with her.

Uh... even if Tsunade could serve as a tool, he would not deliberately curry favor with her. That was not his Nindo.

He had already transmigrated and obtained a system. He did not want to become someone he hated.

"Fine, Bin-kun. Then why do I keep running into you?" Tsunade stepped closer to Hyuga Bin, one step at a time.

There were people she had known for over twenty years whom she had met fewer times than she had happened to run into Hyuga Bin. It was hard to explain.

"How would I know?" Hyuga Bin hurriedly backed away, once again widening the distance between them by a relatively safe meter.

Aside from the first year, when he had deliberately approached Tsunade to farm missions, he had stayed far away from her for his own safety afterward. Yet they still kept running into each other. There was nothing he could do about it.

"Alright, let's leave it at that." Seeing that Hyuga Bin did not seem to be lying, Tsunade waved her hand and stopped asking.

"Lord Tsunade, if you don't want to see me, you could go traveling and relax. There's no need to stay in the village all day."

"Mm, I'm about to leave the village." Only after saying it did Tsunade realize that she probably should not have told Hyuga Bin that. Somewhat helplessly, she added, "I let that slip. Just pretend you didn't hear it."

"Lord Tsunade, what did you just say? I was thinking about something, so I didn't hear anything." Seeing this, Hyuga Bin deliberately asked in a puzzled tone.

"Hehe..."

Hyuga Bin's exaggerated acting made Tsunade laugh.

"It's a pity you're a ninja of the Hyuga Clan. You don't have Yang Attribute Chakra."

"Um, Lord Tsunade, I do."

Hyuga Bin understood that Tsunade meant she wanted to teach him Medical Ninjutsu.

To learn advanced Medical Ninjutsu, one had to possess Yang Attribute Chakra.

He was willing to do that.

If Tsunade wanted to take him out of the village... that would not be unacceptable either.

Compared to going to the battlefield, staying by Tsunade's side would still guarantee his safety as long as he did not touch on certain subjects. He could safely continue doing option missions outside for a few more years, then return to the village once he was fully capable of protecting himself.

"Mm... you do?"

The dazed expression on Tsunade's face instantly turned to shock.

After all, members of the Hyuga Clan with the Byakugan almost always possessed Yin Attribute Chakra. Those with Yang Attribute Chakra were exceedingly rare, which was why she had deliberately said that.

Thirty percent sincere, seventy percent joking.

Naturally, Tsunade did not know that during the years Hyuga Bin had been checking in, he would occasionally receive random basic Attribute Point rewards such as Yang Attribute +0.1 and Yin Attribute +0.1.

So Hyuga Bin could now barely be considered a ninja with every attribute.

That left Tsunade feeling a little awkward.

And while Tsunade was caught in a dilemma, Hyuga Bin once again received an option mission from the system.

[Option A: Say to Tsunade: "Lord Tsunade, please accept me as your disciple." Completion reward: Mystical Palm Technique (A-rank reward).]

[Option B: Ask Tsunade: "Lord Tsunade, are you planning to take me as your disciple?" Completion reward: Chakra Scalpel (B-rank reward).]

[Option C: Say to Tsunade: "I don't want to become your disciple." Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1 (C-rank reward).]

"Lord Tsunade, I don't want to become your disciple." After saying that and getting a free +0.1 to speed, Hyuga Bin continued joking with Tsunade:

"Still, if Lord Tsunade wants it, I can reluctantly cooperate and call you that once."

"You make it sound like you're suffering some huge loss." Tsunade did not dislike Hyuga Bin joking with her like that.

"Lord Tsunade, I still have a mission to carry out, so I'll stop chatting with you for today."

After saying that, Hyuga Bin took an exquisitely wrapped little box from his ninja tool pouch and handed it to Tsunade. "Lord Tsunade, this is for you."

"What is it?" Tsunade asked with a smile.

"A small cake." Seeing that Tsunade did not reach for it, Hyuga Bin had no choice but to bring the little box closer to her hand.

Tsunade accepted the little box, somewhat puzzled. "Why are you giving me a small cake?"

"There's no reason. I just remembered I had a small cake in my bag, so I gave it to you."

"Alright, I'm leaving."

After saying that, Hyuga Bin took two steps back, smiled and waved at Tsunade, then turned and left.

Tsunade looked at the small cake in her hand, then at Hyuga Bin's retreating back.

An inexplicable emotion stirred within her.

It seemed... she had not met someone like this in a long time.

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