Finding the Passage

"Are you sure it's this area?"

Deep within a primeval forest in the Land of Fire, a party of five seemed to be searching for something.

Gu Sheng, Chu Xin, Liu Daimei, and Mei Daizi, along with Tsunade—whom Gu Sheng had dragged away again under the pretext of helping her quit gambling because of Wushi—formed a group of one man and four beauties... Ahem, a normal party.

"Lo~rd Sheng, what exactly are you looking for?"

When Tsunade first met Gu Sheng, she had never imagined that the stubborn little brat from back then would become her husband. She had never completely changed the way she addressed him, though she still gave him some dignity in front of others.

That was not to say Tsunade was especially bad-tempered. In fact, after getting married, Tsunade possessed the gentle and tender nature traditionally associated with a Yamato Nadeshiko. Or rather, women from that island nation would generally show this side of themselves to the men they liked. One only had to look at how Sakura behaved differently toward Naruto and Sasuke to understand.

However, Tsunade's innate temper remained unchanged, so she would sometimes unconsciously reveal emotions such as irritability and impatience. That was perfectly normal.

"A passage. A secret one."

Gu Sheng laughed awkwardly and put an arm around Tsunade's soft yet supple waist as he spoke soothingly. Before long, he had made the Senju family's eldest young lady blush. The sight stirred Gu Sheng's imagination, and it seemed he might unlock some new position that night.

"Where exactly is it?"

On the trunk of a giant tree in the primeval forest, Chu Xin's eyes were astonishingly white. The veins around the corners of her eyes and temples bulged as her Byakugan expanded its vision outward, searching in every direction with no blind