Not only did he carry both Senju and Uchiha bloodlines, but he was also a transmigrator who knew the plot. He might well get a glimpse of what lay beyond the Six Paths.
Across the entire Shinobi World, no one was worthy of Tsunade. Nobuhiko liked telling the truth!
It seemed that winning Tsunade over was the inevitable course of things!
Seeing the brat hanging his head without a word, Tsunade thought she had hurt his pride. She pursed her lips. "Kids are such a pain."
Then she pulled Nobuhiko into her arms. "There, there, brat. I saw wrong just now. I was only teasing. You weren't crying, all right?"
Tsunade gently stroked the top of Nobuhiko's head as she softly comforted him.
Nobuhiko had still been thinking about how to win Tsunade over, only to be captured by this casual move of hers.
That warm touch, that wafting fragrance, those gentle words-what ninja could withstand a test like this!
As if possessed, Nobuhiko pulled free of Tsunade's warm embrace.
He lifted his head and tilted his face up.
He looked at Tsunade with a burning, resolute gaze.
His hands suddenly rose to cup Tsunade's face.
"Sister Tsunade, I swear, once I grow up, I'll protect you well. I won't let you suffer even the slightest harm!"
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Truly, "Lying in Tsunade's arms, even that old Six Paths geezer can't compare to me!"
Just as Nobuhiko was thinking of new ways to enjoy himself, he suddenly sensed a hint of danger.
He abruptly looked up and saw Tsunade's murderous gaze. The fright made his hands squeeze her cheeks twice more.
I'm done for. Why are these hands of mine so hopeless? At a time like this, they still squeezed twice more.
"Have those hands of yours squeezed enough, brat?"
Nobuhiko hurriedly let go. "Um, well, Sister Tsunade, I..."
After all that fumbling for an excuse, Nobuhiko couldn't squeeze out so much as a fart.
He was still sitting on Tsunade's lap. Even if he wanted to run, he couldn't.
Nobuhiko blinked and apologized pitifully. "Sister Tsunade, I was wrong."
"Really? That's what you said last time, and the time before that!"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow and looked at Nobuhiko with disdain.
Great, I've got priors too. Nothing I can do, then. Time to wait for death!
Nobuhiko closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. "Sister Tsunade, I was wrong. Punish me!"
The sight of Nobuhiko looking ready to face death made Tsunade laugh in exasperation.
"Can you change?"
"Uh, do you want the truth or a lie?"
Nobuhiko decided to seek leniency through honesty and leave the choice to Tsunade.
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"The truth first!"
"It's a little hard. I'll do my best!"
Nobuhiko answered guiltily.
"And the lie?"
"I'll examine myself, reflect deeply, show no leniency, and firmly mend my ways!"
Watching Nobuhiko's impassioned declaration, Tsunade felt he really would change and decided to forgive him.
The water for her foot soak had gone cold anyway, so she had him get off her lap and replace it with hot water.
Something's off. Tsunade just forgave me like that?
Nobuhiko felt a little muddleheaded.
He couldn't figure it out.
Then he wouldn't bother.
He would just be more careful in his next life.
For now, time to get another basin of hot water and keep pampering his wife!
After changing Tsunade's water, Nobuhiko behaved himself this time, walking behind the sofa and gently massaging her shoulders.
Tsunade closed her eyes in comfort.
This brat was pretty dependable when he behaved himself. You couldn't tell he was a little pervert at all. Why did he turn out like this whenever I tried to get a little closer to him?
As Nobuhiko's current nominal guardian, Tsunade had something of a headache.
Fortunately, the brat had just firmly declared that he would break this bad habit.
Honestly, if he wanted to change, he could just change. Why did he have to tease me with that whole truth-or-lie business?
Wait, the blind monk has spotted the key point.
No, Tsunade had spotted the blind spot.
I watched that brat make his righteous declarations for ages, but what he declared seemed to be the lie!
I, the great Princess Tsunade of Konoha, got fooled by a five-year-old brat's lie?
A lie he'd already openly labeled as one!
What was the truth again? A little hard, not easy to change, was it!
Tsunade's fist clenched. It clenched hard.
"Sister Tsunade, relax. Your shoulders are too tense. It'll feel uncomfortable!"
Hearing Nobuhiko's gentle reminder beside her ear, more than half the anger that had just surged through Tsunade's heart dissipated at once.
Whatever. The old man was such a pervert now. Who knew what he was like as a child? Maybe he was perverted, maybe he wasn't.
But she had known Jiraiya since childhood. She had nearly beaten him to death several times. Had it helped? He was still just as perverted as ever.
With Jiraiya as an example, Tsunade came to understand that this habit most likely couldn't be changed.
And she couldn't bear to treat Nobuhiko the way she treated Jiraiya.
What else could she do?
Forget it. As long as this brat could act a little more properly in front of outsiders in the future and have a better reputation, that would do. I would have fulfilled my duties as his big sister.
As for how he acted around her, he could do whatever he liked.
After a long period of thought, Tsunade decided to enter the game herself and try to outplay heaven by half a move.
"Nobuhiko, do your best in front of the old man tomorrow. Show him everything you can."
"All right, Sister Tsunade."
"The old man is known throughout the Shinobi World as the Professor of Ninjutsu. He's mastered all the Five Basic Nature Transformations."
"As long as your performance tomorrow is impressive enough, I can swallow my pride and ask him for some other Water Release and Wind Release Ninjutsu for you."
"When he guides your training, you'd better work hard. Learn as much as you can, and make sure you build a good relationship with the old man too. No problem, right?"
"No problem. I'll definitely build a good relationship with Lord Third. Don't worry, Sister Tsunade."
Nobuhiko felt that, thanks to his diligent studies on short-video platforms in his previous life and his deep understanding of the Will of Fire, fooling the Third shouldn't be much of a problem.
"Oh, right. You might be introduced to a new friend tomorrow."
Tsunade added this with some uncertainty.
"Huh?"
"I'm not too sure either, but if you really are introduced to a new friend, you're not allowed to act around her the way you do around me!"
"Huh?"
Nobuhiko hadn't understood what Tsunade was trying to say.
"You're not allowed to look all lecherous around her. Understand?"
Tsunade could also tell Nobuhiko hadn't understood, so she spelled it out and even raised a fist to threaten him.
Nobuhiko felt a little indignant, but remembering what he had just done, he decided to back down for now.
"I understand, Sister Tsunade."
"From now on, you have to behave properly in front of outsiders. I don't want to hear any news about Kihara Nobuhiko getting caught peeping into the women's bathhouse. Understand?"
"Understood, Sister Tsunade."
Nobuhiko keenly spotted the loophole in Tsunade's words and felt delighted.