Chapter 115

As he watched the departing redhead figure, Jiraiya shook his head — it was the first time he had encountered a child reasoning much more sensibly and logically than the overwhelming majority of adults. It was no wonder Tsunade had paid close attention to him after a closer acquaintance in the field of medicine — the guy really exuded an inner strength and iron will.

Such a person would go far if life didn't crush him before. However, the persistent feeling that life would crush such a person didn't leave Jiraiya even after parting ways with the Uzumaki half-blood. Getting acquainted with such a person would undoubtedly be useful in the future.

And it's better to be in the category of friends than enemies when the guy comes into power. And that it would happen, the future Sannin almost had no doubt — it was enough to remember his father's and grandfathers' personalities and take into account the already noticeable aura of strength and confidence surrounding Ryo.

The experienced shinobi's gaze effortlessly noted both the grace of the boy's movements and the presence of a certain experience in battles, despite the obviously young age of life. Besides... kindred spirits should stick together!

Grinning lasciviously, Jiraiya leaned over the notepad and began to embody the ideas suggested in a more concrete form, occasionally chuckling like a teenager and making the passersby nearby twitch.

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"Sorry, Ryo-kun, but there's nothing I can help with here," Mito sighed, returning the scroll, "the seal is too complex to try to squeeze anything else into it."

"I see." I was a little disappointed with the result, but expected something like this, as I doubted Saya's treatment would go without any problems.

"But I have another solution — why don't you use the clones themselves as storage?" unexpectedly suggested Uzumaki. "If each one has at least your full reserve, then you won't have to worry about running out of chakra."

"Interesting proposal, but to accumulate the necessary volume, I'll need at least five days, and during that time, Kage Bunshins become very unstable, and besides, the further, the more they differ from the original, almost always for the worse."

"All you need to do is seal them after creation, and then print them out on the required day," Mito smiled. "Here scrolls for the wounded or captured prisoners would be suitable, but since the process of creating such scrolls is very complex and costly not only in chakra but also in materials, I took the liberty of preparing one for you from my supplies."

"I understand the seal includes similar temporal functions as in food scrolls?" I clarified, taking a fifteen-centimeter tube protected by a multitude of seals into my hands.

"Exactly, only in a much more complex version."

"Thank you, Mito-oba-chan, your help means a lot to me," getting up from the couch, I bowed to the woman.

"Oh, Ryo-kun, it's not necessary, it's the least I can do for you," sighed Uzumaki and gently patted my head, "it's only thanks to you that I have the opportunity to live out my allotted lifespan and feel young again."

"It was just a guess," I smiled shyly, scratching my head.

"Nevertheless, the result exceeded all expectations," the kunoichi smirked, casting a fleeting glance at her chest. "Not to mention the significantly increased self-confidence and strength under the streams of your praise and mountains of compliments."

"Well..." I couldn't help blushing a little.

And although such behavior towards Kushina at first was simply part of the plan to get closer to the future jinchuriki and try to befriend her, literally immediately feelings of tenderness and sympathy towards the touchingly shy and insecure little girl who had been forcibly separated from her family made me deeply attached to Kushina.

And how could one not be touched by feelings for such a chubby charmer?! Even in my past life, I had a certain weakness for girls and dreamed of having a daughter since there were only boys in my family, so it's not surprising that this weakness has transferred to this world.

Therefore, I decided to pamper, praise, and take care of little Uzumaki in every possible way. I hope she'll be more prepared for the upcoming life's troubles than in the manga. In any case, I provided her with a more or less happy childhood and family care, and also got rid of one of her nightmares already — the destruction of Uzushiogakure didn't happen.

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