Yūto and Pakura hurried back to Konoha's front-line camp, travel-worn and dusty. As soon as they entered the Commander's Tent, they ran into Hyuga Hiashi, who was studying a map.
Hiashi looked up and spotted them, especially the teapot at Yūto's waist, and his eyes lit up.
"Oh, mission accomplished?"
"Of course!" Yūto patted his belly. "The One-Tail's right here!"
Hiashi smiled and gave him a thumbs-up. "Excellent work! I'll arrange for people to take the One-Tail back to Konoha and have the Third put it under strict guard..."
He stopped halfway through, noticing that Yūto and Pakura were standing there with strange expressions.
The tent was so quiet that they could hear the teapot rattling.
Hiashi narrowed his eyes, looking Yūto up and down. "Wait, don't tell me you became a Jinchūriki!"
"Ahem." Yūto scratched his head. "Well, it was an emergency..."
"You really became a Jinchūriki?!" Hiashi slapped the table.
"Sunagakure will go mad when they find out! Their higher-ups will definitely force Rasa to keep the war going!"
Thinking Hiashi was upset that Yūto had acted on his own, Pakura hurried to smooth things over.
"Rasa was chasing us down and attacking us. He nearly turned Yūto into a pincushion..."
Hiashi fell silent for a moment, then the sternness suddenly vanished from his face.
"Forget it. Sunagakure can't beat Konoha anyway."
When Tsunade heard Yūto had returned, she immediately stormed into the Commander's Tent.
After that night, Tsunade had decided Pakura was dangerous.
With those two going off on missions together, their child might already be running around a year later.
So the moment she heard Yūto was back, she hurried over.
"You little pervert! Are you all right?"
When Tsunade entered the Commander's Tent, Yūto had just said goodbye to Hiashi and was about to leave