I Misjudged Tsunade

Namikaze Minato watched the scene before him, his pupils narrowing.

Uchiha Nagi had moved incredibly fast—and with remarkable precision.

Even Minato wasn't sure he could have done any better.

He couldn't help taking a long look at Uchiha Nagi. As his classmate, he'd sensed that Nagi wasn't weak, but he hadn't expected him to be even stronger than he'd imagined.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Enichi wore a complicated expression, with a hint of displeasure.

He was displeased because his lackeys had been defeated so easily, which was embarrassing for him.

The complicated part was that Nagi's strength had exceeded his expectations. Even if Enichi had tried to beat his three followers himself, he probably wouldn't have done it any more easily.

In that case, Uchiha Nagi didn't seem to be bringing shame on the Uchiha Clan after all.

"Hmph. If you ever bring shame on the Uchiha again, I won't let you get away with it!"

Uchiha Enichi snorted, then stopped looking at him.

"Wow!"

Uzumaki Kushina cried out in surprise, her eyes shining as she stared at Uchiha Nagi.

"Sleepyhead, you're this strong?"

She could win too, of course, but she hadn't exactly done it gracefully. There was no way she could have managed it like Uchiha Nagi, who hadn't even wrinkled his clothes.

"I'm all right. They're just too weak." Uchiha Nagi didn't think he was particularly strong. It was simply the result of his regular training.

"Hmph!" Uzumaki Kushina suddenly looked displeased.

She'd had to work so hard to beat them. Wasn't Uchiha Nagi saying that she was weak too?

"How could the Blood Red Pepper be weak? You're practically the undefeated champion of the whole class," Uchiha Nagi teased.

"Exactly!" Uzumaki Kushina said, hands on her hips, brimming with confidence. Then she looked at Uchiha Nagi nervously.

"What is it now?" Uchiha Nagi asked, puzzled.

"Sleepyhead, you're not going to hit me for calling you that, are you?" Uzumaki Kushina was confident, but she knew her limits. She probably wasn't a match for Uchiha Nagi.

"No."

Uchiha Nagi felt a little helpless. Did he really seem like someone who couldn't take a joke?

"Good!" Uzumaki Kushina patted her chest as if relieved.

Just then, the class bell rang, and Uzumaki Kushina returned to her seat.

Teacher Inoue walked in. His gaze rested on Uchiha Nagi for a moment before he turned away and began the lesson.

He'd seen what happened just now.

He'd assumed Uchiha Enichi might be the most talented student in the class.

Although Enichi did have some problems with his personality, there was no denying the Uchiha Clan's talent.

Now it seemed he'd been mistaken. Perhaps Uchiha Nagi, whose ideals were so unlike those of a typical Uchiha, was the most talented one, hiding in plain sight.

And if Uchiha Nagi was like this, could there be other students in the class with hidden talent?

At that thought, he shook his head. How could so many outstanding students all be in his class? He was already lucky to have one or two.

The next day.

Uchiha Nagi arrived at the meeting place he'd arranged with Uzumaki Kushina.

"Over here!"

The street was bustling, with shopkeepers calling out to passersby. Uzumaki Kushina, dressed a little differently than usual, waved at him.

"Hm? Why are you here so early? I thought I'd arrived about ten minutes ahead of time." Uchiha Nagi looked at her in surprise.

"Hehe."

Uzumaki Kushina smiled without answering. She couldn't exactly tell him that this was the first time she'd gone out with a classmate since coming to Konoha, and she'd been so excited that she'd arrived too early.

"Don't worry about that. I've already told my sister about you. We can go straight to the hospital and find her."

"Okay."

On the way, Uzumaki Kushina kept sneaking glances at Uchiha Nagi. When he showed no sign of starting a conversation, she couldn't help feeling a little dejected. She kicked a small stone along the ground, looking unhappy.

Uchiha Nagi had noticed that Uzumaki Kushina seemed to have dressed up especially for today.

But he wasn't much of a conversationalist, and he didn't have any particular feelings for Uzumaki Kushina, so he didn't try to start a conversation.

In the somewhat awkward silence, they soon reached the hospital.

Uzumaki Kushina led Uchiha Nagi confidently to an office and knocked on the door.

"Come in," came a voice from inside that sounded both familiar and unfamiliar to Uchiha Nagi.

"Big sister, I'm here!"

As soon as the door opened, Uzumaki Kushina rushed inside.

Uchiha Nagi took a closer look and saw a beautiful woman with pale golden hair and... quite a figure.

Wait, was Tsunade really this big at this point? Uchiha Nagi froze. She wasn't as well-endowed as she would be in the future, but she was still far from what he'd imagined.

She definitely couldn't be called flat-chested.

Did I remember wrong? Uchiha Nagi couldn't help wondering.

His impression of Tsunade as flat-chested came from Jiraiya's teasing. And his main image of Tsunade from before the story began was her wearing a green flak jacket during the war.

Suddenly, Uchiha Nagi understood. That stiff flak jacket would make even the future Tsunade look flat from the outside.

And because Jiraiya's teasing had stuck in his mind, the two things together had left him with the impression that Tsunade at this point was flat-chested.

Tsunade hugged Uzumaki Kushina, then looked at Uchiha Nagi, who was lost in thought.

"Little Kushina, is he the classmate of yours with the health problem?"

At her words, Uchiha Nagi snapped out of it and met Tsunade's gaze. In a moment of panic, the words slipped out before he could stop them.

"Sorry, I misjudged you."

"Hm?" Tsunade looked puzzled. What was Kushina's friend talking about? What had he misjudged?

"Uh, no, I mean, I'm Kushina's friend, Uchiha Nagi." Uchiha Nagi came to his senses, took a deep breath, and hurriedly explained.

"Uchiha..." Tsunade furrowed her brow. Uchiha Nagi didn't have the Uchiha Clan crest on him, so she hadn't recognized him at first.

But then Tsunade looked at Kushina. The younger generation had nothing to do with the older generation's affairs. She shouldn't judge him by the standards of the older generation.

Having made up her mind, Tsunade spoke.

"Come over and tell me exactly what's wrong. Kushina told me about your condition, but not in full."

"Okay."

Uchiha Nagi went to the other side of the desk and sat up straight, then began explaining the problem he'd been having.