Neither Nawaki nor Minato Namikaze understood. Given Jingyi's situation, he shouldn't have been among the first to be summoned to the front lines.
"Silly girl, because the village needs me. If war hadn't broken out, I definitely would have stayed in the village. As a ninja of the village, shouldn't I head to the battlefield when the village is under threat?"
Jingyi smiled and gently pinched Kushina's nose.
Jingyi and Tsunade could take on certain dark schemes and calculations themselves. There was no need to drag Kushina and the others into them.
At least, they didn't need to know about such things before they had grown stronger.
So Jingyi needed to find himself another excuse.
"But I can't bear to see you go."
Tears had already welled up in Kushina's big eyes.
"I can't bear to leave you either, but this is my duty. Do you remember what I once told you?"
"Mhm, mhm."
Kushina sniffled and nodded her little head hard.
Tsunade wordlessly handed over a tissue.
That girl's dependence on Jingyi had reached the point where even Tsunade felt jealous.
As Jingyi comforted Kushina, he glanced at Nawaki.
"Nawaki, if war comes, ninjas from your class will graduate early, and even the transition period will become very short. Jiraiya will definitely head to the battlefield, so you won't be able to keep learning from him then."
"Huh?"
Nawaki immediately panicked. "Then what am I supposed to do? I can't just stay in the village forever, can I? My dream is to become Hokage, so I can protect everyone."
How nice. My dream was also to become Hokage and protect the village and everyone.
Little Blondie glanced at Nawaki. Their dreams were the same.
"You'd be lucky if you could protect yourself."
Tsunade gave her younger brother a hard