69novels Chapter 63 There's more than one idiot like me.
Chapter 63 There's more than one idiot like me.
Uchiha Ike, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi returned to the clearing behind the forest.
Looking at Tsunade, who was fast asleep on the wooden stake.
The three of them fell silent without prior agreement.
Ever since Tsunade mentioned the test of snatching the bell, their subconscious minds have automatically calculated two possible scenarios.
If you win, you get the bell; if you lose, you don't get the bell.
Even Uchiha Ike didn't expect that a situation would arise where someone "won but couldn't get the bell".
They won, but not completely.
"Have you searched everywhere?" Kakashi asked, frowning as he looked at Kurenai.
Kurenai nodded slightly, her face contorted with worry, and said, "We've searched everywhere..."
She had checked every single one of the inner layers of her clothes and the hidden pockets at her waist.
But they still couldn't find the bell that should have been there.
Unless the other party put the bell into a sealed scroll or some other dimension, or hid it in some unknown corner...
But doesn't that mean that Tsunade, who seems carefree, was actually prepared all along?
"Looks like we've been tricked after all."
Looking at the blonde girl with the single ponytail sleeping soundly, Uchiha Ike sighed softly and turned to look at Kurenai Yuhi and Kakashi:
"As expected of the three legendary ninjas of our village, even after so many years without actual combat, they still maintain their sharp thinking and intellect."
"That's cheating, isn't it...?"
Kurenai Yuhi rubbed her eyebrows with a hint of helplessness, glancing at Tsunade lying on the wooden stake, the squishy, bouncy shape under the pressure looking so breathtaking.
She blinked, then looked down at herself and realized she could see her shoes at a glance. She immediately pouted, looking a little aggrieved.
Who said that women with big breasts are brainless?
Her mother lied to her again...
"Since we failed the test, it means we don't have enough talent, so it's reasonable for us to go back to school for retraining."
Kakashi's tone was calm, as if he had quickly accepted reality.
Uchiha Ike turned his head and glanced at the other's clenched fist: "Is that so? But I feel like you're not entirely satisfied."
"..." Kakashi grunted, but didn't say anything.
How could I possibly be willing to accept this? I'm only one step away from passing the test.
But there's nothing they can do now, isn't there? They can't do anything about her; the people who could control her are all gone.
Are you going back?
Uchiha Ike looked at the two dejected people, but the corners of his mouth gradually turned up.
He whispered, "Are you really willing to go back like this, slinking away in disgrace?"
Upon hearing this, Kakashi's deadpan eyes twitched slightly: "You have another way?"
Kurenai Yuhi also looked over, her eyes filled with surprise and curiosity.
Even now that things have come to this, is there any way for Uchiha Ike to resolve this situation?
"If you believe me."
Uchiha Ike said with a smile.
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Tsunade had a dream.
As usual, she dreamed of her grandfather, Hashirama Senju, her parents, and her younger brother, Nawaki.
But in the end, the dream ended with a shot of a boy's face.
The boy smiled gently at her, without saying anything comforting or making any heartwarming gestures.
He simply sat down beside her and whispered to her that she could cry without worry.
And so she lay on the wooden stake and cried, pouring out all the sorrow in her heart, while the boy listened patiently to her story, as if he would never leave this place.
However, the fairest thing about dreams is that, whether good or bad, they will eventually come to an end at some point.
Like a bubble.
"Ugh...!"
As the dream faded away, Tsunade slowly awoke.
The rising sun, carrying a hint of warmth, shone down on her. Tsunade subconsciously reached out her numb hand to shield herself from the light, only to find that she was covered with the green robe that she had taken off earlier.
Is it...him?
The boy's last smile in the dream flashed through my mind.
He must have already left.
To be a mentor and get drunk on your very first day on the job is utterly disgraceful...
Tsunade couldn't even imagine how bad an impression those three students had of her.
Thinking this, Tsunade felt a little cold and shrank her whole body into her green robe.
She gazed at the horizon with a lost look in her eyes, her listless brown pupils reflecting the vast blue sky.
This world is indeed very big, so big that she is all alone.
"Lady Tsunade, you're awake?"
A pleasant breeze swept by, gently dispersing the white mist in the forest.
Upon hearing the concerned words, Tsunade abruptly turned to look in the direction of the voice.
Uchiha Ike, sporting dark circles under his eyes, was grinning foolishly and yawning at her.
"It's a bit cold here at night, luckily I gathered some dry firewood beforehand to start a fire..."
"Come to think of it, this seems to be my first time camping outdoors. It's not as interesting as the descriptions in novels, but it's not bad to try it once in a while..."
Watching Uchiha Ike chatter on and on, Tsunade's mouth opened slightly, and she forgot to speak for a moment.
"You...have you been here all this time?"
After a long while, she finally spoke softly.
Uchiha Ike paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"I thought Lady Tsunade would wake up soon, so I waited a while."
He pointed to the extinguished fire and scratched his head somewhat sheepishly: "The fire was so warm that I fell asleep without realizing it."
Tsunade stared at Uchiha Ike with a blank expression.
The other person had dark circles around their eyes, making them look like they had been punched twice.
After a few seconds, Tsunade turned her head to the side with a strange expression, as if she was suppressing some emotion.
"Are you an idiot...?"
"Pfft, hahaha..."
Tsunade couldn't help but laugh out loud. She kept laughing and patting the wooden stake in front of her to relieve her laughter.
As Uchiha Ike watched as Tsunade forcefully split the wooden stake into four equal parts, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened, subconsciously wondering if he had done anything to wrong Tsunade.
But soon, he straightened his back again.
What's there to be afraid of? He has superhuman strength too!
"What are you laughing at?" Uchiha Ike asked, his eyes bulging like panda eyes.
"Hahaha, hahahahaha!"
Tsunade laughed even harder, lying face down on the wooden stake, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably.
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but her eyelashes trembled slightly, and in the morning light, a glimmer of light flashed in the corners of her eyes.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Tsunade finally suppressed her smile.
She slowly rose from the wooden stake, raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes—tears of laughter.
"Because you're an idiot."
"Yeah?"
"yes."
"There are more than one idiot like me."
"Huh?"
Uchiha Ike smiled and pointed into the distance.
She looked in the direction the other person was pointing.
On the distant horizon, two figures carrying breakfast were seen waving and walking towards them.
Tsunade's nose suddenly stung with tears, and the boy's smile in her vision gradually blurred.
"They're all idiots..."