Chapter 14: Chapter 14
"Protection, why do I need someone about my age to protect me!".
"Big sister, I'm not the Naruto I used to be, now I can protect myself!".
Naruto was a little irritated, and he complained with a look of displeasure as he looked at Tsunade.
He'd trained so much in those two years, but he still needed someone about his age to protect himself. Naruto didn't like to be looked down upon like this.
"Calm down, Naruto, if you're not happy with my decision, you can change it, but there is one condition. "
"Hey~".
Tsunade expected such a reaction from Naruto, so she had already thought of everything.
"What conditions?".
Looking at Tsunade, who was smiling mysteriously, Naruto felt that something was wrong, but his brain didn't think much of it and asked with a confused expression.
There was a knock on the door. But before Tsunade could say what the conditions were, there was a knock on the door, interrupting her.
"Come in. Tsunade said softly, and the door was pushed open, and the four of them walked into the room. Three of them have been seen before by Shingen, Shikamaru with lazy eyes and Kakashi with silver hair, as well as Jiraiya.
The other is a girl with blonde hair, dressed in a black-and-red kimono, carrying a large fan on her back and crossing her arms over her chest.
"Hey, it's you, Kakashi-sensei and Shikamaru!".
Naruto looked back and was surprised to see his acquaintances, and he quickly ran towards them with an excited expression on his face.
"You're Naruto?".
Shikamaru asked with a look of surprise on his face, as Naruto's physical changes exceeded his expectations.
"Haha, of course it's me, surprised!" Naruto smiled behind his hands and suddenly felt good.
"You've grown so tall, Naruto!".
Kakashi, on the other hand, was relatively calm, as Jiraiya had already told him that Naruto was back when he came to him.
"You haven't changed at all, Kakashi-sensei, oh, I brought you a gift by the way!!".
"What!!".
Naruto pulled out a blue book from his ninja bag, and Kakashi had a shocked expression on his face.
"Hmm~ Only true fans know the value of this book. "
Jiraiya behind him smiled proudly, for him, this is his best work, and such a reaction is normal.
"Alright, stop making a fuss, Kakashi, I've decided on something that requires your consent. "
Kakashi opened the book with trembling hands, his face lit up, but as soon as he heard Tsunade's words, Kakashi immediately closed the book.
"Agreed?".
Kakashi came to Tsunade with a confused expression on his face, and even Shikamaru and Temari looked at her curiously.
"I decided to let Shingen follow your team, you know Shingen's situation, and he can be our greatest guarantee. "
Tsunade pointed to Shingen, who was standing quietly in the corner, and attracted everyone's attention.
"Hey, Shingen, you're here too, long time no see!!".
"Hmm. "
Shikamaru casually greeted Shingen, who nodded and returned the greeting.
"I'm fine!".
Looking at Shingen and recalling what happened two months ago, Kakashi didn't hesitate in the slightest, because having someone like Shingen join the squad was as safe as having a level 100 boss guarding him in the Village.
"But I have a problem, tell me the conditions, big sister!".
However, Naruto refused to accept the protection of someone about his age, which was too embarrassing for him, so he asked for the conditions.
"Hehe, the conditions are very simple, you must defeat Shingen in a battle, and if you can prove that you are stronger than him, he will naturally not follow you. "
"Not only that, if you can defeat him, I will directly promote you to Jonin, but if you lose, you have no right to complain. "
"Hehe~".
"So, what do you think, dare to challenge?" Tsunade smiled, watching Naruto stay where he was, shocked by her words.
"Fighting with the Shingen... Hokage-sama is so cruel!".
Shikamaru looked at Naruto sympathetically, he knew that Naruto was finished.
Sakura, Kakashi, and Jiraiya had no different eyes than Shikamaru, and they knew that Tsunade had dug a perfect trap for Naruto.
"Haha!!Don't break your word, big sister!!".
"Shingen, let's start fighting immediately, I can't wait!!".
After being stunned for a moment, Naruto let out a loud laugh, reminding Tsunade of her promise, and then looked at Shingen excitedly.
He would never miss a chance to be promoted to the rank of Jonin in one fell swoop, so he wanted to start fighting as soon as possible.
"You just arrived, take a rest and start fighting at the third training ground at night. "
"Sakura, you come along, I want to see your progress too, you fight Kakashi!!".
Naruto wanted to start fighting right away, but Tsunade still had some work to do, so she postponed it until the evening.
Sakura had a relaxed expression on her face when she heard that she was going to fight Kakashi, and instead of fighting a monster like Shingen, she would rather fight Kakashi a hundred times.
"Naruto and Shingen's fight, interesting!!".
Shikamaru also had an interested expression on his face and decided to sacrifice his precious sleep time tonight.
Shingen was about to fight Naruto and stood in the corner, his yellow hawk eyes with a slightly surprised expression because no one had really asked for his opinion.