Senju Nawaki, who had been shouting and carrying on outside the examination room, began to calm down under Uzumaki Kuming's reassurance. While Kushina Uzumaki examined Xiangxiangli, Kuming asked Nawaki what had happened between him and Xiangxiangli. 😲🏆 ☝🐨
In this way, Nawaki told everyone present a clichéd tale of a hero rescuing a beauty. But Xiangxiangli didn't fall in love at first sight with the prince from Konoha like the heroine in some traditional story. On the contrary, she was quite wary of Nawaki.
Still, none of that stopped Nawaki. Xiangxiangli's gentle nature and tragic past tugged at his heart, and by now, he had probably fallen for her completely.
"Although Nawaki is still young, given his experience, he shouldn't just fall for a ninja whose identity is unknown."
"And what's with this utterly devoted simp act?"
"It's supposed to be a heroic tale about rescuing a beauty. So why does it feel so strange?"
Kuming gave the excited Nawaki a few perfunctory replies, then sat down on a bench in the corridor and fell into thought. Nawaki's simping had put Kuming on alert. It was true that Xiangxiangli was quite pretty, and her tragic past could stir Nawaki's protective instincts.
But Nawaki was a Jonin of Konoha who had experienced his share of battles over the years. His personality was still straightforward and impulsive, but it was impossible to believe he had no guile at all. Not much time had passed between Konoha declaring war on the Land of Grass and the end of the war, when they captured Xiangxiangli.
In such a short time, Kuming didn't believe Nawaki could have formed any deep bond with Xiangxiangli.
"Have the Yamanaka Clan look into it again."
With that thought, Kuming beckoned to a kunoichi standing guard by the door. After