Chapter 31: The Truth of This Era
"Let's go. We're heading home…"
Li Jie xuan naturally took Tsunade's small hand. In his eyes, a child this young was no different from holding his little sister's hand.
"Jie xuan-kun!"
Two rosy patches immediately bloomed on Tsunade's cute little face. Jie xuan-kun is actually being this direct—how bold…
Going home together? Like Mom and Dad?
However, at that very moment…
"Don't go—give me back my grilled meat!"
A chubby little hand grabbed onto Li Jie xuan's pant leg.
"I want to eat grilled skewers. I saved money for three whole days, I—"
It was the Akimichi clan's little chubby kid waking up. He clung to Li Jie xuan's leg like a fat leech, crying with snot and tears streaming down his face.
For the Akimichi clan, fighting and pride were unimportant—only good food must never be let down!
"Damn it, I'm about to go home with Jie xuan-kun, just the two of us. You damn fat pig, let go right now!"
At this point, Tsunade honestly felt murderous.
But right then…
"Gurgle…"
Tsunade's stomach suddenly growled.
After all, she was the princess of the Senju clan, with a very regular diet. To put it simply: this girl got hungry right on schedule!
"Perfect timing—I'm hungry too. I'll treat you to grilled meat!"
Li Jie xuan clutched his own stomach and smiled, covering for Tsunade. "Tsunade, come along?"
Jie xuan-kun is really gentle…
Faced with Li Jie xuan's invitation, Tsunade instinctively wanted to nod.
But just then, the one person who absolutely should not have appeared suddenly did.
"Tsunade, why haven't you gone home yet?"
The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, slowly walked out. His face was full of restrained sorrow, and after a long pause, he could only sigh and shake his head helplessly. "Tsunade, there are some things I think I need to tell you…"
Tobirama Senju still hadn't returned to the battlefield?
Li Jie xuan frowned. What on earth had happened?
However, this was already beyond what he could interfere with. After hurriedly saying goodbye to Tsunade, Li Jie xuan still kept his promise and took the little chubby kid out for grilled meat.
"Pssh—pssh—"
Plump slices of meat bounced lightly on the wire grill. The little chubby kid's eyes hadn't moved since entering the barbecue shop. Only after he put the first piece of meat into his mouth did he let out a blissful moan. "My name is Akimichi Haochi. Thank you for treating me to grilled meat."
"Mm…"
Akimichi Haochi… an Akimichi fatty?
Li Jie xuan nodded absentmindedly.
Sure enough, he was still very concerned about what Tobirama Senju had said earlier, as well as that look of sorrow that was hard to put into words.
Including the fact that Tobirama had appeared in the village at all—it was extremely strange!
According to his memories, this should be the period when the First Shinobi World War was at its most intense. What could have happened to make the Hokage himself abandon the battlefield and return to the village?
"Haochi, do you know what this war is actually about?"
Li Jie xuan frowned and almost subconsciously asked. As soon as he said it, he laughed at himself. He really must be crazy—Akimichi Haochi was just a three-year-old kid. How could he possibly know something like this?
"I know!"
Akimichi Haochi nodded matter-of-factly and casually scooped up another slice of grilled meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
"You know?"
Li Jie xuan's eyes widened in shock. He grabbed Akimichi Haochi by the clothes and urgently pressed, "What exactly is this war for?"
"Fighting over the tailed beasts, of course!"
Akimichi Haochi nodded as if it were obvious. "Our Konoha Village has a full nine tailed beasts, so the four surrounding great nations joined forces to snatch them."
"Snatching the tailed beasts?!"
Li Jie xuan was completely stunned. In his memories, the orthodox explanation from his previous life clearly stated that the nine tailed beasts were voluntarily distributed to other nations by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
But put this way, Li Jie xuan immediately felt that explanation was riddled with doubts.
You had to know—tailed beasts in the ninja world were no less significant than nuclear weapons on Earth!
With the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara being the two strongest individuals in the world, what possible reason would they have had to give the tailed beasts away to other countries?
There was also another point: the timing and cause of the First Hokage's death had never had an accurate explanation in his previous life!
Or rather, in the world of Naruto, the history of the grandfathers' generation of the Twelve Konoha rookies was all vague and unclear…
So which version was the truth?
Li Jie xuan clenched his teeth in silence. "Then I'll use my own eyes to uncover the truth!"
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