Naruto weighed the shopping basket in his hand, confirmed that Dong West City had bought everything, and then said to Karin, "Let's go, Dong West City has almost bought it!"
"It's your first time Konoha has nothing to entertain you. I'll cook you a meal tonight."
"Huh? Naruto You can also cook?"
"You'll find out soon."
Naruto didn't explain much and walked back with the shopping basket in hand.
When Naruto returned to the apartment, he gave Karin the daily necessities he bought and asked her to clean them up, while he got into the kitchen and started working.
Karin neatly arranged his new towels and new toothbrushes in the bathroom, put on his newly bought pajamas, and then carefully placed the teacup Naruto bought for her on the small table beside the bed.
After finishing all this, she moved a small stool and sat at the door of the kitchen, resting her chin on her hands and looking at Naruto's back busy in front of the stove.
Naruto put on an apron, opened and scaled the saury he had just bought, cut the pork belly into thin slices and stir-fried the oil in the pan, cut the green onion into sections and sauteed until fragrant, beat the eggs, and cut the tofu into cubes.
The sound of the spatula stir-frying in the iron pot and the sizzling sound of oil popping echoed in the small apartment, mixed with the rich aroma of soy sauce and ginger-garlic frying.
In less than half an hour, a plate of fried pork belly with green onions, a plate of salt-grilled saury, a pot of tofu and mushroom miso soup and two bowls of white rice were served on the table.
Naruto took off his apron and put it on the back of the chair, then filled Karin with a bowl of soup.
Karin picked up the miso soup and took a careful sip, his eyes widened instantly.
Then he eagerly picked up a piece of pork belly and stuffed it into his mouth, holding the food in his mouth and sighing vaguely, "Naruto You actually have such skills!"
While eating, she began to think about whether she should write down the types of mushrooms in the miso soup just now, so that she could make it for Naruto to drink later.
"Then eat more. After suffering so many years of grievance at Kusagakure, my body has suffered a lot. I will slowly make up for it when I come to Konoha."
Naruto took a piece of saury to Karin.
Karin poked the rice in the bowl with chopsticks, and suddenly felt the tip of his nose was a little sour.
She sniffed hard to suppress the sour feeling, then took a large piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, puffing out her cheeks and chewing hard.
"Well, thank you Naruto!"
Just when Naruto and Karin were eating, Hokage Building was in the conference room.
Tsunade has just concluded a several-hour Hokage handover meeting with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
Both parties officially confirmed that Tsunade will hold the inauguration ceremony of Fifth Hokage at Hokage Building in five days.
The next day
early in the morning
Konoha The same notice is posted on every bulletin board in the streets and alleys.
"The inauguration ceremony of Fifth Hokage Princess Tsunade is scheduled to be held in five days, and the whole village of Konoha is hereby announced."
The signature is stamped with the direct stamp of Hokage.
Although everyone had been spreading the news since Tsunade returned to the village yesterday, when the official announcement was posted, people in the whole street still gathered around it.
The whole Konoha finally took this reassurance.
After handling the handover matters of Hokage, Tsunade put on the white Hokage Cloak temporarily authorized by the Hokage candidate, and went straight to Konoha Hospital with Shizune.
She stood between the hospital beds of Kakashi and Sasuke, her hands covering their foreheads, and the emerald green light of Mystical Palm Technique enveloped their heads at the same time.
After a moment, he took back his palm and said to Sakura who was waiting anxiously, "I have treated their mental injuries and they will wake up before tonight.
Sakura squatted on the ground and covered his face, then made a ninety-degree bow to Tsuna Temari.
"Thank you, Lady Tsunade!"
After dealing with Kakashi and Sasuke, Kai appeared.
With red eyes, he grabbed Tsunade's sleeve and asked Lady Tsunade to go see his disciple Rock Lee's injury no matter what.
The result of Rock Lee's forced opening of Eight Inner Gates against Gaara in the Chunin Ninja Exams qualifiers was multiple comminuted fractures throughout the body and a partial rupture of spinal nerves. The bone fragments of the left arm and left leg were embedded deep in the spine. The entire Konoha medical team has consulted many times but no one has dared to take over this operation.
Tsunade stood in front of Rock Lee's hospital bed. Rock Lee, whose whole body was wrapped in plaster and bandages, saw Tsunade and grinned, revealing two rows of big white teeth:
"Lady Tsunade, you are more beautiful than the legend!"
Tsunade took the medical record folder and the latest CT film and looked through it several times under the fluorescent lamp. His brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Finally, he put down the medical record folder and slowly shook his head at Rock Lee and Kai, who was standing at the end of the bed.
"Rock Lee, your injuries are more serious than I expected."
"The bone fragments in the left arm and left leg are embedded deep in the spinal nerves. Conventional physical therapy and rehabilitation training can no longer solve this problem."
"To remove these fragments without damaging the nerves requires an extremely delicate operation."
"But even if I perform the surgery myself, the success rate of this operation is only 50%."
"If the surgery is successful, you can return to normal living abilities, but I can't guarantee whether you can recover enough physical strength to continue serving as a ninja."
"If the operation fails, you will die on the operating table."
"Whether you live with hidden dangers that may worsen at any time, or bet on a 50% chance of getting back on your feet, it's your choice!"
After Tsunade finished speaking, he put the medical record folder on the bedside table, turned around and left the ward.
Rock Lee stayed quiet in the hospital bed for a long time.
Kai stood at the end of the bed with his fists clenched tightly and his nails digging into his palms. He wished he could kneel on the ground right now and beg Tsunade to perform surgery immediately, but he was not qualified to make this decision for Rock Lee.
"Teacher Kai..."
At this time, Rock Lee's voice sounded from the hospital bed, "I choose to have surgery."
"If I can't be a ninja in this life, then I would rather die on the operating table."
"My youth does not allow me to lie in bed for the rest of my life."
"Please help me tell Lady Tsunade that I am very grateful that she is willing to give me this choice."
"Li..."
Kai's eyes turned red when he heard this, and then he hugged Rock Lee tightly.
Tsunade came to Hokage Office and did not participate in any discussion about the arrangements for her inauguration ceremony that night.
She spread the pile of CT films and medical records brought back from the hospital on the table, and asked ANBU to retrieve all the failed cases of spinal neurosurgery in Konoha Hospital from the archives in the past thirty years.
The lights are brightly lit all night.
When it was almost dawn, Shizune opened the office door with her third cup of black coffee. She saw Tsunade buried in a dusty Scroll of Seals, taking notes quickly.
The documents and Formula drafts spread out on the desk formed a small mountain.