After many years, the legendary Three Ninja were actually sitting at the same table, drinking.
Even though Orochimaru was a prisoner, Jiraiya looked miserable, and Tsunade was in low spirits, the three of them were still in high spirits because of this rare reunion.
They were silent, drinking for a while, and eating for a while.
Finally, Tsunade put down her wine glass with a heavy thud, and asked with a somewhat irritable expression, "Tell me, why do you know Naruto?"
"That's a long story..."
Before Orochimaru could figure out how to fool Tsunade.
Sasuke, who had been quietly eating, suddenly raised his head and said, "We caught him with Naruto, and now he's our trophy."
"..."
Orochimaru was speechless, did he have no dignity?
Apart from Naruto and Sasuke, the others at the table were hearing about this for the first time, and they all cast curious glances at Orochimaru, whose smile had frozen and whose expression was a little awkward.
The atmosphere was a little subtle for a moment.
"Hahaha... Orochimaru, you have this day too."
After a moment of silence, Tsunade laughed heartily, laughing so hard that she leaned back and forth.
The men glanced at her and embarrassedly looked away, while Kazahana Koyuki and Sakura, who were eating at the same table, both had a complex expression on their faces, as if they had just eaten a lemon.
Although both of them were beautiful girls, their figures were a bit lacking compared to Tsunade's.
After Tsunade finished laughing, Naruto briefly explained what had happened in the past few days.
This also caused the people present to exclaim in surprise.
"So Sasuke-kun is already so powerful." Sakura exclaimed.
Kakashi also felt like he had eaten a lemon. Although he had known for a long time that his disciple Sasuke's strength might not be lower than his own, he still felt a mix of emotions after confirming this.
Jiraiya and Tsunade, on the other hand, looked at Sasuke, who was quietly eating, with some scrutiny in their eyes.
They were both old people who had come from the Warring States Period, and they knew a lot about the Uchiha clan. It could be said that the stronger they were, the closer they were to being paranoid, especially those who possessed great strength at a young age.
But after watching for a long time, Sasuke seemed very normal, no different from when they first met him.
In Sasuke, there seemed to be no trace of the ancestral aloofness and paranoia of the Uchiha.
"This time we came to find Tsunade-nee-san is for Haruno Sakura's apprenticeship. Sakura has outstanding Chakra control ability and is very suitable for learning medical Ninjutsu. She herself wants to become a medical ninja, so she wants to ask you to take her as a disciple."
Naruto spoke in a timely manner, breaking the slightly heavy atmosphere at the dining table.
If you two keep looking, Sasuke is going to freak out.
Immediately, everyone at the table turned their attention to Tsunade and Sakura.
At this time, Jiraiya also spoke up to help: "Sakura is a good child, and Shizune is not young anymore, she can't always take care of you."
Tsunade pondered, and began to carefully look at Sakura, who was sitting not far away.
At this time, Sakura also bowed solemnly: "Please accept me as a disciple, Tsunade-sama, I will definitely learn from you properly."
After watching for a while, Tsunade's solemn expression disappeared, and she smiled, "Alright, then I'll accept you as my disciple. Being my disciple will require a lot of hardship, so you need to be mentally prepared."
"Yes, I will work hard, Tsunade-sama," Sakura said excitedly.
After the tea ceremony, the banquet dispersed, and Kazahana Koyuki and Sakura went to rest in the next room.
Kakashi and Sasuke were also sent back by Naruto's Shadow Clone using the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Orochimaru stayed behind to drink tea with Jiraiya and Tsunade, with Naruto sitting beside them.
At this time, Jiraiya seriously asked Naruto, "Naruto, what are your plans?"
He had promised Naruto that as long as Naruto didn't think about destroying the village, he would support him in whatever Naruto wanted to do.
But now, Naruto's series of actions made Jiraiya aware of some dangerous signs.
Bluntly telling him that he wanted to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, and deliberately leaving Orochimaru, a Rogue Ninja, behind to take over his forces, these actions all revealed a signal that Naruto's ambitions were not small.
Although Tsunade didn't speak, she was also looking at Naruto seriously. Although she hated the village that had killed her loved ones, it was also the dream created and left behind by her grandfather, and she didn't want to see any problems there.
"Plans? Well, before answering that question, I would like to ask you first, what are your views on the Will of Fire, on peace?" Naruto put down his teacup and asked with an unchanged expression.
"My grandfather, Hashirama Senju, established the village in order to end the war and allow those young children not to go to the battlefield to fight, to be able to study in school, to be able to eat their fill, and to be warmly dressed, and he wanted to maintain all of this permanently."
"And all those who want to destroy all of this, destroy peace, are enemies of the village, this is the Will of Fire. For me, peace is the Will of Fire."
Tsunade clenched her fist and earnestly told Naruto about the ideas she had heard from her grandfather in her childhood, for which his deceased younger brother Nawaki and lover Dan had dedicated their lives.
Jiraiya didn't speak, but nodded, expressing his agreement.
And Orochimaru watched with interest from the side.
Naruto nodded and said, "The Will of Fire sounds beautiful, but what about reality?"
"The war is still going on. Tsunade-neechan and Jiraiya-sensei have both experienced the Third Ninja World War. The young children in the village still need to go to the battlefield. Your relatives, friends, and loved ones have all died on the battlefield."
"Now the entire Ninja World maintains a superficial peace, but in the dark, there are undercurrents surging. If the current trend continues, in a few years, a new Ninja World War will break out between the major ninja villages."
"In your opinion, the First Hokage's achievements are undoubtedly great. He ended the Warring States Period, created the more prosperous ninja village era of today, and realized the peace he wanted. So you want to maintain this peace that belongs to your own village, even at the cost of sacrifice."
"But in my eyes, this peace is narrow. You only see the lush foliage of this tree called Konoha, but you don't see the others in that forest, who are still suffering and enduring."
"Have you ever thought about whether this world will one day truly and completely eliminate all wars?"
"People no longer fight with each other, but can understand each other, help each other, and even ninjas who are engaged in dangerous work can live to a ripe old age?"
"This is what I want to do, the peace I want!"
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