Chapter 32 - 32: Team Introduction

Kazuki could clearly feel that this woman was even more rigid than others from the Hyuga clan. Even though she had taken the initiative to greet him, he still felt a sense of distance in her politeness. This was not an easy-going girl, but fortunately, she wouldn't intentionally make things difficult for him, which was within Kazuki's acceptable range. Moreover, the Uchiha and Hyuga have never had a particularly good relationship. After the Senju clan disbanded, under Tobirama's manipulation, the Uchiha and Hyuga began to compete for the title of Konoha's strongest clan. In reality, comparing the Hyuga to the Uchiha was an insult to the Uchiha. No matter how much the Uchiha declined, they would not fall to the point of being on par with the Hyuga. But facing such competition, what could the Uchiha do? Were they going to beat up the Hyuga? When Kazuki first entered the Ninja Academy, he had encountered challenges from the Hyuga clan, which were then easily resolved, thus establishing the tone for the Uchiha's top genius. In this era, if an Uchiha couldn't beat a few Hyuga, they couldn't even claim to be an Uchiha genius, and the key was that there were many Uchiha who couldn't defeat the Hyuga. After all, the Hyuga trained in Taijutsu, and in their early childhood when Chakra was insufficient, Ninja like the Hyuga, who specialized in Taijutsu, had an advantage in the beginning. Kazuki sat down not far from Rinka and took out the basic Sealing Jutsu comprehensive guide that Mito had given him earlier. Sealing Jutsu is very tricky and very difficult to learn. The basics are hard to learn, and improving is even harder. If it weren't for learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, Kazuki wouldn't even want to learn too much Sealing Jutsu. Wouldn't a Chibaku Tensei after awakening the Rinnegan in the future solve most seals? However, the Flying Thunder God Technique has extremely high requirements for Sealing Jutsu, forcing him to spend a lot of time studying these Sealing Jutsu. Fortunately, Mito, a master of Sealing Jutsu, was personally guiding him. Otherwise, he would have wanted to give up. But then again, Kushina has excellent talent in Sealing Jutsu. If he could somehow obtain Kushina or Mito's Sealing Jutsu talent, that would be perfect. Upon seeing Kazuki sit down and remain still, Rinka occasionally cast her gaze towards Kazuki, secretly observing him. Coming to Tsunade squad this time was Rinka's own request. Otherwise, if she hadn't wanted to, the Hyuga clan wouldn't have forced her. In the Hyuga clan, she enjoyed the best resources that the branch house members couldn't even dream of, living a privileged life where everything was taken care of by servants or branch house members. Their only task seemed to be managing the branch house members and then procreating them. It seemed that other efforts were meaningless. Rinka didn't want to live that kind of life. In fact, she vaguely felt that the Hyuga clan shouldn't be like this. She had never told anyone about these thoughts, and when she heard there was an opportunity to join Tsunade's squad, she actively applied. She wanted to change her life, to become strong, not to be protected by the branch house, but to protect the entire clan. She was also very curious about Kazuki, the Uchiha's top genius. She wanted to see how much of a genius Kazuki truly was. Being stared at by Rinka, Kazuki was somewhat helpless, but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't possibly tell her not to stare at him, could he? Fortunately, Tsunade and Kushina didn't make him wait too long. After about ten minutes, both of them arrived at the training ground. "Kazuki!" Kushina enthusiastically ran to Kazuki's side and greeted him. "Kushina!" Kazuki nodded to Kushina, and then said, "This is our teammate, Hyuga Rinka." Kushina then noticed Rinka nearby, and when she saw her, a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes. What a cute girl. This instantly made Kushina wary. Mikoto alone had made Kushina feel immense pressure, so if another Rinka came along, would she still be able to put up a fight? "Alright, from now on, you are all members of the Tsunade Squad!" "I don't expect you to become close friends or anything, but I don't want your relationship to be too bad." Tsunade glared fiercely at Kazuki, then reminded them, "Next, introduce yourselves! You'll be performing missions together from now on, so getting to know each other is necessary." Kushina understood that Tsunade was hinting at her, but she wasn't afraid of Tsunade. Instead, she raised her hand and said loudly, "How should we introduce ourselves? Why don't you start first, Tsunade-nee-san!" "In this squad, I am your captain. From now on, call me Tsunade-sensei in the squad." Tsunade gave Kushina a speechless glance, but still began her self-introduction, "I am Tsunade, an elite Jonin of Konoha, skilled in Taijutsu and Medical Ninjutsu. My hobbies are drinking and gambling, and I dislike troublesome things. My dream? To win every gamble against everyone in the world." "That's truly a luxurious dream!" Kazuki muttered to himself. If Tsunade really won against everyone, the price would probably be the destruction of the Ninja World. He looked at Kushina and Rinka, and seeing that neither of them intended to speak before him, he began, "Kazuki, six years old this year. I specialize in Fire Release and Lightning Release. As for hobbies, I guess I like good food. I don't want to see my friends leave me." "As for my dream, world peace, I wonder if that counts as a dream." "Wanting world peace, of course, counts as a dream. I hope one day you can bring peace to the world." Tsunade nodded with satisfaction. She could feel that Kazuki wasn't lying, which showed he truly wanted world peace. Who said all Uchiha were crazy? Kazuki is such a good child. "Next is me, me, me! My name is Kushina, I specialize in Taijutsu and Sealing Jutsu, and I also know a bit of Medical Ninjutsu. I like living with my beloved good friends, and I don't want to see partings in life and death." "My dream is to live happily together with the people I care about." As she spoke the latter part, Kushina glanced at Kazuki, then quickly focused her gaze on Tsunade. "Don't worry! We will protect our homeland together." Tsunade understood what Kushina meant and affectionately patted her head. 'Hmm, so well-behaved.'