After instructing the two gatekeeping Ninja to throw the Land of Lightning's specialty produce out of the Village, Hefeng turned around and returned the way he came.
Seeing Feng Xu heading towards the central building, Nine-Tailed slapped its head, enlightened.
Then, it immediately scurried after him.
"Hefeng, you're still the smarter one!"
"Minato Namikaze must have gone back to ask Kushina!"
"But that blond kid really lost his head. I bet he's going to be in a lot of trouble later..."
In just a few sentences, Nine-Tailed had already followed Hefeng back to the central building.
As soon as its prediction about Minato's misfortune finished, the building's wall cracked open from the inside out.
And the blond kid Minato, whom Nine-Tailed had called 'lost his head,' was sent flying out with the shattered wall, his face bruised and swollen.
At the same time, Kushina's angry roar echoed all around.
"Minato Namikaze, you bastard, your elders are Uchiha, your whole family is Uchiha!!!"
"How dare you doubt me! Divorce, this divorce is final! Our son stays with me, and you leave with nothing!!!"
"And, spit out all of my son's Tailed Beast Chakra!!!"
Hefeng: "..."
Nine-Tailed: (￣︶￣)
...Time is like a man after forty, getting faster day by day.
More than a month passed in a flash.
Ever since Hefeng reduced the quota sold to the Land of Lightning, leading to the Land of Lightning's Daimyo's dissatisfaction with the Raikage, the Hidden Cloud Village has continuously sent many gifts of apology over the past month.
But all were rejected outside the Village, and the Land of Lightning's quota was not restored.
If it weren't for his subordinates holding him back, the enraged Raikage A would have personally gone to question Konoha.
It was also because of Raikage A's anger that Konoha ultimately failed to borrow the use of the Waterfall of Truth.
However, Tobirama had already successfully developed a soul forbidden Ninjutsu to deal with Hefeng.
But to say he developed a forbidden Ninjutsu is inaccurate; in reality, he developed a method to deal with Hefeng.
Although Tobirama is a master of forbidden Ninjutsu, the soul aspect is ultimately not his area of expertise.
If he were given a few years to study it, he might truly be able to develop it, just like Edo Tensei.
Unfortunately, he didn't have that much time to allow Hefeng to grow unchecked.
He needed to eliminate the threat of Hefeng internally as quickly as possible, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Inside the Hokage Office.
Looking at the empty seat, Tobirama instructed Yamato, who was following behind him.
"Go and invite the Fifth Hokage."
"Tell her that the separation Ninjutsu is complete."
...Chapter 193: The Despicable Elder
"Rasengan!"
On the training ground, Naruto held one hand horizontally upwards, while his other hand quickly began to make circular movements up, down, left, and right.
After a long while, a spinning Chakra orb slowly appeared in his palm.
Looking at the successfully formed Rasengan in his palm, Naruto jumped three feet high with joy.
"This is great, I finally succeeded!"
Because the inner seal of the Nine-Tailed had been released, with only an outer layer remaining.
Unless Nine-Tailed intended to break the seal, Naruto didn't need to expend his own Chakra to suppress it, nor would he be interfered with by Nine-Tailed.
So Naruto's training was very fast now; he mastered a high-difficulty, hand-sign-less Ninjutsu like Rasengan in about a month.
And unlike in the original story, he didn't need one or two Shadow Clones to help him form the orb.
He could do it himself with just one hand!
"Perverted Sage! Granny Tsunade!"
"I won the bet!"
While happy, Naruto ran to a stone table in the distance, holding up his Rasengan.
There, Tsunade and Jiraiya were drinking some sake they had gotten from somewhere, chatting.
"Hey, Granny Tsunade, look quickly, I've succeeded!"
"This is the Rasengan, I can keep it stable without dissipating, I've completely mastered it!"
"Now you can give me back my piggy bank, I've won the bet with you two!!!"
More than a month ago, although Tsunade returned Naruto's bulging frog wallet.
But afterwards, she followed Naruto to his single room and found his hidden stash of money!
It was over ten million Ryo, filling a large cardboard box with paper money!
This much money immediately made Tsunade greedy.
It also led her to make a decision that went against her ancestors—to gamble with a child!
While instructing Shizune, who was following her, to collect the money, she told Naruto she wanted to make a bet with him.
As long as Naruto could learn Rasengan within a month, she would return the money to him and also teach him how to summon powerful summoning animals!
Naruto, who had never seen Tsunade summon any powerful summoning animals, naturally refused.
However, Tsunade, who had anticipated this, directly showed Naruto a trick.
She slapped the ground and summoned a giant slug that occupied several streets, causing a commotion!
Looking at that Sage Slug, which was almost as big as Hefeng's Tailed Beast golden giant.
Naruto, inexperienced in the ways of the world, excitedly agreed.
Unfortunately, he ultimately couldn't outsmart the despicable elder.
A week after the bet began, Tsunade finally allowed Jiraiya to officially start teaching Naruto Rasengan.
Moreover, after discovering Naruto's rapid progress, she also supervised Jiraiya to control the pace.
It wasn't until about a month and a week later that Naruto finally learned Rasengan.
"Oh my?"
Tsunade held her sake cup, her face flushed, and calmly looked at the orb in Naruto's hand.
"Not bad, it's indeed successful, but the bet has already passed a month and a week."
"It's a bit difficult for me to return that money to you when you've lost, you know~"
Tsunade had already returned all of that ten million Ryo to the people who came to collect debts.
Of course, these debt collectors only received the principal.
As for the interest, after Tsunade punched the ground and created a gully, everyone felt that this gully was a very good interest!
"Ah! You old hag, you're cheating!"
"It's only been exactly one month since the Perverted Sage started teaching me until now!"
Hearing Tsunade say it was difficult, Naruto wished he could flip the stone table in front of him and then say, 'If it's difficult, then don't do it!'
"Tsk tsk, little brother, the bet started taking effect from the moment we made the agreement, you know~"
Tsunade calmly took a sip of her sake, looking very at ease.
The only place she, the legendary 'big sucker,' would spit out money was at the gambling table!
"You're despicable!!!"
Naruto's hand, pointing at Tsunade, was trembling; he was so angry.
Then he turned to Jiraiya: "Perverted Sage, say something!"
"Uh... huh?"
Called out by Naruto, Jiraiya hastily averted his gaze from Tsunade's undulating mountains and looked at Naruto in confusion.
"Say what..." Jiraiya, somewhat puzzled, immediately reacted when he saw the orb in Naruto's hand.
"Oh oh oh, yes, very good, you actually succeeded in training so quickly, you're a genius just like your father Minato!"
"I don't want you to praise me!!!" Naruto was fuming.
"You're all in this together, I'll never trust you again!"
"My new manuscript fees this month are even more than before, this time not a single Ryo will be swindled by you!"
Naruto decided he would deposit his money with Hefeng.
He would just let Hefeng give him enough pocket money each month!
"Manuscript fees even more than before!!!"
Tsunade's eyes once again turned into two large '$$' signs, radiating golden light.
Shizune, behind her, couldn't bear to watch and wiped her face, knowing that Naruto's manuscript fees were doomed again.
Jiraiya, meanwhile, laughed heartily: "Naruto, it's just a bit of manuscript fees, no need to be so petty."
"Come on, to celebrate your successful training, I, your teacher, will treat you to Yakiniku Q!"
Jiraiya did want to give money to Tsunade to be her ATM.
But apart from a few times when he anonymously sent money to Tsunade and it was accepted, she refused any money given directly.
So he was very envious of Naruto, who was close to Tsunade and treated like family.
But before the group could get up and move, Yamato suddenly appeared and blocked their way.
"Fifth Hokage-sama, Lady Tsunade, Nidaime(2nd)-sama wants you to come over; he said the separation Ninjutsu is complete."
Hearing Yamato's words, Jiraiya's drunkenness instantly cleared by half.
"It actually succeeded so quickly?"
"I thought it would take several years to develop!"
Naruto, beside him, also thought of something and excitedly asked Jiraiya.
"Perverted Sage, what separation Ninjutsu?!"
"Is it the one you mentioned before, the Ninjutsu that can separate my older brother from my body and give him a real body!!!"
Before Jiraiya could answer, Naruto once again jumped three feet high.
"This is great, I'm going to buy a big house with the money and live with my older brother, and at night we'll have pillow fights, and..."
Unlike the excited Jiraiya and Naruto.
Tsunade, however, clutched her slightly heavy chest and frowned as she looked at Naruto.
She seemed to have won the bet again, and she hadn't cheated as Naruto claimed.
Even if calculated from when Jiraiya started teaching, as Naruto said, it still took thirty-one days.
But usually, a month in a bet is only counted as thirty days... Thinking of this, Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a serious expression.
"Stop talking nonsense, Jiraiya, let's go quickly."