"Although I'm happy to have customers, I still advise you to leave this place as soon as possible."
"Of course, the three-day deposit won't be refunded!"
Inside the inn,
after arranging the rooms for them,
the innkeeper finished speaking and turned to leave.
He went to call his fierce wife to take care of Tsunade and the others,
while also preparing the "premium feast" that Ren had specifically ordered.
"Let's not worry about that for now. First we'll soak in the hot springs and have a great meal…"
Ren placed his bag down,
stretched lazily, and loosened his muscles.
Then he said casually,
"After that, we can go meet that Jashin cult murderer."
"Ren, can you really find that killer?"
Karin asked in surprise.
Ren flicked her forehead.
"Didn't I teach you how to sense chakra?"
"In this area, just lock onto anyone besides us with relatively strong chakra. Nine times out of ten, that'll be the right person."
Earlier, when the innkeeper mentioned the Jashin cult,
Ren had already activated his powerful sensory ability.
He easily detected a relatively strong chakra outside the town.
He simply hadn't bothered dealing with it yet.
"Oh, right!"
Karin suddenly realized.
She quickly formed hand seals.
Using the ability she had naturally awakened shortly after learning how to use chakra—
Kagura Mind's Eye.
She began sensing the entire surrounding area.
"Found them!"
Karin opened her eyes, looking delighted.
Pointing toward the southeast, she said to Tsunade and the others,
"About three kilometers outside the town!"
"Not bad."
Ren nodded in approval.
With Tsunade's guidance as a master teacher,
plus his occasional advice and direction,
Karin—despite only starting to refine chakra at age seven—
had improved tremendously over the past two years.
Combined with her hard work and talent,
she was no longer comparable to the sheltered children in Konoha.
She could already skillfully use the Uzumaki clan's Kagura Mind's Eye.
"So close?"
Even Tsunade frowned slightly.
Although she wasn't overly compassionate,
she still despised killings done purely for amusement.
"Tsunade-sama, should we deal with it?"
Holding Tonton in her arms,
Shizune looked toward Tsunade for a decision.
"Let's just do as Ren said."
Tsunade glanced at Ren and snorted.
"I bet his hands are itching for a fight anyway. He's probably hoping an opponent shows up."
Even Tsunade couldn't clearly determine how strong Ren had become.
After two years of hellish training,
his wood clones could no longer threaten his main body.
No matter how many clones there were,
they would simply be crushed effortlessly.
Just his taijutsu combined with that terrifying monstrous strength
was already ridiculously powerful.
His physique was completely inconsistent with his age—
practically inhuman.
Even Tsunade herself couldn't gain any advantage anymore when fighting Ren in pure taijutsu.
As for ninjutsu?
Ever since she personally witnessed Ren two years ago—
when he perfectly integrated wind-nature chakra transformation into the Rasengan, which was already the ultimate form of chakra shape transformation,
and easily created Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, something the Fourth Hokage had spent his life trying but failed to complete—
Tsunade had completely given up the idea of fighting him seriously.
Except for genjutsu involving the Sharingan, she didn't want to challenge him in ninjutsu or taijutsu.
It would just be humiliating.
She was one of the legendary Sannin—she still had her pride.
Even Danzō had been completely suppressed by Ren.
If she herself got crushed in just a few moves,
how could she maintain authority as his teacher?
Just rely on… her chest?
Soon—
a large, burly middle-aged woman approached them with a wide smile.
She led the group to the hot spring in the inn's backyard.
Since they were the only guests in the entire inn—
four people and one pig—
she directly arranged the largest hot spring pool.
It was empty and quiet.
Extremely comfortable.
Splash…
"This is amazing!"
"So comfortable!"
Inside the women's bath,
steam filled the air.
Karin, Shizune, and Tsunade soaked in the hot spring,
closing their eyes comfortably with satisfied smiles.
"Ren! Don't you dare peek!"
Karin shouted toward the men's bath on the other side of the wall, where Ren was lazily soaking alone.
Perhaps because of the heat of the hot spring,
her little face was slightly flushed.
Hearing this,
Ren rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, Karin."
He replied lazily,
"With your figure, I'm not interested."
"If I'm going to peek, I'd look at Tsunade-nee."
"You perverted Ren!"
Looking down at her own flat chest,
then glancing at her teacher Tsunade's naturally buoyant curves rising above the water—
Karin was completely devastated.
Clenching her fists, eyes blazing,
she looked ready to explode.
"Ren, if you dare use Ōanamuchi to sneak over here, you'd better be prepared to die."
Tsunade spoke with a gentle smile.
Her tone sounded warm and harmless.
Although she couldn't see Ren if he hid inside a different dimension,
Karin's outstanding Uzumaki sensory ability was no joke.
"Hehe, Ren, are you regretting teaching Karin how to develop the sensing ability of Kagura Mind's Eye?"
Shizune chuckled teasingly while soaking in the spring.
She knew very well how much this mischievous little junior brother admired Tsunade.
So much so that Tsunade no longer treated him like a normal child.
At those words,
Tsunade's pretty face turned slightly red.
Because that little brat had really treated her like a pillow before.
Even when sleeping he couldn't behave himself.
And biting—
was that really necessary?
"…."
Ren's mouth twitched.
He simply closed his eyes and continued soaking, deciding not to respond.
Thinking about the "real-life Tsunade body pillow" he had lost,
and that necklace which now felt forever out of reach—
his heart ached.
If not for the few remaining moral boundaries he still possessed—
and the fact that little Ren still needed time to grow—
the story would have already turned into something straight out of the Invisible Man series.
But honestly…
Tsunade's outrageous figure really deserved its reputation.
Truly the number one in Konoha.
Absolutely overwhelming.
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