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Nawaki pulled Tatsumi and was about to go to 'investigate' the spies.

As for Nawaki's remarks to start investigating from a lower angle, Tatsumi felt that he needed to get to know Nawaki again.

'I am sure if his elder sister heard this, she will give him the cure for the cold once again'.

Tatsumi decided to take back the label of a gentleman he had given to Nawaki.

'It seems that three people group, Jiraiya has the greatest influence on Nawaki.'

'Maybe the headline of the Konoha Daily tomorrow will be like this:'

'[Shock! Jiraiya abducts Senju Young Clan Leader]'

'[A shocking revelation about the Senju Clan's future Leader]

'In the future, I will stay away from Jiraiya. With Jiraiya's influence, all single boys in Hidden Leaf Village will listen to his orders.'

'Think about it, an indifferent person like Kakashi can grow into a man who holds icha-icha books all day.'

'He must have even brainwashed the Third Hokage. Third Hokage used Crystal Ball Jutsu to spy every day and was definitely corrupted by Jiraiya.'

At this time, Mikoto next to Tatsumi laughed. "…It's a very interesting thing."

Tatsumi looked back and what he saw was Mikoto, who praised him with a cold smile.

'Although, Mikoto smiles cutely, but…th-this ain't right. I fear no man but, that thing….scares me.'

Tatsumi quickly interrupted the person who had almost had him killed.

"That- Nawaki, we are going to school. If we go to the shop right now, we may get late."

"Then…there is no way. For the safety of the village, If I don't check it, I will feel a little uneasy in my heart, I must go alone then." Nawaki said.

Tatsumi said quickly, "By the way, your elder sister will come this morning. If Lady Tsunade finds out that you have skipped class to investigate the enemy…"

"Hurry up, let's go to the academy. Its been a day since I saw NIshimura Sensei, I miss him a little." Nawaki said immediately.

"-_-"

'This is the Nawaki I know.'

'It seems that the fear of Tsunade is more than the influence of Jiraiya.'

After Tatsumi consoled Mikoto, the three continued to move towards the Academy. Tatsumi, on the way, finally figured out the cause of Nawaki's weird behavior.

"Your younger sister is coming?" Tatsumi asked in surprise when Nawaki finally told him about what his grandma said.

"Do you have a long-lost younger sister?" Tatsumi asked in confusion.

"No. That younger sister is my grandma's clansman. According to the hierarchy over there, she can be regarded as my cousin." Nawaki explained.

"Oh." Uchiha Tatsumi stretched his voice. He finally understood who it was.

——Uzumaki Kushina. (2nd member)

Naruto's Mother and this generation's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

'The arrival of Kushina means that Uzumaki Mito's body can no longer support Kurama. As the only remaining person from the era of the First Hokage, she will also die soon. Their era is coming to an end.'

Tatsumi was suddenly silent.

"What's the matter? Tatsumi. Why are you suddenly depressed??" Mikoto immediately felt Tatsumi's change in emotional state.

"nothing." Tatsumi replied.

'Nawaki obviously doesn't know about Lady Mito's health. Even Tsunade was kept in the dark.' (He called her Lady even in his thoughts cuz she was much older than him and his previous life combined and doesn't use honorifics for anyone else in his thoughts)

As a friend, Tatsumi doesn't know how to tell Nawaki, he just hopes that when the time comes, Nawaki will not be too depressed.

...…

Soon, the three of them reached the Academy.

Because they came much earlier than usual, there were still very few people in the Academy.

It's just that, when Tatsumi walked into the classroom, there wasl a sudden noise in the classroom.

"Hey…did you see it? It was…"

"I saw it, such an incredible thing happened…"

"How can he…"

"How could it be Uchiha Tatsumi? It must be Transformation Jutsu…"

'I know I'm handsome , also very famous. But I haven't been so surprised before. Was I always that late?' Tatsumi was puzzled.

Tatsumi focused on listening to their conversation.

"How can Uchiha Tatsumi…"

"That means, how could it be so early…"

Tatsumi really wanted to start a talk with them, but he let them go today.

'First write down your names on the notebook for the next kids to gain points from. You guys will be at the top'.

...….

Soon after, Minato also came to the classroom after a while.

"Hi, Minato. Good morning." Tatsumi said hello immediately.

'Minato, as my best friend, will definitely not make such a mistake. He knows me.' Tatsumi told himself.

"Hi, uh… uh?! Am I that late?" Minato, with a confused face, looked at Tatsumi.

'This little s..'

...

"Uchiha Tatsumi, uh, that, you go to the Medical Room. There would be a Medical-nin there." Standing on the stage, Nishimura Sensei sid.

'Is it so weird because I came to the Academy early today? Everyone is so rude…"'

Tatsumi turned his head, ignored his class and started reading notes about Chakra Nature Transformation while waiting for the Sannin's arrival.

The whole morning went by, but none of the three had come.

"Hey, Nawaki. Was your elder sister caught for being at the casino? Why is she not here?" Tatsumi asked helplessly.

"Well, you know, Jonin, um…they are usually very busy." Nawaki defended, trying to save a bit of face of his elder sister.

But obviously, everyone knows that his elder sister is currently in a period of no mission.

And when Nawaki was leaving in the morning, he saw his elder sister lying on the bed with no intention to get up.

In the morning, he heard from his family that Tsunade went to the casino last night and returned in the middle of the night. And since the the mission is to be done together with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, they also did not come.

"Nawaki, I know that Konoha has been severely punishing offenders recently. I now suspect that Lord Orochimaru was arrested by Anbu's people for human trafficking. Lord Jiraiya may have been sent to the guard for peeping at the women's bathhouse ." Tatsumi started running the train again.

'Anyway, it's not illegal to spread rumors.'

"That's research! It's performance art, kids." Jiraiya said standing at the door of the classroom.