"Well, look at that! Our Lord Kazekage finally found time to visit Konoha!"
Xuanhui was naturally delighted to see the Third Kazekage visiting as a tourist.
But the Third Kazekage did not seem nearly as pleased. There was something strange about the way he looked at Xuanhui.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
The Third Kazekage sighed and decided to sound him out.
But he did not know how to bring it up. Xuanhui was a smart man, after all.
After a long stretch of thought, he finally came up with an idea.
"Xuanhui, if I wore my hair in a bun, had bigger eyes, a higher nose bridge, a better figure, and was a woman, would you like me?"
"..."
The Third Kazekage even gestured twice in front of his chest.
"..."
Xuanhui swore this was the worst injury he had suffered since birth!
No matter how desperate I am, I wouldn't be interested in a sex-changed version of a middle-aged man who doesn't even have proper eyebrows!
"Is this some new Lightning Release you developed? Surely it deserves to be sealed away as a forbidden technique already!"
Xuanhui's muscles had gone taut. There was even a hint of pleading in his eyes as he looked at the Third Kazekage!
But instead of the burst of laughter he expected, he was met with an utterly serious face!
"I'm not joking!"
"You're not joking?"
Xuanhui immediately backed up two steps. Golden light enveloped his body, followed by the eyeshadow and snake markings of Sage Mode.
He wanted to draw his Twin Whips, but then reconsidered the man's words. What if he was into that sort of thing?
So he put the whips away and raised his hand like a blade.
"I only see you as a