193.Why Are You So Cute?

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In the Rain Shinobi Village:

"Joint Chūnin exam?"

"Excellent."

"It's perfect!"

"I was just looking for an excuse to enter the Konoha Shinobi Village," Nagato's eyes sparkled with anticipation. "This is definitely a godsend opportunity! The Infinite Tsukyomi will surely succeed."

In Konoha:

The Konoha authorities hadn't anticipated the overwhelming response to the joint Chūnin exam. With participation from the Five Great Ninja Villages plus the Akatsuki organization, this event was set to become the largest Chūnin exam in ninja history.

The Fire Country's Daimyo placed great importance on this event, instructing Konoha to use this opportunity to negotiate the lifting of the economic and trade blockades with the various countries. Consequently, he allocated a significant budget for the event, emphasizing the importance of not disgracing the Fire Country.

For the first time in years, Konoha Shinobi Village received ample funding, enabling the continuation of village construction projects that had been stagnant for nearly a decade. Now, Konoha bustled with preparations, adorned with lanterns and festoons in anticipation of the event.

"Spray~ Five Ninja Villages plus Akatsuki..." Tsunade sighed, overwhelmed.

Root, active in the shadows, was tasked with internal surveillance. During the war between Konoha and Akatsuki, numerous countries had sent spies to infiltrate Konoha. Root played a crucial role in counterespionage.

"Hehe~ What's the worry? Just do what you want~" Yuki casually remarked as they wandered through Konoha's streets.

"Huh! Easy for you to say, dumping all of Root's responsibilities on me," Tsunade grumbled, clearly displeased.

"What are you talking about? You're the leader of Root," Yuki feigned surprise.

"Hehe~ You think I'm a three-year-old, to be deceived so easily?" Tsunade shot him a sharp glare. Though she was nominally the leader of Root, the organization had effectively become Yuki's loyal unit.

Indeed, Yuki's influence was so strong that his word alone could prompt his followers to defy Tsunade, the formal leader of Root.

"That's not enough.

"It should be said that it is eighteen years old and three hundred ninety-nine months."

"I remember correctly, right?"

"Uchiha Tsunade."

"You make me work; what else do you do?"

Yuki stretched out his hand, adjusted his glasses, and teased.

"You!" Tsunade was so angry she almost fainted, her face flushing with embarrassment. Whether it was being eighteen years and N months old or being called Uchiha Tsunade, both made her feel deeply embarrassed.

"What's wrong, Uchiha Tsunade?"

"Your face is so red; are you feeling unwell, Uchiha Tsunade?"

"Uchiha Tsunade, do you need to take a break?"

Yuki teased relentlessly, making Tsunade's embarrassment almost unbearable. However, she couldn't renounce the surname as it was the result of a wager she had proposed: the loser changes their surname. Tsunade, once considered the strongest in the Ninja world, never expected to lose to Yuki.

"Keep your voice down!" Tsunade hissed.

"Please, Yuki-kun, it's me, Tsunade!"

She whispered, pleading with him, hands together and winking in a begging manner.

"Still trying to be cute?" Yuki said, unswayed by her antics.

"Why do you act so cute, Tsunade?" he joked.

"Glasses bastard! I'm going to fight you!" Tsunade exploded, rolling up her sleeves and aiming a punch at Yuki's face.

Yuki didn't dodge, merely smiling as her fist stopped less than a centimeter from his glasses, the air from the punch ruffling his hair.

"It's all an illusion. You know, if I hit you, your head would fly off!" Tsunade challenged.

"Maybe~ But I know you wouldn't really hit me," Yuki replied, brushing back his hair and maintaining an innocent expression.

Tsunade's face showed a flicker of contemplation. Her sudden punch was not only an act of frustration but also a test. Despite Yuki's supposed 98% necrotic Chakra meridians, Tsunade couldn't shake the feeling that he wasn't as powerless as he seemed.

"Yuki, has your strength recovered?" Tsunade asked seriously.

"Surprisingly, you waited this long to ask," Yuki replied with a meaningful smile.

"Please, answer me!" Tsunade insisted, her medical ninja intuition telling her that Yuki might defy conventional judgment.

"Chakra, for me, is something easily within reach. With just a thought, I can access it," Yuki revealed, hinting at the restoration of his necrotic meridians and the instantaneous recovery of his lost Chakra.