Chapter 103: Rest (Edited)

Part of the forest ended up destroyed.

The battle had just ended.

Tsunade, with her pale blonde hair, was leaning against a tree, she had regained some of her strength, but it would take some time for her chakra to recover.

Once her chakra was restored, she would be able to heal her wounds and recover quickly.

However, at this moment, Tsunade was not thinking about her own injuries, but about Naito, who was finishing cleaning up the battlefield and approaching her.

It always seemed to her that Naito looked very familiar, but she couldn't remember who.

After all, there were many ninja in Konoha, and Naito was an Anbu who needed to hide his identity, so it was normal that she couldn't recognize him.

Of course, she was surprised by Naito's strength. She had never thought that there would be someone as strong as Naito in the Anbu department other than Sakumo.

"Thank you," the battle was over, and Tsunade nodded slightly to Naito, and then tried to get up, but was barely able to do so by holding onto the large tree behind her.

With a hand seal, the Kusanagi sword in Naito's hands went up in smoke and disappeared, then she smiled slightly at Tsunade and said, "You're welcome, it's my duty."

Tsunade nodded softly, though she knew Naito must have been ordered by Konoha to go rescue her, but after all, she was grateful that he took the risk.

Tsunade was very grateful, so she said, "Even if it's out of obligation, but I personally would like to thank you."

Hearing Tsunade's words, Naito was slightly stunned before remembering that he still seemed to be wearing his mask.

Naito took off his mask, smiled at Tsunade and said, "You really don't need to thank me."

Although the identity of an Anbu was to be kept secret, Tsunade's identity was special, not only was she the disciple of the Third Hokage of Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen, but she was also an Elite Jounin of Konoha, as well as the princess of the Senju Clan, and the granddaughter of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.

Even from a personal perspective, Naito did not want to hide her identity from Tsunade.

When she saw Naito take off his mask, Tsunade, who was wondering who Naito really was and was planning to ask Naito to take off his mask to take a look, was stunned.

She looked at the face behind the mask in disbelief.

Although it changed a lot, she recognized it at first glance.

But she still couldn't believe it, and if it weren't for the fact that Naito had just saved her, she would have even wondered if the person in front of her was an enemy impersonating her.

Tsunade asked with some uncertainty, "Naito... Yuu Naito!?"

The corners of Naito's mouth lifted slightly, and he said mockingly, "I'm Naito's brother, and I heard that you've adopted Naito as your brother!"

"Is that really you!?", If Tsunade was still a little unsure, when she heard Naito's mocking words, she was instantly one hundred percent sure that the person in front of her was Naito!

Naito shrugged, she wasn't surprised that she couldn't fool Tsunade at all, after all, Tsunade simply went through a lot.

"..."

Tsunade, who had just thanked Naito, instantly showed a helpless expression, covering her forehead, while her mind was filled with disbelief.

Naito, whose strength was not even comparable to that of a Jounin, had caught up to her and had surpassed her in this year, his strength increased too fast!

What kind of monstrous talent was this to be able to have such a growth rate?

Due to the outbreak of the war, Minato had also graduated from the Ninja Academy, but now he was no more than a Genin.

Although Minato's strength is at least at the same level as Chuunin, he was unable to play any role in this war, and his rise to power occurred in the Third Ninja World War.

On the other hand, Naito's current strength makes him someone to be reckoned with in the Second Ninja World War.

Just thinking about what happened a few moments ago, where Naito single-handedly massacred an elite Iwagakure unit of thirty members, it can be said that Naito already has the strength to influence the outcome of the war with his current strength!

"You little brat... You think you can talk to your big sister like that now that you've gotten a little stronger? huh!?", However, after recovering from the shock, Tsunade didn't change her attitude towards Naito because of his increased strength, and continued to treat Naito like a little kid.

No matter what, Naito will always be her little brother.

Naito approached Tsunade while laughing, "Who told you not to recognize me, Tsunade-sama?"

Bang!

Although he had no strength, Tsunade slapped his forehead and said without smiling, "Call me Onee-san!"

Naito looked at Tsunade and said with a light mocking tone, "I thought you said that I had not yet received approval to be your little brother and that it would be somewhat difficult to get your approval?"

Tsunade said nothing more, but smiled at Naito.

Suddenly, Naito felt that, if he continued to tease Tsunade, it would be dangerous.

I got it!

I won't make fun of the women's age anymore.

The next moment, Naito bowed straight and then tried to lift Tsunade in his arms.

"Wait!!!", Tsunade exclaimed, but she couldn't stop him, besides, if she had the strength to stop him, she wouldn't have needed to be picked up by Naito.

At this point, the war was ongoing, and with the constant commotion caused by the previous battle, they might attract more enemy ninja, so they needed to leave as soon as possible.

However, Tsunade wasn't feeling well when they were carrying her!

"We need to find a safe place first," Naito looked at Tsunade in his arms, his expression was serious, there was not the slightest bit of mockery in it.

However, Tsunade had a grimace on her face and would not be fooled by Naito's serious appearance.

There was no way she would be fooled by Naito's serious appearance, but she didn't know if Naito was laughing inside or not.

Tsunade gave him a lot of smacks on his forehead.

And now, it was obvious that Naito was going to take advantage of her inability to resist and take revenge.

'This brat... he's really spiteful,' Tsunade thought helplessly.

...

Carrying Tsunade, Naito didn't get very far, as it was impossible to return to Konoha Camp with Tsunade's current condition.

Besides, the battle took place in this forest, and hiding in it was the best option.

No one would have thought that after the battle, someone would take refuge in the forest.

There were huge trees everywhere, and under some particularly large trees, there are many caves.

The outside of the trees are covered with vines, so the caves were barely distinguishable to the naked eye.

After finding one, Naito gently lowered it down, and ignoring their murderous stares, carefully cleaned the inside of the tree cave.

"Just rest here, with your medical skill, once you regain some chakra, you'll be able to heal your wounds, right?", Naito was calm as he looked at Tsunade.

Tsunade stared at him for a long time, before finally grunting and entering the cave.

Although his body was still injured and his chakra hadn't recovered much, his physical strength was almost recovered.

Naito couldn't help but praise his physical strength in his mind.

Although she was nowhere near as strong as Senju Hashirama, nor was she as strong as him after developing Byakugō no In, Tsunade's recovery was faster than Naito's!

This is one of the fundamental reasons why Tsunade has been able to persevere until now.