Chapter 16
"I did, yes, thanks; what about you?" Nawaki replied.
"Me too," Tsunade said, rubbing her brother's head. Afterward, she told him, "I had trouble falling asleep, though."
"Nice clothes, by the way. Did grandma finally let you wear darker colors?"
"Thanks. No, I didn't ask her…" Nawaki said. "...But you had trouble sleeping? Why?"
"I thought about the windows for an hour or two. Those jobs with levels, to be specific…What about you? Did you figure out anything new?" Tsunade sighed saying.
When Nawaki was about to reply, she exclaimed suddenly:
"Wait! Something's wrong with your playboy job! Where's the level?!"
"What?" Nawaki, who was growing extremely anxious, listened to his sister say. The only way to level his job was by fucking women, which he didn't explain to Tsunade or Mito…But he was worried they could figure that out…
Now, however, he was hearing his sister say this…
"You can't see it anymore?"
"No. What happened?" Tsunade asked worriedly.
"I don't know, maybe something new came up…" Nawaki shrugged and said. "Let me have a look at yours…."
[Status: Tsunade]
[Jobs: Kunoichi, Medic, Quack (Lvl.1)]
[Unique traits: Quack release, Drunken fist, Drunken meditation, Gambling heal, Deadly acupuncture]
"... That's strange; I can still see your level…." Nawaki remarked, grinning internally. He'd figured out something interesting. Something which probably had to do with gaming logic…He wasn't dumb enough to share his knowledge this time…
"What? Really?" Tsunade scowled. "Why's that? That's odd!"
"Hey, don't ask me how that bloodline works…." Nawaki shrugged innocently.
"That's unfair," Tsunade said with a frown.
'Life isn't about fairness when you can take away a healthy man's joy…Hehe…' Nawaki secretly thought to himself— planning to become a medic and learn that one-sided boner-controlling technique soon. To avoid accidents.
Living eternally was one thing…But without the ability to get stiff, it sounded like torture…
XX
Minutes later,
Nawaki was sitting with Tsunade and Mito at the breakfast table when he heard:
"Auntie came to see me earlier…."
"Which one? Tamatsu?" Mito was eating rice when she inquired. She and Nawaki were acting like things were normal, and nothing had changed.
They were the perfect disingenuous incestuous lovers. But it was okay for them to be an insidious and philandering couple when sexual happiness was in the balance…
…Sexual gratification, sexual escapades, especially that intense, that fulfilling, felt more important than anything else…
Also, they were free to do whatever they wanted as long as they weren't harming anyone…
"Yes," Tsunade said. "I'm not sure if she's come to see you about it yet, but I think she might resign from her night duties…."
"The guard? Why?" Mito inquired. Nawaki also listened curiously.
Earlier, he didn't understand his aunt's behavior. Perhaps Tsunade had the explanation…
"You know how Nawaki and I are just two on the team, right?" Tsunade held a cup of hot coffee, waiting for it to cool down when she said. "I think she wants to join the team."
"Isn't she a jonin?" Nawaki said. "Can she even do that?"
"Yes," Tsunade answered. "For teams lacking members, anyone except the Hokage can join."
"That simple?" Mito was eating unbothered when Nawaki asked again.
"Yes, as long as it doesn't bother anyone. Those team members can't enter any type of exam, though." Tsunade nodded with a smile.
"Cool," Nawaki said.
"Right?" Tsunade smirked. "With aunt Tamatsu my work will be easier too. I won't have to teach you all day; I can train with and without her."
"Haha, is that why you wish me to agree?" Mito chuckled.
"Maybe." Tsunade nodded.
"No problem. Tamatsu is a qualified jonin anyway. From the Senju at that." Mito said. "It's not like we lack other skilled swordsmen in the clan."
"...Or lazy young girls, for that matter..."
"...Thinking of which... I'll let one of your laziest aunts take over for her. I think I know exactly who..."
"Aunt Kanako?" Tsunade asked.
Kanako was the name of their deceased mom's older sister. Which Tsunade oddly resembled. Like two drops of water put next to each other, except the stunning yet frivolous woman was even older than Tamatsu...
"Yes? Does that matter?" Mito replied.
"No, not at all...Thank you, grandma," Tsunade said hastily. Then she quickly got up from her chair and went to kiss Mito.
"..." Nawaki watched this go on silently, thinking:
'Perhaps aunt Tamatsu has her eye on me, has she?'
'...Our clan is special, and the woman's a virgin….'
Nawaki, who had acquired very lascivious, stalker-like skills, could tell much from scents. His aunt being unwed for so long was suspect too…Maybe she liked young boys and was scared to admit it to herself…Or let the clan know…
Incest was a thing in the clan…But shota stuff was shameful for someone of Tamatsu's status and caliber.
'...Is this another movie in my head?' Nawaki wondered, grabbing a plate to eat some spinach…He was hungry and thirsty again…
XX
Konoha streets, Around 9AM,
Tsunade warned that the training regimen would be harsh, but it wouldn't start before 1 today.
She wanted to wait for their aunt to wake up and start in an ordered and harmonized way.
Thanks to this, Nawaki had some time for himself.
Going to the Shinobi school, which he didn't have to attend anymore, he wanted to greet and talk to his classmates. His three best friends from the Ino-Shika-Cho especially. There was some explaining he hadn't done.
Walking toward the place, however, the boy noticed and recognized a short blonde. He didn't think much of it until he studied her surprising details.
That person— or weak-looking child, to be honest— was a glass-wearing girl with large, dirty-dark clothes and a brown backpack. She looked to be around seven or eight at most. And she seemed scrawny, underweight.
But the boy had an idea why since he knew her as Nono Yakushi— Kabuto's future adoptive mom.
In all likelihood, if she grew up as an orphan, she had to reside at that mysterious, bashed place called the Konoha orphanage...The location was undoubtedly intriguing, though not because it was charming or sweet...