Chapter 31: Ominous Omens

"Hello, Master Jiraiya!" Minato also quickly followed suit and bowed.

Jiraiya, without any airs, laughed heartily in response. "Haha, hello, hello to you all."

Orochimaru, standing by with his hands behind his back, introduced them. "This is Kaze Shimura, the son of Tanzō. The other boy is..."

"I'll do it, Master Orochimaru!"

Kaze interrupted and put his arm around Minato beside him, shouting.

"This is Minato Namikaze, a man destined to become the Hokage and bring about a revolution in the ninja world in the future!"

"Oh, Kaze!"

Minato thought Kaze had gone too far and blushed with embarrassment. "Master Jiraiya, don't listen to his nonsense."

"Oh." Jiraiya beside him nodded, showing no particular reaction.

Kaze was stunned.

What? I've made it so clear, and all you say is "oh" and then no reaction?

In fact, when Jiraiya heard the words "revolution in the ninja world", he was really startled.

But soon, he let out a scornful laugh, thinking he was just being too sensitive.

After all, who hasn't fantasized about becoming the Hokage and changing the whole world when they were kids?

It was just the foolish talk of a young man and couldn't be taken seriously.

He had been searching for the Child of the Prophecy for a long time but found nothing.

And now, was the Child of the Prophecy just going to show up on his own?

That was ridiculous. It was obvious that was impossible!

Jiraiya pulled Orochimaru aside and whispered to each other. No one could hear what they were muttering about.

"Let's take a break, Minato."

Seizing the chance to slack off, Kaze pulled Minato to sit down on the spot and started to slack off with a clear conscience.

After a while, Jiraiya left first. Minato quickly pulled Kaze up.

Orochimaru came back to the two of them again, with a half - smirk on his face as he spoke.

"Hehe, I'll soon be returning to the Land of Rain. It seems our brief master - disciple bond is coming to an end."

Kaze showed a surprised look, feeling that he was about to be liberated.

Minato, on the other hand, was a bit disappointed because he had indeed learned a lot of knowledge from Orochimaru that was not taught at the Ninja Academy.

"Thank you for your guidance these days!" Minato bowed to Orochimaru and said sincerely.

Kaze also nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Master Orochimaru."

"Humph." Orochimaru gave the two of them a deep look, said nothing, and turned away.

"Whoo! Finally liberated!" Kaze put his arm around Minato and jumped up and down excitedly.

"Minato, Minato, call Kushina. Let's celebrate tonight, the three of us!"

"Should we call Kushina? Well... okay."

In the afternoon, at a ninja tool shop in Konoha.

Kaze was arguing fiercely with a red - haired woman.

"We agreed that I'd give Minato the sword. What do you mean by grabbing it from me?"

"Humph, you can give him a gift, but I can't? What's your problem, Databane?"

Minato stood between them, looking rather helpless.

"Kaze, Kushina, stop arguing..."

"Shut up first!" they shouted in unison.

Minato: "...Okay."

Feeling the strange looks from the people around, Minato shivered and just wanted to leave this place quickly.

After arguing for a long time, Kaze and Kushina finally decided that each of them would buy a knife for Minato.

"Boss, bring out the most expensive knives you have here!"

"Boss, bring two Databane! (Note: 'Databane' is a specific term in this context.)"

Just like that, the owner of the ninja tools shop grinned from ear to ear, and Minato got Two Precious Swords.

He stole a glance at Kushina and thought to himself that women really did affect his sword - drawing speed.

The little rich - girl just straight - up bought him a nice knife.

Kaze didn't have any trouble coming up with ideas. As soon as he walked out of the ninja tools shop, he came up with a new nickname for Minato.

"Alright, from now on, you'll be called Minato with Two Swords."

"What a terrible name."

"Agreed, it's so bad!"

The three of them walked into their usual barbecue restaurant. After a hearty meal, Kushina suggested,

"We haven't gotten together for a long time. How about we continue tonight?"

Kaze and Minato looked at each other. Then they shrugged their little hands and said,

"I have no objections. But where shall we go? I have to declare in advance that my dad is at home these days, so it's not convenient to go to my place."

"How about going to my place?" Kushina thought for a moment and said.

"My place is quite big. You can stay overnight at my place if you're tired from playing. It's okay."

"Okay." Kaze nodded and looked at Minato beside him. "Minato, do you have any objections if I stay overnight at Kushina's place?"

"Huh?" Minato looked confused. "Why do you ask me if you can stay overnight at Kushina's place?"

Kaze smacked his lips and said, "It's okay. As long as you have no objections."

"Don't mind him, Minato." Kushina complained on the side. "Kaze always likes to say some inexplicable things."

Kushina inherited part of the property of the Uzumaki Clan, so as she said, her place was really quite big.

As soon as they entered, Kaze threw himself into the soft big sofa and wriggled his buttocks as he asked, "What shall we play tonight, the three of us?"

"I don't know either, Databane." Kushina shook her head and looked at Minato beside her. "What do you think, Minato?"

"Um... How about playing some poker?" Minato tilted his head and thought for a while and said.

"Okay." Kushina fetched a deck of poker. The three of them sat cross - legged on the floor and started to have fun.

Knock, knock, knock!

They had only been playing for a short while when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Kushina put on her slippers and rushed to the door in a hurry, then opened it.

Kaze curiously looked out of the door, and then couldn't take his eyes off. So... so...

"Hey, Sister Tsunade, why are you here?" Kushina was a bit surprised.

Tsunade rubbed Kushina's little head and said affectionately,

"I'm going on a mission tomorrow. I thought I'd come to see you before I leave.

Tsunade was entrusted by Mito to take care of Kushina, so she was like a half guardian to Kushina.

"Lady Tsunade," Kaze and Minato quickly stood up and bowed to Tsunade.

"Haha, don't be so formal," Tsunade glanced at the two of them and whispered in Kushina's ear.

"Not bad. You brought two boys back to play with you tonight. Our little Kushina has really grown up."

Kushina shyly punched Tsunade and said, "Sister Tsunade, what are you talking about!"

"Haha, you're blushing," Tsunade patted Kushina's head again, and a flash of disappointment crossed her eyes.

"Alright, have fun. Then I'll just... What? You're playing cards?!"

Tsunade was about to turn around and leave when she casually glanced back and saw the playing cards on the ground behind the two boys!

Whoosh!

In an instant, there was only a dotted human - shaped silhouette of Tsunade at the door.

The next moment, when everyone came to their senses.

Tsunade had already appeared beside the playing cards, plopped down on the ground, rolled up her sleeves, and said,

"Come on, count me in if you're playing cards. I haven't played for a long time, and I'm itching to play."

Oh, well...

Minato sat down, looking a bit at a loss. It seemed that he never expected Tsunade, one of the Sannin, to be like this.

Kaze almost burst out laughing.

"You're an easy mark in gambling. You're supposed to go on a Mission later. What are you doing playing cards with us?

When you go on your Mission later and think about losing all night today, won't you be in a bad mood for several days?"

"Okay, let's play together," Kushina said happily. "There are four of us. How about playing Mahjong?"

"Great, great. It doesn't matter what we play. Hehe, let's start quickly!" Tsunade rubbed her hands eagerly.

Kaze glanced at Kushina and felt a bit helpless. Actually, he didn't really want to play with Tsunade.

If Tsunade kept losing, it would be fine. But what if Tsunade suddenly won a round...

"However, this situation probably won't happen. I just tend to let my imagination run wild. Haha."

The four of them sat at the card table. After a few rounds of cards...

"Yeah, I've got good cards~ Red Center!" Kaze casually played a useless card.

Tsunade burst into laughter and pushed the cards in front of her. "Pong! I've won! Hahaha! What a great Opening Gate today!"

What?!

Kaze's pupils dilated in shock.

He never expected that the situation he was worried about would actually happen, and so quickly.

Oh no! Tsunade won the very first round. This is like sneaking into a girls' dorm at midnight - it's definitely going to end badly!

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