Chapter 325: Chapter 325: Fuu and Satoru's Interaction.
Somehow Kushina managed to console her, and eventually, Tsunade calmed down. However, she stormed into Minato's office and left him with a stern warning.
"If anything happens to Jiraiya, I will never forgive you."
After dropping those harsh words, Tsunade slammed the door and left, leaving Minato with only her angry departure.
"That's all I could do."
Kushina stood beside Minato, her expression somewhat helpless. She felt as if she had said a year's worth of words just now.
"You've had it tough, Kushina."
Minato's eyes were filled with tenderness as he looked at Kushina, his tone much softer than before.
"It's you who's had it tough, with those dark circles under your eyes."
Seeing the obvious signs of fatigue on Minato's face, Kushina's expression turned sympathetic. As the wife of the Hokage, she felt useless for not being able to help her husband share the burden.
"How has Naruto been lately?"
Minato changed the subject and asked Kushina. He had been too busy these days to pay much attention to Naruto, knowing only that Naruto was studying Senjutsu at Mount Myoboku.
Kushina shook her head in response to the question.
"According to the messages from Kakashi, Naruto's Senjutsu training doesn't seem to be going smoothly."
"That's normal. When I was learning Senjutsu, it also took a long time."
It was normal for Naruto to have little progress in just a few days of Senjutsu training.
"And Fuu?"
Minato then inquired about the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki's situation.
"You've entrusted Fuu to Hatake Satoru. It would be strange if there were any problems."
Kushina gave Minato a look.
"Ha ha ha, that's true," Minato chuckled awkwardly.
Although Fuu initially trained with Kakashi's Team 7, the Akatsuki's large-scale operations prompted Naruto and the others to begin their Senjutsu training. As Senjutsu is unique to Konohagakure, it naturally couldn't be taught to outsiders.
After much consideration, Minato decided to have Satoru accompany Fuu. He had thought Satoru would refuse the task, but to his surprise, Satoru agreed readily, which was quite unexpected for Minato.
After all, no other ninja in Konohagakure were qualified to protect a Jinchuriki.
Satoru's agreement was a relief for Minato.
With Satoru, Fuu's tough character gradually became more subdued. Previously, she did whatever she wanted with the Seven-Tails backing her, acting fearlessly due to its strength.
But when she met Hatake Satoru, the Seven-Tails, which rarely spoke to Fuu, unexpectedly said a few words to her.
"Don't provoke the man in front of you, or even I will die."
The Seven-Tails spoke with a hint of fear.
"Why? Why do you look at me with eyes filled with fear and confusion?" Satoru asked, walking ahead of Fuu with his back to her.
"Can you see the expression on my face? Do you have eyes on the back of your head?" Fuu's lips twitched slightly at the question, realizing Satoru was even more troublesome than Naruto.
"Do you want to see?" Satoru asked, his hands in his hair as if he was about to lift it up.
Fuu watched Satoru's back intently.
"Just kidding," Satoru suddenly turned around and made a face at Fuu.
"Seven-Tails, are you sure this guy really has the power to kill you?" Fuu questioned inwardly, doubting the Seven-Tails' words as she observed Satoru's behavior.
Fuu felt the white-haired man before her was far from normal, even less reliable than the previous white-haired man.
"Of course, the Four-Tails was killed by this man," the Seven-Tails said solemnly. Although it had three more tails than the Four-Tails, its true strength wasn't as great. If Satoru had the power to kill the Four-Tails, he naturally had the power to kill it too.
"What? This guy? He can kill a Tailed Beast? Are you joking with me?" Fuu asked incredulously.
"He's not joking with you," Satoru, walking ahead of Fuu, suddenly spoke.
His words startled Fuu.
"You can hear my conversation with the Seven-Tails?" Fuu asked in shock.
"Infiltrating your mental space is easy for me. Of course, I didn't mean to eavesdrop; your voices were just too loud," Satoru said, his face showing a smug expression after hearing the Seven-Tails' praise.
Hearing this, Fuu's face showed disbelief, finding it hard to believe someone could unintentionally hear conversations within another's mental world.
"So you'd better listen to the Tailed Beast inside you, or I really won't be polite," Hatake Satoru stopped in his tracks, turned around, and with a serious tone behind his sunglasses, spoke to Fuu.
"Tch, I'm the one Hokage-sama ordered to be protected, I don't believe you'd dare defy Hokage-sama's orders and lay a hand on me," Fuu said, arms crossed and head held high, her pride evident in her posture, clearly unscathed by the harshness of society.
"You don't really think that with my strength, I need to listen to the Hokage, do you?"
Hearing this, Fuu's eyes widened in disbelief, looking around - yes, they were indeed in Konohagakure Village, yet he dared to speak such treasonous words.
"Even if I killed you, Minato wouldn't say much."
In an instant, Fuu felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave; despite the scorching weather, she felt an abnormal chill.
Even the Seven-Tails, which usually offered her help at such times, seemed to have vanished.
"Of course, I'm just joking with you."
Suddenly, the serious expression on Satoru's face disappeared, replaced by a look of successful mischief.
"You're really too mean," Fuu couldn't help but roar in a mix of anger and embarrassment, feeling as if she had been close to death.
"Ha ha ha, teasing kids like you is really fun."
(End of Chapter)
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