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  After a day of training, Shin rubbed his stomach. He was hungry.

  "Let's call it a day. I'm starving."

  He annouo the girls, who were sprawled on the ground, exhausted.

  "No wonder you're s. You have endless stamina," Tsunade said, panting.

  She was exhausted. They had been training intensely for half a day, following Shin's lead, and they were worn out. Shin, however, seemed perfectly fine.

  "Don't pare yourselves to me. I have an advantage," Shin said.

  The regeive ability of his Perfect Sage Body was incredible. Uhe training was excessively intense, he wouldn't feel tired. He was like a perpetual motion mae.

  As they were about to head back, they saw a figure approag in the distance.

  "It's Nawaki."

  Shin's eyesight was excellent; he reized Nawaki from afar.

  "Shin! Sis! There you are!"

  Nawaki approached with a cheerful grin, as if he had just wotery.

  "Nawaki, you seem happy. Did you find some money?" Shin asked.

  "No, but I earned some! And quite a bit, too! I'm treating you all to dioday!"

  Nawaki announced excitedly. He seemed genuinely happy.

  But Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto all took a step back. Even Shin instinctively moved away.

  "Nawaki, why do you stink?" Tsunade asked, wrinkling her nose.

  "Stink? Do I?" Nawaki sniffed himself, but he couldn't smell anything.

  It wasn't that his sense of smell was faulty; he was simply used to it. He had been exposed to foul odors all day.

  "Nawaki, did you fall into a trine?" Kushina asked suspiciously, taking aep back.

  "No, I was just shoveling manure all afternoon."

  As soon as he said that, Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto retreated even further. Even Shin moved away.

  "Nawaki, are you crazy? Why were you shoveling manure?" Shin asked, incredulous.

  "I didn't want to! But Orochimaru-seook a mission to up a farm, and that included shoveling manure. What could I do?"

  Nawaki said with a grimace. He didn't want to fail his first mission, so he ehe unpleasant task. And the reward was generous for a D-rank mission, parable to a k.

  Shin looked at Nawaki with sympathy. Orochimaru had certainly chosen an iing mission.

  "I earned a lot, so I wao celebrate. Yakiniku, on me!" Nawaki decred grandly.

  Tsunade's face darkened.

  "Nawaki, couldn't you have at least taken a bath and ged clothes before ing here? You're not here to treat us; you're here to disgust us."

  Nawaki was bewildered. He was to treat them to Yakiniku; why were they reag like this?

  But with the stench emanating from him, no one had any appetite. Even Shin, who had been hungry, felt his stomach .

  "Shin, why are they looking at me like that?"

  Nawaki didn't uand the murderous gres he was receiving.

  Shin shook his head. "Let's do this aime, Nawaki. We're not up for it today."

  Shied his offer. Nawaki was both disappointed and relieved. Disappoihat they weren't accepting his offer, but relieved that he got to keep his money.

  Nawaki left, dejected, chased away by Tsunade.

  "Orochimaru has no shame, taking a mission like that. Only he would do such a thing," Tsunade grumbled.

  "Are we still having dinner? I've lost my appetite," Kushina said.

  "Of course we're eating. We'll starve if we don't."

  Shin wasn't going to let a little smell ruin his dinner.

  Food was important, especially for training. Even with his Perfect Sage Body, he o eat.

  In the end, only Shin ate dihat night. Kushina and the others had no appetite.

  "Mikoto, you're living here now. Won't the Uchiha say anything?" Shin asked.

  Mikoto shook her head.

  "I'm practically invisible in the Uchiha o one will say anything."

  Mikoto might be pretty, but in the world of Shinobi, beauty wasn't everything. Her quiet personality made her blend in.

  "Don't worry, no one will say anything about my student," Tsunade said fidently.

  Shin rolled his eyes. She made it sound like she was some kind of big shot.

  "Hey, brat, are you looking down on me?"

  Tsunade caught his expression and gred at him.

  "Haha, you're mistaken. I was just thinking how amazing you are," Shin said, trying to appease her.

  "Amazing? Shin is way more amazing than you!" Kushina decred.

  Shi Kushina. Was she trying to get him in trouble?

  "Kushina, do you want to taste my fist?" Tsuhreatened.

  "What are you going to do?"

  Kushina hid behind Shin, gring at Tsunade.

  "e here, I'll punch you so hard, you'll be g in bed," Tsuaunted.

  "Threatening me? You think you're so great? Give me three years, and I'll surpass you!" Kushied.

  Shin's lips twitched. Was Kushina challenging Tsuo a duel in three years?

  But even in three years, Kushina wouldn't be a match for Tsunade.

  Unless she became the ails Jinchūriki and could perfectly trol its power, defeating Tsuhin three years was impossible.

  But Kushina couldn't bee the Jinchūriki now. The position was already filled.

  And even if she did bee the Jinchūriki, trolling the ails' power was no easy feat.

  "Heh, fine. I'll be waiting. But that doesn't mean I 't beat you up now."

  Tsunade hadn't given up on teag Kushina a lesson. She approached Kushina with a mischievous grin.

  "Shin, help!"

  Kushina was scared of that grin. She g to Shin.

  "Even Shin 't help you now. I'm going to teach you some manners, little girl."

  Tsunade reached for Kushina.

  "e on, Tsunade, why are you bullying Kushina? She's still weak. There's no satisfa in that," Shin said, stopping her.

  "Hmph, I knew you'd protect her." Tsu Kushina go, giving Shin face.

  Kushina bit Shin's arm lightly. What did he mean by "she's still weak?" That was insulting!

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