Tsunade's bare foot stepped on his face in front.
Aoba had already run out the door, "Teacher, I'm heading out first!"
By the time Tsunade chased after, Aoba had already vanished in a flash.
Tsunade could only clench her fists in shame and anger, stamping her foot in powerless rage, "This brat is getting more and more disrespectful!"
"When he comes back tonight, I'll definitely teach him a lesson!"
Tsunade snorted lightly and sat back in her original seat.
But as soon as she came over, she saw Shizune staring blankly at her own jade-like feet.
Tsunade couldn't help but roll her eyes.
'Hopeless...'
———
After finishing training with Hinata and Yakumo.
Aoba didn't go with them for lunch.
Instead, he hurried toward Ichiraku Ramen.
By the time he entered Ichiraku Ramen, Uzuki Yugao and the four members of her small team were already seated inside.
"Aoba!", Tenten, who already knew Aoba was coming, was the first to spot him.
She excitedly called out.
"Aoba!"
"Aoba-nii!"
After a brief moment of daze, Sakura and Karin also showed joyful expressions.
Uzuki Yugao scooted her seat, gesturing for Aoba to sit beside her.
Aoba sat down close to Uzuki Yugao, then impatiently looked at Tenten, "Tenten, is it done?"
Upon hearing this, Tenten's previously happy expression instantly puffed her cheeks, "You only care about your sword, don't you care about us at all?"
"Uh…"
"Sorry, it's my fault. May I ask how Miss Tenten, Miss Sakura, and Miss Karin have been doing recently?", Aoba quickly apologized, his expression serious, though his tone was clearly exaggerated.
"Pfft!", The sudden contrast made Tenten burst out laughing.
Sakura and the others also covered their mouths to stifle their laughter.
After laughing, Tenten took out a scroll and spread it on the table.
After she performed hand seals, a rectangular wooden box appeared in front of everyone.
"This is it?", Aoba's eyes lit up, feeling a kind of blind-box-opening excitement.
The others were also curious.
Tenten crossed her arms proudly.
"Open it and see. My dad personally crafted this, of course, I helped too!"
"Alright."
Aoba took a deep breath and slowly opened the wooden box. Inside lay a black longsword.
The scabbard was entirely black, with the hilt and scabbard matching in color, seemingly woven and wrapped layer by layer with some kind of material.
[A/N: Sword resembles Tensan Zangetsu, remind in the comment to post the pic]
The blade was very long, seemingly over a meter at first glance.
He reached out with both hands and lifted the sword.
"Seems a bit heavy," Aoba tested the weight in his hands.
"Of course. I asked my dad to add quite a bit of hardened steel. The durability is definitely not a problem."
"Thank you, Tenten," Aoba spoke with sincerity. After all, this sword was basically a freebie for him.
"Hehe~", Tenten couldn't help but hum smugly.
Aoba then gripped the hilt and drew the sword.
At the moment the blade left the scabbard, a burst of cold light shot out.
Unlike the usual silvery metallic luster of ordinary swords, this blade was the same pure black as the hilt.
Without any fancy decorations.
"Aoba, since it's infused with chakra metal, try channeling chakra into it," Uzuki Yugao reminded him.
"Okay."
Just as Uzuki Yugao finished speaking, Aoba infused wind-nature chakra into the sword.
A greenish stream of air surged from the base of the blade, and in just an instant, enveloped the entire sword up to the tip.
Immediately, a wave of chilling light made everyone's hair stand on end.
Sharp!
This was extreme sharpness.
Holding this sword, Aoba felt terrifyingly powerful.
He finally understood why chakra metal was so expensive.
He suddenly thought of Danzo using Wind Release to cut Susanoo.
If Danzo had this chakra sword back then, maybe he could have held off Sasuke.
Seeing Aoba unable to hide his smile, Tenten's lips also curved up.
Looks like Aoba is really satisfied with the sword.
"Aoba, give the sword a name."
Aoba blurted out, "Let's call it Zangetsu then!"
———
"Aoba! You guys are also here at Lord Hokage's place to take a mission."
In the afternoon, after finishing lunch with Tenten and the others, Aoba and Team 12 went to the Hokage building to get a mission.
They entered as four and came out as five.
Just as they exited the Hokage building, they heard Naruto's loud voice.
"Our Team 7 got a C-rank mission today! How about that, pretty awesome, huh?"
And his proud smiling face.
"C-rank mission?"
Aoba thought for a bit, 'Team 7's first C-rank mission should be escorting some old man, right?'
That old man wasn't any good either, spent all the commission fee on booze, and hid an A-rank mission as a C-rank one.
If it weren't for Kakashi's team, other teams might've just been sending themselves to death.
But now Sasuke had three-tomoe Sharingan, and Naruto was about to open the fifth gate of the Eight Gates technique.
He was kind of worried Zabuza might get kicked to death by Naruto.
'But...'
'That Gato seems pretty rich.'
"What's your mission?", Aoba curiously asked.
"Hmm~ Seems to be escorting an elderly person back to their country."
'As expected!'
Aoba thought for a moment, then pulled a special kunai from his chest and handed it to Naruto.
"What's this?", Naruto asked in confusion, receiving the kunai.
Kakashi's eyes widened, "Is that a Flying Thunder God kunai?"
Sasuke's eyes also widened. He'd heard of the Flying Thunder God.
"Fly… Flying Thunder God! Is this the one my dad used?"
Naruto held the kunai with both hands, eyes glowing like he'd found a treasure.
Aoba smiled and nodded, "This is my Flying Thunder God kunai, though I'm not very proficient yet, can only barely use it for long-distance teleportation."
"If you run into danger, I can instantly come to your side."
"Ao… Aoba!", Naruto looked at Aoba with teary eyes.
Seeing Sasuke, Yakumo, Hinata, and the others looking at him strangely, Aoba helplessly said, "This is the only one I have right now. I'll give each of you one next time."
This was the one he used for practice. If not for Gato, he wouldn't have given it to Naruto.
Even Tenten and Ino didn't have one yet.
""Okay!""
Yakumo and Hinata immediately beamed with joy.
"Hmph! I don't even want one," Sasuke snorted coldly and turned his head.
After some small talk, Kakashi left with Naruto and the others.
"Don't be jealous of Kakashi's Team 7, we've got a C-rank mission too this time."
After Team 7 left, Kurenai Yuhi crossed her arms and looked toward Uzumaki Kasui, "Kasui-san, you tell them."
Uzumaki Kasui nodded gently, smiling warmly.
"This mission is commissioned by me."
"I hope you can escort me to the Land of Whirlpools to retrieve the Uzumaki clan's remaining property."
"The mission's difficulty level is between C-rank and A-rank."
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