Make Tsunade Have My Child

"Lady Tsunade looks young enough to be your daughter! Have some shame, will you?!"

Jiraiya: "..."

He shot Naruto a fierce glare, wishing he could sew that mouth shut.

Watching the two bicker, Tsunade's lips twitched, and she finally let out a snort of laughter.

Her gaze fell on Naruto as she sized him up from head to toe.

Noticing her gaze, Naruto gave Tsunade an equally unapologetic once-over!

This kid's gaze is far too bold. He's staring straight at me without the slightest attempt to hide it. As expected, following Jiraiya only teaches people bad habits.

But... his eyes are clear and open, carrying a young man's defiance and carefree irreverence. It isn't unpleasant.

It's even... a little interesting.

Naruto felt a little embarrassed under her scrutiny and rubbed his nose, though inwardly he muttered:

I wonder what kind of freak a child born with the Senju Clan's Sage Body, the Uzumaki Clan's chakra, and my Mangekyo Sharingan would be?

Maybe it could awaken the Sharingan right after being born and punch a Jonin to death?

That would be pretty interesting.

As if she had seen through his thoughts, Tsunade's face reddened slightly. She gave a light cough and looked away.

"Enough fooling around." Tsunade waved a hand and asked, "What did you come to see me for? Don't tell me you came all the way to the casino just to find me."

Jiraiya dropped his playful smile, his expression turning solemn.

"Tsunade, the Third Hokage is dead."

"During the Konoha Crush Plan, Orochimaru attacked the village. The Third used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal Orochimaru's hands and sacrificed himself."

"Konoha is leaderless now, and everyone is terrified. I hope you'll return and become the Fifth Hokage."

The smile vanished from Tsunade's face in an instant.

She abruptly stepped back, her gaze icy. "I'm not going back."

"Hokage? I'm not becoming some damn Hokage!"

"Minato was such a good kid, such an outstanding Hokage. And what happened to him in the end? To protect the village, he sacrificed himself and Kushina. He did not even get to properly look at his son."

"And Dan, and Nawaki... They all died for that so-called Will of Fire, for Konoha, without even knowing why!"

Tsunade's voice trembled, and her eyes reddened. "The Hokage is nothing but a target Konoha puts forward to take the blade! A puppet the higher-ups use to control the village! I refuse to go die for them!"

Jiraiya opened his mouth, wanting to argue, but he could not say a single word.

He knew these were Tsunade's deepest wounds.

Just then, a round of applause suddenly came from beside them.

Naruto clapped his hands and repeatedly cheered, "Well said! Lady Tsunade really has insight!"

"If you ask me, even a dog wouldn't be Hokage!"

"Naruto! What nonsense are you talking about?!" Jiraiya jumped in fright and hurriedly tried to cover Naruto's mouth. "Don't spout nonsense!"

Naruto shoved him away and continued without concern, "I'm not talking nonsense. Konoha's foundation was wrong from the very beginning."

"Especially your grandfather, Hashirama Senju."

The instant those words fell, the air froze.

Jiraiya's face turned deathly pale, and his whole body trembled. "Naruto! Shut up! He was the First Hokage! The god of the Ninja World!"

Tsunade's eyes also turned cold as she stared at Naruto. "Say that again."

Naruto met her gaze without fear. "I said Hashirama Senju was an idiot."

"He clearly possessed strength capable of crushing everything. He clearly could have unified the entire Ninja World and ended all wars. But what did he do? He held some Five Kage Summit, divided the land among feudal lords, and even gave the Tailed Beasts away to other villages for nothing."

"He thought that would bring peace? How naive!"

"And what did it bring? Three Ninja World Wars, corpses everywhere, and people living in misery. Countless young people like Nawaki and Dan died on the battlefield."

"He caused all of it with his own hands!"

Jiraiya was too terrified to speak.

He had never imagined that anyone would dare evaluate the First Hokage like that.

It was utterly heretical!

Tsunade clenched her fists until they cracked, veins bulging on her forehead.

But she did not attack immediately.

She looked at Naruto and said in a low voice, "Go on."

Naruto smiled and continued, "Your so-called Will of Fire, your so-called mutual understanding between people, is nothing but wishful thinking."

"As long as there are conflicts of interest, as long as resources are distributed unevenly, there will always be war. You expect people who would kill each other over a patch of land or a little food to understand one another? You might as well expect the sun to rise in the west."

"When people rule people, there will always be selfish desires, always be corruption. Only by ruling people with laws, by using absolute power to restrain everyone, can war truly end."

"Lawbreakers die. Rebels die. Plunderers die."

"When everyone knows that the price of wrongdoing is one they cannot afford, true peace will finally come."

"What I want to do is unify the entire Ninja World and establish a brand-new nation!"

"In my nation, there will be no Hokage, no Kazekage, no Tsuchikage. There will be only one king and a set of iron laws."

"I will let every child grow up beneath the sun, never again having to fear war or losing their loved ones."

Naruto stood there as sunlight spilled over him, seeming to gild him in a layer of golden light.

His eyes were resolute and blazing, carrying the commanding aura of someone who looked down upon all living things.

Jiraiya stared at him blankly, his mouth hanging wide enough to fit an egg.

He had always thought Naruto was merely a mischievous brat.

He had never imagined that such a world-shaking dream was hidden in that brat's heart.

This was not a child's wild fantasy.

It was a complete, rigorously logical philosophy capable of overturning the order of the entire Ninja World.

A crushing advantage from a higher dimension.

An absolute crushing advantage from a higher dimension.

Compared to Naruto's ideals, the so-called Will of Fire was laughably childish.

Tsunade was stunned as well.

She looked at Naruto, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

She had lived so long and seen countless ninja, countless Kage.

But no one had ever spoken such words.

No one had ever seen peace so clearly.

After a long silence, Tsunade slowly spoke, her voice hoarse. "What you said... may be right."

"But you insulted my grandfather. I can't pretend I didn't hear it."

She suddenly raised her head, her eyes sharp as blades. "Today, I'll weigh you up and see just how capable this little brat spouting such grand principles really is."

"Defeat me, and I can grant you one request."

Naruto grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

He tilted his head, looking at Tsunade with a teasing gaze as he drawled:

"Any request?"

"Then... how about having a child for me?"

The words fell.

The entire world went silent.

Jiraiya's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He pointed at Naruto, his finger trembling. "You... you... you're insane!"