After returning victorious from the battle in the Land of Rain, Konoha seemed to settle into peace.
Every night, Kawafune had deep discussions with Tsunade about the important matter of "the Hatake Clan's dwindling population."
Tsunade suffered quite a bit for it. The two rested at sunset and rose before dawn.
The well-nourished Tsunade even made major progress in her research. Though in truth, most of that was thanks to restricting Kawafune from entering the laboratory.
The Hashirama Cells had been cultivated into stability, so Tsunade took some of Kawafune's blood when she had the time and began a Cell Fusion Experiment.
Kawafune was extremely excited about this, as though he could already see Wood Style beckoning to him. But research results would not come so quickly.
Judging from Tsunade's expression whenever she mentioned it, progress had been far from smooth.
His hopes of obtaining Wood Style were probably not something that could be achieved in the short term.
He had already set his sights on Orochimaru. The power of that scientific madman combined with Tsunade would definitely be greater than one plus one equals two.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru had already gone to Ryūchi Cave to undergo the trial for Sage Jutsu.
The three little ones, Nagato and the others, progressed quickly and could already learn simple Ninjutsu.
Kawafune encouraged Konan to study her origami. He also found many Ninjutsu scrolls, which she could use as references while Nagato was learning.
Konan truly lived up to her title as the angel of Akatsuki. She had already created Paper Shuriken and Paper Clone.
Her talent made Kawafune ashamed of himself. Even Minato wondered whether his brain was lacking, as he still had not found any clue about the Ninjutsu their teacher had proposed.
Only Nawaki, with his thick nerves, cheered from the