Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 23 Danzo and Love Guidance

Building emotional bonds...

To put it nicely, this task is about building bonds.

To put it bluntly, it's seduction.

This is a task that requires sacrificing one's own life.

The only thing that Nono was somewhat relieved about was that her mission target, Minato Namikaze, was indeed an outstanding boy.

Whether in appearance, personality, or talent, she is impeccably excellent.

However, Nono felt that Danzo had overlooked an important thing...

"Lord Danzo, I have one more question about the mission..."

"you say."

"Does forming an emotional bond with Minato Namikaze mean I have to make him fall in love with me?" Nonou asked.

"You can understand it that way."

Danzo nodded slightly, which was exactly what he meant: "Compared to the bond between comrades, the relationship of spending a lifetime together is indeed more reliable."

"So... how can I make him like me?"

Nono tilted her head, her little face full of confusion.

Although her life in the orphanage made her more mature than her peers, she was still just a five-year-old girl at heart.

She used to live in an orphanage, and she was content as long as she had enough to eat and wear, so she never had the mind to think about anything else.

Suddenly, Danzo took her to Root and told her to form an emotional bond with a strange boy.

To be honest, she was a complete novice in this area.

"You possess the gentle grace of a Yamato Nadeshiko (ideal Japanese woman), and your appearance is also outstanding, which is why I chose you."

Danzo said calmly, "Men all like gentle women, especially women who only have eyes for them."

"But... Lord Danzo."

Nonou said timidly, "All the girls in my class are like that."

"How is that possible?"

Danzo scoffed: "Everyone is an independent individual, and naturally their personalities differ as well."

Nonou nodded: "Yes, but they all acted very gently in front of Minato."

"..."

Danzo was silent for a moment: "Tell me in detail."

"Yes."

Nonou reported in detail: "Every time get out of class ended, the girls in the class would surround Minato and invite him to have lunch together. After school, they would train and go on dates. I couldn't get a word in edgewise."

Is this kid that popular?

Danzo's cold, sharp eyes widened slightly.

He wasn't bad-looking back then, but he wasn't this popular!

Danzo wouldn't understand that there are differences even among handsome men.

There are quite a few handsome men in Naruto.

Among the most universally acknowledged handsome characters are: Sasuke, Itachi, Madara, Izuna, Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, Kakashi, Yahiko, Nagato, Sasori…

None of them are people Danzo can easily provoke.

"Girls these days really have no sense of propriety..."

Danzo shook his head: "In our time, even girls who had just entered school had quite outstanding ninja skills."

"that…"

Nono opened her mouth: "Actually, they are still quite reserved when they are facing other people."

"..."

Does that mean I'm not handsome enough?

You're being quite tactful, aren't you?

Danzo fell silent for a moment, beginning to doubt his judgment in choosing people.

After a long silence, he finally spoke calmly: "So your problem is that there are too many competitors, making it impossible to attract the target's attention?"

Is this a way of changing the subject?

Nonou pursed her lips: "Yes, I wonder if Lord Danzo has any experience in this area..."

Danzo fell silent again.

Why does this child always bring up things that are hard to say?

If it were any other subordinate, he might have directly assigned them a mission to assassinate the Raikage.

But Nono was only a five-year-old girl, with no parents and no experience in this area. Even someone as despicable as him felt it was a bit unreasonable to take his anger out on the other party over something like this.

After all, even he himself didn't really understand these things.

The subordinates he trusts are all killing machines whose personalities have been erased; they have no capacity for love, and they don't even have the most basic sense of self.

Thinking of this, Danzo was in a dilemma.

After pondering for a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Until the other party clearly expresses who they like, let's maintain the status quo for now. You can go now."

"yes!"

After Nono left, Danzo summoned one of his subordinates.

"Go and buy some books on love and relationships."

"yes!"

Meanwhile, at Tsunade's house.

Shuimen cut the newly bought mutton into small pieces and marinated it to remove the gamey smell.

Then, several wood clones were created. The wood clones surrounded the large basin containing mutton and used bamboo skewers made by wood manipulation to skewer the mutton.

Tsunade stood to the side, looking curious: "This is... lamb BBQ?"

"Hmm...you could understand it that way."

Shuimen smiled; what he wanted to make were Xinjiang lamb skewers.

Making Xinjiang lamb skewers is very simple. Apart from removing the gamey smell, you only need salt, cumin, and chili.

However, when baking, you must control the amount of salt. Too much will make it too salty, and too little will not be salty enough.

"Are we only eating mutton?"

"And there are roasted vegetables to cut through the richness!"

Shuimen took the freshly bought vegetables out of the refrigerator, washed and chopped them.

Tsunade's gaze softened as she watched Minato bustling about.

"Oh, right, I haven't asked yet, how was your first day of school?"

"It feels pretty good."

Minato thought for a moment: "However, I'm not very interested in other courses. If possible, I'd rather spend my time cultivating and send my wood clone to school."

"A wood clone, huh..."

Tsunade sighed. Sure enough, even a kid with Minato's personality didn't like going to school.

"Let's wait a bit longer. At your age, you should make more friends and hang out with them. Like many of my friends, I met them in school. With your looks and abilities, you must be quite popular there, right?"

Minato chuckled helplessly, "Yeah, it's even a little scary..."

"Hmph, I knew it..."

Tsunade smiled knowingly: "And you? Do you have a girl you like?"

"no."

Minato quickly shook his head; he didn't want to become the subject of Tsunade's gossip.

Moreover, perhaps influenced by the original work, he has a natural affinity for Kushina, and Kushina is definitely his first target.

Minato prefers gossiping about others to gossiping about himself.

"Where's the teacher? Does the teacher have someone they like?"

"No~ I'm quite popular as a teacher, but unfortunately, no man has ever made my heart flutter..."

At this point, Tsunade suddenly remembered the slight tremor she felt on Minato a few days ago, and coughed lightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Is it because no teacher likes your type?"

"More or less..."

"What type of teacher does the teacher like?"

"First and foremost, he has to be handsome; secondly, he needs to have a gentle personality? And his abilities can't be too weak either—"

As Tsunade spoke, she suddenly paused, then turned her head away somewhat guiltily.

"Hmm? Of course?"

Minato paused in his chopping motion and turned his head in confusion.

"No, it's nothing, haha~"

Tsunade waved her hand awkwardly, her smile somewhat forced.

Of course, it would be even better if the food tasted good...

She simply couldn't bring herself to say those words, which sounded like a hint!

In fact, as Minato's teacher, with a fourteen-year age difference between them, she could have openly said: "A guy like you, who is sunny, handsome, gentle, considerate, and can cook, is great, but unfortunately, he is very rare."

But unfortunately, she had something to hide.

This led her to harbor a perverse feeling, no matter what she said, that she was committing crimes against minors…

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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