Whoever Dares Bully You, Smash Their Head In

"You made this?"

Tsunade looked at Kushina as if she were looking at an alien. She remembered that Kushina, like herself, knew absolutely nothing about cooking. It was even questionable whether she had ever set foot in a kitchen.

"Really? Let me try."

Nawaki impatiently grabbed a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing a few times, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Big sis, this beef is so good! Kushina wasn't lying. Grandma, hurry and try it too. It's really tender."

With Nawaki's approval, Kushina felt a little smug and turned to look at Tsunade. See? The beef I made got approval.

Tsunade tried some as well. It was delicious, she had to admit that. But Kushina had said she made it herself.

That was worth doubting.

"Fine, I made it under Jingyi's instructions. Jingyi gave the directions, and I did the work."

Kushina was a good girl, and good girls definitely could not lie. So she honestly told them everything that had happened today. Nawaki listened with green light practically shining from his eyes, while Tsunade shook her head speechlessly.

When it came to cooking, that brat Jingyi really was good at it.

Mito Uzumaki smiled and praised her a few times, making Kushina so happy that her big eyes narrowed into crescents.

"Kushina." After dinner, Tsunade held Kushina's little hand and said awkwardly, "I've been rather busy with work lately, so I might not be able to go over to Jingyi's place. I'll have to trouble you with buying groceries. Would you be willing to help me?"

"Ah... is that so?"

Kushina frowned slightly, making it obvious at a glance that she was not very willing.

You clearly want to agree right away, yet you're putting on an act!

Tsunade was extremely speechless, but she could only play along because this was the task Mito Uzumaki had given her.

"Alright then, I'll agree."

Under Tsunade's unrelenting efforts, Kushina finally agreed to help, albeit reluctantly.

The little girl looked unwilling, but inwardly she was overjoyed. She had no idea that Tsunade and Mito Uzumaki had deliberately put on this act.

So the next day, the little girl happily ran to the market, then headed straight to Jingyi's home.

When Kushina walked into the house carrying a bag full of vegetables and meat, Jingyi could not help falling silent.

Did you go grocery shopping, or stock up for a store?

Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this.

"Kushina, you really don't need to buy this much food."

Earning money was not easy. They had to learn to be frugal. Diligence and thrift were traditional virtues.

"Is it a lot?" Kushina looked at him with innocent, adorably foolish eyes. "I don't think I spent much money."

Jingyi: "..."

He had forgotten this girl was a little rich lady.

"It's fine, as long as you're happy." Jingyi forced out a smile.

"Jingyi, what are we eating today?"

"Braised lamb."

"Jingyi, Grandma Mito said she'll send me to the Ninja Academy in a few days as a transfer student. I'm a little scared."

"Jingyi, what if my classmates bully me?"

"Oh, then smash their heads in! Let them know how formidable Little Chili Pepper Kushina is."

"You're awful! I'm not Little Chili Pepper."

"Then just decide whether I'm right or not."

"You're right! Whoever wants to bully me, I'll smash their head in! If I can't beat them, I'll have you help me beat them up, Jingyi!"

"..."

After they became familiar with each other, Kushina was like a little chatterbox. Her little mouth never stopped talking, as if she never knew fatigue.

"Hiruzen, are you sure you won't do anything about this?"

Shimura Danzō came to the Hokage's office with an intelligence scroll and slammed it onto the desk.

"Kushina is Konoha's next Nine-Tails jinchūriki. A jinchūriki should not have romantic feelings for anyone, because childbirth is when a jinchūriki is at their weakest."

Facing Shimura Danzō's aggressive approach, the Third Hokage calmly opened the scroll and looked it over before putting it away.

He said blandly to Shimura Danzō, "Danzo, this is Lady Mito's order."

"..."

Damn you.

Shimura Danzō nearly choked himself to death in frustration.

That excuse again!

Lady Mito's order again. Couldn't you, Hiruzen Sarutobi, come up with a different excuse?

Seeing that his old companion had been angered enough, the Third Hokage secretly laughed.

"Jinchūriki also need contact with the people of the village in order to better integrate into it, to see the village as their own home, and to forget the Uzumaki Clan of the past. Kushina gets along very well with Jingyi Hyuga. With Lady Mito and Tsunade watching over her, do you think Kushina could be deceived?"

"But..."

Danzo did not dare say that he did not trust Mito Uzumaki and Tsunade's judgment.

Tsunade was one thing. At most, she would give him a dirty look and lose her temper. He could simply ignore it.

But Mito Uzumaki was different.

If he dared slander her, he would not need to continue serving as the Hokage's advisor.

"Danzo, there are no buts. I trust you are aware of Kushina's changes over these past days. Besides, Kushina and Jingyi Hyuga are only friends."

"You're quite something."

Shimura Danzō clenched his fists resentfully.

He understood now. The Third Hokage was determined to use Mito Uzumaki to block him and would not allow him to interfere in Kushina's affairs.

"I hope you won't regret today's decision."

His attempt at persuasion had failed, and he had left with a bellyful of anger. Shimura Danzō arrived furiously and left furiously.

He felt that he needed to have a talk with Jingyi.

The second pulse of his eyes had finally ended.

What Jingyi could not understand was why the intervals between the three pulses of his Tenseigan were so long.

Long intervals were one thing, but the duration of each pulse was clearly longer than that Otsutsuki on the moon who lusted after Hinata.

Toneri's Tenseigan completed its three pulses very quickly, but his was taking so long.

Was it because he did not possess Otsutsuki chakra?

Or was it because Toneri's eyes were not originally his and could regress into Byakugan under certain conditions?

There was too little information on the Tenseigan, so Jingyi did not dare say whether his guess was correct.

He knew more about the Rinnegan, but there was far too little information and explanation regarding the Tenseigan.

"Forget it. A little longer is fine. It's still better than the Sharingan of the Uchiha next door."

Compared to that, a slightly longer duration for the three pulses was nothing at all.

Look at the Sharingan. Awakening it was difficult, and evolving it was even harder. The hurdle from three tomoe to the Mangekyō Sharingan had stopped countless Uchiha.

Going from the Mangekyō Sharingan to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was even more difficult. Want to obtain the Rinnegan?

Sorry, either your luck had to be heaven-defying and every condition had to be met, or the Sage of Six Paths had to personally grant it to you.

First, you had to be a reincarnation of Indra's chakra. Second, you needed a relative willing to offer up their eyes for you. You also needed a close friend who was a reincarnation of Asura's chakra. Then, after at least twenty years of long waiting, the Rinnegan might possibly emerge.

That was not merely a set of conditions anymore. It was truly harder than ascending to heaven.

Even a schemer like Black Zetsu had spent thousands of years before successfully producing a Madara Uchiha. That showed just how difficult it was to obtain the Rinnegan.

"Starting work officially tomorrow. I need to find a suitable house as soon as possible, then move out."