Chapter 50: Senior Yamamoto—Even More Terrifying Than Usual
"This old servant's life has truly been worth it!"
Lady Tsunade had finally come to her senses, transforming into a poised, elegant, and gracious young lady. As he walked out of the room, Yamamoto Kenjiro felt as if he were flying on clouds...
"Uncle Yamamoto, did something good happen to you today? Get a raise or something?"
The young assistant butler looked at Yamamoto with a strange expression. Senior Yamamoto seemed a little different from usual today...
Lady Tsunade becoming a refined young lady was far happier than a raise.
"Oh, Maozhi!"
Yamamoto Kenjiro greeted him kindly, smiling warmly. "Where are you headed?"
"Lord First wants me to invite the guest, Li Jie xuan, over."
The corners of Maozhi's mouth twitched uncontrollably. Senior Yamamoto, known as the Devil Butler, had never smiled before. What on earth was going on?
"I see? Then let me go notify him."
Yamamoto Kenjiro was already impatient to see the graceful and dignified Princess Tsunade again.
"Oh right, Maozhi. Could I trouble you to bring some pastries as well? Please!"
Yamamoto Kenjiro's old face was nearly smiling into a chrysanthemum...
Maozhi was at a loss for words. Please? Today's Uncle Yamamoto really wasn't like his usual self!
"Ah, I wonder what Lady Tsunade will be discussing with her guest. Tea ceremony? Flower arrangement? Or the state of the front-line battles?"
Yamamoto Kenjiro smiled as he walked back toward the room, full of anticipation as he slid open the paper door...
"..."
What followed was an extremely awkward scene. The poised, elegant, and graceful Princess Tsunade persona completely collapsed. Her delicate body was sprawled in Li Jie xuan's arms, her small face flushed with blissful color!
If not for their young age, Yamamoto Kenjiro might have thought he was witnessing the aftermath of something unspeakable...
Their gazes met. Li Jie xuan's and Yamamoto Kenjiro's eyes involuntarily locked in midair.
Why did you come back so fast?
Li Jie xuan slowly forced a grin, laughing stiffly. "Um… if I said Lady Tsunade slipped and fell, would you believe me?"
A ninja tripping on flat ground? Do you think I'd believe that?
In less than a second, Yamamoto Kenjiro's rosy complexion turned the color of pot ash.
"Guest, Lord Hashirama requests your presence."
Yamamoto Kenjiro stared at Li Jie xuan expressionlessly, that terrifying gaze seeming to say: Kid, if Lord Hashirama weren't looking for you, I'd skin you alive!
At that moment, Maozhi came running over enthusiastically with a tray of pastries. "Senior Yamamoto, I brought the pastries!"
"What kind of manners is all this shouting! Can't you see the guest is about to leave?!"
Yamamoto bared his teeth in a savage grin, his demon-like fangs slowly grinding together. "Maozhi, when are you ever going to get a little smarter?"
"Wuwuwu, I was wrong."
Maozhi looked as if he were about to cry. So everything earlier really was an illusion...
Today's Uncle Yamamoto was even more terrifying than usual!
Ten minutes later...
Li Jie xuan had never felt so happy to see Senju Hashirama.
"Lord Hashirama!"
Li Jie xuan was practically in tears. Along the way, the pressure Yamamoto Kenjiro exerted on him had been overwhelming. Raising a three-year-old girl like this was simply too sinful...
"Hm? You're still calling me 'Lord'?"
Senju Hashirama shook his head seriously. "Shouldn't you be using a different form of address by now?"
"A different form of address?"
Li Jie xuan's head instantly felt twice its size. After hesitating for a long while, he cautiously tried, "Grandpa?"
"Pfft—"
The First burst into laughter, rolling on the floor. "You really are something else. No wonder you managed to abduct little Tsunade at just three years old."
By now, even someone as slow as Li Jie xuan could tell that the First was teasing him...
This guy was still as unserious as ever.
But then again...
Who told him he was the man hailed as the God of Shinobi!
Don't be fooled by how dire Konoha's front-line situation looked right now. As long as Hashirama went out for a stroll, if the other four great ninja villages didn't kneel down and call him 'Dad,' Li Jie xuan would write his name backward.
Seeming to notice the doubt in Li Jie xuan's eyes, the First suddenly fell silent...
"I know what you're thinking. In truth, I also want to put an end to this meaningless war."
Senju Hashirama's eyes dimmed as he gently shook his head:
It wasn't that he didn't want to—he simply couldn't...
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